With reference to my letter of the
26th of April 1861, and to your
letter of the following day, I am directed by
Earl Russell to
transmit to you to be laid before His Grace the
Duke of Newcastle,
the accompanying copy of a despatch from Her Majesty's Minister at
Washington, requesting instructions as to the course to be pursued by
him in
case case the United States Government should propose negotiations
on the subject of the
San Juan Boundary Line, together with a copy of
a despatch which Lord
Russell has addressed to him in reply.
Copies of
Lord Lyons' despatches Nos. 193 and 641 of the
11th of May and
9th of November 1861, and of the instruction to His Lordship
N
o 476 of the
16th of December of that year, are also enclosed
for the information of the
Duke of Newcastle.