Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the First Session Thirty-eighth Congress, Part I

Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons,.

Department of State, Washington, January 28, 1863.

My Lord: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 26th instant, making known to me the views of her Majesty’s government on the subject of the difficulty felt by the Navy Department with regard to issuing warrants and instructions to United States cruisers under the treaty between the United States and Great Britain of the 7th of April last, and to acquaint you that a copy of it has been communicated to the Secretary of the Navy.

I have the honor to be, your very obedient servant,

WILLIAM H. SEWARD.

Right Hon. Lord Lyons, &c., &c., &c.