No. 4.
Mr. Hammond to Messrs. Sinclair & Co.
Foreign Office,
January 6, 1864.
Gentlemen: I am directed by Earl Russell to acknowledge the receipt of [Page 264] your letter of the 4th instant, respecting the seizure of the bark Saxon by the United States steamer Vanderbilt; and I am to inform you that this case is under the consideration of her Majesty’s government.
I am, &c.,
E.HAMMOND.