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

Mr. Adams to Mr. Seward.

No. 688.]

Legation of the United States, London, May 13, 1864.

Sir: I have the honor to transmit copies of four sets of parliamentary papers recently published in connexion with the affairs of the United States, (Nos. 11, 12, 13, and 14.)

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

CHARLES FRANCES ADAMS.

Hon. William H. Seward, &c., &c., &c.

Return of claims of British subjects against the United States government from the commencement of the civil war to the 31st of March, 1864.

Name.	By whom reported.	Date.	Number of despatches and letters to and from foreign office.	Ground of claim.	How disposed of.
		1861.
1. Messrs. E. Byrne & Co.	Claimants	June 3	53	Vessel Monmouth when on a voyage to Charleston, with alternative destination to Savannah, stopped by United States cruiser Niagara and warned off the whole southern coast on 12th of May, at which date the blockade is stated to have been incomplete.	Compensation refused; but the United States government have proposed to enter into a convention to submit this and similar cases to a mixed commission. Consideration of this proposal deferred.
2. M. J. Wilson	Claimant	June 4	13	Claim on account of Hilja, prevented from entering Charleston on. 12th May.	Do.
3. Messrs. Gerard & Armstrong.	Claimants	June 7	14	Susan G. Owens warned off southern coast by United States ship Niagara, and indorsement made on the register.	Informed, under advice of law officers, that the facts stated would not justify interference.
4. Messrs. J. L. Phipps & Co.	Lord Lyons	June 8	3	Part owners of cargo in Winifred of Virginia, captured off Cape Henry.	Cargo condemned, but Messrs. Phipps’s property restored on appeal.
5. Messrs. Gilliat & Co.	Claimants	June 11	8	Tobacco seized on board Hiawatha, and Crenshaw captured for breach of blockade.	Informed must apply to prize court.
6. W. H. Ross	Claimant	June 11	20	Injury to property by United States troops.	Informed, under advice of law officers, that her Majesty’s government cannot interfere officially, but Lord Lyons would use his good offices.
7. Messrs. Miller & Mossman.	Lord Lyons	June 13	67	Capture of Hiawatha	Condemned. Sentence confirmed on appeal. Representation addressed to United States, government on special circumstances of the case.
8. Messrs. Dalgett & Co.
9. Messrs Gilliat & Co
10. Messrs. Watkins & Leigh.
11. Messrs. Edwards & Parbury.
12. V. O’B. O’Connor	Claimant	June 24	30	1. Tobacco seized in Hiawatha 2. Tobacco lying at Richmond, which he was prevented from exporting by the blockade. 3. Queen of England similarly detained at Richmond.	1. Tobacco restored. 2. Informed, under advice of law officers, that her Majesty’s government could not interfere. 3. Ditto.
13. Not reported	Lord Lyons	July 1	1	Capture of Tropic Wind	Released by prize court.
14. P.M. Quillan	do	July 1	9	Imprisonment	Released without compensation
15. Messrs. Phipps & Co.	Consul Lousada	July 22	3	Part owners of cargo of captured vessel Amy Warwick.	Messrs. Phipps’s share restored by prize court.
16. Rostrom, Dalton & Co.	Consul Archibald	July 23	2	Owners of cargo captured in American vessel Forrest King.	Cargo released by prize court.
17. H. Haynes	Claimant	July 24	5	Notice of blockade endorsed on register of Roscoe by U. S. ship Powhatan.	Refused to interfere, under advice of law officers.
18. Not reported	Lord Lyons	July 39	5	Capture of Herald	Condemned.
19. J.C.Fitzpatrick	do	Aug. 1	7	Imprisonment	Released without compensation.
20. R. Mure	do	Aug. 16	5	Arrested when in charge of a bag of despatches from Consul Bunch.	Lord Lyons did not interfere, as Mr. Mure had been naturalized as an American citizen. He was released on the 18th of October. Correspondence laid before Parliament.
21. J. G. Robinson	do	Aug. 17	5	Detention of his yacht Gipsey, of New Orleans, by blockading squadron.	Vessel released after a few hours’ detention on the crew making a declaration of neutrality.
22. C. Gravely 22a. D. Evans.	do	Aug. 19	9	Capture of Sarah Starr	Condemned as enemy’s property. Refused to interfere, parties concerned being domiciled in southern States.
23. J. Gray	Mr. Lindsay, M. P .	Aug. 28	27	Seizure and detention of the Perthshire	1,000 dollars voted by Congress as compensation.
24. J. D. Merrilees	Lord Lyons	Aug. 26	9	William Arthur seized at Portland as enemy’s property.	Vessel condemned. Refused to interfere, claimant having been domiciled in southern States.
25. – Clement	do	Aug. 26	1	Anna seized for alleged intention to violate coasting trade law.	Result not reported.
26. H. A. McLeod	do	Aug. 29	5	Capture of Prince Leopold	Condemned. Sentence confirmed on appeal.
		1861.
27. H. Horton	Lord Lyons	Aug. 29	14	Capture of Adelso	Condemned. Refused to interfere pending appeal.
28. W. Patrick	do	Sept. 5	6	Imprisonment	Released on Lord Lyons’s representation. As the United States government defended the necessity for such arrests, Lord Lyons was instructed not to prefer any claims at that time. Correspondence laid before Parliament.
29. J. C. Rahming	do	Sept. 5	5	do	Do.
30. Messrs. Laurie & Co.	Claiments	Sept. 16	6	Part owners of cargo of American vessel Crenshaw.	Condemned. Sentence confirmed on appeal.
31. Messrs. Graveley & Co	Lord Lyons	Sept. 23	11	Capture of Aighurth	Condemned. Sentence confirmed on appeal.
32. W. Simmes	do	Sept. 23	13	Seamen captured in H. Middleton and imprisoned in irons in Fort Lafayette.	Compensation refused, and as it appeared that the H. Middleton was a southern vessel Lord Lyons was directed not to repeat the claim.
33. K. Reval.
34. W. Williams.
35. J. Clifton.
36. D. J. Walsh	Lord Lyons	Sept. 23	2	III treatment by police at Baltimore in consequence of his wearing a likeness of General Beauregard attached to his watch-chain.	Case represented to United States government. Result not reported.
37. Messrs. Whitworth & Co.	Claiments	Sept. 26	27	Boyne warned off the whole southern coast at a time when the blockade is stated not to have been completed.	Compensation refused.
38. W. O’Kecfe	Lord Lyons	Sept. 28	7	Arrest at Baltimore, and imprisonment.	Released on Consul Bernal’s representation.
39. T. Daily	do			do	Released on Consul Bernal’s representation. Right to British protection disputed.
40. ——O’Connor	do			do	Do.
41. D. Kelly	do			do	Released.
42. P. Crohan	do			do	Released. Right to British protection disputed. No claim made for compensation in any of these cases.
43. W. Folker	Consul Kortright	Sept. 2	2	Capture of Herald	Condemned.
44. J. Lequire	Lord Lyons	Oct.	4	Imprisonment on a charge of being on his way to join the southern army; a uniform being found in his baggage.	Released after investigation of the case.
45. Messrs. L. E. and G. Piers.	Colonial Office	Oct. 15		Susan warned off Hampton Roads by blockading squadron.	No case for interference, as it was not alleged that the blockade was ineffective.
46. J. Spinney	Consul Archibald	Oct. 1	3	Capture of Argonaut	Vessel and cargo released by prize court.
47. F. N. Ruggles.
48. J. Hoy	W. Cassell	Oct. 2	4	Imprisonment	Refused to interfere; not entitled to British protection, his father having been naturalized, and he himself having exorcised the rights of citizenship.
49. W. B. Forwood	J. Forwood	Oct. 12	11	do	No claim made on United States government, as he was released and did not apply for anything further.
50. N. K. Clements	Lord Lyons	Oct. 12	5	Capture of Revere	Condemned. Appeal pending.
51. Messrs. Gerard & Armstrong;.	do	Oct. 17	33	Alliance and Gondar captured in the port of Beaufort, application to leave the port having been previously refused. Separate chum on account of Alliance having been warned off Charleston.	Condemned. Sentence reversed on appeal. Further appeal of captors to the Supreme Court pending.
52. Not reported	do	Oct. 21	3	Napier and Robert Bruce refused egress from the port of Wilmington by blockading squadron. Subsequently captured.	Both vessels condemned.
53. A. Williamson	do	Oct. 1	2	Imprisonment	Release promised. Result not reported.
54. J. C. Stovin	do	Oct. 26	15	Imprisonment. Loss of property	Had taken an oath renouncing his allegiance as a British subject. Lord Lyons instructed to represent the case to the United States government. Result not reported.
		1861.
55. J. Slaughenright		Nov. 7	6	Capture of Louisa Agnes	Condemned.
56. J. A. Moren.
57. E. Nickelson.
58. W. Gilchrist	do	Nov. 9	5	Imprisonment	Indictment for conspiracy. Indictment dropped at Lord Lyons’s request.
59. J. G. Shaver	do	Nov. 14	43	do	Released on parole. Compensation refused. Correspondence continuing.
60. G. Shannon	do	Nov. 18	1	do	Inquiry promised. Result not reported. No claim made.
61. R. G.Jordan	do	Nov. 18	1	do	Do.
62. W. W. Williams	do	Nov. 18	1	do	Do.
63. M. Riley	do	Nov. 18	1	do	Result not reported. No claim made for compensation.
64. J. C. Brain	do	Nov. 18	8	do	Released.
65. E. Wilmot	do	Nov. 18	2	do	Released on bail.
66. J. F. Parr	do	Nov. 18	1	do	Did not interfere, as he had been naturalized.
67. F. Maury	do	Nov. 18.	7	Imprisonment. Money taken from him	Released. Refused to interfere further, under advice of law officers; Messrs. Maury having been concerned in carrying letters to and from the south.
68. R. Maury.
69. Ensign F. Brown	do	Nov. 18	5	Detention at New York	Compensation not applied for, the detention arising in consequence of the regulations as to passports.
70. W. H. Aymer	do	Nov. 22	1	Imprisonment	Released.
71. A. Smith	do	Dec. 31	3	Captured in Adeline, and treated as prisoners of war. Compelled to sign a declaration not to repeat the offence of running the blockade.	Conduct of commander of United States cruiser disapproved by United States government. Seamen set at liberty, and released from their declaration. Papers laid before Parliament.
72. J. Mooney.
73. J. H. McSlaney.
74. Not reported	do	Dec. 31	2	Capture of Adeline	Condemned. Case not defended.
75. G. Campbell	do	Dec. 31	5	Capture of James Campbell	Vessel and cargo released.
		1862.			’
76. ——Wetter	do	Jan. 2	5	Imprisonment at Key West. Captured in Victoria.	Released.
77. ——Rennan
78. ——Talbot
79. Not reported	do	Jan. 2	3	Capture of Victoria	Condemned.
80. G. Campbell	Consul Archibald	Jan. 11	4	Capture of Jane Campbell	Released.
81. Not reported	do	Jan. 11	3	Capture of E. H. Bernard	Condemned.
82. J. Roberts	do	Jan. 11	4	Capture of W. H. Northrup	Do.
83. Mary Hutchinson	do	Jan. 11	2	Capture of D. F. Keeling	Released by prize court.
84. W. H. Aymer	Consul Archibald.	Jan. 11	2	Capture of J. H. Toone	Condemned. Sentence confirmed on appeal.
85. Do	do	Jan. 11	2	Capture of Ezeldar	Do.
86. Messrs. Fernie & Son	Claimants	Jan. 16	6	Capture of Admiral	Referred to prize court. Condemned.
87. Captain Fisher	Colonial Office	Jan. 21	19	Telegraph captured and taken to Key West, and then released.	Compensation refused.
88. W. H. Fisher.
89. W. H. Fisher	do			III-treatment at the time of the seizure of the Telegraph.	Do.
90. Messrs. Z. Pearson & Co.	Board of Trade	Jan. 22	27	Capture of Empress	Condemned. Decree reversed on appeal. Further appeal by captors to supreme court pending; cargo restored to owners on payment of costs.
91. Messrs. Moon & Co.				Owners of cargo in empress
92. George Martin				do
93. Not reported	Lord Lyons	Jan. 31	5	Capture of M. S. Perry or Salvor	Condemned.
94. J. P. Nolan	do	Feb. 5	3	Imprisonment	Refused to interfere; Mr. Nolan having taken part in political discussions at St. Louis when the town was under martial law.
95. Messrs. J. and W. Battersby.	Claimants	Feb. 6	12	Capture of the Cheshire	Vessel condemned, but restored on bonds being given for her value. Appeal against condemnation pending.
96. R. M. Carson	Claimant	Feb. 15	13	Capture of Ariel	Condemned.
97. Messrs. Dexter	Lord Lyons	Feb. 15	16	Capture of Andreita or J. W. Wilder	Refused to interfere; the vessel having been formerly a southern one, and not sufficient evidence being given of her bona fide sale to Messrs. Dexter.
98. Francisco Capella
		1862.
99. Messrs. Isaac Campbell & Co.	Claimant	Mar. 6	20	Capture of Stephen Hart	Refused to interfere, under advice of law officers. Condemned.
100. J. M. Harris.
101. W. G. Chapman	Consul Archibald	Mar. 11	2	Capture of Prince Alfred	Condemned.
102. S. J. Fritzinger	do	Mar. 11	2	Capture of Fanny Lee	Do.
103. E.Gardner	do	Mar. 11	2	Capture of Havelock	Do.
104. H.N. Sawyer	do	Mar. 11	2	Capture of Island Belle	Do.
105. Messrs. Bailey & Leetham.	Claimants	Mar. 15	103	Capture of the Labuan	Case tried in prize court. Vessel released. Compensation promised.
106. Messrs. de Jersey & Co.
107. Messrs, S. Lefevre & Co.
108. T. Palmer	Consul Archibald	Mar. 22	4	Capture of the Mars	Condemned.
109. Messrs. Prats & Oliveros.	do	Mar. 22	4	Capture of the Major Barbour	Do.
110. J. Elford	Lord Lyons	Apr. 21	5	Southport fired at, detained, and searched	Explaration received.
111. J. Brookman	do	Apr. 26	7	Amazon detained and searched	Do.
112. R. Maury	do	May 1	1	Further arrest and imprisonment	Lord Lyons refused to interfere further than by mentioning the case to Mr. Seward.
113. E.Haigh	Consul Kortright	May 6	29	Capture of Bermuda	Condemned. Appeal not reported.
114. N. T. Batterfield
115. Messrs. H. Adderey & Co.
116. Messrs. Crow, Wylie, & Co.		May 7	21	Timber at Pensacola which they desire to be permitted to export. Alleged misappropriation of a portion of it.	Permission refused. Further representation made to United States government. Answer not yet received.
117. J. A. Marsh	Acting Consul Edwards.	May 22	5		Condemned. Sentence confirmed on appeal.
118. C. H. Adams.
119. Messrs. Z. C. Pearson		May 23	15		Condemned. Appeal pending.
120. E .Hunter.
121. Mrs. Scolfield	Mr. C.J. Hay	May 28	12	Wages due to her deceased son, late a seaman in the United States navy.	Money paid.
122. J. W. Cole	H. D. Cole	June 7	3	Proceedings of military authorities in Kentucky.	Referred to Lord Lyons.
123. G. F. Anderson	Lord Lyons	June 2	4	Capture of Lion	Condemned.
124. W. Maher	do	June 2	4	Capture of Florida	Condemned. Appeal pending.
125. G. Redgate
126. W. H. Smith	Acting Consul Edwards.	June 2	9	Capture of Maria	Condemned.
127. Minet Jimenes & Co
128. Messrs. Herques & Maseras.
129. Not reported	do	June 3	5	Capture of Elizabeth	Condemned. Sentence confirmed on appeal.
130. T. M. William	do	June 4	10	Capture of Albert	Do.
131. R. L. Sanchez, Messrs. Tatham & Co.	do	June 21		Search of Kate	Refused to interfere, as the search was not stated to have been conducted in an improper manner.
132. J. Roberts	Lord Lyons	June 9	7	Capture of Mersey	Condemned. Sentence reversed on appeal. Captors waived their right to further appeal on claimants giving up claim for damages.
133. Messrs. Sawyer & Menendez.
134. W. H. Sweeting	do	June 9	14	Master and crew of Mersey imprisoned and ill-used.	Charges against United States officials proved to be unfounded.
135. Harrison Thompson.
136. Abraham Fisher.
137. Samuel Russell.
138. John Dean.
139. John Thomas.
140. Sylloth Bay Steam Navigation.	Consul Kortright	June 9	3	Capture of Cambria off Charleston	Condemned.
141. W. R. Green	Acting Consul Edwards.	June 9	4	Capture of Belle	Condemned.
142. Messrs. Z. C. Pearson & Co.	do	June 9	5	Capture of Patras	Condemned. Sentence confirmed on appeal.
143. E. Gerard.
		1862.
144. Messrs. Z. C. Pearson & Co.	Acting Consul Edwards.	June 9	5	Capture of Stettin	Condemned. Sentence confirmed on appeal.
145. E. Gerard.
146. Not reported	do		2	Capture of Maria Theresa	Condemned.
147. Messrs. H. Adderley & Co.	Colonial office	June 11	9	Capture of Ella Worley	Condemned. Sentence confirmed on appeal.
148. Do	do	June 11		Detention of Time at New York	Vessel detained as having coal on board, in accordance with act of Congress respecting such shipments.
149. J. Smith	Acting Consul Edwards.	June 12	3	Capture of Flash	Condemned.
150. Not reported	Consul Kortright	June 16	2	Capture of British Queen and Active	Condemned.
151. Do	do	June 16	1	Capture of Fair Play and Success	Not reported.
152. Do	do	June 16	2	Capture of Intended, Coquette, and Providence.	Condemned.
153. P. Goolrick	Mr. Stuart	June 25	7	A citizen of the United States who was acting as British vice-consul at Fredericksburg. Arrest and destruction of a quantity of flour, the property of Mr. Gemmill.	United States government made inquiry into the case, but refused redress.
154. J. Gemmill.
155. J. W. Franklin	do	July 6	8	Imprisonment and alleged forcible abduction from British territory.	Refused to interfere, was imprisoned for larceny, and did not adduce sufficient evidence as to abduction.
156. Messrs. Adderly & Co.	Colonial office	July 8	2	Memphis fried at	Refused to interfere. Law officers considered evidence insufficient for inter ference.
157. J. Carlin	do			Cecille fired at	Do.
158. Messrs. J. & E. Martin.	Claimants	July 10	27	Destruction of York by blockading fleet off coast of North Carolina.	Claim for compensation tinder the con sideration of the United States government.
159. W. H. Cowan	Mr. Stuart	July 11	2	Imprisonment	Refused to interfere; Mr. Cowan having been domiciled in United States, and exercised the rights of citizenship.
160. Messrs. Salter & Twining.	do	July 14	28	Capture of Will-o’-the Wisp	Vessel released by prize court. Compensation refused. Papers laid before Parliament.
161. R. G. Bushby	Claimant	July 28	20	Capture of Lilla	Condemned. Appeal pending.
162. Messrs. Barnes & Co.	Claimants	July 29	26	Goods forwarded in China to New York; detained there and prevented from being shipped to Nassau without a bond being given that they should not be reshipped for blockaded ports.	United States government refused to remove restrictions. Papers laid before Parliament.
163. Messrs. Guthrie & Co.	do	July 30
164. Messrs. Shorter & Co.	do	July 30
165. Messrs. J. Thompson & Co.	Mr. Stuart	July 20		do
166. Messrs. Meadow & Co.	do			do
167. Messrs. W. Marshall	do			do
168. J. McLaurin	Mr. Scholefield, M. P.	Aug. 1	8	Imprisonment at New Orleans	Released.
169. G. A. Stuart	Mr. Stuart	Aug. 3	4	Capture of Emilie. Alleged misconduct of officers and men of United States ship Restless.	Explanation received. Vessel condemned.
170. Messrs. Murphy & Twining.	Admiralty	Aug. 4		Annette detained by United States ship Rhode Island.	Explanation received from United States government.
171. Messrs. Dorrington & Forwood.	Claimants	Aug. 5	78	Capture of Adela	Law officers advised that case should be tried in prize court. Condemned. Appeal not reported.
172. J. W. Steele	Acting Consul Edwards.	Aug. 7	3	Capture of Tubal Cain	Condemned.
173. T. S. Begbie	do	Aug. 7	3	Capture of Memphis	Condemned. Sentence confirmed on appeal.
174. P. Denny.
175. T. Andrae.
176. J. H. Bethell	Colonial office	Aug. 18	5	Detention of W. H. Clear off New York, and improper conduct of revenue officer.	Explanation received.
177. J. B. Cramer	do	Aug. 28	5	Detention of goods at New York	Compensation refused.
178. J. Carlin	Mr. C. Turner, M. P.	Sept. 8	15	Was passenger in the Memphis. Imprisonment.	Compensation asked for.
		1862.
179. F. Carroll	Mr. Stuart	Sept. 18	5	Imprisonment	Mr. Stuart instructed to use his good offices to procure Mr. Carroll’s release on his undertaking to leave the United States, or to find surety for good behavior.
180. Major Longley	do	Sept. 28	5	Arrest at Baltimore	Refused to interfere, his arrest having been caused by his entering into a discussion on the war with a United States officer.
181. Messrs. Barclay & McDowell.	do	Oct. 1	5	Capture of Orion	Condemned.
182. H. Laforce	Consul Archibald	Oct. 6	17	Capture of Sunbeam	Condemned. Sentence confirmed on appeal.
183. J. G. Lingham	Rev. J. Lingham	Oct. 15	4	Imprisonment at New Orleans	Released. Refused to interfere further under advice of law officers.
184. C. Cleburne	Mr. Stuart	Oct. 15	5	Imprisonment for refusing to work on the fortifications at Newport, Kentucky.	Inquiry made. Instructions sent by United States government for the redress of all such cases on proof of nationality being afforded.
185. J.Browne				Ill-usage by military at Cincinnati
186. A. Hardie				Forced enlistment at Cincinnati
187. A. Methuen				do
188. G. Wigg	do	Oct. 21	66	Destruction of Blanche by United States ship Montgomery, off coast of Cuba.	Compensation requested. Case still under discussion.
189. R. F. Clement.	do	Oct. 21		Passenger in Blanche taken in Montgomery to Key West.	Do.
190. J. J. Burrowes	Messrs. Rankin, Gilmore & Co.	Oct 24	5	Imprisonment at New Orleans.	Released on parole.
191. W. Petty	Colonial office	Oct. 25	17	Ellen; run down by United States ship Mercedita. Destruction of vessel and cargo and loss of effects.	842l. 9s. 7d. paid as compensation by the United States government.
192. J. Roberts.
193. J. H. Roberts.
194. S. Johnson.
195. J. Knowles.
196. J. R. Griffin.
197. W. H. Griffin.
198. E. Norwich.
199. G. H. Edwards.
200. H. Edwards.
201. A. Thompson.
202. R. Smith.
203. N. H. Clements	Consul Archibald	Oct. 25	3	Capture of Revere	Condemned.
204. T. Byrne	J. Byrne	Oct. 30	12	Occupation of his house at New Orleans by United States troops.	Instructions given by the United States government that payment should be made for the use of the house.
205. Dr. Syme	Mr. Stuart	Oct. 31	5	Imprisonment at New Orleans	Released on parole.
206. J. Dacres	do	Oct. 31		Imprisonment	Do.
207. M. Fallon	do	Oct. 31		do	Do.
208. Not reported	Consul Archibald .	Nov. 4	3	Capture of the Robert Bruce	Condemned.
209. W. Sherwin	Messrs. J. H. Ismay & Co.	Nov. 17	27	Imprisonment	Compensation asked for. Case under consideration of the United States government.
210. Messrs. Duranty & Co.	Consul Archibald	Nov. 18	4	Capture of Anglia	Condemned.
211. Messrs. Dorrington & Forwood.	do	Nov. 18	4	Capture of Scotia	Do.
212. T. Sterling Begbie	do	Dec. 4	7	Capture of Ouachita	Condemned. Sentence confirmed on appeal.
213. G. Wait	Lord Lyons	Dec. 16	3	Capture of Theresa	Condemned.
214. G. Wigg	do	Dec. 16	3	Capture of Isabel	Condemned. Appeal pending.
215. A. P. Laurent	do	Dec. 16	28	Imprisonment as a United States citizen. Was master of the Isabel.	Released by exchange. Lord Lyons instructed not to advance any claim, as Mr. Laurent had declared himself to be a citizen of the United States.
216. Z. C. Pearson	Consul Archibald	Dec. 23	3	Capture of Patras	Condemned. Sentence confirmed on appeal.
217. E Gerard
218. E. Gerard	do	Dec. 23		Capture of Settin	Do.
219. Not reported	do	Dec. 23		Capture of Nassau	Do.
		1863.
220. J. Tovell	Miss Tovell	Jan. 6	6	Imprisonment	Lord Lyons instructed to ask for trial or release. Result not reported.
221. Messrs. J. Gibson	Claimants	Jan. 8	17	Collision between United States ship Vanderbilt and their vessel Symmetry.	£484 17s. 5d. paid as compensation.
222. Azariah Curry	Lord Lyons	Jan. 9	15	Capture of Mont Blanc when at anchor off one of the Bahama cavs.	Vessel restored. Compensation promised. Correspondence continuing.
223. J. Murdenborough	Consul Archibald	Jan. 9	4	Capture of Alicia	Condemned. Appeal pending.
224. T.N. Crosse	Claimants	Jan. 14	5	Destruction of property at Fredericksburg.	Refused to interfere, as it did not appear how the property had been destroyed, or by which army.
225. Messrs. Adderley & Co.	Colonial office	Jan. 23	5	Capture of Nonsuch	Condemned. Appeal pending.
226. J. W. Allen.
227. D. Domron	Consul Archibald	Jan. 21	3	Capture of Comet, of which he was owner	Condemned.
228. C. Brown	do	Jan. 21	3	Owner of cargo of Comet	Do.
229. Not reported	do	Jan. 21	2	Capture of Kate	Do.
230. Do	do	Jan. 21	2	Capture of Flying Fish	Do.
231. Do	do	Jan. 21	2	Capture of Carmita	Do.
232. Do	Lord Lyons	Jan. 27	4	Detention of Echo at New York to prevent intelligence being given of General Banks’s expedition.	Refused to interfere. Law officers considered that it was competent for a belligerent to impose such restrictions.
233. T. Potts	Lieut. governor of New Brunswick, through colonial office.	Feb. 2	16	Imprisonment. Was supercargo of the Hiawatha.	Refused to interfere, as he was imprisoned for improperly gaining possession of part of the cargo and sending it to England.
234. Z. C. Pearson & Co.	Consul Archibald	Feb. 3	2	Capture of Ann	Condemned.
235. Messrs. Sawyer & Menendez.	do			Capture of Annie Dees	Do.
236. T. Lloyd	do			Capture of British Empire	Do.
237. Not reported	do			Capture of Belle	Do.
238. J. Eneas	do			Capture of Levi Rowe	Do.
239. G. A. Stewart	do			Capture of Mary Stewart	Do.
240. Not reported	do			Capture of Nassau	Condemned. Sentence confirmed on appeal.
241. T. B. King	do			Capture of Waterwitch	Condemned.
242. Captain Wynne.	War office	Feb. 6	8	Arrested when attempting to pass United States military lines.	Escaped.
243. J. Hughes	Lord Lyons	Feb. 7	4	Imprisonment at New Orleans	Lord Lyons instructed to request moderate compensation. Result not reported.
244. J. Lawson	do	Feb. 10	3	Princess Royal captured off Charleston with contraband at the time of the attack on the forts.	Condemned.
245. Messrs. J. and T. Johnson.	Messrs. Lowndes, Bateson & Co.	Feb. 17	21	Capture of pearl	Offer made to release on payment of expenses. Correspondence continuing.
246. G. Wigg.
247. H. Adderley & Co.
248. W. Ryan	Consul Archibald	Feb. 10	2	Capture of Rising Dawn	Condemned.
249. W. P. Hawkins	Mr. Wykeham Martin.	Feb. 20	5	Captured in Princess Royal and imprisoned.	Released.
250. E. Garner	do	Feb. 23	3	Capture of Brave	Condemned.
251. J. B. Carver	Colonial office	Feb. 24	6	Capture of Emma Tuttle	The master regained possession of the vessel; she was, however, subsequently recaptured and condemned.
252. Messrs. W. Barter & Co.	Claimants	Feb. 26	68	Capture of Springbok	Condemned. Appeal pending.
253. S. Begbie	do	Feb. 27		do
254. T. M. Gervans	Messrs. W. Barter & Co.	March 9		do., as owner.
255. T. Best	Consul Archibald	Feb. 27	2	Capture of Richard	Condemned.
256. —— Ernst	do	March 2	2		do.
257. —— Lewers	Mr. C. Fortescue, M. P.	March 4	12	Loss of property	Refused to interfere, under advice of law officers, as he was domiciled in the United States.
258. O. Fallenstein	Consul Archibald	March 13	3	Capture of Douro	Condemned.
259. Chapple, Button & Co.	do	March 13.		.do.
		1863.
260. Gustave Renaud	Consul Archibald	March 14	3	Capture of Avon	Condemned.
261. Byron Bode	do	March 14		do.
262. J. H. Symond	do	March 14		do.
263. Dr. Booth	Mr. Lindsay, M. P.	March 20	12	Imprisonment at New Orleans	Released.
264. Messrs. Cox & Baker.	Claimants	March 23	30	Capture of Magicienne	Vessel released. United States government promise to ask Congress for compensation, the amount to be fixed by arbitration.
265. J. Spence	do	March 26	109	Capture of Peterhoff	Condemned. Appeal pending.
266. J. P. Harding.
267. Messrs. Bennett & Wake.
268. G W. Almond.
269. Not reported	Consul Archibald	March 30	2	Capture of Nicolai I.	Condemned.
270. J. M. Lussen	do	April 3	3	Capture of Atlantic	Vessel and cargo restored.
271. A. McMillan	Mr. E. McMillan.	April 3	8	Alleged forcible enlistment	Deserted.
272. W. Fraser	Consul Archibald	April 9	2	Capture of Mary Jane	Condemned.
273. Not reported	do	April 9	1	Capture of Sue	Not reported.
274. S.J. Massinger	do	April 10	3	Capture of Brothers	Condemned.
275. J. Thompson	do	April 10	3	Capture of Surprise	Do.
276. J. Gage	do	April 10	3		Condemned. Appeal pending.
277. Not reported	do	April 14	21	Capture of Granite City	Condemned.
278. G. B. Lawrence	Mrs. Lawrence	April 28	7	Imprisonment	Released.
279. Messrs. Graze-brook & Co.	Claiments	April 13	47	Capture of Dolphin	Condemned.
280. Not reported	Consul Lousada	April 14	12	Capture of Aries	Do.
281. A. Nicol	Consul Walker	April 15	5	Injury caused to property by United States forces.	Compensation refused. Truth of his statements denied by United States authorities.
282. —— Nevins	Claimant	April 15	4	Loss from being prevented going to New Orleans in consequence of supposed intention of United States authorities there to arrest him.	Refused to interfere. Evidence insufficient.
283. R. Ranger	Lord Lyons	April 21	8	Imprisonment and loss of property at New Orleans.	Compensation requested from United States government. Correspondence continuing.
284. S. Redgate	Messrs. Gregory & Champion.	April 21	30	Captured in Peterhoff. Alleged ill treatment in prison.	Waiting for judgment of court of appeal.
285. ——Ellsworth	do	April 21		do.
286. R. Bowden	Claimant	April 22	21	Captured in Peterhoff. Claim for detention and as part owner of the cargo.	Do.
287. T. S. Begbie	Consul Archibald	April 24	3	Capture of Gertrude	Condemned,
288. Not reported.	do	April 24	3	Capture of Antelope	Do.
289. W. Hadden	do		3	Capture of Agnes	Part of cargo released; vessel and remainder condemned.
290. Messrs. Harvey & Tucker.	do	April 28	6	Capture of Pacific; subsequently released without damages.	Refused to interfere, under advice of law officers, as owners should have appealed to a superior court.
291. E. Williams	do	April 28	3	Capture of Gipsey	Condemned.
292. Captain G. Grindle	S. Grindle	April 27	16	Capture of Antona, of which he was master. Detention on board United States ship Pensacola.	Case tried at New York. Vessel condemned. Master released.
293. Messrs. J. &. T. Johnson.	Lord Lyons	May 5		Claim as owners of Antona.
294. A. Ruberg	Mr. Scholefield M.P.	May	14	Imprisonment at San Francisco	Released.
295. J. T. Boure	Consul Archibald	May 1	6	Owner of St. George captured	Condemned.
296. J. L. Finnell	do			Part owner of cargo of St. George.
297. J. E. Davidson	do	May 4	1	Capture of Anne Sophia	Released by admiral in command of United States squadron without going to prize court.
298. Capt. J. Simpkins	Lord Lyons	May 5	5	His vessel Dream fired at by a vessel hoisting United States colors.	Inquiry promised. Result not reported.
299. J. Murphy	Claimant	May 18	3	Part owner of cargo of Dolphin	Referred to prize court Vessel condemned.
300. J. J. Craven	Lors Lyons	May 19	5	Imprisonment and banishment from Missouri for writing a political pamphlet.	Refused to interfere; the authorship of the pamphlet being proved.
		1863.
301. G. R. Gammon	Consul Archibald	May 22	3	Capture of Carita	Condemned.
302. T. Best	do	May 22	3	Capture of Emma Amelia	Do.
303. J. A. Laws	do	May 22	1	Capture of Gleaner. Seized at Tortugas.	Released on arrival at Key West.
304. Messrs. Johnson, Comber & Co.	Consul Morgan	May 26	16	Detention of Castor at Bahia, by United States ship Mohican, at the instance of the United States consul.	Inquiry instituted. Result not yet reported.
305. T. Paulsen	Lord Lyons	May 29	11	Imprisonment as master of Tampico	Vessel condemned. Master and crew released.
306. S. J. Nagle	do			Imprisonment as supercargo of Tampico.
307. Messrs. F. Huth & Co.	do			Capture of the Tampico.
308. W. H. Fisher	Claimant	June 18	7	Capture of the Minnie	Vessel condemned in Philadelphia prize court.
309. W. Binney	Lord Lyons	May 29	16	Owner of Clyde captured when on a voyage from Campeche to Havana.	Vessel restored. Cargo detained. Correspondence continuing.
310. F. G. Wood	do	May 29	8	Passenger in Clyde. Detention and loss of property.	Property restored.
311. Messrs. Pauvert & Son, W. H. Smith.	do	June 2	2	Capture of the Maria	Condemned.
312. T. Sherman	do	June 8	2	Imprisonment being in United States navy, for alleged refusal to fight against Great Britain.	Refused to interfere, as he was in the United States service,
313. T. Bennett	Consul Archibald	June 8	3	Capture W. J. Leitch	Condemned
314. P. Capper	do	June 8	3	Capture of Eagle	Do.
315. T. Johnson	do	June 8	3	Capture of Comet	Do.
316. J. Green	Lord Lyons	June 12	5	Injury to property by United States troops.	United States government promise to in quire into such claims when money is granted by Congress for compensation.
317. Messrs. Barr & Williamson.	Claimants	June 22	13	Part owners of Cargo in Hiawatha	Vessel condemned. Application made on behalf of owners of cargo. Answer not yet received.
318. J. Hardcastle	Lord Lyons	June 22	14	Imprisonment	Mr. Hardcastle shot by a sentry at Old Capitol prison. Correspondence continuing.
319. Tootal, Broadhust & Co.	do	June 22	17	Exaction of bonds from persons shipping goods from New York to the West Indies.	United States government refused to relax restrictions on this trade.
320. Messrs. Wier	Consul Archibald	June 25	13	Isabella Thompson, captured between Nassau and Halifax.	Vessel restored without costs or damages. Appeal pending.
321. Messrs. Pryor & Sons.
322. J. McDaniel.
323. Messrs. Saunders.
324. N. K. Clements.
325. J. McAlister Vernon.	Lord Lyons	June 26	5	Imprisonment	Refused to interfere, as Mr. Vernon had been domiciled in the southern States.
326. Not reported	Consul Lousada	June 29	1	Capture of St. John	Condemned. Undefended.
327. Do	do	June 29	2	Capture of Alma	Do.
328. Do	do		2	Capture of Cherokee	Do.
329. Not reported	do	June 29	1	Captures of Julia, P. C. Wallis, Cuba, Southern Independence, Charlotte, Louise, R. O. Bryan, Defiance.	Condemned.
				Zulima	Pending.
330. Do	do			James Anderson seized by collector at Edgartown.	Restored on payment of expenses.
331. Not reported	do	June 29		La Manche seized by collector at Edgartown.	Restored on payment of expenses.
332. Do	do			Capture of D. E. Wolf	Pending.
333. Captain W. Wilson.	Colonial office	July 3	42	On behalf of Mr. G. A. Trenholm, for the destruction of the Margaret and Jessie off the coast of Eleuthera, by the United States ship Rhode Island.	Evidence submitted to United States government. Correspondence continuing.
334. J. N. Harvey	Lord Lyons	July 3	10	Prohibition to export cattle from New York to British West Indies.	Permission refused. Correspondence continuing.
335. J. Miller.
		1863.
336. J. Cosby	Sir Hugh Cairns	July 4	5	Imprisonment at New Orleans	Refused to interfere, as he confessed to having attempted to pass the military lines surreptitiously. Mr. Cosby released.
337. A. J. Mundella	Mr. C. Paget, M. P.	July 5	5	Part owner of cargo of Peterhoff	Informed must wait for result of appeal.
338. T. Hilliard	Consul Archibald	July 6	2	Capture of Hattie	Vessel restored on payment of salvage. Cargo condemned.
339. T. E. Duncan	Act’g Consul Walker.	July 9	7	Arrest and banishment from United States.	Inquiry promised.
340. J. J. Scora Halberg &Co.	Lord Lyons	July 17	27	Capture of Victor	Restoration ordered by prize court. Appeal of captors pending.
341. Hymman & Co.
342. J. J. Pierce	do	July 17		} Captain, engineer and mate of Victor. Alleged ill-treatment at Key West.{	Refused to interfere, ill-treatment not being proved.
343. G. H. Ardill	do	July 17
344. L. Kennedy	do	July 17
345. J. Cushing	Consul Archibald	July 18	2	Capture of Rebecca	Condemned.
346. G. P. Bell	do	July 20	15	Capture of Don Rosé	Vessel released without trial. Claim for damages under consideration.
347. P. Cupper	do	July 20	3	Capture of Eagle	Condemned.
348. J. Harknes	do	July 20	3	Capture of Pushmataken	Vessel and cargo restored.
349. W. H. Crosscup	do	July 20	6	Capture of Elizabeth	Do.
350. T. S. Begbie	do	July 27	7	Capture of Emma	Condemned.
351. J. D. Taylor	Consul Vines	July 30	17	Juno detained, fired at, and searched, by United States ship Kearsarge, off Terceira.	United States government have expressed regret for proceedings. Correspondence continuing.
352. R. Atkin		Aug. 4	13	Alleged improper exercise of jurisdiction by admiralty court at New York in an action at law brought against him by a seaman formerly serving in his ship, Dennis Hill.	Refused to interfere, as law officers considered the court had jurisdiction in such cases.
353. Not reported	Consul Archibald	Aug. 22	2	Capture of Nymph	Condemned.
354. P. A. Spearwater	Mr. Stuart	Aug. 28	8	Capture of Echo	Vessel released by prize court, without damages. Refused to interfere at present.
355. Rev. M. Lightbourne.	Act’g Consul Walker.	Aug. 31	4	Injury done by United States troops to property at Jackson.	Informed could not interfere, as he was domiciled at Jackson.
356. Messrs. Wilson & Sons.	Claiments	Sept. 5	6	Part owners of cargo of Peterhoff	Appeal pending.
357. A. Curry	Consul Archibald	Sept. 5	2	Capture of Charmer
358. J. Smith	do	Sept. 5		Capture of Clara Louisa	Do.
359. J. H. Adams	do			Capture of Southern Rights	Do.
360. Amos Johnston	do			Capture of Shot	Do.
361. — Russell	do			Capture of Ann	Do.
362. G. Battows	Mr. Stuart	Sept. 13	8	Imprisonment at Memphis, in 1862	Inquiry made. Further evidence required.
363. P. Jarmay	Claimant	Sept. 17	2	Alleged intention of the United States government to detain him in the United States.	Informed that ho should apply to Lord Lyons.
364. B. W. Hart	do	Sept. 30	4	Atlantic, captured by the United States ship Princess Royal, and subsequently rescued.	Refused to interfere, as the vessel had been rescued.
365. B. F. Allen	Admrialty	Oct. 5	15	Proceedings of the United States consul at Rio do Janeiro with regard to his vessels Gracie, Annie, and Lottie.	Waiting for report from her Majesty’s consul at Rio de Janeiro.
366. W. Thompson	Claimant	Oct. 14	5	Imprisonment	Waiting for trial.
367. Mr. W. Matchett	do	Oct. 15	7	do	Released. Refused to interfere further, as he had exorcised the rights of citizenship.
368. Captain Tucker and J. Nagle.	do	Oct. 23	4	Capture of Carmita, off the coast of Texas.	Condemned.
369. Messrs. J. & S. Henry.	Lord Lyons	Nov. 3	42	Capture of Sir W. Peel	Under consideration.
370. Messrs. Renouard & Co.	do	Nov. 3	4	Etta, formerly confederate vessel Retribution, seized at New York.	Case to be tried in a court of law. Reason for seizure not reported.
371. Messrs. Leo Schuster &Co.	Messrs. Bateson & Robinson.	Nov. 12	7	Part owners of cargo of Magicienne	To be considered with other claims arising out of this case.
372. —Berkley	J. Berkley	Nov. 25	3	Allged forced enlistment	Not enlisted.
		1863.
373. Not reported	Consul Archibald	Nov. 27	12	Capture of Banshee, on 21st November	Condemned.
374. J. Smith	Claimant	Nov. 30	5	Ill usage when serving in New York police.	Refused to interfere, under advice of law officers.
375. J. Turner	do	Dec. 14	3	Alleged misconduct of customs’ officers at Boston.	Under consideration.
376. Messrs. Gallichau	do	Dec. 17	17	Capture of Volant	Do.
377. Messrs. Bateson & Robinson.	do	Dec. 18	12	Capture of Dashing Wave	Do.
378. Messrs. Birschoff.
379. ——Gray	Lord Rosse	Dec. 21	7	Imprisonment	Inquiry made. Result not reported.
380. Not reported	Consul Lousada	Dec. 22	1	Capture of Victory	Condemned.
381. Do	do			Capture of Britannia	Do.
382. Do	do			Capture of Banshee on 28th July	Restored. Claim for damages pending.
383. Do	do	Dec. 22	1	Capture of Constadt	Condemned.
284. Do	do			Capture of Ella	Pending.
385. Do	do			Capture of Cornubia	Do.
386. Do	do			Capture of R. T. Renshaw	Do.
387. Do	do			Capture of Atlantic	Do.
388. Do	do			Capture of R. E. Lee	Do.
389. Do	do			Capture of Herald	Do.
390. Messrs. Bennett & Wake.		Dec. 30	26	Capture of Science	Under consideration.
391. J. Angel	Claiment	Dec. 31	2	do	Do.
		1864.
392. J. Crutchett	do	Jan. 5	11	Injury to property	Do.
393. Messrs. Anderson, Saxon & Co.	Messrs. Sinclair & Hamilton.	Jan. 4	93	Capture of Saxon. Coals seized at Angra Pequena.	Do.
394. Messrs. de Lizardi & Co.		Jan. 5 1863.	6	Bullion captured in Dashing Wave	Do.
395. Not reported	Lord Lyons	Dec. 29	5	Capture of Matamoros	Released by prize court. Under consideration.
396. R. Jump	do	Dec. 29	6	Detention of Florrie at New Orleans	Detailed to prevent intelligence of proposed expedition to Texas. Refused to interfere, such detention being justifiable.
397. H. Allison	do			Similar detention of H. G. Berry	Do.
398. Not reported	do			Similar detention of Vigilant and other vessels.	Do.
399. Lieutenant Rooke]		Dec. 31	9	Imprisonment	Case represented to United States government. Did not interfere further. Lieutinant Rooke released.
		1864.
400. Not reported	Consul Kortright	Jan. 7	1	Captures of Rebecca, Lacriola, Cora, Rowena, Sarah, Cataline, Morning Star, Chance, Caroline and Virginia, Emilie, Worster Shrubb, Volant, Emma, Dixie, Napier, Ladona, Aquilla, Elizabeth, Louisa, Josephine, Eliza, Fanny, Defiance, Fanny Laure, William Creevy, Nelly, David Crockett, Elmira Cornelius, Caroline, Emma, Wave, Brilliant, J. C. Roher, Princess Royal, Glide, Major E. Willis, Minnie, Brilliant, Time, Wanderer, Express, Wonder, Bettie Kratzer, Emma, Artist, Jupiter.	All condemned.
401. Family of J. Gray	Colonel Sykes, M.P.	Jan. 29	7	J. Gray killed by Lieutenant Donovan, of United States navy, on board Saxon.	Under consideration.
402. James O’Neill	Lord Lyons	Jan. 26	5	Imprisonment	Released. Under consideration.
403. P. Hamilton	do	Jan. 26	4	do	Do.
404. Captain Steele	do	Jan. 26	8	do	Released.
405. J. McHugh	do	Jan. 26	5	do	Under consideration.
406. G. F. Cauty	do	Jan. 26	4	do	Released.
407. J. Eneas	do	Jan. 26	4	do	Under consideration
408. J. C. Rahming	do	Jan. 26	6	do	Do.
409. G. H. Pearce	}Colonial office	Feb. 13	5	{Interference of officer of a vessel flying United States colors with their wrecking schooner Dart.	Instructions sent to Lord Lyons.
410. J. Harris
411. W. H. Bethel
		1864.
412. J. Ring	Lord Lyons	Feb. 5	7.	Imprisonment at Key West	Instructions sent.
413. J. Macaulay	T. Macaulay	Feb. 19	3	Ill usage Hilton Head	Lord Lyons to inquire.
414. J.M. Wilson	Claimant	Feb. 22	5	Loss of property	Refused to interfere, as the case relating to land in Pennsylvania was one for the consideration of the United States courts of law.
415. W. Miller	Lord Bury	Feb. 22	4	Ill treatment and loss of property	Lord Lyons to inquire.
416. Heirs of late J. Purvis	A. Scott	Mar. 7	6	Property destroyed by United States troops.	Under consideration.
417. C. Cole	Lord Lyons	Feb. 29	2	Alleged improper conscription, he claiming to be a British subject.	Do.
418. Hugh. Bennett	Board of Trade	Mar. 14	3	Imprisonment on board United States ship North Carolina.	Instructions sent to Lord Lyons.
419. Captain Haggin	Lord Lyons	Mar. 8	1	Imprisonment. Was master of Sylvanus	Under consideration.
420. R.S. Bernard	do	Mar. 8	1	Imprisonment. Captured in Sallie	Do.
421. D. Wilson.
422. J. May.
423. Not reported	do	Mar. 8	3	Capture of Sallie	Do.
424. Do	do	Mar. 8	1	Capture of Sylvanus	Do.
425. J. Barrett	do	Mar. 8		Imprisonment.	Do.
426. Not reported	Consul Archibald	Mar. 12	1	Captures of Annie, Kate, Maria, and Bishop.	Condemned.
427. Messrs. Brown	do			Owners of part of cargo of American vessel Lynchburg.	Messrs. Brown’s part of cargo released.
428. Messrs. Sturgess and Bennett.	do			Capture of Mary Clinton	Condemned. Appeal pending.
429. H. A. McLeod	do			Capture of Prince Leopold	Condemned.
430. C. M. Fry	do			Capture of Sally Magee	Condemned. Appeal pending.
431. C. and C. C. Cromwell	do			Capture of Andromeda	Do.
432. J. Walker	do			Capture of Adele	Condemned.
433. W. Hadden	do			Capture of Agnes	Restored.
434. B. Renaud	do			Capture of Basgoing	Condemned. Appeal pending.
435. R. May	do			Capture of Cora	Do.
436. D. Leslie	do			Capture of Columbia	Condemned.
437. A. Borrwman	do			Capture of Courier	Do.
438. E. F. Rich	do			Capture of Francis	Do.
439. J. Merrill	do			Capture of Henry Traverse	Do.
440. E.G. Guthrie	do			Capture of Ida	Do.
441. James Lions	do			Capture of Jane	Condemned. Appeal pending.
442. J. Matthews	do
443. W. Austin	do			Capture of Lucy	Do.
444. M. Oliphant	do			Capture of Nahum Stetson	Do.
445. J. King	do			Capture of Pearl	Do.
446. J. R. Russell	do			Capture of Tower	Condemned.
447. D. J. Cook	do			Capture of Venice	Condemned. Appeal pending.
448. H. Wickland	do			Capture of Victoria	Released by captor.
449. W. H. Cooper	do			Capture of William	Condemnea.
450. Not reported	do			Captures of Adventure, Agnes, Avenger, Anna, Ascension, By George, Curlew, Dart, Director, Emma, Ellen, Eugenie, Edward, Florence Nightingale, Frolic, Goorgia, Hermosa, Handy, Harriet, Julia, Juniper, Justina, Lavinia, Lily, Linnet, Lady Maria, Margaret, Maggie Fulton, Martha Jane, Mail, Meteor, Maria Alberti, Newcastle, New Year, Neptune, O. S. Breese, Ripple, Relampago, Richard, Ringdove, Sea Bird, and Sea Drift.	Do.
451. N. R. Clements	do		1	Capture of Glen, July, 1863	Released. $17,150 damages and costs awarded against captors by prize court.

Total number of despatches and letters to and from Foreign Office, 2,871.

Memorandum.

This return comprises the result of the fullest examination of the correspondence in the Foreign Office, and is believed to be complete as far as that correspondence goes. In order, however, to guard against any prejudice which might result to British claimants from their claims not being inserted in this list, it is necessary to observe that the return is not to be taken as conclusive; and this reserve is the more necessary inasmuch as it is understood that numerous claims have been registered in the British Mission at Washington, though not reported home, which may in due season be brought before the government of the United States.

Foreign Office, March 31, 1864