No. 3.
Earl Russell to Mr. Adams.
Foreign Office,
April 9, 1864.
Sir: I have had the honor to receive your letter of the 2d instant, in answer to the letter in which I requested you to inform me whether you had any explanations to offer with regard to the British subjects who were indicted for taking service in the United States ship Kearsarge.
In reply to your letter I have only to regret that officers Thornton and Haley, who appear clearly to have violated the municipal law of this country, which they were bound to have made themselves acquainted with, should still be retained in the service of the United States.
I am, &c.,
RUSSELL.