Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons.
My Lord: I have the honor to acknowledge with satisfaction the receipt of your note of the 29th ultimo, in which, referring to my notes to you of the 18th of December last and of the 9th of January of this year, respecting the case of the “Chesapeake,” you inform me that her Majesty’s government, in view of the readiness evinced by the government of the United States to [Page 539] make all proper and suitable reparation for the acts of its officers, and of the apology made for the violation of her Majesty’s territory, accept that apology in the same spirit in which it has been offered.
I have the honor to be, with high consideration, my lord, your obedient servant,
Right Hon. Lord Lyons, &c., &c., &c.