Lord Lyons to Mr. Seward.
Sir: You were so good as to inform me on the 9th instant that the notes which I had the honor to address to you on the 4th and 5th instant, respecting the imprisonment of Mr. James McHugh, would receive due attention.
Mr. McHugh has now been in prison four months. He demands that he be released or be brought immediately to trial. This demand appears to me to [Page 589] be perfectly reasonable, and I deem it to be my duty to support it. I must at the same time repeat the request which I made in my note of the 4th instant, to be informed how the case stands.
I have the honor to be, with the highest consideration, sir, your most obedient, humble servant,
Hon. William H. Seward, &c., &c., &c.