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

Mr. Burnley to Mr. Seward.

Washington, September 23, 1864.

Sir: I have the honor to transmit to you herewith copies of a notification issued by her Majesty’s government prohibiting any ship-of-war, belonging to either of the belligerent powers in North America, being dismantled or sold in any of her Majesty’s ports.

I have the honor to be, with the highest consideration, sir, your most obedient, humble servant,

J. HUME BURNLEY.

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

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Foreign Office, September 8, 1864.

It is hereby notified that her Majesty has been pleased to order, that for the future no ship-of-war belonging to either of the belligerent powers of North America shall be allowed to enter, or to remain, or be, in any of her Majesty’s ports for the purpose of being dismantled or sold; and her Majesty has been pleased to give directions to the commissioners of her Majesty’s customs, and to the governors of her Majesty’s colonies and foreign possessions, to see that this order is properly carried into effect.