Mr. Seward to Mr. Burnley
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 24th instant in regard to the proceedings of the lieutenant governor of Bermuda in requiring the resignation of the solicitor general of that colony, or that he should not act as the counsel of the defendants in the case of the Mary, seized for an alleged violation of the British foreign enlistment act.
The spirit of comity manifested by his excellency, and the friendly manner in which you have informed me of his conduct, have afforded me much gratification.
I beg you to convey to him an expression of the high appreciation entertained by this government of his just regard for its rights and for its good will in the instance adverted to.
I have the honor to be, with the highest consideration, sir, your obedient servant,
J. Hume Burnley, Esq., &c., &c., &c.