Mr. Seward to Mr. Burnley
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 17th instant, relative to the conduct of Lieutenant Pearson, of the united States corvette the Jamestown, in co-operating with the English, French, and Dutch vessels-of-war against the batteries erected by the Japanese Prince of Nagato on the straits of Simono lake, and requesting that the United States government will convey to Lieutenant Pearson the acknowledgment of the lords commissioners of the admiralty for the ready co-operation which that officer afforded to the British admiral. The account of these proceedings affords this government great satisfaction, and I will thank you to convey to Earl Russell my congratulations upon the result, and to inform his lordship that the conduct of our minister on the occasion and that of naval officers have been approved.
I have the honor to be, with high consideration, sir, your obedient servant,
J. Hume Burnley, Esq., &c., &c., &c.