No. 119.
Legation of the United States,
Madrid,
January 2, 1868.
Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State, Washington, D. C.
Legation of the United States of
America,
Madrid,
December 2, 1887.
Sir: I am instructed by the Secretary of
State of the United States to make known to her Majesty’s government
that a mutinous affray occurred on the 21st of October last on board
the American vessel named the Abd-el-Kader, in the port of Malaga,
and that but for the timely interference of the officers of the
Spanish revenue boat, the Alerta, who caused the arrest of the
mutineers and their delivery to the United States consul, the affair
would no doubt have proved a more serious one than it did. And I
have much pleasure in communicating these facts to your excellency,
to comply with the further instructions of my government, in
expressing to her Majesty’s government and to the officers of the
Alerta the grateful acknowledgments of the government of the United
States for the friendly assistance given by the officers of the
Alerta on that occasion.
The undersigned avails himself, with much pleasure, of the present
occasion for renewing to his excellency the minister of state the
assurances of his most distinguished consideration.
JOHN P. HALE.
His Excellency the
Minister of
State.
