Mr. Moran to Mr. Fish
Sir: I have the honor to inform you that his excellency General Robert C. Schenck, accompanied by his family and General Maxwell Woodhull, appointed assistant secretary to this mission, arrived in London on the 3d instant, and that he has this day communicated by note to Lord Granville the office copy of his letter of credence, and taken charge of the legation.
Lord Granville is in Scotland in official attendance upon the Queen, but will return to London in a few days; and it is expected that Her Majesty will arrive at Windsor from Balmoral about the 19th instant. General Schenck’s presentation to the Queen cannot well take place before that date unless he should make a special trip to Scotland for the purpose, an event not likely to arise; but he may safely count upon an audience either in London or at Windsor for the delivery of his original letter of credence during the last ten days of this month.
All classes of the British people have given General Schenck a sincere and cordial welcome, and this feeling is more general than has been observed on the occasion of the arrival of a new American minister at this court in the last eighteen years.
In conclusion, I beg to express my best thanks to the President and yourself for having confided to my care the interests of the nation here for so long a period, and for continuing me under General Schenck in the post of secretary of this legation.
I am, &c.,