No. 127.
Mr. Hoffman to Mr. Fish.
Legation of the United States,
London, May 13, 1876.
(Received May 24.)
No. 84.]
Sir: Referring to previous correspondence upon
the subject of Winslow, I have the honor to forward to you copies of two
notes I have received from Lord Derby upon this subject.
I have, &c.,
[Inclosure 1 in No. 84.]
Lord Derby to
Mr. Hoffman.
Foreign Office, May 10, 1876.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt of your note of the 8th instant, stating that Mr. Fish
requests that your note of the 20th instant may be considered as
withdrawn, and that his dispatch of the 31st of March, which was
forwarded to me in a note from you dated the 29th (not 27th) ultimo,
may be substituted for it.
I have, &c.,
[Inclosure 2 in No. 84.]
Lord Derby to
Mr. Hoffman.
Foreign Office, May 11, 1876.
Sir: With reference to my letter of the 3d
instant, acquainting you that Winslow’s case had been remanded for
ten days, on the application of the attorney-general, I have the
honor to state to you that I have been informed by Her Majesty’s
secretary of state for the home department that the attorney-general
will be instructed to ask for a further postponement of Winslow’s
release when the next application is made to the judge, on the
expiration of the postponement granted when the former application
was made.
Her Majesty’s government are most anxious that nothing should be
wanting on their part to keep alive the possibility of coming to an
arrangement with the United States Government on the extradition
question now pending between them; and the ground on which the judge
will be asked for a further postponement will be that there has not
yet been time for Mr. Fish to have received the answer to his
dispatch of the 31st March, which was sent to you on the 4th
instant.
The home secretary is, of course, unable to say whether the judge
will accede to this application; but, in notifying that it will be
made, he has expressed his extreme regret that there should be any
risk of a cessation of the satisfactory working of the extradition
treaty of 1842, which has been of such great mutual benefit to both
countries.
I have, &c.,
