No. 140.
Sir Edward
Thornton to Mr. Fish.
Sir: From a dispatch which I have received from the governor-general of Canada, it appears that one Charles P. Jones, late of the county of Stark, in the State of Ohio, was, on the 30th ultimo, committed to jail at Hamilton, in the county of Wentworth, Ontario, as a fugitive from the justice of the United States.
As the usual application for the surrender of this man under the extradition treaty has not been received by the Canadian Government, the Earl of Dufferin has requested me to inform you that at the expiration of two months from the date of his committal to prison, Charles P. Jones will, under the Imperial Statutes 33 and 34 Vict., cap. 52, be entitled to claim his discharge.
I have, &c.,