No. 156.
Mr. Cadwalader to Mr. Pierrepont

No. 77.]

Sir: Upon the receipt of your telegram of the 23d instant, stating that Brent, having been delivered up, had sailed from Liverpool in the steamer Parthia, a note was addressed to Sir Edward Thornton, informing him of the fact of the surrender of the fugitive, and his departure for the United States, as well as that Winslow and Gray, for whom warrants had been issued, could not be found, and stating that the President would now be ready to respond to any requisitions preferred by Her Majesty’s Government, and would hereafter make similar requisitions under the treaty, and regard the treaty as in full force, subject to the right reserved to either party to terminate the same pursuant to the eleventh article thereof. I informed you immediately of the substance of the note by telegraph, on its transmission on the 23d.

A copy of the note in question, and of Sir Edward’s reply thereto is herewith inclosed.*

At the same time a note was addressed to the British representative with reference to Maraine Smith, who has been held for a long time, as you know, and requesting his surrender.

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Upon the 26th the British minister himself addressed the Department, asking that a warrant might be issued for the arrest and detention of one Alfred Brush, a fugitive from the justice of Canada, with a view to his extradition, and a warrant or mandate from this Department was issued the same day.

Extradition appears therefore to have been fairly re-established between the two countries under the tenth article of the treaty of 1842.

The President transmitted to Congress upon the 26th instant a special message with reference to extradition, accompanied by copies of the late correspondence on the subject. As soon as printed copies are obtained of the correspondence and message, copies shall be transmitted.

The President reviews the question, and announces that he will hereafter entertain and make requisitions for the surrender of fugitive criminals.

I am, &c.,

JOHN L. CADWALADER,
Acting Secretary.
  1. See ante, documents Nos. 154 and 155.