No. 174.
Mr. West to Mr. Frelinghuysen.

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 11th instant, and to inform you that I have duly notified to Her Majesty’s [Page 252] Government that it is deemed best not to take any definite action with regard to the fisheries articles of the treaty of Washington until December next.

I have, &c.,

L. S. SACKVILLE–WEST.