Mr. Day to Mr. Hay.

No. 668.]

Sir: I have to inform you that your dispatch No. 393, of the 14th ultimo, reporting further conversation of the British ambassador at Madrid with the Spanish minister of foreign affairs in regard to the treaty of 1795 and of the Protocol of the 12th of January, 1877, and its alleged abrogation by Spain, has been received.

Respectfully, yours,

William R. Day.