Mr. Hay to Mr. Finch.

No. 172.]

Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your No. 369, of the 18th ultimo, inclosing copy of a note from the foreign office, expressing sympathy in view of the Galveston disaster.

Copies of your dispatch and its inclosure have been forwarded to the governor of Texas.

This Government cordially appreciates the sympathetic message communicated by that of Uruguay.

I am, etc.,

John Hay.