Mr. Hay to Mr. Townsend.

No. 46.]

Sir: In reply to your No. 55, of the 1st instant, you are informed that on the 7th instant the Senate of the United States adjourned sine die, without having taken action on the convention regulating the sale of spirituous liquors in Africa, signed on the 8th of June of last year.

I am, etc.,

John Hay.