Mr. Raikes to Mr. Adee.
Dear Mr. Adee: I did not fail to bring to Lord Lansdowne’s notice, in an official dispatch, the contents of your personal note of August 22 last, in which you were good enough to quote from a telegram received by the Navy Department from the commanding officer of the U. S. S. Cincinnati at La Guaira, stating that he had obtained the release of a British subject who was serving against his will in the revolutionary forces at Barcelona, Venezuela.
I have now received a dispatch from Lord Lansdowne instructing me to request you to convey to the commander of the Cincinnati the thanks of His Majesty’s Government for his friendly action, and I accordingly venture to request you to be good enough to take the necessary action in the matter.
I am, etc.,