Mr. Hunter to Sir F. Bruce. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of Mr. Burnley's note of the 18th instant, which is accompanied by a copy of a despatch of the 3d instant, from his excellency Rawson Rawson, the governor of the Bahamas, in which he points out certain requirements for the fulfilment of the extradition of Vernon G. Locke alias John Parker, or John Parker Locke. Waiving a consideration of the question whether the delivery of Locke could be claimed pending his trial for a violation of British law or his fulfilment of a sentence, I have the honor to inform you that I have forwarded to T. Kirkpatrick, esq., the consul of the United States at Nassau, a duly authenticated copy of such complaints, warrants and depositions as, it is believed, will fill the requirements of the treaty and the act of the imperial Parliament in force in the Bahamas. I have the honor to be, with the highest consideration, sir, your obedient ser SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of Mr. Burnley's note, together with its accompaniments, from the governor general of Canada, in regard to the allegations of Mr. -, concerning an organization existing in Canada, having for its object the destruction of adjacent towns in the United States. I beg you will cause to be conveyed to Lord Monck my thanks for the information. I have the honor to be, with the highest consideration, sir, your obedient ser vant, W. HUNTER, Acting Secretary. Hon. FREDERICK W. A. BRUCE, &c., &c., &c. Mr. Hunter to Sir F. Bruce. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, April 25, 1865. SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of Mr. Burnley's note of the 18th instant, transmitting a copy of a despatch received by him from his excellency the governor of the Bahamas relative to the movements, in the port of Nassau, of a schooner called the Gypsy, which formed the subject of a note of the 3d ultimo from this department. I have the honor to be, with high consideration, sir, your obedient servant, W. HUNTER, Acting Secretary. Hon. SIR FREDERICK W. A. BRUCE, &c., &c., &c. Mr. Hunter to Sir F. Bruce. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, April 25, 1865. SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 22d instant, transmitting to me a copy of a despatch of the 17th instant from Viscount Monck, the governor general of Canada, announcing the adoption of certain measures by his excellency upon receiving intelligence of the assassination of the President of the United States, and requesting you to communicate to this government, on the part of the government and people of Canada, their feelings of abhorrence of the crime, and sympathy at the loss which has been sustained by the government and citizens of the United States. I must beg you to convey to his excellency, in reply, the assurance that the spontaneous and hearty manifestations of grief and sympathy are most gratefully appreciated by the government and people of this country. I have the honor to be, with the highest consideration, sir, your obedient servant, W. HUNTER, Acting Secretary. Hon. SIR FREDERICK W. A. BRUCE, &c., &c., &c. Mr. Hunter to Sir F. Bruce. DEPARTMENT of State, Washington, April 25, 1865. MY DEAR SIR: I have the pleasure of acknowledging the receipt of your letter of the 3d instant, informing the Secretary of State, at the instance of Lord Monck, of the decision of the Canadian courts in regard to the St. Albans raiders and their subsequent re-arrest on a charge of violating the Queen's neutrality. W. HUNTER, Acting Secretary. I am, my dear sir, very faithfully yours, Mr. Hunter to Sir F. Bruce. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, April 25, 1865. SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of Mr. Burnley's note of the 18th instant, and of its accompanying copy of Governor Rawson's answer to Mr. Seward's note upon the subject of the equipment of five vessels at the Bahamas for purposes hostile to the United States, and I beg you to cause to be conveyed to his excellency an expression of my thankfulness for the information. I have the honor to be, with the highest consideration, sir, your obedient serW. HUNTER, Acting Secretary. vant, Hon. SIR FREDERICK W. A. BRUCE, Sr., &c., &c. Mr. Hunter to Sir F. Bruce. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, April 25, 1865. SIR: I have the honor to request that you will have the kindness to cause the seal and certificate of this department, attached to the enclosed papers relating to the case of Vernon G. Locke, alias John Parker or John Parker Locke, to be authenticated under the seal of the British legation, in order that the papers may receive due consideration by the judicial authorities at the Bahamas with reference to the proposed extradition of Locke. I will thank you to return the papers to me with the proper certificate, and to inform the governor of the Bahamas that they will be forwarded by this department to the United States consul at Nassau. I have the honor to be, with the highest consideration, sir, your obedient ser vant, W. HUNTER, Acting Secretary. Hon. SIR FREDERICK W. A. BRUCE, &c., &c., &c. Sir F. Bruce to Mr. Hunter. WASHINGTON, April 25, 1865. SIR: I have the honor to transmit to you a copy of a despatch which I have received from her Majesty's consul at New York, enclosing copies of resolutions adopted at a meeting of British residents of New York, for the purpose of expressing their sympathy and condolence upon the occasion of the national bereavement caused by the assassination of the late President. I also beg that the accompanying despatch, enclosing a copy of the same document, may be forwarded to the honorable Mrs. Lincoln. I have the honor to be, with the highest consideration, sir, your most obedient, humble servant, Hon. W. HUNTER, &c., &c., &c. FREDERICK W. A, BRUCE. Mr. Archibald to Sir F. Bruce. BRITISH CONSULATE, New York, April 21, 1865. SIR: I have the horor to transmit, herewith enclosed, copies of resolutions adopted at a meeting of British residents of New York, held on the 18th instant, for the purpose of expressing their sympathy and condolence with the American people under the national bereavement caused by the assassination of the late President. In compliance with the wishes of the meeting, expressed in their third resolution, I have the honor to request that you will be so good as to communicate the resolutions in such manner as you may think proper, to the government of the United States and to Mrs. Lincoln and the members of the family of the late President. I have, &c., Hon. SIR F. W. BRUCE, G. C. B., &c., &c., &c. EDWARD M. ARCHIBALD. [For resolutions above referred to see Appendix, separate volume.] SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of yesterday, transmitting a copy of a despatch of the 21st instant from her Britannic Majesty's consul at New York, enclosing copies of a resolution adopted at a meeting of British residents of New York, for the purpose of expressing their sympathy and condolence upon the occasion of the national bereavement caused by the assassination of the late President. I received at the same time the sealed packet addressed to Mrs. Lincoln, which, in compliance with your request, shall be forwarded to her. I must beg permission to assure you that the earnest expressions of sympathy and condolence contained in Mr. Archibald's despatch, and in the resolution referred to, will be received by the widow and family of the deceased, and by the government and people of the United States, as an acceptable tribute to his memory, and a truthful manifestation of the sentiments of a large and highly respectable body of her Majesty's subjects. I have the honor to be, with the highest consideration, sir, your obedient ser vant, W. HUNTER, Acting Secretary. Hon. SIR FREDERICK W. A. BRUCE, Sr., &c., &c. Mr. Hunter to Sir F. Bruce. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, April 28, 1865. SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 22d instant, enclosing a copy of a despatch addressed by Vice-Admiral Sir James Hope to the secretary of the admiralty, relative to the threatened destruction of United States ships on the coast of the Pacific, and to express my gratification at the hearty disposition evinced by her Majesty's officers on that coast to prevent an execution of the design.. obedient ser I have the honor to be, with the highest consideration, sir, your vant. W. HUNTER, Acting Secretary. Hon. SIR FREDERICK W. A. BRUCE, &c., &c., &c. Mr. Hunter to Sir F. Bruce. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, April 28, 1865: SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of Mr. Burnley's note of the 18th instant, which is accompanied by copies of a correspondence received from his excellency the governor of Bahamas, relative to the movements of United ships-of-war off Matthew town, Inagua, in contravention of her Majesty's proclamation. In reply, I have the honor to state that the attention of the Secretary of the Navy has been invited to a copy of that communication. I have the honor to be, with high consideration, sir, your obedient servant, W. HUNTER, Acting Secretary. Hon. SIR FREDERICK W. A. BRUCE, &c., &c., &c. Sir F. Bruce to Mr. Hunter. WASHINGTON, April 28, 1865. : SIR At the request of the governor general of Canada, I have the honor to transmit to you three copies of resolutions adopted at a public meeting held in London, Canada, on receipt of the news of the assassination of the late Presi dent. The copies are destined, respectively, for the President, the Hon. Mrs. Lincoln, and the Secretary of State of the United States. I have also, at his excellency's request, the honor to transmit to you copies of a letter addressed to him by the mayor of Woodstock, Canada West, and of the resolutions adopted by the residents of that place, on the same mournful occasion. I have the honor to be, with the highest consideration, sir, your most obedient, humble servant, Hon. W. HUNTER, &c., &c., &c. FREDERICK W. A. BRUCE. [For enclosures see Appendix, separate volume.] Sir F. Bruce to Mr. Hunter. WASHINGTON, April 28, 1865. SIR: The mayor of Brockville, Canada West, has requested me to transmit to you the accompanying copy of resolutions passed at a public meeting of the inhabitants of that town on the occasion of the assassination of the late President of the United States. I have also the honor, at the request of the mayor of St. Thomas, county of Elgin, Canada, to transmit to you letters for the President of the United States and the Hon. Mrs. Lincoln, containing resolutions passed at a public meeting of the inhabitants. I have the honor to be, with the highest consideration, sir, your most obedient, humble servant, Hon. WILLIAM HUNTER, &c., &., &c. FREDERICK W. A. BRUCE. [For enclosures see Appendix, separate volume.] Mr. Hunter to Sir F. Bruce. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, April 29, 1865. SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 20th instant, in regard to the views entertained by her Majesty's government upon a proclamation of the late President of the United States, respecting the penalty to which non-resident foreigners may be subjected in violating the blockade of the southern ports. In reply, I have the honor to inform you that it will receive due consideration. I have the honor to be, with high consideration, sir, your obedient servant, W. HUNTER, Acting Secretary. Hon. SIR FREDERICK W. A. BRUCE, &c., &c. &c. Sir F. Bruce to Mr. Hunter. WASHINGTON, May 1, 1865. SIR: As I observe that a large quantity of cotton was found in Mobile at the time of its capture, of which I have reason to believe a portion belongs to British subjects, I have the honor to bring the subject under your notice, in connexion with the correspondence which has passed between the Department of State and this legation respecting cotton found in Savannah and Charleston. |