Lord Lyons to Mr. Dec. 5 J. Hume Burnley, esq., recommended as

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chargé d'affaires ad interim.

Mr. Seward to Mr. Dec. 6 J. Hume Burnley, esq., chargé d'affaires ad

Burnley.

interim.

Memorandum.... Dec. 7 African slave trade. Propositions for its sup-

pression.

Do...... Dec. 8 Case of the Shenandoah. Prosecution of
Captain Corbett for violation of foreign en-

listment act.

Mr. Burnley to Mr. Dec. 8 Claim for coal taken from Angra Pequena by

Seward.

the Vanderbilt.

Mr. Seward to Mr. Dec. 8 Movements of the Georgiana.......

Burnley.

Mr. Burnley to Mr. Dec. 9 Case of the Labuan.....

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Do......... Dec. 14 Alleged enlistment of deserters from the

British bark Cuzco.

Do......... Dec. 14 Case of the John Warrington

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Do......... Dec. 14 Release of S. E. Lackey and others, charged

with robbery and murder at St. Albans.

Mr. Burnley to Mr. Dec. 14 The same subject

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Do......... Dec. 15 Schemes of the insurgents in Canada against

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Mr. Burnley to Mr. Dec. 16 Order telegraphed by Major General Dix on

Seward.

the occasion of the outrage at St. Albans.

Do......... Dec. 16 Alleged enlistment of deserters from the

British bark Cuzco.

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Do......... Dec. 19 Intercepted correspondence showing the use

of the British provinces by the insurgents.

Do......... Dec. 21 Alleged organization at Halifax for seizing

United States vessels on the lakes border-

ing on Canada, and also at different points

on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.

Seward.

Mr. Burnley to Mr. Dec. 21 Intercepted correspondence showing the use
of the British provinces by the insurgents.
Do......... Dec. 21 Operations in the straits of Simonosaki. Naval
honors tendered by the British government
to Lieutenant Pearson, of the United States
ship Jamestown.

Do....... Dec. 21 Alleged organization of insurgents at Halifax
for seizing United States vessels.

Do......... Dec. 22 Cessation of Japanese hostilities. Future pol-

icy to be observed towards that government.

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