Among other statements in the depositions of Temple which appear to require notice, are some relating to the conduct of the governor and officers of the government at Melbourne, in Victoria. Copies of your letter and its inclosures have accordingly been sent to the colonial office for inquiry as to the conduct of the authorities at Melbourne, as well as to the home office, with a view to prosecutions being instituted under the foreign-enlistment act, if sufficient evidence can be obtained to warrant proceedings being taken against any parties. I am, &c., (Signed) CLARENDON. [181] *No. 30. Mr. Adams to the Earl of Clarendon. LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES, London, January 24, 1866. (Received January 25.) · MY LORD: I have the honor to acknowledge the reception of your lordship's note of the 19th instant, touching the evidence furnished in my letter of the 28th of December, to certain facts connected with the cruise of the steamer Shenandoah. Whatever may be the weight attached to that evidence in a court of law, I have no reason to presume that, after the experience of preceding trials under the enlistment act, my Government would desere to be understood as furnishing it in the expectation of such use. The present object is, if possible, to establish the truth, so far as it may be obtained from the best sources, and to place it on record in a permanent form. Fully believing that this may prove of eminent use to a comprehension of the precise nature of the obligations of neutral nations hereafter, I shall be happy to receive myself, as well as to furnish to your lordship, any further elucidation of the actual facts attending this extraordinary case that may appear, and that without regard to the bearing which it may be supposed to have on any particular view of the questions thought to be involved. I pray, &c., CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS. No. 31. The Earl of Clarendon to Mr. Adams. FOREIGN OFFICE, January 29, 1866. SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 24th instant, and in reply I beg to state that Her Majesty's government will gladly co-operate with you in establishing the truth, not only as regards the Shenandoah, but in whatever may tend to render clear and practical the obligations of neutral nations. I am, &c., CLARENDON. NORTH AMERICA. No. 1. (1867.) CORRESPONDENCE RESPECTING BRITISH AND AMERICAN CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF THE LATE CIVIL WAR IN THE UNITED STATES. LIST OF PAPERS. No. 1. Mr. Adams to Lord Stanley, September 17, 1866, (two inclosures) 2. Lord Stanley to Sir F. Bruce, November 30, 1866. 3. Lord Stanley to Sir F. Bruce, November 30, 1866 4. Sir F. Bruce to Lord Stanley, January 7, 1867, (one inclosure) 5. Lord Stanley to Sir F. Bruce, January 24, 1867 6. Sir F. Bruce to Lord Stanley, January 14, 1867, (one inclosure) 7. Mr. Adams to Lord Stanley, January 28, 1867, (one inclosure) 8. Lord Stanley to Mr. Adams, January 30, 1867 9. Lord Stanley to Sir F. Bruce, March 9, 1867. 10. Lord Stanley to Sir F. Wright Bruce, May 2, 1867 11. Lord Stanley to Sir F. Wright Bruce, May 24, 1867.. H. Ex. 282, vol. iii-49 |