Hammond to Under-Secretary of State

I am directed by Lord Stanley to transmit to you, to be laid
before The Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, a copy of a
despatch, which, after consultation with the Proper Law Officers
of the Crown, he has addressed to Her Majesty's Minister at
Washington in regard to the overture made to him by Mr
Seward for the conclusion of a Treaty for the Settlement by
arbitration of the San Juan Question.