Lennox to Under-Secretary of State

With reference to previous correspondence relating to the
claims made by the Officer Commanding the Royal Marines at San
Juan upon the Officer Commanding the United States Detachment
on that Island for the restitution of a Deserter, I am commanded
by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to send you herewith
for the information of Her Majesty's Secretary of State for the
Colonies, a letter from Rear Admiral Hastings dated the 12th
Ultimo No 49, with its enclosures on this subject, from which
it appears that an amicable feeling has been maintained
throughout the correspondence respecting this Deserter, and that
the Rear Admiral considers no blame attaches to Captain Bazalgette
for having requested his restitution.