Secret, Separate

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch marked
Secret of the 16th January last, indicating the course which Her Majesty's Government wish should be pursued in regard to persons or shipping belonging to any of the States which may have seceded from
the federation of the United States of North America, should any such
come within the limits of my Government, and I beg to assure your
Grace that your instructions in this particular shall be most
carefully attended to.