general, on the confederate cotton loan. Division in the cabinet on the reform bill, and resignation of several members thereof.

1323 Mr. Adams to Mr.

Feb. 19

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Mar. 8 Establishment by the British government of
light-houses at the entrance of the Carib-
bean sea.

Another attempt at insurrection in Ireland
Presentation of the bill for the extension of
the franchise.

1946 Mr. Seward to Mr. Mar. 21, Respecting the pursuit of hostile Indians in

3 Notifying receipt of balance due on the first
instalment of Japanese indemnity.

May

7

Action of the ministry on the measure for
extending the franchise. Right of the
people to assemble in Hyde Park.
Uncertainty as to the continuance of peace
in Europe.

Result of the conference of the great powers
upon the case of the Duchy of Luxembourg.
Instruction in the cases of United States citi-
zens tried for treason in Ireland.
Transmitting depositions in case of William
Jackson, under sentence of death for treason
in Ireland.

Cases of United States citizens under trial for
offences committed in Ireland.

The limitation upon the arbitration of the
Alabama claims, proposed by Lord Stanley,
not to be acceded to.

Application of W. W. Holmes on behalf of
English bondholders' claims upon Mexico.
Case of William Jackson, alias John McCaf-
ferty, under sentence of death, in Ireland,
charged with treason.

Relative to Mr. Rangabe, minister from Greece
to the United States.

Application for writ of error in case of John
McCafferty. Cases of Burke and McClure.
Has declined to incur further responsibility for
the costs in the case of McCafferty.
Enclosing letter from James A. Hamilton in
behalf of John McClure, arrested in Ireland.
Instruction to remonstrate against the export
duty of 20 per cent. levied in New Bruns-
wick upon lumber, the produce of the State
of Maine.

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