A. J. Dallas to Wm. L. Marcy, May 1, 1856

[544] *Mr. Dallas to Mr. Marcy.

No. 8.]

Dear Sir: I sent my No. 7 to Liverpool, to go by the steamer Atlantic, on the morning of the 30th April, some hours before receiving the note, of which a copy is annexed, from Lord Clarendon, apologizing for not having been able to get his reply to your dispatch ready in time. Yesterday evening that reply, in form, addressed to me, was received at the legation. I have this morning acknowledged its reception by a note, the copy of which also accompanies this dispatch. And I now transmit to you, by the earliest opportunity, the steamer Asia, on the 3d instant, full and exact copies of that document and the papers attached to it.

I am, &c.,