[Untitled], January 24, 1865.

[Untitled]

The undersigned has the honor to report to his excellency the governor general that from inquiries made by him, as shown by the annexed correspondence, relative to the two vessels alluded to by the United States vice-consul, in his letter of the 9th December last, addressed to the British minister at Washington, it does not appear that any suspicion of their destination other than the ostensible one, was excited in the minds of the customs officers at Montreal, and that one of these vessels, the Alexandarus had cleared from the port of Montreal before the date of the vice-consul’s letter.

The undersigned will duly report to his excellency before the opening of navigation any further information that may be obtained relative to the Pinero.