Lord Palmersfon to Mr.. Tan Burcn.
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FOREIGN OFFICE,


December 81, 1881.
The Undersigned, his Majestys principal Sc
cretary Of State for Foreign Affairs has the honor
to acknowledge the receipt Of the note Of Mr..
Van Buren, envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotentiary from the United States of Ameri-
ca to this Court, dated the 10th instant, on the
subject of an act in operation at Kingston, in
jamaica, by which the masters of vessels sailing
from that port are compelled, under certain pen
altes and conditions, to receive paupers on board,
and to convoy them to the port whittier the ves-
sci may be bound. 5


The undersigned hastens to inform Mr. Van
Buren, that the subject Of his representation had
already been brought under the notice Of his Ma
jcsty's Government, through his Majesty's charge
d'afaires at Washington; and that the undersign-
cd has had the satisfaction of being enabled TO
inform the Government of the United States, by
the last packet, that the act of the Legislature
of Jamaica, of which the American Government
complain, will expire the 3lst December of the
present year, and that instructions will be trans
mitted to the Governor of Jamaica to withhold
his assent from any other act which may be pass
ed containing the same or any similar provision.
The undersigned, &c.


PALMERSTON.