195 Mr. Fish to Mr. Hegermann April 29 Inclosing copy of dispatch, No. 19. from the United 196 Mr. Hegermann to Mr. Fish May 3 197 ..do June 14 198 States chargé d'affaires at Peking, respecting the action of the Chinese authorities in regard to the Great Northern Telegraph Company. Expressing thanks for the documents accompanying Mr. Fish's note of the 29th April. Communicating the views of the Danish government respecting a proposed international convention for the protection of submarine cables. sentatives of the United States, in behalf of the Great Northern Telegraph Company, have been of service to the interests of Denmark. Mr. Cadwalader to Mr. He. July 15 Expressing pleasure that the efforts of the repregermann. ECUADOR. Pag 3 3 3 do May 8 Reconvening of the National Assembly.. 409 .do May 16 do 413 233 Mr. Fish to Mr. Washburne. June 9 Respecting the application for a passport of an June 10 American woman divorced from a British subject. The United States not called upon to take part in the proposed convention for the amelioration of prisoners of war. June 12 Passage, in the National Assembly, of a provision fixing the age of voters in municipal elections at twenty-one years. June 17 Proposition brought forward in the National Assembly for the definitive establishment of the republic with two chambers and a president; motion of the Duke de La Rochefoucauld Bisaccia. Resignation of Baron Lederer and selection of Mr. Bartholdi as umpire to the joint commission of the United States and Spain. 237 Mr. Fish to Mr. Washburne July 17 238 Mr. Washburne to Mr. Fish July 24 Exemptions of American citizens from passports; emigration to the United States. Resignation of Mr. Mague, minister of finance, and Mr. Fourton, minister of the interior; they are respectively succeeded by Mr. Matthieu Bodet and General Chabaud Latour. Retrospect of prominent political events.......... Inclosing copy of a letter from the mayor of Philadelphia respecting the dissatisfaction stated in the Journal Officiel to exist in the United States among French emigrants. GERMANY. 413 414 414 416 417 418 419 426 Controversy between the president of the Prussian province of Posen and Count Ledochowski, the archbishop of Gnesen and Posen. The new law brought in by the Prussian government transferring from the clergy to civil officers the registry of births, marriages, and deaths; composition of the Prussian Diet; school system in Prussia and Bavaria; attitude of Switzerland toward the ultramontanists. General approbation of the President's message in Germany. Negotiation between Denmark and Germany on their boundary in Jutland; desire of the German government for the acquisition of West Indian colonies denied. 435 437 437 439 256 Mr. Fish to Mr. Bancroft.... Feb. 18 257 ......do Mar. 4 Subject. Requesting inquiry into a report that a murderer Accepting the resignation of Mr. Bancroft as en- Mr. Bancroft to Mr. Fish.... Mar. 9 Proposed issue of governmental bills; pay of members of the Diet. Denying the truth of the report respecting the ¡Page. 440 441 441 441 442 258 259 443 262 Mr. Fish to Mr. Bancroft. Apr. 21 Apr. 27 446 Objectious made by the German government to an June 30 Expressing gratitude for the language in which 267 Mr. Nicholas Fish to Mr. July 15 Attempted assassination of Prince Bismarck; let Fish. 446 448 449 455 Approval of Mr. Bancroft's interpretation of the ernment. Inclosing copies of instructions addressed to the Same subject; no reply received from the German 460 460 461 General Schenck to Mr. Fish Apr. 30 Charges made on telegrams sent to the United 29 Mr Fish to General Schenck June 27 20 General Schenck to Mr. Fish July 7 States by the Anglo-American Telegraph Com- Same subject; inclosing letter from Mr. Orton, Inclosing correspondence upon the same subject Page. 465 467 469 470 Aug. 5 Inclosing copy of the Queen's speech on the proro- 475 .do Ang. 12 2-4 .do .do 26 Mr. Davis to General Sept. 2 Schenck. General Schenck to Mr. Fish., Sept. 13 Inclosing parts of a dispatch from the United General Schenck to Mr. Fish. Feb. 5 Inclosing correspondence respecting facilities to beextended in New Zealand to the United States expedition for observing the transit of Venus. Consular convention between the United States and Great Britain. |