Liverpool to draw the money on it. It was returned to me in the letter annexed hereto, marked A. I signed my name and sent it to the office of M. G. Klingender & Co., Liverpool, who sent me £3 108., less 7d. the expenses. It was sent me in a postoffice order, in a letter dated 3d October, 1862, annexed hereto, and marked on back Exhibit B. On the 31st October, 1862, M. G. Klingender & Co. sent me another letter inclosing me another order for £3 98. 6d., being another month's half-pay on said note. On the 31st December, 1862, the Messrs. Klingender & Co. sent me another letter inclosing me an order for £3 98. 6d. on account of said half-pay note. The letter is annexed hereto, and marked Exhibit C on back. I received another half-pay of £3 98. 6d.; it must have been in January, but the letter in which it was sent, as well as the letter written to me by Captain Bullock above-mentioned, has been mislaid. All the money orders were paid to me. In February or March I received from M. G. Klingender & Co. a letter, without date, stating that my husband had deserted, and stopping the pay on the allotment note. I had been in the habit of sending them the note every time I drew the money; the last time I sent it they retained it, and sent me the last-mentioned letter, but no money. They still have the allotment note in their possession. The letter from M. G. Klingender & Co., dated 31st of October, 1862, above mentioned, is annexed hereto, and marked Exhibit D. The last letter from them to me, without date, above mentioned, is also annexed hereto, and marked Exhibit E. (Signed) MARTHA LATHAM. Sworn and subscribed to this 31st day of December, 1863. J. ROLLY FRIPP, A. LIVERPOOL, September 30, 1862. Messrs. M. G. Klingender & Co. must request Mrs. Martha Latham, before paying her the £3 10s., to sign her name at the back of the allotment note, and then return it to them, when they will remit her a money-order for the amount, less cost of order. Mrs. M. LATHAM, 19 Wellington street, Swansea, South Wales. P. S.-Please note address, No. 22 Water street, Liverpool. EXHIBIT B. 22 WATER STREET, Liverpool, October 3, 1862. Mrs. MARTHA LATHAM, 19 Wellington street, Swansea, South Wales: MADAM: Inclosed please find a money-order payable at the post-office of your town for £3 98. 5d. In future you must send us your allotment-note signed across a receipt stamp. Returning you the note, we are, &c., Per M. G. Klingender & Co., (Signed) Money-order.. Cost of order Receipt-stamp [232] * EXHIBIT D. LIVERPOOL, October 31, 1862. MIS. MARTHA LATHAM, 19 Wellington street, Swansea, South Wales : MADAM: We inclose you a money-order for £3 9s. 6d., payable at the post-office of your town. Returning you your note, we are, &c., Per M. G. Klingender & Co., (Signed) C. F. VON MELLE. Messrs. Klingender & Co. inclose Mrs. Martha Latham a post-office order for £3 98. 6d., deducting as usual 6d. per cost of order. No. 19 Wellington street, Swansea, South Wales. EXHIBIT E. MARTHA LATHAM, 19 Wellington street, Swansea, South Wales: MADAM: We have this day received advices per West India mail from Saint Domingo, stating that John Latham, with three other men, deserted the Alabama on the 25th January, at Kingston, Jamaica, and of course their allotment-notes must be stopped. We are, &c., Per M. G. Klingender & Co., (Signed) C. F. VON MELLE. [Inclosure 4 in No. 55.] Affidavit of Thomas Winstinley. I, Thomas Winstinley, of Liverpool, in the county of Lancashire, residing at 36 Jasper street, make oath and say: I am a cousin of John Latham. After he had joined the Alabama in the summer of 1862, his wife, Martha Latham, wrote me that Mr. Latham had sent home a part of his advance wages, and requested me to go to Fraser, Trenholm & Co., in Liverpool, and get it for her. I went to Fraser, Trenholm & Co.'s office either the last part of the month of August, or the fore part of September, 1862. I saw one of the men in their office. I presented him the note; it was for £5. I forgot by whom it was signed. The man said, "Well, you are not Martha Latham, and this note is payable to her." I told him she lived at Swansea, and that she had written to me to get it for her, and showed him her letter to me. He then said if I would leave him the letter and note he would pay me. I consented to do this, and he paid me £5, which I remitted to Martha Latham, less the expenses. The person who paid me I was told by the other clerks in the office was Fraser, Trenholm & Co.'s cashier. I left the note and letter with him. (Signed) THOMAS WINSTINLEY. Sworn and subscribed to before me this 6th day of January, 1864, at Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster. (Signed) J. PEARSON. A Commissioner to Administer Oaths in Chancery in England. sentation RS to Mr. Hammond to Mr. Waddington. FOREIGN OFFICE, January 14, 1864. SIR: I am directed by Earl Russell to transmit to you, to be laid "Mr. Adams's repre- before Secretary Sir G. Grey, a copy of a note from Mr. breaches of neutral Adams, inclosing copies of papers going, as Mr. Adams states, to show abuses of neutrality committed by certain of Her Majesty's subjects. I am, &c., (Signed) ty by British subjects. E. HAMMOND. 1 No. 52. No. 57. Mr. Hammond to the secretary to the admiralty. of FOREIGN OFFICE, January 22, 1864. SIR: I am directed by Earl Russell to transmit to you, to be laid before the lords commissioners of the admiralty, a schedule taken Men of crew from papers furnished by Mr. Adams to this office,' contain- Alabaina said to be ing the names of the officers and crew of the confederate steamship Alabama, and specifying those who are Englishmen, and belong to the naval reserve and coast volunteers. long to naval reserve. I am, &c., No. 58. E. HAMMOND. The secretary to the admiralty to Mr. Hammond. three men of crew as naval ADMIRALTY, January 29, 1864. (Received January 30.) SIR: In reply to your letter of the 22d instant, respecting the navalreserve men who are said to form part of the crew of the Can only identify confederate steamship Alabama, I am commanded by my big to lords commissioners of the admiralty to acquaint you, for reserve. the information of Earl Russell, that only three of the nineteen men described in the printed list as naval-reserve men can be identified, viz, David Roach, Peter Hughes, and Michael Mars; and, of those three, the last (Mars) has been already discharged, in consequence of having joined the Alabama, as will be seen by the inclosed copy of a report from the registrar-general of seamen, who has been directed to make inquiries on the subject. I return the printed list of the crew, which accompanied your letter, with the registrar-general's notations against the names. I am, &c., C. PAGET. [Inclosure 1 in No. 58.] Mr. Mayo to the commodore comptroller general of the coast-guard. SIR: In accordance with the request contained in your letter of the 25th instant, I beg to acquaint you, for the information of the lords commissioners of the admiralty, that the register-books of the royal naval reserve have been searched, with a view of ascertaining whether the nineteen men described in the aunexed list as forming part of the crew of the Alabama belong to the royal naval reserve, and the following is the result of the investigation: A seaman of the name of David Roach (R. N. R. No. 11,919) is reported to have been at Liverpool on the 2d of October, 1862, and a seaman of the name of Peter Hughes (R. N. R. No. 10,849) is reported to have been discharged from the Great Eastern, at Liverpool, on the 16th June, 1862. As no subsequent account has been received of either of these naval-reserve men, it is possible that they may be the same men as David Roach and Peter Hughes described in the accompanying list of the crew of the Alabama; but of this I have no proof. [234] *A seaman of the name of Michael Mars formerly belonged to the royal naval reserve, but he was discharged from the force, in consequence of having joined the Alabama. With regard to the remaining sixteen men, who are said to be members of the royal naval reserve, I have to state that I have not been to trace them in our books by the names given. No persons of the names of William Brinton, Brent Johnson, Samuel Henry, John Duggan, Joseph Connor, William Purdy, Malcolm Macfarlane, John Latham, John Emory, William Nevins, and William Hearn, have been enrolled in the reserve, and I am unable to identify as members of the royal naval reserve the seamen serving on board the Alabama in the following names, for the reasons given: William Crawford, native and resident of Aberdeen, and not of Liverpool; James Smith, thirty-two enrolled of this name; John Neil, sailed in Goldfinder, 11th April, 1862-no account since; Thomas Williams, seventeen enrolled of this name; Robert Williams, six enrolled of this name. I have, &c., F. MAYO, Registrar General. [Inclosure 2 in No. 58.] Names of nava'-reserve men said to have formed part of crew of Alabama, with remarks of registrar general of seamen. William Nevins, coal-passer; Englishman; Cannot identify. John Neil, seaman; Englishman; lives Samuel Henry, seaman; Englishman; re- John Duggan, seaman; Englishman; re- Ditto. No person of this name has been enrolled. Cannot identify. Ditto. Robert Williams, seaman; Englishman; Ditto. Names of naval-reserve men, &c.—Continued. Names of naval-reserve men. Remarks of registrar general of seamen. [235] *Joseph Connor, seaman; English- No person of this name has been enrolled. man; resides in Walnut street; his wife lives there, and keeps a butcher's Michael Mars, seaman; Englishman; be- Malcolm Macfarlane, seaman; Scotchman; Wm. Hearn, seaman; Englishman; resides Already discharged from the royal naval reserve force; no account since he joined the Alabama. No person of this name has been enrolled. Ditto. Ditto. Discharged from Great Eastern at Liverpool, June 16, 1862; address, 6 Westmoreland street, Liverpool; no account has since been received. No. 59. Mr. Waddington to Mr. Hammond. can be taken on Mr. tions. WHITEHALL, February 5, 1864. (Received February 6.) SIR: I am directed by Secretary Sir George Grey to inform you, with reference to your letter of the 5th ultimo, that he has caused No proceedings to be laid before the attorney and solicitor general the copy Adams's representa of the note from the United States minister at this court, inclosing copies of papers which he thinks tend to show abuse of neutrality committed by certain of Her Majesty's subjects, for their opinion whether any proceedings can be taken with reference to the breaches of neutrality alleged in the inclosed papers either under the foreign enlistment act or otherwise; and I am to transmit to you herewith, to be laid before Earl Russell, a copy of the opinion of the law-officers, stating that, in their opinion, no proceedings can at present be taken with reference to any of the matters alleged as breaches of neutrality in the papers referred to. I am, &c., [Inclosure in No. 59.] Opinion of law-officers. H. WADDINGTON, We are of opinion that no proceedings can at present be taken with reference to any of the matters alleged as breaches of neutrality in the accompanying printed papers. If the persons stated to be Englishmen or Irishmen who have been serving on board the Alabama are natural-born British subjects they are undoubtedly offenders against the foreign-enlistment act. But not being (so far as it appears) within British jurisdiction no proceedings can now be taken against them; and it is under these circumstances unnecessary to enter into the question of the sufficiency or insufficiency, in other respects, of the evidence against them contained in John Latham's affidavit of the 8th January last. Whether any acts were done within the United Kingdom to induce all or any of these persons to enlist in the confederate service, or to go abroad |