...you request to be informed, whether commercial negotiations are likely to be re-opened with Portugal, and I am to state to you in reply, that his Lordship is not aware., that there are any grounds for supposing that such negotiations will be renewed. " I am,...

...through her Majesty's representatives and consuls at the Sandwich Islands, Nagasaki, and Shanghai ; and I am to state to you in reply, that his lordship has no objection to sending this letter to the places mentioned, and also to her Majesty's colonial...

...instructed to bring at the public expence a civil action against the Italian Government on your behalf; and I am to state to you, in reply, that His Lordship has considered the statements contained in your letter, but is unable to take any further steps in...

...acknowledge the receipt of your further letter of the 26th ultimo relative to the case of the ' Turandot,' and I am to state to you in reply that his Lordship sees no new facts in this representation to alter the opinion arrived at in regard to the case in question...

...directed by the Marquis of Salisbury to acknowledg-e the receipt of your despatch of the 3rd ultimo, and I am to state to you, in reply, that his Lordship approves your efforts to promote the success of Mr. Stanley's Expedition for the relief of Emin Bey....

...through her Majesty's representatives and consuls at the Sandwich Islands, Nagasaki, and Shanghai, and I am to state to you in reply that his lordship has no objection to sending this letter to the places mentioned, and also to her Majesty's colonial...