Mr. Adams to Mr. Seward.
Sir: Despatches have been received the present week at this legation, numbered from 939 to 943, inclusive. * * * * *
Little has taken place of any interest during the week. The celebration of the Queen’s birthday and the races have contributed to distract attention from business. It has been with great difficulty that a quorum of the Commons has been kept together since the close of the Whitsuntide holidays.
The conference reassembles on Saturday. It is intimated that the time may be extended, and that a plan is on foot for a settlement by a final separation of the. Duchies from Denmark, and the establishment of them under a distinct government. This is the alternative to a more or less general war.
I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant,
Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State, Washington, D, C.