Mr. Gresham to Mr. Baker.

No. 170.]

Sir: I note what you say in your report of the Mosquito situation, dated the 2d instant, concerning the revocation of Consul Braida’s exequatur.

The Nicaraguan minister has advised me of its temporary renewal along with that of his British colleague, Mr. Bingham.

I am disposed to await the result of the formal inquiry which my instruction of the 26th ultimo directed you to make, and meanwhile I am reluctant to attribute to the course taken by Nicaragua the biased motives you apprehend, and am content to suspend judgment until the full facts shall be elicited.

I am, etc.,

W. Q. Gresham.