Earl Russell to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty Foreign Office, November 8, 1861 My Lords, With reference to my letter of the 31st October, signifying to your Lordships the Queen's commands as to the instructions to be given to Rear-Admiral Milne for the guidance of his conduct in regards to affairs of Mexico, and more particularly to that passage in those instructions in which I refer to "the intention of the three Powers severally to name a Commissioner to frame, in concert with the officers commanding the naval forces of the three Powers, the Articles an assent to which will be demanded of the Mexican Government, or of the persons exercising authority in Mexico," I have the honour to state to your Lordships that Admiral Milne should be informed, that in the event of any difference of opinion between himself and Sir Charles Wyke, as to the terms in which those Articles should be framed, the opinion of Sir Charles Wyke, so far as Great Britain is concerned, should prevail. (signed) RUSSELL Back to Table of Contents: Booklet No. 8, Mexico 1861-67 Back to El Dorado List of Issues Back to Master Magazine List © Copyright 2000 by The South and Central Military Historians Society This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com