Earl Russell to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty Foreign Office, November 15, 1861 My Lords, With reference to that part of my letter to your Lordships of the 31st of October in which I conveyed to you Her Majesty's pleasure in regard to the operations to be undertaken by Rear-Admiral Maitland on the coast of Mexico, in execution of the Convention between England, France and Spain. I have the honour to acquaint your Lordships that Her Majesty has been pleased to direct that the previous instruction should be so far modified as to subject Rear-Admiral Maitland's action to the information that he may receive from Sir Charles Wyke. It will, therefore, be in the first instance sufficient that your Lordships should direct Admiral Maitland to occupy Acapulco or other ports on the Pacific coast of Mexico, with the exception of Mazatlan, on receiving information from Sir Charles Wyke that such an operation is desirable for the purposes of the Convention; and I will instruct Sir Charles Wyke, in the event of his making such a communication to Admiral Maitland, to acquaint him with the further steps which it may be advisable to take on obtaining possession of the ports in question. (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