Laird Brothers to S. Price Edwards, esq., collector of H. M. customs, Liverpool.
Sir: We beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 17th instant, informing us that the lords commissioners of her Majesty’s treasury will allow the trial trip to be made by the vessel referred to in our letter of the 8th instant, relying upon the honorable engagement which has been given by us that the ship [Page 404] shall, after the usual trial trip, be brought back again to Liverpool, and shall not leave that port without a week’s notice to her Majesty’s government of the intention to send her away.
This engagement was made under the circumstances set forth in our previous correspondence, and we now beg to confirm the same; and are, sir, your obedient servants,
Samuel Price Edwards, Esq., Collector of her Majesty’s Customs, Liverpool.