AVES ISLAND. ' 373 



[Translation.] 



Eejpuhlic of Venezuela. 



Department of Foreign Eelations, 



Caraccas, November 2, 1857. 

 The minister of foreign relations of Venezuela has the honor to 

 make known to the honorable minister resident of the United States,, 

 that on the day before yesterday, at three o'clock^ p. m., being Satur- 

 day, and thus the day of the session of the council of government, he 

 received the note of that date in which Mr. Eames requests an audience 

 of his excellency the president of the republic, in order to make to 

 him a communication with which he is charged by his excellency the 

 President of the United States. 



The undersigned will give account of the said note in his first audi- 

 ence with his excellency, and will at once communicate to Mr. Eames 

 the answer. 



The undersigned renews to the Hon. Mr. Eames the assurances of 

 his distinguished consideration. 



JACINTO aUTIEKREZ. 

 Hon. Charles Eames, ' 



Minister Resident of the United States. 



Legation op the United States, 



Caraccas, November 2, 1857. 



Sir : The undersigned, minister resident of the United States, has 

 the honor to acknowledge the note of this day's date of the Hon. Mr. 

 Gutierrez, in reply to that addressed to him by the undersigned on the 

 31st ultimo, in reference to a special audience of his excellency the 

 •president of the Republic. 



The undersigned now hastens to inform the honorable minister of 

 foreign relations, that at a late hour on the evening of the 31st 

 ultimo, and several hours after his note of that date had been received 

 by Mr. G-utierrez, the undersigned had the satisfaction to receive dis- 

 patches from his government inclosing copies of the official correspond- 

 ence on the " Aves" question, had (since the undersigned received his 

 instructions and left Washington en route for Venezuela) between the 

 honorable Secretary of State of the United States and Hon. Mr. Ribas, 

 the Venezuelan charge d' affaires at Washington, and by which the 

 undersigned is also informed that the important paper which he was 

 instructed to communicate to his excellency the President was read, as 

 the undersigned desired and expected that it might be, to Mr. Ribas ; 

 that Mr. Ribas requested that the undersigned might be authorized by 

 his government to delay the communication of the paper in question 

 to the Venezuelan government until Mr. Ribas could himself commu- 

 nicate with his government, which he undertook forthwith to do ; and 

 that accordingly such authority to suspend or delay that communica- 

 tion for a suitable time lias been given to the undersigned. 



The undersigned promptly avails himself of this authorization to 



