Record

Document Reference	Bu 46/79
Title	Letter from A. Buchanan, Madrid, Spain, to 3rd Earl of Malmesbury [J.Harris], Foreign Office, London; 5 Aug 1858.
Date	5 August 1858
Extent	2 ff
Level	Piece
Content Description	Refers to a complaint made by the Governor of Gibraltar regarding the illegal capture of a ferry boat and her cargo by a Spanish revenue vessel; reports that despite Sir James Ferguson's attempts to demonstrate that the capture took place in British waters, Calderón Collantes has stated that the vessel was properly condemned by a Spanish Fiscal Tribunal; reports that the question is 'not that of mere condemnation of acquittal of a smuggling boat, but one of grave international importance'.
Term	Spanish affairs, government
Term	foreign affairs, Spain and Great Britain

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6255	Collantes; Saturnino Calderón- (1799-1864); Señor; Spanish Foreign Minister 1853-63	1799-1864
NA6260	Fergusson; James W. (1787-1865); Sir; Governor of Gibraltar 1855-59	1787-1865
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882
NA6098	Harris; James H. (1807-1889); 3rd Earl of Malmesbury	1807-1889