Record

Document Reference	Bu 46/93
Title	Letter from Sir A. Buchanan, Madrid, Spain, to Lord John Russell [later 1st Earl Russell], Foreign Office, London; 5 Mar 1861.
Date	5 March 1861
Extent	4 ff
Level	Piece
Content Description	Concerns the captured British vessel 'Louisa'; reveals a letter has been sent to Calderón Collantes protesting that the Spanish Government has not made a decision concerning her release; refers to the convoys of ships which now accompany merchant vessels sailing from Gibraltar; discusses the capture of the 'Julian'; reveals the Minister of Finance has promised to instruct the Spanish cruisers to restrict their activities to Spanish waters.
Term	foreign relations, Spain and Great Britain
	Spanish affairs, government
	maritime vessels, ships, Louisa

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6255	Collantes; Saturnino Calderón- (1799-1864); Señor; Spanish Foreign Minister 1853-63	1799-1864
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882
NA139	Russell; John (1792-1878); 1st Earl Russell	1792-1878