WASHINGTON, _February 6, 1860_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives_:
I transmit a copy of a letter of the 22d of April last from the chargé
d'affaires _ad interim_ of the United States in China, and of the
regulations for consular courts which accompanied it, for such revision
thereof as Congress may deem expedient, pursuant to the sixth section of
the act approved the 11th of August, 1848.