_To his Excellency D. Antonino de Vidal, &c. &c._
P.S.--Although I transmit this document to you officially,
as I feel it my duty to do, I would rather that it be not
published until we have the resolution of the Sala. In Europe,
these papers are never published until some time after they
have been delivered, which we consider as by far the best mode
of conduct.