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Mr. Childers to Sir John Hay.
I have received your letter of to-day, and I regret that you cannot accept the command.
I enclose a note from Beaucliamp Seymour about what passed between you last January year, and I am very sorry that there should have been any misapprehension on the subject.
Yours very sincerely,
HUGH C. E. CHILDERS.
The Admiralty to Sir John Hay.
I am commanded by My Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 19th instant.
2. In reply, I am to acquaint you that My Lords have given due consideration to your request that time served by you on the Royal Commission on Greenwich Hospital, and that served by you as Chairman of the Iron Plate Committee, should count as full service, and I am to express their regret that they are unable to comply with your request.
I am. Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
Rear-Admiral Sir John Hat, Bart., C.B., M.P.,
108, St. George's Square, Pimlico.
To which Sir John Hay replied:—
26th March, 1870.
Sir,
I have the honour to learn with some surprise that none of the time served by me on the Royal Commission on Greenwich Hospital and as Chairman of the Iron Plate