In the course of conversation with Mr. Wailes of the State Department on the 23rd instant, I asked him when Mr. Gray was leaving Dublin and he told me that he would be leaving a few days before Mr. Garrett arrived there. He added that Mr. Gray had written to the Department suggesting that he should remain in Dublin for a few days after Mr. Garrett's arrival in order to introduce him to his (Gray's) friends, but the Department thought it would be better for Mr. Garrett to make his own friends and told Mr. Gray to make arrangements to be out of Ireland before Mr. Garrett's arrival.