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The schooner Tropic Wind.

--The following note from the British Consulate in this city will be read with interest by merchants and shippers:

British Consulate, Richmond, July 1st, 1861.

To the Editors of the Dispatch:

For the benefit of the merchants and shippers by the British schooner Tropic Wind, lately seized by the blockading fleet in Hampton Roads, and sent as a price to Washington, I beg to state that official information has reached this office from the British Legation at Washington, which states that the Tropic Wind and her cargo have been released and given back to the charge of the master.

I am, gentlemen, yours very truly,

Fred. J. Cridland.

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