I transmit herewith the Copy of a note from the French Ambassador
               at this Court requesting that he may be furnished with information as to
               the fate of a French subject named 
Jean Baptiste Massenot who is stated
               to have arrived at 
Victoria, 
Vancouver's Island
 in 
June last. I have to
               request that you will furnish me with the information required by the
               
Duc de Malakoff.