I am commanded by My Lords Commissioners of the
               
Admiralty to acknowledge the receipt of your Letter of
               the 
26 Instant, enclosing a Copy of a Letter from
               
M C.W. Franks, requesting a Passage from Panama to
               
Vancouver's Island, via HM Ship "
Sutlej," and I am to
               acquaint you, in reply, for the information of 
M Secretary
                  Cardwell, that
My Lords
 My Lords have no objection to 
Admiral Denman
               granting 
M Franks a Passage, provided No public expense
               is thereby incurred, and that he may apply to that Officer.