I am directed by the Governor and Committee of the Hudson's Bay
Company to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the
7 Instant,
stating that H.M.'s Steam Vessel
Driver had been appointed to sail from Callao, in
January last, for the purpose of conveying
Governor Blanshard
to
Vancouver's Island and I am to request that you will convey to
Earl
Grey the thanks of the Governor and Committee for his Lordship's Communication.