With reference to my Letter of the
8 Instant, I am directed by
Lord John Russell to transmit to you, for the information of Her
Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies, Copies of a Despatch
and it's Inclosure from Her Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at Washington,
respecting
the![Manuscript image Manuscript image](https://hcmc.uvic.ca/~coldesp/jpg_scans/jpg_thumbnail/co_305_15/co_305_15_00252v.jpg)
the adoption by the United States' Government of
General
Scott's arrangement for the jurisdiction over the
Island of San Juan.