I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to
               transmit herewith, for the information of the Secretary of State
               for the Colonies, Extracts of a letter from 
Rear Admiral
                  Hastings, dated the 
14th Ultimo N
o 117, reporting the
               "
Sparrowhawk" having left on a visit to the northern parts of
               
British Columbia; and the 
LordBishop Bishop
 Bishop of 
British Columbia
               having been granted a passage in the "
Scout."