I am directed by the Governor and Committee of the Hudson's Bay
Company to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the
7th 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.