With reference to your letter of the
26th ultimo relative to
the claim of
Governor Douglas on the United States' Government
for the repayment of a Sum of Money advanced by him in
1856 to
the Authorities of
WashingtonTerritory, Territory, I am directed by the
Earl of Malmesbury to transmit to you for the information of
Secretary
Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, a copy of a despatch from
Her Majesty's Minister at
Washington reporting the steps he has
taken in the Matter of
Mr Douglas' claim.
H. Merival Esqre