Wodehouse to Merivale (Permanent Under-Secretary)

I am directed by Lord John Russell to transmit to you, for the
information of His Grace the Duke of Newcastle, a copy of a despatch
from Her Majesty's Minister at Washington, inclosing a copy of a Note
which His Lordship addressed on the 17th ultimo to General Cass upon
the subject of the occupation of the Island of San Juan by United
States' Troops.