I transmit to you herewith Copies of a Letter and its Enclosures
from the Hudson's Bay Company respecting the Proceedings of certain
Adventurers at Queen Charlotte's Island, and I am directed by the Earl
of Malmesbury to request that you will inform Secretary Sir John
Pakington that His Lordship has signified to the Lords Commissioners of
the Admiralty Her Majesty's Commands that the Commander in chief of Her
Majesty's Naval Forces on the West Coast of America be instructed to
take immediate steps to protect British Property and British Territory
from violation by Foreigners.