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.