[Equte?] to Under-Secretary of State

With reference to your letter of the 31st Ultimo, I am
directed by Lord Stanley to state to you, for the information of
His Grace the Duke of Buckingham, that Her Majesty's Minister at
Washington will be informed that there is no objection on the
part of Her Majesty's Government to the promotion of the Officer
in command of the United States Troops in San Juan to the rank
of Major.