Hammond to Merivale (Permanent Under-Secretary)

With reference to your letter of the 11th Instant, I am directed by
the Earl of Malmesbury to transmit to you, for the information of
Secretary Sir E.B. Lytton, a copy of a Despatch from Her Majesty's
Minister at Washington, reporting that it is probable that Governor Douglas' claim against the Authorities of Washington Territory will
shortly be settled.