Separate

By the arrival of the Hudson's Bay Company's Steamer "Otter" last
night, I have received intelligence from Stickeen to the
11th of August.

2. It appears by these accounts that the Miners as a body,
have not been successful in discovering remunerative diggings,
a few only of the mining claims having yielded from eight
to ten dollars a day.

3. It is stated on the other hand that lump-gold has been
found on the North Fork of the Stickeen; and that a party of
resolute adventurers have determined to explore that Branch of
the River, and to winter there. The great majority of the Miners
will however, no doubt return to this place.

4. Notwithstanding these cheerless accounts, and the present
despondency of the Miners, I firmly believe that the exploration
of the country will be vigorously prosecuted, and that the proper
auriferous leads from whence the drift gold is carried and deposited
on the river banks, will be ultimately discovered and turned to
good account.

5. Her Majesty's Steam Frigate "Devastation" was lately
dispatched by Admiral Sir Thomas Maitland, at my request, on a
friendly visit to New Archangel (Sitka) and Stickeen. I took
advantage of that occasion to address the enclosed Communication
to the Governor of the Russian-American Possessions, expressing
my great desire to cooperate with his Government in maintaining
the peace of the country, and the friendly relations subsisting
between our respective Governments. I however carefully abstained
from raising questions touching territorial rights, assuming as
a settled point, that the visits of British Vessels and Subjects
to the Stickeen River, and the acts necessarily consequent thereon,
such as passing through the Russian Territory, and anchoring in
Russian waters, are strictly in accordance with the spirit of the
Convention of 1825.