Hammond to Under-Secretary of State

With reference to Mr Otway's letter of the 17th instant, I am
directed by the Earl of Clarendon to transmit to you, to be laid
before Earl Granville, a copy of a despatch from Her Majesty's
Minister at Washington inclosing a printed copy of a Resolution
that has been presented to the Senate in regard to the question
of the cession of British Columbia to the United States.