Phinn to Merivale (Permanent Under-Secretary)

With reference to your letter of the 17th Instant, requesting to
be informed whether any Vessel of War is likely to be despatched to the
North Pacific; I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
to acquaint you, for the information of Mr Secretary Labouchere, that Her Majestys Steamer Satellite will proceed thither in the course of a
fortnight or three weeks, and is now at Devonport.