I am directed by the Earl of Malmesbury to transmit to you, for the
information of Secretary Sir John Packington [Pakington], the
accompanying Copy of a Despatch from Her Majesty's Consul at San
Francisco, reporting the arrival at that Port of Her Majesty's Ship
"Thetis," from Vancouvers and Queen Charlotte's Islands, and giving the
substance of information brought by the Commander and Officers of that
Vessel, respecting the existence of Gold in the latter Island.