I am commanded by my
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to
transmit herewith, for the information of the Secretary of State
for the Colonies, a copy of a letter from
Rear Admiral Hastings,
dated the
9 November N 198, reporting his having detailed a
Guard of Marines to be mounted
at at Government House,
Victoria,
for the protection of the Governor during the unsettled state of
Affairs in connection with the rumoured Fenian Attempts in the
Colony.
The Guard will be removed so soon as the present difficulty has
subsided.