Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
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Lushington, Vernon to Rogers, Frederic 31 August 1869, CO 60:37, no. 9835, 77.
Abstract
Lushington, Vernon to Rogers, Frederic 31 August 1869, CO 60:37, no. 9835, 77.
Public Offices document.
Minutes (2), Enclosures (untranscribed) (1).
Lushington to Rogers (Permanent Under-Secretary)
I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to
transmit for the information of Earl Granville extracts from a
Letter of Rear Admiral Honble G.F. Hastings, dated Callao
27 July, reporting the death of His Excellency Governor Seymour
on board H.M.S. Sparrowhawk, during the passage to the Northern
Settlements of British Columbia.
2. The Real Admiral also mentions that someexcitement
excitement
prevailed in the Colony, owing to the threats of a Fenian
Invasion, uttered at a public meeting by Mr George Train, to
which however H.M. Consul at San Francisco attached little importance.
excitement
prevailed in the Colony, owing to the threats of a Fenian
Invasion, uttered at a public meeting by Mr George Train, to
which however H.M. Consul at San Francisco attached little importance.
Minutes by CO staff
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
Extract, Rear Admiral G.F. Hastings, 27 July 1869, reporting
events as per despatch.