With reference to your letter of the
11 ins, transmitting a
copy of an Ordinance passed by the Government of
British
Columbia "to prevent desertion from Merchant Ships," &
requesting to be informed whether My Lords Commissioners of the
Admiralty wish the same to be applied also to Deserters from Her
Majesty's Ships, I am commanded by their Lordships to acquaint
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you for the information of
Earl Granville that they do not wish
the provisions of this Ordinance to be applied to Deserters from
the Royal Navy, as the 25 & 26 Sections of the Naval
Discipline Act apply to any part of Her Majesty's Dominions.