Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch from London
Wodehouse, John to Musgrave, Anthony 11 July 1870, NAC RG7:G8C/17, 265.
Abstract
Wodehouse, John to Musgrave, Anthony 11 July 1870, NAC RG7:G8C/17, 265.
Despatch from London.
No. 5
11 July 1870
Sir,
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch No. 81
of the 7th June enclosing a letter from Chief Justice Begbie, in which
he applies for promotion to a more lucrative appointment in another
Colony, and suggests that his claims might be considered in connection
with the Chief Justiceship
of the Straits Settlements which he is
informed about to become vacant.
of the Straits Settlements which he is
informed about to become vacant.
I have to request you to infrom Mr. Begbie, in that I will not fail
to make a note of his application, but that I have no knowledge of any
intention, on the part of the Chief Justice of the Straits Settlements
to retire from his present office.