Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch from London
Pelham-Clinton, Henry Pelham Fiennes to Douglas, James 9 June 1860, LAC RG7:G8C/2, 277.
Abstract
Despatch from London.
No. 23
Downing Street
9 June 1860
Sir,
The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have transmitted to me
copies of a correspondence which passed between Rear Admiral Baynes and
yourself in March last, relative to the withdrawal of the Royal Marines
in Vancouver Island for service on San Juan.
I have expressed to their Lordships
Lordships my concurrence in the
Admiral's view of this matter. The Marines were not sent to Vancouver Island as substitutes for a Police, but for the protection of the
general interests of the Empire in that part of the World; and in the
absence of any apprehension of disturbances in the Colony, the force
could not be more properly or usefully employed than in the service for
which it was withdrawn from Fort Victoria by Admiral Baynes.
Lordships my concurrence in the
Admiral's view of this matter. The Marines were not sent to Vancouver Island as substitutes for a Police, but for the protection of the
general interests of the Empire in that part of the World; and in the
absence of any apprehension of disturbances in the Colony, the force
could not be more properly or usefully employed than in the service for
which it was withdrawn from Fort Victoria by Admiral Baynes.
