Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch to London
Douglas, James to Pelham-Clinton, Henry Pelham Fiennes 18 February 1862, CO 305:19, no. 4048, 69.
Abstract
Despatch to London.
Minutes (1), Enclosures (untranscribed) (1), Other documents (1).
Douglas acknowledges Newcastle's despatch informing Douglas of the death of
the Prince Consort [Prince Albert].
Separate
18 February 1862
The mournful intelligence conveyed to me by Your Grace's Despatch of
the 16th December last, of the death of His Royal Highness
the Prince Consort, was received in this Colony with feelings of the most
unfeigned regret.
2. I considered itbecoming
becoming upon so melancholy an occasion to make
public Your Graces Despatch, and to call upon Her Majesty's loving
Subjects to testify their sympathy and sorrow by appearing in
mourning. I enclose a copy of the notice I issued, and I need only
remark that the warm response made to that call abundantly proves
that in no part of Her Majesty's Dominions are to be found Subjects
more loyal and attached than in the remote Island of Vancouver.
becoming upon so melancholy an occasion to make
public Your Graces Despatch, and to call upon Her Majesty's loving
Subjects to testify their sympathy and sorrow by appearing in
mourning. I enclose a copy of the notice I issued, and I need only
remark that the warm response made to that call abundantly proves
that in no part of Her Majesty's Dominions are to be found Subjects
more loyal and attached than in the remote Island of Vancouver.
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
Printed notice informing of the death of the Prince Consort, and
calling upon "the Queen's loving subjects to testify their regret and
sympathy upon this distressing occasion by putting themselves into
decent mourning," dated 17 February 1862, signed by W.A.G. Young.
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Emmanuel, Francis Albert Augustus Charles