Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Correspondence (private letter)
Cooper, James to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 9 September 1858, CO 60:2, no. 9377, 591.
Abstract
Correspondence (private letter).
Minutes (4).
Cooper acknowledges and accepts his appointment as Harbour Master of Esquimalt. He apologizes for being delayed in his preparation for a voyage to Vancouver Island, but will leave with his family “in the course of two or three weeks.”
The minutes discuss whether Cooper will leave by the “Thames City” and the defrayment of his expenses, then “Put by.”
Cooper to Lytton
Snow Hill
Wolverhampton
Sepr 9th 1858
Wolverhampton
Rt Honble Sir
I beg to acknowledge receipt of a communication forwarded
to me by Mr Merivale by your direction dated yesterday 8th
Inst,
1
conveying therein your Satisfaction of my reply to a charge made on the
16th Ulto2 impugning the integrity of my position.
And further that you have been pleased to direct
Govr Douglas to
appoint me to the office of Harbour Master at Esquimalt &c &c.
Govr Douglas to
appoint me to the office of Harbour Master at Esquimalt &c &c.
Rt Honble Sir, I most willingly accept the office proposed, feeling
assured that my long experience & practical knowledge will enable me to
fulfill the same with credit to myself and efficiency for the public
Service. I would beg to mention that while my case has been pending & in
Abeyance I have some what delayed my
preparation for the Voyage but will
be ready, to start with my family in the course of two or three weeks.
preparation for the Voyage but will
be ready, to start with my family in the course of two or three weeks.
Rt Honble Sir E.B. Lytton Bart
&c &c &c
&c &c &c
Minutes by CO staff
Is Mr Cooper to have a passage in the Thames City? If so
he ought to be told the day on wh it will sail.
C
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Lord Carnarvon
Mr Cooper will not be able to go in the Thames City. He has been told that he will have £150 to defray his expenses to B. Columbia. There have been so many uncertainties about the No of Civilians who wd want passages in the "Thames City," & we have been so pressed by the War Office to name them that when it was doubtful whether Mr C. wd or wd not be appointed we had no option but to exclude that genn. The result therefore has been to fall back on the £150.
Mr Cooper will not be able to go in the Thames City. He has been told that he will have £150 to defray his expenses to B. Columbia. There have been so many uncertainties about the No of Civilians who wd want passages in the "Thames City," & we have been so pressed by the War Office to name them that when it was doubtful whether Mr C. wd or wd not be appointed we had no option but to exclude that genn. The result therefore has been to fall back on the £150.
ABd
14 Sepr
Very well.
C
S 14