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Despatch from London
Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer to Douglas, Sir James 2 September 1858, LAC :, 26.

Abstract
Despatch from London.
Lytton informs Douglas that Rear Admiral Sir Michael Seymour has been ordered to send the “Tribune” with “as many Supernumerary Marines as she can carry and he can spare” to Vancouver Island. The “Pylades” and “Amethyst” have also been ordered “in the first instance” to the island.
No. 6
Downing Street,
2 September 1858
Sir,
I have to acquaint you that directions were sent by the Overland Mail of the 25th instant to Rear Admiral Sir Michael Seymour 1 to despatch Her Majesty's Ship "Tribune" to Vancouver's Island with as many Supernumerary Marines as she can carry and he can spare.
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The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have further apprized me that the Admiral was instructed in May last to send Her Majesty's Ships "Pylades" and "Amethyst" to the Pacific Station as soon as their services in India and China might be no longer required, and that he has now been ordered to send the two ships in the first instance to Vancouver's Island.
I have the honor to be
Sir,
Your most obedient
humble servant
E B Lytton
Footnotes
  1. = Seymour to send Marines FIND AD to Seymour, 25 Aug? 58 re directions sent by Overland Mail. 25th instant [Aug??]
People in this document

Douglas, Sir James

Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer

Seymour, Rear Admiral Michael

Vessels in this document

HMS Amethyst, 1844-1869

HMS Pylades, 1854-1875

HMS Tribune, 1853-1866

Places in this document

Vancouver Island

Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer to Douglas, Sir James 2 September 1858, LAC :, 26. The Colonial Despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871, Edition 2.0, ed. James Hendrickson and the Colonial Despatches project. Victoria, B.C.: University of Victoria. https://bcgenesis.uvic.ca/B587006.html.

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