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Despatch from London
Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer to Douglas, Sir James 16 December 1858, LAC :, 474.

Abstract
Despatch from London.
Lytton informs Douglas that Rear Admiral Sir Michael Seymour intends to dispatch the “Tribune” from China to Vancouver Island with 150 Royal Marines.
No. 55
Downing Street
16 December 1858
Sir,
I transmit for your information a Copy of a letter from Rear Admiral Sir M. Seymour, dated Calcutta—27th of October and addressed to the Secretary to the Admiralty, 1 reporting his intention to despatch Her Majesty's Ship "Tribune" from China to Vancouvers Island with 150 Royal Marines on board.
I have the honor to be
Sir
Your most Obedient Servant
Carnarvon
in the absence of
Sir E. B. Lytton
Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer to Douglas, Sir James 16 December 1858, LAC :, 474. 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/B587055.html.

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