I have duly received Your Despatch No 40 of the
1st April,
enclosing the Copy of a note from the
Duc de Malakoff to
Lord
Malmesbury requesting
informationinformation as to the fate of a French subject
named
Jean Baptiste Massenot supposed to have arrived at
Victoria
in
June last, and I have the honor to acquaint you in reference
thereto, that we have used every exertion to obtain the information
desired.
2. I beg herewith to enclose the Copy of a letter, I have just
receivedreceived from a
Mr Thornton, a legal gentleman, who is conducting
the enquiries in reference to
M. Massenot and who has discovered
some traces of him in the mining districts of
Frasers River.