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Despatch from London
Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer to Douglas, Sir James 28 January 1859, LAC :, 43.

Abstract
Despatch from London.
Lytton informs Douglas that the British government will reimburse Brew for losses he sustained in the sinking of the “Austria.”
No. 9
Downing Street,
28 January 1859
Sir,
With reference to your private letter enclosing the copy of one from Mr Brew the Chief Inspector of Police dated the 11th of November requesting that the repayment of the whole amount advanced to him in this country and in Nova Scotia may not be insisted on I have to refer you to my despatch No 38 ofManuscript image the 11th of November instructing you to inform Mr Brew that under the peculiar circumstances of the case Her Majesty's Government had granted to him the sum of One hundred pounds (£100) advanced by the Government of Nova Scotia, in order to reimburse him for the losses he has sustained.
I have the honor to be
Sir,
Your most obedient
humble servant
E B Lytton
People in this document

Brew, Chartres

Douglas, Sir James

Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer

Vessels in this document

SS Austria, 1857-1858

Places in this document

Nova Scotia

Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer to Douglas, Sir James 28 January 1859, LAC :, 43. 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/B597009.html.

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