I have to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch N
o 77 of the
               
20th January last, relative to the disturbed state of 
Fort Yale and
               reporting that you had suspended 
Mr Perrier from the exercise of his
               functions as a Justice of the Peace;
and
 and I await the result of 
Colonel
                  Moody's investigation of the case.
               
               I take this opportunity to notice an inaccuracy into which you have fallen in this
               despatch in designating 
Colonel Moody the Lieutenant Governor.  You will observe that it is of importance to bear this
               in mind as his functions in that capacity will commence only in the event of the death
               or absence of the Governor.