Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch from London
Grenville, Richard to Seymour, Governor Frederick 18 November 1867, NAC :, 464.
Abstract
Grenville, Richard to Seymour, Governor Frederick 18 November 1867, NAC :, 464.
Despatch from London.
Other documents (4).
No. 85
18 November 1867
Sir,
I transmit to you for your information and guidance, and with
reference to your despatch No. 93 of the 16th August, a copy of a
letter from the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, enclosing copy of
the instructions issued in 1864 to the Admiral in the Pacific onthe
the subject of detaching a force from the Ships under his Orders in
the event of disturbances arising in the interior of British
Columbia.
the subject of detaching a force from the Ships under his Orders in
the event of disturbances arising in the interior of British
Columbia.
Other documents included in the file
Copy, Lennox to Elliot, 28 October 1867, concerning a complaint of Admiral Hastings that ships under his orders had to travel to a place as remote as the Cariboo to settle disturbences in the interior.
Copy, Pennell to Denman, 16 July 1864, explaining that he had recieved informaiton that "some Road Parties in British Columbia have been murdered and that there was an intention to send expeditions into the interior
with the object of punishing the Indians by whom the murders were committed."
