I am commanded by My Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to
transmit herewith, for the information of
Earl Granville, copy
of a letter they have addressed to
Rear Adml The Honble G.
Hastings, desiring him to make
Valparaiso his future Head
Quarters as Naval Commander in Chief in the Pacific, but to keep
some of the ships under his
Orders Orders in the neighbourhood of
British Columbia.