I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to send you
herewith for the information of Her Majesty's Secretary of State for
the Colonies, copies of a letter from
Rear Admiral Sir R. Baynes,
dated the
7th April last, No 54, and of its enclosure relative to
the joint Military occupation of the
Island of San Juan with the
Troops of the United States by a party of Royal Marines.