I am directed by Lord John Russell to transmit to you, to be laid
before His Grace the Duke of Newcastle, a copy of a Despatch from
Lord Lyons, Her Majesty's Minister at Washington, reporting his
having informed General Cassthatthat Her Majesty's Government were
satisfied with the provisional arrangement in regard to San Juan
entered into by General Scott.
Mr Merivale
It will be seen from the enclosure that
marines are to occupy San Juan. This will make it necessary to
alter in some measure the recent draft, which has been prepared to
the War Office—wherein it was rather assumed that
Engineers might be called upon to fulfil the San Juan duty.
Hammond, Edmund to Merivale, Herman 4 February 1860, CO 305:15, no. 1273, 128. 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/V605FO04.html.
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