I have laid before
Lord John Russell your letter of the
19th
Instant, inclosing a Copy of a Despatch from the Governor of
British Columbia respecting the proposed substitution of Military for Civil
Jurisdiction in
San Juan, and I am to
state state to you, in reply, for the
information of the
Duke of Newcastle, that
Lord John Russell concurs
in the recommendation that the Civil Magistrate at present stationed
in the Island should be withdrawn.