With reference to your letter of the
24th Instant, acknowledging the
receipt of my letter of the
14th Instant, respecting the two Guns
landed from H.M.S. "
Bacchante," and "
Topaze," for the defence of
Victoria, and
Esquimalt,
Vancouver Island, I am commanded by my Lords
Commissioners of the Admiralty to acquaint you, for the information
of His Grace the
Duke of Newcastle, that these Guns have been
reported to the
War War Department, and are now considered as belonging
to that Department.