I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your Despatch
of the
16 December 1858, N 55, forwarding for my
information copy of a letter from
Rear Admiral Sir Michael
Seymour, reporting his intention to dispatch Her Majesty's
Ship
Tribune from China to
Vancouver's Island, with one hundred and
fifty Royal
Marines
Marines onboard, and I beg to return you my thanks for
your kindness in conveying to me this satisfactory intelligence.