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
MarinesMarines onboard, and I beg to return you my thanks for
your kindness in conveying to me this satisfactory intelligence.