I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the
               
Admiralty to state for the information of Secretary 
Sir
                  E. Bulwer Lytton that a Despatch has been received from
               
Rear Admiral Baynes, dated the 
20 Oct, N 133,
               reporting his arrival in 
Esquimalt Harbour on board Her
               Majesty's Ship 
Ganges on the 
18 Oct, and his
               having placed himself in communication with the Governor
               of 
Vancouver's Island for the purpose of co-operating
               with 
His
His Excellency agreeably to their Lordships commands.