Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Public Offices document
Wolley, Thomas to Monsell, William 13 June 1870, CO 60:42, no. 6376, 22.
Abstract
Wolley, Thomas to Monsell, William 13 June 1870, CO 60:42, no. 6376, 22.
Public Offices document.
Minutes (2), Enclosures (untranscribed) (1), Other documents (1).
Wolley to Under-Secretary of State
With reference to my letter of the 4 January 1869, in regard to
a detachment of marines having been furnished as a guard for
service at Government House Victoria, which would however be
withdrawn as soon as the unsettled state of affairs in British
Columbia had subsided; I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners
of the Admiralty to request you will inform the Secretary of
State for the Colonies that a despatch has been received from
the Naval Commander in chief on the Pacific Station stating that
he was inclined to coincide in the opinionexpressed
expressed by His
Excellency the Governor in a letter dated 1st January (copy
enclosed) to the Senior Naval Officer at Esquimalt as to the
desirability of the services of the guard being retained, and
that consequently the removal of the men had been deferred until
the receipt of further instructions.
expressed by His
Excellency the Governor in a letter dated 1st January (copy
enclosed) to the Senior Naval Officer at Esquimalt as to the
desirability of the services of the guard being retained, and
that consequently the removal of the men had been deferred until
the receipt of further instructions.
2. My Lords will have no objection, if Earl Granville considers
it expedient, to leave the question of the withdrawal or
retention of the guard to the discretion of the Naval Commander in Chief.
Minutes by CO staff
The detachment is a very small one—1 Corporal & 7 Privates.
It appears to me that the reason given by Govr Musgrave for
wishing to retain them is hardly sufficient to enable Lord
Granville to request that they may be retained for the present.
Mr Musgrave has communicated with the Naval Comr in Chief on
the subject, & says he shd not refer home unless he was backed
up by that officer.
I should say therefore that
the decision as to withdrawal might
as proposed by the Admiralty be left to the Naval Officer in
Command.
the decision as to withdrawal might
as proposed by the Admiralty be left to the Naval Officer in
Command.
CC
14/6
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
Musgrave to Captain Lyons, HMS
Charybdis, 1 January 1870, further
discussing the question of an armed guard for Government House.
