Romaine to Rogers (Permanent Under-Secretary)

With reference to Mr Elliot's Letter of the 18th
Inst, enclosing a Copy of a Letter from the Governor of
British Columbia relative to the Massacre of a Party of
Roadmakers by Indians, and requesting that suitable
support and protection may be afforded by the Naval Forces
to the Governor; I am commanded by My Lords Commissioners
of the Admiralty to send you herewith, for the information
of Mr Secretary Cardwell, a Copy of the Instructions on
this subject sent to the Senior Officer of Her Majesty's
Ships at Esquimalt by the Mail of the 16th Inst.

My Lords observe that Governor Seymour in his Letter uses
the expression "I dispatched a Gun Boat &c," but they hope
that the expression has been used inadvertently and that it
is not intended to imply that he has any authority over
Her Majesty's Naval Officers.