No. 16

I had the honor of receiving, on the 16th of April last, your Grace's Despatch No 4 of the 12th April 1853,
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in which you are pleased to inform me that Her Majesty's Government
regard the conduct of myself, the Naval Officers and seamen, and others
concerned in the two expeditions undertaken against the Native Tribes
for effecting the surrender of the murderers of the late Peter Brown, as
highly creditable to all the parties concerned, and deserving of their
entire 
approbation. In stating to your Grace how highly I appreciate
the approbation of Her Majesty's Government, thus kindly expressed, I
hardly do justice to my own feelings, which are largely shared by all
those associated with me in the execution of that service, to whom I
have had an opportunity of communicating the subject of your Grace's
Despatch.