No. 178

I have duly received Your Despatch No 40 of the 1st April,
enclosing the Copy of a note from the Duc de Malakoff to Lord
Malmesbury requesting information as to the fate of a French subject
named Jean Baptiste Massenot supposed to have arrived at Victoria
in June last, and I have the honor to acquaint you in reference
thereto, that we have used every exertion to obtain the information
desired.

2. I beg herewith to enclose the Copy of a letter, I have just
received from a Mr Thornton, a legal gentleman, who is conducting
the enquiries in reference to M. Massenot and who has discovered
some traces of him in the mining districts of Frasers River.