Corry to Merivale (Permanent Under-Secretary)

I am commanded by My Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
to acquaint you, for the information of Secretary Sir E. Bulwer
Lytton, that directions have been given for the Bishop of
Columbia to be conveyed from Panama to Vancouver's Island in one
of Her Majesty's Ships, if it can possibly be done without
inconvenience to the public service.