Romaine to Under-Secretary of State

I am commanded by My Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to
acquaint you, for the information of Earl Granville, that a
Letter has been received from Rear Adml The Hon. G. Hastings,
dated the 10th Novr/68 No. 201, in which he states, that he
had made arrangements with His Excellency Governor Seymour, for
affording assistance in Case of any Fenian Attempt being made on
the Colony, and had despatched the "Forward" Gun Boat to remain
in the Harbour of Victoria, for the present, to aid the Civil
Power in Case of Emergency.