No. 22

I have to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No. 48 of the
14th of August last inclosing a memorial from Inhabitants of Vancouver
Island respecting the recent occupation of San Juan by United States
Troops.

I request that you will inform the Memorialists that Her Majesty's
Government highly appreciate their loyalty to Her Majesty's Crown and
Person.

That Her Majesty's Government deeply regret the unprovoked
aggression of General Harney on a territory of disputed ownership, that they are in negotiation, however, with the Government of the United
States on this subject, and wish, without surrendering Her Majesty's
Rights, to maintain amicable relations with that Country.