Paget to Merivale (Permanent Under-Secretary)

I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
to send you herewith for the information of Her Majesty's
Secretary of State for the Colonies the copy of a letter
from Captain de Courcy of the "Pylades" dated 26th
May last, and copy of its Enclosures, reporting his
proceedings and the state of affairs at Vancouver's Island.