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 Admiral The Hon. G. Hastings dated
1st Janry/69 No. 1 in which he stated that he had despatched
the "Sparrowhawk" to Salt Spring (Admiralty) Island, between
Esquimalt and Nanaimo, to support the local authorities in the
maintenance of order; a murder having been lately committed
there and a somewhat unsatisfactory state of affairs existing
amongst the settlers and the Indians in that neighbourhood.