Pennell to Under-Secretary of State

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 a Copy of a letter dated the 24th May
last No 142 from Rear Admiral Sir Thos. Maitland, and
of its enclosures, reporting the proceedings of Her Majesty's Gun Boat Forward, in an attack upon the
Hydah Indians who had committed several depredations upon the Settlers
in Vancouvers Island, and had also plundered the Schooner
"Laurel".