No. 23

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch No 12,
of the 8th of July last, transmitting copies of a correspondence with
Mr Robert Swanston of San Francisco, relative to the selection of Mr Cameron for the office of Judge of the Supreme Court of
Vancouver's Island.

I feel deeply obliged for the highly becoming and pointed reply to
Mr Swanston's communications, of which you have favoured me with a
copy, and appreciate the support thereby given to my administration.

Mr Swanston's friends are few in number and certainly do not
represent the respectable part of this community nor their real wants
and sentiments.

I have also the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Circular
Despatches of the dates noted in the margin,
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and my attention shall be directed to the instructions which they contain.