Corry to Under-Secretary of State

I am commanded by My Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to request
you will state to Secretary Sir Bulwer Lytton that agreeably with his
request

ShipsBriseisto take stores instead of men
Royal Engineersto go by Euphrates instead of Briseis
ShipsEuphratesto transport Royal Engineers
Shaw, Savill & Co.
arrangements have been made for the withdrawal from the "Briseis" of the
party of Royal Engineers intended to be conveyed in that Vessel to
Vancouver's Island, and for their passage thither in the Euphrates, (now
under survey), in which Vessel, the Brokers (Messrs Shaw Savill &
Co) have offered to convey them as well as such government stores as
the Briseis may be unable to receive.