receipt of these Despatches, which shall be duly attended to.
In due course be
His Excellency Sir John Bowring's return from Manila is expected about the day after tomorrow.
I have the honor to be, with the highest respect, Sir, Your Most Obedient Servant.
No. 21 Executive Council, 29th January 1859.
To the Right Honorable Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, Bart. M.P.
I have the honor to report that I returned to this Colony on the evening of the 17th instant in Her Majesty's Sloop Magicienne, and that I resumed on that day the charge of the Government.
I have the honor to be, with the highest respect, Sir, Your Most Obedient Servant.