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from the same service she had been on, and acting Lieutenant Kent waiting on me before any one knew of it, and he apparently knowing his duty, as an officer, I appointed him acting Commander of the Porpoise, whereby acting Lieutenant Symons became superseded, and, by this means, I thus far secured the possession of His Majesty's Ship; but as further communications were interrupted, I can only say that the Porpoise sailed with Lieutenant Kent to Port Dalrymple, as I hear, to bring up Lieutenant Colonel Paterson, Lieutenant Governor of the Territory to this place, by the directions of Major Johnston the self-appointed Lieutenant Governor, to whom the Rebels say they will refer every thing they have transacted.
Thus I have done all I can to secure His