By Allan Pritchard
This formerly unknown number of letters shall we us adventure colonial British Columbia in the course of the eyes of a tender British naval officer who spent 3 years on Vancouver Island commanding a Royal military gunboat through the Cariboo gold rush.
A willing observer of lifestyles within the new international, Edmund wish Verney corresponded usually along with his father, a in demand British MP. In his letters, that are full of vigorous narration and outline, candid observation, and interesting own aspect, he talks approximately having 'the chance to watch a colony in [its first degree of lifestyles' and to 'watch the advance of a community.'
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None of these criticisms is without foundation; all of them, including outrage at Helmcken's remarks, were widely shared. But Verney often made little attempt at a balanced assessment; one could scarcely know from his comments that Begbie, Young, and Pemberton were men of notable ability and achievement. On the other hand, it is interesting to learn from Verney that Begbie sang "in a fine deep base voice" (September 4 1863). " His first impressions of the British Columbia official establishment and society he found in New Westminster were much more favourable.
Despite some complaints about broken luggage, the excessive profanity of the inhabitants, and the great cost of everything, Verney clearly enjoyed his stay in San Francisco. Verney's last letter instalment from San Francisco is dated May 8, when he expected to sail the next day, and his next letter is dated from Esquimalt on May 15. His existing letters do not provide any account of his voyage up the west coast, not even the name of the ship, but in Victoria the Daily British Colonist reported on May 13 the arrival at four o'clock that morning at Esquimalt of the steamship Pacific from San Francisco, and noted that the passengers included Lieut.
However, in an editorial comment on September 18 the Colonist defended Verney, declaring that naval officers were ex officiomagistrates and that he had presumably been appointed by Governor Douglas to exercise this office in remote areas. On December 3 and 6 the Colonist again defended Verney against criticism of his role as magistrate that had appeared in the rival paper, the Victoria Daily Chronicle. W. Pike was also criticized by the Chronicle for acting as a magistrate, and also defended by the Colonist (March 30 1863).