Wellington's "Evening Post" said, "Mr Vernon's performance as Myles would suffice to stamp him as an actor of the first order and a very excellent tenor singer." Later that year, he organised a company of his own, Royal English Opera Company, which went to China. In 1876, in Singapore, Vernon helped to produce Gilbert and Sullivan's "Trial by Jury", accompanied by the band of the 74th Highlanders who were stationed there. They repeated the production, as well as mounting "The Sorcerer", in India. In 1877 his company travelled to Japan, where he was one of the earliest actors of European descent to appear on the Japanese stage. He later played Ange Pitou in "La fille de Madame Angot" and Fritz in "The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein" in England with Alice May's company. Vernon then crossed to America and played with Emilie Melville's company in San Francisco.