A 85 of 1848.
Enclosure No 1 in Despatch:
(Copy)
Daya,
Sir,
British Consulate,
138,
Shanghae, 3rd July, 1842
I have the honor to enclose documents connected with the seizure and detention of the schooner "Speed" off the Ragged Islands by H.M.S. "Childers."
The schooner was brought into port by Captain Pitman, and in the enclosed official letter of the 26th ultimo, the master and crew were charged with a violation of the Navigation Laws in several instances, and a murderous and unprovoked attack on a Chinese Fishing Junk belonging to Chin had when at sea off the Ragged Islands, by which five Chinese were killed.
His Excellency Samuel George Bonham, Esquire, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary &c. &c. &c.,
Copy of Despatch from Governor Bonham to Viscount Palmerston, dated 17th October, 1848, with a piatical attack schooner "Speed" charged with on a Chinese Junk.
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