people began to testify displeasure
at such
act
of irreverence and
contempt towards the Religion, of
the love
Country.
I saw the
and immediately directed one of
how
orderlies to tell him to take
his hat off, which he answered
that he would not do so, and in
consequence of custody to the Main
of this I sent him to Juan, am the
delivered him
following morning.
the judge, with
over
to the
letter (Enclosure 8:1) who forwarded
him to the Civil Jail.
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A few
hours
afterwards
the Commanders of
the British
Frigate "Modeste", and the Corvette "Amazon", together with Captain
Staveley, waited
on me requesting the Release of their
man
explaining the affair to their
Officers and I am compelled to
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confess that the manner which Captain Crounbridge of
the Corvette
defended
the
of the "Prisoner, rather exceeded the bounds
of Civility. After
their fruitless verbal demand,
and
after I had told them
that the affair was in the Judge's
hands, I received
the Judge's
official
letter (Enclosure 8:2) from the
Commander
under
of Her Britannic
Majesty's Naval Forces, Captain Koppel, brought by the Commander the "Modeste", to whom I
delivered
(Enclosure
$3).
I
forget to mention that when these Naval Officers demanded
the release of the Missionary,
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told them that the
could