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

2

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

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