Sir,
Wrecks, - how is such a case dealt with?
Appeal to be
One such vessel (the Levant) was lately seized in this Port, and by the Vice Admiralty Court condemned to a fine. Another (the General Blanco), having no regular Papers, was put out of the jurisdiction; (the Captain) was allowed to depart "as the Admiral having been appealed to declared he had no authority), and there can be little doubt as to the unhappy fate of the Passengers on board – whom there is every reason to believe, the Captain meant to land in some wild region.
(Signed) John Barrington
Manila, June 28, 1856.
A British vessel, the "Fortuna," of 178 Tons arrived here on the 26th Instant from Amoy with 134 Chinese Passengers. On requiring the Master to produce the documents enjoined by the "Chinese Passengers Act," he said he had none - that his owners, Messrs. Lyne & Co. of Amoy, had told him the Act did not apply to voyages from China to Manila.
The "Fortuna" is registered at Hongkong and will leave Manila in about 20 days, with passengers and freight, as is anticipated for Amoy or ...
His Excellency
Sir John Bowring, K.F., LL.D.
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