to their bunks if required.

Heelguero again visited

me

to

Mor

say

that

the hulk had been hired, when I

him

a

gave

copy of notification

Nr. 1 of 1861. I afterwards visited

the hulk to see if she would do for the purpose intended; on

the 8

th Instant I received

your

note stating that from circumstances

which had

to

come

the notice of

a

G

261

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the result of that inquiry.

wad

uported to His Excellency in my

letter of 10th Instant. On the following

day

I wished

to

remove

the

passengers to

the Hulk presuming

the "Ville d'Agen would be docked; the I did not geing:

passengers declined

press their

ad

I wished to create

the impression amongst them that

while they

were

in

this Port no

Baron Trenqualage, the French

Consul for

meet him

on

Canton, I

wad

to

the following

day

and

institute

into the

mannev

a

unnecessary annoyance would be shown. On the

12th a hearing

had at the Chief Magistrates

Office when the Captain and Agent

joint enquiry

to

in

which

the passengers brought here by

" the "Ville d'Agen" had been procured ;

the Charterers were remanded

on bail, Police

were

put on board

on'

the ship that evening and

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