which they generally
do not show,
and at the same time
a great
lively
basement in their most
feelings, to admit that they.
pero
they, when not wanting in talkativeness,
will remain silent even at the
with
moment when the authority fatherly care consults them. It may,
however, happen,
or twice it may this will be an
never
Sir, that once
be the case
exception
but
and
a rule. In this occasion
I must observe that I am
persuaded that
You are misinformed
about the Portuguese lorchas to
which you
refer
in your dispatch.
At present, Sir, there
are
no Portuguese lorchas in this port; and therefore when a Chinese lorcha
comes out to contraband, she does
not do it; neither could she do it under
the protection of the Portuguese flag: because the Portuguese flag protects only lawful trade and never
contraband.
The circumstance of there being
some times,
they unfortunately
at present, arrested by court of this Colony
the
Portuguese
for the fact of being found carrying
on the contraband of coolies in Chinese lorchas, will prove to Your Excellency the sincerity of my assertion.