Admiralty horrors, of a most atrocious kind without parallel, have taken place in connection with this traffic in human beings.
The circumstances attending the burning of the "En Jauce" and the dreadful fate which has befallen the crew and passengers, hundreds of souls are fully described in the papers which I now send you, and, doubtless, you and the Portuguese authorities are already aware of the facts of the case.
This fearful incident has excited a painful feeling in this country, and H.M. Government, in the interest of humanity, cannot allow it to pass unnoticed and without an effort, as far as it rests with them, to prevent for the future such grievous atrocities.
I have accordingly to instruct you to bring the matter to the notice of the Portuguese authorities; and you will urge them on the part of H.M. Government in the strongest manner to take efficient measures to suppress, or at least to regulate, this traffic which inflicts such misery on unoffending persons, and must be so utterly repugnant to the feelings of justice and humanity of the Portuguese Nation.
(signed) Granville
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