Lordship:
"Mesageries Steamer 'Ava' with the detained for twelve hours.
"Mails
Was
Warrant of the Vice Admiralty
of 'tongtong' on the fourth
by
"Court
"Assistant.
Seizure
Was
"The Effected without
"authority.
Illegal, and
my Knowledge
or
"I ordered her immediate release.
Full particulars by O&O. Steamer
"on the 11th Instant."
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I now proceed to supply the details.
The following is an outline:
A collision having taken place between the Messageries Maritimes Steamer 'Ava', and a Commercial Steamer named the 'Rena', by which the latter was sunk, and many lives lost, the Owners of the latter instituted legal proceedings against the Agents of the former in the Vice Admiralty Court of this Colony.
I pass by any details of the case, which is still pending.
In consequence of the result of proceedings in the Vice Admiralty Court, Your Lordship will learn from the accompanying papers.
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