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and whom I had
had sent for, ordered to procure
a
man to put
in charge of the Ara. He had
a man but had told him
procured to wait at my
house instead of
at the Court and as it was late to fetch him then, I told the
Bailiff to accompany me to the
Steamer, but instructed him not
to come on board with me but
to wait to go the
man when I had made a seizure of the vessel and bring off who was to take charge.
When I arrived
on board on
the main deck I asked for the Captain
and was taken
to
the upper deck where Danes the
Captain,
and M. C. de la Forest the Acting French Consul, Mr. Conil, the Agent of the Messageries
Maritimes, and several other gentlemen. I took out the Warrant and showed it to the Captain
and said that I had
come
on board under authority from the Vice Admiralty Court to arrest the vessel. My appearance and errand were evidently expected on board for the French Consul immediately
came up to me and said "what is that I replied it 'have received orders to detain the' vessel," and showed him the Warrant. He immediately said