you cannot detain the vessel. Captain I give orders to leave at six o'clock exactly : Dear "M" Forest this
is a
you
very
serious matter, and I hope you will consider before you have such an order carried out." he said "No! Captain you start at five o'clock, it does not matter who is on board." I said
will
serious
to the Consul Something will come of this - will you take my advice and go
20 now
take
shore and lay the matter before the Judge who has issued the Warrant, or before the Governor : " He replied, I will do nothing of the kind I will stop on this vessel till
she
& goes
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at 5 o'clock How repeated several times to the Captain his order to leave at five o'clock - I said if you will not take the course I suggest but persist in keeping the vessel off, notwithstanding I am on board, I must do what I am ordered by the Warrant
:
and detain the vessel " He said you cannot do so as by Convention with the British Government the vessel is not liable to arrest I see at the same time pulled out some papers from his pocket with writing on them and said that was a copy of the Convention.
I said to him I have no discretion
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" in the matter I must carry out my orders, I have no doubt the persons who issued the Warrant have considered the matter of the Convention thoroughly. I then asked the Captain " am I to understand that you are not going to Mor Dorect and said to stop the vessel " and he said "The Consul orders me to go off I cannot help it . The Captain from the very first had shown a desire to come to an amicable arrangement in the matter.
Mr Porect asked me finally if I was going to leave the ship I said to The Bell was then