with him to the Acting Chief Justices house and apply to have it set aside. M. Conil, who was naturally somewhat excited at the time, said to me in French, "No, I will go at once on board and at five o'clock the 'ton' will leave." I then laughingly turned to Mr. Forrester, saying, "You will then probably have an inconsequential journey to Singapore." The matter so far as I was concerned then terminated. In point of fact, I never anticipated that any serious efforts would have been made to detain the vessel. From what M. Conil had said, I felt that he was determined to break...
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554 the Warrant is the nullity it in reality was, merely! and I thought that Mr. Forrester would have contented himself with carrying out the letter of his instructions as contained in § 8 of the Admiralty Regulations, which are simply as follows: "Where a ship is to be arrested, the Warrant is to be affixed to the main mast or some conspicuous part of the vessel for a short time, and a Collated Copy of it left on board." And he was told that and nothing more. I am quite satisfied he would have been free from further responsibility. Unfortunately, as I think,