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That there were shipped 1468 and a half bags and 42 chests of Malwa opium; 4 lbs. in each bag, and 29 balls of Patna opium, also 4 lbs. in each bag, the whole being of the aggregate value of $2000.
That owing to the adverse tide your petitioner's junk arrived at Sheung Po Wan (cape d'Aguilar) at night on the 13th where she fell in with a white sail Hainan boat containing 15 or 16 men.
That fearing pillage your petitioner kept his junk away from the boat and took shelter at the pier below the Lighthouse. That meanwhile the white sail Hainan boat unexpectedly followed in her pursuit and fired several guns at your petitioner's junk.
That your petitioner and his crew then ran ashore requesting the European in the lighthouse to save them but the junk and cargo were seized and taken away by the men in the Hainan boat.
That the European then hoisted a signal flag and fired a gun as a signal for the junk's release, but without avail. That the European was then very angry and wrote a letter for your petitioner to take to the Harbour Master's Office, and the writer immediately...