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ovan manslaughter, could not be sunbuired but he sucmÒN
to think thes the passenger being in & vory woæk (tite, his
death was hastoned, if not actually c used, by the sh king
administered by the m teha?.
Vic Excellency bermud me to hold another empiry and
if possible, inflict some slight punishment on the crossed.
I informed the Viceroy that I would gladly do ang hing I
could to beminate this unfortunate controversy bus thas
I was unable to see t his surreption, in the fleat place,
bocques in the absence of any frosh evidenc: I could not
honestly say I shouch the watchman had been the cat a
of the men's death, and in the second place becuas
the Portiquese Consul having claimed jurisdiction over the
accused, I hau no right to hold & further unquiry, ruch
loss to impose a purdahument. I suggustou be the Ticuroy
that if he really was not satisfied with the result of
the firal enquiry, ho chuuld re peet the Port maca.
"ongul ti hold another, and I promised "ia Ecull:ncy that
I would was my best endeavours, in an unoffici: 1 nummer
to make the investigation as thorough as possible.
The Viceroy having mentioned that some poins in Dr.
Davenport'a