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Hongkong, April 19th 1853.

The Senior Naval Officer

in

China .

I now beg leave to bring to

your

notice

an attack made by Pirates on the schooner

Zephyr, owned

under

my

: owned by Messrs. Dent & be, and command. On the 14th April

:left Chin chew bound to Amoy, with : a

valuable

cargo

on

I

board, and at. /1⁄2 past four

junk

in the afternoon a large west coast

heavily

ow

armed and largely manned bore down

the schooner; with the intention to come

alongside, the Chinese standing by their

& guns.

in readiness to fire . When within three quarters, of a mile, I commenced firing my guns

at him, ( of which he took no notice, but still stood on for the schooner), but without striking him.{ We crossed his bows and left him actern when within half a mile . He then hauled his wind