CO129-111 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1866 [1-2] — Page 425

midnight 11 of the Crew rose, killed the

Captain, his son and oni

of

the

passengers;

the passengers with the exception of the

one killed were all asleep below on

hearing the noise they rushed to the

hatchway and

doow.

id it was battered

found it

the passengers

evere Neftin Conjurement

below until the evening of the 16th instant,

were conveyed on

when after dark they shore to Ling-ding by the Crew-

Crew - The

Nosch morning the passengers employed a small boat to bring them to Hongthong where they arrived this morning - Informant is accompanied by 2 others of the passingers who confirm his statement. Con identify and the Beat. Does not

all the or

Know the dinction taken by them.

value of

Beat

and

Cargo # 3,000.

(Signed) Wm Quin,

Captain Superintendent

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