CO129-114 - MacDonnell - 1866 [7-8] — Page 16

and instead of proceeding to Mogarakis she repaired to the harbor of Comsingmion situated about

twelve miles above Macao, and

commenced to load

there

Cargo

of

Great Guns for the

use of the

7

15

British Azamer Menung

jon jars

illegal expedition

employed

the Chusan group,

on

and Committed

acts which amounted to piracy

and

murder, The steamir

ccate

seized,

Prince of Satsumer, who was at

that time involved in

hostilities

with the British. Whilst weening

gund,

the Scotland

these

by a British,

Man

نکارید

boarded

va

ana

the

circumstances was, reported to the Custom authorities, who seized the steamer and took her to Canton

precisely as they took the steamer Prince Albert . After being for a time, both ship and

une released, as

your

detained

barge

Petitioner

believes without fine or punishment

Second. Somitime last.

last year, the

and the master would have been

hied on

the n

- these capital offences.

been

می

had

Cable

necessary midance ban As it was Bir Hany Parkes the Consul at Shanghai praecited. Sim for resisting the Custom authorities,

bring forend quilly the master imprisoned for Bis months, being the extreme sentence it lay in the power of the Consul to inflict. The case as

And

ALAS

regarded the steamer refined to London as Your potitioner in credibly informed