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have felt for Mr. Robertson
on his
discovering
that he had forwarded such misstatements
iham Canton to Hong Kong by the short
and London, and that
of MDeane
route of Teking the movement of "designed to rectify
an enor
was
simply
of the Naval
officer in command of Her Majestyjo ship "Dhatte" who in compunction with the Chinese Authorities had been ordered to
supposed Pirates in the
some
search for neighborhood of Shonneen Island. That
officer stented without the Informant and
M. Deane at once
apprehended that the
October,
were
by
supposed to have been commanded
of the leaders in the desperate culiage
one
and munders piratically
piratically committed on board! of the American Schooner "Lubra in 1866.
as
were
18th Detolan 1866 reported in my despatch No 138. they.
also thought to be the Pirates who had attacked Past May the German Barque
"Leomona"
a as
reported by m
me in despatch 1307 September 1865. No 577. On that occasion, after robbing the
577
128
1829 vefpel, they imprisoned the few and scuttled
the ship with the intention of murdering
the Captain
and Crew.
my nanow
a fate from which
escape.
One would suppose, that if the Chinese
they had
au
very
"Drake" would
go,
as she did, to the
urong
10.
monet
generally
Shameen Island as being
known
The Pirates sought by the Drake"
Govemment neglects the Police of its
seas so as to
encomage
Pirates to attack
Foreign vesselo there could be
mo
TEX
great risk of
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