It will not fail to be remarked, however, that the precautions specified in the memorandum - the setting apart a special place for the emigrants and watching them by armed men - not a word is said about iron gratings which are the whole gist of the matter. As regards the steamers plying in the Canton waters we have no information - but as regards emigrant Ships we are pretty satisfied that no attempt has ever been made to confine the migrants by hatches - too much mode of restraint could have been adopted without coming to the knowledge of the Governments.
In the case of the "Jeddo", which on a voyage to B. Guiana was destroyed by fire in the Straits in April 1866, so far from the Immigrants being left to perish under hatches, as in the "Don Juan", every exertion was made by the Master and officers to save them, the surgeon remaining in the Ship till he could no longer do so without sacrificing his own life. The majority of the emigrants in that ship did escape, and all would probably have done so if they had had the means and courage to use the means of escape provided for them.
It is further alleged in the memorandum that in the Belgian ship "Frederic" which sailed from Hongkong for Peru in January...
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