and for the same purpose, was addresed to me a few days ago. H. E. The Supreme Civil Governor of these Islands, of whom the Home Office had requested information of the previous proceedings in this affair, and I had the honour of giving the answer
the answer of which I send a literal copy : - Excy, having received Yr. Excy's communication dated 23 May
you were,
e pleased to send me for..
the purpose report, a communication addressed to you by the Home Office on the
Last in which
2.F
of
2. F of March, relative to a reclamation from. the Minister Plenipotentiary of Great Britain at Madrid on account of an event occasion -ed by the capture of the Brigantine
Marie "Louise . " __ Preforred that communication. to the Auditor for advice which that learn -ed Gentleman gave as follows : _ Excy in
- order to explain to Yr Exey, as clearly possible the result of the provious proceedings which I had to examine to enable Yr. Exey to form a definite opinion of the charges made by the Minister Plenipotentiary of Gorcest
ad
Britain
Britain at Madrid contained in
350 The
com
munication from He. E. the Supreme Civil Governor of the Islands dated the 23rd instant, relative to the British Subjects who were on board the Brigantine Marie Louise." at the time of its capture, I have to inform Yr. Excy : — 1st That in the said Brigantine of German nationality and with the German Bay, there were British these Berite de Subjects and a cargo from Hong-
2nd That they kong..-
indispensably
were
deprived of communication until their respective declarations had been taken, morder that those declarations should not be sug- and this
ashore to the their
but gested, - free and spontaneous, act appears officially in the record of the capture of the Marie Louise", 1ot That some of her crew had tried to go Conwul, but were prevented by the Officer in charge of the vessel, and 2nd That Mr Field, and Christian Sttofens afterward escaped from ber 3o That they having made a protest against
3rd
the
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