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ovan manslaughter, could not be sunbuired but he sucmÒN

to think thes the passenger being in & vory woæk (tite, his

death was hastoned, if not actually c used, by the sh king

administered by the m teha?.

Vic Excellency bermud me to hold another empiry and

if possible, inflict some slight punishment on the crossed.

I informed the Viceroy that I would gladly do ang hing I

could to beminate this unfortunate controversy bus thas

I was unable to see t his surreption, in the fleat place,

bocques in the absence of any frosh evidenc: I could not

honestly say I shouch the watchman had been the cat a

of the men's death, and in the second place becuas

the Portiquese Consul having claimed jurisdiction over the

accused, I hau no right to hold & further unquiry, ruch

loss to impose a purdahument. I suggustou be the Ticuroy

that if he really was not satisfied with the result of

the firal enquiry, ho chuuld re peet the Port maca.

"ongul ti hold another, and I promised "ia Ecull:ncy that

I would was my best endeavours, in an unoffici: 1 nummer

to make the investigation as thorough as possible.

The Viceroy having mentioned that some poins in Dr.

Davenport'a