"أوراق أخرى تتعلق بتجارة الرقيق على الساحل الشرقي من أفريقيا والنظام المتبع لكبحها" [و‎‎٨‎٠] (٥٠/٢٧)

" Nymphe," and " Star," with reference to the cases which are specially referred to as
suggested by Mr. Rothery.
I am, &c.
(Signed) GEO. A. HAMILTON.
No. 11.
The Secretary to the Admiralty to Mr. Hammond.—(Received September 16.)
Sir, Admiralty, September 15, 1869.
I AM commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to transmit, for the
information of the Earl of Clarendon, the inclosed correspondence (in original) forwarded
by Commodore Sir Leopold Heath, in his letter dated Trincomalee, 14th July, respecting
a dhow captured in the Persian Gulf by Commander Columb, of Her Majesty's ship
" Dryad," and condemned as a lawful prize in the Vice-Admiralty Court at Aden.
I am, &c.
(Signed) VERNON LUSH1NGTON.
Inclosure 1 in No. 11.
Lieutenant-Colonel Pelly to the Secretary to Government, Bombay.
Si rj British Residency, Bushire, April 12, 1869.
I HAVE the honour to transmit a copy of a letter, with accompaniment, received
from the First Assistant Resident, Bassadore, reporting the alleged destruction of a Persian
craft near Mogoo by Her Majesty's steamer " Dryad."
2. Mogoo, the port whence the Persian Governor protests, is about twenty-five miles
distant from Lingah, and fifty miles from Bassadore.
3. The Persian Governor appears also to be protesting to his own Government, and,
as providing for any reference which Her Majesty's Minister at Tehran may make, I am
instructing the First Assistant Resident at Bassadore, and the British Agent at Lingah, to
collect whatever evidence may be available.
I have, &c.
(Signed; LEWIS PELLY.
Inclosure 2 in No. 11.
Captain Way to Lieutenant-Colonel Pelly.
gj r Bassadore, March 29, 1869.
I HAVE this day telegraphed to you the following:—
" 'Dryad,' when en route to Bushire, burnt a bugla belonging to Mogoo. Governor
has protested." , t » • • i. a
I have now the honour to submit the Governor's letter to the British Agent at
Lin§i Th e Agent reports that the Passport Agent has requested an explanation from him in
regard to the matter, and informed him that he will report to his Government.
In accordance with orders, no answer has, or will be, given either to the Governor of
Mogoo or the Passport Agent.
I have, &c.
(Signed) A. COTTON WAY.
Inclosure 3 in No. 11.
Sheikh Sultan, Governor of Mogoo, to the British Agent at Lingah.
PERHAPS you have heard, but I again write to inform you, that Suliman bin Sooltan
took dates to Debay for sale. When he was returning with the price of the dates and the
amount of some debts he had collected, he was met by a ship and was hailed by her. His