3^8 AVOYAGETOTHE 



^ ^v' ^' ^^^^ inflicting immediate and fevere corporal chaftifement 



' — -^ on the principal ofl'enders will more effeftually contribute 



December, to the cnd propofcd, of deterring others from following fo 

 dangerous an example, than configning them over to the 

 more dreadful punifliment which they have incurred from 

 the laws of their country, on account of the diftance 

 of time which mufi neceffariiy intervene, and the pro- 

 bable abfence of thofe on whom we wifh it to operate as 

 an example : 



We requeft you will, at fuch.time as fhall be moft con- 

 venient to you, affemble the commanders of the feveral 

 (hips, to confult and determine on fuch punifhment to be 

 inflifted on the offenders as fhall appear to you propor- 

 tioned to their feveral offences, and report to us your 

 opinion of the fame. 



We are, 



S I R, 



Your moft obedient humble Servants, 



(Signed) Henry Browne. 



John Harrison,, junior, 

 G. Gumming, junior. 

 Alex. Bruce. 



, Canton, Cha= EdW° PiGOU. 



Ith December J 7 87, ^t t 



Henry Lane. 



On receiving the foregoing order, made the fignal for 

 all commanders ; read the faid letter ; fent for the pri- 

 foners and principal evidences on board the Earl Fitz- 

 william ; and defired them to prepare themfelves for a 

 court to be held here at eight o'clock next morning. 



3 Wampoa, 



