CORRESPONDENCE. 



had left hira, and stated that lie \vm requested to wait for 

 ati answer to thk Icttor. Tlic Governor absented bimsolf 

 for a wliilCj and then returned with the following reply : — 



"Most Illustrious Sir, 



" In roplj to the letter which you have just 

 addressed rac from on board H.B..Ar.S. Mirander, ancliored 

 in Macao Roads, I transmit to you lierewitli the enclosed 

 copy of an official letter, wliich accompanied Mr Summers 

 ^hon he was sent by me to-day to tJie judge, to whom, 

 according to the Portuguoso laws, appertains the fiirther 

 prosecution of that affair. 



" God pTCSorre you. 



" (SIgnoa), JOAO MARIA FEltRElEA BO AMARAL. 

 '^Tqe Mo«t Ill^strioob Se^r Kfi^tnY KsFPEt, 



The purport of the enclosiuxj was as follows : — 



" Most iLLuaTsious and Excellestt Sir, 



" To-day; on the passing of the procession of 

 Coipo de Beos, J. Summers. Protest^int ^fissionary, 

 remained near the church of Misericordia with his hat on 

 liis head, amid a uumhcr of people who all showed respect 

 for the religion of the country ; and I Uavidg onlered 

 one of my attemlante to tell him to take off his hat, — he 

 would not. In consequence of this, I sent him to the 



