Ill A VISIT TO THE iNDfAN ARCHIPELAGO. 



front of the house wbcrc tlie remains of the Governor were 

 l}'ing. Poor Amaral would liave been as much disgusted 

 by this substitution as were the Portu^ie&e authorities 

 them selves, wiio immediately rem o veil these .trophies. 



All remoTistrances, as well as tbreata, on tho part of 

 Portugal have hitherto been unavailing for recovery, 

 from the Cliinese Government, of the lust heiul and hand. 

 Many substitutes hare, 1 believe, been offered. 



On 27th May, 3 850, the «ew Governor, Commodore 

 Pedro Alcxandrino de Cunha, arrived at Macao, in the 

 Dm John, of twenty- two guns, and the J^ona MaHa IL^ 

 frigate, of thirty-two guns, also arrived from Goa, with 

 a Company of Artillery ; and with this extra force it 

 wa^s sitpposed His Excellency would bring the China 

 authorities to a sense of what was due to Portugal. 

 Most unfortimately, however, the Dom A/arm while lying 

 in the Typa anchorage, on the 29i]\ Septe^wber following, 

 blew wp with a terrific explosion, by wliich 138 lives 

 wore lost. The cause of tills accident remains a mystery. 

 The ship had been dressed out in honour of the birthday 

 of the Prince Consort of PoilugaL Out of 224 on the 

 ship's books, only thirty-six were alive at the subsequent 

 muster. The Captain and most of the officei's peri«he<L 



The " Boletein do Governo " concludes its accoujits of 

 these melanclioly events with r — Would to God that this 

 be the last of the no small series of calamities that has 

 afiicted this establishment t " 



