COCHINCHINA. 
and port charges. An instance occurred wherein his generous 
conduct shews his character in the fairest point of view. 
An Enghsh merchant vessel from Canton arrived at Sai-gong, 
where the Master and first officer died. To prevent the 
frauds and pillage which might be committed, and the losses 
which would inevitably ensue to the owners from the death of 
those who had been entrusted with the management of their 
concerns, he directed Captain Barissy, with a party of sol- 
diers, to take possession of her, and carry her under his charge 
to Canton, with orders to deliver her safe to her owners, cff 
their agents, who might be found there or at Macao. 
Though no apparent alteration took place in his conduct 
with regard to the French officers in his service, yet the 
French character is said to have suffered greatly in his estima- 
tion from the moment he was made acquainted with the out- 
rageous and inhuman treatment which the unfortunate family 
on the throne experienced from a licentious and savage 
rabble. The feelings of a mind like that of Caung-shung 
could not be otherwise than tremblingly alive on such an 
occasion^ Driven by usurpers from his dominions, and 
doomed to wander for many years as an outcast and an exile, 
it is no wonder that, in comparing a nation which had ex- 
pelled the family of its lawful Sovereign with another nation 
which received it with open arms, he should be more de- 
sirous to cultivate the friendship of the latter than of the 
former. We have not, however, managed affairs with regard to 
this extraordinary character, in such a manner as to promote 
that kind of friendly intercourse, which could not fail to be 
highly advantageous to our commercial concerns. The East 
