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which Mr. Lambertsen’s factor was forced to re¬ 
ceive, though, far from having ordered any thing 
of the kind, he had applied to Mr. Jorgensen to 
be excused from taking them in; and that, in ex¬ 
change for these, Mr. Savigniac compelled him to 
give up a quantity of merchandize, of which a re¬ 
turn had previously been made to government:— 
secondly, that an accusation of oppression and 
extortion having been made against Mr. Poulsen, 
a factor belonging to Mr. Petreus’ establishment 
at Westmannoe, he was, without any inquiry into 
the grounds of the accusation, or without being 
allowed to speak in his own defence, summoned 
to appear at Reikevig, where he was detained for 
several days, and all the goods upon the island 
whether belonging to the factory or to any other 
person were confiscated:—thirdly, a vessel belong¬ 
ing to Mr. Clausen, which had a British license, 
to and from Oreback being defrayed by Mr. Phelps. Mr. 
Lambertsen at this time unexpectedly arrived, and was na¬ 
turally hurt, as well at finding that the goods with which 
he had calculated on loading his own ship were in the pos¬ 
session of Mr. Phelps, as that his warehouses were filled with 
the property of the latter, which would obstruct the sale of 
what he had himself imported. He therefore refused to ra¬ 
tify the agreement, and complained to Captain Jones of what 
he called the forcible taking away of his goods, requiring to 
be paid for them, though it was sufficiently notorious that 
he had already been over paid, in as much as coffee, &c., are 
more than equivalent to the same weight of Icelandic produce. 
