“Dear Sir,—We have received your letter of yesterday, whereby observe that the sum we have remitted you will not be sufficient to cover all the expenses to clear the ship. We much regret you have omitted mentioning the sum you require, which prevents our remitting you the same by this very post, thus causing a new delay in leaving that port, so contrary to our wishes; you will therefore write to us to-morrow, that we may receive your reply on Monday morning, informing us of the amount necessary to finish paying all your accounts and expenses, to remit you the same by Monday’s night post, in order that you maybe able to sail for Liverpool on Tuesday or Wednesday at the furthest. You must not omit stating the amount required; and waiting your reply, we remain, very truly, dear Sir, your obedient servants.”
Postscript. “According our Liverpool house notice, you will go there to the Salt-house Dock.”
Mr. Serjeant Bompas. Now put in the charter-party, and the paper referred to in it.
Mr. Kelly. Put in one at a time; you cannot read two documents at a time.
[The same was handed in, dated London, 19th October, 1840, signed Thomas Jennings; for Pedro Martinez & Co., of Havannah, Zulueta & Company.
Mr. Kelly. All these documents appear in the printed Appendix, which it would be convenient to hand up to your Lordship.
Mr. Justice Maule. Is that the joint Appendix on the appeal to the Privy Council?
Mr. Kelly. Yes.
Mr. Clarkson. The number of the document is 11, on page 5.
The same was read as follows:—