A narrative of voyages and commercial enterprises . endly terms. In addition to these, ourbusiness necessarily brought us in contact with the General of Marine,with the Assessor of Marine and his family, and with the Fiscal, byall of whom we were treated with the politeness and respect, which,in the civilized world, is due from one gentleman to another ; andwhich formed a striking contrast to our experiences at it respected our business, there seemed to prevail but one opinion,as to the reprehensible conduct of the government of Talcahuana,and the probable revocation of all their
A narrative of voyages and commercial enterprises . endly terms. In addition to these, ourbusiness necessarily brought us in contact with the General of Marine,with the Assessor of Marine and his family, and with the Fiscal, byall of whom we were treated with the politeness and respect, which,in the civilized world, is due from one gentleman to another ; andwhich formed a striking contrast to our experiences at it respected our business, there seemed to prevail but one opinion,as to the reprehensible conduct of the government of Talcahuana,and the probable revocation of all their proceedings, which the Fiscaltermed disparates, or nonsense. CHAPTER XXIX Ai-rival of the Ontario — Threat of the Viceroy to send me away — His Change ofOpinion — Promise of Protection — Plan a Voyage to Valparaiso — Engage aShip — Engagement broken—Disappointment—Embark for Valparaiso in theAndromache — Captain Sherifte, Officers, and Crew — Observance of the Sabbath— Kecreation — Masafuera — Juan Fernandez — fi^JtlLlB, the proper authorities were taking thepreliminary measures for an investigation of thedoings of the Talcahuana government towardsus, (near the last of June, 1818,) the Ontarioarrived from Valparaiso, with the person chargedby the Viceroy with powers to negotiate an exchangeof prisoners. The satisfaction given by CaptainBiddle on this mission, manifested by the Viceroyspresenting him with an elegant and costly sword, thelively interest he took in the restoration of our vessels,the attention given by the Viceroy to his representations:^^ on the subject, and the prevailing opinion that they mustH-^w? be restored, all confirmed the belief of a revocation of thedoings at thing relating to our affairs now wore an auspiciousaspect, and my mind was busily engaged in forming the various plansfor future operations, which depended equally on the amount of prop-erty restored, and on the privileges to be granted us. In
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