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PEDRO GIBERT AND OTHERS.

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Mr. Child. We do not know gentle or simple here.

Juver Story.

If there is aught exceptionable in my usage of

the word gentleman, I will use the word man, althongh I consider
that all present are entitled to the former appellation.

Cross-eramination continued.
‘De not know whether the powder
which was placed in the eabin to
blow up the vessel was in a bag
or not; saw a bag hauled up; al-
so a match still burning; the
name of the man who first went
down is Trumbull; know noth-
ing of Trumbull’s having re-
fused to swear that there was &
mateh in the cabin—did not find
@ swivel on board the Panda—
it ia usual to place the national
flag of a prize under that of ber
eaptor—it was not done in the
ease of the Esperanza. There is
a Spanish consul at Plymouth—
can’t say whether he is a Spau-
ard or an Englishman—do not
know that he is connected in any
sway with Captain Trotter, of
that Captan Gibert and his mate
wrote to the Consul General in
London—do not know of any
letters being intereepted—ean’t
remember whether the Consul at
Plymouth had a foreign accent
—only saw him five minutes—he
came on board in a citizen's
dress—don’t know of the Portn-
guese Consul’s doing any thing
for the prisonere—or of any
eommunieation having passed
between him and the Consul
General in Spain—never heard
anything of the prisoners ex-
pecting to be tried in London, or
of their demanding a trial—
Imow of no pirates sbout the
Cape de Verd Islands—heard
something of one being off St.
Thomas—Captain Trotter is in
an ill state of health—-has had a
fever several times. Did not
‘hail the boats of the Panda be-

fore Bring, because could not get
near enough—have no knowl-
edge of Captain Trotter’s hav-~
ing the protest of Captain Gi-
bert—the diamond ring taken by
Captain Trotter, from the mate
of the Panda, bore the initials
B, 8,—don’t know whether these
letters are the initials of the
mate and his wvife—there was no
hair round the ring on the out-
side—was not present wher
Captain Trotter took the mate’s
watch——don't know whether the
slaves on board the Esperanza
had free papers—was not prea
ent at their examination—know
nothing of attempts to frighten
them by pointing guns at them—
a mark was placed on the Fs-
peranza, at which the crew of
the Curlew practiced firing—the
passage of the Curlew home was
retarded in consequence of hay~
ing to wait for orders—do not
know whether Captain Trotter
proposed to give up the Esper-
anza to her owners—don’t know
whether our arrival was an-
nounced,

Mr. Child showed the ‘witness
an English paper, and asked him
if it did not contain an an-
nouncement of the Curlew’s ar-
rival. Tt did. Two of the crew
of the Esperanza were brought
to England, the boatswain and
cook; also ‘one or two others—
do not know what bas become of
them, or whether they were dis-
charged,

Mr, Child said that he ob-
served a disposition on the part
of the officer of the Government
“to restrict the prisoners.”

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