In  consequence  of  these  proceedings  the  Wallachian  and  British
authorities  appointed  surveyors,  who,  on  the  17th  October,  1854,  made
a  report  (Appendix  12,)  in  which  they  stated  that  they  had  betaken
themselves  to  the  vessel  in  the  company  of  M.  La  Fontaine,  assisted  by
the  public  broker,  Laszaro  de  Nicolini,  and  there,  in  the  presence  of  the
captain,  had  examined  the  cargo,  which  they  found  in  a  state  of  serious
heat ;  that  the  odour  it  sent  forth,  and  the  commencement  of  rot,  in-
duced them  unanimously  to  advise  the  sale  of  the  cargo,  for  account  of
whom  it  may  concern;  in  order  to  prevent  the  total  deterioration  thereof.
Uy  phillimobe  ok  iktbbnational  law.
On  the  mme  day  the  cargo  was  sold  by  M.  La  Fontaine,  as  the  xojal
British  navy  agent,  to  Messrs.  Charnaud,  exactly  as  it  may  be  found  on
board  the  Oerasimo,  that  is  to  say,  rotten,  wetted,  damaged,  or  with  any
other  defect,  at  the  price  of  15|  piastres  for  eyery  chilo.
This  sale  seems  to  have  been  made  without  the  knowledge  of  E.  Pana
and  Co.,  or  S.  Pana,  their  agent,  for,  on  the  6th  November,  1854,  he
presented  a  petition  to  the  British  consulate,  stating  that  he  was  autho-
rised by  E.  Pana  and  Co.,  the  proprietors  of  the  cargo,  to  sell  it,  and
rm  1  ^^^^^  ^^  proceeds,  and  praying  that  he  might  be  at  ^liberty
^  -I  to  do  so>  depositing  the  proceeds  in  the  hands  of  the  Boytd
Britannic  Chancery  until  it  should  be  definitely  settled  as  to  the  fate  of
the  said  cargo,  he  being  ready  to  tender  valid  security  for  the  due  deposit
of  the  price  obtained.
