v. us. i, Fuji ;
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ed in a rude manner, without any request for per
mission, by .'couple of persons' professing lobe
of the 'poire-." under the pretext of searching
for desertera from the British vessels f,war then
in the harbor. Their conduct waa offensive in
the highest degree, and seemed tn be designed to
provoke a nuarrtl. Tha rantaln rnm..r..ir.i.,l
ml " replied to in the most insolent and vul-
gar manner, whereupon he knotkej both of the
intruders down. For this he waa arrasted he ari
armed powe, ahd dfnued, without examination,
to phon. The Kngli.h Consul, however, after
tome reflection, concluded he had gone too far,
and ordered the captain's release. The specifia
design of this proceeding seems to have been to
impreu the Nicartguans with an idea of English
contempt for th. American people a purpose
coincident with that balnyed in Chatfield'e last
letter to the Kicartgnan government, in which he
w.rnt them against "their pretended friends"
But the most offensive proceeding of the Brit
i.h officials thus far, and one which merits the se
rious attention of cur government, it the course
of the cnmm.nder of tbe English brig of w.r
Persian toward the little Americua steamer Di
rector, aent out by th. canal company to ply upon
the E.n Juan. While the boat was preparing to
ascend the river, its otiicers wore ofticially inform
ed by the commander of the Persian, that if they
attempted to move without firat yking and ob
tairing permitiion r.f the sutliorities of the town,
he should fire upoa them I And in conformity
with thit threat, he moved hit vostel to within a
hundred yard, of tb. Director, to a. to brhig her
effectually under hit guns. Without eupport or
protection of any kind, acting only at the agenta
of the company, the efflcert were obliged totub
mit. It it tn be. regretted that thi course witt.
