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 1837.] and other ships moored within. General Lopez, having received from Bogota the fullest powers to treat definitively, had consented to the demands in full; the greatest obstacle, the production of the money, being overcome, that night five thousand dollars were lodged on board the Madagascar.

The Nimrod, just arrived from Chagres, had brought Mr. Russell, the cause of the late rupture; he had been released by order of the Government. It also brought the lamentable news of the decease of the new consul, Mr. Turner, from a sudden attack of inflammation of the stomach.

The Nimrod was then ordered to convey me to Chagres, together with an officer from the Madagascar, to seal the papers of the late consul, and bring back the widow and daughters of the deceased.

Supernumeraries are nuisances in all ships, under any circumstances, and are apt to feel more than they can well express : but I must candidly confess, for myself, that from the moment I put my foot on board the Forte, to that of quitting the Nimrod, the kindness and attention I met Avith from their several warm-hearted commanders will ever be remembered with pleasure.

After a smart passage the Nimrod anchored off Chagres on February 7th, and Captain Fraser and myself landed, and communicated to the governor (La Barriere) the very agreeable intelligence that hostilities had terminated. I say agreeable, because, although his bearing bespoke him an ardent character, he had still