| Description | To Messrs Norris and Sons, Solicitors, Liverpool. Regards an answer from the French Government about the complaints made by Stewart as to the anchorage dues which had been exacted from him at Matacong and unauthorized excavations alleged to have been made in the house formerly occupied on the island by Taylor and Laughland's representative. Sets out the amount Mr Stewart had to pay and an explanation. Regarding the excavations, the French Government state they were made by a British subject residing in Sierra Leone in the hope, which was unfulfilled, of discovering a treasure traditionally said to have been buried there in the last century by the Portuguese. |