their insufficiency of food and clothing, etc., he
turned a deaf ear. He did not deign a reply to them; and what more could
be expected of a man who could be so base as to do what I will here state?

About three years ago I met an old ship-mate. We went to India in the same
ship. He held a midshipman's warrant in the United States' navy, and went
out on this voyage for practice in seamanship. He was made prisoner at the
same time I was. In the shiftings and changes which took place, we were
separated; and when I saw him, several years after, he stated that after
parting with me he remained in London, endeavoring in vain to get
employment on board some ship; that becoming destitute, he went to Mr.
Beasly, (_Beastly_ it should be,) to get advice and assistance, stating
who and what he was; and that, in consequence of the unsettled mode of
life in which he had been living, he had unfortunately lost his warrant;
and urged him, as an act of humanity, to point out some method whereby he
might help himself. He turned away from him with indifference, saying he
could do nothing for him. After a lapse of several days, finding no hope
of extricating himself from his embarrassed situation, as a last resource
he went once more to Mr. Beasly, and asked assistance. The reply was: 'Be
off! and if you trouble me again I will put you on board of an English
man-of-war!' This gentleman[1] is now Lieutenant Commandant in our navy.
He told me he had seen Mr. Beasly not long before, in his official
capacity as consul at Havre, but did not make himself known to him. Is it
not strange, that one who was so regardless of the duties of his office
and the feelings of humanity should hold so lucrative and responsible a
situation as the one which he enjoys to this day? There have been serious
complaints made against him, within a year or two, by several respectable
captains of vessels.

[1] STEPHEN B. WILSON, Esq.

The number of prisoners on my arrival at the depot I understood to amount
to about three thousand; notwithstanding the deaths had gradually
increased, the number was kept good by detachments sent in from time to
time, many of them from English ships of war, who had been impressed into
the service; and although they had frequently asked for a discharge, they
could not get it until the European war had ended, and there was but
little farther use for them. But they obtained their dismissal, and with
it the pay and prize-money due to them