Took in all the coal we could get by 8 P.M. Sailed next morning. CHAPTER LXXIX RETURN TO ENGLAND [Sidenote: 1861. May 28.] 9 P.M.--Came to in Rio Harbour. Found _Leopard_, with flag of Rear-Admiral Sir Stephen Lushington, K.C.B., waiting to be relieved. Also the old _Madagascar_, Captain White; _Curlew_, Captain Shaw; _Spy_, Lieutenant Tabuteau; and _Pylades_, Captain de Courcy, on his way home from the Pacific. Found also notice from their Lordships of their intention to supersede me with Rear-Admiral Warren, whom I might expect in the _Emerald_, to which ship I was to transfer my flag and return to England. This step was taken by their Lordships in reply to a request I had made in a private letter to the First Lord to be allowed to return to England in the _Forte_, that inquiry might be made into my conduct. Moreover, in reply to an official application I had made most respectfully, requesting their Lordships would be good enough to state reasons for having removed me from the Cape to an inferior command, I received an answer that their Lordships “were not in the habit of giving any reasons for the orders they may think proper to give.” [Sidenote: June 16.] Arrived _Emerald_, with flag of Rear-Admiral Warren; exchanged salutes. Transferred my flag to the _Emerald_ commanded by my gallant friend Captain Arthur Cumming. Off this coast on Sept. 6, 1843, to the southward, he did as smart a thing as any sailor could wish. He was a lieutenant in charge of a twelve-oared cutter, searching for slavers. He disguised himself, his crew and his boat, as fishermen, painting the cutter after Brazilian fashion. A strange, rakish-looking brig nearing, Cumming steered towards her as if wishing to sell fish. Without a word he was on board, shot the helmsman, put the slaver up in the wind, to the consternation of her crew. His own men joined him. It was indeed a brilliant feat! * * * * * By the mail received the following press cutting--from what paper I know not, nor from whom I received it; but so struck am I by its truth and justice, it is herewith inserted:-- THE KEPPEL SCANDAL