'Would to God, my dearest Nessy, that I could rejoice with you on the early prospect of your brother's arrival in England. One division of the _Pandora's_ people has arrived, and now on board the _Vengeance_ (my ship). Captain Edwards with the remainder, and all the prisoners late of the _Bounty_, in number ten (four having been drowned on the loss of that ship), are daily expected. They have been most rigorously and closely confined since taken, and will continue so, no doubt, till Bligh's arrival. You have no chance of seeing him, for no bail can be offered. Your intelligence of his swimming off on the _Pandoras_ arrival is not founded; a man of the name of Coleman swam off ere she anchored--your brother and Mr. Stewart the next day; this last youth, when the _Pandora_ was lost, refused to allow his irons to be taken off to save his life. 'I cannot conceal it from you, my dearest Nessy, neither is it proper I should--your brother appears, by all accounts, to be the greatest culprit of all, Christian alone excepted. Every exertion, you may rest assured, I shall use to save his life, but on trial I have no hope of his not being condemned. Three of the ten who are expected are mentioned, in Bligh's narrative, as men detained against their inclination. Would to God your brother had been one of that number! I will not distress you more by enlarging on this subject; as intelligence arises on their arrival, you shall be made acquainted. Adieu! my dearest Nessy--present my affectionate remembrances to your mother and sisters, and believe me always, with the warmest affection,--Your uncle, THOS. PASLEY.' How unlike is this from the letter of Bligh! while it frankly apprises this amiable lady of the real truth of the case, without disguise, as it was then understood to be from Mr. Bligh's representations, it assures her of his best exertions to save her brother's life. Every reader of sensibility will sympathise in the feeling displayed in her reply. '_Isle of Man, 22nd June_, 1792.