Majesty’s subjects about this country and taking as friends, and if you coming on any purpose you dont let us know in the country and burn any place belonging to us; as we do honour the English colour for fear of coming in such a manner, perhaps some of our subjects might do what may be an insult to the English flag, and we dont wish such a thing to be between us, so therefore we beg you all to allow us the liberty of relating to you the aforementioned laws of this country, and hoping it will not be an offence to you. We remain, &c. Tessana Town, } _Henry Tucker._ 2 December 1840. } _Johnny Tucker._ } _Jack Tucker._ 6813. _Chairman._] Did you have intercourse with those chiefs after that letter?--No, I did not. The rainy season was coming on, and I was compelled to go to another part of my station. 6814. Captain _Fitzroy_.] Did Governor Doherty make a requisition to you, that you should take those measures with respect to the Gallinas which you have described?--The only requisition from Governor Doherty to me was, to recover the woman and her child, who had been made slaves of by Prince Manna. 6815. Did Governor Doherty express himself satisfied, or otherwise, with the result of your expedition to the Gallinas?--In the first letter in the correspondence before the Committee, a despatch to Lord John Russell, Governor Doherty expresses, in the strongest way, his satisfaction. 6816. Sir _R. H. Inglis_.] Having received the approbation of the local government near the scene of your exploit, have you also received any expression of approbation on the part of Her Majesty’s Government, either on the part of the Colonial-office, or of the Admiralty, or of both?--The Colonial Secretary and the Foreign Secretary both expressed, in the strongest terms, their approbation of my proceedings. My despatches to the Admiralty did not arrive till the middle of July. They had, however, previously approved of my conduct, although they had declared that they could not entertain the question with reference to promotion, as the despatches had not come to them. The despatches sent through the senior officer arrived at the Admiralty in July, and I was promoted in August. 6817. Were you promoted by the Admiralty with reference to those services?--No, I cannot say that; I think they may also have considered that as affording some claim, from the tone of letters which I have seen, not addressed to myself, by the Foreign and the Colonial Secretaries. 6818. But the approbation of the Colonial Secretary and of the Foreign Secretary was absolute?--It was absolute. 6819. And the approbation of the Admiralty may be inferred from the fact of your promotion?--That approbation was expressed, in the first instance, by them before they received the despatches, from what had appeared before Parliament.