Mr. Denyssen to Sir P. E. Wodehouse, December 12, 1863

Mr. Denyssen to Sir P. E. Wodehouse.

I have the honor to submit for the consideration of his excellency the governor the following depositions, taken by the acting clerk of the peace, of certain proceedings near to and in Table bay, Saldanha bay, and Angra Pequena, and in which certain of the cruisers of the federal and confederate States of America, and other vessels, were concerned. The depositions are numbered 1 to 5.

The dates in these papers do not always correspond, nor are they given in certain cases with any accuracy, but they are unimportant, and may be collected from the proceedings with sufficient certainty for all purposes required.

Among the papers will be found an extract from the log of the schooner Atlas, Thomas Boyce, commander; but I must remark respecting it, that it does not contain that portion which refers to the assistance rendered to the Saxon on finding her in Angra Pequena, of which the particulars were entered, and of which I requested an extract; the omission, however, has been remedied by the evidence of Captain Boyce.

The inquiry respecting the shooting and death of Mr. Gray, of the Saxon, is fully gone into; the circumstances did not warrant such a proceeding, judging from the evidence taken, and which I have no reason to doubt. In this opinion Captain Baldwin evidently concurred, as he expressed his regret about it.