88 
X. The Artist having embarked with young 
Allen had Va speedy and pleasant passage to 
Gibraltar; where, in consequence of the war 
then raging. the ship stopped for convoy. As 
soon as they came to anchor, Commodore Car- 
ney and 
another 
0fHcer 
CHIT18 
O11 
board 
to 
EXH- 
mine the vessel,s papers. 
that 
It happened 
SOTD6 
time 
before, 
the 
British 
Government 
had, 
OH 
account of political circumstances, prohibited 
the carrying of provisions into Italy, by which 
prohibition the ship and cargo would have been 
forfeited had she been arrested in attempting 
to enter an Italian port, or, indeed, in, pro- 
ceeding with such an intention. But Captain 
Carney had scarcely taken his pen to write the 
replies to the questions which he put to the 
Master, as to the owners of the vessel and her 
destination, when he again threw it down, and, 
looking the other oflicer full in the face, 
said, "I am much affected by the situation in 
which I am now placed. This valuahle ship is 
the property of some of my nearest relations, 
and the best friends that I have ever had in 
the world  and 
more questions. 
he refrained from asking any 
There was, undoubtedly, much