I mentioned to him by accident what I had heard relative to the treatment of John Dean.

He said it was true.

An attorney[A] in London had then taken up his cause, in consequence of which the captain had been prevented from sailing, till he could find persons who would be answerable for the damages which might be awarded against him in a court of law.

Mr.Teast further said, that, not knowing, at that time, the cruelty of the transaction to its full extent, he himself had been one of the securities for the captain at the request of the purser[B] of the ship.

Finding, however, afterwards, that it was as the public had stated, he was sorry that he had ever interfered in such a barbarous case.
[Footnote A: I afterwards found out this attorney.