consisting chiefly of tobacco and coffee with
other articles of luxury, which Mr. Lambertsen’s
factor was forced to receive, though, far
from having ordered any thing of the kind, he
vantage of his licence to carry on an illicit trade, as is
often done between the different parts of Denmark, and
that he would at all events not appear till the following
year. The inhabitants of Oreback being therefore
greatly distressed, as two years had now elapsed since
any ship had come to them with provisions, and Mr.
Lambertsen’s own stock of goods, which had been lying
all that time in his storehouses, beginning to be injured
by keeping, Mr. Sivertsen wrote to Mr. Jorgensen different
petition^ begging him to use his interest with
Mr. Phelps to supply Oreback over land with things of
absolute necessity ; to which, after some delay, that
gentleman assented, and an agreement was drawn up
and signed by both parties, stipulating that a return
should be made for goods so sent from Mr. Lambertsen’s
storehouses. Mr. Sivertsen, in consequence of this, gave
an order to Mr. Petreus, Mr. Phelps’ agent, for different
articles, such as tobacco, coffee, sugar, cloth, &e.; the
whole of which was accordingly sent on thirty-five horses,
which returned laden with Icelandic produce; the expence
of conveyance both to and from Oreback being
defrayed by Mr. Phelps. Mr. Lambertsen at this time
unexpectedly arrived, and was naturally hurt, as well at
finding that the goods with which he had calculated on
loading his own ship were in the possession of Mr. Phelps,
as that his warehouses were filled with the property o f
the latter, which would obstruct the sale of what he had
had applied to Mr. Jorgensen to be excused
from taking them in; and that, in exchange
for these, Mr. Savigniae compelled him to
give up a quantity of merchandize, of which
a return had previously been made to government
»secondly, that an accusation of
oppresion and extortion having been made
against Mr. Poulsen, a factor belonging to
Mr. Petreus’ establishment at Westmannoe,
he was, without any inquiry into the grounds
of the accusation, or without being allowed
to speak in his own defence, summoned to
appear at Reikevig, where he was detained
for several days, and all the goods upon the
island whether belonging to the factory or to
any other person were confiscated :—thirdly,
a vessel belonging to Mr. Clausen, which
had a British licence, was seized and had
her cargo confiscated; it was, however, afterwards
restored :—fourthly, Mr. Lambertsen,
himself imported. He therefore refused to ratify the
agreement, and complained to Captain Jones of what he
called the forcible taking away of his goods, requiring
to be paid for them, though it was sufficiently notorious
that he had already been over paid, in as much as coffee,
&c., are more than equivalent to the same weight of
Icelandic produce.