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We Domenico Simoncini captain and official of the maritime quarantine of the city of Viareggio, in consequence of orders communicated by his Excellency the governor of the said city, President of the Quarantine Commission, in paper No. 90; together with which is sent a copy of the dispatch of his Excellency the Minister of State of the 27th of last month, No. 384, whereby the Quarantine Office is informed that our august Sovereign has granted the request made by the British Legation to be allowed to remove the mortal remains of Mr. Shelley, brought to land by the waves of the sea, on the 18th day of July, where they were buried according to the quarantine rules in force.
E. J. Trelawny, commanding the schooner
‘Bolivar,’ with the English flag,
presented himself
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The present report is made in double original of the whole of the above proceeding, and is signed by us, and the above named gentlemen,
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The body mentioned in the following letter as found near Massa, was that of Charles Vivian.
I return infinite thanks for the excellent telescope which you have had the kindness to send me, and assure you that I shall ever bear in mind the attention I have received from you. I hope that some favourable occasion may occur when I may be called upon to attend to your honoured commands, and request you freely to dispose of me in anything in which I can be of service in these parts. I have delayed some days before answering your esteemed letter of the 22nd of this month, in respect of receiving from Massa the information you desired, which is as follows:
The same day, the 18th July, when the sea cast on shore the body
of Signore Shelley; there was thrown up on
the shores of Massa, another corpse which could not be recognised, from its having
been eaten about the head by fish. It had on a cotton waistcoat, and white and blue
striped trowsers; a cambric shirt;—and was without shoes. This body was burnt
on the shore, and the ashes interred in the sand. At Montignoso the sea threw up a
water-
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This is the news I have been able to obtain, with reference to the misfortune which has happened, and to my own knowledge. If I should meet with any further information, I shall consider it my duty to communicate it forthwith.
