An item referred to a letter dated St. Denis, Bourbon [Réunion] 17th December 1840 reporting the intended departure on short notice of the French brig le Lancier towards France together with the Portuguese brig Poche. The latter was seized in the Street of Mozambique by a French warship while she was active as a pirate. On board were 200 slaves discovered which were to be sold at Havana, Cuba. When St. Juan de Ulloa was captured she became French but was later sold at Havana. Her captain was quilt of fraud in the slavery and also plundered a North American whaler. When she was captured had she a crew of 65 well armed sailors on board. She was thought to be an excellent sailing vessel.
