French brig le Lancier departed with Portuguese prize Poche towards France according to the Dutch newspaper Zierikzeesche Courant dated 9 April 1841

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.

French corvette l’Egerie bound for Sumatra according to the Dutch newspaper Zierikzeesche Courant dated 9 April 1841

An item referred to a letter dat St. Denis, Bourbon [Réunion] 17th December 1840 reporting the intended departure the same day of the French corvette l’Egerie towards Sumatra, Dutch East Indies to punish the kingdom [not correct ws a sultanate] of Aceh (in the past Achim and in Dutch Atjeh) for their harassing French merchant ships. From there she was bound for Calcutta, British Indies, to be stationed on the Ganges for 1-2 months and via Madras, British Indies, Pondicherry (Puducherry) and Trincomalee, Sri Lanka returning towards Bourbon.

The French corvette l'Egiere towards Achim (Atjeh) in the Dutch East Indies according to the Nederlandsche Staatscourant dated 7 April 1841

In a extra ordinary letter from St. Denis at the French island  Bourbon dated 17 December 1841 was reported that the corvette l'Egiere was to depart that day to Sumatra and to act against some villages in the kingdom of Achem (in Dutch called Atjeh) which harassed French merchant ships. From there she was destined towards Calcutta to stay for 2 months on the Ganges and to return via Madras, Pondicherry and Trincomale to Bourbon. The brig le Lancier was to depart within short time from Bourbon towards France together with the Portuguese brig Pocha that was captured in the channel of Mozambique by a French warship accused of piracy. When she was captured 200 slaves were found on board to be sold at Havana. In the past she was a French ship, captured of St. Juan de Ulloa but later sold at Havana. Her master deceived Arabians and other Africans in the slave trade and plundered a North American whaler. When the French captured her there were 65 well-armed sailors on board. She was an excellent sailing ship.

There is something strange in this news item. Achim of Atjeh was part of the Dutch East Indies so it seems rare that a foreign warship was allowed to act in the Dutch colony.