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THE BRITISH AMERICAN ASSOCIATION . ] HAKSI 0 N 3 S 0 TJSB , Lokdos . — In consequence of the * a * ice given by Lieuisumt Lean , the Government emigration SfenV Mr . SL Fretwell , the captain of the Barbadoes brig * -which some months afo left the port of linden witfr emigrants for Prince Sd-srard * Iehajd , ana Mr . J > . Campbell , the owner of tha ' vessel , wero BomiroEed "before ths Lord Mayor yesterday , to answer the complaints of several i > f the Mfortnnate persons 'Woo hid broiemip their establishments in Qria country vai engaged to go to that remote Tejron fe the Barbados under , the sasctfem of t £ e Britifik American ABSoaitjgO i ^ J&a- ^ asSce-roem "wes densely crowded __ —fltninTESrinvBStSs&tion . ^ bicfe lasted a great length of time , and clearly showed ^ tfeafc the -steele afia&iad l « en a gross brabes upon the poor-men and their lamHIea . Sraarfcable excitement "wasicansed amongst fii rep T > - --r * s . ezrd tke psrticsfiaTB .
- - . Si-jtTretweQ , -who -wss ths firefequestioned Tjy the X Slsyor , macifested t * - ~ most laedable desire from tr-3 commencement to r * a inn explanation atuas lie TraveonceraoG . In ssswerts quesfioBt put ay ha Lordship , He said that he had betn enraged at Gravwend to jaia the -eojoinand of the vesselta PrinceEdward ' s Xgsnd , and he sailed from tbe Downs on iha ist « f JToTembs . 18 i 2 , with Ifty passengers { men , women , and children ) . When the veeel reached forty-two -degrees -west longitede , Bhe encountered heavy wieS * « nd seas , ana -wse bo dreadftdly " battered as to "be obliged to put tack to the nearest eligible port , -which Traa'Coik , a distance of aboot 1 , 300 miles . On the : 22 ni of December , ahe reached Code , "where she re-¦ anaiaed until the 9 tb-of April , "when she sailed for ionaen , leaving 'behind ber in Cork some of tbe ^ emi-^ grants , "bat bncfTng to . London about thirty of them , TrhoTrere at the present moiagnt lodging and boarding "in" her in the London Docks .
1 Ti » Lord Mayor having ascertained from thsCaptain -fije nature of the damage sustained by tbe-vessel , ¦ asked him - * that money-he had received ^ from the
^ passengers ? CaptainrFrttwell replied that he had not received a ¦ farthing froia any passenger , nor had he received a -farthing of pay since be bad joined the vessel . He had -caused all the repairs ttf be done to her in Gork . The Lord Mayor—How "was she provisioned ? Captsan'fretrrell stated , that no reasonable-complaint -eonld be made as to the provisions , 'which vcere abundant snd naexcepfionable . Tke repaira , however , -went -on-Teryalowly , for the agents in Goii began to suspect that they "srcnld net- easily procure remuneration 'for their ontiay . Tie British American Association , in the -mean time , sent to tin to state tfcal the -vessel must
JHD ontheSOQi ef March , and he made every preparation in ~ biB power , -when he received an ' intimation that she'was not to proceed . He paid off the ship ' s company at Cork , and consequently had on board only Ibe Tw * A , theste'wwd , the emigrant * and himself . The emigrants rever expressed the slightest dissatisfaction sfc his conduct ; on lbs contrary , theywere conrineed iehad done all he eoaldfor thebr sendee ; but they -felt and expressed bitter disappointment ' &t the manner In which they had ^ -Deen treated by the Association sad those -who acted fo ? that body . "TfeeLord Mayor— = Did yon expect that you . ¦ would -ieach PMceEdward "a Island at that season ?
Gaptain Fretwell—I anLsnre that if we had not met -SOch severe Treatfcer ( lot there bxre not been such iea-ry gales on the -coast « f America these ten years ) ¦ ws ihonld have asde the passage . We were enSd-« nflyinanne « , and had everything oltha best quality . IhaTe been ofterrto-St . John's in New Brnnswick , and - % o "Miyawtiffh ? , asd-I know "we should bsve suoceeded . "When ve "were onrthe edge of ihe banks of Newfound land we aQ . ajreedj-iu consegueiioe of the nece&sityof the -eass , to bear for a-port ; and , after consulting with -the . superintendent of the emigrants , and with the emigrants ttsmselTES , all of trhose protests I received , we acted accordingly , The LOKD MjkTOB . —iYou understood the nature cf the-voyage yon were going ; was it cot a very late one ?
Captain TretweD—It was late far emigrants , but I Tiave bo doubt 5 t wonld havB been effected if the weathes had uiot been ^ so bad . We arrived In London on -gonday last , and the vessel is sow in the London Socks , and the emigrants ere in her , * I have done nothing with ibem , and I do 1 . 01 consider myself any longer in-command . The lord Mayor . —And who is in possession of the -ressel ? - Captain FrerweH- —Mr . Soames , trho has a mortgage ¦ npo nier , has pnt in a ship-keeper . "The Lord Mayor . —¦ Tbe-summonB handed in states thai 70 a nnlBwfaDy attempted to force the emigrants to leave the ship . Captain FretweH—I never contemplated snySiiBg of "the kind . I have no poorer whatever in the ship . I havepaofl offthe rnnnets I hired in tha Cove of Cork , -where I discharged the able crew 1 had to go toe Toyara .
Toe Lord Mayor—5 on have answered « very inqahy in the most candid sad -straighforwaxd "way , * r . ft there is no charge whatever established to yonr p » judice ; "bni wbat ars these poer men and their families . to do "who have calculated en the allotments » f land , and thrown up their situations in tt »» country in the hope ¦ Of battering thgrr condition ? Tiipntffnnnt t . q » t ^ ths-government emigration asent , is ^ A hs had heard the emigrants speak in the highest -terms of the conduct of-Captain -FretwelL -The Lord Mayor , then . questioned Mr . D . Campell at ConsiderablB len ^ tk . Mr . CainpeU stated , in anrwei to bis Lordship , that he waa a oIjb ownei of the Barbadoes , BBijeet t « a Mortgage to Mr- Sooines of £ Slh . TherLord Mayer—Who were tbe persons who en--gaged to take oat the emirranU ? -
3 fc Campbell—Tha prindpia Tnaua ? ers of the British American AESociafion , Sir JL feosm , Sir W . Ogilvie , and Dr . Roife . The ship was chartered by me to these three commissioners to take ont emigranta to Prince Sdwaxd ' B Island—all most respectable men , but not Tery rich , of cooebs—{ a laugh ) . They engaged him to provide ths emigrants at £ 8 per man , and half-prlee £ « children , -with food and passage eat . "He provided the ship by a contract frith Messrs . . Leslie &Dd Smith , the extensive provision merchants , with meat , bread , rflour , Ac ., at £ 2 10 s . per head . Everything that "was requisite ¦ far the voyage was , according-to the Act of Parliament , most abundantly snpplied . The cargo , ¦ whichvta-veryTalnabla , -washonghtnpon . credit ; but now the association is broken sp altogether , and I have sever received a farifrfog . I have . lost the ship and -everything else .
Ihe Ivsrd 2 klayc»—I find in -this printed paper a somber of great names , the appearance of which was -calcnlatd to inflnca people to believe that the assodationwasaj&oaejKZeone . Ihere are attached the names ¦ of a duke , 15 lords , and nearly Wbaroneta . Ion are amongst the commissioners , and -the emigrants -complain tnat you cave not pertermed jour contract Mr . Campbell—It -was impossible -for me to perform it The association is completely tffpken np . There have been several executions put into the house in JJridge-street , and o-ving to what passed at the Meji-Mon-bonss in Oct ober last , the Date of Argyll , the president * . * tb& society , has resigned . There are actio-3 at this moment going on against the 2 > nke of Argyll , ths Marquis of Dowathire , and Sir Jaiees Colborne . The Lord Mayor— £ his paper contaias a list of first xaie : names . Mr . Campbell—Tea , but they ae bsoken up altogether
The lord Mayor^—lbs association may be broken up , fet these noblemen and _ geatlemen are net broken ap . Axe all tkess shareholdexc ? Mr . CMupbell—Uo ; they are only the vke-president and consulting-connciL The Lord Mayor—How much of the miliisn capital has been paid « p ? DUx . Campbell—None at aE . Nobody paid sip at all . ! TheLord Slayer—2 fow , aa yon are a diieeior , you on lefc me know what the pjan was -with respect to those emigrania if yon had gel them out to Prince Bdward ' 8 Island ? Mr . Campbell—Twenty house * -icaa been prepared by the association to receive them , y-nrj they were afteryards to be located there by enr ag ^ nt , Mi . Goodeaii , Jim-, a gentleman in Trhose talents and qualifications -we have the ^ utmost rejiance . The Lord Mayor—Acd what -was &en to become < g ttwrm »
Mr . CimpbelL—They « ere to bnild more houses , and ¦ work in oiber ways , and t © be regnlariy Jocated . The Lord Mayor—And how were fiiey to be subsisted 1 3 ir . Campbell—There was a month ' s esira provision going out , 39 that t&sy would in provided iot a month after landing . Tha Lord Mayor—And then take their chance of afcarvaaon . That is certainly * frightful alternative . These poor menhave been deceived by Hie locg list of ^ mes , and are now thrown into the most serious uimcultiea , Mt Campbell—I have been deecired myself most ^^ asly ' ^ As to ttB m ° atfe's exta provision , the generai ^ ractioe is to give extra provision for only a few SSK The as . odationin Ms adopted a . JISl ' * Mw-Wliy , emigrants nader such or-< omstances may die of sheer starvation . &BJ
t ^ nST ^ 'it " **¦ ^ niignata are not faien out to their desfeiaaon on such liberal terms The vessel was rfngnlarly unfortunate . ThevoWj oneofjnxTreeks . If she tad been a fortnight late ? « b « tronH , I entertain no xfcubt , h » vSSrS yoyage . : itr , George Henlsy aad Mi . Taylor , two jot the * ^ ^ * l _ Teiy ^ tenigent man , iere stood ffor" wMi-TTheyatstKl their great object in bringing the cue testae the Lord Mayor was to ateertaSilpon wboso . B » « erJo » s zeeponiibility to ftem conld be Jxed . - Tb » 5 « d Mayor—Have either of you paid money > J 5 » 3 » ToyagB .
; Jfc Taylor « id that hg had paid ^ 50 for himself ^^ Jfctt » t ainily . of right children to Mr . Dackenfield , ¦^' ^ r ^ tp ^^ toe assodatJoD-. ~^^* Wg . - ^ f * Aaied that he was introduced by the IliiHslr ^ WHs ^*^ * ° ^^ Saldsn » "whom they ac * taowiBirad » " *^ r * fea ^ * ad he « n « a ^ to pay £ & ® wtes<a h . P «» ge > * c * ** instalmeats Id Hie island- — " ¦ ' TheLtaaMayo *—^ What '^ re » d fBlini ** ief a « as » froni ihe b » of In ^» » am «« in-easC ^ tW ? fe ^ l i have bo
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doubt that the noblemen and p entlemen whose names appssr on this paper were whol' ^ ignorant of Ibe nature of the proceedings to -which it might appear they lent tfceir sanction . Mr . Taylor saidhehsd seeu in a newspaper an ac « count of tba meeting in Ficotland , which * had > been attended by « sme of the m ost respectable individuals , representing the plan ct emi gration , and the advantages with which it abounded , sjid he was deceived into the belief that the whole was fdctated by the most bonoursM \ b feeliars . TTnder thesb circnmEtinces he determined
to go to Priccc Esward ' a Island , and he made his arxangement accordingly . "He bad suffarad both mentally tmd phyacallyii an extreme degree . The case of all the-emigrants "was now becoming desperate fie was gives , to ondantand that it was the intention of the mortgagee to % ell the ship and cargo , and to turn the emigrants , "who bad not one farthing in their possession , completely adrift . A representation had been made to the magistrates in Cork on the subject , and those gentlemen were of opinion that the owner was as Mable as 'he -would be in the case of a seaman ' s ^ rages . The ^ IiOid Mayor—There is no man more respectable 01 humans than Mr . SoameB , so that you may rely upon it that he will do you justice . ' *
Mi . - Campbell said , that Messrs . Leslie and Smith also hsd a mortgage on the vessel . He did not think the emigrants ought to make any complaint until they were dispossessed of their asylum on board the vessel in which they were at present supported . The Lord Mayor—What J not complain when they are threatened with being thrown upon the streets to starve , or to hurry in a crowd to the workhouse ? It is quite-absurd to talk in such a manner . Lieutenant Lean said it was officially announced to him on Tuesday , that the provisions would be stopped , and so deubfc the emigrants would be obliged to leave the-vessel . Tiie Jjord Mayor . —I cannot , looking over this prospectns , conceive it possible that any of these individuals would suffer these poor emigrants to be imposed upon . Mr . Campbell—Bow comes it then , my Lord , that they have done eo ?
The Irf > rd Mayor—I dare say tb&s some of these noblemen have , under the impression that the association -was calculated to do good , allowed their names , from a benevolent feeling alone , to be used . I am convinced that not one of them ever dreamt that a number of . poor emigrants -would be sent out to an isolated spot with a month's provisions , to run the chances of climate and tbe various comingencea to which persons in a country unknown to them must be subjected . It was hers stated that the Doke of Argyll took the lead at all the public meetings , and made no secret of attaching his high nasie to the acts of tbe association , and that his Grace's correspondence with the late Lord Mayot clearly proved tfeat fact
Sir J . Pine , who entered towards - the conclusion of tbe investigation , Kiid that the vessel was originally mortgaged to Mr . Scames , aiid that it was no w mortgaged to Mtssra . Leslie and Smith , -who * be had not a doubt , would sell tbe ship at once , indeed , be bad had the information from those gentleman themsel'vt-s . He did not thick the ship was by any means accountable in this case between the emigrants and tke association . The Lord Mayor . —I am of a different opinfon . I t . TiiTiV tht ^ e poor men have a legal claim upon the ship , and that the ship cannot bo taken away withr out the fulfilment of the contract U it were otherwise the moat dangerous and extensive frauds might be committed upon that pretext . This is a case in which I would advise you by all means ; to have legal advice .
Mr . Taylor . —I am reduced to pauperism with my large family , and cannot afford to employ a lawyer . I have not only lost my pasroge-money , but I have been obliged to spend the money I bad put together to apply to the purposes of labour in the cultivation of the land I expected to hold . Tbe Lord Mayor . —I shall persevere in this Inquiry , to render you as much service as I can . Pray Mr . Campbell , how many shares did those noblemen and baronets take ? Mr . Campbell—None at all . —( Laughter . ) The Duke of Argyll end Sir James Colbouxne were the only two ont of the whole list who signed their names for shsresL They signed for shares to the amount of £ SUO each . The Lord Mayor . —And with this 41 / 000 you start the association ? air . Campbell . —It -was started long before I had anything to 4 o -with it .
Mr . Henley requested that the Lord Mayor would postpone the case for a few days , in order that the attendance of the secretary and a Mr . Andrews might be profinced , and also that Mr . Campbell might be called upon to produce his books , which might explain tbe case more fully . Mr . Campbell obj&cted to produce his books , and said he would not all&w an ; - ene to overhaul them . The Lord Mayor—I shall postpone the case certainly , and I hope that some satisfaction may ba obtained . I am decidedly of opinion that yon have a claim upon the ship , and that she is bound to leave you at the place of your original destination . I suppose you would still go to Prince Edward ' s Island , Mr . Taylor ? Mr . Taylor—1 should not wish to go without coming to a more clear understanding as to the po ~ er of the Association . I understand they have not an acre of land in Prince B-iward ' s Island .
The Lord Mayor—What , no land there ? Is that the ¦ ease , Mr . Campbell ? Mr . Cau > pbeU—Not a single acre , my Lord—( laughter " . Mr . Henley—They bargained to sell me 150 acres . The Lord Hsyor—It is quite impossible that any of these individuals \ rh > s 3 names have been nsed in this list could have kno ^ m of all this . Why , it is a most decided and heartless / rand . I woild send the cc : > - coctors of it to Prince Edward ' s Island , with a month ' s provisions . I consider the emigrants the dupes of a double conspiracy . Mr . Campbell—My Lord , I knew nothing of these filings , l cave found them out to my heavy cost I have lost my vessel and money , and there are twenty actions against me . The Lord Mayor then directed that all the parties appe « before him in a few days .
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I can see bo objection to associations of the kind ' : bnt a pisn of tur . iirat . ion cannot ba with propriety undertaken by individuals uninvested with tbe sanction of the Administration . : I am bound to state too , that the poor people desirous to emigrate should take care before they swallow tbe contents of a printed prospectus , with exalted names attached , to inquire of the person whose signatures afforded so Btrong a recommendation whether they authorised the use of their names . Mr . Nettleship said , that as tbe Duke had publicly withdrawn Mb name and countenance from tho asseoiatfon long before the Barbadoes sailed , it could not be said that they were induced to go by virtue of that name , the withdrawal of which had influenced some of the emigrants to abandon their original design .
The Lord Mayor—If public men attend meetings with the benevolent object of serving the poor classes , they should take care with what sort of persons they become associated in carrying out their object . The mischief is , that those in whose bands is left the working of the machinery frequently pursue objects for their own benefit , and leave the stigma of failure or corruption to attach to tbe individuals whose names operate as a recommendation to people te venture in untried speculations . Mr . Nettleahip—The Duke ' s and Sir J . Cockburn ' s object was most humane and benevolent , and it can be proved that they are not chargeable with any act in the slightest degree exceptionable . The Lord Mayor—I understand that several actions have been brohght against his Grace on account of this affair . Mr . NettieBhip—No more than one has been brought , a . nd we have a good answer to that
Tbe Lord Mayor—I would , by all means , advise you to attend when the partita are to appear before me . Mr . Campbell , who chartered the ship , as it appears , to himself and two others , as commissioners of the assoeiati-jn , complains that he has been worse treated than anybody else , and that he has lost the ship and everything else . The whole of the circumstances shall be sifted , for it cannot be endured that numbers of families should be cast upon the world in misery , and that the concoctera , of this plan of fraud by which they have been ruined strould escape unexposed and unpunished . Mr . NettieBhip said that be should certainly be in attendance , npon tho part of tbe Duke and Sir James Ockburn , at the approaching examination , and having thanked tbe Lord Mayor for the suggestion , retired .
ADJOURNED INQUIRY . On Saturday a most curious and striking Bceoe took place before the Lord Mayor , wbo appointed that dey for entering fully into tho investigation of the charges against the British American Emigration and Colonisation Association . Mr . D . Campbell , cne of the commissioners of the association , upon appearing at the jastice-roora . according to bis promise to tbe Lord Mayor , was taken into custody by C > . ilds , tbe constable , upon a warrant charging him with having obtained fraudulent possession of a steam-engine from Mr . Q . Scott , an engine-manufacturer in the Commercial-road . Mr . Taylor , Mr . Henley , and others of tbe emigrants , and numbers of their
friends , occupied a great space in the justice-room . Mr . Lloyd , counsel , and Mr . NettleshJp , solicitor to bis Grace the Duke of Argyll anrt Sir J . Cockburn ; and Mr . Meller , counsel to Sir R Broun , one of the commissioners , appeared to justify tbe conduct of their respective clients . Dr . Rolph , who was named in the prospectus as ene of the commissioners , in conjunction with Sir W . Ogllvie , Bart 4 Sir W . Dunbar , Bart . ; Sir R . Barclay , Bart ; Sir . A . N . Macnab , and Sir R . Broun , was also present , as were Lieutenant J . S . Lean , R . N .. her Majesty ' s emigration agent , * nd several gentlemen who appeared to be the friends of the members ef the association , and deeply interested in the proceedings .
The Lord Mayur bavin ? determined to hear the charge against Mr . Campb-U before any other matter connected with tbe association , Mr Goddard , solicitor to Mr . Scott , stated , that he attended to charge Mr . Campbell with having obtained , by falsa pretences , a steam-engine from his client In September last Mr . Scott was applied to for a steamengine for driving a saw-mill , to be the property of the British American Association . It \ tbs to be supplied to the order of Messrs . Hartshorn and Bees , and tbe terms were immediate pay . Mr . Scott having completed the
order , sent the engine to tbe London Docks , but mused to sign the order of delivery , as the cash was not forthcoming . Mr . Campbell , however , having been introdncad to Mr . Scott , made such representation as to the flourishing state of tbe Association , the immense quantity of land they possessed , bis own intimacy with the Daks of Argyll , and the affluenoe of tbe members , that the engine as given up upon the reseipt of two promissory notes , purporting to be the notes of the Association , and signed by three Commissioners . Upon these representations the charge was founded .
Here Mr . Goddard put in two promissory notes of the Association for £ 300 each , signed " R . Broun , W . Ogltvie . D . Campbell , Commissioners , " and made payable at Glyn's banking-house , with 5 per cent interest , oa the 1 st of October , 1644 . Mr . Q . Scott , of King-street , Commercial-road , stated that he was applied to by Messrs . Hartshorn and Rees for a steam-engine with boiler , and ether machinery neeessary for driving a saw-mill , to go out to Prince Edward ' s Wand . He made tbe engine , an ! delivered it at the London Docks in his own name , but , as be could not get tbe money , he refused to sign the delivery wrtor . Mr . Rees then introduced him to Mr . Dnncan Campbell , at No . 5 , Adam ' B-court , Old Broad-street ,
who declared that the association was one © f the highest character and of great influence ; that it was a child of his own ; that the Duke of Argyll , who wss its president , was his most particular friend ; that tho association had two hundred thousand acres of lar . d in Prince Edward's Island ; and that in all probability the pmmissoty notes ( those produoed by Mr . Goddard ) would be taken up before they became due Upon the faith of these and similar representations , and strengthened by the prospectus which Mr . Campbell exhibited , be took tbe notes and delivered the engine , which was put on board the ship Barbadoes . It was agreed that the notes should not be removed from Glyn's bankinghouse , but that they should be exchanged in due time for bank-cotea .
Tbe Lord Mayor—Have you applied at Glyn ' s for the interest ? Mr . Scott—I have ; but the answer I received was , that they knew nothing at all about them . I have since beird that Mr . Campbell is not a commissioner . Mr . Me ' iler ( counsel to Sir R , Broun )—Did you make inquiries of othar parties as to the respectability of the association ? Mr Scott—I did not Mr . Mcller—You took Mr . Campbell ' s word ? Mr . Scott—I trusted to his representation and to the prospectus , but more to the former , In delivering the engine . The Lord Mayor—Do you wish to say anything , Mr . Campbell ?
Mr . Campbell—AH that has been stated by Mr . Scott , except tbat part in which be asserts I said the association had 206 . 000 acres of land , and that the Dake of Argyll was my moat particular friend , ia pretty eorrect , my Lord . The Lord Mayor—Did you represent that the association dia possess ian < 3 ? Mr . -Campbell—Not to my recollection . The Lord Mayor—Or , that the Duke was your friend ? Mr . Campbell—No ; I certainly said tbat the Duke of Argyll was greatly interested in the association , and that he was a member of it , and so he decidedly is . The prospectus was issued before I was at all connected with it . It cannot be said that I got for myself any property frosa Mr . Scott The engine is on board the Barbadoes and was got for the association , who are , of course , liable for the payment of the notes .
The Lord Mayor—From whom did yoa get posses , sion of these notes before you gave them in payment of the engine ? Mr . Campbell—From the association , of course . The Lord Mayor—How many more notes of the kind did yon get from the Association t Mr , Campbell—I . got notes to the amount cf £ 4 , 000 , and 1 divided them amongBt tfce shippers of goods for tbe association . I was myself accountable for r .: l the contracts , and I received the promissory notes for tbe amount of tha charter and tho cargo . The Lord Mayor—You told us on the former examination that you had lost alL How is tbat reconcilable srith your statement ? 3 Ir . Campbell—Why , my vessel is in the dock with tbe cargo , and the mortgagee is going to sell her ; and wbci advantage have I had ? What have I incurred but loss ?
Id * . Meller—When you received these promissory notes Icom the association was it not understood that you wejc not to pass them ? Mr . Gaaipbsll—Never ; such a thing was never uttered . Mr . Meller—I was instructed that it "was . Mr . Campbell—Wby were they then put Into my haodB ? There is no foundation for such an instruction . The Lord Mayor ( to Mr . Scott )—You cannet say that tb&a ate not good notes . Sir Richard Broun ' a same is attached , and he may pay them when they are due . Mr . Meiler—Sir Richard Broun will do everything he is bound as a man of honour to do . Mr . Goddard—Will he pay the interest now due upon the notes ? Mr . Meller said he coald not give & decisive answer to that question .
Mr . Campbell—The ship and cargo have been brought to London ia oidet that a settlement may be come to about the emigrants . The counsel who appear here to day have an object in coming forward ; but , whatever they may say , the association is responsible for all that has been done . In answer to qq < 3 « tions by the Lord Mayor , Mr . Campbell said , be h&d passed the bill of lading to Mr . Andrews j the registrar and . managing mail of the company , in Bridge-strefcr . Mr . Andrews was not to be found . He had remained with the association till December , when a committee of investigation was appointed . He was a solicitor , and was to Dave had £ 1000 a year as chief manager . He was constantly advuriDg -with Sir R . Broun . The Lord Mayor—Was any money received by him ? Mr . Campbell—I do not know . The Lord Mayor—Did you get any mone ? from the shareholders ? Mr . Campbell—Not »/ halfpenny .
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The Lord Mayor—What was the amount of qualification the commissioners were to have ? Mr . Campbell—They were to have atock to the extent of £ 1 , 000 each , one-fourth of ¦ which was to be paid down . ; The Lord Mayor—Did each of the commisBionots pa ; down = £ 250 ? Mr . Campbell—These qualifications were paid into Glyn ' s . Mr . Andrews took a qualification and paid , and s « did Sir R Broun and Sir W . Ogilvie . Mine was set against the cargo supplied by me . The Lord Mayor—Did the commissioners draw any money for their own services ? Mr . Campbell—No , nothing at all . Mr . Meller—Has not Sir R . Broun been very much out of pocket in farthering the interests of the association ? ' Mr . Campbell—1 have always understood so .
Mr . Goddard here submitted that he had proved enough to sanction the Lord Mayor in holding Mr . Campbell to bail to answer any charge that might be brought against him . "' The Lord Mayor—I do not ' see that Me . Campbell has committed any fraud against Mr . Scott , and I donotbyany means consider myself justified in requiring him to find bail . He got into an association which has turned out badly , and which , if intended to do good , went the wrong -way about it . Nowi suppoRing that he believed the association to be a legitimate speculation , and tbat Sir R . Broun and Sir William Ogilvie were men of property , how can it be concluded tbat he meant to decelye by the course he pursued ? Here are the acceptances , and they are not due , and the commissioners are , in all probability , able to pay them ? I cannot see that there was any fraud contemplated by Mr . "Campbell .
Mr , Goddtird—He knew and has acknowledged tht > t tbe association did not possess any laud in Prince Edward ' s Island or anywhere else . The Lord Mayor—But he saw the prospectus , and he knew and believed that there were men of large property : connected With the association . You have no reason to say those notes will not be paid . Mr . Campbell stated that he bad been in business forty years in London , and could be found if his presence should be required . Mr . Lloyd ( the counsel for the Duke of Argyll ) then stated , nearly in the terms expr . ssed in tbe letter of bis Grace ' s solicitor , which appeared in our paper of Friday , the objeot which bis Grace had in attending a meeting in June last , when the only resolution come to was a preliminary and indispensable step , that s sum of
£ 50 . 000 should be Insured as available ( or the purposes of emigration . fhe Dake ' a knowledge of the real proceedings of the association did not extend beyond that information , and his Grace never entertained the most remote idea of sanctioning any act until that money should be raised , for his intention was to prompts the moat beneScent scheme of emigration , and in such a manner as to prove of the highest service to the poor persons wbo should emigrate . When , therefore , he perceived that his name had been used as a sanction to proceedings which he utterly repudiated and denounced , nothing could surpass his indignation and regret , and be Immediately withdrew from the association upon the communication he bad from the late Lord Mayor . By Bimilar motives Sir James Cockburn was influenced .
The Lord Mayor—Did the Duke see the prospectus which was Issued with hU name attached as president ? Mn Lloyd—The prospectus was sent to him afterwards . The Lord Mayor—When did his Grace secede from the association ? Mr . Lloyd—In the most public manner , at the commencement of October . The Lord Mayor—Yes ; when all the mischief was done .: Mr . Lloyd . —Everything but what I have stated as having been done in bis Grace ' s presence was done behind h's back . He had not the most remote notion that the association would make the least movement until the condition as to the raising of the money should be compiled with .
The Lord Mayor . —The Duke's name is published as president of the association . To a certain exteut , be certainly sanctioned their proceedings , and he ou « ht to hare taken care that men should bare been left beufod blui upon whose integrity and prudence reliance could be placed , in order that advantage might not be taken of the authority which tuch a name was calculated to give . Mr . jMeller—Did not the Duke and Sir J . Cockburn agree to take shares ? . Mr . Lloyd . —^ 11 that he consented to do was comHti onal . It was contingent upon the raising of the 450 , noo without which it was detetmined , by a resolution of the meeting in June , nothing waa to be done . His Grace was to ba merely a subscriber of £ 500 , for the benefit of the poor emigrants , not a shareholder . He sought not , neither would be have consented to receive , the leaafc advantage .
Mr . Meller—The Duke has certainly acted as a member of the association , and bis Grace withdrew when it was likely to fail . If he bad remained in the position be bad adopted it would have succeeded . Mr . Xluyd . —His Grace -withdrew because tbe association departed from the resolution to which they had come in his presence . He found that his name ba « l been used most improperly . Those who managed the association had put his name to contracts and other instruments without his sanction or knowledge . The Lord Mayor—Care ought to have been taken by those wbo took an interest in the emigrants tbat tbe vessel should not be allowed to sail ; but they Were left to take their chance at a dangerous season , and , after having been knocked about , they at last appear before us , and say that those who are pledged to extend to them ail the benefits of emigration fling them off to ptrisb ;
Mr . Lloyd—His Grace vhad no idea that they were going but ' The Lord W ayor— Well , what is to be done with these poor men and their families ? Mr . Mellor spoke warmly in praise of Str R . Broun , and called the Lord Mayor ' s attention to the prejudices raised against the Association . It was true it consisted of persons not accustomed to act , but it was a bona fide association , and actuated by the most honourable motives . It was bad enough , he admitted , for his client to be out of packet £ 7 « 0 or £ 800 , and to find the association fail , without being designated &s a person connected with a fraudulent undertaking . The men whs complained , after all . did not leave emp'byment to go out to Prince Edward ' s Island .
The Lord Mayor—They left their native country to go to a remote one to gain an honest livelihood for their families by industry and labour , and they were induced to go 1 by tbe authority of tbe great names with which the prospectus abounds . Let them not be reproached with having lost nothing by going . They have suffered fi vast deal , and I trust the association will take care that they * shall not be able to complain that they have loat everything—( applause ) . Mr . Meller—I contend , my Lord , that it is h&rd that , because these emigrants huVd failed in their speculation , tbe association should be covered with odium aud execration . If a man become a bankrupt many others necessarily are involved .
The Lord Mayor—There cannot be the slightest analogy . Your association are not bankrupts . Now look at Mr . Taylor ' s caae , and just form an estimate of what he has undergone , and what he may still undergo if his claims are neglected . He has eight children . He has paid £ oQ to the secretary for their passage . He has expended the littlu money he bad put together for the purposes of his occupation in Prince Edward's Island . Now , this man was to have had twenty acres of country land and one acre of town land , and he went away with sanguine hopes of prosperity . He is brought back with his large family , without the means of subsistence , and with starvation looking him aud his children in the face , and he is told that in a day or two he and his children are to be turned out of the ship which was bound to take them so their final destination , and to louk about amongst tbe unions for sympathy and protection . It is ridiculous to tell me that this man can be abandoned by an association of noblemen and gentlemen—( loud applause ) .
Mr . Taylor begged permission to say a few words for himself and those who were bis brethren in calamity . He was sorry to and that the advocates of the exalted perSons . who were named In the prospectus , were attempting to blame the emigrants after all they had undergone ; but tbe emigrants had met with on advocate la tbe Lord Mayor , whose kindness and humanity would not be without imitators . It had been stated that tbe Duke merely meant to subscribe £ 500 without becoming a shareholder . Now , evidence could be produced to show tbat his Grace signed his name , according to the Scotch form , as " Argyll Prases" for shares in the association—( laughter ) . . It had been said that
tbe Duke refused to do anything in the association nntil the sum of £ 50 , 000 should be raised . One would think that a nobleman who sA \ r the necessity of the application of money would put down some himself—( laughter ); but it did not appear thai bis Grace bad done anything of tbe kind . It was true the Learned Counsel saw that it was proper to bolster up the cases of their clients , who were able to employ them , while thft emigrants , without the power of giving a fee , were subjected to every sort of aunojance . Neither be nor any other of the emigrants had made the least complaint until tbey were compelled by stem necessity , and they felt now that insult was added to injury . Mr . Lloyd—Not through the Duke of Argyll .
Mr . Taylor—I have been looked upon as if I were past of a live cargo . Mr . Meller—Tha lost thing Sir R . Broun would think of would be to offer an offence t © any of the emigrants , ail of whom are deserving of the greatest sympathy and compassion . The Lord Mayor—What was the intention about these emigranta when tbey should arrive at Prince Ed-YMd ' s lalft&d ? Mr . Meller—There were ftonpes prepared for them , and they would bave been employed in different RToca * tions nntil they should be able to provide for themselves and their families . The association actually bad land in the island . The clunate is excellent and in every respect it is adapted for emigration . The Lord Mayor—I see there are Bixty . seven townships on it .
_ . Mr . Mellei—The strongest prejudices have been raised ngainst it by those wjio know nothing at all about it I say there was do fraud of any feind ceaunifcted . or contemplated in this case .
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Mr . Taylor—I never imputed fraud . The Lord Mayor 4 Mr . Meller , yeu say the association had land ? ] Mr . Meller—They had land -when the emigrants were going to Prince Edwards's Island , but the contracts were violated . The fact is , this association has been got up by men of high character and condition , but wbo did not understand how to manage it . If any man derived advantage from It that man was scarcely mentioned in the whole of the proceedings . \ Mr . Taylor said , [ the real grievance appeared to be the want of money . The man of most tact and talent amongst the whole body was Mr . Andrews , the registrar . < The Lord Mayor—I have no doubt that if each of the members had put down £ 500 the object would have been accomplished , 'but the thing bus failed .
Mr . Taylor—Our object , my Lord , is to be placed in the aame state in which we were before we engaged to go to the Island . We have nq means of obtaining legal advice or assistance , except your Lordship will recommend ub to tbe City Solicitor . Not a single move has been made to redress or indemnify as for the injury we have sustained . I 'KKT The Lord Mayor { -Tne ' City Solicitor cannot be employed in a public prosecution of the kind , but I shall take the subject of your application into consideration . You ought not to ba defrauded of your prospects in life any more than of your money . I hope and trust that the Government will take up the question , for no emigration should be allowed to go on without the sanction and protection of the Government
Lieutenant Lean ( the Government emigration agent ) said the question seemed now to be , whether the ship could be obliged t 6 become the property ef the emigrants to convey them to their destination 1 He was in hopes , when he heard the investigation was to take place , that tbe members of the association had resolved to come to some arrangement for their advantage , for these members were at all events morally responsible . The Lord Mayor had spoken of the Intervention of the Government He had mentioned to the Government the state of the poor emigrants , and he had visited them at Graveaend . ; The Government were acquainted with the whole of the particulars , but as the question was one of civil process , and tbe existing law did not bear upon it—as it yvan one the like of which never had been before heard of , it was thought better tbat tbe whole matter should be brought before the Lord Mayor for his decision . j
The Lord Mayor— What decision did the Government wish me to come to ? It is certainly absurd to leave the decision upon » wb a c-. isq to me . If X were one of the emigrants , 1 should certainly not abandon the vessel . I'd stick to the ship—( applause ) . Mr . Meller—These poor men deserve the utmost sympathy , but the association bod no notion of deceiving them . Mr . Ha ) den contracted with the emigrants al large . j ; Lieutenant Lean j said he had assembled the emigrants at Grave 8 end > and asked them whether they were going out according to agreement with . Mt . Halden , or with the association , and they replied that they were going out entirely jon account of the association ,, and not at all on account of that gentleman . Her Majesty ' s Government wrote to the commissioners of the association representing the danger of sending out emigrants at such a season , and he remonstrated with the
emigrants themselves , who , however , said that they were aware of the danger , but they had been delayed so long , and tbey had been subject to such annoyances and disappointments , tbat they would rather run the hazard than undergo any further infliction of tbe kind . Dr . Rolph—In consequence of what has fallen from Lieutenant Lean , I must say that had the commissioners seen the admonitory letter of tbe Government , and disobeyed its injunctions , nothing could be said in extenuation of their conduct On my return to England , at the end of November , the Barbadoes bad departed , and after entering a solemn protast against any approbation of such a measure as sending oat emigrants before the operations of the association had commenced , I joined with other ! gentlemen in a committee of inquiry , and did not jsee any document which was addressed by th « Government to the commissioners until the middle-of the month of January
The Lord Mayor—Were the whole of the names mentioned in the prospectus sanctioned by the parties themselves ? j Dr . R ) lph—During tbe protracted investion which took place before the committee of inquiry , satisfactory evidence was adduced by Sir R Broun to prove that no names were inserted without duo authority . Mr . Lloyd—Sir J . jCockburn denies that he authorised the insertion of hia name . Dr . Rolph—The British American Association was originally established to revive the claims of the Baronets of Nova Scotia , and to conjiiu with tho restitution of their property and the administration of their rights a system of colonizition . This matter was
fully discussed at two meetings , e . t which bis Grace the Duke of Argyll attended , and by his wisa , together with that of Sir J . Cockburn and others , the object of the Nova Scotia Baronets and the plan of colonjBition were discussed , and tbe ' British American Association first projected . Mr . Neill Malcolm requested bis name to . be withdrawn from the prospectus the moment he saw it in print , and directly following the 8 th of June . Neither the Duke of Argyll nor the consulting council of the , atsociation were advised of the arrangement of the Barbadoes . It pas planned by Mr . Campbell and Mr . Andrews , and was carried out whilst I was absent from this country . It always met with my most decided reprobation . !
Lieutenant Lean adverted to tv publication issued from tbe officers of the association , purporting to be official instruction for Sir A , Macnab , in which , in a note , was the following observation .- — "These Instructions apply to Upper Canada only ; the association having already acquired estates in Lower Canada to the extent of 366 , 892 acres , in addition to large estates in Prince Edward's Island and other colonies . " It appeared from tbat publication that the association sanctioned the unfounded report that they were posssessed of estates where they had not an acre . The Lord Mayor—rBy whom is that paper signed ? Lieutenant Ljan—By . Mr Andrews , who is said to be the cbief manager of the association . I trust , my Lord , tbat you will suggest some mode of indemnifying these poisr men , for bringing whom into such a condition the association is certainly responsible . :
The Lord Mayor—I have no doubt whatever , after what has been stated ' about the injury sustained by the poor emigrants , and ; the whole of the transactions which bave taken place , tbat tbe noblemen and gentlemen who form thi . ii ^ ociation , and who , as it has been just stated , auluoi Wed tbe use of thair names , will come forward a ; < t at once subscribe £ k 0 each ta place the sufferers in tbe condition in which they were before they entered [ into the agreement , to the violation of which tbey are at any rate no parties . { appeal to those noblemen and gentlemen in tbeir behalf , and I am sure that I shall not be disappointed—( cheers ) . ' ] Mr . Lloyd declared \ as he had frequently done in tbe eourse of the proceeding of tbe day , taat the Dake of Argyll would most heartuy agree ia any proposition for the benefit of tbe poor emigrants , but he denied that his Grace was at ail responsible .
Mr . Nettleship ( the Duke of Argyll's solicitor ) . — I shall at once give a check for the sum mentioned by the Lord Mayor , from his Grace the Duke of Argyll . i Mr . Leslie , who has a mortgage npon the Barbadoes , said he would not disturb the poor men and their families who were in thejship for a few days . He also stated , that for £ 8 000 he would most willingly undertake to pay eft" all the liabilities of the association . ¦ Mr . Meller—Nothing can be more clear that the association bad no intention of doing wrong than tbe declaration of Mr . Leslie . They might have got £ 60 , 000 or £ 70 , 000 with ease , by tho sale of shares , if they pleased , instead of which not a shilling has been got in that way . It was stated that the utmost extent to which the notes of the association were issued was £ 7 , 000 . I
Tbe Lord Mayor said tbat tbe arrangement was a good commencement He felt the highest degree of gratification in having j had it in his power to render service tq tbe respectable men who hod applied to him , and he trusted that they would soon reap the benefits of hiB interference . The Whole of the association would be soon informed through the great public channels of communication of the arrangement proposed , aud would , no doubt , without hesitation agree to it All tbe gentlemen who appeared to be favourable to the various members of the association , highly applauded the result of the investigation , and the emigrants , whose conduct reflected great credit upon them , in the most grateful manner returned thanks te the Lord Mayor , to whose [ humanity and discernment the counsel and the Government emigration agent also bore the most hearty testimony .
His Lordship advised tbat the money should be paid at Messrs . Masterman ' s banking-house , and that the Government agent should superintend the arrangements , if any of the poor men should still desire to emigrate . j Lieutenant Lean said | he would most willingly , with Dr . Rolph ' s assistance ) render all tbe service he could under the cirenmstances In which the emigrants were placed . j
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REMARKABLE ] TRIAL IN CANADA . COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH . Montreal , MahchJ&th . —A Man Convicted of MUBDERlJiQ H 18 WIFE BY THE EVIDENCE 05 their Sox ' . —Hugh Cameron was placed at tbe bar , charged with having , on the 7 th of February , at the parl 8 hof St Edward , killed , his Wife , Jane Linton , by beating her on tbe head witfa a stick . The prisoner pleaded " Not Guilty , " and was defended by Mr . Hart . J
John Cameron , a young boy , aged 13 years , called . The prisoner is my father . My mother ' s name was Jane Linton . She died ion the night of Monday week last , of wounds inflicted upon her by tbe prisoner at tbe bar . It was in the bouse at St . Edward ' s that she died . He struck her wijik a stick , a wooden poker . I don't know how many times he struck ber , but it was more than once . I did jnot stay in the house . This occurred at about eight o ' clock in tbe evening . There were in the bouse , besides myself , a child about two years old . He struck her on the back and on tbe leg ? .
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I-ran out of the house for assistance to the nei ghbours but they refused to come in . I then went to the village * about half a mile distant , and met Thomas Ftgsby ' who came back with me . I did not go into the house again after my mother had been beaten , but went nd slept in one of the neighbours' houses , I saw bet lying dead . My father was taken down to the village of St Edwards . When I saw my father two days aftw . wards , he asked ma how he had hit her * I told him ha had struck her with a wooden poker . On the morning of tbe day on which the unfortunate evsnt happened they were both friends . I did not know of any quarrel I don't know his reason for beating her . He was not sober . She waa lying en the bed awake ; my father was lying beside her . First , I saw him Btrike her wj £ his arm . I went out to get seme wood for the stove and while I was away he had seisad the poker . '
Cross-examined by Mr . Hart—I had not be * en in the house all tbat day ; from dinner until four o ' clock I remained out of doors . There had been a wedding party at tbe house that day . At about twelve o ' clock tbey were both preparing to go to the wedding , and . I went to pnt the horse in the sleight The wedding party had left our bouse . I come into the house , aol found my father and mother quarrelling ; I then went out and took tbe horse out of the sleigh , as they said they would not go . When I came into tha house a second time they were both in bed . My mother had been drinking as well fts my father . She took peppa mint and Borne other liquor . I saw her drink twice .
By a Juror—It was not the same sort ef drinfc tb&f my father drank . I believe they were both tipsy . 1 had been living with them about a yeai and a half . My mother drank vexy bard , which wag a per . petual source of quarrel between them . She was in tha habit ef obtaining liqour without my father ' s know . ledge , frequently . My father often searched the bon » for and found it I have refused to go for liquor for her , and then she sent her little girl eight years of age . Father has often found her in a state of intoxication but she could always walk . I recollect a policeman coming once , when she was intoxicated ; he came to
prevent my father from striking her . She was in tha habit of going to bed in the middle Of tbe day , when intoxicated ; she kept a servant gW ; my father had fo lock things np to prevent my mother selling them to buy l ^ uor . Fur about a week before the fatal occur rence sue got intoxicated , and my father beat her with a stick . I bave seen him go almost mid—I mean , angra —When be has come home sober and found her drank when my father spoke of the matter to me lathe vil lage , be seemed to know nothing about it , and said be had no recollection of it . He read church prayoa every night and on Sunday , I suppose to try to refont her .
By tbe Solicitor General—The last time I saw ha alive was in . bed in the room . Thomas Figsby sworn and examined by the Solicitor General—I reside at St . Edward's , and know the prf . soner at the bar . On Monday week last I went with the children to their home , to prevent the father from beating their mother . I live about twenty-ava acres fcom them . On entering the house they got a candle , and I lit it They went about the house looking : fo * their mother , whilst I remained in the kitchen . They came back again shortly , crying , and said their mother was dead in the cellar . I went there and saw the dad body . Sbe was lyiug on her side , with ber arm ngoa her head . I went away and returned again with mj two apprentices , and William Leach , a young man named M'Lellan , and Mr . Forrest We looked in at
the window , and saw the prisoner sitting near tha stove without a candle ; we then went in . I asked him bow be was , and so forth , and be spoke ef ordinary things as if nothing had happened . He went to the room formerly his wife ' s bed-room , and called ber to get up . By the ligbt from tbe stove I saw tha dead body was lying beside it His wife not answering , the prisoner said , " Then lie there and be to you , " addressing her by name , as if she were in bed . I seized hold ef him . by the ana , aud told him he was my prisoner . He asked for what t I then called for the others to bring the candle . I said , " You see what you have done . " I saw the dead body before me on the floor ; it had been removed from tbe cellar . The next morning be said he hod no . recollection . I brought him down to my place , where a coronet ' s jury was held , and he was committed to ' gaol .
Several other witness ^ were then called , and examined by Mr . Hart , who testified to the general good character of the prisoner for industry and honesty . Mr . Justice Bay trammed up ibe evidence in a feeling and impartial address to the jury , ia the courts of which be dwelt on the enormity and frightful ratoa of the crime , and pointed ou % &uch parts of the testimony as seemed to admit of doubt in favour of tha prisoner . His honour next explained the difference between murder and manslaughter . Tbe malice aforethought , said bis honour , in the crime of murder Deed not be premeditated ; if , therefore , tbey ( the jury ) should be satisfied tbat blows bad been inflicted « cfficient to produce death , it was quite immaterial whether the prisoner bad designed to kill bis wife or not
After again reverting to the evidence , his honour saia the conduct of the wife seems certainly to have been very aggravating , but even bad it bean much wone than it was , it cotrid not justify the terrible puniab » ment inflicted on her . If you acquit tbe prisoner , it must be on other grounds than these . With regard to bis conduot when be was arrested , you have heard it described , but it is perhaps not very' safe ground froa which to draw a sound conclusion . The man . did sot appear desirous of avoiding investigation . He remained witb the dead body of his wife . He carried ba from the cellar to the etova . You are told that be called upon her by name to get up , which seems notalittfa strange , but it may be thought she was not quite dead , and would answer him , or else he did it to cloak bit crime . However , the deed was committed , and whatever may bave been bis remorse , can have no weigh ) witb you in estimating his guilt You will recollect
also the prisoner ' s expressions , his doubt , his wonder , and astonishment ; but these if they can be of any me to him , can only be so to show tbat his state of mind "was such that be knew not tbat he committed the act in a moment of temporary insanity . It is right that you should have these views laid before you , though tbe court leaves you to draw from them your own con * elusions . The deportment of the prisoner when taken was quiet ; there seemed no wish to escape ; and his general character is stated to be that of an industrious man , except when under the influence of liquor Witb reference to your verdict , it is the duty of tbe court-to inform you , that it must be either conviction or acgoiltal . When homicide has been committed , tbe I » w presumes that malice was present ; if tbe ac « , however , had been in self-defence , you might acquit hia , or bring in a verdict of guilty 01 acquittal I beiiew I am not going too far in saying , tbat a verdict of man * slaughter tbe court could not receive .
After a short conversation with the other Justices , Mr . Justice Day qualified the Iaat Bentenco , by saying" The court are of opinion that if , after the boy left , you decide that she gava sufficient provocation ) ? on may bring in a verdict of manslaughter . " The Jury retired for about three quarters of sd hour , and returned a verdict of GuUfcy , with a recommendation of the prisoner to the mercy of tbe court , by res-Bon of the great provocation he had endured . The prisoner having been asked if he bad anything to say , replied , " I have nothing to say—no memory . "
Sentence of death was then pronounced against tha prisoner—to be hanged on tbe 6 th of April next . — Montreal Gazette .
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The Public executioner of Oronse , in Spain , Doa Juan Franoiscoe de Paruelo , was murdered in his own residence on the night of April 8 . His head was the next day found nailed to the door of the house , and his , body lying in the gutter , in the miasi of a pool 0 / coagulated blood . The deceased was a man of mild disposition . The perpetrators ot totf deed remain undiscovered . A SpciAt Pig . —A gentleman of this town was last weok . taking a pedestrian trip to the west , j > y Looh Ness , and when at Cottertotro'ofDuncaM was joined on the road by a black pig , which byiw tones or gestures ,,, showed symptom ? of a desire to become a fellow-traveller . It was vain to remonstrate , and the pig , continued to accompany [ fie W dfestrian till they reached Templenouse , awing walked at least ten miles . —Inverness Courier .
The Delegates of the merchants and manT ? f ? £ * turers of Paris have just addressed a petition'to tn Chambers in favour of the Sugar Bill as Proposes by the Government . The petitioners declare in ** the passing of this bill is indispensible , as "S ^—the natural and manufactured products oisn&nm , the consumption of which , in the colonies , can om b « encouraged in proportion as tbe colonists are prosperous ia their affairs . A Cautious JuDGE . —The late Chief BaW " G'Gradyfather of the gallant officer ( Lori ^
ou-, lymore ) Aide-de-Camp to her Majesty , trjea twu awst notorious fellows , at the Carlow AsSize f' ; Cl highway robbery . To the astOBisbment ot -PV Court , as well as of-the prisoners them selves , tm were found not guilty 1 As they were being removed from the bar , the judge , in that Wff * JZ peculiarly his own , addressing the jailor , said , a *** Murphy , you would greatly ease my mind , « jv « keep these two respectable gentlemen , nnW sevwi o ' olook , for I mean to eet out for Dublin at n «* and I should like to have at least two hoars star *
of them . " Donegal . —Dbe 4 dfox Case of Poisora ^ : " rf Thbbb ' Lives Lost .-A labourer of the nainej * John Maginniss , who resides at Tonlnain . neal »• ¦ castle , in the County of Donegal , . «« djttg * Zn some ground on Siturday , thettninstMW * " * *^! pose of planting potatoes , when be turned « J ** £ L bfa large size . His wife aupposed the root ( wbw& was either hemlock orfwCs parsley , both being t » i much alike in their botanical cbaracteristios ^ aflu equally fatal as poisons ) to be parsley , scra peo « M and . havinar eooked it . partook of it herself , ana §*'„
also to her son , daughter and sister-in-law . _ = « y after the daaghter became dizzy , and . fell w •«» ground ; the sister-in-law was next affected um *» same manner , and said , " I fear the root w »*«¦ " £ of a , U this f the wife was also attacked , and so po « erful was the poison , that the three died w » n fl « and a half after they had partaken of it . l ™ ™ a boy abont twelve years of a ^ e , fortunately , <" eat any of it , not having hked the taste , of Jt ,
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On Friday , Mr . NeiUeship , of the house of Palmer and Nehfcleship , of Trafalcar-gqnare , solieitors to His Grace the Duke of Argyll and Sir James Cockburn , waited apon the Lord Mayor , and handed to his Lordship a letter , whlds hs trusted -would find its ¦ way into the newspapers . The fo&owlBg is a copy ;—" 4 , -Trafalgar-Equare , April 20 , 1843 . " My Lord , _ Our attention his been drawn to a report in Tbe Times of certain proceedings -which took place before yonr Lordship yesterday , at the
Mansionhouse , inth reference to the ship " Barbadoes , ' and aa lie names of the Date of Argyll and Sir Jas . C ^ ckbum , f-3 r whom fre have the honour to appear , have , in the course of these proceedings , bee ^ most unwarrantably made -ose of , and in such a manner as to create . in impression that tbey not only were aware of tbe arrancementa made for Bending out the unfortunate emigrants in this ship , but had , indirectly- , at least , sanctioned sueh s proceeding , -we -take the liberty , in justice both to tbe Duke and Sir James , to state , most unequivocally , that they were both utterly ignorant of th * intention to s ^ id out those poor deluded persons .
- Tbj short history of the I > ate of Argyll and Sir Jtm-a Cockbarn ' c connexion , if it can 4 » e so called , with tka British American jlESociation , is that they , "with scsa-al others , havia ? a desire to prciBite the objects of-emigration , -were induced to attend asaeeting in the mcH ^ h cf Jueb last , Jmt at which the only resolution corns , to -was that , as a preliminary and indispensable step ., 3 jum of £ bt > . e&b gioold . fce insured sss available for ths . purpoFea of emigration , and when that was done , tnat Srfortber meeting should be held for thejmrpoEes of considering , -with swhasamit command , tte mtans by -white tbe plan of wajpration conld best bs . sarrlfcd out ; as = it was at that meeting distinctly undtistood that in & = meantime no engagements whatever should be entered ink * by tbe Association . Belying npon ihea «
resolutioBa , the Duke of Argyll and Sir James Ceekbum both Jeit town , and from the date of that me ^ t&LC until tbe month of October , when eomplaicts -wea * made before-the late Lord Mayor -with reference to ths ship Barbad © es , they were in ntier ignorance of everything that occurred , every transact ' on having been studiously concealed-from them by tha parties "who are alone eesponsible fo ? the gross frand that has been committed . "It has , howerex , since been discovered that certain persons c&oaested with the Association thought fit to print 8 statement , professing to be a reporfof wfeas took place st tfce meeting in Jane which , the Duke
and Sir James attended , and to which they have attacked , in print , by way of antheailcity , the * i gnatare oi the Bute as president . It is needless for Us f nrther to comment on the document , or on tbe conduct of tbe parties from vrfcosa jt emanated , than to state tbat the report so circulated is , as we have abundant means of proving a false representation of what actually did tafee place at the meeting , and that tts Duke ' s signature , which professes to have been attached to it , is not to be found in the minutes , as entered in the books of the Association , and is consequently a fraudulent abuse of ha Grace ' s name in the printed copy . " We bave the honour to be , my Lord ,
" Yonr Lordship ' s most obt < 3 lent servants , •• PALMER and NETTLESHIP . " To the Right Hon . the Lord Mayor , * e . " The Lord Mayor Bald he had no doubt that the vriBh of the gentleman who addressed him would be compiled-sriEh as regarded tte publication of the letter . He had stated hiB belief thit the Dames of the persons of rank and character appearing In the prospectus had Men improperly used by the concoefcora of the associanon for sinister objects . ***¦ Nettle * hip declared that the Duke o £ Argyll and sir J . cocibura tad been as grossly defrauded and de-! fr *? * » kad been the unfortunate emigrants , and that it fiad become necessary to show -who were tbe parties involved in tbe actual responsibility .
The Lord Mayor—I would have you attend by all means-when this case comes beforeme , for Mr . Campbell may deny the statement you have made relative to the connexion of tbe Duke and Sir " J . Cockburn with the association . I « ud before , and I repeat now , that emigration should not take place without the sanction of Mi « Government If societies vrere got np to favour U ? e Tiew of the Sovemment in assisting poor emigrants ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 29, 1843, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct931/page/6/
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