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      TBE BMTlsH AMERICA *? ASS 0 C 1 A UOS . ilAsSJOS-HorSB , LOXDOS . —In consequence of the aavioe r-T ^ n by lieutenant Lewi , the Government em ' sEafrVs agent , Mr . H- FretweU , the captain of the Barhsdoes brig , -which some months mo left t ^ e port of London 'with emigrants &r Prince Edward ' s Island , and 231- D . Campbell , the owner of the vessel , -w e * j gammoned before the Irsrd Mayor yesterday , to anrsr ^ the complaints of several of the unfortunate pers < ^ >» ho had brc-ken up their establishments in thu conr . try and engaged to go to that remote region in the ^ ladoes innler the es- crion of the Br . tish Aim- r . wn Association . The jnstice-room was densely etc waed anrin ? the inre * tifat 3 on . -which lasted a peeat iesgtb of time , and clearly showed ibat the wfiole aff ^ ziiad "been a gross humbng npon the poor men ar a their females . R-ntrkable excitement waseaused aaongst « jf « - » i .-. % eird the paifcicnlsxs . ... ... " first aed |

      j ~ z-. Fretwell , "who -was the questio "by tfcg 2 « . 5 jor , manifested th *» most l&odable iesfre from tLv ccnnueEceEent to giv .- ^ fall explanati on as fas as Jje -was concerned . Jn ans-aer to qaestions pat by his Lords iip , "He said that he bad "been enraged at Gravessad to taie the command of the "vessel to Prises Edward ' s Island , and he sailed from the Dow as on the 1 st ofNovember , 1842 , with fifty passengers unen , " -women , snd children } . When the -vessel ie » xibed forty-two degrees ^ west ; loDgitnds , she eDCcnntei £ d heavy winds » nd seas , snd "was se dreadfully b ? , ttered as to be obliged to pnt back to _ lhe nearest elk ible port , "which was " C-ni . & distance of about l . S 00 mites . "On the 22 nd of December , she reached Co > k , -where she regained until the 9 U \ of Aptil , "W hsa she * s 31 ed for Iondsn , leaving behind her in Cork s £ me of ihe emigrants , Vnt trnrgineto London ab-. 'ut thirty of them , "V&o "were at the present moment 1 < edging anfi boarding in her in the Lendon D ;> cks .

      The Xsrd Mayor having ascertained from the Captain ifae iatnre of the damage Euitained by the vessel , asked him -what money he h- '» d received from the passengers ? . Cspaln ^ etwell replied that he bad not received a fartbing from any passenger , EOT had Jbe received a ftrthisg of pay since he had joined the TssseL He had caosedall the repairs to be dons to her in ^ Jork . The Lord Mayer—JEow was she provifiioced ? CaptainTretwell ctrted , that no reasonable complaint -eodd he snade as to fee provisions , itiieh irere abon-^ ant aad TincxceptioaablBi The repairs , hove vet , -went ym"vsry- * lowly , ibr thesgenfe in Coik be ^ aa to suspect

      "that they would" not easily proenre remnneration for 'their outlay . The British American association , in the -3 n « m tfene , sent to fchn to state that the Tessel znuat 3 sa 51 on the 20 ih it Hareh , . and he made eretf prepara--Con in Ks" power , -whim he Tecerred an intimation -that « fee "wss not te proceed He paid oW the ship ' s -company at Coife , tind conseoiientiy had-on board only "theTnate , the steward , the emigrantsaad hbmseit Tee ^ EHgTants leTer expressed the slightest dissatisfaction -athis conduct '•• on" ths contrary , they vere conTxnced listad done all be conld for theii ssrrice ; hn . t they -fdivsd expre ^ ed ^ bitter disappointment st the manner -in ^ vrhieh they- h * a"been treated t ? ibe Association -and those who 3 Cted for that body .

      -Tbel ^ rd Maytff—Did yon expert yon Tronld Teacb Priiies Edward ' s Island at Oat season ? CaptamPretweD—I am sure that if -we-had not met « nch severe ¦ weather ( for theie ' haye jnot be « r sneb ieaTy gales on tfee ^ coast © f America these ten years ) , ¦» e-shanld fcaTe-Hade the passage . We were snffici--estlj mannei ! , ksc [ fcaS ererythiEg of the best qnality . I hare been ofteffio St Join ' s in N « w Bnmswick , and to "Hiramichl ,- and I know "we should have succeeded . Whezr-BreTrere tartiie edge of the bax&s of'Ne'wfblindland » e all agreed , in constquer oe of the necessity of the -case ,-to bear for aiport ; and , -after consnltiBX with the -superintendent of tie emigrants , and vith-tbe-emig ^ aots thensehres , all of -whose protests I received , W acted -aecurdiiijfly , - Tbe Iobb Maxor . —Ton understood tbe Tatnre -cf the'Voyage yoa were going ; "was it not a Terylate enr ?

      Captain Pretwell—It "was late for emigrants , bnt I lave no doubt it vrcnld hare been effected if the -srea ther had not been so bad . We arrived in L-ondon on Sunday iast , sad Iheopessel is no-w in the LondonDocks , « nd theemtgrants are in hei , I haye done nothing -with them , sad I do sot consider myself aay longer in com * mand . The lord Mayot—ind -srho is in possession of the Tessel ? Captam ^ ret ^ ell . —Jlx . Soames , who has a nssrtgage 5 iponrher ^ has put in & ship-ieeper . Theliord Slayor , —Tbs summons handed in stat « -that yon TttiilawSElly attenijrtaa to fore e tfce -emigtanta to leave tbe ship . Captain EsetweE—^ Isever contemplated . anythingof ¦ Qxe kind . I have no pa-srer -whatever in tibe ship . I have paid « ff-the ^ uuneis = J hired in the Cave of Cork ; ¦ where I dissksrged the able crew I had & > go the ToraEe .

      The Lead Xsyor—¦ Yon bsve ansvered OT £ sy inquiry In the most candid « nd straighforirard ¦ way , snd there is no charge TPhatever established to yourpftjadics ; but -what aro these po * r mea and their families to do ¦ who have eaicalated on the allotments ef laud , and ¦ thxo-wn . Tipi their -sitaafions in this eountiy in the hope -of'befterinf their condition ^ TiiPBtenaTit Iaaa , thB Q jvernaent emigration sgest , said ha had heard tiie emigranta apeak in the highest terms of the conduet of XJsptain SretwelL ¦ Thft i « Kd Mayor fesa questioned Mr . D . Campell st COBSiderablfl lenztfe . Jtr . Cimpell stated , in answer to his Lordship , tbsi ie ttbb sdsLOWner of the Barbadoes , ait-ject t » a Mortgage to Mi . Soames of £ 375 , "She lard JS 4 ayezT-W . no JfBTB Ehe persons who engaged to take ont ths * eiaizraaia ?

      Mr . Campbell—Ths prindpsl managers of the British Americaa Araociattoo , Sii B . Brown , Sir W . Ogilvie , and Dr . Bolfe . The ship -was chartered by me to these dree commissioners to take = oot e ^ igxant * to Prince : Edw » ra-& Island—all most respectable men , but not very rich , of course—ja laugh ) . They engaged him to provide thfl emigrants it j £ 8 per man , and half-price for children , Tritii food and passage * nt He provided the ship oy a contract with Messrs . Leslie and Smfth , the extensive provision merchants , -with meat , bread , flcmr . * ci at £ 2 lOs . per head . ETerything that Vas xeqnMte for- Bie Troyage -was , according to the Act of Parliament , most abundantly supplied . The cargo , 'Wbuir'PsvTery v&lu&bls , -vna bought upon credit ; but ao-w the asBodatiBn is broken up altogether , and I have never received * farthing . I have lost the ship and everrtiuBff else .

      The Lord Major—I find in tblB printed paper a number of great names , the appearance of "which "was ealcnlatd to indues people to believe that the association -was a lonajide one . There are attached the names of a duke , 15 lords , and nearly 40 baronets . Tou are smonrat the commissionBrs , and the emigrants complain that you hava not perfermed yonr contract JSx . Campbell—It -was impossible for me to perform Jt The association is completely broken np . Tiiera lave bees sereral . executions put into the house in Bridge-street , and owing to what passed at the Man-^ on-honse in October last , the Dake of Argyll , the presidents the society , has resigned . There are actions at this moment going on against tbe Dike , of Argyll , the Margins of Downahire , and Sir James Colborne . The lord Mayor—Tha paper contains a Bet of first zate Tumpp Mr . Campbell—Yes , but they are broken up altogether

      -Tbe Lard Mayor—The association may be broken Tip , bat thsse aeMemen and gentlemen ate not broken np . Are all tkese shareholders 1 -Mr . tJimpbell—Ko ; thsy are only the vice-president and consulting-couDcIL - The Lord Mayor—Sow muca of the millien capital lias been paid up ? . 2 Ht . CampoeB—2 fona at aD . . Nobody paid np at alL Tbe Lord Mayor—Now , as yon are a director , you . can let me know what tbe plan was with respect to those emigrants if you had got them out to Prince Edward ' s Island 1 Mr-Campben—Twenty houses had l > Ben prepared by the association to leceive them , and they were after-¦ wsrds to be located there by enr ag-nfe , Mr . Goodman , jnn ., a gentleman in whose talents and qualifications we have the utmost reliance . aaieiard JUayor—And what was then to become of xJiftTH ?

      Mt CanipbelL—They were to build more houses and "Work in other ways , and to be regularly located . The Lord Mayor—And lunar -were they to be snbai sted ? Mr . Campien—There was a month ' s extra provision going-out , ss that they would bB provided for a month after landing . Tha Lord Mayor—And then take their chance of « tsraaan . Tiiat is certainly , » . frightful alternative These poor men have been deceived by the long list of * ames , and are now thrown into tbe most serious dimsulUes . Mr . Campbell—I have bsen deceived- myself most egregiously . A * to the month ' s extra provision , the general pscfcioB is to gire « £ fcra provimon for only a few ? £ * £££ § £ ^ - ^ ionin this adW " -3 ^ 45 S 2 £ S 5 ! ir- - * '

      SorS ^ v ^ uufortnuate . Tf aTToya Ti 2 S 5 * T -kl V-E , iaie l * d been a foxteight ^ ^*«« H , I entertain no doubt , l » i » i £ d » iS eD ^ 8 n ^ ^ Ta ^ ^^ Upat man , to stood If ™ W « t-They stated ttefrgieat object in brlnging tte «* e before tteflard Mayor wa . to « esi » in upon TTbom tbB serioM lespoaiailitar to them eoald Ibe

      ^ a » Jatajaajct—Bmk either e ! job paid money to * Hb &ifojpge * i - - .= ..- ,.- i .- ¦ -,- - ' - Mfc . Taylor jsH that he had paid £ 50 for Mnaelf and Ms family of eight children toHx . Duekenoeld . She secretary to the association . - Me "Henley ,-Slated tliat he was introduced by the 3 riii « & Association to Mr . Hs . lden , whom th « y ic-Jtnowle ^ ged as their- ng ^ ent , and ie engaged to pay thirty guineas , for las passage , &c , by insUlmeats in fiteWaud ^">' - ? ^ - ¦' - " - " - ¦ - -- ¦ -

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      do' ibt that the noblemen arid gentlemen whose names ap pa « on this paper were wholly ignorantof the nature of ; she proceedings to which it might appear they lent * « beir bjuicHob . . Mr- Taylor said he had seen in a iiewspaper an actooant of the meeting in Scotland , which had been attended by some of the most respectable individuals , 5 representing the plan of emigration , and the advantages i -with which it aboun ^ sd , and he waa deceived into the ] heBEf that Qie whole was dictated by the most honourable feelings . Under these circumstances he determined

      to go to Prince Edward ' s island , and he made bis arrangement accordingly . He had snfferad both . mentally and physically in an extreme degree . The case of all tbe emigrants was sow becoming desperate He was given to understand that Jfwss the intention of the mortgagee to sell the ship and cargo , and to turn the emigrants , who had 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 liable as he would be in the case of a seaman's

      wages . The Lord Mayor—There is no man more respectable or humane than Mr . Soa-roes , so that you may rely upon it that he will do you justice . Mr . Campbell said , that Messis . Leslie and Smith also had a mortgage on the vessel . He did ; not think the emigrants onght 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 ! not complain when they are threatened with being thrown noon' the streets to starve , or to hurry in a crowd to tbe workhouse ? It is quite absurd to talk In tuch a manner . Lieutenant Lean said it was officially announced to him on Tuesday , that the provisirna would be stopped , and UO doubt the emigrants would- be obliged to leave the vessel r ^ a ^**>>

      -The Lord Mayor . —I cannot , looking over this proBpectus . conceive it possible that any of these individuals would suffer tbesd poor -emigrants to be imposed upon . Mr . Campbell—How comes it then , my Lord , that they have done so ? The LordM&yoi—1 daTe say that some of these noblemen have , under the impression that tbe association was calculated to do good , allowed their nameB , from a benevolent feeling alone , to be used . 1 am convinced that not one of them « ver dreamt that a number of poor emigrants wsnld be sent out to an isolated spot with a month's provisions , to run the chances of climate and the various contingences to which persons in a country unknown to them must be subjected . It was here stated that tbe Pake of Argyll took the lead at all the public meetings , and made no secret of attaching his hign name to the acts of the association , and that his € h ace's coirtsponaence with the late Lord Mayor clearly proved that fact .

      SirJ Pirie .-who entered towards the conclusion of the iswstigation , said that the -vtsEel was oriimiatty mortgaged to Mr . Sssmes , and that it was now mortgaged to Messrs . Leslie and Smith , who . he had not a doubt , would sell the ship at once . Indeed , he bad had the information from these gentleman themselvt-s . He did not think the ship was by any mtans accountable in this case between the emigrants and tke association . The Lord Mayor . —1 am of a different opinion . 1 think these poor men have a legal claim upon the ship , and that the ship cannot be taken a ^ -ay without the fulfilment of the contract If it vrtre otherwise the most dangerous snd extensive frauda might be committed upon that pretext . This is a case in which 1 Wonld advise you by all means to have legal adrjee .

      Mr . Taylor . —I am reduced to pauperism with my large family , and cannot afford to employ a lawyer . I have not only lost my passage-money , but I have been obliged "to spend iho money 1 bad pnt together to apply to the purposes of labour in the cultivation of the land 2 expected to hold . The Lord Mayor . —I shall persevere in this inquiry , to render yon as much service as I can . Pray Mr . Campbell , how many-shares did those noblemen and baronets take ? Mr . CampbelL—Kone at all . —( LacghteT . l The Duke of ArgyH and Sir James Colbonrce were the only two out of the whole lut who signed their names for shares . They signed for shares to the amount of £ 500 each . Tteiora Mayor . —And with this £ l , 000 you start the association ? Mr . Campbell . —It was started long before I had anything to do with it the

      Mr . Henl ^ requested that Lord Mayor wonld postpone the -case for a few days , in order tkat the attendance « f < the secretarr and a Mr . Andrews might be produced , tad also that Mx . Campbell might be called upon to produce his books , which might explain the case more fully . Mz . Campbell -objected to produce his boob , and said he would not allow any oae to overhaul them . The Lord Mayor—I shall . postpone the case certainly , and I hope that some satisfaction may be obtained- 1 am decidedly of -opinion that you have a claim upon the ship , and that she is bouud to leave yon tt tbe pis . ee of yonr original destination . I suppose JOU . would still go to Prince Edward " * Island , Mr . Taylor ? Mr . Taylor—I should not wish to go without coming to a more dear understanding m to tbe po ^ er of the Association . I understand they , . have not an acra of land in Prince Edward ' s Iriand .

      Tbe Lord Mayor—What , no land there ? Is that the case , Mr . Campbell ? Mr . Campbell—Not a aingle acre , ay Lord—( laughter ) . Mr . flenley—They bargained to sell me 150 acres . The Lord Mayor—It is quite impossible that any of these individuals -whose names have been -U ? ed in this list could have known of all this . Why , it is a most decided asd heartless fraud . 1 woild send tbe concoctora of it to Prince Edward ' s Island , with ft month ' s provisions . I consider the emigrants tbe . dupes of a doable conspiracy . Mi . Campbell—My Lord , I inew nsthlng of these things . 1 have found them ont to my heavy cost . I have lost my vessel and money , and vhtre are twenty actions against me . The Lord Mayor then directed that all the parties appexr before Wm In a few days .

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      I can see no objection to associations of the kind ; but a plan of emigration cannot be with propriety undertaken by individuals uainyested with the sanction ot the Administration . 1 am bound to state too , that tbe poor people desirous to emigrate should take care before they swallow the / contents of a printed prospectus , with exalted names attached , to inquire of the person whose signatures afforded so strong a recommendation whether they authorised" the . use-of their names . Mr- Nettleship said , that as the Duke had publioly withdrawn his name and countenance from the asaeciation long before the Barbadoes sailed , it cauld . 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 , tbey sbonld take care with what sort of persons they become associated in carrying out their object . The mischief is , that those in whose hands is left tbe working of the machinery frequently pursue objects for their own benefit , -anti leave the stigma of failure or corruption to attach to the individuals whose names operate as a . recommendation to people to venture in untried spectfations . Mr . Nettlesbip— The Daka ' s and Sir J . Cockburn's object was most humane and benevolent , and it can be proved that they ore not chargeable with any act in the slichtest degree exceptionable . The Lord Mayor—I understand that several actions have been brought against his Grace on account of this affair . ; air . Nettlesbip—No more than one has been brought , and we have a good answer to that .

      Tfee Lord Mayor—I would , by all means , advise you to attend when the parties are to appear before me . Mr . Campbell , who chattered the ship , as it appears , to himself and two others , as commissioners of the association , complains that he has been worae 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 bo endured that numbers of families should be cast upon the world in misery , and that the concocters of this plan of fraud by which they have been xumed should escape unexposed and Unpunished . Mr . Nettleship said that he should certainly be In attendance , upon the part of tbe Duke and Sir James Cockburn . at the approaching examination , and having thanked the Lord Mayor for the suggestion , retired .

      ADJOURNED INQUIRY . On Saturday a most curious and striking scone took place before the Lord Mayor , who appointed that day for entering fully into the investigation of the chareea agai&bt tbe British American Emigration and Colonisation Association . Mr . D . Campbell , cne of the commissioners of the association , upon appearing at tbe jastice-room . according to his promise to the Lord Mayor , was taken into custody by : C > i 1 dB , the constable , upon a -warrant charging him with having obtained fraudulent possession of a steam-enaino from Mr . G . Scott , an engine-manufacturer in the CommerclaWoaa . Mr . Taylor , Mr . Henley , and others of the emigrants , 8 nd numbers of their

      friendB , occupied a great space in the justice-room . Mr . Lloyd , counsel , and Mr . Nfc ' . tleship , solicitor to his Grace the Duke of Argyll and Sif J . Cockburn ; and Mr . Meller , counsel to Sir K . Broun , one of the commissioners , appeared to justify the conduct of their respective clients . Dr . Rolph , who was named in the prospectus as sne of the commissioners , in conjunction with Sir W . OfiiMe , Bart ; Sir W . Dunbar , Bart . ; Sir R . Barclay . Bart ; Sir . A . N . Macnab , and Sir R . Broun . -was also present , as were Lieutenant J . S . Lsnn , R . N ., her Majesty ' s emigration age it , and several gentlemen who appeared to be the friends of the members ef the association , and deeply interested in the proceedings .

      The Lord Mayi . r having determined to hear tbe charge against Mr . Campbt-11 before any other matUr connected with th » association , Mr- Goddard , solicitor to Mr . Scott , stated , that he attended to charge Mr . Casaphell with having obtained , by falB 9 pretences , a steam-engine from his client . In September last Mi . Scott was applied to for a steamengine for driving a saw-mill , to be the property of the British American Association . It Pas to be supplied to the order of Messrs . Hartshorn and R ° es . and tbe terms were immediate pay . Mr . Scoit having completed the

      order , dent tbe engine to the London Docks , but refused to sign the order of delivery , as the cash was not forthcoming . Mr . Campbell , however , having been introduced to Mr . Scott , made such representation as to the flourishing state of the Association , the immense quantity of land they possessed , his own intimacy with the Duke of Argyll , and the affluence Of the members , that the eneine as given up npon the receipt of two promissory notes , parpen ting 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 . Bronn , W . ORlivie , D . Campbell , Commissioners , " and made payable at Glyn ' s banking-house , with 5 per cent Interest , on the 1 st of October , 1844 . Mr . < a . Bcott , of King-street , Commercial-road , stated that he was applied to by Messrs . Hartshorn and Rees for a steam-engine with boiler , and other machinery neeessary for driving a saw-mill , to go out to Prince Edward ' s ialsndl He made tbe engine , an i delivered it st tbe London Docks in hts ovo name , bnt . as he could not getthemovey , he refused to sign the delivery order . Mr . Bees then introduced him to Mr . Duncan Campbell , at No . 5 , AdsTO ' s-conrt , Old Broad-street ,

      who declared that the ;\ ssociatlon was one ef tbe hiebest character and of gn ^ at influence ; that it was a child of bis own ; that the Duke of Argyll , who Was its president , was his most particular friend ; that the association had two hundred thousand acres of land in Prince Edward ' s Island ; and tl /» t In all probability the promissory notes ( those produ . ^ ed by Mr . GoddaTd ) would be taken np before they bt > canie due . Upon the faith of these and similar represent " ations . and strengthened by the prospectua which Mr . , " ampbell exhibited , he took tbe notes and delivered the engine , which was put on board the ship Barbadoes . » 't was agreed that the notes should not be removed from ' Glyn ' a bankinghouse , but that they should be exchan 4 V d In due time for bank-notes .

      Tbe Lord Mayor—Have you applied at Glyn ' a for the interest ? Mr . Scott—I have ; but the answer I rt wired wag , that they knew nothing at all about then .- * bave since heard that Mr . Campbell is not a comra . ' arioner . Mr . Meiler tcounBel to Sir R . Brounl—Did > 'o « m * ke inquiries of othar parties as to the respectabiHtj * of the association 7 Mr Scott—I did not . Mr . Meller—Yon tot * Mr . Campbell's word ? Mr . Scott— I trusted to bis representation and *» the prospectus , but more to the former , In deliveri tig the engine . The Lord Mayor—Do you wish to say anything , Mr . Campbell ?

      Mr . Campbell—All that has been stated by Mr . Scott , except that part in which he asserts I said the association had 206 . 000 acres of land , and that the Duke of Argyll was ' my most particular friend , is pretty correct , my Lord . Tbe Lord Mayor—Did you represent that the association did possess land ! Mr . Campbell—Not to my recollection . The Lord Major—Or , that tha Duke was your friend ? Mr . Campbell—No ; I certainly said that the Duke of Argyll was greatly interested in the association , and that he was a member of it , and bo he decidedly is . The prospectus was issiffid before I waa at all connected with it . It cannot be said that I got for myself any property from Mr . Scott . The engine la on board the BarbadoeB and was got for the association , wh > are , of course , liable for tbe payment of the notes .

      The Lord Mayor—From -whom did you get possession of these notes before you gave them in payment of the engine ? Mr . Campbell—From the association , of course . Tbe Lord Mayor—How many more notea of tbe kind did you gtt from the Association ? Mr , Campbell—I got notea to the amount of £ 4 , 000 , and I divided them amongst the stoppers of tioods for the association . I was myself accountable for n : i the contracts , and I received the promissory notes for tha amount of the charter and tha cargo . Thb Lord Mayor—^ You told us on the former exani !« cation that you had lost alL How is that reconcilable with yonr statement ? Mr . Campbell—Why , my vessel is in the dock with tbe cargo , and the mortgagee is going to sell her ; and ¦ what advantage have I bad ? What have I incurred but loss ?

      Mr . Melltr—When you received these promissory notes from tbe association was it not understood that you irere not to pass them ? Mr . Campbell—Never : such a thing -was never uttered . Mr . Mell&r—I wss instructed that it was . Mr . Campbell—Why were they then pufc Into my hands ? There is no foundation for such an instruction . The Lord Mayor ( to Mr . Scott )—You cannot say that these are not good notes . Sir Richard Broun ' s name is attached , and he may pay them , when they are due . Hi . MeUex—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 7 Mr . Meller said be could sot give a decisive answer to that question .

      Mi . Campbell—The ship and cargo have been brought to London hi order 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 aay , toe association is responsible for all that has keen . done . ¦ -.-,: . ' In answer to Questions by the Lord Mayor , Mr-Campbell « aid , he had passed the bill of lading to Mr . Andrews , the registrar and managing man of the company , in Bridge-street ' ,. 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 have bad £ 1000 a year as chief manager . Be was constantly advising with Sir B . Broun , The Lord-Mayor— -Was any money received by him ? Mr . Campbell— 1 do not know . The Lord Mayor—Did you get any money from tbe shareholders ? Mr . Campbell—Uot a halfpenny .

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      The Lord Mayor—What waa the amount of qualification the commissioners were to have ? Mr . Campbell—They were to have stook to the extent * of £ 1 , 000 each , one-fourth of which was to be paid down . The Lord Mayor—Did each of the commissioners pay down £ 25 b ? Mr . Campbell—These qualifications were , paid into Glyn ' s . Mr . Andrews , took a qualification and paid , and se did Sir II Broun and Sir W . Ogilvie . Mine waa sefragainst 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 oat of pocket ia furthering the interests of the association 1 Mr . Campbell—I have always understood so .

      Mr . Goddard here submitted that be bad 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 Mr , Campbell has committedany fraud against Mr . Scott , and I donotbyany meacB 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 Now , supposing that he believed the association to be a legitimate speculation , and that Sir R . Brouu and Sir William Ogilvie were men of property , how can it be concluded that he meant to deceive by tbe course be pursued 1 Htre are the acceptances , and they aro not due , and the comniiasionera are , in alt probability , able to pay them ? I cannot see that there was any fraud contemplated by Mr . Campbell .

      Mrs GoddaTd—He Knew and has acknowledged th » t the association did not possess any lam * in Prince Edward ' s Island or anywhere else . Tbe Lord Mayor—But he saw the prospectus , and he knew and believed that there were men of large property connected with the association . You b * ve no reason to say those notes will not be paid . Mr . Campbell stated that he had been in business forty years in London , and could be found if h < B presence should be required . Mr ; Lloyd itne counsel for the Duke of Argyll ) then stated , nearly in the terms expressed in the letter of his Grace ' s solicitor , which appeared in our paper of Friday , the object , which his Grace had in attending a meeting in June hist , when the only resolution come to waa a preliminary and indispensable step , that a sum of

      £ 50 , 000 should be insured as available for the purposes of emigration . The Duke ' s knowledge of the real proceedings of the association did not extend beyond that information , and his Grace never entertained tbe most remote idea of sanctioning any act until that monoy should be raised , for bis intention waa to promote the most beneficent scheme of emigration , and in such a manner as to prove of the highest service to the poor persons who 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 hia indignation and rt-gret ; and he iromediatnly withdrew from the association upon the communication be had from the lato Lord Mayor . By similar motives Sir James Cockburn waa influenced .

      The Lord Mayor—Did the Duke see tb 8 prospectus which was issued with his name attached as president ? i Mr Lloyd—The prospectus was sent to him afterwards . The Lord Mayor—When did hU Grace secede from tha 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 Btated as having been done in his Grace ' s presence was done behind h's back . He bad not the most remote notion that the association would make tbe least movement until the condition as to the raising of the money should be complied with .

      The Lord Muyor . —The Duke ' s name is published as president of the association . To a certain extent , be certainly sanctioned their proceedings , and he ought to have taken cure that men should have been left btiuind him upon whose integrity and prudence reliance could be placed , in order that advantage might not be taken of the authority which such a name was calculated to give . Mr . Meller—Did not the Duke and Sir J . Cockburn agree to take share ** ? Mr . Lloyd . —411 that he consented to do was conditi onal . It was contingent upon the raising of the £ 50 ooo without which it was determined , by a resolution of the meeting in Juue , nothing was to be done . His Grace was to bo merely a subscriber of £ 500 , for the benefit of the poor emigrants , not a shareholder . He sought not , neither would behave consented to receive , the least advantage .

      Mr . Mclier—The Duke has certainly acted aa a member of the association , and his Grace withdrew when it was likely to fail . If he had remained in the position he had adopted it would have succeeded . Mr . Lloyd . —His Grace withdrew because the association departed from tbe resolution to which they had come in his presence . He found that his name ha J been used most improperly . Those who managed the association had put his name to contracts and other instruments without his wanctlon or knowledge-The Lord Mayor—Care ongbt to have been taken by those who took an interest iu the emigrants that the 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 Bay that those who are pledged to extend to them all the benefits of emigration fling them off to perish .

      Mr . Lloyd—His Grace bad no idea that they were going out . The Lord iVayor—Well , what is to be done with these poor men and their families ? Mr . Mellor spoke warmly in praise of Sir R . Broun , and called the Lord Mayor ' s attention to the prejudices raised against tbe Association . It was true it consisted of persons not accustomed to act , but it waa a bona fide association , and actuated by the most honourable motives . It was bad enough , he admitted , for hifl client to be out of packet £ 7 * 0 or £ 800 , and to find the association fail , without being designated as a person connected with ' a fraudulent undertaking . The men wh * cemplrfncd , after all , did not leave emp . ' oyment 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 by the authority of the great dimes with which tbe prospectus abounds . Let them not be reproached | with having lost nothing by going . They have suffered ¦ a vast deal , and I trust the association will take care 4 that they shall not be able to complain that they have tost everything—( applause ) . Mi . Meller— £ contend , my Lord , that it is h&rd that , be taiise these emigrants have failed iu their speculatioi \ , the association should be covered with odium and exec * a £ ion . If a man become a bankrupt many other * nece ^ wily we involved .

      The Lard Mayor—There cannot be the slightest analogy . Your ^ association are not bankrupts . Now look at Mr . 1 ' lylor ' j case , and just form an estimate of what he has un ^ cgona , and what he may atill undergo if his claims are Vs" « lecied . Ho has eight children . He has paid £ o 9 v » the secretary for their passage . He has expende i * & llttle money ho had put together for thepurpos w-of *"" occupation in Prince Edward ' s Island . Now , \ &is jnan waa to have had-twenty acres of country land a vlane acre of town land , and he went away -with sanguii V bopea of prosperity . He iB brought back wiih hU large f ^^ y > without the means of subsistence , and with * tarv . ation looking him and hia children in the face , W 1 & * *» M tnat in a day or two be and his child * ^ ** to be tamed out of the ship -which was bound t » *»*» them so their final destination , and to look a . Vut amongst the unions for sympathy and protection . 1 * ** ridiculous to tell me that this man can \> e aban V «« d bv an association of noblemen and gentlemen—( K applause ) .

      ^ hir . Taylor begged permissKV *» »»? » few words for himself and those who were h > N brethren in calamity . He was sorry to find that tbe auVwstes of the exalted persons who were named In t . ^ prospectus , were attempting to blame the emigrants * ** all they had undergone ; but the emigrants had "< aet Wl * a an advocate i « the Lord Mayor , whose kindle and humanity would not be without imitators . It . Had been stated that the Dike merely meant to subscribe ^ 500 without becoming a shareholder . Now , evidence could be produced to show that his Grace signed his naw « , according to the Scotch form , bs " Argyll PtM 3 eB" tot abates in the association—( laughter ) . It had been said that

      the Duke refused to do anything in the association until the sum of £ 50 , 000 should be raised . On « would think that a noblsmau who saw the necessity of the application of money would put down some hioii ^ if—( laughter ); but it did not appear that bis Grace bad done anything of the kind . It was true the Learned Ceunsel saw that it was proper to bolster up the case ^ of their clients , who were able to employ them , while the emigrants , without the powerof giving a fee , were subjected to every sort of annoyance . Neither he nor any other of the emigrants had made the least complaint until they were compelled by stern necessity , and tbey felt now that insult was added t © injury . Mr . Lloyd—Not tbrongh the Duke of Argyll .

      Mr . Taylor—I have been looked npon as if I Were part of ftlive ; cargo . Mr . Meller—The last thing Sir B . Broun would think of wonld be to offer an offence to any of tbe emigrants , all of whom ate deserving of the greatest sympathy and compassion . The Lord Mayor—What , was- tbe , Intention- about these emUjr » nt » when they should write at Prince Edward ' s Island ? , U Mr . Meller—There were houses prepared for them , and they would have been employed in different nvoca tlonB until they should be able to provide for themselve&and their families . The . association actually bad land in the Island . The climate is excellent and in every respect it is adapted for emigration . The Lord Mayor—I see there are eixty-seven townships on it

      Mr . Meller—The strongest prejudices have been raised against it by those wbo know nothing at all about it I say there was no fraud of any kind Cdmmitted or con * templated in this case .

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      Mr . Taylor—I never imputed fraud . The Lord Mayor—Mr . Meller , you say the association had land ? i Mr . Meller—They had land when the emigrants were going to Prince Elwards'a Island , but the contracts were violated . The fact is , this association has * been got up by men of high character and condition , bat 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 mau of most tact and talent amongst the ] whole body was Mr . Andrews , the registrar . ;

      The Lord Mayor— 1 have no doubt that If each of the members had put tdown £ 500 the orjocfc would have been accomplished , but the thing has failed . Mr . Taylor—Our object , my Lord , is to be placed in the same state in which we were before we engaged to go to the island . We have no means of obtaining legal advice or assistance , except your Lottiahip will recommend us to the City Solicitor . Not a single move has been ma

      Lieutenant Lean ( ibe Government emigration agent ) said tbo question seemed now to be , whether the ship could be obliged to become the property af the emigrants to convey them to their destination ? He was in hopes , when he heard the investigation was to take place , that the members of the association had resolved to come to some arrangement for their advantage , f > r these members were at all events morally responsible . The Lord Mayor had spoken of the Intervention of the Government He bad mentioned to the Government tbe state of the poor emigrants , and he had visited them at Gr&vesend . \ The Government were acquainted with the whole of the particulars , but as the question was one of civil process , and the existing law did not bear upon it—ns it Waa one the like of which never had been before heard of , it was thought better that the whole matter should be brought before the Lord Mayor for his decision . '

      The Lord Mayor—What decision did the Government wish me to come to 7 It is certainly absurd to leave the decision upon snch a c « se to me . If I were one of the emigrants , I should certainly not abandon tbe vessel . I'd stick to the ship—( applause ) . Mr . Metier—These poor men deserve the utmost sympathy , but the ussociation had no notion of deceiving them . Mr . Haldenj contracted with the emigrants at large . Lieutenant Loan ' said he had assembled tbe emigrants at Grave send , | and asked them whether they were goinif out according to agreement witfe Mr . Balden , or with the association ; and they replied that they were going out entirely on account of the association , and not at all on account jof that gentleman . Her Majesty's Government wrote to the commissioners of < the association representing the' danger of sending out emigrants at such a season , urid he remonstrated with tht >

      emigrants themselves , who , however , said that they were aware of the danger , but tbey had been delayed so long , and tbey had | been subject to such annoyances and disappointments , that they would rather ran tbe hszml than undergo any further infliction of the kind . Dr . R-ilph— In consequence of what has fallen from Lii-ufctnant Lean , I must say that had the commissioners seen tbe admonitory letter of the 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 had departed , and after entering a solemn protest against any approbation of such a measure as sending out emigrants before the operations of tbe association had commenced , I joined wiih other gentlemen in a committee of inquiry , and did not Bee ;> . ny document which was addressed by th « Government to the commissioners until the middle of the mouth of January

      The Lord M > yor— Were the whole of tb « names mentioned in the prospectus sanctioned by the parties themselveB r j Dr . Rilph—During the protracted investion which took place before the committee <{ inquiry , satisfactory evidence was adduced by Sir K Broun to prove that no names were inserted without due authority . Mr . Ltoyd—Sir J . Cockburn daniea that he authorised the insertion of his name . Dr . R )! ph—The British American Association was originally established to revive the claims of the Baronets of Nova Siotia , and to conjoin with the restitution of their property and tbe administration of their rights a system of colonization . This matter was

      fully discussed at two meetirus , at which bis Grace the Duke of Argyll attended , and by his wish , together with that of Sir J Cockburn and others , the object of the Xjva Scotia Baronets : and the plau of color > - « j , tiou were discussed , and the British American Association first projected . Mr . Neill [ Malcolm reqnested his name to be withdrawn from tb » prospectus the moment he saw it in print , and directly following the 8 th of June . Neither th « Duke of Argyll nor the consulting council of the association were advised of the arrangement of the Barbadoes . It was pl&nued by Mr . Campbell and Mr . Andre wb , and was carried out whilst I was absent from this country . It always met with my most decided reprobation . 1

      Lieutenant Lean adverted to a publication issued from the 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 Cana'iu only ); tbe association having already acquired estates in Lower Canada to the extent of 366 , 802 acres , in addition to large estates in Prince Edward ' s Island and other colonies . " It appeared from that publication that { the association sanctioned the unfounded repoit thatjthey were possaessed of estates where they had not an acre . The Lord Mayor—By whom is that paper signed ? Lieutenant Lean—By Mr Andrews , who is said to be tbe chief manager ; of the association . I trust , my Lord , that you will suggest some mode of indemnifying these poori men , for bringing whom into such a condition the association is certainly

      responsible-The Lord Mayor—I ihave no donbt whatever , after what has been stated about the injury sustained by the poor emigrants , and the whole of the transactions which have taken place , that the noblemen and gentlemen who form this association , and who , as it has been just stated , authorised tbe use of tb ^ ir names , will come forward and at ! once subscribe £ f > 0 each to place the sufferers in the condition in which they were before they entered into the agreement , to the violation of which they are at any rate no parties , i appeal to those noblemen and ^ eattemen in tbeir behalf , and 1 am . sure that I shall not be disappointed—( cheers ) . ; Mr . Lloyd declared , as . he had frequently done in the Bourse of the proceedingsjof the day , that the- Dafce of Argyll would mosthearti ' y ncrreein any proposition for the Benefit of the poor emigrants , but he denied that his Grace was at all responsible .

      Mr . Nettleship ( the puke of Argyll ' s solicitor ) . — I ahall at once give a check for tbe sum mentioned by the Lord Mayor from his Grace the Sake of Argyll . \ Mr . Leslie , who has a mortgage npon the Barbarfoes , said he would not disturb the poor men and their families who were in the ship for a few days . He also stated , that for £ 8 000 he would most willingly undertake to pay iff all the liabilities of the association . \ Mr . Meller—If othing can be more clear that the association bad no intention of doing wrong than the declaration of Mr . Leslie . JThey might have got , £ 60 , 000 or £ 70 , 000 with ease , by the sate 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

      The Lerd Mayor said that the arrangement was a good commencement . He felt tbe highest degree of gratification in having bad it in hia power to render service to the respectable men who had applied to him , and he trusted that they would soon reap the benefits of bis interference . The Whole of the association would be soon informed throughjthe . great public channels of communication of tbe arrangement proposed , and would , no doubt , without hesitation agree to it All the 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 to the Lord Mayor , to whose humanity arri discernment the 1 counsel and the Government emigration agent also bore the most hearty testimony . ]

      His Lordship advised that the money should be paid at Messrs . Masterman ' s banking-house , and that the Government agent should j superintend the arrangements , if any of the poor linen should still desire to emigrate . j Lientenant Lean said he would moat Willingly , With Dr . Rolph ' 8 assistance , render all the service he could undtT tbe circumstances in i which the emigrants were placed . j

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      REMARKABLE TRIAL LN CANADA . COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH . i MOHTREAL , MAKCH 8 XH , —A MaN CONVICTED OF MUHDERING H . 8 WJFE JB * THE EVIDENCE OF THEIR SON !—Hulih Cameron was placed at the bar , charged with caring , / on the 7 tb of February , at the parish of St Edward , killed hia wife , Jane Linton , by beating her on the hea d with a stick . The prisoner pleaded " Mot Guilty , " and was defended by . Mr . Haiwv " ' j . ...

      Johji Cameron , a young bo'T , aged 13 years , called . The prisoner Js mj father . ] Hj mother ' s name was Jane Linton . She died on the . nJgbt of Monday week last , of Wvand * inflicted upon h «* by theprisone * at the bat . It was in the house ] at St £ d « ard > that she died . He strnqk her with a s ; tick , a . Tooden poker . 1 dont know how many times he struck ' her , but it was more tbas once . I did not stay in the house . This occurred at about eight o ' clock in the evening . There were in the house , besides myself , a child about two years old . He struck her on the back and on the . legr .

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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 v \ n&J ? about half a mile distant , and met Thomas Pigsby who came back with me , I did not go into' the noose again alter my mother bad been beaten , but wentano ' slept in one of the neighbours * houses . I aiw her lying dead . My father was taken down * o the villam of St . E 4 wards . When I saw my father two days after . wards , he aske d me how be had hit her . I told him he had struck her with a -wooden poker . On the rnonj ing ofthe day on which the unfortunate event happen ^ tbey were both friends . I did not know of anyqgarre , I don't know his reason for beating' her , He was not sober . She was lying an the bed awake ; my fathej was lying beside her . First , I saw him strike her With fcia arm . I went out to get seme wood for the aiove , and while I was away he had sefzad the poker . ¦

      Cross-examined by Mr . Hart—I had n . » t been forth * house all that day ; from dinner until four o ' clock I remained out of doors . There bad been a' wedding party at the house that day . At about twelve o ' clock they were both preparing to go to the wedding , oa j went to put the horse ia tbe sleight TheweddW party bad left our bouse . I came into the house , and found my father and- mother quarrelling ; I then went out and took the horse out of tbe eteigh , asthey ssid they would not go . When I cama into the hou « ev second time they were both in bed . My mothtihaj ' been drinking as well as my father . She took pepper . mint and some other liquor . I saw her drink twice .

      By a Jukw—It was not the same Borb ef drink thi my father dmnk . I believe they were both tipsy , r had been living with them about a year and 9 half . My mother drank very hard , which Was a per . petual source of quarrel between , them .. Sue was ia tie habit ef obtaining Hqour without my father ' s know . ledge , frequently . My father often searched the house for and found it . I have refused to go for li quor . fo , her , and then she sent her little girl eight years of ag& , 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 ; be came to

      prevent my father from striking her . She was in tha habit of going to bed in the middle of the day , when intoxicated ; she kept a servant girl ; my father had to lock things up to prevent my mother Belling them % buy l ;«|> ior . For about a week before the fatal occur , rence she goti :-to % icated , and my father beat her wiffi a stick . I have seen him go almost mad—I mean angry —when he has come home sober and found her drunk J when my father spoke of the matter to me in the Til ; lage , he seemed to know nothing abont it . and Baidfas had no recollection of it . He read church prayers every night and on Sunday , I suppose to try to refona her .

      By the Solicitor General—Tbe 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 fchenrf . 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-five acres from them . Oo entering the house they got a candle , snd I licit . Tney weatabout the house looking for their mother , whilst I remained in the kitchen . They came back again shortly , crying , and Bald their mother was dead in the cellar . I went there and saw tbe de * 4 body . She was lying on her side , with her arm npoa her head . I weut away and returned again with my two apprentices , and William Leach , a young bus named M'Lellan , and Mr . Forrest . We looked in at

      the windpw , and eaw the prisoner sitting near ti ^ stove without a candle ; we then went in . I asked him bow he was , and so forth , and he spoke ef ordinary things as if nothing had happened . He went to tha room formerly bis wife ' s bed-room , and cal l ed her to get up . By the light from the stove { saw the dead body waa lying beside it His wife not answering , the prisoner safd , " Then lie there and f& to you , " addressing her by name , as if she » && in bed . I se . ' Eed bold ef him by the arm . and told ; him he was iny prisoner . He asked for what ? 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 bad been removed from the eellat The next morning he said he had no recollection . I brought him down to my place , where a corona's jury waa held , and be was committed to gaol .

      Several other witnesses were then called , and examined by Mr . Hart , who testified to the general good character of the prisoner tor industry and honesty .: Mr . Justice Day summed up the evidence in a feeU ing and impartial address to the jury , in toe course of which he dwelt on the enormity and frightful natae ofthe crime , and pointed out such parts of the testk inony as seemed to admit of doubt in favour of tha prisoner . His honour next explained tbe difference between murder and manslaughter . The malice aforethought , saiii his honour , in the crime of murder need not be premeditated ; If , therefore , they ( the jarr ) should be satisfied that blows had been inflicted sufil . cient to produce death , it was quite immaterial whether the prisoner had designed to kill bis -wife or not ,

      After agiin reverting to the evidence , his honour said the conduct of the wife seems certainly to hate been very aggravating , but even bad it been much worn than it was , it could not justify the terrible punishment inflicted on her . If you acquit the prisoner , it Blast be on other grounds than these . With regard to his conduct when he -was arrested , you \ have heard it described , but it is perhaps not very safe ground from which to draw a sound conclusion . The man did not appear desirous of avoiding investigation . . He remained with the dead body of bis wife , He carried ba from the cellar to the stove . You are told that he called upon b « by name to get up , which seems not a iitlW strange , but it may be thought she was not quite dead , " and would answer him , or else he did it to cloak hia crime . However , tbe deed was committed , and whatever stay have been his remorse , can have no weigh ) with you in estimating hia guilt Yon will recollect

      also the prisoner ' s expressions , bis donbt , hia wonder , and astonishment ; but these if they can be of any use to him , can only be so to show that hia state of mind was such that he knew not that he committed the act in a moment of temporary Insanity , it is rigni that you should have these views laid before you , though the court leaves you to draw from them your own conelusions . The deportment of the . prisoner when taken waa quiet ; there seemed no wish to escape ; and hi 5 general character ia stated to be that of anindustriaufl man , except when under tha influence of tiipvx With referenee to your verdict , it is the duty of the conrt to inform you , that it rauat be either conviction or acqalttal . When homicide has been committed , the I »* presumes that malice was present ; if the act , however , had been in Belf-defence , you might acquit him , or bring in a verdict of guilty or acquittal . I belieT * I am not going , too far in saying , that a verdict of manslanghter the court could not receive .

      After a short conversation with the other JqrtieeSi Mr . Justice Day qualified the last sentence , by sayfog' - ¦ " Tbe court are of opinion that if , after ttfe boy le » i you decide that she gave sufficient provocation , yon may bring in a verdict of manslaughter . " The Jury retired for about three quarters of an boar , and returned a verdict of Guilty , with a recommendation of the prisoner to the mercy of tne court , by resson of the great provocation he bad endured . The prisoner having been asked if he had anythto ! to say , replied , " I have nothing to eay—no memory . " Sentence of death waa then pronounced against tne prisoner—to be banged on the 6 th of April uexc . Montreal Gazette .

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      The Public executioner of Oronse , in Spain , Don Juan Francigcoe de Paruelo , was murdered in niB own residence on t&e night of April 8 . His beM . was tKfnext day found / nailed to the door of taa house , and his body lying in the gutter , in the midst of a pool of coagulated blood . The deceased was a man of mild disposition . The perpetrators o ? ta& deed remain undiscovered . A Social Pig . —A gentleman of this town was last weok taking a pedestrian trip to the west , £ > y Loch Ness , and when at Cotter town of Duncan , Be was joined on the road by a black pig , which by u » tou « a or gestures , showed symptoms of a desire w bscome a fellow-traveller . It was vain to remoast ' rate , and the pig continued to accompany tne P * destrian till they reached Templebouse , haTinf £ Walked at least ten miles . —Inverness Courier .

      The Delegates of the merchants and manufacturers of Paris have just addressed a petition , to tB Chambers in favour of the Sugar Bill as P ° Pff ? by the Government . The petitioners declare tn »» the passing of this bill is indispensible , as regards the natural and manufactured products of trance , tbe consumption of which , in the colonies , can only be encouraged in proportion as the colonists are prosperous in their affairs . A Cautious Juoge . —The lato Chief Baron O'Gradyfather ot the gallant officer ( Lord

      Oau-, lymore ) Aide-de-Camp to her Majesty , tried two most notorious fellows , at the Curlow Assizes , »» highway robbery . To the astonishment of taa Court s a 3 well as of the prisoners themselves , tnej were found not guilty ! As they were being removed from the bar , the judge , in that manners * peculiarly hia own , addressing the jailor , said , M ^ Murphy ^ you woul d greatly ease my mind , if yo » keep these two respectable gentlemen until seven o ' clock , for I mean to set out for Dublin at nWji and I should like to have at least two houra start

      of them . " Donegal —Dbbadfw . Case of PoisowKfl—" There Lives Lobt . ^ A labourer of the name oi John MigianWi who resides at Toq'nain , near Ke «* castle , in the County of Donegal , w « 8 digging OY « Some ground on Saturday , the » th inst * tat the pu ** pose of planting potatoes , when he torned op arow of » large siz 9 .. Hia . wife supposed lie ' root ( wwob was either htmioek or fool * * - parsley , both being fdtT much alike m their botanical characteristics , ana

      equally fatal . as poisons ) to be parsley , scraped" andj < having cooked it * partook of it herself ; * &&& >** also ; to her son , daughter , and eister-in-law . boon after the daughter became dixty , an d fell to the ground ; the sister-in-law was next affected mtW same manner , and said , " I fear the root is the can * of all this i" thfi wife was also attacked , and so powerful was the poison , that the three died in an hour anda half after , they had partaken of it . Thosoa a boy about twelve years of age , fortunately , did nos eat auy of it , not having liked the taste of it .

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      On Friday , Mr . Nettleship , of ihe honse of Palmer and Nettleship , of Trafalgar-square , solieitors to Hia G .-ace the Duke of Argyll and Sir James Cockbnrn , waited upon tbe Lord Mayor , acd handed to biB Lordfhip a letter , whick he trusted would find ita ¦ way into the newspapers . The following ia a copy : — " i , Trafalgar-square , April 20 , 1843 . " ily lord , —Our attention has been drawn to a report in The Times of certain , proceedings which took place before your Lordsh > p yesterday , at tfee

      Mansionhouse , with reference to the ship " Barbadoes , ' and as the names of the Duke of Argyll and Sir Jas . Ockburn , tor trhom we have the honour to appear , have , in the course of these proceedings , been most unwarrantably made use of , and in such a manner as to create an impression that they not only -were aware of the arrangements made for sending out the unfortunate emigiaais in thia ship , bat bad , indirectly at least , sanctioned jsaeb a proceeding , -we take the liberty , in justice both to the Duke and Sir James , to state , most unequivocally , that they were both utterly ignorant of the intention to send out those poor deluded persons .

      •• The short history of the Doke of Argyll and Sir James Coekbnrn ' s connexion , if it can be « o called , with the British American Association , ia that they , with several others , having a desire to promote the objects of emigration , were induced to attend a meeting in the monlh of Jose last , but at -Bhich the only resolution come to was that , as a preliminary and indispensable step , a rora of £ 50 000 should be insnred as available for the purposes of emigration , and when that was done , that a farther meeting should be held for the purposes of considering , with sueh a sum at command , the means by which the plan of emigration conld best be carried ont ; and it -was at that meeting distinctly undeistood that in the meantime no engagements whatever should be entered into by the Association . Relying upon these

      resolutions the Dnke of Argyll and Sir James Cockbnrn both left town , and from tbe date of that meeting until the month of October , -when complaints were made before the lata . Lord Mayor with reference to the ship Birbadoes , they were In utter icnorance of everything that occurrpd . every transaet ' on having been studionsly concealed from them by the parties who ace alone responsible for the gross fraud that has been committed . " Jt has , however , Bince been discovered that certain persons connected with the Association thonght fit to print s statement , professing to be a report of what took place at the meeting in Jane which the Duke and Sir James attended , and to "which they have

      attached , in print , by -way of authenticity , the aignatare of the Duke as president . It is needless for us farther to eonnae nt on tbe document , or on the conduct of the parlies from Tfhoia it emanated , than to state that the report so circulated is , as we have abundant means of proving a false representation of what actually did take place at tbe meeting , and that the 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 frandnlent abase of Ms Grace ' s name is tbe printed copy . " We have the honour to be , my Lord , " You Lordship ' s most obedient servants ,

      " PALMEB and NETTLESHIP . "To the Right Hon . the Lord Mayor , 4 c . " The Lord Mayor said he had no doubt that the wish of the gentleman who addressed him wonld be com plied with as regarded tl » publication of the letter . He had tfatedluabelief tint th » natnes of the persons of rank and character appearing in toe prospeetn * had been improperly used by the ooaeoston of tha associatton for sinister object * . - ¦ Mr . iretHwibJp declared that the Duke of Argyll and Sir J . Gockbum had Seen it groMly defrauded and deff * " £ *» hadbeen theunfoitanato emigrants , and that « iad become necessary to show who" were tbe parties involved in the actual lesponsibihty .

      Tbe Lord Mayor—I would have yon attend by all mesa * when this ease cornea before me / forJIr . Campbell say deny the statement you have made relative to the connexion of theDake and Sir J . Cwskbnrnwitfa the association . I said before , and I repeat now , ttjatemigrationshonldiiot uke place without the sanction of tire Government . If « odetae » were got np to favour tl » twit * of a » Soveramantin assisting poor emimnta ,

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 29, 1843, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct479/page/6/