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      THE . BKITIj-H AMERICAN ASSOCIATION . ^ TiSSlOS-EorSE . Xoroox—In consequence of tbe Bavira tr-Ytn by Lit-nLenant Lean , the Government emigration ajrent , Mr . H . Fretwtll , the capzain of the Barbados * brig . - » nich some mouths sxo leftjthe port ol LondoB -with emigrants for Prince Edward ' s Isiand , * nd Mr D . Campbell , the owner of £ qb vessel , were summoned before the L-rd Mayor yesterday , to answer tbe ctmnJaints of ^ several of The unfortunate pe rsons ¦ W ho hid hT . ien up their establishments in this country * ntl eBKsgtfi to to to ihst remote r ^ . on in the Ba--British American

      ladots , thv 2 « the ss > ction of the Association . The justice-room wsa densely crowced lanriDethe investi ration , which issted a great length of time , sad dearly showed that the "wfiole affor&aa l « en a aoss hcmfcug' upon the poornren and their iamilies . Bi ^ srsable excitement Tras . cansed'amongst t >» c « e - ¦ -. i .-esrd the particulars . _ > . PrertTfcU . "who wes tbe first questioned by the 3 il = vor , niscifested t * u ? -sost lauaable < iesire from i ^ TOiniiieyeeTcent to tr-- t . iull explanation as fas as Ie was concerned . In answer to quastkuss -put by Mb Lordship ,

      He said ftst he haa beea engaged at ^ raTetenfl to take the **> i 3 kisjh 3 of tha vessel to Prince ' Saward ' fl Island , and he sailed from the Downs -on the 1 st of Jfovembe * . 1842 . -with Hfty passengers ( men , women , and children ? . When . ihe Teasel reached forty-two degrees "west longitude , -she encountered heavy winds and Eess , tad "was sa dreadfully battered as to be obliged to jmt back to tbe nearest elisibls port , which "Wsb Cork , a distance of about 1 . S 0 O niUes . On the 22 nd of December , she reached Cork , "where she retrained unto the St& of April , when abe sailed for Xontien . leaving behind her in Cork soroe of the emigrants . % ut bringing "to London ab ^ sil thirty of tbrin . who "were at tbe present momtnt ledging and boarding in her in tbe London Docks . The Lord Mayer having aseertafeed from the Captain the nature of the damage suittined by the Tess ^ l , asked him "what money be had recsJYed from the passengers ?

      Captain "EttlvzH replied thai © e had not received a farthing frcm suy passenger , nor had he received a XsxihMg ol pay " since he had joined the -vessel . He bad emsed all the repairs to be done to her in Cork . ThB Lord Mayor—Bow -sras * be provisioned ? Captain FretTFell stated , that no Teai > onable complaint could be made as to the provisiocB , which "were abun-^ aEtsnd -iffiescoepHonable . Tfee repairs , however , -went on very slowly , for the agents in Co ? k began to suspect that they ¦ would not easily procure remuneration for fiielr-ontlsy . The British American Association , in the

      uean time , sent to him to state That the vessel must Bail on tbe : S&ih of March , and he made every preparation in bk power , when ke received an intimation fint she was not to proceed . He paid off the ship ' s ¦ company at -Cork , and consequently bad on board only the mats , the steward , the emigrants and himself . The emigrants cever impressed tbe slightest dissatisfaction - * t bis -condect ; on tbe coirtrary . they -were convinced iie bad done all be could for their service ; but they felt ard expressed bitter disappointment at tbe manner in which they bad been treated by tbe Association sad those -vriio-acted for that body .

      Tbe Lord Mayor—Did yoo expect tint you "would leach Prince Edward's Island at that season ? Captain Fretwell—I am sure that if we bad not met Such -Severe "weather { for there have not been such ieavy gales on the coast ef America " these tea years ) , Tee should have made tbe passage . "We -were suffici-¦ entry macae * , and bad everything of tbe best quality . 1 have fceen often to St John ' s in If e » Brans-wick , and to Miramlchi , and I knowwe should have succeeded "Wlsen vefrezB on tbe ed ^ e of tbe banks of JTewfoundlznd -we an agreed , in consf qaeroe of the necessity of the -ess , to bear for & pent j and , afterconsultinx "with the wiperintendent of tbe emigrants , and -with the emigrants themselves , all of -phose protests I received , "we acted accordingly , Tbe Ik > ki > iTiTex . —You understood the nature < rf tbe voyage you TFere going ; ~ W 33 i % cot & very late one : }

      Captain PretweE—It "was laie for emigrants , bnt 1 have no dc-nbt it woald haye been effected if tbe -weather bad not been « o bad- We arrived * in ^ London on Sunday last , and tbe vessel is now in tbe London Daeks , and the emigrants are in her , I have done nothing with them , snd 1 do Lot consider myself any longer-in com-Snand . The Lord Mayor . —And "vrbo is in possession of tbe -ressel ? Captain FretwdJ . —Mr . Soames , who laa s mortgsge * rpon her , has pot in 3 ahjp-keeper . The Lord Mayor . —Tbe srcznmons banded in states that yon . ¦ anJa-arfoUy att eiapted to force tte emigrants to leave tba ship . Captain PretwelL—I never contemplated anything of the kind . I have do -power irhatfcTer in tbe ship . I have paid off the runners 1 hired In ths Coys of Cork , -where I discharged the able crew I bad to go the Toyasre . -

      The Lord Mayor—Ton have answered evtry icqnlry in the most candid and straighfarward "way , and there is no charge trbatSTer established to your pr » jsdice ; butTFbat ara these poer men and their -famOles to do "wbo have olcalated on the aliotments ef 2 and , and thro-wnmp their situations in thi » country in the hope of bettering their condition ? Lieutenant Xsan , the Government emigration aseat . zsad be bad beard the emigrants speak in the highest terms of tbe condwi of Captain FretwelL " ! Ebe Lord Mayor tiea § aestioned Mi . D dmpeH at considerable lengtb . iil . CampeU stated , in answer to Mb Lordship , tfeat he "was s ole o-rner of tbe Birbadoes , subset te a ilortr gage to Mr . Soames of £ 375 . Tbe Lord Mayer—Who were tbe persons -who engaged to take oat the emigrants ?

      MX . Campbell—The principal managers of the British American Association , Sir B . Bwwn , Sir W . Ogilvie , ^ od Dr ; Rolfe . Tbe Bblp -was chartered by me to these three commissionera to take out e-nicrants to Prince Edwrd " * Inland—all most respectable men , but not very rich , of cosrsgc—( a laaxbj . They engaged him to provide the emigranU at £ 8 per man , and half-price lor children , "with food » nd passage out He provided the Ebip by a contract -with Messrs . Leslie and Smith , the J extensive provision merchants ., -with meat , bread , flour , ie , at £ 3 . 16 s . per bead . Everything that -eras requisite for the vayage -was , according to the Act of Parliament , meat ahundanUv snpplied . The cargo , Trhich VU very valuable , was bought open credit ; but iktw tbe association is broken up altogether , and 1 have sever received a farthing , I have lost the ship and everrtiimg else .

      The Lord Mayor—I find in this printed paper a number of great names , the appearance of -which was calcolatd to induce people to believe that the association " was a bona ^ de one . There are attached tbe names of s duke , 15 lords , and nearly -40 baronets . You are amongst the commissioners , and the emigrant complain that you have not performed your contract . ^ Mr . Campbell—It-was impossible far me to perform it " Tbe association is completely broken up . There have been ssTeral executions pat into the house in Sridge-street , and owing to what passed at the Man-Bion-house in October last , the Bake of Argyll , tbe president of the society , has resigned . There are actions at this moment ^ oing on against the Dake of Argyll , ihe Marquis of Downshire , and Sir James Colborae . The Lord Mayor—This paper contains a lkt of first x&te names . Mr . Campbell—Tes , bnt they are broken up altogether

      The Lord Mayor—The association may be broken up . lot these neblemen and gentlemen are not broken t » p . Are all tkese -shareholders ? Mi Campbell—Ko ; tiwy are only the vice-president and consuieng council . The Lord ilayor—How mueh of tbe million capital his been paid up ? Mr . Campbell—None at alL Nobody paid n >> at alL Tiie lord 3 Iayor—Notr * you are ' a director , you can let me know what tbB plan was with lespect to those emigrants if you had got them out te Prince Edward ' s Island ? Mr . Campbell—Twenty houses had been prepared by the association to receive them , and they were afterwards to ba located there by eur agrnfc , Mr . G-wdoiaD , juiu , a- gentleman in -whose talsnts and qualifications we have the utmost reliance . The Lord Major—And what was then to become ol them ?

      Mr . Campbell—They were to build more honses nnd -work in othEi ways , and to be regularly located . The Lord Mayor—And how were they to be subsisted ? 3 &X . Campbell—There was a month * * « xtra provision going out , S 9 that they would be provided for a month after laniuag . . Ths Lord Mayor—And then take their chance of starv&aon . That is certainly a frightful alternative . These poor men hare beea deceived by tbe long list of lames , and are now thrown into the most renous difficulties . Mi Campbell—I have bean deceived myself most egregiously . As to the month ' s extra provision , the generaVpractiee is to give extra provision for only a few SfcX Ito-Bd . anl . lB . ^ tal , issf-ssKffltassi . —» " *¦

      riSSr assess i k ^ waa , I entertain no 4 oubt , have ^ de the * £ **** B *** I » a Mt Taylor , two of the emigrants , aod very iateffigert men , here » tood Ifo ! « a » JbefM » ths L » d Mayor wa . to « eeS ^ p wfeoni file , leriou re « j > aa ^ bai ^ to them conW be sxea . ^ The Lord Hayo * -H » ve either of yoap » ld money for the voyage . ' Ht -Taylor » id that he had paid £ 50 for himself aad his family of eight cbUdren to 2 £ r . IJuckenfield the oeretary to the association . '

      Mi . fis&tey sMed that be was introduced by the Britain Association to Jdr . HaWen , "whom they acknowledged u their agent , and he engaged to pay Vt&ttf ^ aiasas te his passage , *« , by tostalmeata in ibeiiland .:-The l » d Mayor—What dreadful mlsefcUf ariaegfiom ^ tt « W 0 pf htojwnjwiflcaseaofthjskind- ! Ihsveno

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      doubt tnat ttis noblemen an' i gentlemen whose names appesi on this paper -wev e ¦ " »! iolVy ic' -orant of the nature of tbe proceedings to which ii might appear they lent their sanction . Mr . Taylor said he had joea in a newspaper an acconnt of the meeting i a Scotland , which had been j attended by some of the most respectable individuals , i representing The plan of emigration , and the advantages I -with which it afeonnia A , ssd he "was deceived into the belief that the whole "v / as dictated by the most hononrable feelings . Under these circumstances he determined

      | to go to Prince Ed-smd ' s Island , and be made bis ar-| rangenient accordujgly . He had snff ^ rad both mentally ' and pbyasaily in an extreme degree . Tbe case of aU the eniigraata ¦ wrja now becoming desperate He -was given to understand that it wj » s tbe intention of the mortgagee to sell the abip and cargo , and to tarn the emigrants , whohsd not one farthing in their possession , completely adrift . A representation had been made to tbe magistrates in Cork on tbe subject , and those geivvLemcn -w * re oi opinion Xtal the owner was as liable as he would bt ; in the case of a seaman's

      WTCfrSTbe Lord Mayor—There is do manmore respectable cr humane than Mr . Soaroes , so that yon may rely upon it that he will do you jc > 1 ace . Mr . Campbell said , that Messrs . Leslie and Smith also had a mortgage on the vessel . He did not think the emigrants ought to make acy complaint until they were dispossessed of their asylum on board the Teasel in which they were at preseui supported . Tbe ImjtA Mayor—What . ' uut complain when tbey are threatened with bting thrown npon the Btreets to starve , or to Larry in a crowd to the workhouse ? It is quite absurd to talk in each a manner .

      Lieutenant Lean said it was dfficiBuy announced to him en Tuesday , that tbe provisirns WLuld be stopped , and no donbt the tmigranls would be obliged to leave the vessel . y ^ ' - *¦; The Lord Mayor . —I cannot , looking over this prospectus , conceive it possible that any of these individuals would suffer these poor-emigrants to be imposed upon . Mr Campbell—How- comes it then , my Lord , that they have done eo ? The Lord Mayor—1 dare say lb =. t some of these noblemen have , under tbe impression that the association was calculated to do good , allowed their Barnes , from a benevolent feeling alone , to be nssd . I am convinced that not one of them ever ditanit that a number of poor emigrants wcnld be gent cut to an isolated spot with a month ' s provisions , to ran tbe chances of climate and the various contingences to wb'ch persons in a country "unknown to them must be subjected

      It was here stated that the Dake of Argyll took the lead at all the public mnatings , and mace no secret of attaching his hU : h name to the sets of the association , and that his Grace's coireJspoDaence with the late Lord Mayor clearly proved that fact Sir J Pme , who entered towards the conclusion of the icT ^ iUgation , said that th ? TtJ-sc-1 t ^ as orieinaily mortgaged to Mr . Sonnies , and that it was now motxgaijtd to SImots . Leslie and Smirh , who . be had not a doubt , would sell itt chip at or . ee . Indeed , he had had tbe information from tte- ^ e geuUeni > -n themselves . He did not think tbe ship -sras by any . means aeo-untable in this case between the emigrants and the association .

      The Lord Mayor . —I am of a different opinion . I think these poor men have a legal claim upon tbe ship , and that the ship cannot bo taken a- ^ ay tritboct the fulfilment of the contract 1 ' . it wtre otherwise the most dangerous and extensive fraudB might be committed upon that pretext . This is a case in which 1 would advise you by ail means to have legal advice . Mi . Tsyior . —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 cbV-ged to spend she money J bad put together to apply to tie purposes of labour in the cnld-ration of tbe land I expected to hold . The Lord Mayor . —I shall persevere in this inquiry , to render you as much service as 1 can Pray Mr . Campbell , how many shares did those noblemen and baronets take ?

      Mr . CampbelL—None at all . —( Langhter . ) The Dnke of Argyil and Sir Jamts Colbourne were tha oniy two out cf the whole list who signed their names for shares . They signed for shares to the amount of igoOO each . The Lord Mayor . —And with this £ 1 . 000 you start the association ? Mr . Campbell . —It was started long before I had anytb'Dg to do with it Mr . Henley requestsg th 3 t the Lord Mayor would postpone tbe case * ct a i&x flays , in order that the attendance of the stcr ?' . aiy and n Mr . Andrews might be produced , and also that Mr . Campbell might be called upon to produce his books , which might txplain the case more fully . Mr . Campbell objected to produce his books , and said he would not altaw any ene to overhaul them .

      The Lord Mayor—1 sha . i postpone the case certainly , and I hope that Borne satisfaction may be obtained . I am decidedly of opinion that you hare a claim upon tbe ship , and that she is bound to leave you at the place of your original destination . I gnppose you would still go to Prince Edward ' s Island , Mr . Tayk > r ? Mi . Taylor—1 should not wish to go -withont comins to a more clear understanding as to the po ? ex of tbe Association . I understand they have not an ecru of land in Prince Eiward * s Island . The Lord Mayor—Whai , no land there ? Is that the case , Mr . Campbtll ? Mi . Campbell—Not a single acre , my Lord—{ laughter ) . Mr . Henley—They bargained to sell me 150 acres .

      The Lord Mayor—It is quite impossible that any of these individuals wb-ss names have been used in this list could have known of all this . Why , it is a most decided and heartless fraud . I woald Bend the concoctore 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 , 1 knew nethlng of these tbiBgs . I have found thtm out to my heavy eost I have lost my vessel and money , and Vbere are twenty actions against me . The Lord Mayor then directed that all the patties appear before him in a few das * .

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      I can see no objection to associations of the kind : but a plan of tiiiicration cannot be with propriety undertaken by individuals uninvested with the sanction of the Administration . 1 am bound to Btate too , that the poor people desirons 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 Dames . Mr . Ntttlesbip sa ' . d , that as tbe Duke hail publicly withdrawn his name and countenance from the aasaciation long before the Barbadoes sailed , it could not be said that they were induced to go by vittae of that name , the withdrawal of which had iiifluencfcd eoaie of the emigrants to abandon their original design .

      The Lord Mayor—If pnblio men attend nuetings 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 iSj that those in whose hands ia left the working of the machinery frequently pursue objects for their own benefit , anil leave the stigma of failure or corruption to attach to the individuals whose names operate as a recommendation to people te venture in untried specu ' ations . Mr . NettJesWp—The Duke ' s and Sir J . Cockbnrn ' s object was most humane and benevolent , and it can be proved that they are not chargeable with any act in the slisht ° st degree exceptionable . Tne Lord Mayor—I understand that several actions havo been brought against his Grace on account of this afikir . Mr . Nftttleship—No more than one has been brought , and we have a eood answer to that .

      Tfe * L ^ rd Mayor—I would , by all means , advise you to attend when the parties are to appear before me . Mr . Campbell , -who chartered the ship , aa it appears , to himself and two others , as commissioners of the assoGiation , complains that he bas been worse treatrd than anybody else , and that be has lost the chip and everything else . The -whole of the circumstances shall be sifted , ( or it cannot be endured that numbers of families should be cast upon the world in misery , and that the concocters of this plan of fiaud by which they have bten ruined should escape unexposed and unpunished . Mr . Nettleship said that he should certainly be in attendance , upon the part of the Duke and Sir James Cockbuni , 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 chariiiss against the British American Emigration and Colon a ition Association . Mr . D . Campbell , cne of the commissioners of the nssociation . upon appearing at the justice-room , according to his promise to the Lord Mayor , was takes into custody tiy . C ^ ilds , the constftble , upon a warrant charging him Tvith having obtainpd frandnlent possession of a Rteam-entine from Mr . G- Scott , an engine-manufacturer in the Commercial-road . Mr . Taylor , Mr . Henk > y , and others of the envgrants , and numbers of their

      friends , occupied a preat space in the justice-room . Mr , Lloyd , counsel , and Mr . Nettleship , solicitor to his Grace the Duke of Argyll and Sit J . Cockburn ; and Mr . Meller , counsel to Sir R Broun , one of the coainita-Ri <> nfT 8 , appeared to justify the conduct of their respective cHents . Dr . Roiub . who was named in the prospectus a 3 one of the commissioners , in conjunction with Sir W . Ouilvie , Bart ; Sir W . Dunbar , Bart . ; Sir R Birctoy , Btrt ; Sir . A . N . Macnab , and S . t R . Broun , wos also present , as were Lieutenant J . S . L-an , R . N ., her Majesty ' s emigration agent , and several pentlemen who appeared to be the friends of the members ef the association , and deeply interested in the proceedings .

      The LoTd Mayvt having determined to bear the cfesrse against Mr . Campb- M before any other matter connected with the association , Mr . Goddard , solicitor to Mr . Scott , jtated , that he attended to charge Mr . Campbell with having obtained , by false pretences , a steam-cntfine from bis client In Sej-Utnber last Mi . Scott -was applied to for a Bteamengine for drmni ? a saw-mill , to bo the property of the British American Association . It ¦> as to be supplied to the order of Messrs . Hartshorn ami R ^ es . and the terms were immediate pay . Mr . Scoit having completed the

      order , sent tbe engine to tbe London Docks , but refused to siirn 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 , hia own intimacy with tbe Dake of Argyll , and the affluence of the members , that the engine 88 given up upon the receipt of two promissory notes , purposing to be the noteB of the Association , and signed by three Commissioners . Upon these representations tbe charge was founded .

      Here Mr . Goddarti put in two promissory notes of the Association for £ 300 each , signed " R . Broun , W . Ozllvie . D- Campbell , Commissioners , " and made payaWe at Glyn'R banking-house , with 5 per cent interest , on the 1 st of October , 1844 . Mr . G . Scott , of King-street . Commercial-road , stated that be was applied to by Messrs . Hartshorn and rVte * for a Steam-engine with boiler , and ether machinery nefcessary tor driving a saw-mill , to go out to Prince EJ-ward's Island . He made the engine , an 1 delivered it at tbe London Docks in bis own name , bnt , ns be could not get the mo . ey . he rtfu&ed to Bign the delivery » ri « r . Mr . Rees then introduced bim to Mr . Duncan

      Citnpbell , at No . 5 , Adam ' s-court , Old Broad-Btrest , who declared that the association was one ef the hiebest character and of / Treat influence ; that it was a child of his own ; that the Duke of Argyll , who was its president , was bis most particular friend ; that the association bad two hundred thousand acres of land in Prince E iward's Island ; and that in all probability the promissory : notea ( those produced by Mr . Gtoddard ) would be taken up before they became due Upon tbe faith of these and similar representations , and strengthened by the prospectus which Mr . Campbell exhibited , be took the notes and delivered tbe engine , which was put on board tbe ship Barbadoes . It was agreed that the notes should not be removed from Glyn ' a bankinghocse , but that they should be exchanged in due time for bank-notes . The Lord Mayor—Have you applied at Glyn' 8 for the interes ;?

      Mr . Scott—I have ; but the answer I received was , that they knew nothing at all about them . I have since heard that Mr . Campbell is hot a commissioner . Mr . Me' . ler ( counsel to Sir R . Broun )—Did you make inquiries of oth « r parties ob to the respeotability of the association 7 Mr Scott—I did not Mr . Miller—Yob took Mr . Campbell ' word ? Mr . Scott— I trusted to his representation and to ¦ the prospectus , bnt core to the former , in delivering the engine . The Lord Mayor—Do you wish to say anything , Mr . Cfcmpbe ; i i Mr , Campbell—All that has been stated by Mr . Scott , except that pnrt in which be asserts I saiH the association had 208 000 acres of land , and that the Dake of Argyll was my most particular friend , is pretty correct , ibt Lsrd .

      The Lord Mayor—Did you represent that the association did possess land ? Mr . Campbell—Not to my recollection . The Lord Mayor—Or , that the Duke was your friend ? Mr . Carapbell— No ; I certaJdy said that the Duke of Argyll was greatly interested in the association , and that he waa a member of it , and so be 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 from Mr . Scott . The engine is on boaTd the Barbadoes and «* as got for the association , wh > are , of course , liable for the payment of the nstes . The Lord Msyar— From whom did yon pet possession of these uotos before you gave them in payment of the engine ? Mr . Campbell—F » m the association , of course . The Lord . Mayor—How H ? a-jy more notes of the kind did you ett from the Association ?

      Mr , Campbell—I got notes to the aciount of £ 4 , 060 , and I divided them amongst the shippers of goods for the association . I was myself accountable for ail ^ he contracts , and I received the promissory notes litr the amount of thfi charter and tbe can ; o . Tfa * Lord Mayor—You told us on the former examination that jou had loat alL How is that reconcilable with your statement ? ilr . Campbell—Why , my vessel is in the dock with the cargo , and the mortgagee jb going to sell her ; ard what advantage have I had ? What have I incmred but loss ? Mr . MeJJer—When you received theso promissory notes from t e association waa it net understood that von were not to pass them ? Mr . CaBipbail—Kever : such & tbicg was never

      utterert > ilr . Mclier—I was instructed that it waa . Jtr . Campbell— Why were they then put into my hands ? There is no foundation for such an instruction . The Loid Mayor ( to Mr . Scott )—You oannet cay that these are not good notes . Sir Richard Broun e same ia attached , and he may pay them when they are due . Mr . MeL ' er—Sir Richard Broun will do everything he is bound as a man of bonoar to do . Mr . Goddard—Will be pay the interest now due upon the notes ? Mr . Meiler said he could not give a decisive answer to that Question .

      Mr . Campbell—Tbe abip and cargo have been brought to London in order that a settlement may be come to about the emigxant * The counsel who appear here to day have an object in coming forward ; but , whatever they may say , the ' association is responsible fox nil that has keen done . « ' In answer to questions by the Lord Mayor , Mr . Campbell said , he had passed the bill of lading t » Mr . AndrewB the registrar and managing mau of tbe company , in Bridge-street . " , Hr . Andrews was not to be found . He had remained irita the association till Dacember , when a committee of investigation was appointed . He waa a solicitor , and was to . have bad £ 1000 a year as chief manager . He was constantly lid-rising with Sir R . Broun . The Lord Mayor—Was any money received by bim ? Mr . Campbell—1 do not know . . The Lord Mayor—Did you get any money from the * hareht > Iders ? Mr . Campbell—Kot a halfpenny .

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      The Lord Mayor—What was the amount of qualification the commissioners were to have ? Mr . Canipbell—They were to have stock to the extent cf £ 1 , 000 each , one-fourth of which waa to be paid down . Tbe Lord Mayor—Did each of tbe commissioners pay down £ 250 ? Mr . Campbell—These qualification * were paid inta Gfyn'B . Mr . Andrews took a qualification and paid , liiid 88 did Sir R Broun and Sir W . Ogilvie . Mino was set against the cargo supplied by me . The Lord Mayor—Did tbe 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 furthering toe interests of the association ? Mr . Campbell—I have always understood so .

      ¦ Mt . Goddard here submitted that be had proved enough to sanction the Lard Mayor in holding Mr . Campbell to bail to answer any charge that might ba brought against him . The Lord Mayor—I do not see that Mr . Campbell has committed any fraud against Mr . Scott , and I do not by any 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 *\ o good , went the wrong way about it . Now , supposing that he believed the association to be a legitimate speculation , and that Sir K . Broun and Sir William Ogilvie were men of property , how can it be concluded that be meant to deceive by tho 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 .

      Mv . Qoddard—He knew and has acknowledged th&t the association did not possess any land in Prince Eil ward ' 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 tbe terms cspr . used 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 last , when the only resolution come to was a preliminary and indispensable step , that a sum of

      £ 50 , 000 should be insured as available for the purposes of emigration . Xhe Rube ' s knowledge of tbe real proceedingsjof 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 promote thr moat beneficent scheme ef emigration , and . in such a manner as to prove of the highest service to thin 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 ^ etnounced , nothing could surpass bis indignation and regret , and he immediately withdrew from the association upon the communication he had from the late Lord Mayor . By similar motives Sir James Cockburn waa ii . fluenued .

      The L « rd Mayor—Did the Duke see the prospectus which was issued with his name attachod aa president ? Mr . L ^ oyd—The prospectus was sent to him afterwards . The Lord Mayor—When did his Grace secede from the association ? - Mr . Lloyd—In tho most public manner , at the commencement of October . The Lord Mayor—Yes ; when all tbe mischief was done . Mr . Lloyd . —Everything but what I have stated as haying 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 the least movement uiitil the condition as to the raising of tbe money should be complied

      with-The Lord Mi ' . yor . —The Duke ' s name is published as president of the association . To a certain extent , be certainly sanctioned their proceedings , and be ought to have t-iken care that men should have been left baliind him 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 . Meller—Did not the Dake and Sir J . Cockburn agree to take Bbare ? 1 Mr . Lloyd . —AU that he consented to do was contfitl onal . It was contingent upon the raising of the £ 50 000 without which it was determined , by a resolution of the meeting in June , nothing was to be done . His Grace was to . \ h merely a subscriber of £ 500 , for tbe benefit of the poor emigrants , not a shareholder . lie sought not , neither would he have consented to receive , the least advantage .

      Mr . Meller—Tbe Duke bat certainly acted as a member of the association , and his Grace withdrew when it was likely to fail . If he had remained in the position be bad adopted it would have succeeded . Mr . Lloyd . —His Grace withdrew because the association departed trom the resolution to which they hart come in bis presence . He fonnd that his name ba . v been uaed most improperly . Those who managed the a > Boc \ a * . ion had put bis name to ontracts and other instrunit nts without his sanction or knowledge . The Lord Mayor—Care ouqht to have been taken by those who took an interest in 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 say that those who are pledged to extend to thorn all the benefits of emigration fling them off to perish .

      Mr . Lloyd—Hia Grace had no idea that they were going out . The Lord Mayor—Well , what ia to be done with these poor men and thuir families ? Mr . Mellor spoke warmly in praise of Sir R . Broun , and called tbe Lord Mayor ' s attention to the prejudices raised against the Association . It was true it consisted of persons not accustomed to act , bat it was a bona fide association , and actuated by the most honourable motives . It was bad enough , be Admitted , for his client to be out of packet £ 7 « 0 oi £ 800 , and to find the association fail , without being designated aa a person connected with a , fraudulent undertaking . Tho men who complained , afcer all , did not leave employment to go out to Pnnce Biward ' 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 tbe authority of the great names with which the prospectus abounds . Let them not bo reproached with having lost nothing by going . They have suffered a vast deal , and I trust the association will take care that they shall not by able to complain that they have lost everything— ( applause ) . Mr . Meller—I contend , my Lord , that it is hard that , because these emigrants have failed in their speculation , the association should bo covered with odium and execration . If a man become a bankrupt many others necessarily are involved . The Lord Mayor—There cannot bd the slightest analogy . Your association are not bankrupts . Now look at ilr . Taylor ' s csuse , and ju . st form an estimate of what

      hb has undergone , and what he way still uudergo if bis claims are neglected . He has eight children . He"has paid £ 50 to the secretary for their passage . He fhae expended the little money he had put together for the purposes of bis occupation in Prince Eaward ' s Inland . Now , this man was to have had twenty acres of country land and one acre of town land , and be went una . y with sanguine fcopus of prosperity . He is brought hack wall his large family , without the means of subsistence , and with starvation looking bim and his children in the face , and ho is told that in a day or t « ro lie aud bis children are to be turned out of the bhip which was bound to take them so their final destination , and to iook about amongst the unions for synipntby and protection . It is ridiculous to tell me ibat this man can be abandoned by an association of noblemen and gentlemen— ( loud applause ) .

      ter . Taylor begged permission to say a few words for himself and those who were his brethren in calamity . He was sorry to find that the advocates of the exalted persons who were named in the prospectus , were attempting to blame the emigrants after fill they bad undergone ; but tbe emigrants had met with an advocate la the Lord Mayor , whose kindness and humanity would not be without imitators . It bod been stated that the Dufce merely meanfc to subscribe £ 500 without becoming a shareholder . Now , evidence could be produee « i to show that his Grace signed his name , accordiug to the Scotch form , as " Argyll P / SB 3 es" for shares in the association—( laughter ) . It bad been said that

      tbe Duke refused , to do anything in the association uiitil the sum of ^ 50 , 000 should be raised . One would think that a nobleman who saw the necessity of the application of money would put down some himself—( laughter ); but it did not appear that bis Grace had done anything of the kind . It was true the Learned Counsel saw that it w&s proper to bolster up the coses of their clients , who were able to employ them , while tbu emigrants , without the power of giving a fee , were Buhjicted to every sort ot annoyance . Neither he nor any other of the emigrants had made the least complaint until they were compelled by stern necessity , and they felt now that insult was added to injury . Mr . Llvyd—Not through tbe Sake of Argyll .

      Mr . Taylor—I n&ve been looked upon aa if I were part of a live cargo . Mr . Meller—The last thing Sir R . Broun would think of would be to offer an offence te any of tbe emigrants , all of whom are deserving of the greatest sympathy and compassion . The ; Lord Mayor—What was the intention about these emigrant * when they should arrive at Prince Edward ' s Island r Mr . Meller—There were houses prepared tot them , and they would have been employed in different nvoca tions until they should be able to provide fo ? themselves and their families ; The association actually had land in the island . The climate Is excellent and in every respect it Is adapted for emigration . Tbe Lord Mayor—I see there are eixty-eeven townships on it

      Mr . Meller—The strongest prejudices hare been raised against it by those who know nothing at all about it I say there was no fraud of nay bind cemmitted or contemplated in this case .

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      Mr . Taylor—I ( never imputed ; fraud . The Lord Mayor—Mr . Meller , yea Bay the association had land ? i Mr . Meller—They bad land when the emigrants were going to Brince Edwards ' s Island , but the contracts were violated . Tbe fact is , this association . has been got up by men of high character arid . ' condition , but who jdid not understand how to manage it . If any m&nj derived advantage from It that man was scarcely mentioned in the whole of the proceedings . ] * Mr . Taylor said , tbe real grievance appeared to be the want of money . The mart of moat tact and talent amongst the whole body ¦ was Mr . Andrews , tbe registrar . ! The Lord Mayor—I have no doubt that if each of tho members bad put down £ 500 the object would have been accomplished , but the thing has failed . .

      Mr . Taylor—Our object , my Lord , is to be placed in the same Btate in which we were before we engaged to go to tbe island . ; We have no means of obtaining legal advice or assistance , except your Lordship will recommend us to the City Solicitor . Not a single move has been made to redress or indemnify us for tbe injury we have sustained , j The Lord Mayor—Tbe City Solicitor cannot fee employed in a public prosecution of the kind , but I shall take the subjsct of your application into consideration . You ought aot to be defrauded of your prospects in life any more than of your money . I hope and trust that tho 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 tho question seemed now to be , whether the ship couid be obliged to become the property at the emigrants to convey them to their destination ? He wxs in hopes , when he heard the investigation was to bike place , that the niembisrs of the nssociation bad resolved to * come to some arrangement for their advantage , fir theso members were ai all events morally responsible . The Lord Mayor had spoken of the intervention of the Government . He had mentioned to the Government tbe state of the poor emigrants , and he had visited

      them at Gravesend . 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 upbn it—as-it was one the like of which never had been before heard of , it was thought butter that the whole matter should be brought before tbe Lord Mayor for his decision . { The Lord Mayor—What decision did the Government wish me to come to ? It is certainly absurd to leave the decision upon such a c ise to me- If I were one of the emigrants , I should certainly not abandon the vessel . IM stick : to the ship—( applause ) .

      Mr . Moller—These poor men deserve the utmost sympathy , but the association had no notion of deceiving them . Mr . Halden contracted with the emigrants at large . ? Lieutenant Lean said he had assembled the emigrants at Gravesend , and asked them whether they were going ou * - according to agreement wivb Mr . Halden , or with the association , and they replied that they wete going out entirely on account of the association , and not at all on account of that gentleman . Har Majesty ' s Government wrote to the commissioners of the association representing' the danger of sending out eiuigrints at such a season , and he remonstrated with the emigrants themselves , who , however , said that thoy were aware of the danger , but they had , been delayed bo b

      long , and they bad been suject to such annoyances and disappointments , that they would rather run the hazirtl tian undergo any farther infliction of tbe kind . Dr . R ~> lph—In- consequence of what has fallen from Lieutenant Lean , ' I must say that bad tfce commissioners seen the admonitory latter of the Government , and disobeyed its injunctions , nothing could be said in extenuation of their , conduct . Oa my return to England , at the end of Noytmber , the Barbadoes had dapartad , and after entering a solemn protest against any approbation of such a measure as sending oat emigrants before the operations of the association had commenced . I joined wiib other gentlemen in a committee of inquiry , and did riot see any document which was addressed by thw Government to the commissioners until the middle of the ! month of January

      The L > rd Mayor—Were the whole of the names mentioned ia the prospectus sanctioned by the parties themselves ? i Dr . K > lph—Daring the protracted investion which took place before ] the committee cf inquiry , satisfactory evidence was adduced by Sir R Broun to prove that no names were inserted without due authority . Mr . Lloyd—Sir J . Cxkburn denies that he authorised tbe insertion of hi *) name . Dr . Ko ' . ph—The British American Association was originally established to revive \ b , e claims of the Bwonetd of Nova Siiotia , and to couj . in with tbo reUitnLion of their property and the administration of their rights a Byatem of colonization . This matter was

      fully tiiacusstd at ; two meetings , at which bis Grace tbe Duke of Argyll [ attended , and by his wish , together with that of Sir J Cockburn and others , the object of the Nova Scotia Baronetfl and the plan of colonisation were discussed , and the British American Association first projected . Mr . Neill Malcolm requested his name to be withdrawn from the prospectus tbe moment he saw it in print , and directly following the 8 lh of June . Neither the Duke of Argyll nor the consulting council of the atsociation were advised of the arrangement of the Barbadoes . It was planned by Mr . Campbell and Mr . Andrews , and was Carried out whilst 1 was absent from this country . [ It always met with my most decided reprobation .

      Lieuten . mt Lean adverted to a publication issued -from the ofactrs 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 C . inn ia only ; the association having already acquired estates in Lower Canada to the extent of 360 , 892 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 I that they were posasessed of estates where they had not an acre . Tne Lord Mayor—By whom is that paper signed ? Lieutenant Lean—By Mr Andrews , who is said to be the chief nu eager of tbe association . I trust , my Lord , that you will suggest some mode of indemnifying these { poor men , for bringing whom into such a condition tne association is certainly responsible .

      The Lord Mayor—I have no doubt whatever , after what has been st . ited about the injury sustained by the poor emigrants , and the whole of the transactions which have taken place , tbat the noblemen and gentlemen who form this association , and who , as it has baen just stated , authorised tbe use of thdir nameB , will come forward and ut once subscribe £ 40 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 , j appeal to those noblemen and gentleman in their behalf , and I am sure tlv . t I shall not be disappointed—( cheers ) . Mr . Lloyd declared , as he had frequently done in the eourse of the proceedings of the day , that the Dake of Argyll would most heart'iy ngreein any proposition for the benefit of the 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 % check for the sum mentioned by the Lord Mayor from his Grace the Duke of Argyll . < Mr . Leslie , who has a mortgage upon the Barbadoes , 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—Nothing can be more clear that the association bad no intention of doing wrong thin tbe declaration of Mr . Leslie . They might have >; ot £ 60 , 000 or £ 70 , 000 with ease , by the sale of shares , if they pleased , instead of j which not a shilling has been got in that way . It was stated tbat the utmost extent to which tbe notes of the association were issued was ¦ £ 7 . 000 . !

      The Lord Mayor : said that the arrangement was a good commencement . He felt the highest degree of gratification in having h * d it in bis power to render service to the respectable men who bad applieii to bim , and be trusted that { they would soon reap the benefits of his interference . The whole of tbe association would be soon informed through the great publio channels of communication of the 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 ard discernment the counsel and the Government emigration agent also bore the roost hearty testimony .

      His Lordship advised that the money should be paid at Messrs . Masterman ' s banking-bouse , and tbat- 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 . Rolp'h ' s assistance , render all tbe service he could under the circumstances in which the emigrants were placed . j

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      REMARKABLE TRIAL IN CANADA . COURT OF QUEENS BENCH . Montreal , March 8 th . —A Man Convicted op Murdering his Wife Br the Evidence of THEIR SON \—Hugh \ Cameron was placed at tbe bar , charged with having ; on tbe 7 th of February , at the parish of 8 t Edward ; killed his wife , Jane Linton , by beating her on the bead wita a stick . The prisoner pleaded " Not Guilty , " and waa defended by Mr . Hart .- . I - . ....- "

      John Cameron , a young boy , aged 13 yean , called . The prisoner is my j father . My mother ' s name waa Jane Linton . She died on the night of Monday week last , of Wunnds inflicted npon her by the prisoner at the bar . It was in the house at St . Edward ' s tkat abe died . He struck her with a stick , a wooden poker . I don't know how many times he struck her , but it waa more than once . I did apt stay ia 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 the legs .

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      I ran out of the bouse for assistance to the ne ' . ghhonn . but they rtfused to coma in . I then went to the viiw about half a mile distant , and met Thomas Figsbr who came back with me . I did not go into the . hotta ! again after my mother had been beaten , but wentana slept in one of the neighbours' houses , I &jW jj ; lying dead . My father was taken down * o tha villas of St . Edwards . When I saw my father two days aftl ? wards , he asked me how he had hit her . I told hi * he had struck her with a wooden poker . On the morn ! ing of the day on which the unfortunate event happens they were both friends . I did not know of any qaarr ^ I don't know his reason for beating . Jjei ^ Jje waa not sober . She was lying en the bed ' awoke ; my . £ « , £ waa lying beside her . First , I saw him strike her » j « , bis arm . I went out to get seme wood for'the ' aW and while I was away he had seized the poker . ™ Cross-examined by Mr . Hart—I bad not been in tba house all that day ; from dinner until four o ' clock ? remained out of doors . There bad been a weddj n

      patty at trie nouse tnat day . At aooui twelve o ' cfocV they were both preparing to go to the weddh g , ^» went to pnt the horse in the sleight . The we&jui party bad left onr house . I came into the hoqse , j « l found my father and mother quarrelling ; I then went out and took the horse out of tbe sleigh , as they mm they would not go . When I came into the hogg . second time they were both in bed . My moth « jjj 5 been drinking as well as my father . She took peppJ mint and some other liquor . I saw her drink twicel By a Juror—It was not the same sort ef drink that my father drank . I believe they were both tip ™ , J had been living with them about a year and * half . My mother drank very hard , which was a pe » . petual source of quarrel between them . She was in thl habit ef obtaining liqour without my father ' s kmy ^ le'ige , frequently . My father often searched the h < m « for and found it have refused to for li

      . I go qug r finer , and then she sent her little girl eighi years < jf aa . Father has often found her in a state of intoxicstira but she could always- walk . I recollect a policeman coming once , when she was intoxicated ; he eMn a to prevent my father from striking her . She wasmthg habit of going to bs < i in the middle of the day , " when intoxicated ; she kept a servant girl ; my father . big to lock things up to prevent my mother selling them to buy 1 % uor . For about a week before the fatal ocau . reuce she got i toxicated , and my father beat her -with a stick . 1 have seen him go almost mad—I me ^ n anm —when he has coma home sober and found her drank , when my father spoke of the matter to me in the % lage , he seemed to kuow nothing about it , and « iid fcj had no recollection of it . Be read church pnjyi uvery night and on Sunday , I suppose to try to ttform her .

      By the Solicitor General—The last time I saw ha alive was in bed in the room . Thomas F'gsoy sworn and examined by the Solicitor General— I reside at St . Edward ' s , and know the pri . toner at the bar . On Monday week last I went sitfc the children to their home , to prevent the father from beating their mother . I live about twenty-Sve anei from them . On entering" tbe bouse they' got a eaMk and I lie it . Tr . ey went about the house looking fw their mother , whilst I remained in the kitchen , Xhe ? came back again shortly , crying , and said their mother was dead in the cellar . I went there and saw thexSeu body . She was lying on her side , with her anii npoa her head . 1 went away and returned again with my two apprentices , and William Leach , a young umj named M'Lellaa aud Mr . Forrest . We looked in st

      the window , and saw the prisoner sitting near the stovo without a candle ; we then went in . 1 asked him how be was , and so forth , and he spoke ef ordinary things as if nothing bad harjpened . He went to the room formerly his wife ' s bed-room , and called her to get up . By the light from the store I aaw tha dead body was lying besids it . His wife not answering , the prisoner said , "Then lie there and b « to you , " addressing her by name , as if « he were iu bed . I Efized hold ef him by the arm . and told bim he was my prisoner . He askld for what ? I then called for the others to bring the candle . 1 said , "Ton see what you have done . " I saw Ihe dead body before me on the floor ; it had been removed from the cellst Tbe next morning he said he had no recollection . I brought him down to my place , where a coronert jury was held , and he was committed to gaol .

      Several other witnesses were then called , and ex . amined by Mr . Hart , who testified to the general good character of the prisoner for industry and bonssty Mr . Justice Day summed up the evidence u \ afeel < ing and impartial address to the jury , in the coarse of which be dwelt on the enormity and frightful oaton of the crime , and pointed cut , such parts of the testi mony as seemed to admit of doubt in favour of ths prisoner . His honour next explained the difference between murder and manslaughter . The malice aforethought , said his honour , in tbe crime of murder need not be premeditated ; if , therefore , they ( the jury ) should be satisfied that blows had been inflicted soffi . cient to produce death , it was quite immaterial whether the prisoner bad designed to kill bis wife or nob

      After again reverting to tbe evidence , his honour said the conduct of tbe wife seems certainly to have bees very aggravating , but even bad it bgen much wene than it was , it could not justify ^ tbe terrible pnnith . ment irvflicttd on her . If you aojuit the prisoner , it must bo on other grounds than these . With regard to his conduct when he was arrested , yon have beard it described , but it is perhaps pot 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 his wife . He carried her from the cellar to the stove . You are told that be called upon her by name to get up , which seems not a littte strange , but it may be thought she was not quite dead , and would amwer him , or else be did it to doak hit crime . However , the deed was committed , and whatever may have been bis remorse , .. can have no weigh } with you in estimating his guilt . You will recollect

      also the prisoner's expressions , his doubt , bis wonder , and astonishment ; but these if they can be of any nse to him , can only be so to show that his state of mind was snob that he knew not that he committed ; the act in a moment of temporary insanity . ' It is rifbt tbat yon should have these views laid before yon , though the court leaves yoa to draw from them your own conclusions . The deportment of the prisoner when taken was quiet ; there seemed no wish to escape ; j and hi » general character is stated to be tbat of an indtutrieni man . except when under the influence of liquor With M » feren 8 e to yoar verdict * it is the duty of the coart to inform you , that it muet be either conviction or acquittal . When homicide has been committed , the IW presumes that malice was present ; if the fioi , however , bod been in self-defence , you might acquit Mm , or bring in a verdict of guilty or acquittal . I belierfr I am not going too far in saying , Vhrit a verdict of manslaughter the court could not receive .

      After a short conversation with tie other Justices Mr . Justice Day qualified the last sentence , by saying— - " The court are of opinion that if , after the ^ oy «»» you decide that she gave sufficient provocation , yoa may bring in a verdict of manslaughter . " The Jury retired for about three quarters of an boor , and returned a verdict of Guilty , with a moinmenda tion of the prisoner to the mercy of tne court , by reason of the great provocation he bad endured . The prisoner haviDg been asked if he bad anything to say , replied , " I have nothing to siy-M * " - "

      raory . « .. Sentence of death was then pronounced against id » prisoner—to be hanged on the 6 th of April ntxt—Montreal Gazette .

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      The Public executioner of Oronse , in Spam . Dob Juan Franciscoe de Paruelo , was murdered ran " own residence , on the night of April 8 . U « <*• was the next day found nailed to the door © t »« house , and his body iying in the gutter , ia the m « w * of a pool of coagulated blood . The d eceased was * mau of mild disposition . The perpetrators o . uu » deed remain undiscovered . A Social Piq . —A geatleman pf . this town *« last weak taking a pedestrian trip to the we = i , " > Loch Ness , and when at CoUertownof Dnncan , ?" wan inmed on the , ma A hv a black PJ 2 , 5 «» ca ? V .

      touesor gestures , showed symptoms otafl vsu _ become a fellow-traveller . It waa vain to remou strate , and the pig continued to accompany »» r destrian till they reached Temp lehouse , » w » walked at least ten miles , —Inverness Courier-The Delegates of the merchants and «»* ° ™ £ turers of Paris have just addressed a pennon to «> Chambers in favour of the Sugar Bill as Pr 0 {* f ? by the Government . The petitioners dWaw •» - tbe passing or' thid bill is indispensible , as niP the natural and manufactured products ot * raut , tha consumption of which , in the colonies , can mi be encouraged in proportion as the colon ** prosperous in their affairs . „ _

      A Cautious JuDGE .-The late Chief Baron O'Grady , father or the gallant officer ( Lora u Jytcoro ) Aide-de-Gimp to her Majesty ,, ineo most notorious frlluwx , at the Carluff Asslz V tjie highway robbery . To the astonishmentj » ¦ Court , as well as of the prisoners themselves , » J were found not guillij ! Ab they were being ^ moved from tbe bar , the judge , in that naaw ^ peculiarly his own , addressing the jailor , saia , Murphy , you would greatly ease my *** »>* * keep these two respectable g « nweme . n wiu : <' o ' clock , for I mean to set oat for Dublin at n * and J should like to have at least two hours v » . of them . " ^ Donegal .- Dreadful Case op /^ somj- f Thrre * Liyes Lost .-A labonrer of the name John Maginnisg , who resides at Toa'nMn , nMJ * nutlo in . ' tha . rVmnr . v rtf 'DoneaU . ¦ W » S'aifflPT 1 * _«« .

      somegronnjfcpn Saturday , the Ith lnsfc , Ipiw r . poseof planting potatoea , when h ^ nedJi / S of a'la rfeeii * * His wife supposed M ^^ f was either hemlock orfoofi fww ^ t ^ jgf Ji nmch alike in their ooianioal cJl 8 ra ^ ^ Ll i { , equally fatal as poisons ) to be ?*» yi /* 3 an and . having cooked it , partook of u herself , wo * also , to her eon , daughter and sister-in-law . ^ after the daughter became drizy , » nd ffjL " ^ tn » ground ; the sister-in-law wasnexe « t ?*^ e , BsB lame manner , and said , "I ftar the root is the » of all this ; " the wife was also » tttK * ed » »»« B ° Foa erful waa the poison , that the three died in aa , u and a half after they had partaken of it . " ^ a boy abont twelve years of age , f ^^^ Jf " eat auy of it , not having liked the taste of « .

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      On Friday , Mr . Nettleship , of tbe house of Palmer and Nettleship , of Trafalgar-square , -soi ^ itors to His Qraee the Dnke of Argyll and Sir James Cockburn , ¦ waited upon the Lord Mayor , aT . d hacded to his Lordship a letter , whick he trusted -would find its K&y into the newspapers . Tbe following is a copy : — " i , Trafalgar-square , April 20 , 1 S 43 . " My Lf > rd , —Onr attention bsa been drawn to n report in The Times of certain proceedings which took place before youT LordsbT ) yesterday , at the

      MarjsionhouBe , ¦ with reference to the ship ' Barbadoes , ' and as ths names of tbe Date of ATgyll sna Sir San . CVckbum , for whom we nave the honour to appear , have , in the conwe of theso proceedings , been most unwarrantably made UBeof , and in such a manner as to create an impression that they not only were aware of the arrangements made for sanding out the unfortunate emigrants in this ship , bit had , indirectly . at least , sanctioned sneh a proceeding , -we take the liberty , in justice both to the Dnke and Sir James , to state , most unequivocally , that they were both utterly ignerant of tb » intention to send out those poor delnded pe-Kcaa .

      "The Bhort history of the Sake of Argyll &&d Sir James « ockburn * s connexion , if it can be so called , with the British American Association , is that they , vith sereial others , having a desire to promote the objects of emigration , were indnced to attend a metting in ths monOi cf Jose last , bnt at which the only resolnti&s come to was that , as n preliminary and indispensab ' * « ep , a sum of £ 5 X ) 0 £ > o shmld be icsnred as available far tbe pnrrxjses of emigration , and whsn that was done , tbat a farther meeting should beht-ld / or the purposes of considering , with Bnck a snm at command , the mean * by which the plan of emigration conld best be carried out ; and it was at that seeling distinctly undeistood that in the meantime no eEjsgementB ¦ whateyer sbou ) 1 . be entered into by the Association . Relying upon thtse

      resolutions tto Dake of Argyll and Sir Jajnea Cockburn both left town , and from the date of thfct meeting nntn tbe mcclh of October , when complaints were made before the late Lord Mayo * with reference to the ship Birbaf ' oes , they were in uUei ignorance of -everything that occnrsrtj , every traneaetvai having been studiously concealed from them by the parties who are alone responsible for the gtosa fraud that has been committed . "It has , however , since been discovered that certain persons connected with the Association thougLt fit to print s statement , professing to be a report of what took place at the mealing in June which the Duke and Sir Junes attended , , ind to which they have attached , in print , by way of authenticity , the

      signature of the Dnke as preeioent . It is needless for ns further to comment on the document , or on the conduct of the psrtiss from whoa it raanated , than to state that the report so circulated is , as we have abandant means of proving a false representation of What actually did tefee place at the meeting , and that the J > eke " 8 signature , which professes to have been attached to it , is not to "be fonnd in the minutes , as entered in tba books of tbe Association , and is constqnently a fraudulent abnse of his Grace ' s name in the printed copy . " We have the honour to be , Hjy Lord , " Your Lordship ' s most obedient servants , " PALMER and NBTTiESHIP . " To the BlfhtHon . the Lord Mayor , fcc . "

      Tbe Irf » d Mayor said be bad no doubt tiutt the Wish of tha gentleman who addressed him would be com piled with as regarded the publication of tae letter . He had stated bis belief thit ths names of the persons of rank and character appearing In the prospeetna had been improperly used by tbe eo&coctore of the association for sinister ~ « jhjeebb Mi . KetUeship deel » ed that She Poke of Argyll and StoJ ., Cockburn bad beea as greialy defrauded and dewived as had been the onfortunate emigrants , and that it b » a become necessary to snow w&o weie the parties involved in the actual responsibility .

      The Lord Mayor—I would have you attend by all means when this case comes before me , for Mr . . Camp-&Bll may deny thestatement you cave made relative to the connexion of the Duke and Sir j . Cockbum -with the association . I said before , and I repeat now , that emigration should not take place without the sanction of tht Government If societies were got op to favour the Tiews of tbe ftoYernment in assisting poor emigrants ,

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      g THE NORTHERN STAR ;

  • 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-ncseproduct648/page/6/