About Savannah daily republican. (Savannah, Ga.) 1818-1824 | View Entire Issue (March 31, 1819)
. SJVANNAH K&KSSlACAN. / FJlEltEllU'K & tWH>L, •' cut nnm. --JJuily pilfer g8—county-^erx-JiHUtp, ntiBl.l txrsrnuirSiJ ijy.K’H'Tf'eiri and »<•»• *A<)i<»8etmeUtt appear*in both papera-sml mopt hy-mrdn-'otily^l) Thi Bxeentitn •/.t-inMUVsoaSiS Jtmbritftr. ‘ ' > :rLo»OOM(, Jati«»r)'T!'. ’r' We hive purpoM-lynbMaioed-ifrom ^de* -Jivertnjri»'pi'rt'ipitHte«fljl!-jKT<apfrtl this pa- < r>rrj» furpishcd by the A^fmaricaji enrrrn- ' itieiit re^ppcting'.tlie vxvWWKm nftlica"* ve. 1 "Uiifdrtotmtc iqdjy ideals *VVe wished .to', •-read the VtuKuui^t^ ciS'inlx and attentive- Jly; to WeditatettpiirtM :ttcM th<ey disclose i-'jnd f ,frt>ipa»sion(jHe{yii*eOti^iate how far '-fhcj* .justified . tlie dtaeuful punishment tlut Ik* been iaiBitWB. *W« kaw dona; ••1*0; afti? conthfeeii -our-task with i.fecliiig xndigliatiniMnvC'Hif Irbrrcir which' *w« should 6 id.it diffidbirto express. (Jar dreaders ituy remember, ' that ihiriijg the ? many months in whtshrkac.fataaf these* in dividual* b':r» bven’a'hriJplc of 'public dis- ; cufwed. b.i^tlj here-arid- ; n America', -Vre ■ron*t*lfctyavoided-tlie*,preasioii ofjafij - der)*ivc,opif)ionupbi<ttie-subject,' because we bad nutsuJBcient'/us’eri.ls to form an 1 '■ accuiatc judgment, Biril-becai ed td ui-nqieslibiHif too uiui « tnpi rrr.it that we shuu-id'iightlY pronounce ' upim -it. We vutkowu .candidly, confess that we'hxd another*«rrtitHe.' Though we an-'fsrfrOm entertmteng auy violent res- ipeetTor, tiradinimatmtion of the A'nitri- ~carvcbaiijper,-gef><!ri:.iy,wc did nut think that'mi grave a proceeding, as tuking.away the lifeofnivo meu,;«ubjcctfoof a country with which fltc government of the United Statewas at peete^atibjacts. we will-even saw, ol a bonify <Uka 0h*t'^S^«ipU'' ( «irto B ofaia' , UidJMt h . -But- would have-bw-.-flacarilerl -without 1 y mm {Teachable' grounds of necessity, as -mane the.measure-one’of paramount' duty -land obligation .tiHiroiaselves—W’lrft-shall we sjy? iridtead-iAf-there being* anv such' -necessity there •■Eoarcely appears to have. - been sufficient-grounds for putting'those unli.ippyujentleufet! -upon their tiiai at all. The condu'Ct str'Artiwhmitr'veiwill 'boldly- .affrm, was utterly beyond the pale of anv cri uiiiul procesE.known to the laws of any .-civilized efluntfy >n the world. ; And as to Aml>rister,-if w-cr»-were. disposed -to- allow <thAt his prrtcVediflgs were of a more tan gible character., r wrc should yef be cbihpel- ■Ted to i:ifervth4t-‘-he was jess guilty than the innocentthfbutnuot; because the very court isartialawho tried him,and sentenc ed him to -the-aameifato as'Arbuthnot, a»- Aernarils'reacmed that sentence, and pro nr-unced a -mirder. punishment; Ak.act of lenity, -vhidh rtlie brutal feroci^of the tn-.nguinaw-EistkSnu alone prevented from •having itwheniflcial operation. Upon' this part of’tiie'-oonihict of .that blood luvitfg gcnnaT.’hirwevcr, we shall hive another opportunity to remark. Jf thc-ctui^ “gainst Arbuthnot had ^forrw’jr'iCfirohlcZevibterved, tnaiii “was a seirtevtr* which would have reflect edii-is- grace«ii^0Mr<tcc(i. There-ismffz -coun try in'Europe,-ihatvvbald not slmdder a sirrh a -sentence; even the Turk* -would be ashamed' tj set upon it.” t .. So mold Tot-the ode neb cl Arbtttlrnot, supposing that offence to have been proved in--the most unexceptionable manner.— But how was it proved in point offset?— Our readers-will scarcely believe us'wheti, we say, that '4hc','prhtcipdl allegation a- gainst him was heW tube proved, by the' testimony «H -a man,-who .detailed from memory,-the substance of a letter which was said to be addressed:to one of the In dian Chiefs.; W««4yjsaic! to be addressed for when- estced-ty Arhutimot-himself whether he could swear that the letter re ally was addressed ’to that Chief he an swered /:«■ could a oil The letter itself was not-produced at all, no, nor eveu an attested cony of it;but simply the asse-r linns of a man, who said he hud read it, who said, its obj’ect was to incite a partic ular chieftain to hostilities; but, who rein- red !. take his oath, ihtt it was actually addressed to that chieftain. The -only proot of the existence of such aleitor atali was the bare assertion of this -individual aided by thefalltble recollection of a treach erous memory. Tbeu. tl.ere'ns -another letter, w hich is “supposed” to be addres sed toB’irwIeck, dnother Indian Gliiel.— Supposed tube addressed! .And lastly, the tetinnijhyof a man (VVm. Hambly,) whose-character, and whose previous Con duct ought to fiave-rendeied it imperative upon the court, to rorfuire that his evidence should be strongly: corroborated by ether witnesses So far, however, from pursu ing this course, they allowed that man to give a species of evidence totally -inadmis sible. By the practice *»r the Count -Judi cature in Anrcrica, the testimony of sava »cs is declared to be Inadmissablu, be cause they cannot comprehend the na Should^Urfliviyd,.;. K,lnm * • ' fnon deeejjcyj^tlisj-ifibre', baiBo .iMn'ientti . over-^aikwnfcrespect far she aothorify hi* ^..ar.ifo^orrtTilfffrfstilities cord toJUtert misery, to arrest the march of plunder, massacre, and oppression on the pafCnf the Americans. It is impossi- Ude to'read the letters of Arbuthnot with out deeply respecting his generous and amkV.e cll'orts in bchair nl the injured, -persecuted, unprotected Indians. lie was 'living among them, and following, lawfu.- Tly J«!lotv:n», his own rommercial pursuits, lie vh.iv their aulferings,he witnessed the horrid ‘Wrongs they endured from their more civilized neighbours; he heard iheir scorn plaints; they regarded him as then friend; he acted as seeii- he gave them tem pi-iate, wise and conciliating advice. li< 5tr»vor'ih the first instance, to unite tile 'diiTerenf^yylM'* in-one .common bond ol amity and mutual support, as the most lilceiy mean's to epuble th- m to resist the ^-nerot.chmciits of their commou enemy — Wat this a crime? I'.s—-in their eyes, -v.-l.n.e unfeeling, whose unprincip.ed cu- I jnd/ty cyuld glut iteeif only through the medium of discords and enmities among •t lose whom they were hourly oppressing, lie applied to our Ambassador st WuSh ington, to the governor of ijje B ihaaia Is lands, imptnrrifg {hem to communicate with hi* ’inije.sty's government at h -oe. upon the violations which were systemati- cully comtpitting, on tlw.part of the Ame ri. ms, of tiie treaty of Ghent. -Was this a crime? So far from it, it was a duty 1 winch lie .zealously performed, fiv the i O'h article of that-treaty it is stipulated, Itnst “an cud shail be put to all iioslili.irs [with -Ire'Indian tribes and nations, and [ that their possessions.-rights, and privile ges,chall be restored, ii) the state in which [they possessed them previously to the lycsr 1811.” This compact was not ad-' Kered to. Vorl Gaines on the Chala- Khoochy and Camp-Or«wford,-on 'the Flint, PRiver. h «th.ol them in the Indian territory,! two re kqit in poisessiobby tlie Americans. Kor-was this all, The spirit as well as : ■ he letter of the treaty ap|>cars‘ to have Leon violated- The-back wood Georgians ferucmacticd upon the lands belonging to khe Indians; they burnt their towns, and ■ 'rfiry matte fields tchere their houses Bfaod.” tVImt .a picture of disolation- Bourtrayeil in this single sentence! The Stretched natives fied to their swamps, lud were butchered in their flight! I'iiey Han- ’ to complain of those barbarities — kn li'iglisliman dared to commisseratr Heir s>;ff.-.riiig#,.and invoke the faith of a He.ity, whtchdiis own country hail con- p'.ujcd to put an end to tlie.m—rle did ■h< i e. IU informed the terrified and hap- Ipss fugitives of the wailike preparations' lhat were making to crush them. He.' ■(■id them of tlie approach of agreater sa- Shev ;' tn Ihemselves; warned them thai ■aeci-m was coining. These were his H imes; and for them, an American court Hartial dared to consign him to an igno- Bijitcua dealb. Well and truly has the it would seem they wore so eager to shed Ai buthnot’s blood",that to attain their ob ject, they committed a double violation of. all legal proceedings- They not only al lowed Hambly to give hearsay evidence, but that hearsay evidence v. as the evi dence of those very savages whose person- ai depositions would not be received in" any court of law in the U. States! Mon strous as this may eeein, incredible as it may appear, black and infamous as it looks it is yet true! And what makes the enor mity gi eater, is that Il.imbly was the avow ed enemy of Arbuthnot while his own evi dence, if it had been credible, and i-.is hearsay evidence, if it had been admissi ble, were the strongest ofall.that was pro- luced against the. unfortunate victim. Such was the mockery of j.istice will, which the proceedings were carried on.— There are. other points -which might be adverted to, of a character little -credita- to the court ttho tried the cause, or to'the govermnet which has hitherto forborne ail jiubfic censure of its’conduct, llut we oil! not now entm into them. We will venture to say, without fear ol ■contradic tion, that there was nothing, done by Ar- buthnst wliK-h could -justify the putting him to death. As to tile miserable pre text that he supplied the Indiaus with “munitions of war,” what did the evidence prove? Tnat all which he sold them, ih his capacity as a trader, would not have been sufficient lor their wants, as hunters, lor two ntoi.ths. A little 'gunpowder and a few pounds of lead were what lie sold, tube distributed among four or five hun dred Indians, who, we slip; . -e, thus fur nished, were to overrun the United Slates, and scalp all their citizens. But, in point of fact, the supplying them with those articles constituted a regular part, or ra ther it is the only traffic that is carritiion w ith those people who require tin tn as the means of pursuing the game w hich they hill, partly for food and partly that they may barter the skins. With respect to the other charge of exciting and stirring up the Creek Indians to war, there was not a tittle of evidence to prove it except the hearsay testiinuny.of Hambly, which the court ought to have rejected with in dignation. On tho contrary, all the let ters of Arbuthnot and all the other rlnru- inents, clearly establish, that lie sought ratherto dissuade them from hostilities. In his letter to his son, marked A. ho says, “tefi myfriend Bowleck, that it is throw-- ing away his people to attempt to resist such a powerful force as will be down oil Sahu•ah.nee■ , ' It-was certainly .proved, that lie strove to obtain for the persecuted iwners of 1'he soil the full benefit of that • ti,nidation in the treaty with Great Bri tain, which guaranteed their possessions, and covenanted for their salety. But -we have yet to learn, -that according to the law of nation, or according to any Jaw, the doing so waswerme. The arguments v.-e have urged above will apply -with pretty near equal force to: the case -of Ambrister. That he was less guilty, even ; in thevupinion -of such judges as an American, court martial, than Ar- buthnot, may fie'; inferred, as w-« have al ready said, from the circumstance, that the court amended their, first sentence, which doomed him to death, and awarded him a milder puuishment.—'This act of judicial mercy, however, it pleased the sunguir.'.'y Jackson to obstruct. Of his own accord, he set aside the second' sen tence, and ord-Tcd the first to be carried into immediate execution. This atro cious cruelty exceeds any thing yet re corded of that man; even his detestable stratagem of causing tire British .flag to be hoitited on board an American vessel, !or the purpose of decoying two Indian chiefs,whom lie hung vp'at.the mast head the moment the- unsuspecting savages stepped upon the deck.—The Americans seem to be proud of this man. We should blush were he an Englishman. Biit'What right haJ Jackson to indulge kis.Mvage propensities? By the warrant under which the court martial was consti tuted, they are directed to record their opinion as to the guilt or innocence of the prisoneor, and what punishment, H any, calling itsolfrjiviHzed, wlitje a -cyutt of Judicature, having rer’censjlcrM■ it* own sentfcaoej aftrl .nnnujifd a s““ere ptir.is- (nent, in oriler'-to'substitute a ifiilder one,' which it must b* supposed they, best <new ■was -adequate to'the crime, the' executive authority .was ’ disregarded th« merciful disposition of the judges, to gratify an in dividual bartarity of' disposition* What course our.O'j'n government will pursue, we presume no,to anticipate, satisfied, as we are, that it w|( be consistent with the national honor, Vhich is coitiprompted in sacrifice of tlnisetvo British subject*. It is more than probak|' e , the subject will' be broughtuuder the Vatice of Parliament, when wtaiay cxpectiome iiiteieSting ex planations will be given. -Meanwhile, if tlie American, gdyerttaent haveTio otlier proofs to..'submit, than those. wniii have been laid before .congbss, there caa he but one opinion as to tit iniquitous char acter of the transaction—Courier. TUEISLJ1X1) OF SU.UJiTfiJ. By the arrival of the Kingston, from Java, intelligence of much inp»run« c as affecting "British- interests in the-Indian seas has been received. Tbagoverlior ol Fort Marblerough (Sir T. S. piffles,) lias displayed his characteristicer-rgy.anii ac tivity since his arrival in Sumtra, and has anxiously endeavored to extefl the Brit ish influence qvee ffieVwhole q tUat valua ble *nd extensive inlands, fjinatra, |has hitherto been very little kpwn. The European establishments are mtircly on the coast.—Europeans had neer penetra ted into the interior. All atfinpts to do so, indeed, were : reckonqil jltperate; no Kurnpean would embark in licin. The population of-the interior wcrlconsidcred as savages,-and tlie mountains'in passable, and yet the natives would stil{iriiig' down their.gold, and Gassia, and caiiphor, etc, for wlticli Sumatra had from fl |C earliest, ages been famous. - The' /svemor felt there-was but one alternati*/, oml that was to open-the road by goiuj himscif. His enterprise was crowned wih success. ■ He penetrated into thejnlericr in three diffe rent directions,;' to tlie southward inland of Manna, to the important provinces oc cupied ’by a people cal ltd the P^ssuin- maliFj* to -the'nortliward to Mauaiigcabon, the far famed .capital of the Malay empire; andinland of Bencoulen across the Island to Palembang. K The result bus been, the discovery. »f a mine of wealth—a country highly cultiva ted anil abounding in- precious inctalf — The Passummalis aremn aUdciic fine .race of men, as superior:td tiie people oYl ■ the. coast aw it ia-putsibTe toconceue; tliey'Sif. agricultural and numerous. At' Mena.nl-, gcobun lie was gratified With a population and country, fully equal to any part of Java. Within the apace of twenty miles the population discs not fall short,bf a.mil- ion. In shorf;«ia isthe goveripr’s: opiir on that with a-liUle^ncnUragMioent, far greater resources ara- to he fownl in Su matra tha'n the. Britisli leave derveil fi-um Java* but much remains to be done. . A entral government must be established, the whol" -island must be brou;!rt under horrtriil, ftnil the avenues ofcomtierce, now closed up re-opened. Ourreadcrsareaware, that Meliiangcaboii, was,the plact whence •ill the guild that gave Meliuio tin name of tne Gold i n ChereWcsus, was caried. Ihese discoveries have not, however, been nude without great persinal risk and fatigue. Hie country could only be xplorcr.l on foot—mountains (,000 feet high were to be crossed, and rudis, pro. cipic/;s and forests, to be traveled. For many nights the parties had uu iheller but the leaves they could collect after their lay’s journey, ami their jnurnies were, cldom less than Irmn twenty to thirty miles n day, over the very worst roads hat ever-were passed. In this expedi tion the governor was accompanied by- lady Ridffl'es; she was occasionally car- ■ ried oil a man’s hack, hot gcnrrally walk-; ed, as the roads-were too bad to admit of' her bring carried in a chair, doctor Ar- : nold, physician and naturalist,fell asacri-; fice to the fatigue and died of a violent-fe- Dr. llorselieid, who aeinir.pariied. the governor to Menangcabon, was on tiie 2th August, the dale of our latest intefli.-] geiice from Fort Malburougli, ihngerously ill with a dysentary, but we hope his life- will be spared to carry home the impor tant collections lie lias made both in Java anil Sumatra. As this was-the first appcaracce of the, European au'horitv in the interior, Inly f'aftles was the most peaceable standard the party could hoist. It was impossible for tne natives to consider thrir object warlike, when the governor .proceeded un armed, and cuofided his wife-to their hos pitality. They found the country beautiful ami msgrtificient. Sir Thomas Stanford fiuf- lles-has thrown the trade open,-and retormr ed all the establishments. Treaties have been entered into with the priac-es ol Men angcabon. It is stated, says a London paper, on the authority of letters frem a Missionary at Malta, that nine men, belonging to the ilifferent British vessels lying lit Sinvrna, had publicly denied Jesus Christ the Sa viour ol the world, and had embraced Ma hometanism!!! This practice among tlie English sailors, the same letter addr, was becoming quite customary at,Smyr na. _‘ By an act of the British parliament late ly passed, a reward of ,123,000 is offered for the discovery of a passage, by sea,' be tween the Atlantic and Pacific By ano ther acta reward of l5„000 is offered of thpse who shall first approach within the degree of the North Pule, - ilovniKA.1., Fcb-~r., GElYER.n J.1CK84JX. The congress of the United $tatcs hav cauAot but conohitietnat tlie Britlsdi. cx ecutfve:Will he inclined to vriwf tlie *hb- jecf.iiitthe’saine ihir.ner that Meiars.'Cfay and'Cqbb iiave done, and thievery luiuhi- ■ius view which those gentlemen have ta* ken of the Whole'affair: their splendid elocution:.’their independent feeling, -their constitutional' reasoning; and their unan swerable arguments, will furnish pur min isters with potent reasons qp which fit ground a strong reraonsfiince, _ AVe do sincerely admiie the construction,, anil essential principles on whicti Hie Amcr.- can republic is professed^ an*. virtually founded, believing it to be . what' the eio : " qoent and judicious Charles Fox pro nounced it. “The British constitution, with the improvement of'ten centuries, and that constitution which the.,yv' 6cst man in the world wuuklgrv'e tow- people of the present age.” And tlierelore having this opinion of it, most concicntiously, we have earnestly to express our hopes, that the goverutuvut of it, will never endanger its 'rtputa^on by violating, or cont.-inning those princi- of good faith, and public law, upon which all governments, must ultimately depend. The occupation uf the Florida* had too much of the character of ii spoliation. We would say with an illustrious heathen -r-it would be very useful, if it were hon est; but as government is a moral person, and, as such may look to a very long ex istence, nothing can be ust'ul which wounds the permanent interest of main' tabling acknowledged principles, lor a mere present profit. Earl of Selkirk and the north west com pany's disputes. rnau tiie mostresl ueiulii. \Vc are favored by a gentleman who left York, (U. C ) early on Saturday, with .the following particulars of proceedings at the assizes there. .. Yokk, (v. c.) Feb 26. Bex vs. the cart of Sclikirk and others. A bill of indictment for a conspiracy to ruin the trade of (lie north west company ami impoverish the partners tliereof, was found by the grand jury against Thomas Douglas, earl of .Selkirk; J. B. Chevalier’ De J.orimier, esq- captain in his majestys, Indian department; captain Trotrr.isD’Or- sonnens. late of the M'euron regiment: captain Frederick'Mat.tliey, ditto; lieuten ant G. A. Fuuclie ditto; lieutenant Freder ick Graflvnreid, ditto: seijeant Jacob Vitchie, ditto; captain Miles Macdonell, late of the Canadian fencibles; lieutenant Alexander .Bridport Becher, late of flic royal wavy; Dr. John Allen, John Me Nab, John Spenrtr, Archibald Macdonald, Don ald Macplierson, Joint P. Buurke, and Jac ques Chatelain. The indictment contained three counts, ^nd amonsst tiie numerous overacts there in set forth, anil supported by documen tary anil oral evidence, tne follow ing were particularly prominent. The -engaging and armingaiiurhb"rof disbanded soldiers, (foreigners,) the entry by them, by force and arms, into Fort William, in August 1816; retaining possession of the Fort till May.lSir;- sendiog oft' as prisoner# the partners of the north west company; get ling rid of the clerks by means of subpee na* to appear at York, at a period when no courts arc held there, without enquiring of them whether they knew any thing ol the matters to which the tmbpoi ias related, and without br.ins;itig them forward after wards; stoppingthe outfit from going into the interior, and -the re’torns from coming in Montreal-:, possessing themselves of all the books and papers of the concerh; send ing a waj-the principal clerk, uhderu i liarge of felony, without examination, without ever having followed up that charge; the pretended sale, by Daniel Mackenzie, ql the'north west property, obtained by his lordship, by means of continued distress; tampering with and debauching the ser vants of the north west company, and com manding them in the king’s name: writing circular letters to toe partners and clerks in Hie interior country, alleging that »lie north west company were ruined, and ad vising them Jo abandon their trust, and to carry the furs !n Hudson’s Bay: taking possession of fort Lake La Pluie, and the property there, and sloping the navigation, etc. etc. The attorney general moved the process of the court against the parties, and Dr. Allen being present, was to be a:raigued on tlie following day. Willmni Smi-.h vs. the F.vrl of Selkirk. This was a civil action brought ■by Mr. William Smith against the eail of Selkirk for false imprisonment. .]• appears in evidence that the plaintiff was under sheriff uf the western district, and, as sucli the bearer of a writ of restitu tion, founded upon a verdict of a specialju- r.y at Sandwich, in Oct. 1816, and granted bv the setting magistrates, ordering the restoration to the north -.ve-t comp itiy of Fort William; he was the beare.r of a war rant for felony, againstjiis lordship, Ur. Allen,capt. Matthey,ahdofhers'apon an in formation ofl oath before p justice of the peace.' M'r.'Sihithgotto Fort William on the 19th March, 1317, and produced his writ of restitution, to which his lordship refused compliance. When also the earl and the others were arrested by Mr. Smith, upon the warrant of-felony, his lordship took nold of him and pushed him out of - doors, and he was after*, wards kept in the fort in close cus-' tody under a military guard -for upwards, of sis weeks. A citcumstance which ad ded much to the -greviou* nature of the of fence, and which was particularly dwelt upon by the judge in his charge to the ju ry, was, that, whilst Mr, Smith was kept in rigorous confinement, Charles De Re- inhard, though under so accusation far ' : tr.urier, waWt Inrge'iiTidicJjifiBifiiidtbSla ' though' nomtnally under the survetlance ' of One or ttvu of l-.is former comrades. The ' chief justjee wlso remarked Upon another iMi-t of evidence Tor the-defence, A»y -which it *pf>l"ared that tl.c only option left to Mr. femrtVto ’obtain ; his liberty 'was lha\JC»i Libanijoninghijs dut^, and bre»kwlg1fi*oHh ji,f blBcciiy ai promisc not to -molest, lord Selkirk; Mr. Smith', however, n*lWilli. standing this proposal; persisted in doing bisilpm aW-'i'a* not HbfefJifed tirrtil the Evacuation of Bic fort, by hia lordship aorf,' Kis fdtke in MaV, 1817. j Tlie jliry, after some dctibcrafieai; re*-, turne'd a verdict in lavoi* ol the plaintiff^.; damageb'CCO/. ‘ ' A letter from Upper Canada mention*’ that Daniel Me ILenzie has o'aiaineil a ver dict for 1500!; -damages agpinat the «ail uf Selkirkfor false imprisonment.- ^ *'■ Mo N-rWRAi, March 8. , Accounts from York, of a day later,give further particuiaxs, that it appears tffift four other persons, besides'the above in* teep, are inrlu Jeil in the bill of indictment^ for"conspiracy, Runfl tty the grand jury, viz. lieutenant P. C. I’ambruiijlate of the* Canb'diait Voltigeurs, John Pritchard,Jolm Pi Burke, and Michael Heder. -. An action was likewise brought by -Mr;,. Daniel McKriixie, ajretired p--tuer of tbet north -west coihpjiiyirgirinst tl«t.e,rl ol Sel-- kii k.lor false imprint pmeut,at Jh'iM- Wil liam, where he lig# thrown into a dungeon, without any legal proceeding#, (which was- proved by the cviilccre of the defendant) and kept there undclr military restraint,- until be was iipluced (beliving his life to, be in danger) to stgn various deeds, pur- . porting to the sale# ol the north- west pro perty. a bond of arbiteation, etc. by winch lord Selkirk obtained a colourable possess ion of the Fort, and its contents, to tho value, of S100,‘000. The damages given- by the jury, wore 1500L The elevated rank which the defendant in these cases holds in society, and tho - disclosures of his .unwarrantable conduct, so fully made during these proceedmgs^c-* part of the bench, the bar. the jury and the public, and it was observed that they could with difficulty restrain themselves from openly manifesting' their inuignation.- at the un parallel fed proceedings uf this no blemen. » noji'jir.iriTF. The following is an account of some re cent transactions at St. Helena, which is extracted from a private letter:—A most disgraceful scene w*s presented to theiu. habitants of St. Helena, a tew days past.- Messrs Barrington, at the Cape, shipped onboard of a ibrig, wfijth arrived here, a carriage for general Bertrand, which had been ordered -several cioutlm before to be mad: in India, with the knowledge and consent of the governor. The moment it was known to-be onboard, the greatest hustle and contusion prevailed among the. staff here.,, The unfortunate vehicle,wits. landed. Hi. lining -f I— 1 “C*» ***** •—“JV pniineU, and every utom ol it broken to pieces, and the fragment* scattered about the wharf, upon the ridiculous pretext that letters lor Bonaparte might be-con cealed in some part of it. Jji cuim- qucnce •d the prohibition of intercourse between Bonaparte’s followers .and the inhabitants, the tradesmen to whom the French arc in debted, find it impossible to obtain pay ment of their bills. Upwards of one thou sand pounds have been due by them fora considerable time to a house here, not a fat thing of which can lie obtained. People are atfraid of mentioning their names »u public, or of even being seen at the same side of the street with them, least they should become objects ol suspicion to the adjutant-general. A i-ew liousc-is build ing for Bonaparte, in a hollow, about 200 yards from where he now lives. It is sup posed that it will require four j-ea-s to finish it, and that will cost, when finished, many thousand pounds—no preparation having been made fo:* putting (lie timber into frame before it was shipped fiomEng land—and tts -the whole must lie carried^- up the mounttniis, chiefly by the labor of men, the disadvautagfs ol a new and dahip building will be united lo ail the utisuita- blenessof the present residence. Bona parte-is never-seen abroad, and neither the governor nor any other 'Englishman knows any tiling more about Iihm, tiian that the orderly captain occasionally gets a glimpse at him through the window blinds. A gentleman lias arrived in London, who left St. Helena in t.'-e end of Novem ber. He states that the must strict orders have been issued by sir Hudson Love, to prevent communications with the interior. The inhabitants of James-Town are i.i>t allowed to visit any oilier parts of tiie Island, without a special licence for that purpose.—Lmidon .Mora. Chronicle. The privilege of smoking tobacco i.n Sweden, excejrt bv soldiers and sailor#, ^ must be purchased by paying a tal ofc;u ’ four to tight escaJius a j-ear. Nkw-Y.ouk, March 50. The King of England bad stumbled over a chair, and hurt ins left leg an altera tion in hi, regimen and diet was ordered. His only exercise wa* wheeling about in a garden chair. It w a s apprehended that his dissolution was fast approaching. M e observe by tlie London papers, tlwt rat skins are now made use of as uppers to ladies’ shoes. It taka; six skins for one pair. The leather is remarkable soft and beautiful, and the seams s re LurtcifuJJy ar ranged. LiVF.»F0or„ 14th Jan. 18Iff. Meirrt. l*mg. Turner & Ct.Mea.Yirk. Gentlemen—Knowing your anxiety to do all in your power to pew note ine inter ests of your commercial friends; I take leave to suggest the propriety otyour ma king-public tor their information* the fact that by onr post office laths, “otrueis or consignees of goods arriving Id’, vessel* from foreign parts; are entitled t- * receive their letters freetrf sea pontage, j Wvided they do not in the whole exceed slx’.iounce* in weight, and that the jwion? to -whom
