Star. — London, England, 1818-04-23 00:00:00

~~... a l r eady deacribed,:although It,vras not recor eti. Ile w as, sure the Hovse muit . be fully sensible eciis to which the unfortuna t e s laves must be tet , elo as.-.1 under such circumstance,. If the Crown or s were to be i n terdicted from interfering to in „.,ehalf when oppressed, to whom we re they 0 l o k for assis tance in obtaining redress? Friends io bad none, who were not in a state of degrada and helplessness similar to their swa. Th eir tens ere the persons agnst whoin they invoked , ei s d e lays. From what quarter ai , therefore, but from the comment could they hope for aid? He was really ie rry• to disturb the disposition which ap peared to ei :A in a part of the House tospeak we 1 of West-1 India I s islation ; but of what die were laws, how aver -benevolent in their principle, if not carried into titration? It was well known, that it was the uni., v ersal and declared opinion in the West Indies, that 00411117 C • ' cou l d be more improper than to interfere i s nienn rikoter and slay:, and that any such inter rlence =IA always be A.:ended with the most dan., g ams consequences, a dis position in the s i-ves to reviNt ; the result o f wh:ca doctrine was, that the mister should have an uncontroulable power over the slaves. —In the it land of Dominica there was a ptits.ic chain, to which the masters had a right tb szsd any of their slaves, who, they conceived, deser-, vedFila.nuent, in order that they mig t endure the severest labour for any time that the rilasters chose. He was informed that even feniale slaves of the most tender are were frequenly subjected to this suffer ing--(:.'ear, hear!) It was held in the West Indies, that althoigh the Royal mercy might be extended to s laves guilty of crimes against the public, it could not be eite .ed to those who were thus subjected to limishmer. by their masters. The Governor of Do minica ha.. consulted the Attorney-General of that colony oa .he subject, and had been told by him that 'lt to remit the punishment of those aa'l thus been sentenced by a domestic 'though without any judicial inquiry what= nature of their offence. To what abuses would lead, every one must see. 'The and Learned Gentleman here read a de the chain which he had mentioned.— ..aove a hundred of these unfortunate re attached to the same chain,, just at a nice from one another to enable them t. They were drivel out into the mass, wt•.holt miTard t 3 sex, age, Lod the most distressing scenes were frv- Isioncd in consequence. And yet the of tine Crown to extea , . 4aercy to tote wretches was denied—ikez ,- , hear.) as no daubt that some remedy ougbt to ;vile. If it could be eilec_ed by it would be vziry deslrable; bat that tin:. ^ could be no effec eacly.: in the iiicniposiion of the , and in impo:.in7 the duty of coniu_z observed towards the iviau al in each island, wholly un i, and who should have no with that of the masters. In this . plan appeared to him to be more ..t sa3geste3 by Mr. Burke, and' 5t2,11.110.as works, to :Ir. Dundas; .ute ne Auomey-General in every in of the 'taint, making their plo d part of his ditty. Great objec- Med by the Colonies .to any legis this country, on the ground that 7asen:.ei is Parliament, and that it le spirit of the British constitution, .wing those who were not represen t Parliament--(Hear, hear, hear!) however, this had been repeatedly second place, it was a complete to persons to t alk of the British Con ight of bzing . represented was only tish Constitution. It must be taken irts of the Constitution. It must be pal rights of the people in other present state of the West Indies, prudent for the planters to talk of ititution in all its bearings? Would ace be the resolt of the Slaves, and of West India property ? An arbi mt, according to the argument of 1, might make laws for the protec ; but the British Legislature was from doing so, because, by the Bri t, no person was bound by the laws not represented in the Parliament laws were enacted—(Hear, hear.)— ;rievance is the Island of Dominica, difficulty in the manumission of ierson was at liberty to manumit a nice, without payir.g a tax of 15/. if . native of the colony, and of 551. if By an Act of June, I eslo, no person lag from other Islands was entitled to except on producing a certificate and on paying a certain tax. The prin ,onstitution was, that a slave fondling :ame free. The pi inciple of the prac ica was, that a free person touching its t a slave, unless he produced a cebrtifi a- freedom, a .d paid a fine for his li iother law of the Colony a person of be taken up in Dondnica, on the pre t he was a slave, and if he was not is master in a certain time, he s merit of the publl , t !—(i!ear, hear.) nu especially the petial,y or. the maim ves, ware Lir-111y tact ar , l;.e. For al lona' person efrxr ,he wilJ pro !nediate emanti), ,, :irn of the Slaves in a Colonies, yet al in wh.se bt casts ha r ext:l ci.,:r;shed .11e hope vlor :ome, .e op.ra on 01 ~ by the comn: 4tioa Uf .r,nral al :ruction, and by im.prove• :ondition c L.IC RC &fs, about danger to a.).-),tf.h sLverv. Varke towever existed, to winch he 1:a . .1 jat al ;fortunate beings who were the objects their unfortunate clispria , -;, would be nr,ual• chains. That the laws of an c.ption which looked so well upon paper iended to be exec , tted was very evident. !,,nr.ll Prevost, when he was Governor ! ;.ty in his answer to the circular letter - .v , :rrment to the Gose:....,rs of all Iscertain ti= bate and condition of Lt. answer, dated the Ist January, 1305, and addressed to Lord Camden, President of the Council, General -Prevent said, " An Act has passed the General Assembly fur bettering the condi :ion of the Slaves, but it seems to be rather a political measure for the purpose of averting the interference of the mother country in the management of Slaves." ft was an imperative duty on the mother country to assume this right of interfenence. Let it be recol lected that those unhappy individuals, although Slaves to their masters, were subjects to the King; and, that as they owed allegiance to the King,. so from the King they hadd - a right to claim protection. He would state a single case which had been corn enunicated to hint, in order to she the necessity of the interference that he urged. It was the case of the same Mr. Huggins whose cruelty had formerly been the subject of Parliamentary consideration, at, which period it was spoken of with great detesta tion by the Right Honourable Gentleman opposite This Mr. Huggins, notwithstanding his conduct, was still a man of great oppleace and weight in the island of Nevis. The House were aware that he had been tried for cruelty to his own Slaves. He had lately been brought to trial again for cruelty to Slaves not his own. A Mr. Cottle, who quitted his plantation for a time, left it in the charge of Mr. Huggins, as, his attorney. Mr. Huggins went to the plantation, ' and by his own authority, and without the interfe rence of any Magistrate, ordered two very young I lads, who had been guilty of receiving some stolen stockings, to be punished by the infliction of 100 lashes on each, although• by the law of the colony 39 lashes was the utmost that was permitted to be inflicted at a time. He stated these facts from accu rate notes taken on the trial. There were present when these boys were so punished two female Slaves, the one a sister of one of them, the other a relation, who -was a domestic slave of M. Cottle's, and sale had always been treated with the utmost kindness and tenderness by that Gentleman. These female Slaves, unable to restrain their feelings, sTied tears, and for that offence alone of shedding tears, Mr. Huggins ordered that they should receive the one 30 lashes, the other 20. For this condu ct Mr. Huggins was prosecuted by the Attorney-General. The facts were established ; he was acquitted, and it was de clared to be a most odious interference on the part of. the Attorney-General !--(Hear, hear, hear.)—Tne Honourable and Learned Gentleman concluded by moving, " That au humble Address be presented to ;his RoYal Highness the Prince Regent, pra y ing that he would be graciously pleased to order that there be laid before the House Copies or Extracts of all Dispatches, Letters, and Papers, in the otfice of the Secretary of State fur the Colonial Department, which related to the trials of Jean Baptiste Louis Petit, Cavigny Lerner, and Christopher Robert, aeailist whom bills of indictment had been preferred by the Attorney-General of the Island of Dominica; as also the Grand Jury Presentment in that Colony, of the 4th of February, 1,817, as well as any subse quent Grand Jury Presentments relative to prosecu-i tions for cruelty to Slaves; as' also any documents relative to the power of masters to order their Slaves to hard laborer at the public chain, zed to the right of the- Government to remit the punishment of such Slaves. Mr. GOULBURN observed, that it was not to be supposed that he would stand there to defend cases of kith alegriersted cruelty on the part of Masten, as that stated by the Honourable and Learned Gen tleman. Nothing, he was persuaded, could be more revolting to the feelings of every man in the Horse. All he wished was, in fairness to the Colonies, that Honourable Gentlemen would be particularly careful to guard their minds from any undue impression, or to entertain an opinion that such was the general treatment of the Slaves is the West Indies. He ap pealed with confidence to all who were acquainted with the subject—he appealed particularly to an Honourable Friend of his, whose knowledge of all that related to the West Indies was not exceeded by that of any man—whether, in the larger Islands, a manifest improvement had not taken place, not only in the legislative enactments for the benefit of the Slaves, but in the actual protection and care afforded them. A progress had been made in agricultural and other knowledge, which was calculated materi ally to diminish the labour hitherto required from the Slaves. In Jamaica many of the Slaves were possessed of considerable property. There had been several instances of Slaves having purchased their own freedom. The Honourable Member for Stock bridge had last Session stated to the House, that he himself had been the purchaser of property acquired by a Slave in a state of slavery, and that such octur rences were by no means infrequent. With respect to the cases mentioned by the Honourable and 1 , Learned Gentleman, as far as be recollected , the Ho nourable and Learned Gentleman's description ma terially differed from the information received at the Colonial Office. In order to be enabled to judge more accurately of the case, the Noble Lord at the head of the Colonial Department had required from the Governor of Dominica a specification of all the evidence relating to it. With respect to what was stated to have taken place in the Island of Dominica, he was as little desirous as any Member of the Home of vindicating any measure of that description. He believed that a greater good could not be done to the country than by watching over the conduct of Public Bodies in the West India Islands. To Met pert of the Return which related to the measure he had just alluded to, he could have no objection, and he had therefore no hesitation in agreeing to the production of the papers wished for. With respect to the transaction in the bland of Nevis, he could not speak at present, as the circumstance was not present to his recollection. Mr. R. SMITH was very glad to learn, that the state of society in the smaller islands was much worse chap in the larger island of Jamaica, and that the circumstances which applied to the small islands did' , not aeely to the other. But there was a circum sauce which also applied to the larger islands ; and when he considered that no steps had been taken ciu ring tee last twenty years to remedy the evil, he thoi'ght it proved such a state of things in the West lalias generally, as called for a vigilantesaperinten deuce on the part of Parliament. Slaves were incom petent to give evidence, and could not be produced with any qualification. in a Court of Law. the cullsi inseparable from a state of slavery, such as existed ail the islands, proved the necessity of a vigil ant terference on lac part of• the House and the Govern-' meat The House ought to cast a watchful eye oven the Wesandia islands ; and by this alone could any that althoighßoy s laves guilty of crime • not be ester : e3 to thi panis:lmmr. by their g =mica ha...coistilted colony Oil .te subject, Lehi- no ritfat to r $ 4.,;25117:10 hal thus M o ,taal, although wit in:o the nature c this .ioctrine woull le e Bora:able and Lea: sctiption of the canl sootrimes aSove a cr er,ures were attach sus.iia: dis:ance frc , to wt.; and wor... pl. - Is in 11S rni or : and the . i 7 oic..sioned of t miso:abie one, zca..3 be no d b. : ''1": v:ts t.. tati f 0.111.1, - tz t .11 072: ...le C,tl 5")..1,11.1.11 1 IC CL • . • it,. s. I.t Go a3kl .. r th. 111 Fli 7 , • . t e,sz in no. rcpt.; ecl w.•.s coa. ;.:-/ to um •nti to ?at:,.. biasl Ice , tea 11C Ilf:e place, I ini done; aril ia the fur thane The 14 ate a -a.... cf the Brit: sri••,,t the other pat tat • tthen with the ell aft. teyects. In the it be quite lulu the 13.itisli Consti ar • we conie.queo ea: o eat. nary (..iovrnmei • hi , e t. Loa t t the slaves Lint col); t2t,i . .s.iu . Lion, in ,hey we:e Y w wa'cla cruise 1 d cv A.i.sallsv great gi scl 1:..: ; e ,l I,se si srik b4.4 , 4C. -- 1 , 6 F 4 an slave ia Donn') uri • the slave was a a c LI was riot so. • be . •• of colour corsair • out ' be considered ft tlictt of freedom, an is 1I ciple of our Cc :true our shores beta tice in Dominic shores became Fax• t :ate of former ind 1 3erty. By ant •dina altar might b sumptien that cm - .l.li:b.:it by hit at to sold for the bei ',ay.'s, an Slav :it Pr. rail, pre( (4 . an im:r • jai's ' • tuia ,'new rani y was nr, es tni nvinc .N.T•aar,l jusu r At 1: • the cc f ic,bk oil li.;;G . sk, tnua...,te(i, cite unf setect...,;l,and ' ed to :rcr:rl t•.) per est , notice des,:e tat it-v= (;e yttior " • • , .,nnaca nn2c• v: tat J • - .Jot a perma the nent Negro , Inie simes: liorsaa*NSfik e eell . 4 'the eonditial* Mr. MUNI' of June - ' — ica,„intlik r itoto94 9 . 1 . tt ,wiiiii . say favosir.to be show no latch AtteoeSioa. thipt which bad been de:yr: Hoe: Nod Gentlemin. But *Kai • kactstophilis of in the p o red.lllo."aneLx linan, Was n• -~likatt *avoid the rinkles eta Ilan biettli si ped in the smeller Idands, that he.had to the eirctunstitneles of the Islands of ominicii and Nevis, as'inclicativeifThigag in the 'West Indies, with respect to Nearn Slaves. What 'were the Islands -of Dominica and Nevis out of the clusters of the West Indianians's? The Island of Dominica exported only 2000 libgsheads of sugar, and Nevis 4000 ; whereas the Island of Jam4ica alone exported 4ietsVeen SO and 40,000 hOgsheids of sugar. l in Jamaica no law was passed without an intention ion the part of those who framed and supported-it, lof having it carried into strict execution., The Ho noutable Gentleman sentered into a statement of the manner in which it Was usual to interfere to prevent the punishtnerit of Negroes. The whole tenor of the arguments of the Hon. add Leinned Gentleman ap plied to the West Indies generally. When this went out to the public, a most erroneous idea would be it ..ceived from it, f the treatment of Slaves in the West Indies generally, and Jamaica more particularly ; And no doubt it would go, because the Reporters: — (Order I Order!)--hewoul4 only say thatlientehow or *other, the Honourable and Learned Gentleman's sen timents were sure to go out to the public. The Ha nourable and Learned Gentleman stated the number of lashes inflicted with the cart-whip.. 134 why the cart-whip?' The punishrnent was inflicted with a whip. But why should Gentlemen opposite empha tically say cart -whip? That *as not the term used in the West Indies-4A laugh) The Honourable Gentleman proceeded to describe the treatment of the slaves in the workhouses, and stated, that the chains were. not considered as a punishment, but as a precaution to prevent their running away. He had seen men chained working on the roads, but no indi cation of severe punishment. He had never seen a punishment inflicted in his life, but he had often been applied to by Negroes•ordered to be put in the stocks for running away, for that sort bf intercession with their masters which was called by the slaves a ticket, and it had riot unfrequently been said by them on these occasions, if you cannot get us 'altogether ex cused, will you endeavour to have our punishment of the stocks changed to thirty-nine lashes. So far was this punishment of thirty-nine lashes, which was the highest number that could be inflicted without trial in Jamaica, from being considered a severe pnnishment—(heer, hear I) .. Mr. A. BROWN said , that with respect to the pro ceedings in the island of Dominica, it appeared to him that the Hon. and Learned t - ienUeman had ap plied his great talents to give a colouring to the ease l which might or might not belong to it ; and with re- spect ustheisland of Nevis, he had eccasion to know that be had applied his talents to give a colouring to the case which did not belong to it. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman's charge in the case of Dominica might be divided into two part:—first, the charge of severity of punishments • and, secondly, the charge, of mal-admiristration oflnstice in that island. With rettadtt t 6 the /int ttat4 severltrof meats, he' would take leave to say that the Honourable and Learned Gentleman had assumed much on that point. There was no evidence before the House of severity of punishments. Indeed the only evidence before the House did negative this severity of puniThreent.— There was the return of a Grand Jury on their oaths, expressly saying that the punishments in that island were not severe. But the Hon. and Learned Gen tleman had taken on himself in this case, not only to assume severity of ,punishment, but to say that this was the general treatment of Slaves in'the West In dies.--(No, from Sir Samuel Rooligy.)--The.fact of severity of punishment could be negatived in the case of many of the islands ; and if it should turn out that the treatment in Dominica was severe. let the odium of this fall on Dominica alone—(!near.) He protested against the induction that this was to be considered as a sample of the treatment in the other Islands. He had said that the Honourable and- Learned Gentleman had given colouring to the affair of Nevis, which he had reason to believe did not be long to it. He was not aware of this till yesterday,l when a respectable Gentleman, who is the agent for that Island, stated to him all the circumstances con nected with this affair ; and he should now state to the House, from memory, those circumstances as they were related to him. He was no apologist of the conduct of Mr. Huggins. That conduct had, he considered, brought discredit nn himself, and he was "afraid also on his employer; but he thought at the same time, that too great stress had been laid on the circumstances brought forward by the Honourable , and Learned Gentleman. The circumstances of the Icase were these :—A Negro was concerned in theft I from a Gentleman, for whom Mr. Huggins acted as attorney, and two other negroes had secreted the goods stolen by him; the theft was brought Ironic to the negro, and he acknowledged it; and though the two negroes denied having received the goods, they were found on them. There could be no doubt of their I crime. They were ordered to receive 100 lashes.— What was the number they a:tually received was I not clear, but it was clear that the whole one-him- I dyed lashes were not inflicted, and it was clear also, that the punishment was so slight as to permit those two Negroes to appear at a Negro Masquerade r next evening ; one of them in the character of Bona parte, and the other as the Duke of Wellington — (A laugh.)—Was this punishment, he would ask, to subject Mr. Huggins to the character of inhumanity and severity :•' But the Honourable and . I.;:tarned Gentleman had dwelt particularly on the c ase of the two women who were afterwards punished, and had spoken in strong terms of reprobation of the severity both of that punishment and of the cause of it. but it was not a just representation of the case, which the Hon. and Learned Gentleman had made. These wo men were not punished for shedding tears for the two negroes and the thief; but in con s equence of their yells and cries, which went to prevent the punish ment about to be inflicted—(Hear, hear, hear.) — A' ens and cries which had a teodency to prertnt dis- Cipline—thef were not cries of sn. row, but cries of obstinacy—(fleor. hear).- %;itji raspect to the woine.l on whom this punishment was inflicted, it was stated as an aggravation, by the Honourable and Learned Gentleman, that one of them had been brought up • - 110111.4:1: as a domestic. and had been rearedop in Mr. Cottle% family with all teuderness and kiridnees. This *4 no doubt true ; but it was also true. ttat*Mr. Cottle, before he left the blank, had disteitsid :her IS segues tory, and left her to work in the hold ;'and Mr. Cot tle, who was here, had given his approbation to the course Mr- Hugginsted adopted. But the Henouee eble and Learnedllentlenian hid ablest; 'That th e Jury were unwilling tcc•give - a verdict in this ease. — The fact was, that the - Council and Assembly el Nevis, influenced no doubt by the stigma, the t onse quence of the former occasion, in which Mr. Hug gins was concerned,' ordered a prosecution in this case, and that the 4irtfieitraOff might - be conducted with all the impottaace* 'arid' solemnity' which they''' . thought it deserved, they sent to Si. Kitt's for the Attorney e General. The cause was conducted in the [lsland of Nevis, with every inclination to inquire fairly into the circunistances of the case, and if Me. Hugeias were guilty, to visit the guilt on his head. — The Jury acquitted Mr. Hulemi e ns ; and the Honour able Geraleee: :I had inferrei from.this acquittal, the prevalence of seatimenss it:• the island-which would . 'not admit of justice being done to the Negroes. He had referred to the opinion delivered by General Pre *sr ; but it was proper to state that another Goner = nor (Governor Proby) in a letter, did signify his un qualified approbation of the verdict of the Jury. This was a true statement of the case of the Island of Nevis, as it had been stated to him.' IWe* the case of the Lland of Dominica he was.aotarinain ted. If it turned out as .it had been -stated, it was his anxious with that these instances of abuse shoul d find a remedy, but a remedy sonsistent with th.e peace and security of the Colonies themselves. if the Honourable and Learned Gentleman should ef fect such a remedy, he would do the greatest service o the Colonies and the Negroes, a service which would make him live in their memozies long aftethe was no more. Sir JAMES MACKINTOSH said the House had heard the defence which had been set ep -in answer to the statement of his Hon. and Learned Friend, of certain aces committed by a man named Huggins, infamous for his atrocities and barbarities on a former occaiioa. It had not been disputed by the Honour able Gentleitten, filet the greatest atrocities and bar b:Li-cies had disgraced the conduct of that indiailuel oat a former occasion. 11tvieg stated that there was a universal concurrence in this %Wm:smith to his former conduct, with what surprise lu re t s S e ,e heard quoted, by the Honourable Gentleman, a cer tificate of the good conduct of that man, from the person who was capable of employialf e him as an At torney over Slaves, towards whom his barbarity had resounded throuehout the whole world—(hear, hear, hear.) The approbation of such a m aster weighed in a very different summer with him from what it had done with the Hon. Gentleman. It seemed to him:the testimonial of a leading criminal w an accomplice in • common guilt. Such a testimony could only operate a e eainsethe master ; but never could a vail the servant. Wich respect to the punishment of the - two boys and the two women who feelings were agitated by that punishnient, he world, observe, that the Honourable Gentleman who, bad accused his Honourable and Leatned Friend of petting his owl colour cm the fac' stated by him, had here put his own colouring on the facto--for the facts were the senses the- onfrdiffe renee being the discovery of the Honourable Gentle man of the state of mind which had produced dwell symptoms in the womea for which they were sub jected to Punishment. • The Honourable Gentlem: had said, it was not tears of sonow—(Hear, hear hat yells. lie should have thought the proper et pression, yells of horror ; but the Honourable Gentle s man, who was be:ter acquainted with what was par ing in the minds of those females, called them yel. of obstinacy. It was the viole nt ex p ression of the painful feelings with which they witnessed the penis' meat of persons who were dear to them---(Naar hear.) According to the Honourable Gentleman, du were yells of mutiny, and denoting an intention interrupting the punishment. This construction, owned, did appear to him a most singular one.— This he believed was tote first time in the history tyranny, of spectators having been punished far pressing their feelings on the punishment of those w were dear to them—(/tear, hear.) — The Hostoora' Gentleman had told them or a letter written by .vernor Prohy to. this Mr. Hue-ens. When did hear that this was part of the duty of a Cover of a laicish Colony, to communicate his aepro tion of the verdict of a Jury ? What were they t, to think of a Governor of Nevis having any coin , nication with such a man as Huggins ? It could be a public communication, for it .Was not his di It could not be a private communication, for sue no man who held the situation of a Governor British Colony, could be on terms of intimacy such a monster. He should conceive that sitr man would be shunned by the Governor of a Br Colony like the pestilence--(hear, hear, /tea; What connection could there be between them could be no act of duty that in support of so e: lent a characterto heal the wounds which had I inflicted on him—and to wash away the stain w, for the first time had sullied his formerly character, had procured him the consolation or ter from the Governor of the Island. lie h, feeling of hostility to the inhabitants of the West Colonies : but he thought the cause of the inhale of these Colonies could not be favoured by a'n.o, defence which verged so much towards exaggera: for nothing he conceived partook more of exaeo tion than the defence of the Honotitahle (lMr. A. Brown)-oeor, hear, heal. ti ith rev( Dominica, he would .not atieirpt to enter in I principa:otoints respecting the Grand and Pet bey ty 'nese ts, in a subsequent stage, i..ight matters of very serious cha r ge against the p: concerned. But his charge against the Island of minica, at present, was of a different kind. H. not charge the Grand Jury with doing that w was not lawful, but with overstepping all law- . snaking that Bill which they had thrown out a ject to be presented among other nuisances. complained of thy scandalous encroachment of Jury, or rather of the twenty-three persons of l it was con for in making such a pia meet they could be no longer considered a G Jury; in having encroached on the right of pe. to LI Bills bore Greed Juries. But the Honour, Gentleman had omitted altogether the case presentment. In consequence of the Grand tilt owing out the Bill, directions were issued- \ , , ~..., , , , , . , 1 , • r 1 . I . I I ' i . i/iii ;L . ' ' 1i , i 1 1 r . , , I li I i 4 l i 41 I v: • 1 4 il **7 • . i.l ) I. $ • : r , . 1 t e • I , f . I . ' 4 . . i x . . If 4 ! , so • I ; :r 1 1 , as 1 1 ct ' P he ' a- . ad k 1 , 1 / rr, . , iu • 1 ad ' I be a a • • 1 t 4 , ate att. Ind hat ble ' 'rid 1.C:3 r, the rife- ' de- • • 1 Roo ` 4 lab- i t nan sr!) 1 j ex- stle. . ir asst. Fella l ,, : . , the I iish- i t rear, t 1 they , n of 4 lie i i..--- k• 0 T . of I , 1 r ex- ! who cable 0 Go-. ' H '1 id he , :i-►; i e , rnm 1 roba- ti •i ii 1 , ,• then 4 A 71711 - #. Ed not I 1 duty. surely 1 1 Of d • ... T wit'l f , nch a British •ar.l-- f r ti 1 , pi' it * 1 '- excel- . , . d been I I • . ' which potlebs i- .. F a let- 14 1 I/ had na t irAlis bitants I 1 .o.le of ra:iun: i ,, get,s- • tier a i ,pest to I i It 0 the . • P .V JUT .. . 4 1 ' 4 t;ectine parties of Do- ( He did , $ which , w-for .. 1 • t a sub- s. 1.7 e $ of that i ' which =skis- . o'3l Grand persons curable _ i , of the al Juiy , 1-1.? doe . It