The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-21 00:00:00

EVENING SUN

money which their agent, Mr. Mullender, had received frta•
his clients, upon the prom:se, regularly attested by duel.;
rents, to send these poor own out to .Australia.
each of the cases the exupiainants had di ;posed of ull
their earthly goods in order to pay up the ilifferenc;; be"
tween the Government allowance and the broker's de:
mend. In one case the :qit of 51. was paid ;in another
the sum of 41. ; in a third the sum of 01.; and in a fdtlith
the sum of IL
Mr. Carter said that Mr. Mullender applied to the
house for employment in the way alluded to, but the aP„"
plieation was nut listened to, for the firm perfectly
understood to what abuse an agency of the kind dzga
be subJected. They would, if the party guilty of pill
dering the poor men were prosecuted, pay id. towai—
the expenses of the prosecution. •
The Attorney said he had every reason to believe the
he could prove the agency of Mr. Mullender to the house
of Messrs. Carter and Bonus, and that the Alderatall
would not hesitate to pronounce them responsible.
Joseph Relfe, a carpenter, residing at No. 22,
de Peerless"
row, City-road, stated that about two months age'
applied to Mr. John Mullender, of No. 24, 144
Britain, on the subject of emigration, that person bei%
the nearest emigration agent to his residence. Ti,,%
were bills pasted about the house announcing the
and Mr. Mullender informed him that the demand for
the passage of his wife and two children and WI;
self would be a, but agreed to reduce it to 51., station
the same time that as another woman was going °n' one
of the children should be put down opposite to her rtfr;
and that he (Mr. Mullender) was acting for 31e';;„,
Carter and Bonus, of Leadenhall-street, and therei,"ir
no occasion for witness to go any further. Mr. Ailtue,he
der further stated that he was under a bond WA,
amount of 4001. to the gentlemen he representel
witness then produced a pasteboard with a bill conistii:
ing the particular information on which those vil'.lll,o
tended to emigrate were required to act, and 'wiling,
said had been taken from Mr. Mullender s offices. Ile
noticed other documents, which left no doubt in "

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mind as to the agency. been
Mr. Carter declared that the pasteboard NO
stolen from the outer office of the firm, where it Woe
accustomed to hang. Witness stated that uP°ll.6O-
- interview he paid Mr. Mullender IL. and at a sill to
quent time, when the certificates and papers suPP°se
be necessary were delivered, he paid the additional
of 41. to that gentleman, but never saw him afterwar"
Thomas Norman, of No. 19, Peerless-row, CitY'rcno-
father-in-law to the first witness, stated that ,e,°,lot
quence of information from his son-in-law, he ea";fief
Messrs. Carter and Bonus's offices on the 6th and ''dedzi
the present month, and saw a stout man, who aPPe.,I
to be a principal clerk, with whom he communicato^...o
the subject of the intended emigration. The clerk,
being asked whether Mr. Mullender was known to lied
and employed by Messrs. Carter and Bonus, reßiter
" Yes ; he is employed to inquire about the harite
and circumstances of those who apply for free e°11;;#
don." The clerk also, upon being informed of tilt n ofr
of the party for whom the witness was interetecbspi
served that the papers of that person were reAtclY,'"o
that he was to pay 81., upon which witness said thassid,
agreement had been made for 'a., and the clerk
"Itihy, he has got two children." 311‘
Alderman PIRIE—Did the clerk say that your so
law was to call at the office ? Witness—He said 71,
my son-in-law ought to call, but he did not strictly

rest that he should call.
Alder
The Attorney for the complainants asked the
man whether he was satisfied as to the agency. of
Mullender, after the evidence just detailed ? 001
Alderman PIRIE--I do not think that you have 131.-I,io/
the agency. It is evident that a great deal of illfse'',o
has been done to poor people, but Mullender, by I
showing, has been employed merely to inquire flea
the characters and circumstances of those-who intena
to emigrate. I shall give you every assistance the
power, and I should be very glad if you could prov
agency, for these gentlemen are well able, and, 1 is
sure, well-disposed to pay, if they are, either in law or
honour, bound to pay. t the
The Attorney for the complainants submitted that tho
production of the printed papers, in conjunction with
evidence, was adequate proof of the agency. doubt,
Alderman PIRIE—Any body could, I have no /t s,
have got these papers, or counterparts of them.
you must be aware, one thing to etnyloy a man to ,00
ceive money, and another to employ him to inquire in
matters of a different kind.
The Solicitor to the complainants said that he 0
evidence which, he thought, would more eomplutelY
the agency of Mr. Mullender.
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F. D. Watson, who said that he was a clerk- °""the
employment, made a statement as to having gone to oi
office of Messrs. Carter and Bonus on the business a$
emigration ; but his evidence made no addition to
already disclosed.
Maurice Cochrane, labourer, stated that he, too,
applied to Mr. Mullender on the subject of emigr '
otTre
and that he received from that individual a certi6e,:io
for his wife, his children, and himself ; after whiepthe
accompanied Mr. Mullender three or four times t°;ef
office of Messrs. Carter and Bonus. Mr. Mullen-te
' brought out the papers, pinned together, fro t° ;00
office, and gave them to the witness ; and. did vi'. t
eti
other things, which gave him all the appearance of h
authorised, rf the
Alderman PIRIE repeated that the attorneY
°n us had failed to prove the agency °:„Af, bhf
der upon the part of Messrs. Carter and Ben— opt,
quite enough was stated to prove that the poor .4
acted on the belief that'that imposter was all autholfok
person. It was quite 'evident that the conduct of rail
lender was directed to the object of impressing:Po,
them that they were to pay him, and that he would
count to Messrs. Carter and Bonus. A ir
Mr. Carter said that be felt the deepest regret all il p,
dignation at the serious injury done to the Po°- to di
plicants. Mullender had called at the office, and stad
that he had been acting for ether shipbrokers engage sail
emigration business, and had quarrelled with their'
that there were some poor persons whom his former itit
ployers had disappointed, and who would be grips'
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served if the firm would give them a passage to .
tralia. lie (Mr. Carter) consented to give them
sage if their certificates were correct, and the neee
preliminaries were arranged ; but the firm nev,er '6O
received a farthing. Mullender had applied, in the 0d
instance, to be employed as an agent, but the fon° ,-
by no means employ him, as had been previously stago
because they knew what advantage might be tithe pp
the authority to act under such circumstances. They
that a gross imposition had been practised, upon the 0
fortunate complainants, and would most willingly tio
the Alderman might think proper to suggest. , t tie
The Attorney to the complainants stated tiotatv
amount of the united sums paid to Mullender,
obtain which his poor clients had made the greatest
ertions of which they were capable, was 19/. a ,1f
Alderman Finn: (to Mr. Carter)—Then I 10011,,lie-
vise, as these poor fellows paid Mullender in the 'ciot
that he was the agent for your house, that Yett
them 101. amongst them. That, I think, will be extre,i tf)
liberal upon your part, and will be quite a godse"
them. for
Mr. Carter most cordially assented, and told the it-otiO
ney for the complainants that he would give la t°wies.
the prosecution of Mullender for so gross and he'
a robbery. thtes
Alderman PIRIE had great reason to apprehen-
there was a vast deal of foul play going on as to
ro,
;ration, and that impositions were practised in 11,.,eg
variety of cases, the temptation to plunder he,'" 1,014,
creased in proportion to the ignorance of those w°o,;es
desirous to go abroad, and to the imagined difilcu, bpi:
detection. He happened to belong to this sort o' acte°
noss, which made him conversant with matters colt o,ll°
with emigration, and he called upon all pers,°°o-
meant to go abroad to better their condition, to ue
cularly cautious to whom they paid their money'
haps the exposure which had that da taken place a- lied
be the best mode of checking an evil ywhich he Ant/ the
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On the 17th inst.. Mrs. Henderson, of Mansell-street'
a son.
On the 18th inst., in Oxrord-squire, Hyde-park, the 101/°
J. P. Judd, Esq., ...f a daughter.
too or
On the 18th inst., in Grosvenor-crescent, the Coun
Clarendon, of a daughter. or
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On the 18th inst., in Mecklenburgh-square, the W, „urs,,
Laic Braithwaite, Esq., of twins, who survived only a fey/ '1" el
On the 18th inst., the lady
of W. H. Hodding, E
Gloucester-place, Portman-square, of a son. , h
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On the 19th inst., at Herne-hill, Surrey, Mrs. °
Curling, of a daughter.
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