The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-24 00:00:00

EXECUTION AT NOTTINGHAM

(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)
NOTTINGHAM, MARCH 22.—This morning, at eight o'clock.
.loose Jones, the man who was convicted, at our last Assizes, of
he murder of Mary Mtllan),
at Mansfield, underwent the awfu:
-vntence of the law on the new drop, in the front of the County
Gaol. The particulars of the dreadful deed he committed—
which was cutting the throat of his sweetheart, in his shoemaker's
.hop at Manstit Id, with his working knife—have appeared at full
vngth in the columns of The Sun, with the evidence on the in-
piebt, and also a report of his trial and condemnation. lie was r.
young man, aged twenty-four years, of very good personal extern)]
rod handsome cast of features, his only weak point being so de.
votedly attached to one who could not requite his love with a re.
turn. In a frenzy of rage and jealousy, he seized the knife, which
unfortunately lay close to his hand, and inflicted the fatal
wounds. lie knelt and prayed by her for a long time, and
then said he never felt so happy In his life. lie was determined
no one else should have her, and having accomplished that he
cou'd die tasy.

To prove the ex:ellent character he possessed, and the ontimation
in which the inhabitants of Mansfield, where the murder was corn.
nutted, held hint, a numerously signed petition, backed by the
recommendation of the chaplain, was forwarded to the Secretary of
State for the Dome Department, praying him to commute the sen-
tence. The answer returned by Sir James Graham was, that he
saw no circumstance in the case to wsrrant him interfering. An.
other petition was then sent, to stop the execution for another
week, the present being Passion Week, but this was also refused.
At twenty minutes past eight o'clock the bolt was drawn, and the
murderer justly suffered the last Penalties of the lass.

INDIA HOUSE.

COURT OF PROPRIETORS.
HILL COOLIES.
Mr. G. Titomrsost (in continuation from our Afternoon
Edition of yesterday) said—He cared nothing for the fate of
that island ; there were other places in the world where the
natives might grow sugar, surrounded by their wives and
families and their children's children, and under the immediate
protection of a more merciful Government than that which
Mauritius had ever known, down to this moment.—(Bear,
hear.) The measure might look exceedingly well upon
paper, but he judged of its effect by the result of the Order in
Council of 1837, and by the actual treatment of the Coolies in
Demerara. Although a few might have been sent back to
India as decoys, and though the most had been made of their
evidence, vet he knew, from the most unquestionable testimony,
which he had received from highly respectable missionaries in
different parts of Bengal, that the emigration, let them call it
by what name they }leased, was nothing more than a system of
subtle and wicked trepanning. The British system of impress-
ment was not distinguished by more odious features than the
kidnapping Hill Coolies in India for the sugar plantations of
the Mauritius and Demerara. If there were anything in the
papers asked for that was calculated to throw light on the
question, if placed in the possession of the members of the
Court, if it would extend their knowledge of the subject, or
even induce them to pause in giving their consent to the clause
over winch they had s.me control, ho would hold up fifty
hands, if he had them, in favour of it. .sie felt that the natives
of India would not be bettered by this emigration. It was his
wish to sea India prosper—( Hear, hear)—their slave colonies
hail had their day ; he was not going into what the proceedings
of that day had been, but he thought they were not called on
to show any extraordinary sympathy for the planters of the
Maur tius and Demerara, who had for ages been carrying on
their trade at the expense of the happiness and honour of
the human race. He wanted to see India prosper.--
(Hear, hear.) He should like to see the West Indies enjoy a
continuance of th• it present prosperi y, and the labourers enjoy-
ing-their independence in the freedom of their own mountain
grounds; it was a proof of the beneficial effects of emancipa-
tion. But he should also rejoice to see such a necessity it, this
country for an enlarged grotsth of sugar in India, as should
compel the attention of the Court, and of her Majesty's Go-
vernment to the subject. He feared this Bill wo dd be but a
second edition of the Bill of Lord J. Russell, which was de-
feated some sessions ago, in the House of Commons, but which
was now promoted under other, and, for its being carried, more
favourable auspices. He considered it an evidence that the
West Indian Colonial party was still paramount ; it was not the
Mauritius only that would benefit by the Bill, the West
Indies would also share in its advantages. That Court, therefore,
was bound to take care of the inlet ests of India—rather than of
the interest of a few comparatively insignificant spots of our
empire.—(hear, hear.) For this reason he would say, let
them pause; he did not condemn the BB in toto, but he ob-
jected to it as far as regarded the fate of the Hill Coolies. If
they could speak the language of those who engaged them—if
they knew the nature of the contracts they entered into—if
their choice was free and enlightened—if they were likely to
benefit themselves by going to the country to which they were
invited—he should be the last man to interpose a straw in the
way of their free and well-informed choice. But under the
circumstances, the Hill Coolies were not free agents; they
were the most ignorant of all the people of the country
they inhabited, and that Court had to decide f.,r them. They
might as well talk of giving an idiot the right of choice when a
subtle, interested, smooth-tongued, wily, well-paid recruiting
sergeant was abroad. He did hope, therefore, thst they should
have placed before them all the information it was in the
power of the Court to demand, and at a future time, when they
were in possession of that information, they might renew the
consideration of the question, and corns to a deliberate, enlight-
ened, and sat isfai t try conclusion.
'1 he CHAIRMAN said the Directors were fully aware of the
great importance attaching to this subject. They were not at all
desirous of withholding from the Court any information they
could obtain on the subject. With reference to the Co'onial
Passengers' Act, they were as desirous of giving that protection
to the Hill Coolies, which their comparatively unprotected situ-
ation required.—( Hear, hear.) He thought the observations
just made would apply to the principle of emigration to all coun-
tries; it did appear to him a great injustice to prevent the na-
tive of India from taking his labour and skill to other markets
where he would be better compensated than in the country
where he happened to be born. They were most anxious to pro-
tect those individuals by every reasonablemeasure that might be
suggested either by the Governor-General of India or by the
Government at home. He hoped, therefore, that his Hon.
Friend would not press his motion on the present occasion.
Mr. WEEDING said he did not ask for any thing impracti-
cable, but only for the dispatches of the Indian Government.
He then again read the resolution, and suggested as an addition
to it, the word', " that the Court be summoned at as early a
period as possible to take the subject into consideration."
Mr. Sanoatorss thought the Directors could not for a mo-
ment hesitate to grant the papers moved for. In a matter of
so much importance as this, they ought to be very cautious.
There were difficulties enough connected with our Indian affairs,
but the greatest evil would be if the native Indians should come
to look upon us as the cause of their being sent to foreign lands
to fill the places of slave-labourers. He was astonished that
any objection should be entertained to the motion. Parliament
was about to suspend its sittings for a short time, and before
it should meet again nothing could be more advisable than to
have the papers moved lor laid before the Proprietors in order
that they might be enabled in the interim to discuss the ques-
tion fairly and properly, and be in a position to lay their
views on the subject before the Legislature when t
re-assembled after the Easter recess. Ile (Mr. Salo.
mons) had two objections against the deportation of the
Hill Coolies from their Native place. One was an Indian ob-
jection, the other an Engl sh one. The former was that these
people were incapable of taking care of themselves. They
were, too, not taken away in great masses, and though Mau.-
ritius might b' ben-fitted by the importation of even a small
number of those labourers, )et the stkrplus labour in India de-
rived no advantage from so small a quantity of emigrants
being taken away. Thus India was benefited in nowise by
the measure. His English objection was, that they legislated
here without its being possible that any appeals could be made
from private interests. How, he wanted to know, could
you ask the Americans to emancipate their slaves, when
you showed them that for the purpose of supply-
ing those plantations, which had been hitherto slave-
colonies with labourers, you were obliged to bring the free na-
tives of India to raise sugar in those countries, where alone it
could b, done by persons accustomed to a tropical climate ?
Those who wished to put an end to the odious conduct con.
nected with slavery, should never cease their exertions till they
saw slavery abolished throughout the world. He had seen the
working of slavery, and he agreed with the Hon. Proprietor
(Mr. Thompson) in his opinion of its horrors. It was said the
slaves were well fed—why, so was his horse. They were fed
well because it was the interest of their owners that they
should be so. They ought to pause—to inquire—and havo all
the papers before them, and see whether any modification could
he introduced in the Orders in Council referring to tile matter.
Let them see, at all events, that the liberty and the health of
those labourers be provided for. lie should have the greatest
pleasure in supporting the motion of the Hen. Proprietor.
The CHAIRMAN repeated that he or the Court of Directors
had no desire whatever to conceal any information upon the
subject, and he proposed to insert in the motion, in order that
ether documents might be furnished in addition to those moved
for, the words " also any despatches of the Court of Directors
referring
stuhizegreesttoi.o'n'
of He
the alsoHon. proposedProprietor, the
in compliance
with the the following words
at the conclusion of the motion, "and that the Court be sum-
moned at the earliest period possible, to take this subject under
t o
consideration." There was no one more sensible of the im-
portance of the subject than he (the Chairman) and his col-
leagues were. They had, for some time past, paid
the greatest
attention to it, and would be rejoiced to find it Properly adjusted.
Mr. MARTIN suggested that the papers should be printed for
the convenience of the Proprietors.
After a few words from Mr. TnostrsoN and Die.
ERDING,
in support of the suggesion,
The CHAIRMAN said it was merely a question of expense,
and if the Proprietors consented to have them printed, the Di-
rectors, of coarse, would not offer any opposition to their being so.
The motion, in its amended form, was then put from the
chair and carried.
CASE OF CAPTAIN J. CHARRETIE.
Mr. SA Lostoisis said, that in bringing before the Court the
case of this office], he considered he was but doing his duty
towards one of the Company's late servants, who had been,
he thought. very stanch injured by an act of f
the Board of
Control. He ((Br. S.) did not wish to be understood as
entertaining or expressing any invidious opinion of that
Board, because he was sure that the authorities in that
Board were actuated by what they believed to be a sense
of public duty in their conduct _respecting the individual
whose case he (Mr. S.) now wished to lay before the Court.
The circumstances of it were these: Captain Charretie en-
tered the service of the Company when a Young man. He
went through all the gradations in' their service, till he at-
tained the rank of commander. H commanded
one of the Company's regular ships during two voyages.
A singular train of misfortunes seemed to have followed him.
He (Mr. S.) had never heard of a man more persecuted by
fortune than was this individual, and he trusted the Court
would therefore, take a compassionate view of his case. lie
(Mr. S.) on learning the nature of it had been so struck with
the injustice that had been done him, that he had resolved to
become his advocate and obtain, as he trusted he ultimately
would, justice though late, though tardy, still justice for the
man. The Court would bear in mind that after the Company's
Charter had been abrogated, they had surrendered their
trading privileges, and what was more substantial all their
commercial assets, the Court of •Propri, tors thought that it
would be but right and equitable to provide for such of their
servants as had former b fulfilled their duties to the satisfaction