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promised.' Arrived at the said town, I. again, asked for the
pr, iiiised clothing ; hitely said, have patience omit we
get to New York—there both my promises shall be fulfilled.' We
:Arrived at NeW York; 1 'again. claimed the fulfilment of the i
promises Whitely .put off their fulfilinent from day to day.
At New ',York he uttered me some dressed skins; I rejected
them because clothes of good cloth had been• promised to me.
We remained a fortnight at New York, where, upon many and
various pretences, by deceit I was induced to appear' with ray
party upon the stage of a theatre.
" It was at• New -York that my brother, who was one of our
party, determined upon leaving us, to return home. He,said to
me, Whitely, lam stile, ie a bad ruin, and I am certain he
has told you nothing but lies.' My brother then drew a picture
of the' misery' and misfortunes we were risking by proceeding.
replied, that before giving my•answer to Bogue, I had•as-
-sembled many of our' chiefs together, that my departure had
been debated upon and agreed to. I added, that 1 was now
very far upon my road, that my honour was compromised, and
that if it coat me my life I must proceed. My brother left us,
and returned home. •
'" We left New York, and after a voyage of about 21 days
we arrived at Liverpool. Upon setting my: 1.6(34 on land, I ex-
pressed my iviiheS thdt nu time- shotilil be lost in seeing the
king. whitely "gave reasons why I could hot see hitrr for some
time, adding, in the mean time we must remain here. Whitely
persuaded us all to go to the theatre to pass our time, as we
Should find it tedious • if we 'always stayed at home; by such
Means we were induced to attend the theatre, and afterwards to
go upon the, stage.
" After some days we went to Manchester; we retnaked
there about six days. We then went to Birmingham; it was
there that Whitely told me that the man who kept our money
had run• away, and taken all .of it with him; his name was
Sutton. He said, ' Never mind, in the town where the kidg i
lives I have plenty of money in the bank,•and I will not run
away.' The same night Whitely himself ran off. The next day
Du Nord (the interpreter) told me that Whitely was gone to
London to get money, and would return in two days. The
two days passed away and Whitely did not return. the master
of the public-house where we lodged came to meat the end of
two days and gave me foot shillings, and said that he could no
longer afford us shelter. We left the house,; and for hours
wandered amongst the streets. From one person-our interpreter
received two shillings to procure wherewithal to eat; my wife,
myself, my sister, and all my men, were a considerable portion
of two nights in the streets, without roof to shelter us; during
this time it rainedinuch, and my wife was in bad health.
" Mr. Gale, a 0.. e ntleinan who had come to England in the
same ship which drought us from New York, came to Birming-
ham to ascertain our condition; he found us in our forlorn and
wretched state; he kindly supplied our wants and brought of to
London, where he made for me the engagemettt With Mr. Glos•
sop, which prevented.our starving front hunger.
I had not been in London more than two weeks when I-was
bereaved of my belovedwife. My heart had scarcely recovered
somewhat from this grief when my own nephew died : again I
drank of the waters of sorrow, but much of them remained iu
the cup. A few days after another of my companions died : he
has •left a widow and five little ones behind him. When I re-
turn to my country what shall I say when they ask me for him?
—who is to httnt fur their food ?—who is to cultivate the grcrund
for their support ?
"My heart was wrung by these many afflictions. At length
I began somewhat to recover from them, when. I was accused
of a bad offence—it was said I laid hands on a young maid. Red
men kill their enemies; but they do not seek to injure a maiden
of tender years. My breast contracted, and I could hardly
breathe. The-wbunds of my heart were again opened, and bled;
but I held my head up, my eyes met the eyes of other men
without fear, as the Great 'Spirit, who sees into all hearts,
knows that 1 am innocent."
The Lord Mayor asked whether any person could confirm the
truth of the statement?—The interpreter declared that he knew
the facts to ,be •as had been written down. The Indian Chief
was anxious to swear to the truth of every tittle.
The Lord Mayor: It is a very singular document; but I am
averse to the practice of swearing voluntary affidavits of such a
nature. lam sure that it will 'be considered sufficient at the
Colonial-office that the Chief applied to swear to the truth of
the statement.
Sir Augustus D'Este said he believed the affidnvit was re-
quired at the Colonial-office. It appeared that the credulity of
the Chief had been most cruelly practised upon.
The Lord Mayor desired that in the event of the affidavit be-
ing considered indispensable the Chief should call upon him
again.

A SETTLER FOR DOMINICK RONAYNE, ESQ. M.P.

Mr. Dominick Ronayne, one of the Tail, has been cutting a
mighty pretty figure at the Assizes of Clonmel, which town he
honours by representing it. Itappears that an action was brought
by one Lynch against a' Mr. Labarte, a most respectable man,
who had been agent to Mr. .Bagwell at the last election, to re-
covor.penalties for bribery. Mr. Itonayne was himself counsel
for the plaintiff. A witness named Meagher was examined ; and
to Mr: Ronayne's unmitigateddelight, stated that "the case was
trumped up—that he was first told by Mr. Ronayne ••himself to
procure persons to prove bribery, and that these persons should
have 25 sovereigns, and half the £5OO to be recovered from
Labarte !" Meagher also stated that he "did not believe that
Kiely (the man whom Mr. ..Labarte was charged with having
bribed) was bribed at all, though he wanted him to swear he was;
but he (Meagher) acted under the instructions of Mr. Ro-
nayne " (!); also that" he lived within seven doors of Kiely's
house, which was broken to pieces, and the furniture de-
molished." "I, (said the witness) led the mob on. I was in-
structed to do so by Mr. Ronayne's committee." Upon this,
Mr. D. Ronayne spoke at great length in his own defence, the
value ef which was thus estimated by Mr. Justice Torrens, who
:tried the case :—The Judge said, "He hacUto lament that gen-
tlemen at the bar, when mixed up and implicated en a transac-
tion, did not refrain from appearing as counsel—it caused great
embarrassment, as in case of Mr. Ronayne. Ile had thought
proper to deny, on strong assertion, the facts connected with
him, and asserted by Meagher. But it was his (Mr. Torrens')
duty to tell him, that if Mr. Ronayne intended his assertion to
•be evidence. he should have appeared at the table as a witness
•upon oath, and have subjected himself to cross-examination by de-
fendant's counsel—as he did not do so, the Jury must give no
weight to• Mr. Ronayne's statement."—The Jury found for the
defendant.
So much for Mr. Itonayne, and purity of the Tail's election
We trust that this case will not-. escape the•notice of the " In-
! timidation Committee" (as it is called) of the Clouse of Commons.
We make no further comment, as' Justice Torrens settled Mas-
ter Dominick, and saved us the-trouble; but'we call attention
to this case, and give Mr. Ronayne warning that he sits for
Clonmel fire the last time.