The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-04-23 00:00:00

--ermr"7"77;:sai7ed
lie he as nn Attorney foe
.another penon ;
finding teat two negroes lot d committed a theft,ibe
ordered them to receive 100 lashes each ; but they.
did not receive all the lashes ; and the punishment
was so slight, that the two negroes appeared at a
masquerade the nett evening, one in the character of
130,,aporte• and the other in the character of thist'
poke of Wellington.—( Loud laughter.)—Egneitre
Incorrect was the statement of the punishment low*
meted on the two women,; they were not punished
for shedding tears ; but for raising yells hi such eri;
obstinate manner es tended to destroy the authority
of the master!. Nor was one of those women a des:
mestic servant of the latter; for in consequence a.
bee violent and bad temper she had been condmineit
to work in the fields. And Mr. Cottle,, whciiWas
'row in this country, highly approved of the-condoct
IA Mr. Huggins, his Attorney, when he heard of it.
Whoa Mr. noggins was brought to trial by °Mel of
'the Assembly, the Jury acquitted him of the Charge
wf cruelty ' • and the Governor exptessed his ap-
probation of the verdict of the Jury.' He wished
!bat all abases in the islands should Red.& retired ;
stet he wished it to be a remedy consisting with the
letters% peace and security of the Prepare.
.
• Sir J. MACINTOiII said, the Hour Kid heard.
the defence which had been set op in insiter,telbe
*statement of his lion. and Leaned 'Friend, Of cif:
lain sets committed by a man paired Mounts, in're..
tusous for his atrocities and berbariime ,oat el fa 14; erg
occasion, It, bad not been dispyted by, tbri ;rl,
• Gentleman, thst:the greatest atrocities and • • •
hid disgraced the conduct' of that individual ottipi
former occasion.- Baying steles
.thist thers wax
universal cencorreuee in this Opinion with nowt,/
his former conduct, with what,serpriae.hid ise4trog,
, quoted, by the Hon. Gentlemen,s certificitp' of this
good conduct of that man, free the rime who wee
capable of employing him as so attorney. overokunims
towards whom his barbadty bad lesoottde4 thrombi I
out the whole world.—(Hearvitiot!).—The appro..
bation of each a master weighed in a very (Miscast
manner with him from what it had dons with thq
Honourable Gentleman. It seemed to him lb.
testimonial of a leading criminal to an accomplioak
a common guilt. Such a testimony could only oplaidli,
against the roaster, but never could avail the. swept.
"With respect to the puttishmeot of the two boos mil
the two women, whose feelings were agitated by that
punishment, he would observe, that the Hon Gen-
tleman who had accused his lion. and Learned Friend
of putting his own colour on the facts stated by him,
had here pot his own colouring on the facts—foe the
facts were the same—the only difference being the
discovery of the Him. Gentleman of the state of
mind which had produced those symptoms in the
women for which they were subjected to punishment.
The lion. Gentleman had said it was tot tears of
sorrow, but yells—he should have thought the pro.
per expression yells of horror—but the Hon. Gen-
tleman, who was better acquainted with what was
passing in the minds of those females—called them
yells of obstinacy. It was the violent espresaion of
the paluful feelings with which they witnessed the
punishment of persons who were dear to them.
According to the Honourable Gentleman, they
were yells of mutiny, and denoting an inten-
tion of interrupting the punishment. This con.
. . airucttion, be owned, did sprier. to hem a .most
singular one. This he b•liared was the first time in
the history of tyranny, of spectators haling been
punished for txpiessing their feelings on the punish-
ment of those who were leer to them.—(Dear,
hear D--The Honourable Gentleman had told them
of a letter writhes' by the Governor to this Mr.
nagging. When did he hear that this was part of
the duty of a Governor of is British Colony, to con.
nomicate his approbation of the verdict of • Jury?—
What were they then to think.of a Governor of
Nevis having any communication with such e man as
119/gins ? It could not be a public communication,
for it was tint hie duty. It could not be a (Pirate
communication, for. sorely no • men who held the
situation-of Governor of a British Colony, could be
on terms of intimacy with such a monster. He should
conceive that such a elan would be shunned by the Go-
vernor of a British Colony like the pestilence. What
couuection could there he between them ? It could be
no sent duty that in supports's( soescellent a character
—to heal the wounds which had been indicted ea him
—and to wash away the stain which.for the, first
time had sullied his former spotless character, hid
procured him the consolation of a letter from the
Governor of the Island. He hall so towline of hos-
tility to the inhabitants of the West,lndia Colonies :
but be thought the cause of the inhabitants of these
Colonies could not be favoured by a mode of defence
which verged so much towards esaggeration—
for nothing he conceived partook• more of snags,-
.cation than the defence of the Honourable Gentle-
umo (Mr. A. Brown). With respect to DollOhlint
he would not attempt to enter into the principal
gin sits the Grand mud Petty Jury. These
points, -n a subsequent gage, might becomematters
of very sedans charge against the parties cooserned. I
—But this charge against the Island of Doroialce,st I
present, was of a different kind. Ile did sot charge
the Csrand.Jury with doing that which was not law•.
but with overstepping ell lawfor maid* that
bill which they {tad thrown out a ;object to he pre. I
limited _among other nuisances. He comptalkied of
. the scandalous encroachment of that Jury, or 'other
of the 23 perilous of which it was composed—for hi',
making such a presentment they could be no longer I
considered a Grand Jury, in hasing.fincrosched on
the, right of persons to lay bills before Prapd Juries. i
—But the Honourable Gentletnei ball, omftted alto-
gether the case of the presentmettl; to c°°11"1"1"1
of the Grand Jury throwing out tire bilk &elegies
were issued by the. Governor to the Attorneysainerat
to prosecute on an ex-oflicio information. That be•
ing dolt', the Grand Jury, had attacked the,
right to present by indictopm,t.afs .nrtiseurs Pro-
creded %leaf to attack She l'oeogeiiveof the Crown
of prneeedit:g by information ex.officio vii a nuisence
also. They. touLhattea. up all the avenue{ to jeitice.
They said, that not otsly.slusekl nis joitice he ebiain.
ell„.het open, that it wouia be Li9644nm tied' % pob-
otience, itc /aro,, person to seek to obtain it.—
•
[Dear:]—The case .had been: opened by the elo..
liu.skee of -,siecniry,and deesifeeliog, which.chasac-
tensed his donnorable Learned Friend—alt
eloquence-wisienlott far behind it all that was only
enittlpd to Abe praise. of mere talent, who had dwelt
tut this. midst* 4 ths.graucl Jury, eel ip. mech:on