Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1815-09-30


subsequently restored TO the claimant ON
an appeal to the prize court when the
hon. member, instead of releasing Mr..
Baxter from his collateral obligs ION, went
| OFT, and left him in the lurch, - to pay eve
ry farthing out of his own pocket" 1t st.
Christopher's, he found means through
the lnstigatiOn of a certain DIR. A-g's
wilo, who was a native of Scotland. to OBJ
tain possession of 100 negro slaves, ICON
signed with others in French prize slave
ship to the DOCTOR for bill of his own
on England. The doctor, it seems, had a
great repugnance at first againstthe honor
able gentleman's bill, but the latter by pa
iavering the wife, soon gained his point !;
and having exported the negroes to St.
Barts and st. Thomas and there sold them
for cash in hard dollars, embarked for
| England, where, says the author, no doubt,
he always voted for the abolition of the
slave trade, although III reality an abettor-
aud active practitioner In this nefarious
traffic. As to the doctors bill, OF course
it was never paid. He was next tried,
upon his return to England, by court mar
tial, and struck from the army list. At
the same time also, he was accused Oh ex-
citing mutiny in one of the black West
India regiments whom he wanted to
work as field negroes upon his own plan
tahon, and Ofhaying ordered them to he
! tired upon by the soldiers of another corps,
when the blacks refused to lay down their
arms.
Soon after, he was returned to paria-
ment for Grampound, by twenty-seven
votes. The way of conducting the cleo
tons of the small borOughs in Cornwall,
says our author, is too well known to re-
quire any COMMENT A seat in parlia-
ment is very convenient thing for man
IN distress, as it protects him from person.
| al arrests but Mr.. c. Johnstone's West
India creditors become clamorous, &c
some OF them went SO far as to proceed at
law against him, to obtain executions, and
| seize his furniture and other effects Lon
! don was therefore no longer a desirable
! spot for our hero. and he embarked for
! the island Of Tartoa, where :his maiesty's
ship Beieisle,' sir AlexanderF C0chrane'S
! FLAG ship, was then at anchor. Here, un-
der the ceuBtenance of his brother, the adj
miraI ne acted occasionally as common
| iDformer, cOntriving seizures of every
! thing Innsbruck him as desirable. Upon
the capture ofthe Danish islands, through
the influence OF the admiral, he was APP
| pointed auctioneer and agent for the cap
tors and his first performance in this ca
pacity, was to bride the Judge of the vice
admiralty prize-court of Tortola, to con-
denim the royal Danish loans, and also GER
tain Dutch loans. amounting to an I'M
mense sum. This sentence was reversed
| by the lords of appeal for prizes not with
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scandalous conduct of the said judge. Mr..
| Z tombstone, however, having an eye to
his own benefit, had in the meantime got
possession of all the bonds, and the pro-
duce aud money paid by the planters of
the said island IN liquidation of the inter-
| est due thereon and upon being after
wards ordered to surrender up this pro-
! pertY. to be administered in the name of
'his majesty; he refused, was arrested
released upon his aCor1 Of honor-broke
! his parOie-stOle away In the depth of the
night, and Cotton board one ofthe admiral's
tenders, which was lyingin readiness to
receive him. The tender got under weigh
Immediately, touched at daylight at Tor
| tola, distant 10 leagues, where Mr. c.
tombstone landed at the authors house !;
and, upon pushing OF again, requested his
| appearance to be kept secret. He rowed
towards the homeward bound packet, en-
! barked, and about an hour after sailed for
England. Upon his arrival an attachment
was issued against his person by the high
court of appeals for prizes, for a CONTEMPT
in nor bringing into court the proceeds of
the Danish and Dutch loans, agreeably to
the m0nition, citation and inhibition serv.
ed or him for this purpose at st. Croix
but, ON account of his parliamentary IN
terest,' it was never served upon him.
The sum which he had Illegally devoted
to his own private interest, and which he
had thus been cited to bring into court,
amounted to 7O,O00l. sterling and this
sum, after considerable lapse OF time,
was paid for him by Messrs. Finley, Ban
natine and CO. Of London, in order to OBJ
tain his discharge from the fear of arrest.
The last grand scheme and speculation in
which Mr.. G.. tombstone engaged prior to
the stock jobbing fraud, was the sapplyine
tie Spanish government witharms TO resist
Their suljugation by the French. He OBJ
tanned contract for furnishing the iunta
with very large quantity of muskets.
about 100000 pieces, at a stipulated price
Of 81 So. each. These Uuskets he pro
cured at birmingham, at the low rate Of
17s.-lt IS true. they were ONLY ohosfs of