Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1865-05-19 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

VILLANOUS EMIGRANT.  A crime morally little less heinous than murder was yesterday committed in the Plymouth Sound, and, unhappily, with the connivance and active assistance of two watermen of the port. Seldom even at a seaport has a more harrowing scene occurred. A man and woman, well-dressed and apparently in respectable positions in life, arrived at a Plymouth hotel on Tucsday evening, it is believed from London, and occupied non bedroom, behaving seemingly as a gentleman and his wife. The former was about thirty years of age, the latter a prepossessing girl some ten years his junior. They went out in the morning, the girl having the idea that she was to accompany her partner, who, it was stated. had long been her support, to Dublin by steamer. Their luggage was taken on board the steamer Cambrian, then lying in the Sound—some of it having previously been put on board at Southampton—and the pair shortly afterwards followed front htillbay in the same boat, one belonging to two stalwart watermen of the port, father- and son, named Branscombe. On arriving alongside the Cambrian, the man went aboard, and just as the steamer was about to start returned to the girl he had left in the boat. Ile then hurriedly informed her for the first time that she was not to accompany him to Dublin, that in fact he was not going thither at all, but that th • Cambrian was the mail steamer bound for the Cape to flood 'lope, and that he was about to leave her to her fate. The surprise, and grief, and horror of the poor girl can, be but faintly imagined by those who wore not eye-witubsses. She cried piteously to him not to desert her thus, but the heartless leliow was already up the ship's side, and shutting himself up in his cabin was deaf to her screams and entreaties. She %%timid have followed hint aboard, but the younger of the watermen who were in the boat, with stolid indiltcrenee, grasped her round the waist, while the elder pushed eft from the ship. No one of all the throng of passengers and crew of the Cambrian had presence of muuuuh to interfere, even had there been time, amid in a few minutes tie deceiver and the deceived were parted, probably f:tr ever. The struggles and anguish of the poor girl were indeed sad to witness, and self. dt•struction, if not a worse fate, may not improbably be in store for her. She is temporarily staying in a lodging in the town, and we trust some friend will learn of the police her whereabouts, and endeavour to save her from ruin, and induce her to prefer a charge of as,ault against the two fellows who so villanously assisted in the nefarious scheme. That they knew what was going on was shown by the fact that they had, before parting, checked a comrade from mentioning in her presence whither the Cambrian was bound, and were active in holding her when she frantically sought to follow her deserter on board. Certainly fellows who will stoop to such unmanly deeds would not stop at any rascality, and to ensure their own salefty persons embarking from Mill bay shott!l ascertain that tint watermen with whom they Sr, about tip trust them:telt:es ilo not bear the disgraced :tame of Bransemnbe —li t ii Morning Ni