A Hundred Years Ago
THE " SPECTATOR," -Aran. Sao; 1830.
' ' TRIAL OF DUELLISTS.
Lieutenant LaMbrecht,' Mr. Cox, and Mr. Bigley, were tried
• at Kingston, yesterday, before Mr. Justice Bayley, for- the murder Of Mr. Oliver Clayton, on the 8th of January. last. Mr. Gurney stated the case for the prosecution. Mr. Lambrecht had termed Mr. Clayton a hypOcrite ; Mr. Claytion -demanded an apology, or satisfaction ; a verbal apology wastendered,. and refused ;. a meeting was the 'consequences : before the parties fired, the offer of a verbal apology was. again made ; but Mr. Lambrecht'S second would not allow 'him to sign a written one. At the first fire, Mr. Clayton was mortally wounded, and died in the course of the day. These facts were proved by the witnesses • and-it was proved; further; that Mr. Clayton had expressed hiMself - sorry for his obstinacy in having refused the apology that was offered him. The - prisoners read, severally, long defences, and called several respectable witnesses to their characters. -On retiring, the Foreman of the Jury asked the Judge, whether they were bound, if they believed the evidence, to find a verdict of murder. Mr. Justice Bayley said, that if their verdict was " guilty," it must be " guilty of murder." Nothing had appeared in the evidenceto reduce the offence to manslaughter. The jury, after having heen absent two hours, returned to make inquiries as to the evideride c they again retired, and after consulting for an hour and a half,- returned a verdict of" Not guilty" with: respect to all the prisoners. Bigley, who - had been very much affected during the trial, thanked the juis, • for their leniency. Lembreche and Cox remained unmoved throughout.:.' - ' ' THE CURE AND PREVENTION OF PAUPERISM; BY- MEANS OF - - SYSTEMATIC COLONIZATION. ."
• The best mode of colonization is that which, being unobjectionable in other respects, would enable the greatest number of poor-English people, to enjoy the necessaries and comforts of life, and to multiply ran waste countries-. • * •
-The - mil
population of Britain being- about •tWenty millions, and possessing a power of increase at the rate...of . four • per cent. per annum, we may .presume, that if the territory of Britain could be suddenly increased foiirfold; the twenty millions Would become forty millions in about twenty years. As we kritiw that theBritish state has at its disposal a waste but naturally fertile -territory, at least ten times as large. as Britain, it seems plain that the only obstacle to the emigration of more tlian half a million of English people every year,*and a proPortionatespread-of tofonisation; is the distance of the colonies from the mother country. If -the colonies could be brought .to Britain, her:population might exert its utmost capacity of increase without a check ; and the colonies would soon be covered with people, because the increase of people would begin with a- procreative power of twenty millions, and would proceed continually whilst any good land remained uncultivated.
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