Tecan scarcely be claimed that all the foots relating to the excuses of the Oregon disaster are fully known or understood, And yet the duily prose have ulroady judged the owse, hey know who is at fault nnd who ought to be punished. They condemn the eoparate bulk-head and water-tight compartment system, and point reas and negli i Oregon, and all tiveness that should come only after a analysis of undoubted evidence, but which way come probably from rent ignorance 1 the matter. [tio scarcely fair to those interested to sit in judgment with ao little real knowledge of all the facts in the cue, Phe public can afford to wait awhile, usually only granted againat persons who were likely to run away from the colony. He did not consider that Mr, Walter was gentleman likely to do that, and he sug-yested ty Mr. Bidwell that he per hapa, achieve all that was required by the issue of " sum He would, however, not decide upon the matter then, but he would ¢ susider the matter in the afternou1 Mr, Bidwell attended having laid a sworn informa ti Mr. Mackean and he was prepaid few documents in support of his application His Worship, after considering formation, said he did not quite understand how Mr, Bidwell alleged the money had been detained.
Mr. Bidwell proceeded to exp! case, and then referred to 3 dence he had had with the ick, when that gentleman was Chairman of the Board of the Directors of the H ug and Shanghai Bank, of the action of Mr. Walter He algo said Me. 1 vat the time he consulted that gentleman, gave him the course to take in proceeding criminally. Hy acted under the provisions ut 8 George 1V., Chap 29.
Worship sent for the statutes George TV., but none were in the Magia ip—You charge Mr. Walt derataud, with converting your money to his own use, oF other words mise pi Mr, Bidwell—Yes plying it.
His Worship—Iu this case L shall not grent you " Warrant, if you have a charge to make you had botter moke it in ry way, before the Police; lay before the Polics in sny form rao you may be advised to take, OF course yon have your remedy againat me for refusing to geant you © warrant by an application for " dama to the Sa-Brome Court, oF to the Queen's Bench.
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