Thomas Watson

Level 116

Tony Beale on 29th December 2020

Old Bailey Online 210. THOMAS WATSON was indicted for that he, on the 12th of December , at St. Mary le Bow , feloniously did dispose of, and put away a certain forged and counterfeit bank note, for payment of 1 l. (setting it forth, No. 75112, dated the 12th of September, 1818, signed, R. Clough), with intent to defraud the Governor and Company of the Bank of England , he well knowing it to be forged and counterfeited, against the statute . SECOND COUNT, for feloniously offering to John Relfe , a like forged bank note, with the like intent, he well knowing it to be forged. THIRD AND FOURTH COUNTS, the same, only calling the forged instrument a promissory note for payment of money, instead of a bank note. FOUR OTHER COUNTS, the same, only stating the prisoner's intent to be to defraud John Relfe . JOHN RELFE . I am a grocer , and live in Gracechurch-street. About the end of November, a person came to my shop, who I believe to be the prisoner, he bought one ounce of black tea, one ounce of green, and half a pound of sugar, which came to 1 s. 6 d.; he was served, and paid me a 1 l. bank note. I asked him for his address? He said Mr. Marchant, Ingram-court, Fenchurch-street, which I wrote on the note, and gave him change - (looks at one) - this is it. I paid it to my bankers, and it was returned to me two days after as forged. I went to Mr. Marchant's, and he showed me his lads, but I could not discover any of them to be the boy who brought me the note. Q. What happened on the 12th of December - A. About three o'clock in the afternoon the prisoner came to the shop - I am certain it was him. As soon as he entered the threshold of my door, the impression upon my mind was, that he was the boy who had given me a forged note a fortnight before, which I have spoken of. I thought I would see what he wanted, and if he paid me a note, I would notice him. He asked for two ounces of 8 s. black tea, and one pound of 9 d. sugar; I served him - it came to 1 s. 9 d.; he then presented me a 1 l. bank note. I took my pen, and said, "Now my lad, what name shall I put on here?" He said Mr. Watson, No. 5, Bell-yard, Gracechurch-street. I then took my hat, took hold of his hand, and said, "I know you are telling me a great falsehood, for a fortnight before you brought me one of a different address, and now my man, you and I will go to Bell-yard together." I went to Bell-yard with him, the house that is called No. 5, having no number on it, there was a difficulty in finding it - it was the fifth house, and went in the direction as they were marked - it is the Excise Permit Office. When we got opposite to it, I said, we have passed No. 5, the prisoner said No, it is further on, and took me into the George and Vulture Tavern, George-yard, Lombard-street - Bell-yard communicates with George-yard. I asked for the landlord, and asked him, in the prisoner's presence, if he had any knowledge of the prisoner? He said No. I then asked him if he had any knowledge of the note? He said No. 1 then related the circumstance to him, and asked him to let me see the waiters - they came; there were two or three; I asked them if they had any knowledge of the prisoner - they said No - the prisoner said nothing; the landlord reproved him very severely, and as we went out, he said he found it. I returned home with him, left him in charge of my shopman, and went for an officer. On my return I found him in charge of Sheppard, at my house. Q. Did he then give any account of himself - A. He said his name was Williams, and he had either a brother, or friend, who was a silversmith, and lived in Smithfield - I think he mentioned a number, but I do not know what; he said he found it at the top of Lombard-street - it was a very wet day, and the note was quite clean - he was given in charge of Sheppard. I then went to the inspector's office at the bank, and marked the note there, "Watson, No. 5, Bell-yard, Gracechurch-street" - it was never out of my possession until I had marked it, except in the hands of Draper, whom I had fetched, his master, and Sheppard, but I never lost sight of it, and am certain I marked the note that he offered me - (looks at one) - this is it. The inspector returned with me to my house to the prisoner, and asked him his name? He said Williams. Cross-examined by MR. WALFORD. Q. Can you undertake to say that the man who passed the note a fortnight before, represented himself as coming from Marchant, or that his name was Marchant - A. As coming from him; Marchant showed me two young men, and said he had another, who was out; the second time he represented himself, as being sent by Watson - there is about twelve houses in Bell-yard; I could find no such person. I understood him to say he got it from the George and Vulture; it looks into Bell-yard. Q. A person might suppose it to be there - A. No. I had told him it was forged, and the constable had arrived when he said he found it - he was alarmed. MR. REYNOLDS. Q. When you said you had passed No. 5, what did he say - A. He said further on, and took me to the George and Vulture; the landlord and waiters denied giving it to him; he did not say he took it of anybody else. When he first mentioned Bell-yard he did not say the George and Vulture - the George and Vulture cannot be considered as in Bell-yard. Q. When he came out of the George and Vulture, did he propose going to any other house in Bell-yard, to find out any other person - A. No; the constable was sent for - I said I thought it was forged, he then said he found it. SAMUEL SHEPPARD . I am a constable. On the 12th of December, I was fetched to the prosecutor's house, and took the prisoner into custody; I searched, but found nothing on him. I asked him his name? He said it was Williams; I asked him where he got the note? He said he found it in Bell-yard, and that he lived with his brother, who kept a silversmith's shop, No. 15, Smithfield - the streets were very wet and dirty on that day. I took him towards Giltspur-street Compter? he asked me where I was going to take him to? I said I was going to take him to Smithfield, to his friend's. He smiled very jocularly, and said "It is no use taking me there." I took him to the Compter, then went to No. 15, Smithfield, and found it was a private house. I looked round Smithfield for a silversmith's shop, but there was no such a shop. Cross-examined. Q. He knew you was a constable - - A. Yes. You can go from Lombard-street to Bell-yard, but you must go through the George and Vulture and St. Michael's-alley. He said he had just found it in Bell-yard. JAMES DELLAMORE . I live at No. 15, West Smithfield, and did so all December last - my house is a private one. There is no silversmith's shop there. I have no lodgers, nor is any silversmith's business carried on there. No person of the name of Williams or Watson live there. I do not know the prisoner, or his family. JOHN LEES . I am an inspector of bank notes. It is my business to discover genuine notes from forged - (examines the note uttered on the 12th of December) - it is forged in every respect. It is not the bank paper nor water-mark - it has the imitation of one, which is done afterwards, by pressure; in a genuine not it is made in the paper. The date line is engraved - in a genuine note it is stereotype. It purports to be signed by R. Clough - we have a cashier of that name; he is not a signer of small notes - he was once, but was not at the time this is dated - it is not his hand-writing; I have known it for years. The letters No. are engraved - in a genuine note they are printed. The first note paid to the prosecutor is also forged in every respect, the same as the other, and the same plate and signature - one is 75112, the other 75052. In neither of these numbers do the figures 34689 occur. The dates are different. Clough was not a signing clerk at the date of either of them. JURY. Q. If they are both off the same plate, how can the dates be different - A. I suppose the date line may be done with a slip plate, which is run into the plate - it can be done so. Q. I believe you do things with the greatest accuracy at the Bank - it is almost impossible to make a mistake. Look at this note - (handing one) - A. It is what I have often seen before; it has no signature, but is a genuine note. MR. REYNOLDS. Q. Have you ever seen plates with a slip line for the date - A. I think I have. Cross-examined. Q. Is there any appearance of a slip-line being used - A. No. I am not aware that it would make a difference - it would be easier to stamp a note without a slip. Q. Have you not known forgeries so executed that they have been received at the Bank - A. I have; they have been passed by the inspector. MR. REYNOLDS. Q. The slip-plate merely contains the date - the impression could make no difference in the appearance of it - A. I should think not. Q. How many instances of forged notes having been passed at the Bank, have you known - A. Several. Some of them were, new and some worn. Q. Have you the least doubt about these two notes - A. None whatever. ROGER CLOUGH . I was a signer of small notes. I was not so on the 13th of August, 1818 - I ceased to sign small notes a few days before that, but I did sign them on the 13th and 14th of August. Q. Did you sign any on the 12th of September - A. No - (looks at the notes) - one is dated the 13th of August, the other the 12th of September - neither of them are my signature. There is a similarity to my writing, but are not mine. I signed up to the 14th of August; I was then appointed cashier, and signed only 5 l. notes and upwards. WILLIAM MARCHANT . I live in Ingram-court, Fenchurch-street, and am a printer. The prisoner never was in my service - I do not know him. I did not send him to Mr. Relfe's shop for any purpose whatever. Cross-examined. I have a great many young men in my employ - I sent none of them there to buy anything. (The note was then put in and read.) Prisoner's Defence. Shobel, who gave evidence against Dent, gave me the notes. GUILTY. - DEATH , Aged 15. Recommended to Mercy . London Jury, before Mr. Justice Holroyd. New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Papers, Copies of Letters Sent Within The Colony, 25/7/1821 Letter to Sydney gaol to be received and secured in Sydney gaol until they can be sent to Sydney. Came from VDL onboard the ship St Michael New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Papers, Copies of Letters Sent Within The Colony, 26/7/1821 on a list of prisoners on board H M Cutter Mermaid transported to Newcastle from Sydney. Originally from VDL New South Wales, Australia, Convict Records, 1810-1891 for Thomas Watson Port Macquarie Penal Settlement List of Convicts, 1822-1825 Thomas Watson per ship Dromaderry. Convicted in VDL May 1821 and removed from Newcastle to Port Macquarie on the Lady Nelson 25/9/1823 New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1856 Copies of Letters Sent Within The Colony, 1814-1827 Letter from Col Sec Goulburn to Captain Gillman Commandent Newcastle. 21/12/1824. List of people sent to Newcastle for being a runnaway from Port Macquarie (per ship Dromaderry) New South Wales, Australia, Convict Records, 1810-1891 for Thomas Watson Phoenix Hulk Phoenix Hulk: Entrance Books, 1825-1831. Placed on the Phoenix Hulk 22/4/1828. Sentenced to 3 years for theft and consorting with Bushrangers 1828 New South Wales, Australia Census (Australian Copy) for Thomas Watson (NRS 1272) 1828 Census: Alphabetical Return At Moreton Bay

Level 346

Maureen Withey on 20th December 2019

Thomas Watson was aged 15 when sentenced to Death. Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 20 December 2019), January 1819, trial of THOMAS WATSON (t18190113-50). THOMAS WATSON, Royal Offences > coining offences, 13th January 1819. 210. THOMAS WATSON was indicted for that he, on the 12th of December , at St. Mary le Bow , feloniously did dispose of, and put away a certain forged and counterfeit bank note, for payment of 1 l. (setting it forth, No. 75112, dated the 12th of September, 1818, signed, R. Clough), with intent to defraud the Governor and Company of the Bank of England , he well knowing it to be forged and counterfeited, against the statute . SECOND COUNT, for feloniously offering to John Relfe , a like forged bank note, with the like intent, he well knowing it to be forged. THIRD AND FOURTH COUNTS, the same, only calling the forged instrument a promissory note for payment of money, instead of a bank note. FOUR OTHER COUNTS, the same, only stating the prisoner's intent to be to defraud John Relfe . JOHN RELFE . I am a grocer , and live in Gracechurch-street. About the end of November, a person came to my shop, who I believe to be the prisoner, he bought one ounce of black tea, one ounce of green, and half a pound of sugar, which came to 1 s. 6 d.; he was served, and paid me a 1 l. bank note. I asked him for his address? He said Mr. Marchant, Ingram-court, Fenchurch-street, which I wrote on the note, and gave him change - (looks at one) - this is it. I paid it to my bankers, and it was returned to me two days after as forged. I went to Mr. Marchant's, and he showed me his lads, but I could not discover any of them to be the boy who brought me the note. Q. What happened on the 12th of December - A. About three o'clock in the afternoon the prisoner came to the shop - I am certain it was him. As soon as he entered the threshold of my door, the impression upon my mind was, that he was the boy who had given me a forged note a fortnight before, which I have spoken of. I thought I would see what he wanted, and if he paid me a note, I would notice him. He asked for two ounces of 8 s. black tea, and one pound of 9 d. sugar; I served him - it came to 1 s. 9 d.; he then presented me a 1 l. bank note. I took my pen, and said, "Now my lad, what name shall I put on here?" He said Mr. Watson, No. 5, Bell-yard, Gracechurch-street. I then took my hat, took hold of his hand, and said, "I know you are telling me a great falsehood, for a fortnight before you brought me one of a different address, and now my man, you and I will go to Bell-yard together." I went to Bell-yard with him, the house that is called No. 5, having no number on it, there was a difficulty in finding it - it was the fifth house, and went in the direction as they were marked - it is the Excise Permit Office. When we got opposite to it, I said, we have passed No. 5, the prisoner said No, it is further on, and took me into the George and Vulture Tavern, George-yard, Lombard-street - Bell-yard communicates with George-yard. I asked for the landlord, and asked him, in the prisoner's presence, if he had any knowledge of the prisoner? He said No. I then asked him if he had any knowledge of the note? He said No. 1 then related the circumstance to him, and asked him to let me see the waiters - they came; there were two or three; I asked them if they had any knowledge of the prisoner - they said No - the prisoner said nothing; the landlord reproved him very severely, and as we went out, he said he found it. I returned home with him, left him in charge of my shopman, and went for an officer. On my return I found him in charge of Sheppard, at my house. Q. Did he then give any account of himself - A. He said his name was Williams, and he had either a brother, or friend, who was a silversmith, and lived in Smithfield - I think he mentioned a number, but I do not know what; he said he found it at the top of Lombard-street - it was a very wet day, and the note was quite clean - he was given in charge of Sheppard. I then went to the inspector's office at the bank, and marked the note there, "Watson, No. 5, Bell-yard, Gracechurch-street" - it was never out of my possession until I had marked it, except in the hands of Draper, whom I had fetched, his master, and Sheppard, but I never lost sight of it, and am certain I marked the note that he offered me - (looks at one) - this is it. The inspector returned with me to my house to the prisoner, and asked him his name? He said Williams. Cross-examined by MR. WALFORD. Q. Can you undertake to say that the man who passed the note a fortnight before, represented himself as coming from Marchant, or that his name was Marchant - A. As coming from him; Marchant showed me two young men, and said he had another, who was out; the second time he represented himself, as being sent by Watson - there is about twelve houses in Bell-yard; I could find no such person. I understood him to say he got it from the George and Vulture; it looks into Bell-yard. Q. A person might suppose it to be there - A. No. I had told him it was forged, and the constable had arrived when he said he found it - he was alarmed. MR. REYNOLDS. Q. When you said you had passed No. 5, what did he say - A. He said further on, and took me to the George and Vulture; the landlord and waiters denied giving it to him; he did not say he took it of anybody else. When he first mentioned Bell-yard he did not say the George and Vulture - the George and Vulture cannot be considered as in Bell-yard. Q. When he came out of the George and Vulture, did he propose going to any other house in Bell-yard, to find out any other person - A. No; the constable was sent for - I said I thought it was forged, he then said he found it. SAMUEL SHEPPARD . I am a constable. On the 12th of December, I was fetched to the prosecutor's house, and took the prisoner into custody; I searched, but found nothing on him. I asked him his name? He said it was Williams; I asked him where he got the note? He said he found it in Bell-yard, and that he lived with his brother, who kept a silversmith's shop, No. 15, Smithfield - the streets were very wet and dirty on that day. I took himtowards Giltspur-street Compter? he asked me where I was going to take him to? I said I was going to take him to Smithfield, to his friend's. He smiled very jocularly, and said "It is no use taking me there." I took him to the Compter, then went to No. 15, Smithfield, and found it was a private house. I looked round Smithfield for a silversmith's shop, but there was no such a shop. Cross-examined. Q. He knew you was a constable - - A. Yes. You can go from Lombard-street to Bell-yard, but you must go through the George and Vulture and St. Michael's-alley. He said he had just found it in Bell-yard. JAMES DELLAMORE . I live at No. 15, West Smithfield, and did so all December last - my house is a private one. There is no silversmith's shop there. I have no lodgers, nor is any silversmith's business carried on there. No person of the name of Williams or Watson live there. I do not know the prisoner, or his family. JOHN LEES . I am an inspector of bank notes. It is my business to discover genuine notes from forged - (examines the note uttered on the 12th of December) - it is forged in every respect. It is not the bank paper nor water-mark - it has the imitation of one, which is done afterwards, by pressure; in a genuine not it is made in the paper. The date line is engraved - in a genuine note it is stereotype. It purports to be signed by R. Clough - we have a cashier of that name; he is not a signer of small notes - he was once, but was not at the time this is dated - it is not his hand-writing; I have known it for years. The letters No. are engraved - in a genuine note they are printed. The first note paid to the prosecutor is also forged in every respect, the same as the other, and the same plate and signature - one is 75112, the other 75052. In neither of these numbers do the figures 34689 occur. The dates are different. Clough was not a signing clerk at the date of either of them. JURY. Q. If they are both off the same plate, how can the dates be different - A. I suppose the date line may be done with a slip plate, which is run into the plate - it can be done so. Q. I believe you do things with the greatest accuracy at the Bank - it is almost impossible to make a mistake. Look at this note - (handing one) - A. It is what I have often seen before; it has no signature, but is a genuine note. MR. REYNOLDS. Q. Have you ever seen plates with a slip line for the date - A. I think I have. Cross-examined. Q. Is there any appearance of a slip-line being used - A. No. I am not aware that it would make a difference - it would be easier to stamp a note without a slip. Q. Have you not known forgeries so executed that they have been received at the Bank - A. I have; they have been passed by the inspector. MR. REYNOLDS. Q. The slip-plate merely contains the date - the impression could make no difference in the appearance of it - A. I should think not. Q. How many instances of forged notes having been passed at the Bank, have you known - A. Several. Some of them were, new and some worn. Q. Have you the least doubt about these two notes - A. None whatever. ROGER CLOUGH . I was a signer of small notes. I was not so on the 13th of August, 1818 - I ceased to sign small notes a few days before that, but I did sign them on the 13th and 14th of August. Q. Did you sign any on the 12th of September - A. No - (looks at the notes) - one is dated the 13th of August, the other the 12th of September - neither of them are my signature. There is a similarity to my writing, but are not mine. I signed up to the 14th of August; I was then appointed cashier, and signed only 5 l. notes and upwards. WILLIAM MARCHANT . I live in Ingram-court, Fenchurch-street, and am a printer. The prisoner never was in my service - I do not know him. I did not send him to Mr. Relfe's shop for any purpose whatever. Cross-examined. I have a great many young men in my employ - I sent none of them there to buy anything. (The note was then put in and read.) Prisoner's Defence. Shobel, who gave evidence against Dent, gave me the notes. GUILTY. - DEATH , Aged 15. Recommended to Mercy . London Jury, before Mr. Justice Holroyd. He received a Colonial Sentance and was sent to Moreton Bay penal establishment. Moreton Bay Convict Record: Thos Watson, Dromedary, London G.D. 13 Jan 1819. Age 24, native of London. E. religion. Life, labourer, Colonial Sentence: Newcastle, Gen. Sess., 22 Apr 1828, sentence, 3 years for Theft and communicating with bushrangers. Run 4 Dec 1828, ret 20 Jan 1829. Run. Absconded by the Caledonia,16 Dec 1831. The Story of the Caledonia NARRATIVE Of Captain Browning, late Master of the Caledonia schooner, who was taken from Moreton Bay by pirates, on the 16th of December, 1831. Our readers may perhaps recollect, that in the month of December last, a schooner called the Caledonia, belonging to Messrs, Mackay and Folkard of Sydney, was taken possession of by a large party of convicts, at Moreton Bay, and carried off to sea. Mr. Mackay, and the crew of the Caledonia were allowed to go ashore ; but the master, a young man named Browning, was compelled by the prisoners to remain on board for the purpose of navigating the vessel. A considerable time having expired without any tidings of the Caledonia having reached Sydney, it was conjectured that the Captain had been sacrificed by the miscreants, on their arrival at some of the numerous islands of the Southern Seas. However, on Monday last, an American whaler, the Milo, came into port, having on board the long lost Captain Browning; by whom, we have been kindly favored with the following particulars.-- On getting out to sea, the pirates informed Mr. Browning, that he must take the command of the Caledonia and steer for some of the Islands, where English whalers were in the habit of calling, - for the purpose, as they said, of stowing away in some of those vessels, and thereby reaching England in safety. Mr. B. at first was very reluctant to obey their orders, telling them that he did not understand the management of a vessel. They swore they would compel him, as they knew he was Captain of the Caledonia. Perceiving no alternative, he at last acquiesced in all their proceedings with a policy and presence of mind, rarely met with in persons placed in such a situation. Captain Browning invariably seemed to applaud their conduct, and listen to their complaints, -saying, that it was a pity for fine young fellows like them to be lagged from their native country, and how natural it was for all men to flee from bondage, and such like expressions; and by this stratagem, gained their confidence, and averted his own destruction. During the passage the pirates quarrelled, and several of them were murdered in a most diabolical manner. On leaving Moreton Bay, they were eleven in number, six of whom entered into a conspiracy, to destroy the other five. One man was with difficulty despatched. The villains deliberately fired at him when off his guard, but only wounded him in the hand, and slightly grazed his head. Mr. B. states his cries for mercy were most pitiful ; his supplications were unheeded, and they chased him about the deck with weapons, and endeavoured to make him jump overboard. At last he made a leap, and catching hold of one of the ropes of the vessel, he was suspended between life and death, when the savages cut away the rope and the poor wretch met his fate! Another of their number was put ashore at New Caledonia, where from the known ferocity of the natives, there is little doubt of his having met with a dreadful death, at the hands of these cannibals. The destruction of their comrades, is attributed by Captain B. to old disputes that existed amongst them while at Moreton Bay. Shortly after this murderous epoch, they encountered a dreadful storm which shook their courage, and proved that the monsters were at heart, a most despicable set of cowards ; and the courage displayed by Captain B. on the occasion, tended to raise him in their respect ; some of the fellows went on their knees begging of him to do his best in conducting the vessel in safety to some island. He told them he was certain they would "all go to the devil together," their crimes were of so aggravated a nature. After this he heard them distinctly planning his death, which was to be accomplished as soon as they arrived at their desired haven. The vessel was to be scuttled with the Captain on board. They observed that Mr. Browning was a good fellow, but he must be sacrificed for their safety. This scheme was concerted at a time when the Captain was supposed to be asleep. The island where this tragedy was to have been performed, was passed by Mr. Browning during the night, and he ran the Caledonia into one of the Navigator's Islands, near the Fejees. Here the Captain was on the "look out" for his life, which was saved, in consequence of the natives boarding the boats in an unexpected manner, and seizing the whole of them. On their arrival at Savi, (by some called Oteewhy), the prisoners commenced their work of destruction, by destroying the Caledonia with crowbars and other instruments, notwithstanding the earnest entreaties of Captain Browning, who requested them to spare the vessel ; but his efforts to save her proving ineffectual, the Caledonia speedily sank in deep water off the above Island. On coming on shore, the Captain was peculiarly fortunate in gaining the protection and esteem of one of the Chiefs. The pirates represented themselves as shipwrecked seamen, and the Captain as a missionary, accordingly the whole of them were treated with kindness by the natives. During Captain Browning's stay at this friendly island, he witnessed and joined in most of their customs. Sometimes he amused himself in shooting pigs, attended with the Chief; at other times he visited their place of worship, which was conducted with the greatest decorum, and assisted the Chief in officiating to his numerous audience. He used occasionally to give them a tune on a violin which he contrived to save from the Caledonia, and endeavoured to teach them to dance like Europeans, at which they were extremely delighted. One of their customs was very repulsive to Mr. B.; this was the process of making a drink which they called Kava. This liquor was made from some root, which, after having been cut up, was chewed by unmarried females, and then mixed with a liquid, which completed the dish. The Captain with difficulty persuaded them that he could not drink it, and was under the necessity of pretending illness when it was offered to him. Mr. B. represents the natives of this island as a fine race of people, of a copper colour, and they were nearly in a state of nudity. The Captain also states that these Islanders are remarkable for their humanity and kindness towards Europeans. After residing with them for some time, the Oldham, an English whaler, commanded by Capt. Johnson, touched at the Island. Mr. Browning contrived to get on board the vessel, and represent his case to the officers, who received him in a most hospitable manner. In a short time he succeeded in capturing one of the pirates, named Evans, and had him conveyed on board the Oldham in irons. The rest of the prisoners made their escape to the natives, who would not allow them to be taken. On the passage up Evans escaped from the Oldham by jumping overboard, in a heavy sea, with the tide running in a most rapid manner ; he was heard to express the determination of destroying himself rather than be brought alive to Sydney ; but from the violence of the sea at the period alluded to, the wretched man must have met a watery grave. Captain B. had considerable difficulty in leaving the hospitable residence of the friendly Chieftain ; who, with tears in his eyes, endeavoured to pursuade him to stop with them. But on Mr. B. faithfully promising to return again in a few moons, he was allowed to embark on board the Oldham, his faithful friend the Chief supplying him with pigs and other articles of subsistence for the voyage. The Oldham shortly after fell in with the Milo, bound to Sydney, and Captain Browning embraced the opportunity of returning home. While on board the Milo, Mr. B. was attacked with a severe fit of illness; and which, but for the great kindness of Captain West, would probably have proved fatal. He has, however, arrived in Sydney in good health and spirits, to the great surprise and happiness of an extensive circle of friends. Sydney Herald, 17 May 1832.