HEROISM OF A BRITISH CONSUL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 130, 24 May 1876, Page 4

HEROISM OF A BRITISH CONSUL.

|§f|j|)!»if^^ ex^ 7 extractedl from the Mmdica Guardian: A apprehended on a^chargj^f beia^^c plicated in a flUibu^gnng expedition, i^mM cvi " ZydenceyaßiialnUkfily and improbable as-. W ■ inypne^cpaldy oonce W 7 A^ parents, yftnd ho-twithstanding thomost stre J^eiei^tw?^ *6e ypart|pf OhaytEnglish 7iwd7 American Qonsuls, the' Spanish ysaenfipe this poor man!s life. On the i'i^^fißM^btd ou^|»l>Btt}. usual plaoe, ". Z|i^«|gtya^<Bat shpw^fjaolemnity. He den, British vice-consul, to make a etiilC fi furtTfer^^mes't in 4haprisbner?S favor. V. 7. v77^;Mr:7Ramsolen -.read: 'ia'^ddiittflaftnr,--7Prose«Hoginihe.^^^ 7S%^!^^ was^tUsigfltfl^ Innocent of the charg^t, : ''7wlMl^ba^i:iußaj.lai^^tgfun^^^ life was taken, thdjei)^ it would be alike yanswerable to the rOAveraments of EngDbrintz the reading^of. this document, .y deierinViiati^ tinted from the excitement, and- there were strong ;^faij^|J^ Zy Spanish troops, who manifeßted a thdt7 rough^detertntnitiod^ t& f orde: the'acftho? rities-tbtake tbis man's life iasbiiis of j ■v.'mtb :^m^mA^^uais followed, j»pd Mr. ;7 Ramsdeny^ 7 ; werie eyenVually infpm that tlieir re- ;; i^etran^^camei too^latec; th.etfjprison^rj- ;. hWralrWtfdyibeenYsentßuoeidTto, death fori : -i'''^ii^"tflli^4^^^o»]yiiiA Af afi^fthat 7thefsentiSi^e_ must be cam&cP '^-$$9&&^ I^W"ii'theiiwotk'of-aa inetaot-.Y-audiMr. Z^CoiaSoi^Ramsdea HSd' 1 tlie ?A6%fi%iU^ Af*tf^mm!m vMm* mrMP^p aa rt^ißo^ithe v^p^isSs^reqßfci^^ilS'i front of the unfortunate man; shbhtedr. :7? Hold Ao.dqitbrowiog the Eogtish Tflagilj^bi^Mmseif an d. and the prisoner; : ahdmddreßsiog the officer in charge of "Consul of her Britannic Majesty, I CMnbtY:iund7BileDtly' ; by,Undißee'thi3y 7 A /JEbul^i^rder of an innboent man. 'It^ if is|;m^®t^it6)^r6tecV bis'Uf^ibd if ytyp^^ki^jtAßAjonT'' towi take it :>-'^|RBl}M'- "frbntP'o^* il»9 %oii(fe^ ! nea !j . Vyi^ffiij^y tii^-^e^s^-BjfiarklingiC^'Whae^ yY; wUhZUheHn-K 7 dignition his speech- had so heroically !. exprissedi i: )JThe American Consult wrapped in the ' stars and the stripes ' A A o* gbgjJKi^ st^d s ? iahrbast,r ahd[ fp^ -'y -Viio.mel^mp^ Spaniards stood a^ b^ing; more . than ptge^ o^uI^coodI; : pTehend* 7^The etoofibnrb V 7"w|pitfefiiß^lh«> was* 'stippdrt<ed<Jfrithti :<amto|^^f; ) e&u#^Bd :;B tbe t pb^ y fellow shed ;yay profusion of tears ffoni:,. Zw^t^eSsiiand ekcitement. AzoonsulTJytat^i^wM^hiihi'held^ an^i the prisoner i*tmW^# under fin e^ifrof^troOpSrth^^Conauls supporting Win air iHe wWy ktoog. _7'fTbe^furw deicriptiooL^ -Z.Yr-.-V -After 7 dank : the waa re- - pneye^y and fio^Jly^Bhipped »" frhm 7 i^|ci»jSniiriKt^^ eiertibbs\of theitwoiGbhsulsj''? s .■»&■ ■f ; :,-.b»ofi&dy!Jl in 'hi ai- AifA^.fit B >;. :-. v[-|(,- ; , ? j/ ;