Vol. 65 (404), June 1849, pg 737-738.
Civil Revolution in Canada:
A number of citizens were convicted of high treason in Lower Canada since 1 Nov 1847 and were transported to her Majesty's island of Bermuda.
(see journal for details)
Vol. 71 (439), May 1852, pg 563.
Thomas Moore.
"After lingering for some years in London, feted by the great and followed by the little, Moore was appointed to an office in the West Indies.
Thus was harshly hazarded the life of a man of genius; and the talent which was destined to distinguish his country was sent to take its
chance of the yellow fever. The guest of princes and the favourite of fashion must have felt many a pang at finding himself consigned to
Bermuda. The poetic romance of the "still vext Bermoothes" was probably insufficient to console him for the pavilion at Brighton and
soirees of Portman Square. But necessity must not deliberate - the res angusta was imperative - and the bard submitted to banishment
with the grace and gaiety that never forsook him. The appointment was unfortunate. Connected with the public revenue, ti had been
transacted by deputy; and Moore, on his arrival, found himself answerable for the chasms in the official chest. No one charged him
with those chasms. But, as the lawyers hold, "the Crown makes no bad debts," the unlucky oet was responsible in a sum which would
have mortgaged all Parnassus, and made the Nine insolvent. The appointment was finally resigned and Moore, solutus negotiis, shook
off the dust of his feet against the gates of the West Indies."