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Laa Jiagrammes auivants illustrent la mAthode. ata slure, a 1 P.X 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 /, Ort • 4"(- FXCRLLKNCY THE PIOIIT HONORABLE PIR EDMUND WAT.KEE I), UARfiNET. Covpinor Oneral of Hritihh North Anirrica, Captain Ortirrtl end nor inChiof in und o\or tli«' ! roxirrc? of Caiioda, Nova Fcotia, Nct RrunRWick '* Jj-land of Prime Kdwnrd nnd Vice Admiral of tlio fame, Ac, Ac, Ac, Ac, aiiduria-Cliicf of the Militia uf lb« sftid I't'^viuvo gf C*u»d«, morial uf the undcreigocd humbly rcprosentl That provioii'i pood chorni'tcr hns Iwon hnld poprcot a roqnicito in randidatcp for Govern- nipiit ciiiiiioyint'iit, that certitwiilt'!* of tlif Fitiiic ur« n'(|uir('d ot all |iorson» opfiiying for public sitii.iiions. Still iiHiio iii'r*>-rury i- a chuructcr for hoiior. tiuth and probity iu all pentons n-|)iiiiiir for diHtinclion in il e ptoff-Hinn of nrnif. 'I'hut. nparf, from the fort'u'oiiip <'oii>id<'Mitioii>'. Militia nrid ull other military rank in in* teiiiifil u-i 11 iiiaik of honor, und becoiiit's one of disj^raco when sliared with the notoriouflly in* fan -iiH and tin worthy. That a I'oflinir called M/wiN/*' forp rondorH olTicers in Her Majesty's service pcculiarl/ HeiL-iitive as to tin' cliaraiter of lliose who rficeivo rank e(pial to their own. That Mnrh (s/)/-iy '/<■ <(>ry« ::< a valuuhlo (piulity without which no military body can be oflV«'ti\e or rcspectaliN.'. That anioni.'j't the onicors of the Militia of this ['rovinre, \h one William Alphonzo Kirk, rc'idii p at Qii(l«e, whoholdi^ the coninii -sion of Captain Unattached, and is totally UDde!>erv- ing of -iiich po>t o<' aiiv otlici- in Ilci' MajcstyV .service. That tliL' raid Williimi Aljihon/o Kirk is notoriously a dishonest person, and is publicly known to have (toniniitted. In lore hi-i appointment to the said rank of Captain Unattached, the criincH of einbez/.Ionii'iit ami swinillinp. That the said William Alphonzo Kirk while Paymaster of Her Majesty's Uith Regiment of Foot. Htationoii in this lyani^on in the year 1851, embezzled a large sum of iimhicv belonging to the otlicers and soldiers of that reirinioiit. and was a defaulter in his accounts' with that regiment to the amount of X14(M) and uijwards. That to liiilo hij defalcation the ^aid William Alphonzo Kirk obtained by false pretences from the t^iieltee Bank an'' Tanks of British North America, Upper Canada and Montreal, in thi'i city, divers sums of maey liy selling to the sail! Banks bills of e.xehangc drawn to' his own order on Messrs. Cox &, Co., of Craig's Court, Londftn, Army Agents, in whose hands he well knew that there were no funds to his credit at the time. That the said bills of Exchange were all jirotested for non-acceptance by the .said Messrs. Cox & Co.. there being in fact no funds in their hands available for the payment of the same as false.y pretended and asserted by the said William Alphonzo Kirk. That the said William .VIpliouzo Kirk as such Paymaster was tried by general court-mar- tial in this city on charges (d' dishonesty, and was obliged to leave tho'said 16th Regiment on aceonnt of the crimes he had committed. That smongst the amounts the said William Alphonzo Kirk procured from the said Banks, at (.^uebee, were jtHUO from the Quebec Bank, £2^2 ITs. 3d. from the Bank of Upper Canada and X\->:i from the Bank of British North America, and that in consequence of the trouide attendant upon criminal 'prosecutions and their hopes of payment, the .said Banks ab- stained from indicting, ami ])roceeded only to sue the said William Aljihonzo Kirk in action! at law, and ubtaini^d judgments against him for the said amounts, which to this day remain uusatistit.il.— as more fully appears by the records in the causes No. 1243 and 1753, of 1855 iu tlie Superior Court, at yu(;bec. ' That the said William Alphonzo Kirk, after having led his creditors to believe that he woidd sell his commission in the British Army, and distribute the price thereof among them caused an Agent or Attorney iu England to draw the said price, and keep it for the proper use and benetit of the said William .llphonzo Kirk, when he was allowed to retire from that army which lie stained with disgrace so long ^j he remained in it. That the said William Alphonzo Kirk was imprisoned for weeks in the common lail of this district, for the frauds aforesaid, and was liberated therefrom only on the ITth of March ISS-o, when Matthew (ieorge .Mountain and Thomas