«3*1                     TRAVELS   IJJ   TRINIDAD.          [Let. 1$,
he was sent prisoner, under charge of Mr* Judge Blacky
a member of council. Surely these extraordinary pro»,
çeedillgs are not only illegal, b.ut carried nullity on the
face of them, and certainly contrary to his Majesty's iiy
structions, which, in this instance, they thought proper
to trample upon, like a piece of waste paper.
¦De Caglro's arrest was communicated to the Cokme^
while he was sitting at table with a large company-.
Being in full uniform, of course, had oa a sword- Tiding
a cane,, which he usually carried, he went -about six
o'clock; in. the^ evening^ to Mr. piack's house, attended
by Messrs. Mackenzie, Hill, and Vint, where he saf
Messrs. BJack and St. Pc, with Mr. De Castro silting
.beside them. Colonel Fullarton inquired of Mr. Df
Castro if he was under confinement. He answered ia
the affirmative, and that Mr. Black had taken charge
of him. Colonel Fullarton then asked Mr. Black whe-
ther as alcalde or counsellor? Black replied, that, as
Mr. De Castro was a iegidor, it was not proper he should
be sent to prison, and that lie had taken charge of hira
at the desire of the council.
Colonel Fullarton then slated it was a serious busines^
involving questions of felony, which, in their conser
quences, might lead ultimately to the gallows ; all per-
sons should therefore be careful how they acted, but
more particularly the Judges Black and St. Pé. He
also inhisted, that if Mr. De Castro had refused the
papers, he would have been guilty of a breach of duty:
and that in consequence of the arrest and imprisonment
of this gentleman, a report had gone abroad among the
Spaniards and others, that any person thought capable
of giving eviderice against Brigadier-General Picto^
would be confined and hrought to punishment. Mr.
De Castro was accordingly released, and Colonel Fullar-