T.F.E. Seydel
Bendigo Goldfields Petition Cover, August 1853. State Library of Victoria (MS 12440) and Condemned them to hard labor on the Public Roads of the Colony - A proceeding Your Petitioners maintain to be contrary to the spirit of the British Law which does not recognise the principle of the Subject being a Criminal because he is indebted to the State
That the impost of Thirty Shillings a Month is unjust because the successful and unsuccessful Digger are assessed in the same ratio
For these reasons and others which could be enumerated Your Petitioners pray Your Excellency to Grant the following Petition
* First. To direct that the Licence Fee be reduced to Ten Shillings a Month
* Secondly To direct that Monthly or Quarterly Licenses be issued at the option of the Applicants
* Thirdly To direct that new arrivals or invalids be allowed on registering their names at the Commissioners Office fifteen clear days residence on the Gold Fields before the License be enforced
* Fourthly To afford greater facility to Diggers and others resident on the Gold Fields who wish to engage in Agricultural Pursuits for investing their earnings in small allotments of land
* Fifthly To direct that the Penalty of Five Pounds for non-possession of License be reduced to One Pound
* Sixthly To direct that (as the Diggers and other residents on the Gold Fields of the Colony have uniformly developed a love of law and order) the sending of an Armed Force to enforce the License Tax be discontinued.
Your Petitioners would respectfully submit to Your Excellency's consideration in favour of the reduction of the License Fee that many Diggers and other residents on the Gold-fields who are debarred from taking a License under the present System would if the Tax were reduced to Ten Shillings a Month cheerfully comply with the Law so that the License Fund instead of being diminished would be increased
Your Petitioners would also remind your Excellency that a Petition is the only mode by which they can submit their wants to your Excellency's consideration as although they contribute more to the Exchequer that half the Revenue of the Colony they are the largest class of Her Majesty's Subjects in the Colony unrepresented
And your Petitioners as in duty bound will ever pray etc.
That the impost of Thirty Shillings a Month is unjust because the successful and unsuccessful Digger are assessed in the same ratio
For these reasons and others which could be enumerated Your Petitioners pray Your Excellency to Grant the following Petition
* First. To direct that the Licence Fee be reduced to Ten Shillings a Month
* Secondly To direct that Monthly or Quarterly Licenses be issued at the option of the Applicants
* Thirdly To direct that new arrivals or invalids be allowed on registering their names at the Commissioners Office fifteen clear days residence on the Gold Fields before the License be enforced
* Fourthly To afford greater facility to Diggers and others resident on the Gold Fields who wish to engage in Agricultural Pursuits for investing their earnings in small allotments of land
* Fifthly To direct that the Penalty of Five Pounds for non-possession of License be reduced to One Pound
* Sixthly To direct that (as the Diggers and other residents on the Gold Fields of the Colony have uniformly developed a love of law and order) the sending of an Armed Force to enforce the License Tax be discontinued.
Your Petitioners would respectfully submit to Your Excellency's consideration in favour of the reduction of the License Fee that many Diggers and other residents on the Gold-fields who are debarred from taking a License under the present System would if the Tax were reduced to Ten Shillings a Month cheerfully comply with the Law so that the License Fund instead of being diminished would be increased
Your Petitioners would also remind your Excellency that a Petition is the only mode by which they can submit their wants to your Excellency's consideration as although they contribute more to the Exchequer that half the Revenue of the Colony they are the largest class of Her Majesty's Subjects in the Colony unrepresented
And your Petitioners as in duty bound will ever pray etc.
Contents
Background
Goldfields Involvement, 1853-1854
Post 1854 Experiences
Notes
- CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER AGAINST A MEDICAL MAN.
- On Friday lost Dr. Girdlestone, J P., District Coroner, held an inquest at the Armstrong's diggings, on the body of a woman named Ann Bush, aged 21 years, wile of John Bush, a digger, working at the above place. Tbe deceased woman died during her confinement, in which she had been attended by a person who styles himself Dr Seydel, but who is not a member of the Medical Board of Victoria. It appeared from thee evidence which was very voluminous, that the deceased was first attended by a midwife, named Mrs Booth, who, however, at a very early stage of the confinement, discovered that the labor was going to be a difficult one, and therefore advised the husband to call in a medical man, which he did by summons ing Dr Seydel. The doctor was fetched by a man named Mr Ewans, who was sent for him by the husband, and paid him £2 at the time he called ; the doctor came add gave some medicine; he then asked for more money, and £3 were given to him in addition to that already paid. It was at a quarter to five that the doctor came. He then examined the patient, and in a short time left say ing that he was going to fetch his instruments. Before long he returned with instruments which the witnesses described as consisting of scissors, needles, bodkins, and a pair of tooth forceps; with these and with his hands he attempted to de liver the woman. In what manner he used the instruments, the evidence was not very clear, but it was proved that with the forceps he had severed the child's arm. He failed to deliver the woman, who the same night expired about eleven o'clock, the doctor having remained with her the whole time. The next day the death of the woman was registered, Dr Seydel giving a certificate ascrio-ing the death to inflammation of the womb, but the Deputy Registrar, Mr Hatch, having an idea that malpractice was the cause of death, from the duration of the disease being stated as only three hours, gave information to the police, and the co roner was requested to hold an inquest. The jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict of manslaughter against T. F. E. Seydel, who was therefore committed by the Coroner to take his trial at the next Ballarat Circuit Court, to be held on the 15th inst. Bail wns allowed, himself in £200 and two sureties in £100 each. The neces-sary sureties, however, not beintrg forthcoming. Dr Seydel was given in charge of the police. — " Ararat Advertiser."[1]
See also
Ballarat Reform League Inc. Monuments Project
Further Reading
References
- ↑ Mount Alexander Mail, 07 October 1859.
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