The Express.
London, England, 1852-10-01 00:00:00

CLERICAL.

Rev. T. B. Craven, tollcurlaTtorsburaey, Leicestershire.'
Rev. John Farmer, to lidlesdois Curacy, Leicestershire.
Rev. Frederick Adolphus Foster, to Hamby Ite story,
Linoolashire ; value, 3001. ; patron, J. W. Barrie, Eq.
Rev. H. F. Ilewgill, to Crofton Curacy, Hants.
Rev. Gibbets Jordan, to Whitwiek Curacy, Leicestershire.
Rev. R.. 1. Lloyd, to Troedyraur Rectory, Cardigan-
shire; valise 268 L, with residence; patron, Lord Chan-
cellor.

lien. Frederick James Manning, to Springfield Curacy,
Ewen. _ _

Rev. Wm. David )[orrice, to Oldland Curacy, ()tourer
Wahl:a,

Rev. J. Ravin, to St. Nicholas Curacy, Dublin.
Rev. Thoinal Stanton, to During, Vicarage, Wilts;
value 2671., with residence ; patron, Bithop of SAlsoury.
Rev. Wm. Fisher Ward, to Caetor Curacy, Northamp-
tonshire,
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W. Wards, to Holy Trinity Perpetual Curacy,
Croekham Hill, Kent.
Rev. Cutfield Wardroper (Perpetual Curate of Fernley-
Tyaa), to be Chaplain to the Earl of Dartmouth.
Rev. Henry Wood, to St. Margaret Curacy, Leicester.

VACANT.

BIIIIIOPIIC.—Meath, Ireland; value, 4,2881.; patron,
the Crown ; Right lion. and Molt WT. T. 8. Townsend,
deceased.

NAVAL.

ADMIRALTY, SEPT. 30.—A1
Young, to be Flag-Lieutenant to Admiral Faashawe. Lien
tenants C. J. Heger, W. D. Loch, and F. J. Young, to Aga-
memnon and S. Twyford, to Ajar. Mate E. F. Weld, to
Watro. Surgeon• Superintendent J. Caldwell, to Rodney
convict ship. Surgeon J. W. Elliott. to Agamemnon.
Acting Assistant-Surgeon J. Austin, to Inspreanable. Mid-
shipman IL. B. D. Freeman, to Thrrnagonr ; and H. G.
Marsden, to Niger. Clerks F. Ramsden and J. Burke,
to Agamemnon. Master's-Assistant J. G. Trewin, to Ar.
repel.
DEVONPORT, SEPT. 30. The Savage, 10, has
been taken into dock, and is fitting for a mooring vessel to
be stationed at Malta. The Scout and Kestrel an to be
taken into dock in the ensuing week, and broken up. The
Philimel, 8, has been fitting at this port for commission.
Shit is now ready to receive men, having been inspected by
this Csumedure on Monday list.i The Nautilus, Lieut.
Com. Dialing, arrived yesterday from Falmouth, with a
Rumbas of boys, entered as naval apprentices. The Argus,
maim steamer, arrived yesterday from the eastward, and
elms into harbour to coat.
MILFORD HAVEN.—In consequence of an official
swggsstion that the Martell° tower recently erected on the
Stack Rock could be scaled from some prominences left
ealevelled, Sir Thaws Palsy, Bait., superintendent of
Pembroke Yard, with a party of seamen, were ordered
dem to sew the attempt. Sons; ladders and other
=lWide, being peovided, the hm was accomplished,
it the least peasitsle diliershy. The great ineffi
=ad Isstillessisa, only jut samplisted at a consi-
ozpmes, hes bees me far proved to a cis moustration,
that • terse parties a the reek will hays to be excavated
ihrtlswith, eel it is to be hoped without injury to the new
lastemi et these paltry towers, if the zoom•
of the reddest engiaese, of bni:ding barracks
18.Poldienkillr ware weeded oat, fit protection of the port
weld be los wane elreetweL—The Weer Castle is rapidly
wedge jury pear, mad, assompanied be the Des-
atpeitsPlZ LAWN' starmors, wet dimly Iravelbr Porte-
shooth.—Tbs Simosea, seam troopship, fur Portsmouth,
and the Tastaisp, fader, for Davenport, kft this weak
—Mr. Itiet, the ealdrappointed master shipwright to
Pemhtska, des sae ammith'• lams abasecß,. The duties
an ably carried on by Kr. robrords, senior foreman.

.-F. D.

...
MIMES PORTER'S FLYING BLIIP.—Mr. Rufus
Partarienese the following manifesto to the holders of shares
is hie ilifes Ship. We give bins thePoenelit of our circula-
dosi ~Swiroly:—" Report of progress in the business of
eterswaolats the Pioneer &report, or Flying Ship, by
Ileltse Fester.—To the shareholders : Since the date of my
left mime we have hod rain every day, which has greatly
retarded our progress—the work being of a nature to require
dry weather. Nevertheless, I have the satisfaction to am-
monia that the beat (the most essential part of the appa-
-1111048, reedy in, innation with efr, preparatory to the ad-
eremeßS of don lengitadinal rods, rudder, pulleys, reple-
paripture sari Wen wires. Bees parts of the work
have bow adlethei:md eamplunented by theboth few
whit late mega *sm. The 'lglus ore la
oonsinietisa sad elyie.
_The Sew of the =3O bet is
With ytin la WWI. mod ealltdels et • tomblaatica
of wattle of 140 gimes of gam* timber, end strong
te emtain .40 pesters ; yet its Alike weight is
enal7l6 peen& The Now et the engine-moat is or-
=to be indepeoileet of the main loci ; and the
and killer US so arranged as to be at any ti me_ in-
' Plreriellormoalsi==beze wheel,,
retgsir and
o detachedhe,u from
or afteredie. I have neretoforti, and may rerrntl;,
eapeeted to Ind a cheaper mode of producing hydrogen gas
Itig_ WOW& than the cowmen chemical process, and sem-
deity as o gentleman had offered to furnish the gas for less
Ilk3o dollar. Bathe, for meths known to himself,
neently Melissa to fulfil his engagement, I have
to inflate by the old proms, only employing sine
*Mead of Soo, sad else employing cubical Maths for me-
,gelaes, 1 efegir maks. I have already ordered
leg, , the cost of which will exceed
4.1.. of disappointment with regard
,lipto the sememisel of intinon induced me to sell more
shame thee wee at Int iMeaMd. But it is gratifying to
ambler that eons of the ft:Molders win suffer die least
einusits Wb/ tlimemem Of . 'in the conatructiou of
goys& That the has been toed, by a
I need not hesitate
to admit; rest=prospeat aa ever—the shares
see la gjemand,, end two weeks et weather will enable
me to 11.tegiet program " inemerese more Interesting to
Pitilll9lloltha4—RuPve Poi —Nor York Timm.
liblthitli at PoUPWOI.—:-Front a return to the
{door I.4t7Emerathstn..l%," anisrsof that
gerrmAket ,The -dolt grater of 11151, compared with
iphoge du:, ‘
in 'firm'. Visild'oorpeapell" is r Ladye.-
mad outdoor ; in the corresponding
zied of the .278.396 • mid out-
Irirbath" is
soreriod there were
Wterreittra..muslizzadi zi'ei
ws... 1,142,104 braise relief at Lad -
id aloe tomer, sad at the like period of
.4W
1911,11=3, Wag a deereme of 1064, while .in 0111r1/05?
WW*s mutt* woo MIMS in the ire; and 1,410,286
In the mond period, Min a decrease of 200,373, and a total
In the two aless Me year of 229,937.
RAILWAY . =MOWN IN DEVON.—'There are two
prgiaMa be Imodait a rails ay.from .Plythouth to Tavietock,
• disleaea d 4 lss, the in annemon with the South
Devoe Brioadoepany, and supported by Lord Morley,
yule, saiiinciabsd his interest la the London
mad South West*" Railway Company; and the other a
purely inthspeadert y, of which residents in the dis-
trict are abseil owwMwiy the supporters, and of which
Mr. Themes GM in.... lI.P. ktraliiique, and re.
mat*
_abahman of am IlsalL Deem Ilampeew. ft
the Mabeam. Tha home went oppugn be me meet
fay the =swat of shares seeemary for applies-
Ma it t Masi bee* takes yi, and a provisional
lellh Mama. llaiehiammaal Shma he the Isms-
Sea of Malmo barelas lima mama
will
the peemetere.
Several eshems have bees sterMilar adkig the life
NMI the smutty, trout Tavistock to Bideford sad Barn-
dmitt NSW PA9IMICIIIB' Acr.—This day (Friday)
Me Passamose AstAmeadutent Bill seam inte force. The
Mem NM tempt es to existing liabilities, sad except as
M ea Witt ia oswooll dated the 9th of October, 1849, are
monk& The out is to *Mead M miry r ship
wog ea ear tome tress the %dot to any
Moot eat of Draw" sod aft Wig within the Mealtim-
es's Ism awl ea- selsoial "epee stated. The COM.
mlesimees of are se carry the set tato execution'
with tans mieseese el dolt elkere. There see 91 provi-
sions la the sliente, sod a number of knee to he used.
Alamo the imestamote there ere several to secure prorer
asemeedeliew end food for the passengers. Boats are to
be sanest ea beard each vessel. En ry passenger in
wager slap is so be entitled, foe at least 48 louts next after
his snivel at the end of his voyage, to sleep in the ship,
and to be provided for and maintained on board. No pas-
senger in any ship is to be landed without his previous
anent at any ports piece other than the port or place at
width he contracted to land. A certain space on board is
to be allowed to each passenger. Rules are to be made and
peeper order observed.

TREATMENT OF PATIENTS IN
BETHLEHEM.
(Continued from the Repress of yesterday.)
Minoru or Futieneutmua taken at the office of the
Metropolitan Cummiasiours in Lunacy, 19, New-street,
Spring Gardens, October 22, 1851.
Present,—J. W. Meuse, Esq., in the chair; J. It.
Hume, Esq., M.D.; B. W. l'rocter, Esq. (Barry Cornwall).
TREATMENT OF FEMALES.
Mary Elizabeth Whittingliaru examined.
You went to Bethlehem about January last, did you not ?
—Yes, 1 did.
Do you recollect the exact day ?—No.
Nor the exact day when you came away ?—No.
Were you not comfortable there when you first went ?
Yee, pretty comfortable.
The oommisaionin have heard some complaints about the
nurses, and they understand that they did not behave very
well to you; and they wish to ascertain exactly hoe it was,
as far as you can recollect, with regard to a burn who had
the care of the hutment ward, in which you were ?—Yes,
part of the time.
And her name was Elisabeth Clifiln ?—Yes, I think that
wia her name.
The head nurse ?—Yes.
There was a woman of the name of Turner there also, a
nurse, was there not ?—Yes.
And a woman of the name of Cued, a muse, there while
you were there f—There was another wunma. I do not
know her name.
She was a nurse also ?—Ye..
When your mother first saw you after you went to
Bethlehem, you showed her a finger that was bad, did you
not ?-1 do not recollect.
Du you nut recollect having a bad finger ?-1 do not re-
collect.
The commissioners asked your mother how you wrro
when she first saw you, and sh, said this : "Sin, eppear.ll
to be in great distress." Do van recollect now show:rig
your mother those bruises or Vie finger ?—My little finger
was hurt.
Were there not bruises upon the body ?—(No answer.]
Then she was asked, " Was the finger swollen ?" and she
said, " The joint very much." Do you recollect any of the
nurses pulling you out of bed ?—Nu.
Di, you recollect one of them striking you with a key ?
phi answer.]
Do you recollect a woman of the name of Turner ?—Yes,
she struck me once.
Turner did strike you once i—Yes.
Where 3—On my back.
What with I—kier hand.
Her fiat ?—No.
What was that for ?—I cannot tell.
Did Clime ever strike you ?—No.
You do net recollect ter pulling you out of bed because
you overslept or lay longer than usual ?—No.
Do you recollect your mode of sleeping in the basement?
—Yes.
You slept on straw, did you not ?—Yes.
On loose straw ?—Yes.
And without any clothes ?—Yes, we had blankets.
But no night-clothes?—No.
Had you • blanket above and below 2—No; we hill one
large blanket.
Which served for both upper and under?—Yea.
Otherwise you had no clothes on at all ?—No.
Did you see much of Mr.. Hunter when you were in
Bethlehem ?—She used to come round.
At what time did she conic sound ?—At different times.
Did she ever come round at night?—No, not that I
know of.
She never saw whether you were in bed or not?— Not
that I know of.
She did not know whether you slept without clothes i—l
do not know.
Do you remember before you went away tilling Mrs.
Hunter that you should complain about Clithe, and she ad-
vised you not to do eo, because she had got a mother, and
therefore that you should not complain ; and that Mrs.
Hunter stood beside you when you were examined by the
committee ?—lt was Mrs. Hunter.
Do you recollect her advising you not to complain against
Cliffin ?—No.
Just before you left Bethlehem your mother visited you,
and your mother was asked whether you at that time told
her, and she said, " Yes, she did. She said she should cer-
tainly make a complaint when she went before the com-
mittee ; and she stood beside my daughter while she was
being examined, so that she cuuld not say anything." Do
you recollect that ?—I do not remember that.
Is there anything you can tell us of what happened
there ? Did you see any patient ill-treated ? It is said that
they used you very ill in Bethlehem, is that true ?—I was
struck once.
Not more than once I—Not that I remember.
You are quite well now ?—yes.
And you sleep well?—Yes.
Did the nurses behave cruelly to yen f—Turner struck
me once.
Not Elizabeth? —No, I do not think she did.
Was your Mager very bad ?—I do not know.
Your mother says that you were all black and blue ?—I
do not remember that.
Were the nurses coarse to other people as well u to you;
do you recollect that I—No.
There is a kindness is manner as well as in acts. Did
you hear any of the nurses use any bad language to any-
body ?—No.
Did they abuse you, or annoy yon, by ceiling ono another
awful names?—No
They never galled you by such names?—No.
If a nurse had been very cross to you, you would
have recollected it, would you not 3—Yes, -I think so.
You slept upon straw, dad you not ?—Yes.
Quite naked ?—Yes.
Without any clothu on at all—without even a shift ?
Yes.
TREATMENT OF MALES.
William Maroon, sworn, and examined :
Where do you live ?—No. 28, Brunswick-street, Coiling-
wood.street, Blackfrius-road.
What are you ?—I ant only • labouring man in the
optician business at Merin. Dollonds', in St. Paul's
Churchyard.
In what capacity have you obtained tie means of know-
ing any hing about Bethlehem Hospital ?—I was an attend-
ant in Bethlehem for upwards of four years.
An a tendant upon the patients?—Yes.
At what time was this ?—I went in 1847.
And when did you cease to be an attendant ?—I ceased to
be en attendant last Tuesday week only.
Did you see the commissioners when they came round ?
Yes, I let them in at the gate; I was gate porter at that
time.
Why did you leave ?—The money was so small, and the
treatment I received was very bad indeed.
From whom did you receive bad treatment P—l received
bad treatment from Dr. Wood, and also several others, Mrs.
Hunter for instance.
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Upon what class of patients did you attend ?—ln No. 3
gallary—cioavaleseent gallery.
The but gallery ?-ICes.
Had you i• that position the means of seeing how all the
patients were treated, or only those who were in that gal-
lery_ ?—All. I could see how all of them were treated.
How was that ?—I had to go down into the kitchen to as-
sist to cut up the victuals of the day.
Did you ever go into the basement ?—Yes ; 1 was there
for one month.
When was that?—Prom the beginning of October.
From October, 1849, to August, 1830, you were en under
assistant there ?—Yes.
Who were with you there ?—A man of the name of Bell.
Is he there still?—Yes; another of the name of Wilson,
and another of the name of Winnicombe, and another of the
name of Dinning.
Are they all or any of them in the basement ?—Three of
theca are.
Who has been removed? Wilson.
Why did be go away?-1 believe the salary was not suf-
ficient for him.
When you went away yourself are we to understand you
to say that you were discharged, or that you gave notice to
leave ?-1 discharged myself.
No complaint wee made of your inefficiency or miseen-
duet ?—Nosie whatever that I am aware of.
Were your wages paid up to the time?—Yes, to the day
that I let.
You had been in the basement how ling ?—One month.
What month was that In what year ?—ln October,
1849.
From the basement you went to the convalescent ward?
—No ; I had met with this accident then.
How many male patients were there in the basement ?
About 38.
Is there a back and Bent basement ?—Yes.
How many were in the back basement ?-15 was the
number.
Those, I presume, were the worst of the whole ?—Yes.
What did they sleep upoll ? —Upon straw.
In tub bode with thick blankets?—Some had thin
blankets and rugs.
The blankets were laid over the straw, I presume ?—Yee.
There was no case for the straw ?—No, only a blanket
laid over.
Were many of those wet patients ?—A number of them ;
all of them ; I should say ail.
I presume that you and your assistants put down dry
straw every morning ?—The wet straw they vied to take
down to the pigstye, and therefore gave them clean straw
every morning.
You saw that they got clean straw every morning ?—Yes,
for thou who required it.
Were the patients put to bed in their shirts, or what
clothes had they on ?—Some would tear tap their shirts and
have canvas frocks on, and those who did not went to bed
with shirts.
Did any go to bed without shirts on ?-1 never knew them
put to bed without shirts on.
Did you ever hear it said that it was so ?—No.
Hew were those patients that were dirty washed ?—They
were washed ones a week in the bath, and every morning
by me, while I was there, for a month.
Where were they washed ?—They were washed under a
taSiashed with your hand?—With a pail, and flannel, and
WILD, and warm water, and towel.
Did you ever use a mop to them ?—No: not while I was
there.
Did you ever see a mop used by any body else ?—No ;
never to them by any body else.
Did you cites' eve any patients there who were very violent,
and were striking people I—Yee.
Did you ever see them fastened or put under restraint.;
I mean instrumental restraint ?-.Yes ; but not lab ly.
Will you oats to the commita.i mere any particulars with
which you became acquainted while fa the institution ?