The Express.
London, England, 1849-09-04 00:00:00

FxiiiAY.

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The court resumed its lotting this morning, elortly after
9 ✓cluck.

Lieutenant Graham, the prosecutor„ and Mr. Rlliotr, the
witness, complained of the length of the cross-examination.
Commander Pitman requested, with consent of the proem.
tors, that as part of the eels' nee war in print, the publica-
tion might be continued; bat the court determined to adhere
to their former decision.
Mr. klliott was cross-examined Lieutenant Graham,
the court, and the primer, with regard to the marines Haigh
and White, the boy Clevertan, the midshipmen's steward
Matthews, and the false entries in the log. Matthews,
the midshipmen's steward, jumped overboard in the river
Himpoo. The officers of the watch signed the log, knowing
it to be incorrect, within the knowledge cf Commander Pit-
man. The officer of the watch occasionally did not sign
the log. The fact of White's jumping overboard is so in-
serted in the log.
John James Smith, master's assistant, was @trying in the
Cnildm when she ran on the Prate Shoals ; the day pre-
, Musty he had, by reckoning, ascertained the ship's posi.
tion to be within 50 miles of the shoals ; had kept the log
during the illness of Mr. Elliot, and entered the ship's posi-
tion the day before in pencil (fearing at the time that it was
incorrect), but altered it the nest day when the ship struck.
He believed the entry as it now stands to be correct. It
was La Plata Island, 38 miles south, 50 west. The first
awry was incorrect, but he (witness) attributed the unser@
getting on the Fiats Shoals to the weather, and the ship not
tieing under control. The subsequent entry was made alter
the ship struck. There was another erasure in the log about
the " force of the wind on the 9th of October," which he
had made at the order of the commander, who, in his cabin,
said, he should be lorry for any one to read the log and see
that the ship was in such a state, with the wind blowing at
only such a force. He then altered the force of the wind
from 7to 10. Another erasure occurred under the words
" bearing " and " distance," 28 being altered to 38. He did
it himself, the captain having found an error in the work by
a mistake in taking the distance out of the traverse-table.
On the 9th of October Lieutenant Graham gave him a espy
'on halt a sheet of paper, and not on the elate. The force of
the wind, as altered, is correct. They had no observation
for two days.
Commander Pitman examined witness relative to his dis-
missal from the Childers, which took place on the 10th of
February, 1849, at the order of Sir F. Collier, the com-
mander-in-chief. Witness spoke ta the oppressive treat-
meat he had received from Commands? Pitman, who placed
him ander arrest for striking a seeond.clase boy. The letter
of the commander-in chief stated that he was to be dis-

charged, bat Commander Pitman entered in the iogan
his pay-ticket that be was discharged from the service in
ritedie-
Commander Pitman, in this instance, exceeded his
instructions, added to which, he at one time recommended
his meeentates to turn him out of the mem, which they,
however, 'Vol not do.

Ti;eOu;tarlicunled at 6 o'clock to Saturday morning, at
9 o'clock.

SATURDAY.

The court resumed sts sittings this morning, at halt- past
9 o'clock.

t Crowdy, A.M., derosed that he kept the de-
faulters' book, now produced. On turning to the
memorandum of the punishment inflicted on the marine
Haigh, to found the following entry 2nd Sip., 1846, 22nd
company, William Haigh, private, for stealing candles,
punubment he received 48 lashes ; the same day, and in the
same year again, for stealing pork, be had his grog stopped
for 14 days; and on the 4th September, 1848, he was placed
in irons for mutinous conduct, and he was invalided home
from Hobart Town afterwards. la reference to the punish.
ment inflicted on Henry White, a marine, witness found the
following entries: "42nd company. Henry White, private,
27th Jane, 1846, for leaving a dirty shirt on deck, seven
days of watered grog and black list." On the 12th August,
1848, " for being dirty at divisions water grog and black list
until farther orders." He went sick on the 16th, and came
to duty mein on the Bth September ; and on the Ilth Sep-
t( mbar, 1848, " for being ragged and dirty at quarters," he
was pat in the report and ordered to be scrubbed. He then
jumped overboard and was drowned.
Mr. Graham asked for leave to see the defaulter's book,
which was granted, and then asked—Was White not
ordered to be finggod on the occasion when he jumped over-
board ? _ _ _

Witness—He was ordered to be placed in the report. I
don't know what he might have been done to afterwards.
When Whits was reported, I heard Commander Pitman say
he would give him fear dozen to-morrow morning. This
"MI not entered in the defaulter's book, because he never
received the punishment. The extra work which men
La the black list had te do was, instead of having
as hour to dinner, they had half an hour; they had
to came sad drink their grog on the quarter deck,
and to stand there until the watch was called up, and their
hands turned up. When Bright was ordered the punish
ment, I confider that he had extra work to do ; it is usual to
put men to extra when they are only fed on bread and water.
I do not remember this being done in other ships I have
been in. Bright refused to do duty as cook after he had
volunteered to do it, because he said it did not agree with
his health. During the five days Bright was on
bread and water he dad not keep his regular watch or any
watch. Ido not consider the black list men on board the