The Express.
London, England, 1849-09-06 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 6, 1849,

mom do act in general comprehend the cu that are
treated by scadital men in private practice.

EOUTMAMPTON.

In 1832 sot a single cue of sholma occurred ht South-
ampton. Darla, Um hat two months them hay. boss 132

Tosliow the demoralised state of the inhabitants of some
of the fienthareptor bate sweets where the oboists raged
ascot fearfully, two mos who were dyier of that discus
were visited. and their wives were foiled is a state of wand-
lie dominations, lamenting the &pyrometer deaths of their
towhead& They IMO WWII, drank MUIR they attended
the funeral, and they shortly afterwards fell victims thew
selves.

The returns far the &tried are somewhat
heavier, although perhaps not as math so as ft ewes any th-
e:Teased alarm, We more espveially as the numbers naturally
fiewsew to some sates*. The official report for Tuesday is
as f alews : Merthyr, new oases 12, deaths 6. Peaydarran,
new eases 1, death, 0, Dowlais, new eases 4, deaths 0.
Aberdare, new ewes 3, de:Alts 1.

think it was aunty four or Ave weske from the time
he wee punished to his being invalided. the best of my
reeolleetion, Haigh was is the trek list nearly Month before
he wee Invalided. Haigh had saffeesd from a pestrione In-
jury. As • medical man, I cannot assert that his Winds war
caused by his punishment; it might have been wxylerated
by mental excitement or corporeal punishment. I was pre-
sent when Haigh wm dooggglfeed ; he did not appear to be
more overcome by the panWmeat indicted on him this In
general eases. I remember • man of the name of Menhirs's.
He destroyed himself by throwing himself overboard with some
321 b. shot attached to him. I *aught him in the act of
going to the spirit locker, to steal spirits, with surreptitious
keys • for which he was brought under the notice of Lieut.
tiraham, commaadieg officer on board the Mar, at that time
lying at Ningpo, and be was to have been reporqd to the
captain on my accusation. He was then partially inebriated,
sad had been so for some time previously. I cannot account
few his getting the liquor to bring him into that state.
To the best of my recollection Matthews did not
receive eorponal punishment at any time exeept
on 25th July, 1847, as shown by the log-book, when
he received thirty-slx lashes for drunkenness. Sixteen or
eighteen hours elapsed between the time of his attempting
to commit the theft and my reporting him to the lieutenant.
I recollect a boy named Mayor, and that he underwent
punishment by wearing a weed.. collar roan/ his seek.
The collar wag 1 foot 10 huhu In length, about 1 foot 3
Inches in breadth, and about 2 Inches in thickness. lam
unprepared to state the time he wore the collar ; but woes-
ever I have seen him during the thee of puniehment, he
had it on. lam not aware that any injury was done to the
boy's neck or shou"dere. The Mistime* previously referred
to respecting Haigh at the time of punishment was believed
to have resulted from the previous injury he had umniud
on the base of the skull. Thu.
punished unless 1 was present. I never nerved in
say but one ship previous to being in the Chit-
dem, and I cannot recall that any boy was punished
while I was in her. I was in the ship I refer to about 11
months. I remember the man Gilman; he died on board;
in my:opinion he did not die of punishment he received on
board. He did not state to me when dying ghat his illness
was the result of his punishment. I know a man of the
name of Kits, and he died on board. Ido not consider his
death is In any way to be auributad to the punishment he
had received on board. lem not aware if the Mtn Haytor
was guilty of concealing a part of the provisions of the sick
whilst he was attending on them.
By the prisoner—Do you of your own knowledge know
that the wounds you saw on the bey Clev,rdon were
inflicted by me ? A. No.—Q Then what you know of
such infliction is from what you hare heard,
not from what you have seen? A. Exactly so.—Q Did
you see Sanger scrubbed, or know of your own knowledge
he was .:rubbed ? A. He war mid to have been.—Q. Did
you eery the hey Sanger below youreelli A. I do not re-
member ; I believe I took him on deck, and walked him
about.—Q. Af•er the boy Sanger was below, and you disco-
vered his pretence, did you not shortly atterwards see hint
eating his dinner? A. I believe at the time ha was on
bread and water, and can avouch on my leaving for a few
minutes and returning, he was eating. lie was in the
habit of partaking freely of hod from a kid. I never
saw a boy ICI uhhed. I was given to understand that Haigh
had been confined to an hospital from an injury in
the head which he received from a fall into a dock at Ports-
mouth. The wooden collar was not worn in a position to
injure Hayter, and it wan lined with fearnaught. Had he
been injured from wearing the collar, I must have known it.
I ,anrot say what the general conduct of Hayter will; hut
I know he was always under punishment, more or les.. The
cause of his being so punished I am not repared to state.
I heard he had been ejected from all the messes on the lower
deck. I was enterer of the mess horn the day I shipped
Mathews as midsbipman's steward. When saber he was a
good rerun., but when under the influence of liquor nn-
b:arable. I was examin-Al on the inquest held on
the body of Mathews. To the best of my be-
lief he died when under the influence of liquor
Mr partial delirium. The inquest was held Color* the consul
at Ningpo, on the body of the late:George Mathews, and
the verdict found was, " That the deceased bail jumped
overboard in • fit of temporary insanity and was drowned."
I served in the Childers with the prisoner upwards of tnree
years.—Q. In your jar figment was the conduct of the prise nor
to his officers and ship's company cruel or oppressive ?
A. I cannot call to mind any instance of oppression. I was
never called up in as a medical cfLer subsequent to punish.'
ment, and cannot sate any punishment infl.cted as cruel.
There wu oil put upon the back of one who was
punished, I remember. I have witnessed worse pu-
nishments. I recollect a man of the name of Roll, y,
a boatswain's mate, but I de not remember that his lee
was on onsoecasion placed indanpr, through the officers of the
watch not reporting his ease to the medical officers. He
once nearly died under the Ii flutes of spirits, of Caine
spirits—spirits of wine—Chinese liquors. I attended haul
at that peri.d. Ido not know from whence It 'Hey got the
spirits. I knew the man called Heed t• he was once Mr.
Graham's servant on board the ship. He was in the habit
of being frequently drui.k. I have heard that Heed was
foul d in Mr. Graham's cabin, but I cannot say the hour.
Q. Do you believe it to be true ?
The preseen•or objected to the question, and plum d •
written reason •or so doing l,efore the president; and after
some consideration, the president said the belief of the wit-
ness on that point was of no importance.
Tue prisoner, however, preened the question, and the
court wes then cleared. Ott i s re-opening the Judge ANo
eat. said the court did not think the question ought to be
put.
The witness, in reply to further questiors, surd—l have
known Mr. Elliott since he entered the obi I do not wish
to express an opinion on Lie character; I hare a private
opinion of his coaracter ; I would rather retein my opinion
of him.—Q. Was he fee quently intoxicated? A. Am I
bound to answer the question ?
The JudgeAdvocate—li you know, you are. Witness:
I I have seen tim under the influence of liquor. 1 cannot
say he was drunk on the morning of the day on
which the Cailders struck on the !'rata shoal. I
saw him before midnight on that day. He was net taken
below, to the best of my recollection. He was advised to
leave the upper duck, being on the sick list. When he was
s r advised be was under tue influence of liquor. I did see
him while on deck, %Wog an ax. against the starboard round
house. I should say that i was tent for by the prisoner to
go to this dime to advise his leaving the deck, u he was in
an unfit state to be Seen.

To. court then cleared and on its re-opening adjourned for
the night.