The Express.
London, England, 1867-06-07 00:00:00

any other portion of the army. Therefore, Irishmen arc
not admitted to their ranks. This despicable slight must
now be promptly atoned for at the dictation of parliament
and Wilk opinion ; sad our military authorities will, we
hope, profit in more ways than one by the lesson.

JAMAICA AFFAIRS.-FURTHER CORRESPON-
DENCE.

This morning another blue-book was issued, con-
taining further correspondence relative to the Jamaica
outbreak. Most of the despatches treat of the proceedings
against Mr. Ramsay and various civilians charged with
grave offences in the suppression of the disturbances.
Some of the depositions forwarded by Governor Grant to
the Earl of Carnarvon record outrages of a shocking de-
scription.
The following statement by Captain Beckett, taken
before ten justices of the peace at St Thomas's-in-the-
East, show the circumstances under which the unfortunate
man Marshall was hung :
This deponent, James Beckett, upon his oath, saith as
follows—" lam captain of the Friendship. I was present
at Moraat Bay from the 13th of October to the 31st of Octo-
ber, 18S5. I was present when a man named Marshall was
flogged ; he was a brown man. This was on the 18th of
October. He was to get 10 lashes ; he received 47 in my
presence, Mr. Marshalleck, a justice of the peace of St.
' Thomas-in-the-East, and Mr. Ford, I mean Mr. Henry
Ford. I think, from the anguish of the flogging, he said
Oh Lord.' Mr. Ramsay said, ' Sedition, take him down
and h'ng him ;' he was taken down front the gun-carriage
to the place of execution ; he was tripped up, thrown on
the ground, he:was tied on the ground, he was raised up,
the rope was thrown round his neck and the end thrown
over the rail of the steps of the Court-house, and a man
who was standing on the steps of (the (Court-house hauled
the rope and drew up the man until he was high enough
hoisted off the ground, and the man who was on the steps
hauling up the man Marshall said ' High enough,' and
some one said ' Make fast.' It was a soldier. Ido not
know him. Mr. Ramsay was present. The man who put
the rope round Marshall's neck gave bins a stretch by the
lege, and that not being satisfactory the same man took a
large atone and put it between the arms and back of Mar-
shall to give him weight. A little while after there was a
little rain, and I and Mr. Marshalleck went into the camp.
I saw the man Marshall dead ; his body remained there
till next morning, when it was cut down and the body
buried at the fort, and Mr. Ramsay was present all the
time."

Some of the cases of women flogging are thus described
by the immediate actors :

James M'Comock Reid on his oath, with as follows—
" I live at Long Bay in this parish. During martial law
I flogged Elizabeth Collins with a at on her naked shoul-
den, at Long Bay. She was tied hands and feet to a
cocoa nut tree. 1 gave her more than 20 blows. The cat
was made of black fishing lines. I did this by Mr. Chris-
topher Codrington's orders. He was present and saw me
du it. The woman's back bled. Mr. David Mein was on
the left hand, with a sword."
James M'Comock Reid on his oath, saith as follows—
" I live at Long Bay and Elmswood, and am a labourer.
On Friday, the 10th of November last year, during mar-
tial law, I flogged Charlotte Scott with a cat-of-nine-tails
made of fishing line, at Long Bay, on her shoulders ; she
did not bleed much. She was stripped to the waist by
Mr. Christopher Codringron's orders ; she pulled her
clothes herself ; she was tied to a cocoa nut tree. I
flogged her by Mr. Christopher ('odrington's orders, and
she was to get 50 lashes, but I don't know how many I
gave her."
Margaret ?dinott, on her oath saith as follows—" I live
at Rural-hill, on Cog Hall, sad I was a domestic servant
of Mr. Hinchelwood's. On the 115th of October last year,
during martial law, on that day I was taken by Constable
Donaldson Penton before Mr. James Codrington, at Mr.
David Main's shop, in this parish. He never asked me a
question, but called Nathaniel Dick and told him to tie
me, to have me flogged. Dick and Ind John B' all tied
me to a cart wheel. Mr. James Codrington told them to
tear off my clothes and make me naked to my waist. De-
fendant teen ordered Alick Cooper to flog me, to give me
20 lashes. Alick Cooper then gave me 20 licks on my bare
back with a long guava stick. Defendant stood by and
counted the licks. The first stick broke and they took
another. My back bled, and defendant threw a mug of
pickle over it. It burned me."
Nathaniel Dick, on his oath saith as follows—" I am a
labourer, and live of Rase-garden. I know Margaret
Minott. In October last year during martial law. de-
fendant sent me and Donaldson Penton to bring Margaret
Minott before him at Mein's shop. He did nut tell us
what for. We took her before him. He did not try or
examine her. but ordered Alick Cooper to tie her to a cart
wheel to be flogged. I was ordered by a constable to tie
her, and I dui so the cart wheel, and defendant ordered
Alick Cooper to flog her, and Alick Cooper did flog her
with a guava switch, and she bled, and defendant threw a
mug of salt pickle on her hack."
Ann Galloway, on her oath saith as follews—" 1 live
at Manchioneal, and am a labourer. On Wednesday, the
18th day of October last year, I was taken by Charles
Hunter before defendant at Long Bay, in this pariah, and
he ordered Daniel Biggerstaff to give me 35 lashes. He did
not try me or examine me at all. Defendant made Bigger-
staff drop my clothes and made me naked to the waist,
and he told Biggerstaff to tie me to a wain wheel, and he
did so, and defendant told Biggerstaff to flog me, and Big.
gerstaff did so on my bare shoulders with a guava stick ;
defendant was standing by. My beck bled, and defendiuit
washed it with salt pickle ; it burned me. I was in the
family way, and I was sick for two months and two weeks
after the flogging."
Daniel Biggerstaff, on his oath saith as follows—" I live
at Long Bay, and am a rural constable. I recollect
Wednesday, the 18th of October last year. I saw Ann
Calloway that day brought to Long Bay by Charles
Hunter, and put before defendant ; defendant ordered her
to be tied, and I did so to a chaise wheel ; defendant
ordered me to drop her clothes to ber waist, and I did so;
he then told me to give her 25 lashes, and I did so, with •
guava switch ; her back raised, and defendant ok salt
pickle and washed it, that is, he made Robert Fnuiklin do
it. I did not hear why he flogged her. She was not tried.
Defendant stood by whilst I Bogged her."
James Gordon, on his oath seal se follows—" I am a
carpenter, and reside at Port Mount. On the lent
Monday in October last year I was at Leith Hall as a con-
stable during martial law. I believe it was on that day
that a man named Green, a prisoner, got away, and Fanny
Taylor was said to have seen Green escape, and said no-
thing. Whereupon I ordered the constables to take Fanny
Taylor in charge. She was taken, and Mr. Woodrow, the
defendant, ordered her to be flogged. I did not see any
trial. John Murray and John Lindsay took her to the
Bell Post, and tied her hands end feet, and Mr. Woodrow
ordered 25 lashes to be given to her with a cat made of
twine, a regular naval eat. John Murray gave her the 25
lashes with the at, Mr. Woodrow koking on. Her
shoulders were bare, sad blood came. No soldiers nor
Maroons were at Leith Hall at the time. We were obliged
to obey Mr. Woodrow's orders, for he wanted to cat my-
self. Cross-examined—lt was you who ordered the woman
to be flogged. It was not me. I ordered her to be taken
up."
John Murray, on his oath smith as follows—" I live at
Leith Hall, and am head man there. I was there during
martial law, and protected the place. I know Fanny
Taylor. I flogged her by Mr. Woodrow's orders during
martial law at Leith Hall. It was in October. Mr.
Woodrow looked on whilst I flogged her. I flogged with a
oat made by soldiers out of twine. The handle was an
umbrella stick. It brought blood. I flogged her on her
bare shoulders. I and John Lindsay tied her to a post,
first by Mr. Woodrow and James Gordon's orders. Crows.
examined—You were at Leith Hall, giving orders about
flogging, for two or three days."
John Lindsay, on his oath saith as follows—" I live at
East Prospect in this parish, and am a cooper. I know
Fanny Taylor. She was flogged at Leith Hall in October
last year during martial law, with • cat, by John Murray.
Mr. Woodrow said to flog her. She is the MILD.*
sweetheart. She saw him going away and would not tell,
and John Murrayg:fred her. Mr. Woodrow was present
when she was fl

The Earl of Cain.; rvon, in a despatch to Governor Grant,
dated the 31st of Janusa, last, thus refers to the above
and other similar cases :

" have read your despatch of the 24th December,
and the depositions taken in the cases of the persons
named-{Christopher Codrington, William Pitt Kirkland,
James Codrington, John Woodrow, David Winton] —with
the deepest regret, both at the unwarranted acts of cruelty
which, upon the face of the depositions appear to have
i been committed by some of the parties accused, and at
the evidence which those papers contain of the political
prepossessions by which unhappily the grand jurors have
allowed their minds to be influenced in the discharge of
their judical duties. I feel myself, however, unable to
require those measures to be adopted, which, under ordi-
nary circumstances, I should have unhesitatingly directed
with the view to the adequate punishment of persons
chargeable with signal inhumanity. You will have learnt
from my despatch of the 16th November last, that I re-
gard the failure of justice in the ease of G. D. Ramsay as
a refusal on the part of the grand jury to allow any judi-
cial inquiry into charges of an unusually grave nature,
which in the interests, both of humanity and the public
good, required as impartial investigation. There is
nothing in your despatch of the 24th December to give
me any hope that a better feeling exists in the minds of
that clams of persons from whom a grand jury would be
selected, and I feel myself therefore still precluded from
instructing you to take any further steps in the prosecu-
tion of these accused persons. "
Governor Grant had previously informed the Earl of
Carnarvon that the Attorney-General was of opinion that
no grand jury in the island would find a true bill against
Ramsay, and that, consequently, any further proceedings
in Jamaica would be useless. Hia lordship replied:
" There can be no doubt that the coons elf justice ham