The Express.
London, England, 1861-07-11 00:00:00

CHARGE OP MURDER awaits? A LIVERPOOL

CAPTAIN.

The Liverpool magistrates were yesterday en-
gaged in invest gating the charge of murder preferred
against Captain W. Wilson. of the barque t-evern. The
case had been remanded from the previous week.
It appeared from the statements of the Iridium++ that
pies cruelties (which it was alleged caused his death) had
been practised upon a seaman named Junes, second mate of
the ship, on the homeward voyage from Brus !liver,
Africa.

The first witness examined yesterday was • slowed
seaman, named Win. Johnson. He deposed that he
chipped as able seaman in the Express last year, from
Liverpool, for Brass River. The prisoner was tbe captain.
Witness, together with the prisoner, was transferred to
the Severn at Brass River. Charles Jones, the deceased,
was second mate of the Severn. He was sick with fever,
but performed duty. About • week after leaving
Brass River, Captain Nihon sent Jones forward,
saying that he would not do for second mate.
Upon one occasion he (the captain) knocked Jones
down on the forecastle, and when he was rising
struck him again and knocked him down. The following
day the captain sent Jones to scrape the maintop gallant
mast. Jones told him he was not able to do so. The cap-
tain said he must scrape it, and beat him with the main
brace. The next day the captain beat JOINs on the heed,
and by his violence made the poor fellow incapable of moving
from the deck. The following day. the captain sent Jones
Jones
to the wheel. said, "Captain, I can't steer by my.
self ; I don't feel very good." After Searle; a little whil•
the captain went up to Jones and said, " Which way are
you carrying the ship, you —," and struck him
with the spanker boom sheet. Joss fell, nod the
captain kicked him. Jones said, "O capte.i.n, you
will kill me," and the spiels said, If I
kill you, there is no one in Liverpool to speak
about it." The captain continued to ill twat the deceased
until a few days afterwards, when the steward came and
said to the captain—" Jones very bad—him sick too much,"
and the captain gave the steward some medicine. Jones
died the same night. The witness said he saw the captain,
on the same day he gave the steward the medicine, " when
dark was beginning to come" strike Jones on the Lack part
of the head, having something in his hand at the time, but
he could not say what it was. Jones died that night.
In answer to questions by Mr. Bren.ner, the witness stated
that the captain habitually Masted all the crew, and that
they had resolved on the voyage to complain to the autho-
rities. This circumstance was corroborated by the steward,
and the case was reminded until Friday.

RENA RICABLII DIMCOVIIRT AT ALDERSTUYIT.—On
Monday morning sees workmen who were removing earth
near the Royal Horse Artillery barracks, South gyp,
Aldershott, discovered the skull of a person who had evi-
dently met with a violent death many vests ago. The skull,
which appeared to be that of a full-grown man, was pierced
at the top with a gunshot wound, sad there was a slug
wound in one of the eyes, with the slog remaining in it. A
part of the jaw boas seemed to have rotted away, and a
surgeon gave it as his opinion that the skull had been in
the ground 12 or 14 years at least. The present site of the
camp was a wild heath a few years ego, and the neigh-
bourhood is associated with maty tales of the eaploits of
highwaymen. No other remnants of a human being, except
the skull, were found by the workmen, and that has been
placed. in the bands of the police, who are institutiog
inquiries respecting it.