The Express.
London, England, 1861-08-22 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 22, 1861.

" never see England again. The deceased cried
" out and became insensible, and his body was
" covered with bruises and disoolorations." After
entering the river fever broke out on board, and
the steward being attacked by it was under the
doctois care. "He prescribed rest and a goner-
" ous diet for him, and he was recovering ; but
" the fever left him in a state of great depression
" and weakness, during which time he was unable
"to return to his duty. The prisoner insisted it
" was only laziness, and ordered him to pick
" oakum. The deceased said he could not do it,
" and the prisoner then beat him and kicked him
" again, and he wssfound by the doctor on the 23rd
" January with his head swollen and bruised, and
" his eyes blackened." One more illustration of the
captain'streatment will more than suffice:—"After
" that the captain ordered the deceased up to pick
" oakum ; the deceased said ho could not do it,
"when the captain seized him by the shoulders,
" threw him down on his back violently on the
" deck, and then jumped upon his chest and
" kicked him in the side. The deceased laid in-
" sensible, blood issuing from his nose and mouth,
" and from the corner of one of his eyes. While
" this violence was going on the deceased said,
" Oh, don't, you will kill me,' and aftewards
" said that the captain had better kill him than
" use him in that way. The captain said he had
" better jump overboard, as he would never see
" England again." He never did see England
again, having died a few days after. Few, after
reading this account, will deny that the brutal
captain helped to fulfil his savage threat of send-
ing the deceased to his long home. No doubt,
under the peculiar circumstances of the case,
the deceased having been weakened by fever,
the capital charge could hardly be sustained, but
surely such a series of brutal attacks, with the
severe injuries they inflicted, afford ample ground
for a verdict of manslaughter. And we cannot
but regret that from any accident there should
have been a miscarriage of justice in the case.
The jury were divided as to their verdict, and
after two hours' deliberation, one of the jurors
being very ill, they were discharged. The prisoner
WiLso:s, however, awaits his trial on other counts
of the indictment. We may hope that the evi-
dence in the further trial of this case will be satis-
factory and complete. It is obviously of the
utmost importance, for the security of the men as
well as for the credit of the service, that when in-
stances of cruelty and violence at sea are eats-
bliabed they should be visited by the severest
legal penalties. The power entrusted to the captain
is enormous, and so also is his responsibility. No
doubt, the mere possession of such power, in that
terrible loneliness of " blue water," offers strong
temptations to men of low tastes and brutal
temper. They will tend to become overbearing
and oppressive, if they do not give way to more
criminal passions. Men of a morose character will
not hesitate to gratify a depraved craving for ex.
citement by acts of capricious ferocity if there
is the least chance of their doing so with impunity.
The greater the power, therefore, the more certain
and severe ought to be the penalty of its abuse.

ae Court.

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OSBORNE, Aoauer 21.

The Duke of Oporto visitol the Queen yesterday.

Her Majesty and the Prince Consort, Priam Alfred,
Princess Alice, and Princess Helena, left Osborne this mum-
lag at a quarter before 9 o'clock, for Holyhead.
The suite in attendance comprise Lady Churchill, the
Hon. Victoria Stuart Wortley, Miss Hildyard, Lieutenant-
General the Hon. C. Grey, Colouel the Hon. Sir C. B.
Phipps, Major Du Plat, Major Cowell, and Dr. Jenner.
Earl Grusin, and Viscount Sydney will join the Royal
party as the read.
Priam Arthur, Prince Leopold, Princess Louise, and
Princess Beatrice, left in the aftsmoon for London, sad
will moored to-morrow to Holyrood Palace, en routs to
Balmoral, w►en they will await her Majesty's arrival
Their royal highnesses are attended by Lady C. Bar-
pintos, Lisstemat-Colonel the Hon. D. de Boa, Major
Elphinstote, sad Sir J. Clark.
Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
cake from the Govemon of Canada, the Australian Colo-
nise, and Ceylon.

THIS DAY.
(S 7 wTIHR ♦\D MINH NMAIRIC TZLZORAPH.)

DUBLIN, THUHaSDAY Mottos, 12.40

Notwithstanding it was generally known that the
Queen wished her arrival at Kingstown to be as
private as circumstance* would allow, and the late-

nerve of the hour at which she was expected, large
crowds collected 1111 the piers from en early hour,
either to witness the disembarkation, or at least the
arrival, and to accord to her Majesty a hearty and
a respectful reception. At half-past ten the royal
squadron, consisting of the royal yacht the
Victoria ail Albert, 111141 the Osborne, was
sighted off the harbour, and in lees than an hour
after the royal yacht was inside the piers. The
own of war in the harbour were all most ',midi-
fully illuminated, and the crowds on the piers ex-
cemive, and continued so up to the latest hour.
The run from Holyhead to Kingatoan was accom-
plished in less than four hours.

KINGSTOWN, THUIUIDAY, 11.37 A.N.
Her Majesty Lan just landed. The Quk,•u's
train has started fur Dublin.

THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO KILLARNEY.

The correspondent of the Freernan'x Jou enal,
writing from Killarney, says :—" All preparations for her
Majesty's reception have been vigorously pushed on during
the put ten days, and are now rapidly approaching coin-
'dation. The local gentry, who are familiar with the
management of boat. on our lakes, have drawn up a few
simple rules for the guidance of those who may go upon
the water during the Queen's visit ; and the public cannot
be too urgently requested to observe them, because, if
adhered to, they will go far to prevent the confuAion—
I might say the daoger which must, more or less,
arise, where hundreds of boats congregate—many of
them, perhaps, manned by crews paying their first
visit to the Lakes of Killarney, and unacquainted with
the rocks, rapids, and shallow■ which have to be avoided.
I believe the same gentlemen who have drawn up those
rules will station men within " hail " of the places where
the navigation is diftieult, in order to direct any boat's
crew that may be unskilled in the intricacies of Lough
Lawn. Many gentlemen from the rout are bringing
their own boat. sad crews for "the Queen's day"—the Kil-
larney "feet" being deemed insufficient for the anticipated
demand ape its resources. Indeed, I must admit that
the Lough Luse beau, as a class, are both unsightly
and uncomfortable, and cannot for an instant stand •
comparison with those plying for hire at Bristol, Deal,
or Cork. If you inquire the cause you will be told that
the public dock is wholly unfit for its purpose, from its
being exposed to the prevailing wind, and from its sides
being upright and lined with stone. No doubt, it has cost
Lord Human a very large sum to make, but as a refuge
for baste it is almost worse than useless ; moreover, there is
no organised systetn.of control euforced over those who avail
themselves of it, and the result is speedy destruction to any
boat that is sot watched, late and early, by its owner. Three
large platforms haws been erected by Lord Castlectiese on
the route from the railway terminus to Killarney House.
Each of them will probably afford comfortable sitting
room for about eight hundred persons. I under
stand his lordship has considerately placed one of these
stands at the disposal of the Town Commissioners, and re-
serves another for the members of the local temperance and
other societies, and their friends. The third is to aocommo-

date persons invited to occupysests by the noblelordhimself.
Tradesmen are still busily magaqedon the priparatioosat Kil-
larney House. All the members of herllapsay'ssuite,aa well
se their attendants, are to be entertained within ita hospita-
ble walls. Many of your readers are, doubtless, familiar
with the gaeiotappe►rance of that tameable old chateau, ea
the entrance by which the public pass, when going into the
pleasure grounds, is through one of its courts. It is stated,
and much to the vexation of the inhabitant., that a leap
mi-
Iftery force has been ordered to Killarney. I hope the rumour
is not true. Soldiers are not required here, and there is no
room for them. Of course the Queen must have her escort, but
a squadron of dragoons would furnish it, and the Constabu-
lary force of the district will be better ►ble to cope with
those whose loyalty may induce them to drink her Ma-
jesty's health too deeply, but we have no need for " Rect-
orate" at Killarney. It will be a blunder if they ere ob-
truded upon us. The Kerrymeo will take tender can of
their Queen, and will prove, by their deference and good
conduct, how highly they appreciate the honour she is doing
them by her visit, but they ought no, to be mistrusted. It Is
not fair. and the billeting of a numerous body of troops
would entail serious inconvenience and heavy pecuniary lose
upon the inhabitants at a time when every corner of spot
is worth gold to them."