Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-01-18 00:00:00

THE OUTRAGE ON BOARD THE WIZARD KING.

Ofi Monday, Mr. John Humphreys, the coroner
for East Middlesex, resumed an adjourned inquest
at Wellington Tavern, Cannon-street, St. George's-
in-the-East, respecting the death of John Craven,
a seaman, lately employed on board an American
.ship named the .Wizard King, at present lying in
the import basin of the Victoria Docks, who it:
was alleged had died from starvation and cruelty
while on a voyage from Bombay to the port of
London. Mr. Lewis'attended for the defence.
It appeared that the deceased performed his
'duties with satisfaction until about a fortnight.
after the vessel had sailed, when he was attacked
with illness off St. Ilelena, where he wished to
goon shore, but the math Would not allow him,
and ordered him to his berth. He 'applied for
medicine, when the mate said he could not have
it as it was too dear. His rations were not
changed, although there were sheep and poultry
on board. The only food the deceased was al-
lowed was salt pork and hard bread, which he
could not eat. There was medicine on board,
but no medical man to afford assistance. The
deceased remained in his berth until the vessel,
arrived in the pool, on the morning of Saturday};
the 7th inst., when the chief mate went to the
deceased and exclaimed, -" Come, Jerry, you.
must get out of this." The deceased was too weak
to move, when several men were called on
board, and deceased was carried ashore in an ex-,
posed state ; where he was placed in a cart, but
his attendants found him in such a weak condi-
tion that it was deemed necessary to convey hint
by. railway. to a lodging-house in Lower Corn-
wall-street, St. George's-in-the:East, where he
expired in twenty minutes after his arrival. The
deceased, while in the carriage, stated to his
attendants that he had been grossly neglected
and starved on the• voyage. He had likewise,
said that,the,mate and crew had a spite against
him, because he was an Englishman. The deceased.,
was seen by Mr. J. B. Ross, the surgeon, of
Shadwell, who said that he had died from starva-
tion. The body was very dirty, and presented
the appearance of a skeleton.
Mr. Rosi, the surgeon,_ said that since -
the juillast assembled he 'had made a post
mortem examination' of 'the body. The lungs
were collapsed and the heart was healthy. The
intestines were flat' and contracted. The other
Organs were perfectly healthy, and the stomach
contained some half-digested matter.' The cause
of death was from exhaustion from underfite3ing a
hiln7A:dbldjreoilextu deceasedaeal:srlowei nNe• iddthet enomepiregre ohmwst taaMhis lal
ttveohedne then Nonei
board.ei td
iobny longer
was
if iseverale
of the crew confirmatory of the above facts, which
was contradicted by the captain and mate.
The Coroner having summed up,
The Jury, after -,a brief &liberation, returned
the following special verdict—" That the dc-
ceased died from exhaustion on boaid the Ameri-
man ship the Wizard'Rino., and the jurors are of
'opinion that the deceased Was grossly and cruelly
'neglected by the offiders and commander of the
said vessel, and the said jurors further say that
the food given to the deceased was neither good
'n quality-nor sufficient in quantity."
The proceedings then terminated.

PURFLE AND MAUVE COLOURS.—It may be useful to
know, how to distinguish, whether these colours, now so
much in vogue, are fast or not. This is ascertained,
says a correspondent in the Manchester Guardian, simply
by putting on the ribbon or other fabrics a drop of
vinegar, or still better lemon juice, which will change
the fast purple or mauve to a crimson, whilst it will
destroy the fugitive one, or render it a dirty Yellowish
brown.

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