The National Register.
London, England, 1814-09-04 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER..

inisi g. The groWth of otatoes is not so lari..e this sear as last, but
there I-, a v,..ry full crop on the ground. Latter crops of turnip' fi,m-
rishicg. But little latter Isar. Fruit abitil,:ant. Tl:e wool tr.:torte in
a srrmige state ; by some reported as very brisk, by others (in the
cant* quarter) as altogether dull. It is generally allowed the farmers
h.ive no stock
Least cattle lower—prime fat stock fetch high prices, but no sale
for ordinary A considerable reduction of the flea) market must be
expected i., autumn.

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bucks t, eut down into the ole, and kept there for n day and
night. with only a waistcoat on him and his trowsers. The next morn-
jog lie was taken oe the forecastle, where witness heard him crying
out. About half acthour afterwards lie was brought down below, aid
laid under the table—he conld not walk down. Went with Norieen
the doctor, to see him, and found him naked. They rumbled his
body, and found it from ins loins doer, wards much bruised, and in n
state of mortification. He was not phmshed for a few days or a week
tier tit it ;he was then taken on deck. Some time tifUr he was on the
doctor's list, he was then put into the coal.; ole npin, after which wit.
itexs did not see him punish, d. On the 11111 of M.och witness was
walking on the quarter deck with the prisoner, and ob•coved the boy
tin the top of the ladder on the fore-hatchway with a tin env iii i;i3
hand. Saw l ito pet his head down all the cable and he
turdiatelv doyen :dowel: AT. Told prisonet of it,• but he made no an-
swer. Wiftess then ,seat below anti told the doctor, who was either
sent for, or went on deck.
Xempton, boltewaio's [.ewe. was fir,t ordered to puniLhoiti,hterelscorinefit.rt
wetting Ins trewsers, soon kilter witncs, j..ineo the brig
how mint' lashes h' had. Did not punish him again fur six or seven
week ~ %then lie to-t vcry dirty, and lie was then pereished again foe
the sante crime several tinieF., but caneet say by wii-se orders. Wit-
ness again punimbed lino! in Stotiehouse P,;(.1 by order of Mr. Bouillon,
and another time at ten. Alter t het he was put in tbt eoal-h:tle.
Next time witne,, saw him on deck lie xvas ordered by liri.oevr to be
put in the head, and remained Otte abuts! three koor•, the ship pitch.
ing : witness went to Houghton, and asked to take him out, being
afraid he would be washed overboard, and he gave orders to take hint
4 lit. He was again washed in the head the 9th of March. Did not see
hint sembhed the morning of his dea,h. About un hour atter his
deo!), wa ordered to sew him up, and threw the body overloml.
Believes the boy's ill health was occasioned by frequent andr severe pu-
nishments.
A eircumf.tlnee point( d out as highly favourable to the prisoner, was,
his haring t wicf. seli:nted the Admiralty to cause an investigation into
his conduct, fa ring eithei. ,0 give hiniser. up to civil or martini law ;
his long confinemeet en his first apprehension; and the high testimonies
to his charact, r by officers of the navy.
The medical and surgical journal of the Martial, from the 19th of
August, 1311. to ti e '26111 of February, 1833, was put in, ill which
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mention was made of Anise!, There was no sijeature to it, nor any
other report from the Sowenn, who was now dead.
Parker, again called —Tice complete batik of the Martial, from Sep-
tember, 1812, to September, 1313, being produced, was the hand-
wri'ino of the witness. The entry respecting the deceased was, that he
died llth March, 1815.
1)r. Beatic went on board the Martial the 18th of March, 1813, to
invect the state of the crew, when tuenticn was while of a person
having died by dysentery, bnt no particulars staled. Never heard of
the sheath of Ausell till lately. Received ho efEcial report from
surgeon.
Thompson. master of the Martial, acknowledged having told the
master's-mate of the Salvador, that if prisoner had not made a toss
about some money due front the ship's company, this difference would
not have taken place.
On the 6111 cloy the Court again met, and after deliberating for five
hours, the following sentence was pronounced :
" lbat the I st, `.2 d , and 4th charges w. re not proved, but that the
third w,is in rgrt proved ; in consequence wherein, the prisoner was
sentence dto dismissed trout his Majesty's service : but on uceount of
the great length of time Clap-ed before the production of 'the charges,
and ~t her eireutostaoces, the Court earne.dy reconnueuded his case to
the favourable consideratfon of the Admiralty."

TUESDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE.

ADMIRALTY OFFICE, AUG. 5(1, 1814.

Extract of a letter from Captain Buteher, of his Majesty's &lip
Antelope., to Joint Wilson Croker, Esq. dated at Sea, the 14th
instant.
I have the satisfaction of further acquainting their LornsteiPs,
that ltiA Majesty's ship Newcastle. captured on the 9th instant, the
Aine,rican priv;attcr, of an:l froth Boston, of twenty gitti• (an
of which, cxcept four, she had thrown overboard during the chase)
:mei seventy men. Site it:1:1 1;‘,..11 out forty days, Ictvine m-tde Core
captures, two of ‘viticli she had destroyed ; this brig has bten chased
twenty-sevtu times.

FOIIEIGX OFFICE, AUG. 27, 1814.
His Royal Ifiglinei; the Prince Regeht has bee.) pleased, in the
name and en the behalf of kis Mjeitv: to oppoiut Licutenimt-Ocu.