The Sun.
London, England, 1863-12-01 00:00:00

THE CRAWLEY COURT-MARTIAL,

ANOTHER LIVE PORPOISE.

Mr. Frank Buckland writes to the Field:—

" Late on Sunday evening last I received a telegram from
Mr. John Minter, Folkestone, stating that he had obtained
a live porpoise, which was quite at my service for theZboeos:
logicial Society. I went down by a fast train early on Mon-
day morning to Folkestone, full determined to try my
to bring the creature alive to London. On my arrival at
Folkeston I was welcomed by Mr. Minter and by Mr. W.
Earnshaw, who had kindly built a tank for the porpoise,
filled it with sea water, and had deposited him therein,
with a sentry to keep watch and guard and supply fresh
water continually till such time as I should arrive to take
him away to London. lat once saw that it was a very
fine beast (not fish, recollect), and seemed in a pretty good
state of health, or as Hall, the man who caught him in his
sprat-net said, Look at him, sit, he is as nice a young fish
as ever came out of the sea. Only just watch his actions,
sir; he is as cheerful as can be; I think he is more frolic-
some since he has been in the tank than he was
when I catched him in my sprat-net. Live out of water,
sir ; in course he will; I only wish I could live as long under
the water as yon fellow can live out of it in the air. Wish
you luck with him! the London folks don't often see
such a beautiful beast as that, sir.' Looking pretty close
at the water in the tank I observed that even though it had '
been frequently changed, it had a blood-red tinge, so I got
the porpoise out, and saw at once that he had rubbed the
bark off the tip of his lower jaw and that it was bleeding
away just like a man's chin bleeds when he has cut himself
in
shaving. This haemorrhage will weaken the beast,
thought
thle; it must ba stopped. So I ran off to a chemist's
shop and got a pennyworth of stick nitrate of silver, and,
lifting
porpoise's head out of the water, applied the
pcaourpstoiicsa waggle his tail likelreelyagtothewound, The
a duck just come
smarting madetmhee
out of the water ; ' but the bleeding stopped then and
there, and this was what I
wanted. Knowing, however,
that it was not advisable, even if we could have managed
wtoatleirft
uthpetoheLaovnydotuan,
kw"to take the porpoise in
becausethe veater splashes down the
blow-hole and chokes him, mr
kindly ordered his carpenter t; Earnshaw,
knockup m
aat
rough
heosxt:
which, by the way, when finished looked amazingly like a
coffin; we then wetted some blanketsahl.g sponge, with sea water,
and were
ob-
tained a huge can of sea water
and
tank,
all ready for the start. Two minutes beforethe station we hoisted the porpoise out of the
the trainput
h Lett
m
on the blankets in his box, and trundled him off in a fish
truck to the station. And here I must return my thanks
h
to Mr. Bennett, station-master at Folkestone, gavea
me and Tennant, the keeper from the Zoological, who was
with me to assist the operations, every facility to take cares
of our precious charge. I sat at the end of the box, close
to the sea-water tank, so as to have good command of
him • and lucky it was I did so, for soon after the train
started the porpoise was taken worse,' and began to
breathe very hard. lat once saw the cause—the delicate
membranes composing his bluW-hole were getting dry,
and would not close properly; so I set to work with
I the sponge, and the whole way up to London kept on per-
petually wiping the beast's nose and body with the wet
sponge, so anxious was I that he should live. The train
went very fast, and in order that the porpoise should have
all the air possible I opened all the windows, so that there
was a perfect hurricane blowing through the van where we
three—happy trio—were ensconced in the semidarkness.
This was evidently a good plan for every part of the journey
save and except the long tunnels. When we got into these
the steam and smoke from the engine came pouring in
through the open windows, got down into the porpoise's
blow-hole, and made him snap and sneeze to such a degree
that, as they say, I became positively alarmed.' His
respirations increased from nine to fifteen in a minute, and
I thought he was going to die then and there. Once out
of the tunnel, he got better again, and the faster the train
went the better the porpoise seemed to breathe. He
had never travelled so fast before in his life, I'll
be bound, and was doubtless much astonished at the
rate in which he was being whisked through the
air ; though even this is doubtful, for he can swim at the
bows of an ocean steamer going at express pace. In about
two hours and a halt we ran into the London-bridge station,
and right glad I was, for I was tired enough with spong-
ing and watching the creature so incessantly. Mr. Bartlett
had sent a light cart for us, we therefore whipped the por-
poise, box and all, into the cart, and away we went through
the streets at a capital pace. When we got to Cumberland-
market, Regent's Park, I was lighting my pipe, when I
dropped, by accident, a vesuvian on the porpoise's back;
this made him jump up and roll round in his sooden cage
like a jack-in-the-box." He is a-going, sir; he is a-going
said the driver. No, he is not a-going,' said I, you cut
along-with the cart and attend to the horse; leave the
porpoise .to me.' Arrived at the Zoological-gardens, we
drove straigkt to the reservoir, where the water was
deeper than the sturgeon's pond—besides which we
did not want another poetical jobation in the columns of
the Tomes from the Royal fish for intruding on
his privacy. The big reservoir would be a much
batter place, I thought, end so we drove the cart as near as
we could to its edge. We then lifted out our porpoise—he
was very bad' and breathing much too fast to please me—
we carried him up to the reservoir, and I let him slip slowly
down, tail foremost, into the water. It was pitch dark, and
wet both above and below, so I could hardly see what I was
about. I knew, however, by the splash that he was all right
in the water. We then sat down and watched, and in about
half an hour he seemed so much better (though occasionally
turning over and showing his white sides, an appearance
which I did not much like) that we went away. The next
morning I was much pleased to hear that my porpoise was
much better. Both Mr. Bartlett and I agreed that he was
weak for want of food, but how to feed him was the diffi-
culty. Mr. Bartlett suggested a fish tied by a string to a
pole. I immediately caught the idea, sent for my trolling rod,
ling, and spinning-tackle, and taking a fresh herring, tied
it by the tail to a fine bit of thin silk, and attached the
other end of the silk to the spinning-tackle—of course with-
out any hooks. I then judiciously spun the herring right in
front of the porpoise's nose. To our great delight he took
it in a moment, with a snap like a jack, and sailed away
with it in his mouth. I gave him plenty of line, as in gorge
bait fishing, and he ran it out famously. I then gave him
some three or four minutes' law, and then jerked suddenly
upon the line. Mr. Bartlett's plan acted admirably, ana
just as we wanted it to act, for the silk broke short off, and
the herring remained in the porpoise's mouth. The por-
poise then chumped and gnawed at the bait, but could not
swallow it—he was too weak to get it down, and dropped it
to the bottom of the pond. We then cut a smaller bit of
herring; he attempted to gorge this also, but, as with the
larger fish, he could not swallow, and dropped this also, even
this little bit. We then tried with a small line carp, which
we tied with thin silk on by the tail in the same way as the
herring. Strange to say, he would not attempt to bite at
this, as though he knew it was not a salt-water fish, but a
fresh-water fish, and 'no good' to him. Mr. Bartlett then
tried with the spinning rod line, and a small whiting being
the bait. The porpoise took seven or eight baits from us in
this way, but not one would he swallow down; he dropped
them all after munching them a bit. Upon consultation,
therefore, we determined that as the beast was too weak to
swallow of his own accord, we would help him—so I got
down by a ladder into the reservoir, and catching the por-
poise by the fin as he passed, watched my opportunity and
pushed a herring with my hand right down into his sto-
mach ; he scored my hand with his teeth, but I did not care
about that. For a minute or two after I had given
hinishow ,
herring he seemed better, but he very soon be
that his supper did not agree with him, for
begefforts
flutter his tail and dance in the water. After sundry
ungrate-
he made a spring, spat up the herring, and the
had bestowed
fat wretch! alter all the trouble and labou gaubet° au to
upon hips—turned up n sticking in
cause of his death was, I believe,. the ;oh, and so Buffo-
his throat as he ejected it from
lids °teach where I put it, I
eating him. It he had left it in his strx
Ist belater, Mr. Bartlett,
his fins and die:dear-1 off. The
dent think he would have died.
and myself are all, of kourse,
should so suddenly have tal.cen a .
te a to persevere and have a
v leave s. o
or rtyu tsh
taut this hi s
op
ffo r
-ph os ins
de
manner. Nevertheless, we
at the gardens. We have now
live porpoise one of these day
lenses in the transport of these
nshimp lriac‘e
gained many minor e
surenerd we intend to persevere till we
curious water manin3L"—' theaeinodf ahntysgeeynetslehmavane
nwohtobeane
Irentalredsorry to say, among fishermen)been
reasonable distance front tow wssucceed.
obtain
a live ho
andutd this
ui
salt-water large
__ tank,. or even a 'reels-
at an '
ged if he would at once buy him -
out,porp oaisssisfothreucous,
ocean water (if there be one
pond
doubtlessi'r becomeß
a where,—g-ryeal
hshustou
rofeeedl
insetaeoeliyt:tif
pond or reservoir
and telegr9Partlett would
come down d he the
Gardens,
st once to me, and I
at once to fetch him up to
should succeed, would
if we iseement and instruction to the
co of tun public."
sour

Ti/E FIRST TRAIN OF CARRIAGES, With loco-
nlidaeirl
pastpassed
two. over Hungerford-bridge this
and tender,
Of course it was merely an
experimental one.
amfteotrniveoonana
SHOCKING AND FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE
FELTHAM STATION nu.
-- THE SOUTH-WESTERN
RAILWAY.—A frightful occurrence took place last evening,
about 20 minutes past five, at the Feltham Station of the
Windsor Branch of the London and South-Western Rail-
way. It seems that one of the porters, a young man named
Dowding, had occasion to cross the line from the down to
the up side just as the down train from London was leav-
ing the station. Being very foggy it is supposed that he
did not see the up express train from Reading, which
s
passes Feltham without stopping at 5.18 pm. He ee w___a_
unfortunately knocked down by the engine of 11
being6P
preaching train and killed on the spot, the bodyoe
emoved
frightfully crushed. The remains were atonthe body of
to the Railway Tan, near the station, whoreh
ad of the poor
the unfortunate man now lies. The
as ea
married man,
fellow was completely smashed.
lie
is lying ill at
and bad two children. His wife, we
Feltham.
fICAL COMPASSION.—
SOPHIE ARNOULD'S CO3
Hearing one day that a capuchin monk had been devoured 1
sophie, compassionately,
by wolves, "Poor beasts,', Raid
dreadful thing 1"
Miss Clayton' 8
"hunger must be a
" Queens of Sony."
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ELEVENTH DAY.
[The following appeared in the Third Edition of " Tho
Sun" of last evening]

ALDERSHOT, Monda.

The inquiry was resumed this morning by the cross.
examination of Dr. G. A. Turnbull by Colonel Crawley.

Q. When did you make tho entry in the hospital ease.
book in which the erasure appears ?
fherneoAAtmy had.
for
memorandums
madeethe 2
it
botno
ft the
abyt h? of Jut e, 1862.
Q. How came it that on the sth of June you dated the
enmt
beeneorrdeadent
dat hiuneme
ds
i history
the
had of f
ihisn
hospital.cm ays e p
oilsnscel
susdi
madeoinn g.
the t
Ih the
not
o
w hge
irncee those:fia evl
tdehr,
ssa
atma t eo
h ulmn os
tsr
hia
woennnad
sut mto
,so
t,
t are.edetained
A n
hl
oes
e as
p
e
t h ego Sergeant,onhsen.pe
t'aal
Major
Iv:1
answer
his "admission" not bet •
ng recorded in any case book of the
time for the 25th of Man know
owh
y. To the best of my belief there
was no entry of Wakefield's admission on the 25th of May.,
Colonel Crawley called my attention to the statement that
Sergeant Major Wakefield had been sent to hospital on.the
25th of May a raving maniac. Colonel Crawley complained
that Wakefield's being in hospital on the 25th of May had
not been notified to him. To the best of
my
recollection I
did not tell Colonel Crawley that I knew Sergeant Major
Wakefield had never been in hospital at that time, nor that
I could have told him if he had asked /no at the time.
I have answered some queries of Colonel Crawley about
Sergeant Majors Wakefield, Lilley, and Duval. I have both
"and answers here. The questions Were •
questions Put in
the orderly room in the presence of Dr. Davis. They were
not signed by Colonel Crawley. They were in Colonel
Crawley's handwriting.
The questions and answers were then read at length
and examination continued—
I did not send in the answers, as Col. Crawley requested,
because he had my medical register,which I wanted to refer to.
Colonel Crawley sent me information that my medical re-
gisters had been sent to Major General Farrell. I cannot
say whether I took away the paper of questions to answer
on the evening that the intelligence arrived that Colonel
Crawley was to be tried by a court martial. Ido not know
that Sergeant Major Lilley within an hour of his death
drank nearly a tumblerfull of brandy. Considering his
state at that time, if he did so, it would have had an injuri-
ous effect, but I cannot say whether it would have had a
fatal result. I last saw Mr. Smales a week ago in London.
I received a communication from him last week, but I do
not recollect the date. Ido not think it was after illy exa-
mination in this court. Ido not remember.

Re-examined by Colonel Sir A. liorsford—Colonel
Crawley seemed annoyed, and replied in a harsh tone of
voice, when I made application for the additional indul-
gence I asked for the three sergeant majors.
Colonel Charles Cameron Shute, 4th Dragoon Guards,
deposed that he knew the late Sergeant Major Lilley from
the time of his joining the regiment till two or three years
ago, when he (,:olonel Shute) left, and considered him a
thoroughly well-disposed good man.
A lengthened adjournment for consultation resulted in
Colonel Crawley being allowed to ask Colonel Shute whe-
ther he received a letter from the Commander in Chief, on
or about the 30th of June, 1860, conveying a censure on
the state of the 6th Dragoons, which regiment Colonel
Shute then commanded, and also of the state of the
officers.

Colonel Horsford objected unless the prisoner produced
the letter was t
noe
tpossession of the
t
produce it, but
if ciot,alhde would adopt it as
the letter unc Crawley
ley evidence,said
pGr
oireredast,io7 de
ut hl
de r epfroorcieuhcee
part of his case.
Horseth e
Colonel Sir A. Horsford stated that he had no such letter,
and the prisoner, if the court thought the question'relevant, could apply to the adjutant general for the letter,
and Colonel Shute could attend again, and give evidence'
upon it.
Colonel Shute begged to observe that he had tot the
last objection to state the contents of the letter. He felt,
at all events, he was not on his trial.
John Hardy, late sergeant in the 6th Dragoons, and now
assistant warder at Portland Prison, deposed that he had
no objection to a letter written by him being read. [The
letter was read, and stated that the writer had known Lilley
fur many years as a " very steady, sober soldier and non-
commissioned officer," and never known to be drunk or in
liquor during the time he (Hardy) knew him, as being in
same troop. In the Crimea he never even drew his full
rations of rum, and in India, at private parties met hint
frequently, and he never exceeded his second glass of grog,
The letter concluded with these words, " I make
this statement not from any favour or affection for the late
Sergeant-Major Lilley, but as an act of justice to the me-
mory of an honest, sober, non-commissioned officer and,
soldier."]

Lieut. Robert Davies recalled and cross -examined by Col.
Crawley-1 have no recollection of Dr. Turnbull making
through me any application as to refusing a coroner's in-
quest upon Lilley. I do not remember telling hina that
Col. Crawley considered it unnecessary. During the time
I was acting adjutant I never received any complaints from
Sergeant-Major or Mrs. Lilley. I always asked him
if he had any complaint to make. I took
the orders as to Sergeant-Major Lilley from the
regimental order-book. I remember being present
in the orderly room at Colonel Crawley's bungalow
on ane occasion wheit there was some conversation between
the colonel and Dr. Turnbull about Sergeant Major Wake-
field, but it is so long ago that I cannot recollect what it
was.
Assistant Surgeon Barnett was recalled, and asked by
Colonel Sir A, Horsford to repeat the words used by Mrs.
Lilley in the conversation he had with her as to the amount
of brandy consumed by her husband.
Colonel Crawley objected, and a long deliberation ensued.
The court permitted the question, but the prisoner again
objected, and after much discussion and further consulta-
tion, it was referred to the Judge Advocate to decide its
legality, and the court adjourned.;

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

TATTERSALL'S.—THIs EVENING.
TWO TOO USAND.
11 to 2 agst Fille de l'Air (taken)
6to 1 agst Paris (takon)
6to 1 agst Scottish Cl,ief (offered)
10 to 1 agst Claremont (taken)
THE DEREY,
10 to 1 agst Scottish Ch(ieftak(etankaenn)d
offered)
15 to 1 agst Paris (taken)
100 to 6 agst Blair Athol (taltht and offered)
)
25 to 1 agst
PACCAlropiapknreeewetnizeoGiornAutnehartriauk(ktreaenT
33 to 1 agst Historian (taken)
1 03:00000i ttttotoo: 1755:10 a agaraaagg sggsgstttt Baragah (taken)taken)

PEDESTRIANISM.

THE FIVE MILE CHAM.PION BELT.
The race for the above prize took place this afternoon—
the competitors being Laug, White, Sanderson, and
Brighton. White took the lead for nearly three-quarters
of the distance, When Lang, in the last lap, passed him,
and won as he liked. Brighton was outpaced throughout.
Betting at starting-4 to lon Lang.

The
Spanish Chamber of Daputies having ter-
minated the verification of the late elections, has
definitivelyßio
__ constituted itself, maintaining M.
8 ito sas in the presidental chair.
LONDON IMPROVEMENTS.—The Court of Com-
mon Council have unanimously agreed to appropriato ground
in Victoria-street, and to erect dwellings thereon for the
labouring poor, at an estimated cost of £20,000. We share
in the hope expressed by Mr. Deputy Fry that the generous
investment
may not prove unprofitable.—City Press.
TOYS FOR SICK CHILDREN.—The Hospital for
Sick Children in Great Ormond-street has again
been fortunate enough to receive an especial mark of Royal
favour in the kind consideration of her Majesty for that
most helpless class of her subjects—" sick children
bons h." A
valuable present of a quantity of toys of all descripd
of the
as
been received by the managers, sent by couunan
Queen ; aho a similar present from her loyal Highness the
Princess Helena and his Royal gighness Prince Alfred.
The value of these gifts will, we have no doubt, be fully
appreciated by the little people for whose particular gratifi-
cation this condescending instance of royal sympathy has
been evinced. It must be the means of lightening some tif
the weary hours of suffering generally so patiently borne b
these little prisoners.
B
OP TUE RIGANTES.—Under th°
W. Crasser, of Middlesborough
T. THE GRAVES
a series of excavations are being made in the
tumuliT , a
of flat:
Cleveland-hills, in Yorkshire ; Mr. George Ai.
weddell
who is engaged in a thehistoryoafs3
9i
• gentleman
diameter
and One of the tumuli opened lv
and six in height. A circle of five yards diameter hae been
excavated down to the level of the racer, beneath which the
ground has not been disturbed, o
urns, containing calced bones A the old surface Celtic
'
ocks Elunlall) have been met
bl with, surrounded by large of
on freestone.tht surface,
aTr
tha The
eand
infer-
ence is that the burials have been made
the mound raised over them. The researches are to be con-
tinued until the tum •
ult are
luny excavated, and their con-
tents examined.

PIRATED POPULARITY.—" Romola" is now added
to the Tauchnitz series of English reprints; and "Tales cf
a Wayside lan" and "Miles Standish" form the third
volume of Tauchnitz's authorised edition of" Longfellow's
Poetical Works."
The Queen gave Mr. Frith a fonrth sitting on
Saturday for his picture of the Prince of Wales' marriage.
During the past week the Crown Prince and Princess of
Prussia, the Princesses Helena, Louise, and Beatrice,
and the Crown Prince of Denmark have also given him
sittings.