The Sun.
London, England, 1847-08-04 00:00:00

WINCHESTER COLLEGE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.
Sir,— Many public abuses have been removed throve'
your powerful iuterrerence; let me, therefore, call your
attention to the evils existing at Winchester College.
I am induced more especially to do so at this time, be-
cause another boy is now lying dead, or dying of typhus
fever; within the walls of that establishment, produced, as
it is stated by the medical men, " from over exertion of
mind and body."
The boys here, unlike those of any other of our public
schools, are net only subject to the rigid discipline of the
masters for six months together without intermission,
but the most cruel tyranny is allowed to be exercised by
the elder over the younger students.
The juniors, as they arc called, are obliged to perform
the most menial offices for the prefects, are made to fag
for them far beyond their strength, and are frequently
by them most cruelly beaten.
The child to whom I have alluded above was com-
pelled to fag out atericket for some of these petty tyrants
for six hours successively in a scorching sun, and without
a hat; and this, no doubt, has been the exciting cause of
his present suffering.
Indeed, a system of torture is earned on. such as
would not be allowed in a union workhouse or a gaol,
and this, too, with the knowledge of the authorities of
the place, who have been frequently warned of the con..
sequences of their:system; hut they seem determined to
persevere. _

Few men are fit to be trusted with power; much lexa
boys of 18 years of age

i trust some publiiinquiry will now take place, and
that parents w►II not he deprived of the advantage&
arising from this rich or,dowtnor,..—Your obedient
servant, 11U til A NITAS-
July 27.

FLOGGING. AT .STI)NYHURST
COLLEGE.
TO.TU rniroit OF THE DIES.

tilr.—Being one of. U,d, s:2; youths alluded to in the
paragraph which appeared N: Prt,.tia Cisropiele. and
which has been eopioi Tinief (0 the .2stn of Jult
I beg leave to say that the "hole statement is correct.
Allow the to give tun a faitbini :o,ouot of the treat-
ment I have met with in this College of the Jesuits. I
was e,llltd out ",,St tle' grelind b Cliffard. a )4.lb-
prefect, and told to go to the room of Mi.. i..3ptakunn,
the head-prefect. On •enterieg his • r.•om I found the
window-blinds• and he immediately locked the
door. He then desired toe to strip, to receive a disci-
pline. I asked him,..fer what? - answered, for
cursing. I request, dto know who had heard me curse?
His reply was, •.‘ Never mind, you know that
you Are guilty." I acknowledged that I had,
on two or three occasions, when provoked, said.
" Damn it," but that was the only term I
had used, and I defied any one to prove
that I had made use of any other term. " You have,"
said he, "expressed yOurself as hostile to the Jesuits,"
I again asked who had heard'me use any offensive ex-
pressions against then, ter leas not conscious of having
said anything that could or ought to give offence; but I
received for answer, " Never' mind;" and was again or-
dered- to strip; and-kneel down- against a chair placeU in
the middle of the room, while he adjusted the sleeves of
his cassock, in order to use the cat wore freely. If a
boy wears fianeel, he is ordered to remove it, that the
(farce 91 the cat may. ot be.weakened; he is also made
to bind his braces round his waist, which was the cue
with me. • The number of stripes I received, was up-
wards of thirty. What I have stated can be corroborated
by my five schoolfellows who suffertd on the same day,
and for no graver offence than the one I have stated.
We shall all remember Stonyhurst College and the Je-
suits.
I enclose, Sir, my name and address for your private
information.
July•3o.

A VICTIM.

NAVAL. INTELLIGENCE.
PORTSMOUTH. TUESDAY.--The royal squadron to tier
company
her Maj.ste to Scotland will consist of the
royal. yachts .Victoria . and Albert and Fairy, Captain
Lord . Adolphus Fitzclarence, .G.C.H., the Birkenhead
iron steam troop-ship, Commander Ingritn; the Undine
steam yacht,
.Maiter Comrna!,tler Allen; the Garland
steam-res,el, Mastsr Commander Luke Stnithett; and,
possibly, the Fire Queen st,:tm•yaebt, Lieutenant Com.
minder Johnston, of the Comet. About the 12th inst.
will be 'the time for lea.ving Osborne.
We noticed last week the circumstance of the Bo; 077
Clarence-yard battalion having been officially reviewed
by Lord Frederick FitzAarence, and that his Los
rdship
had expressed himself gratified at the
that oorps in their military exerci,es.
bled to state that his Lordship
- dapproval
ebu t that 00 sail
fined to the expression of it onuoci,raan
J d, First Lord of the
evening be wrote to Lord
iAf.in k
the highrst terms ofeeart-
eg arerwe s* hotna d've
CO!bn
Admiralty,expressinghunhs:
Admiralty have since trans-
mitted to Captain &Pe"
mendation. The
Lards
of:
t t ndent Sir W. E. Parry, R.N.,
the d with, handsome
othfeLt, ot:
ua ctaiitcui saraftteaePhi: 11!
tobi. torlt haand
officers,easciroipn gn ciri • coe
zeCornOliogllnhecelt
,be .l.;cto: Commandingerr
pression of their o.
sam
missioaed officers, snd privates of this very promising

corps. • eueral meeting of the members of the
A sPecla g •
Royal Southern Yacht Club was held yesterday, at the
Club-house, when the Earl f ,
Cardi gau was unanimously
elect
is eda commodore of tho club. The regatta commenced
th dy.
Wootwica, Auc, 3.—The Black Eagle steam vessel'. Master Commander S. B. Cook, is under orders to leave
Woolwich to-morrow for Cowes, the rendezvous of the.
vessels ordered to accompany her Majesty to Scotland-

EXTRAORDINARY eINCUMSTANCE.—Mrs. Captain
Fulcher, who resides at 10 Niontpelier-terrace, Brigh'
ton, is in the habit of looking under her bed before alio
retires.to rest. Between eleven and twelve on Friday
night she took a candle, and, as usual, looked under the
bed, and on seeing a man there she shrieked out..sei7Z
fellow instantly rushed from his hiding place and
Mrs. Fulcher by the throat
firmly that she thought she must have been
tra„led wif.h hot
she could scarcely breathe, but abli:resPilipg the bell,
assailant, and fortunately succeed
with both bands, sad Matz
quitted his hold,
t
be John Goldspin her. footman, . .
where he ilia,
oom adjoining,
which she pulled violently. Theehman, who proved to
and ran into the dressing-room
s„ razor apd cut his throat, but al-
t.hdid not do it effectually.
residingb close by..who was
eoduigahtelye,nitoaoaki.
rpe..,orans:
Mr. Richardson,
acry-ofsurgeon,
uniurder was called in. )la sewed
awoke by the
-wo
up the Round:rid-afterwards had hint ranoved tO
s:
Sussex County Hospital. On searching him a piece of
rope a
beurthethickness of a clottwg-hue was Wood in
,
his pocket.) Itis stipposell he had conceakd himself for
the purpose of robbery, as the plate and other valuables;
were kept tinder loCk and key in • the dressingroom.
which was ac:yessibk, only through his mistress's' he.
room. He had. been iu Captain Fulcher's service about
eight monthr. , It is expected.that he.will recover.
DEATH OT DUKE ADAM Or WURTEDIDEB4.--411t
Royal Highness Duke Adam of Wurtemberg, Lieute-
tiant-Gconeral in,the Russian service and Aide-de-Camp
of the'Emperor, died on the 27th ult. at lAnctaanwat
Inch, in the duchy of Nassau. The Duke.was born in
1792, and was Von i?f Date Voids o urpEup hottg ,r ho
died in 1817, als4 the Fffooesi lilary:danglatitr of Prince
4484, clarlodidde *her of Prince Adak. lobo is 0W
*Or° 14 Nl*