The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-28 00:00:00

MAJORITY-NOES, 71.

A'Caurt, Captain Elphlnstone, Sir H. Mostyn, E. M. L.
Arkwright, George Esmonde, Sir T. Newport, Viset.
Arundel, Earl of Evans, William O'Brien, A. Stafford
Astell, William Ewart, William Crewmen, Daniel
Baine, Walter Feliden, Sir W. Paget, Lord A.
Barnard, E. G. Forster, Mathew Plumridge, Captain
Barron, Sir H. Frewen, C. 11. Powlett, Lord W.
Beckett, W. Fuller, A. E. Round, John
Benbow, John Gore, Robert Smith, J. A.
Bentinck, Lord G. Hatton, Captain Somers, J. P.
Bernal, Ralph Hill, Lerd Marcus Strait, Edward
Blackburne, J. I. Hodgson, R. Thompson, Ald.
Bowring, Dr. Horsman, E. Thornely, Thomas
Mroadwood, 11. Howard, P. 11. Tufnell, Hoary
.
Brown, W. " " Hume, Joseph Vane, Lord 11.
Browne, W. Ilutt, William Wyse, Thomas
Collett, W. IL Inglis, Sir R. 11. Wall, C. B.
Collett, John James, William Wawn, J. T.
Collins, William Layard, Captain Williams, W.
Corbally, M. E. Lemon, Sir C. Wood, Colonel T.
Craig, W. G. Lindsay, H. H. Wortley, J. S.
Dennistoun, .T. Lowther, Hon. Col.
Douglas, Sir H. Mackinnon, W. TELLERS.
Duncan, George Mangles, It. D. Aglionby, 11. A.
Duncombe, 0. Marshall, William Buller,:Edward

MR. WEBSTER'S BENEFIT AT THE HAYMARKET
THEATRE.—The benefit of Mr. Webster, the spirited lessee
of the Haymarket Theatre, takes place to-morrow evening,
being the 554th night of the season. Whenever, from want
of public patronage, other theatres have been forced to close,
every artiste of the least pretension to talent who has been,
in consequence of such premature closure, thrown on the
world without an engagement, has found a home at the
Haymarket, and the histrionic talent of the metropolis has
accordingly rallied round Mr. Webster on the present occa-
sion. Madame Anna Thillon, Madame Celeste, the Misses
Cushman, and the Ethiopian Serenaders have, in the hand-
somest manner, given their gratuitous services, and will
appear, supported by the whole strength of the regular
Haymarket company, far and away the most complete
company for comedy in the British dominions—perhaps in
the world. But if the Haymarket has been the home of the
destitute artiste it has been also the refuge of the distressed
playgoer, who, shut out from ether theatres, has always
been enabled to enjoy an evening's intellectual amusement of
a high order at the Haymarket. The artistes hare shown
their gratitude by rallying round Webster—let the playgoers
do likewise.

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Potato failures are reported to be on the increase, and
the tendency to.sell in the drills is becoming prevalent. A
fine field was bought this week at Greenfield—the best look-
ing,- crop we have seen—by Arr. W. Wilson, victualler, New.
ton, eleven acres Scotch, at 15/ each. The disease has made
its appearance in the vicinity of Dairy, and we have heard
of four-different instances in which plots have been found to
be affected. Should the weather prove favourable, shearing
will hi commenced on the farm of Itye*olna, parka of X 4117,
ia 3 tortakOtwv.4o addrasen . • •

1 THE LATE CASE OF MILL "-RI"
FLOGGING.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yester 13.3),
The jury re-asssembled at half-past two o'clock, tua
inquiry was resumed—
Dr. Hall said he was a graduate of St. Andrew's, and
a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of London,. . and
first class staff-surgeon in- the army. Saw the decease tc/ on
the day of his death, on account of an order which he' , re-
ceived from Sir James 11PGreggor, with directions to get to
Hounslow by the quickest conveyance, and arrived here a 1
twenty miutues past seven in the evening. He met I>r .
Warren, and they proceeded to the hospital, where Dr.
Warren pointed out the deceased. Ile expired .in hip prey
sence, at a quarter past eight o'clock. Dr. Warren stated.,
as a reason for sending for advice to me, that the man had J,
had 150 lashes, and that he was labouring under inflamma- • •
don of the chest. Treatment would have been of no use at..
that time, as the pulse had subsided at the wrist, and the
man was dying. I looked at his back and found it healed_
Reported the fact of the man's death to Sir J. 31‘Greggor
that night; also attended the post ?no rtem examination.
Never heard anything about the probability of an inquest
being held upon the deceased at that time. At the post
mortm examination he took notes of the appearance of the
body. Its appearance was that of a well-grown muscular man ;
ilk' body was sot much wasted by disease ; there was the
marl eta blister ;In the stomach, another on the back, below
the shvaltier-blade, and marks of punishment across the
shoulders, particularl)' across the right shoulder-blade, but
the skin had quite neale,l, with the exception of a few boils.
On opening the chest we ft.
:!nd the right lung firmly attached
to the diaphragm. On the
ft side there were recent adhe-
sions between the lung and the rib, the pluera was inflamed
and about twelve ounces of fluid 1::al forced into the cavity
of the left pleura, which had the ap,'
earance of recent in:
gain mation, and contained shreds of lymph. The lung itself was
gorged with'serulh,-and the muscular tis Sue soft and easily
torn. There was inflammation of all the meinbr..7l" of the
heart. The inflammation extended a little way an.:ng st.he
pulmonary artery, and over the semi-lunar valves at flas'
commencement of the heart. The tendons between the
cavities of the heart were matted together by the
recent infusion of lymph. The pericardium did.
not contain more fluid than natural. The liver was:
enlarged beyond the margin of the ribs, and there was some
inflammation in the large lobe. The sub: ance of the liver
itself was not unhealthy. I should call it simply an enlarge-
ment of the liver unattended with disease ; all the other
vessels of the belly were healthy. Did not examine the
spine. The head was opened and the membranes of the
brain were found congested. The skin was removed from the
back at his request, to ascertain the nature of the tissue tw.-
low, and might have been five or six inches, but it might
have contracted much. All the tissues were perfectly natural
—there was no trace of inflammation (the skin was produced).
He said the true skin was not broken by the flogging, and
was not cut away with the intention of secreting anything.
.but, •to see the nature of the tissue below. The true skin he
repeated was not got through. Attributed death principally
to inflammation of the lung membrane of the heart, pluera and
left lung. Ascribed the cause ofinflammation to the changeof
the temperature at the time he was recovering. That waa
the most likely thing he could ascribe it to. Could not at—
tribute it to the flogging. A man belonging to the regiment.
Life:l yesterday from inflammation.
Mr. WAKLEY explained to the witness the reason why le?e
dal not wish him to be present at the second examination
the body by Dr. Wilson, yesterday ; the jury considered that
the examination should be made by medical gentlemen un-
connected with the regiment;
Dr. Hall then stated that during the whole course of his
military experience he never heard men who had received
corporal punishment complain of pains in the chest. lle
had carefully examined the chest of Matthewson, and found
that he did not labour under any inflammation of chest.

Dr. Reid, Staff Assistant-Surgeon, Graduate of the 'Miter--
sit"- of Edinburgh, and Licentiate of the College of Surgeons of
the same placea--Did not see the man during his iifc. Had made'
post mortem examinations for the last thirteen years. llad
heard the evidence of Dr. Hill, and agreed with him as to'
the cause of the man's death, and the appearances of the.
bAly, which he described at length. It was a difficult thing
to determine the cause of inflammation. The punishment had
nothing whatever to do with the cause of death. This was the
first case he had ever heard, with the exception of the case
of the man flogged by Govern2r Wall,of a man's death being
cawed by flogging.
Mr. Horatio Day, surgeon, of 'Acworth, wti . theti ex-
amined—Never saw the deceased alive, but maio a post,
mortem examination of the body on the Thursday after the
death, in company wide his partner. No one else was
present. A post mortfon examination had been made before..
Opened the cavity of the chest and abdomen, parts of
which he found very much decomposed. The heart appeared
smaller than usual, and the muscular fibres softer than usual ;
the lung of the heart was redder than usual, but it might
have been caused by the previous examination of the organ.
The lungs were gorged, and the pleura exhibited in-
flammation. The liver was larger and he thought paler than
usual, but there was nothing peculiar in the appearance. Had
heard all the evidence, and considered the immediate cause
of death pletirsy and pneumonia, caused no do,iht from
change of temperature from heat to cold.
Mr. Erasmus Wilson, surgeon, Fellow of the Colleje of
Surgeons, Consulting Surgeon to the St. Pancras Hospital,
and lecturer on anatomy and physiology, in Middlesex"
Hospital—Had written works on "Healthy and Unhealthy,
Skin," and on the "Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of
the Skin..".. Made a post mortem examination of the back of
the deceased, at Heston churchyard, on Wednesday, the ...12c1
of July. The body was very much decomposed.
Dr. Hall here, at the request of the Coroner,rcad his report•
to Sir James M'Greggor, which was simply detailed in the
evidence adduced above. They were respectively handed in.
The examination of Mr. Wilson was then proceeded with,
and he read from a printed statement the result of his investi-
gation. The inflammation existed, though the skin and the
muscles below were pulpy and soft, which had extended so
deep as the lining of the chest. The spine was in great de-
composition, but healthy. Attributed the pulpy softening to
the contraction of the muscles taking place during the agony-
of punishment. The report concluded by stating that the
carporal punishment was the cause of the pulpy and dis-
ordered state cf the lungs. There could be no doubt that the.
man would be alive now, like had not been flogged.
After some further evidence, the inquest was again ad-
journed.

THE LATE ACCIDENT ON 'T.C.IE

EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.

An inquiry which lasted the entire day was commenced
yesterday morning at ten o'clock before Mr. W. Baker, jun.,
and a respectable jury, at the Duke of Richmond Tavern,
Allston, on the body of Mr. William Hind, aged 60, of No.
Victoria Villas, Dalston, who died from the effects of the in-
juries he received by the late collision on the Eastern Coun-
ties Railway.
Mr. Roney, the secretary, Mr. Scott, the superintendent of
the line, Mr. Samuels, the resident engineer, and Mr. Duncan.
the solicitor, attended to represent the company. Mr. Raw-
lings, a solicitor of Romford, appeared to watch the inquiry
on behalf of the engine-driver and stoker.
Mr. Francis Tobin, surgeon, of llackney, was first exa-
mined, and deposed to being called to the deceased on
Saturday evening, the 18th, at half-past six o'clock. He
complained of pain in the chest and abdomen. There
were no external marks of injury, except a slight one ore
the cheek. The deceased died on Friday morning, and
on making a post mortem examination of the body, found
quite sufficient internal injuries to account for death. lie
understood the deceased was in the last carriage of the train,
a portion of which fell upon his body. Such a pressure
was sufficient to have produced the injuries that occasioned
his death.

John Arch, a coach-body maker, living in Prospect-row,
:ThaWird, stated that he was walking up Angel-lane, near
the station, when he heard the crash of the accident. He
immediately hastened to the station, when he saw the
deceased lying by the platform with a portion of the side
of the second-class carriage in which he had been riding,
resting upon him. Ile insisted in removing him into the
station.

James Backshaw, in the company's employ, spokc to
similar facts.

William Bush, a porter in the service of the company',
said that he saw the deceased gentleman seated in a room of.
the Stratford station. He assisted in removing him into a
fly, and driving him to his residence.
Mr. Benjamin Richardson, the Stratford station-master,
was subjected to a very lengthened examination, occupying
several hours. His testimony was precisely the same as that
he adduced before the magistrates at Ilford, and which was
filly reported in our columns of last Tuesday. He, however,
gave a few additional facts, to the effect that if the signal
had been on the down line side it certainly would have beer_
seen farther.. From the spot where the signal is first seen to•
the platform of the station is 479 yards, and presuming an
engine was travelling at thirty miles an hour when the sig-
nal was first, sighted, the distance was quite sufficient to
enable it to..be.brought to. a stoppage ere it could reach Lb
station.
The witness underwent a cross
liags which lasted until the close
- an increase of officers at his sta-
tion,lle declared that there way 'sbpyroAci proceedings.
gsw:
exoaf mtihneatdiao3n,
about three months since. A copy
instead of a decrease. The increase had taken place
company to their engine-drivers and others in their employ,
was here produced. Several of the rules were read as evi-
dence, from which it appeared that the engine-drivers and
stokers were directed to pay most particular attention to all
signals to stop, whether the cause of their being made is
known or not. They were also enjoined on approaching
Stratford Junction, to always give a loud continued whistle
on approaching within a quarter of a mile. In another rule
they were desired always to sound the whistle on nearing
Stratford station.

It being now near six o'clock, the Coroner adjourned the
inquiry until this morning at ten o'clock. Ho was desired by
the jury to write to the Board of Trade, for the purpose of
obtaining the attendance of Captain Coddington, the deputy
Government inspector of railways, so as to examine him on
the experiments he made in the course of his official investi-
gation into the cause of the accident.
The other sufferers by the accident are going on favourably.

MURDER AT NEWCASTLE.
NEWCASTLE- UPON-TYNE, SATURDAY Considerable sen-
sation was caused here this morning, by the discovery of the
body of Robert Lowthin, the registrar of births, deaths,
and marriages for the Gateshead district, in the river 'l'yne,
near the high crane at Newcastle; and circumstances have
since transpired which excite strong suspicion of his having
been murdered. The police were dragging for a boy tamed
Dickinson, who had been observed, on the preceding day,
playing near the high crane, but had been since missed,
when theylound the body f Dir. Lowthin. It appears, from
inquiries that have been instituted, that Lowthin had oa
Friday received his quarterly salary as registrar, and, at
eight o'clock the same night he was in the Charles the
Twelfth public-house, at the north end of Tyne bridge, when
it was observed by the landlord that lie had a watch, and a
considerable sum of money in his purse. lie was then in
liquor. Ile was seen again about two o'clock on the morn-
ing of Saturday, by the superintendent of police in Gates-
head, in company with a notoriously bad character going to-
wards Newcastle. When his body was found, his watch
and purse were missing. An inquest was opened to-night
before Mr. Stoker, and evidence of identity
having been re-
ceived, it was adjourned till Monday. The man with whom
Lowthin was last seen in company has been apprehended;
and the police are actively engaged in pursuing inquiries,
with a view to trace the watch, the number of which and.
the maker's name are known.

FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE SHEFFIELD, ASHTON.
UNDER•LYNE, AND Maricimsrmtlanirmity.—On Saturday,
a most melancholy accident occurred to "afi old man, eighty-
five years of age. It appears the deceased haVitig taken a
ticket at the Oughtv-bridge station for Sheffield had•to wait
the up-train from Manchester ; he therefore strolled down
the line for a short distance, when, having turned the corner
of a bridge, the nine o'clock express train from Sheleld sud-
denly came upon him, and before he had an opp9,nity of
getting out of the way the train ran over him; 44Q1
on the spot.
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