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

THE SUN, LONDON,_ TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 28, 1846,

bebals," would have done less damage. The ravages
of the storm extended as far as Coliguy,"
Letters from Macon give terrible accounts of the
ravages of the storm in that district. So completely
have the hailstones destroyed the vintage that there is
scarcely a bunch of grapes left in the comtnune.
The vines are entirely stripped of their leaves, and
whole fields which had promised a rich harvest appear
as if they had fallen a prey to a conflagration. The
damage done is incalculable and many families are
utterly ruined.
Several incendiary fires have taken place in the
neighbourhood of Troyes. At Bouilly seventeen
houses and barns have been burned down.

the important—question in the cases howeVer, is,
whale was the cause -of the death of the unfortu-
nate man ?...ce-Wat that death occasioned, or was it in
any degree accelerated, by the flogging ? for if there
is even the possibility of such a result, the British
people, who have already procured the abolition of
capital punishment in almost every instance
save that of wilful and aggravated murder,
and of which a large and influential portion
are conscientiously opposed to its infliction under
any circumstances Whatsoever, will surely spare
no exertions, will leave no step untried, to procure
the total and immediate disuse of the horrible lash.
The medical gentlemen examined differ on this
important point, for while these connected with the
army adhere to the opinions expressed in the certifi-
cate signed by them previous to the inquiry before the
Coroner being instituted, and assert that the cause of
death was in no wise connected with the corporal
punishment, although they stated a totally different
cause from that assigned by Dr. WARREN in his cer-
tificate to the registrar of deaths for the district,
Mr. WILSON positively and distinctly states his de-
cided opinion, that there can be no doubt that the man
would be alive now had it not been for the corporal
.punislanent he was subjected to.
Under these circumstances, it will be for the jury to
decide between the learned gentlemen, and many
points will, of course, be taken into consideration
before the conclusion can be arrived at. The weight
and character of the witnesses, the opportunities they
have had for post-mortem examinations, and the proba-
bility, the verisimilitude of the reasons assigned for
the opinions arrived at. Now, Mr. WILsoN states that
he has been a lecturer on anatomy for more than twelve
years, and that during that period he had opened
from 500 to 1,000 bodies. This would certainly,
without taking into consideration his surgical' testi-
monials, which are of the highest character, entitle any
opinion of his to the greatest weight. It must, too, be
recollect( d that Mr. WiLsox had not previously ex-
pressed an opinion which he must naturally have been
anxious to maintain, nor could he be supposed to have
any prejudice or feelings on the subject of military
punishment, save those in which Le must be supposed to
participate with every man of common humanity. On
the contrary, he states that if he had been pressed at
the time of his examination to give his opinion with
respect to the corporal punishment, he would have
agreed with the other gentlemen that it was not the
cause of death. His opinion, therefore, is based on
the appearances he observed during the post-mortem
examination —an advantage not enjoyed by the
military surgeons, who might, bad their attention
been attracted thereto, have agreed with Mr. WILSON
in opinion. During his long practice Mr. WILSON
had never observed similar appearances. His entire
evidence is worthy of the closest perusal and most
serious consideration ; his explanations are so per-
fectly simple and plain, that, although couched in
medical terms, they can be most easily understood
by the non-professional reader. He states that in
the spine there were no indications of disease. The
muscles were disorganised by corporal punishment,
and he had no doubt that this induced the inflamma-
tion which occasioned his death ; and he gives the
following as the result of his observations, viz.:—
" On raising the muscles or flesh off the ribs and spine, I
found a part of the deepest layer of muscles—namely, that
which lay in contact with the bones—in a state of dis-
organisation, and converted into soft pulp. In medical
language, I should call this a pulpy softening of the muscles.
Its seat was the sixth and seventh ribs, near their attach-
ment to the spine, together with their intervening space, and
the hollow between the sixth and seventh pieces of spine.
The extent of the disorganisation was about three
inches in length by about one inch and a half
in its greatest breadth, and between half an inch and
a quarter of an inch in thickness. In the space be-
tween the ribs the muscles had undergone this pulpy alte-
ration, even so deep as the lining membrane of the chest, the
--softened muscles being in absolute contact with the lining
membrane. That portion of the flesh which occupied the
groove of the spine, and had undergone similar disorganisa-
tion was one of the little muscles known to medical men
under the name of multifidus spinal. In addition to the
softening of this little muscle, it was partly surrounded with
blood. It was in a state medically called ecchvmosed. The
interior of the spine was in a state of extreme decomposition.
The tissue between the spinal canal and the spinal sheath was
filled with a dark-coloured fluid, resulting from decomposition.
The sheath itself was smooth and polished on its internal
surface, a state indicative of health. It was perfectly devoid
of nervous substance, which had been converted into fluid by
decomposition, and had flowed away. The nerves remained,
and presented a healthy appearance, so that as far as the
spine is concerned, I discovered no indication of disease. Two
questions naturally arise out of the preceding examination—
first, what was the cause of the pulpy softening of the
muscles? second, could the state of disorganisation preceding
the pulpy softening influence the disease existing in the
chest? The cause of the pulpy softening I believe to have
been the excessive contraction of the muscles taking place
during the agony of punishment. This excessive contrac-
tion would produce laceration, and subsequent inflamma-
tion of the muscles, and the inflammation being repellative.
would, in consequence of the depressed state of the powers
of the nervous system of the sufferer, be of the disorganised
kind which results in pulpy softening. Had the man lived,
disorganisation of the muscles would in time have been re-
paired. As regards the second question, there can be no
doubt that, although the cause of inflammation of the con-
tents of the chest is cold, acting in conjunction with physical
or moral depression, and might have been the cause in the
case of the deceased, yet, the presence of a portion of muscle
in a state of disorganisation and inflammation, in close con-
tact with the lining membrane of the chest, ought to be ade-
quate to the same effect. Certainly no surge( n would feel
comfortable with regard to the state of his patient if he were
aware of such dangerous proximity."

A letter from Toulon, dated July 20th, from
which the following is an extract, is published in the
Marseilles journals. The writer expressly states that
h. attaches no credit to the rumour :
" The Descartes,_ steam-frigate, which had been detached
from the French Mediterranean squadron at the moment it
left Tunis, arrived at Malta on the 11th with despatches. A
report was soon in circulation that the Prince de Joinville
had demanded permission from the English authorities to
enter that port with his squadron, to pass his quarantine
there, and that the request had been refused. It was cer-
tain, however, that the French squadron did not enter
the port, and that it would pass its period of quarantine
at sea.
"-As the entrance of English sqUadrons into our por'is is
not interdicted, we must refuse to credit that the Maltese
authorities would show themselves so impolite towards the
Prince, and we must rather suppose that it had never been
the intention of his Royal Highness to put into Malta with
his squadron."
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The KING of the FEENca, accompanied by the
Dukes of MONTPENSIER, SAXE COBURG GOTHA,
and by the Minister of War, is daily engaged in in-
specting the fortifications of Paris.

On Saturday a funeral service was celebrated in
the Church of the Petits Peres, for the repose of
the souls of the two brothers BANDIERA, and their
seven companions, put to death in the Calabrias on
the 25th of July, 1844, by order of the King of
NAPLES. The most distinguished members of the
Italian emigration assiFted at the ceremony.

The Three per Cents. were sold at the Passage de l'Opera
on Sunday at t33f. 37%e.
The following are the quotations for the new lines:—
MARSEILLES, JULY 22.—Marseilles and Avignon, 862 f.
50c.; Northern, 700 t. ; Paris and Lyons, 510 E
Dross, JULY 24.—Marseilles and Avignon, 867 f. 50c.;
Rouen, 971 f. 25c.; Lyons, 498 f. 25c.; Vierzou, 6071: 50c. ;
Great Northern, 702 f. 5Cc.

BUS NESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY 27.

Boulogne and Amiens, 124—Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cate
(Espeleta), 14,-IJutch Rhenish, 64 —East Indian, --Luxem-
bourg, 114 —Northern of France Constituted, 13—Orleans and Vier-
zon, 141i—Orleans and Bordeaux, B—Paris and Lyons Constituted,
534—Sambre and Meuse,

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
There was a good business done yesterday in the Liver-
pool Cotton Market. Sales, 6,000 to 7,000 bales, including
1,000 on speculation. Prices were without alteration. Shares
were for the most part dull.
There are no later arrivals to-day from any foreign quarter
with news of the least interest.
In the Produce markets this is likely to be a very dull•
week, as, with the exception of the Indigo sale, there is no-
thing of importance doing by publie.sale in any description
of foreign produce. The Colonial Wool auctions have been
brought to a conclusion, and the result, with a fair sale as
regards quantity, has been a decline of about a per cent. in
the prices.
The West India interest are determined, it seems, act to
allow the new Sugar Bill' to progress without some further
manifestation of their decided opposition. To-day a petition
to the Lords, drawn up under the auspices of the Commit.
tee" in the Old Jewry, lies for signature at the Jamaica Cot-
fee-house and other places of resort, but the subscribers, we
opine, will be confined exclusively to the Vk est India interest
and those intimately connected with th6n, to all of whom,
we may add, we sincerely wish every poSsible success,
though we cannot go the length of desiring that success, if it
is to be gained only at the loss of the consumer.
The Funds have been rather higher again to-day, and the
market is buoyant. Consols have touched 95TH to 96 for
money, and 961,a to 1/4 for account. The premium on Ex-
chequer-bills has been 10s. to 135., and on India Bonds 20s.
to 225. Bank Stock has been firm at 209, and East India
Stock rather flatter, at 2602. The Sew Three-and-a-
Quarter per Cents. have realised 97% to 98.
The Foreign Investments are as dull as ever. Spanish Passive
Bonds have realised and Brazilian 861. Dutch Four
per Centy. are 941 A, and French-Three per Cents. have been
82f. 50c. with the exchange at 25f. 70c.
Shares are again rather favourably influenced by the im-
proved state of the English Stock Market.
BRITISH FUNDS. ONE CLOSIN
O'CLOCK. PRICES,
Bank Stock .. .. • • 209 209
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9614 % 96%
fhree per Cent. Consols Annuities .• • • 95%
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anns. 98 97% 97%
Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5.1860 .. 10% 5-16 10 5.16
Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. • • 10 1-16 10 1-16
India Stock .. 260% 260'7i
India Bonds, 1,000/. .. • • .. 20 22 22
Ditto, under 1,0001. .• • • .. 18 23 23
South Sea Stock .. ..
Ditto, New Annuities .. 94%
Consols for Account • . •. 9614
Exchequer Bills. I%d. I d.
1,0001... 10 13 —' pm.
5001. . 10 13 pm.
Ditto, Small .... 14 10 pm.
ONE
FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOA2K.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent 86%
Grenada, 1 per Cent
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent ..
Ditto, for the Account •
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent.
Russian Bonds .•
Ditto, for the Account
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto, Passive Bonds
Ditto, Three per Cent
Ditto, for the Account
Dividends on the above payable in London.
French Rentes, 3 per Cent .. 82f. 50c.
Exchange .. • • • . 25f. 70c.
Dutch Two-and-a-Halt per Cent ..
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 941 A
Ditto. Bonds .. • • .• • • .. 93%
BUSINESS CLOSINU
PAID. DONE AT PRICES
ONE O'CLOCK.

CLOSING
PRICES.
8614
21

▪ - 35%
• 112% 112 112
.. .. - 25

•• ••

82f. 50c.
25f. 70c.
59%
941,4

PRICES OF
RAILWAY SHARES.
Birmingham and Gloucester.. ..100 .... .. •• .
Ditto, New (issed at 7% dis.).. 17% ... 33
Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2 .... 6% 7 6%....
Buckingliamshire .. • • • • .. 425. .... % di5.......
Caledonian .. .. .. 20 .... 13 %%.• . • • •

This evidence may safely be left to the public to
form their own conclusions on ; for eur own part we
cannot hesitate for a moment in expressing our con-
currence with the deductions of Mr. WILSON. We
do not mean to say that the other gentlemen were
influenced by improper motives in the evidence they
gave, far from it; but we must say that their state-
ments do not carry with them the same conviction
which is forced on the mind by that of Mr. WILSON.
We cannot doubt but that, after this investigation,
active steps will be taken to abate this nuisance,
to do away with the atrocious and abominable system
in Soto. Under any circumstances, it has been proved
to be most injurious in its effects, ruining to all in-
tents and purposes the unfortunate victim. All au-
thorities concur in stating that there is no hope for
the reformation and amendment of the man who has
once been subjected to the lash ; his self-respect is
gone for ever, and he finds at once his bane and anti-
dote in habits of intoxication. Nay, more, he becomes
anxious to reduce others to the same level with himself.
He becomes the tempter, the seducer of the young
soldier. He laughs at the cat, and exhibits a
hardened and reckless indifference to all the influences
which he might be acted on, if 'not so thoroughly
abased and degraded. The system cannot continue ;
justice, humanity forbid it. But the public attention
must still be directed to the subject,—the interest
which has been excited must not be suffered to
subside until again awakened by the death of another
victim. We doubt not that the exertions of
our brethren of the press will be devoted to the sub-
ject—our own shall not be wanting. Let these but be
aided and assisted by some benevolent and zealous
pbilsnthropists, and the stigma will be removed, the
stain will be blotted out from our naval and military
code.

'
dig.

Ditto, half Shares .. .. 2•Cambridge and Oxford .. • . 1% % .
Churnet and Blythe • • • • .. 2 .. •• .. •••• • • • •
Cornwall and Central Devon 2% ..
Direct Manchester (Remington's) 2% ~.. A
Direct Northeni .. • • • • .. 254, .... . •
Eastern Counties .. .• • . 141. 165... .. 241 A, .... •
Ditto New .. .. • . 101. 165.....7% 1)• •••• • • •
Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1. 61. 13s. 4d.
Ditto, York Extension .. „ las, „ „ „„ „ „
Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester .. 3% .. 3% 74
Grand Union (Nottingh. & Lynn) 1% .... .. • • .....
Great Western .. • • • • • • 85 .... 152 • •• • •

Ditto, Half Shares .. .. 50 .... 86 84% ......
Lancaster and Carlisle .. 45 .... 62
Leeds and Bradford • • • • .. 26 .... 69 •• •• . •
London an ! ilinningham . —lOO ....232 ..••
Ditto, Thirds .. • • •• .. 32 ....
Ditto, Quarters ••• • •• .. 2 .... 32%%
Ditto, Fifths •• •• •• 2 .... 27 ....•• ..••
Loudon and Blackwall .. 161. 13s. 4d. •• •• •• ••
London and Brighton .. • . 50 . 65%% 65 .•
London anti Croydon • • • • 131. 15s 9d... 23•;f3%N ••• • • •
London and South-Western ••411. 6s. 10d.• • .. •••••• ••
Ditto, New .. • • .. • • 17% • ..• •• •• •• •• ••
London and York .. .. • • • • 2 •ss •• • • 1 %%•• • • • •

Ditto, Half Shares • • .. .. 2 lk; ••• • • •
London and Windsor .. .... 1% 1..
Lynn and Ely .. 15 .... 14 • • ..
:Manchester and Leeds .. .. • • 82 •• .. .... • •
Ditto, Flails .. 3 .... 10%% 114 • -
Ditto, Sixteenths .. 6;,1
Ditto Extension .. 425. .... 24
Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 . 87 .. ••..• • • •
Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) 1 .... 11%11 ...... • .
Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 423..... %%p • •
slidland .. 100 '::..149% 149
Ditto, New 24 39%
Newcastle and Darlington Junet. 25 .. • • ••••• • • • • •
Ditto, New . 1 .... 10% 10%
Newcastle and Berwick .. .. 15 .• 26% 29% 27%
Norfolk .. .. 20 .... 27% %•••• • • • •
Ditto, Half Shares • • • • 5 • • • 8 ••• • •
• • •
North British.. 25 .. 36% 35% 36 g,
Ditto, Half Shares .. • . • • 8% •• • • 13% %•••• • • • •
Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. 1% •• • • 3% 14 •• • •• • •
Northern and Eastern .. 50

Ditto Scrip (issued at 5 dis.) .. 45 .... 71 ....... 71
North Kent and Direct Laver • . 2%.... 1% • • •• .. 1%
North Staffordshire .. • • 425. •• • • 3%% P••• • • • P
Oxford,Worcest., lk IVolverhmiAn. 12% .... 8 ...... • • 7%
Portsmouth Direct • • .. • . 3% •• • • 4% 4%
Preston and Wyre .. 25 .... 35 • •• . 35%
Ditto, Half Shares .. • . .. .... 7% •• • .....
Richmond .. .. 10 .. 15% •• .. 18%
Scottish Central .. . 12% .... 20 19% •••• • • • 19%
Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 2y¢.... 2%34 • • 2%
Snropshire Union 42a..... dis... •• • • 1% dis.
South Midland 425..... % p.......• % p
South Eastern and Dovor 33%.. • • 45% 46 . • 45%
Ditto. New (iss. at 321.) No. 1. 16 •• • 23% % • 23%
Do., New (do. 301.) .. No. 3. 15 ••• 21 ... •• .. 21!4
Do, New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. `2%.... 314% „ „.
South Wales .. • • 5 •• ••" %••• • • • 1%
West Riding Union • • .. 425. •• • • 2%% P••• • .. p
Vora and North Midland 50 .• • • ..........
Di
Ditto,Ditto,
40%
Do. E. and W. Biding Eaten.. • 1 •• • • 13% •••• • • • • 13%
SEexibteynsion.. .. 30 .... 78 „ „ 78

Madrid papers of the 21st have arrived. The In-
fante Don FRANCISCO D'Assis had obtained leave of
absence from his military duties at Pampeluna (where
he was serving as brigadier in command of the
cavalry regiment of La Princesa), and was expected
hourly in Madrid. He has been invited to the magni-
ficent court banquet, which is to be given on the 24th
at the Casa del Campo, in honour of the fête day of
the Queen-Mother.

FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Direct Bombay and Madras • • ss• • • ' • ' • • • • • • • 11
Dutch Riley sh 6 • • • • • • " • • • • • • 63
Luxembourg
Nor' hem of France Constituted.. 5 • • • • 13% • • • • • • • • 13 ys,
Orloans and Bordeaux .. 6 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 8..
Over Yssel .. 4/. 3s. 4d... • 27i dis • • • • • • 2% dis
Paris and Lyons Constituted • . 5 • • • • 5 % • • • • • • • • b%
Paris and Strasbourg Constituted 5 • • • • ,'„713 • • • • • • • • • 414,
West Flanders . 6 • • • • 'n ' • • • • • • • • 3h

The Heraldo announces that a conspiracy had been
discovered at Pampeluna, and that several non-com-
missioned officers, and also some of the inhabitants
of the town, had been placed under arrest. The
same journal gives, what may be considered as an
official contradiction of the report, that the Mar-
quis of MIRAFLORES would supersede M. MARTINEZ
DE LA Rosa at Ambassador to France.
MADRID BOLSA, JULY 21.—The Three per Cents.
were done at 341-, for cash; Five per Cents., at 21i;
the Debt without Interest, at 61; the shares of the
Bank of San Fernando, at 390; and those of Isabel,
at 203.

JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
National Provincial of England S 5 •• • • •••••• • • • • 35
Provincial of Ireland .. • . 25 ••••48►a%• • . • • • . . 48%

!LINES.
Real del !biotite, Unregistered .. •• " • 3N "••" - • .•

We have received the Paris papers of Sunday,
which are still almost exclusively occupied with
electioneering matters.

On the 20th of July terrific storms ravaged many
parts of France. A letter from St. Jean Pied de
Port states that it burst in the gorges of the Pyrenees
at Baigorry, utterly destroying the harvest and the
vineyards. The standing corn remaining is not
worth harvesting, and that which was cut was com-
pletely thrashed out by the hail, and the straw broken
to pieces.
On the same day a terrific hurricane burst on the
first plateau of the Jura, destroying churches, houses,
vineyards, trees, and fields of corn. "An earth-
iwgi42;' ti St 4 &mai da