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London, England, 1846-07-28 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY DIV Ltil ONS

(From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.

MONDAY, JULY 27.

LANCASTER AND -PRESTON JUNCTION RAILWAT BILL.
Report considered : Motion made. and Question proposed, " That
the Amendments made by the Committee to the Bill be now read a
second time :"—Amendment proposed, to leave out from the words
" That the" to the end of the Question, in order to add the words
" Report to be taken into further consideration upon this day six
months," instead thereof:—Question put, " That the words proposed
to be left out stand part of the Question." The House divided

.111INORIiY-AYES;•6. • • •
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Austen, Colonel French, F. TELLERS.
nrotherton, Joseph Ilimlley, Charles Greene, Thomas

Duncombe: Thoxims Philips, Mark

Estcourt, T. G.

MAJORITY-NOES, 71.

A'Ceurt, Captain Elphinstone, Sir 11. Mostyn, E. N. L.
Arkwright, George Esmonde, Sir T. Newport, Visa.
Arundel, Earl of Evans, William O'Brien, A. Stafford
Astell, William Ewart, William O'Connell, Daniel
Baine, Walter FeWen, Sir W. Paget, Lord A.
Barnard, E. G. Forster, Mathew Plumridge, Captain
Barron, Sir D. ',rowel), C. 11. Powlett, Lord W.
I teckett, W. Fuller, A. E. Round, John
Benbow, John Gore, Robert Smith, J. A.
ltentinck, Lord G. Batton, Captain Somers, J. P.
Bernal, Ralph . - Hill, Lerd Marcus Strutt, Edward
Blackburne, J. I. Hodgson, R.
T Thompson,ltorney Aid.
'Thomas
Bowring, Dr. Horsman, E.
Broadwood, 11. Howard, I'. 11. 'ruffle% Relay
brown, W. Hume, Joseph Vane, Lord 11.
Browne, W. Butt, William Wyse, Thomas
Collett, W. H. Inglis, Sir R. 11. Wall, C. B.
Collett, John James, William Wawn, J. T.
Collins, William Layatd, Captain Williams, W.
Corbally, M. E. Lemon, Sir C. Wood, Colonel T.
Craig, W. G. Lindsay, 11. 11. Wortley, J. S.
Dennistoun, J. Lowther, Hon. Col.
Douglas, Sir H. Mackinnon, W. TELLERS.
Duncan, George Mangles, R. 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, ',,hut out from other theatres, has always
been enabled to enjoy an evening's intellectual amusement of
a high order at the Haymarket. The artistes have shown
their gratitude by rallying round Webster—let the playgoers
do likewise.

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THE LATE CASE OF miLrriu tY
FLOGGING.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yester, day-
The jury re-asssembled at halt-past two o'clock, a nu' the
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 stall-surgeon in the army. Saw the deceasen 011
the day of his death, on account of an order which he; -e-
-ceiv•-el from Sir James 111`Greggor, with directions to get ,
Hounslow by the quickest conveyance, and arrived here a
twenty inutuezi past seven in the evening. He met Dr.
Warren, and, they proceeded to the hospital, where Dr.
Warren pointed out the deceased. lie expired in his pre-
sence, at a quarter past eight o'clock. Dr. Warren stated,
as a reason for sendh`g for advice to use, that the man had
had 150 lashes, and th.lt he was labouring under inflamma-
tion of the chest. Treati:tent would have been of no use at
that time, as the pulse ban subsided at tl.'e wrist, and the
man was dying. I looked at .bis back and found it healed.
Reported the fact of the man's* death ➢to Sir M`Greggor
that night; also attended the postmortem e.•camination.
Never heard anything about the probribility
of cn inquest
being held upon the deceased at that time. At the post
mortem examination he took notes of the, appearance' of the
body. Its appearance was thatof a well-grown muscular man;
the body was not much wasted by disease ; there was the
mark of a blister on the stomach, anothe: on the back, bel.
the shoulder-blade, and marks of punishment across WO
shouldes, 'particularly across the right shoulder-blade, lilte
the skin had- quite healed, with the exception of a few boiLe.
On opening the chest we found the right lung firmly attached
to the diaphragm. On the left side there were recent adhe-
sions between the lung and the rib, the pluera was inflamed
and about twelve ounces of fluid hail forced into the cavity
of the left pleura, which had the appearance of recent in..
ham mation, andcontained shreds oflynrph. The lung itself was
gorged with serum, and the mutcular tissue was soft and easily
torn. There was idlammation of all the membranes of the
heart. The inflammation extended a little way along the
pulmonary artery, and over the secs i-lunar valves at the
commencement of the heart. The teni:ens between the left
cavities of the heart were matted w.ogether by the
recent infusion of lymph. The pericardium did
not contain more tluid than natural. 'llhe liver was
enlarged beyond the margin of the ribs, and there was some
inflammation in the large lobe. The sub,tance of .the liver
itself was not unhealthy. I should call it simply an e:flarge-
rnent of the liver unattended with disease; all the _other
vessels of the belly were healthy. Did not examine ,he
spine. The head was opened and the membranes of th.e
brain were found congested. The skin was removed from thef.
back at his request, to ascertain the nature of the tissue be-
low, and might have been live 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,
Phut to see the nature of the tissue below. The true skin lie
r, peated was not got through. Attributed death principally
to inflammation of the lung membrane of the heart, pluera and
left lung. Ascribed the cause of inflammation to the change of
the temperature at the time he was recovering. That wag
the most likely thing he could ascribe it. to. Could not at--
tribute it to the flogging. A man belonging to the regiment
died yesterday from inflammation.

Afr. WARCEY explained to the witness the reason why he
did not wish him to be present at the second examination of
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 receive
corporal punishment complain of pains in the chest. Ile,
had carefully examined the chest of Matthewson, and found
that he did not labour under any inflammation of EL' e
Dr. Reid, Staff Assistant-Surgeon, Graduate of the L niver-
sity of Edinburgn, and Licentiate of the College of Sure ons of
the same place—Did not see the man during his life. Had maths
Bost mortem examinations for the last thirteen years. Had
heard the evidence of Dr. II ill, and agreed with him as to
the cause of the man's death, and the appearances of the
body, which he described at length. It was a difficult thing
to determine the cause of intlamination, The punishment had
nothing whatever to do with the cause of death. This was the
first case he had ever heard, with the e:zceptien of the case
of the man flogged by Governor Wall,of a man's death being
caused by flogging.
Mr. Horatio Day, surgeon, of Isleworth, w,44 then ex-
amined—Never saw the deceased alive, but na,Nde,a post
mortem examination of the ,v‘ter the
death, in company with hisb
body on TNhoursodnaey
cot,.
was
present. A post mortem examination had been made b °fore.,
Opened the cavity of the chest and abdomen, part 0'
which lie found very much decomposed. The heart appear
smaller than usual, and the muscular fibres softer than usual ;'t
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 appeizrance. Had
heard all the evidence, and considered the immedate cause
of death pleursy and pneumonia, caused no doubt from
change of temperature from heat to cold.
Mr. Erasmus Wilson, surgeon, rellow of the College of
Surgeons, Consulting Surgeon to the St. Pancras Hospital,.
and lecturer on anatomy and physiology, in Middlesex:
Flospital—Had written works on "Healthy and Unhealthy-
. Skin," and on the "Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of
the Skirl.'" Made a
,Post mortem examination of the back of
the deceased, at Heston churchyard, on Wednesday, the 22d
of July. The body was very much decomposed.
Dr. Hall here, at the request of the Coroner,read his report
to Sir James INPGreggor, 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 lin-esti-
. 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
corporal punishment was the cause of the pulpy and dis-
ordered state of the lungs. There could be no doubt that the
man would be alive now, if he had not been flogged.
After some further evidence, the inquest was again ad-
journed.

THE LATE ACCIDENT ON .THE
EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.
An inquiry which lasted the entire day was comment:A:l
yesterday mornir,g at ten o'clock before Mr. W. Baker,.iur,..
and a respectable jury, at the Duke of Richmond 'Tavern,.
l)alston, on the body of Mr. Hind, aged GO, of No. 3.,
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 Hackney, was first exa-
mined, and deposed to being called to the deceased ont
Saturday evening, the 18th, at half-past six o'tdock.
He
complained of pain in the chest and abdomen. There.
were no external marks of injury, except a slight one on
the cheek. The deceased died on Friday morning, And
on making a post niortcm examination of the body, fot4
quite sufficient internal injuries to account for death. 110
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,
Shalford, stated that he was walking up Angel-lane, near'
the station, when he beard the crash of the accident. He
immediately hastenctf to the station, when he saw the
deceased lying by the pfztform with a portion of the sides
of the second-class carriage in which he had been riding.,
resting upon him. He assisted it: removing him into the,
station.
.
James Backshaw, in the compaZiY's employ, spoke to
similar facts.
William Bush, a porter in the service of the company,
said that he saw the deceased gentleman sem:sed in a room of
the Stratford station. He assisted in removing' hint into a
fly, and driving him to his residence.
Mr. Benjamin Richardson, the Stratford statiot:-master,
was subjected to a very lengthened examination, oce,,pying
severallours. His testimony was precisely the same that
he adduced before the magistrates at Ilford, and which 3+:115
fuly 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 been
seen farther. From the spot where a e signal is first seen to
the platform of the station is 479 yards, and presuming an
engine was travelling' tt thirty miles an hour when the sig-
nal was first sighted, the distance was quite sufficient to
enakte it, to be, brought to a stoppage ere it could reach the
station.
The witness underwent a cross- examination by Mr. Raw-
flags, which lasted until the close of the day's proceedings.
He declared that there was an increase of officers at his sta-
tion, instead of a decrease. The increase bad taken plat.
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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
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Stratford station.
It being now near six o'clock, the Coroner adjourned the
inquiry until this morning at ten o'clock. He was desired by
he jury to write to the Board of Trade, for the purpose of
obtaining the attendance of Captain Cuddington, the deputy
Government' inspector of railways, so as to examine hint 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.