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from him, and no doubt conveyed it to the officers constitu-
ting the court-martial. Examined him on the morning of
the punishment. Gave no directions during the infliction of
the punishment, as it was uanece3sar3,- tor him to do so. He
had the power to stop the punishment if he thought proper.
He was within three yards of White, and therefore knew his
coucl iti Ile did not suffer any convulsions, nor did he make
any appeal to him; he did not feel lads pulse, because it was
not necessary in the British army—(Laughter)—could not have
been mouth nearer to him. When he was taken down, he
directed Sergeant Potter to sponge his back with warm
water. Visited him at 10 o'clock the next morning, and
made an entry, not every day, but every third or fourth day.
His back was in a satisfactory state. Did not order him any
extra diet for some days after he came into the hospital.
When he first came to the hospital, he was put on low, or
half diet, because he considered his condition required it.
No change was made in his diet until he became ill of the
disease which carried him off: it was changed to," spoon" or
" fever diet," such as tea, &c., three days before his death.
Mr. WAKLEY desired the witness to repeat the entries in
the book, which he did. To the ISth June he had low diet
—from the 20th to the 6th of July he had low diet. On the
6th he • had " spoon" diet, and two pints cf extra tea.
" Spoon dieo consisted of three pints of tea, and
"so much bread." It was the usual fever diet, and
was so regulated by the Medical Board. From the 22d
to the 'l6th inclusive, fomentations were kept to his back.
On the 22d, ointment and a small portion of extract of lead,
which was applied with lard, or something of that kind,
and wl.ich was continued until the 25th. On the 25th a
number of boils appearing, poultices were ordered. On the
28th opening medicine was for the first time ordered,
and was the first internal medicine ordered. His
back healed very rapidly fur the first ten days.
The discharge, which was profuse at first, had not a had
smell. Considered that he would be fit fur duty on the sth
or 6th of July. On the 6th there was an entry stating that
the deCeased complained of a pain in the region of the heart;
pulse, 80; tongue clean; bowels torpid.
Mr. WAKLEr then read the evidenceof Matthewson, which
stated that the deceased complained of the lash when in the
hospital, and attrributed his illness to the lash; to which
Dr. Warren, who was present, said, three times, " It is."
Dr. Warren said the statement was a falsehood, The wit-
ness had not spoken the truth. He made no complaint to
him of the pains he spoke of in his inside, and he put it to
Mr. Wakley whether he could tell the pains a person
suffered if he did not mention them to him? His evidence
contained numerous falsehoods.

Mr. WAKLEr—Perhaps he had no faith in, your medical
skill?

Dr. Warren said he , could bring the whole regiment to
state the contrary. The reason lie removed White into another
ward was in accordanc4 with the directiOns of the 'Medical
Board, who directed that persons labouring under medical
and other cures should be kept separate. The deceased was
seen by Dr. Hall once before he died. Dr. Reid assisted in
performing cross-examination, and he was present at
it. He treated the deceased for inflammation in the pleura
and heart. There was a general order for the Medical
Board to open persons who died in the army. Dr.
Reid was an assistant-surgeon in the army. There
were recent adhesions on the left, and old and
strong adhesions on the right side of the ,chest
in the upper and back part. The lungs were not in-
flamed. The pulmonary arteries were inflamed;" but the
-pulmonary veins were but little inflamed. The liver was
much enlarged, but healthy ; texture quite firm and healthy.
Kidneys healthy, and of the natural size. Bladder healthy,
although there had been a retention of urine. The intestines
and stomach were healthy. (The certificate of the deceased's
death was here handed to the witness, in which its cause
was stated to be disease of the heart,) He said there
was disease in the heart, which was communicated to the
larger vessels. The pericardituri was not in an unhealthy
state.

Mr. WAKLEY—What was the cause or death? Witness—
Inflammation of the heart and pleura. •
Mr. WAKLEY—How was that inflammation causpd? Wit-
ness—lt is impossible to say, there are so many causes of in-
flammation. lie knew no reason why the stock of persons
so punished is removed, excepting it protected his neck; all
the men he had seen flogged had their stocks off.

. The witness then withdrew.
Tie jury then adjourned for refreshment, until half-past
two o'clock.

Lieutenant-Colonel Whyte, commanding the 7th Hussars
at Hounslow, has had interviews with the Duke of Welling-
ton, Mr. Fox. Blank, Secretary at War, and the Marquis of
Anglesey, the former Colonel-in-Chief of, the regiment, on
the subject of the unfortunate occurrence. The officer in
question was engaged, we understand, with the Marquis of
Anglesey up to a late hour on Wednesday night last, and in
the subsequent part of the week was engaged with the Com-
mander-in-Chief.
In erder that the public may be enabled to arrive at a
proper conclusion, and form opinions as to the innocent and
guilty parties in the transactions, the following particulars
relative to military law, as well as to some of the circum-
stances of the case, are added. Before proceeding further, it
may be well to state that Colonel Whyte is not the Colonel
of the regiment, but Lieutenant-Colonel, or Commanding
officer, or in other words acting Colonel, as agreeably to army
usages the Colonel-in• Chief of a corps never accompanies it;
and also, that although the Coroner has already had two
long inquiries, at neither were two most important docu-
ments produced—the one being the minutes of the proceed-
ings of the court-martial by which the prisoner was sen-
tenced, and the other the list of officers who composed the
same. As stated some time since, the charge preferred against
the deceased was violence towards a non-commissioned officer. -
Me was tried by a district or garrison court-martial, which,
agreeably to the 9th Article of War, consisted of seven commis-
sioned officers. Of this tribunal Captain Shirley, the senior
captain of the regiment, acted as president. The evidence
was taken on oath, and, on the guilt of the prisoner being
established and sentence passed, the finding and sentence
-were forwarded to the Horse Guards for confirmation. It is a
mistake to suppose that the court had not power to inflict
any othersentence than one of corporal punishment, as the
words of the article run thus :—" And the court may sentence
any soldier to imprisonment, with or without hard labour,
and may also direct that such offender shall be kept in soli-
tary confinement for any portion or portions of such impri-
sonment, not exceeding 28 days at a time, nor 84 days in
any year, with intervals between the periods of solitary
confinement of not less duration than such periods of solitary
confinement; or may sentence any soldier to corporal punish.
limit, not extending to life or limb, ft.r immorality, mis-
behaviour, or neglect of duty. And such court may, in ad-
dition to either of the said punishments. sentence a soldier to
forfeiture of all advantages as to additional pay, and to pen-
sion, or discharge, which might have otherwise accrued from
the length of his former service," &c.
The clause in the Queen's orders and regulations for the
army relative to the infliction of capital punishment is to
the *following effect :—The award by a general court-martial
is restricted to 200 lashes; by a district or garrison court-
martial to 150 lashes; and by a regimental court-martial to
100 lashes. The deceased Frederick White, it will therefore
be observed, received the highest penalty in the power of the
court to award, as did the private Matthewson, who re-
oeived 100 lashes by order of a regimental court-martial, for
insolence to a sergeant.

In the army regulations also appear regulations to the fol-
lowing effect :
Just discrimination is to be used by the Court in applying
the quantum of punishment, whether corporal or other, to the
nature and degree of the crime, so that its award may be
final, and carried into effect, it being indisputable that crimes
are more effectually prevented by the certainty than by the
severity of punishment, &c.
Submissive, quiet, orderly conduct, and proof of contrition
while undergoing punishment, are, unless the crime has been
of a very aggravated character, to be favourably considered.
In the case of district court-martial, the commanding
officer may, if he should see reason, recommend a partial re-
mission of the punishment to the general officer who ap-
proved the sentence. In the case of regimental courts•
martial, approved by himself, he has the power of using his
own discretion. •
Sentence must be inflicted in the presence of the sur-
geon or the assistant-surgeon, who have the power of stop-
ping the punishment when the culprit can no longer bear
it, &c.
A letter, published in a provincial paper, states that the
deceased, Frederick White, was the son of a very respect-
able man, who, some years since, held a responsible situa-
tion in the General Post-office, and who subsquently acted
as postmaster at Nottingham. It adds that through the
change in his parent's circumstances, and consequent dis-
tress, the deceased enlisted into the 2d Life Guards, which
he left owing to a hurt, but subsequently entered the 7th.
The tolonel of the regiment, Sir William Tuyll, who was
a7pointed. a, few months since, in the room of the late Sir
James Kearney, is,. we believe, on the Continent. The
Marquis of Anglesey was colonel up to 1842, when he re-
ceived the command of the Blues.

REPRESENTATION Or W ESTMIN sTER.—A report that
Mr. George Thompson will start for the representation of
Westminster, is freely circulated. General De Lacy Evans
will not be disturbed or interfered with by the new candidate.
GREENOCK AND THE Ex •PaEstrEn.—The traders
of Greenock are about to present Sir Robert Peel with a
massive silver jug, as "an expression of their gratitude
for the measure framed by him for the abolition of the
corn-laws, and of their admiration of his independent,
eloquent, and successful support of the • prineiples of free
trade." The presentation will be made in the course of the
present week, and the deputation will be accompanied by
Mr. 13aine,
ROBBERY AT WIESSBS. lIARNETT AND BDARE's.--
On Saturday, about one o'clock, a gentleman named John-
son went into the banking-house of Messrs. Barnett, Hoare,
and Co., to receive cash for a cheque of 1951. He received
bank notes to the amount of 100/., which he placed in his
pocket-book, and deposited in his coat pocket. The re-
mainder was paid in gold, which Mr. Johnson also placed
in his pocket, when he discovered that his pocket-book, with
1001. in notes, was gone. This must have been stolen from
Two
or by some parties while he was counting the gold. •
or three of the swell mob had been previously observed near
the spot, and as they are known the police expect shortly to
have them in custody. Payment of the notes was imme-
diately stoppad at the Bank.
THE WELLINGTON .STATUE.—On Saturday the further
erection of the scaffolding over the triumphal arch at Hyde-
park Corner, intended for the raising of the colossal statue of
the Duke of Wellington, was suspended by order of Lord
Morpeth, the ; new Chief Commissioner of Woods and
Forests. It is now fully believed that the site chosen by the
committee, upon which several hundred pounds must have
been expended, even in the present scaffolding erected, will
be given up, and that the parade in St. James's-park will be
the place on which this trophy to the merits of the illustrious
Duke will ultimately be raised.
KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL—The first meeting of the
Committee for promoting the building fund was held in the
Library of King's College, cn Saturday, the Duke'of Cam-
bridge, President of the Building Committee, in the chair,
A most favourable report, with reference. to the funds alp
ready raised (amounting to nearly 3,000/.) was read. Ills
Royal Highness was pleased to express his interest in the
success of this Hospital, and at the same time stated his in-
tention of doing everything in his power to foward the
proposed plaris fur enlarging the building and increasing the
usefulness of the institution. It was remarked by his Royal
Highness, that it was most desirable that there should be
a large Hospital in such a central part of the metropolis,
and he expressed his astonishment that amidst a popula-
tion so dense there had not been, long before, any insti-
tution of the kind, between such distant points as Bar-
, tholoinew and Charing-cross. His Royal Highness made
many particular inquiries regarding the medical school at
Ning's College, and the business of the meeting having been
completed, proceeded to inspect the various museums within
the College, in all of which he seemed to take great interest.
His Royal Riohness was conducted over the establishment
by a large body of the Governors of the Hospital ; and on
leaving expressed his intention cf presiding again, so soon as
the Committee should Intimate that his presence would be of

service.
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston had a select
party to dinner last evening at their residence, in Carlton-
house-terrace.
A CHILD COMING TO LIFE AGAIN.—At Palterton, in
the parish of Scarcliff, en the 19th inst., an infant, the
daughter of Elizabeth Glassbv, was to all appearance dead
—laid out, and the passing bell rung. The child lad• from
seven o'clock in the morning to eight o'clock at night, when
a person on going upitairs, found the child alive and cry-
ing--desterfidd Courier.
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