The Sun.
London, England, 1860-03-19 00:00:00

MORT dLITY IN A TRANSPORT SIIIP.

We le aye already announced the arrival at Liver-
pool of the Great Tasmania with disbanded troops
from Indi a. We regret to find that there has been
a fearful, mortality amongst the men. The follow-
ing pal ticulars are taken from the Liverpool
Alercur y of Saturday :
"Of the 1,000 who were shipped about 60 died
on the voyage ; and about 100 of the survivors were
last eV( !ning transferred from the ship, in cars and
spring carts, to the Liverpool workhouse, many in
a most distressing condition, and some of them not
expect( :d to live over the night. They were suffer-
ing chi .efly from dysentery and scurvy, apparently
induce d to a great extent by the want of provisions
and proper accommodation during the voyage; and
as soon ais some of the men were able and felt at
liberty ti) speak they were se.; ere and unanimous in
their con tplaints of the treatment they had received.
One of th eir greatest grievances during the dreary
four moat hs' voyage has been the short supply of
hammocks. As a consequence, throughout the whole
voyage men have been lying on the bare boards,
without the slightest extra covering. Some of the
men declared that they had been kept a whole
week, nigb.t and day, on the upper deck, exposed to
all kinds e. weather, and only suffered to go below
to their meals, under pain of deprivation or punish-
ment as priscaters if found below at any other time.
For breakfast and tea they had tea and biscuits, the
latter being described by one as more like sand than
anything else, whilst another suggested that they
might have been locked up in Calcutta for 20
years. For dinner every alternate day they had
beef, which was wretched, so much so that it was
thrown overboard in casks when condemned by
a committee of officers. Then a total absence of
preserved vegetable food aggravated the evil, and
the lime-juice was as bad and worthless as the
provisions. The result of ail this and much
more was that the ship became a floating hos-
pital, and had 400 or 500 sick men on board,
among whom the doctor, who did his best with
the means at his disposal, was, of course,
almost helpless. One man was found dead in a car
on its arrival at the workhouse last night. The case
will be reported to the coroner, who will no doubt
hold an inquest, at which these, at present, ex parte
statements will be more fully investigated. It is
stated that Government has also been communicated
with by telegraph, and that an inspector has already
arrived from London to inquire into the matter."

LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY NIGHT.
The excitement caused amongst all classes in this
town with
respect to the alleged cruel conduct of
the parties in charge of the Great Tasmania, with
troops on board from India, has been most intense
during the whole of the day, and, as the facts in
connection with the case are developed, public in-
dignation increases. There can be no doubt what-
ever that great blame—culpable, if not actual cri-
minal negligence—attaches to some parties. The
owners throw it altogether upon the Government,
but people here are astonished that the owners
should have been so indiscreet as to allow the ves-
sel to be chartered for such a large number as 1,100,
when, under the provisions of the Passengers' Act,
she is only allowed to carry between 600 and 700.
I was to-day informed by some of the men that there
take them in turn, and that those on deck were
not allowed to go down below more than once a
week.

Four more have died to-day, making altogether
seven deaths, and many more are not expected to
survive.

The inquest was opened to-day, and, after hear-
ing some formal evidence, was adjourned till Mon-
day.

GO UN TRY MARICBTS

NORWICH-MARCH 17.

At our market to-day there was a limited supply of wheat,
and the demand being brisk, late prices were fully main-
tained, and in some instances is to 2s more money. There
was only a small supply of barley at late rates.
White wheat. 46s to 498 I Red wheat 40s to 450
Malting barley.— .42s to 46s I Chevalier barley 34a to 400
Distilling do ......25s to 275 I Oats.. 248 to 2116
Flour, 29s 6d to 30s per sack from the miller.