The Sun.
London, England, 1861-01-12 00:00:00

CRUELTY A 7 SEA.

On Thursday evening Mr. Bower Marsh, deputy-
coroner for Rochester, concluded a lengthenea
inquiry at that city into the circumstances attend-
ing the death of William Jordan, one of the crew
of the Warloeb, which lately arrived at Chatham
from Demerara, whose death was alleged to have
been opcasioned by the gross cruelty and inhuman
treatment which he received on board that vessel at
the hands of Peter Emslie, the captain. Prior to

the examination of the witnesses the deputy-coroner
and jury proceeded on board the Warlock to view
the body. The deceased, a fine muscular young
man of colour, apparently about 20 years of age,
was lying on the floor of the forecastle with only a
few rags under him and a piece of blanket round
his legs, every other part of the body being bare.
The forecastle was dripping with wet, and, not-
withstanding the intense severity of the weather,
no fire was permitted in it. The body of the
deceased was lying in filth and wet, and the stench
arising was so great as to overpower several of the
jurors. The deceased had died in exactly the same
place where his body lay, and the spectacle the
body presented was most distressing. Deceased, it
appeared, was visited on Saturday afternoon last
by Mr. Lee, a Scripture reader employed by one of
the religious societies at Rochester, who found him
lying on the floor of the forecastle with only a piece
of blanket tied round his legs, and another piece
round his loins. He was then insensible and dying,
and, notwithstanding the inclement weather, nova
vestige of clothing was upon him, and his body and
arms were quite bare.. The Scripture reader
described it as the most painful sight he had ever
witnessed, An effort was made for him to be
admitted into the naval hospital at Melville, but

as he wns not in her Niejesty's service, he
could not be taken into that establishment.

On the captain of the vessel being remon
strated with he treated the matter with the
greatest unconcern. The principal witness exa-
mined by the jury was the chief mate of the ship,
a man named Daniel James D. Macfarlane, who,
in reply to the deputy-coroner, stated that the de-
ceased had been on board the Warlock since Octo-
ber last, when he joined her at Demerara for a
voyage to England. He continued very well until
the arrival of the ship in the Downs, when he
turned up ill; but was ordered on deck until he
could scarcely stand. The vessel arrived at Chat-
ham on_Friday, on which day the mate went into
the forecastle and found deceased very ill and deli-
rious. He then called the captain to see him, bat
he declared the deceased was not ill, only " sham-
ming;" and, to try him, put a quantity of salt in
his mouth. At that time deceased was dying. On
the previous day the captain, although the deceased
was so ill, ordered him on deck during the run
from the Downs to Chatham, to scrape gratings,
but at that time deceased could scarcely stand. On
the occasion of the captain putting salt in deceased's
mouth the chief mato told him he was doing wrong
and not treating him properly, but the captain said
he was no more ill than he was. No fire was
allowed in the forecastle, and the wet came in on
the men as they slept in their hammocks. The
forecastle was, according to the evidence of the
chief and second mates, not fit for any human being
to be in, and " not fit for a pig to be placed in."
The captain only saw deceased once, and then he
lashed him in his hammock. There were plenty of
clothes on board, but deceased had scarcely any to
cover him, and, although the captain had a medi-
cine-chest on board, he never administered any to
deceased. During the voyage he frequently gave
deceased a " touch up" withthe rope. On the arrival
of the ship at the Nore the captain went ashore in
the afternoon, and remained till next day, durin,T
which time all the crew were without food. No
spirits were allowed on board, but the captain had
some. After the vessel had anchored the captain or-
dered that no food should be given to the deceased,
as he ought to have gone ashore with the rest of the
crew. The mate, however, gave him a pint of coffee
and a glass of rum in it, which he swallowed.
There was room for the deceased to sleep in the
cabin, but the captain kept him in the hammock.
The deceased, who had fallen out of his hammock,
expired on Monday morning. Mr.l3eavan, surgeon,
who had made a post mortem examination of the
deceased, said he found the body healthy and there
were no signs of disease. The stomach contained a
small quantity of digested food. The feet and legs
were much swollen from the effects of cold. He had
no doubt that death was caused by exposure to the
cold and neglect. The jury, after hearing the whole
of the evidence adduced, returned a verdict of man-
slaughter against Peter Emslie, the captain, and
the deputy-coroner at once made out his warrant
for his apprehension, which was effected that night
and the captain was
.removed to Maidstone Gaol
yesterday to await his trial at the next assizes.

Bills due to be paid to-day .. • •
Bills becoming duo in Paris; of which
93,213,289 f. 17c. are from the branch-
banks 291,326,755 58
Bills in the branch-banks .. 317,270,222
Advances on coin and ingots .. 20,420,780
Do. in the branch• banks .. .. 1,562,100
Do. on French securities 24,878,400
Do. in the branch-banks 14,746,300
Do. on railway shares and bonds .. 46,360,400
Do. in the branch-banks 29,997,300
Do. on Cr6dit Foncier Bonds 652,300
Do. in the branch-banks • • - 343,300
Do. to State.by treaty, 1848 .. .. 35,000,000
Rentes of the reserve-fund • , 12,980,750 14
Rentes, disposable funds` ' 53,708,840 38
Rentes immobilised (law of June, 18n).. 100,000,000
Hotel and furniture of the Bank .. .. 4,000,000
Real property of branch-banks 6,110,389
Esunxpaerniseess of administration 89,049 65
..,
5,478,148 52

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LIABILITIES.

1,315,0473916 95

Capital •.. 91,_250,000
New. Capital •. •. • • • • • • 91M0,000
Reaerve-flthd 12,980,750 14
NeW Resew° • • • • . • .. 9,125,000
itpserit4inmabilt6D' _.. 4,000,000 77,
addr

Profits to be . Jed to Capital (Art. 8 oft
law June 9, 1857)
Notes to bearer in circulation in Paris and
the branch-banks
Do. to order (Post-bills) ..
Bills payable at sight ..
Acc. cur. of Treasury Creditor ..
Various accounts current ..
Do. branch-banks .
DiNlidends to be paid
A !Tears of values deposited
Discount, interest, and expenses ..
Re-discounts of the last half-year
Sundries .. •.

1,514,755 55

.. 778,905,425
• 6,160,077 7
o. 8,893,832
.. 82,183,061 75
.. 175,359,908 88
.. 32,240,567
.. 7,61,010 75
.. 6,209,896 94
.. 2,251,596 50
• 1,820,678 65
3,241,356 82

1,315,047,916 95
It • appears from these returns that the metallic
reserve has diminished to the great extent of 91
millions, of which 56L are in Paris and 341- in the
branch banks. On the other band, the discount
accommodation has increased 461 millions in the
Paris establishment and 22 millions in the provinces.
Advances on gold and ingots show an augmentation
of 15 millions. Advances on French rents and rail-
way secur:ties have scarcely varied. On the side
of the liabilities, the notes in circulation have in-
creased 271 millions. The account-current of the
Treasury hi 9 declined 52 millions. Other accounts-
current have increased 17 millions in Paris and I,
of a million in the departments. The whole
amount of the metallic reserve is at present 3491
millions to 785 millions of notes in circulation.