The Sun.
London, England, 1861-12-14 00:00:00

before, being then in good health and strength.
When the ship had been some time at sea the acts
of violence on the part of the prisoner commenced.
The first was the throwing of a handspike at de-
ceased, who was wounded in the ancle. This was
done as punishment for deceased not being quick
enough, or not having brought the captain a clean
towel, or some act of that kind. On the same day
the prisoner threw a knife at the deceased, and
wounded him on the temple. The deceased picked
up the knife, gave it to the prisoner, and a second
and a third time the captain threw it at Henderson ;
and, in the course of the same day also, beat him
with his fists, knocked him down and kicked him.
From this time to the death of Henderson, a series
'of acts of violence were perpetrated. The last act
of violence was shortly before his death, and there
was some difficulty, and some contradiction, as to
whether it took place on a Wednesday or on a
Saturday. The deceased was lying► in his berth,
and the prisoner came to him and asked him why
he did not cook his sago. The deceased said he
could not stand so near the fire. The prisoner made
some remark, such as " Who is to do it for you ?"
and then took a can and struck the deceased under
the chin and under the nose, and made them bleed.
He went away and ordered the deceased to come
down to the deck to pick oakum. The deceased
said he could not do it, and the prisoner re-
plied that it was " all laziness," and seizing
the deceased by the shirt, he threw him upon
deck, jumped with his feet upon his chest,
kicked him on the sides and head, and beat him.
The deceased at first cried out, but at last he
became silent, and partly insensible. The pri-
soner then ordered buckets of water to be thrown
over the deceased, after which he was lifted
up and dry clothes put on him. The prisoner
afterwards came back to the deceased and asked
"if he was satisfied ?" The deceased said, " You
had better kill me at once than beat me so ;" upon
which the prisoner again beat and kicked him, and
renewed his threats " that he had better jump over-
board," and that "he should never see England
again." The deceased sank under this continued
ill-treatment, and died shortly afterwards.
Several witnesses having borne out by evidence
the main facts as to the alleged cruelties,
Mr. Gunn, a medical student, but not a qualified
practitioner, was next examined. When he saw
Henderson at Brass River he found him very much
bruised about the face. Henderson accused the
captain of causing those injuries, but when Mr.
Gunn questioned him in the captain's presence as
to this matter the deceased refused to repeat the
accusation.

Under cross examination by Mr. Aspinall, who
appeared for the prisoner, Mr. Gunn stated that
from the 22d Dec., 1860, to the 25th of Jan., 1861,
he saw no marks of -violence on the body of the
deceased. He further stated that the entry of the
man's death was made on the day he died, and that
the cause of death assigned was " debility."
There was a great discrepancy between the wit-
messes' statements as to the date of Henderson's
death. The sailors said it was shortly after or
about Christmas-day; whereas Mr. Gunn said it
was on the 25th January.
The Judge inquired whether the violence to
which the deceased had been subjected would re-
duce the chance of recovery from fever ?

Mr. Gunn thought it would.
The jury returned a verdict of manslaughter
against the accused. The sentence will b© pro-
nounced to-morrow (Saturday).