The Sun.
London, England, 1861-11-02 00:00:00

SUICIaI ,BY A MARINE ON ,BOARD

ILIII.B. DONEGAL.

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The adjourned inquest on the body of William Morrell,
a private. •of the Royal Marines, was held on Wednesday
afte Moor t, the 23d inst., at the Naval Hospital Inn, Fore-
strc et, Ztonehouse, before Allan B. Bone, Esq., jun.,
deputy county coroner.

Willi am Kerr said—l am a member of the Royal Col-
lege of Surgeons at Edinburgh, and Doctor of Medicine. I
am sup; goon of H.M.S. Donegal. I knew the deceased per-
fectly v ,ell. I find that on the sth of October the deceased
was dis charged from the sick list, cured. He came in on
the 21s t September for a slight wound between the fore
finger and thumb of the right hand. From September 9th
to the; 12th he was under treatment for palpitation of the
heart He was on the sick list from the 4th of August to
the 8 th of August last, suffering from the effects of drink-
ing to excess. He was brought on board in a half insen-
sible state. The usual symptom of suffering from drunken-
ness, we find is want of sleep. He, however, did sleep, and
slept without taking any medicine, which we generally
give 'them to make them sleep. Sometimes the men do not
recovez from the effects of drunkenness in less than a week
or a foi inight. The deceased recovered in four days. He
exhibit ed no extraordinary symptoms, unless a tendency to
sleep, vhich I think an extraordinary circumstance. I had
difficult y to make him take the medicine prescribed for
him, in consequence of his tendency to sleep. He was on
the sick list in October, 1860, for two days, for a common
cold, ant lin July, 1861, four days for sore throat. In tho
ordinary course of duty I should see the deceased twice a
day, an. I as a rule, I have no doubt that either myself or
one of f he assistant-surgeons saw him twico a day, from
Sept. 2 Ist to Oct. sth. I saw no indication of insanity. He
took vei y little medicine, if any. He seemed cheerful and
did net . complain of anything. I observed nothing remark-
able about him. I have never observed any symptoms of
aberrati on of intellect, and I have had frequent occasions of
seeing tbe deceased. He was a man of average strength.
By tb.ia Jury—Thesleep was such as a man suffering from
drink wt uld have. He exhibited no nervous symptoms.
By the I Coroner—There was nothing about the head or
face that would indicate insanity.
Willie in Thompson said—l am a master's assistant on
board thi a Donegal. About a month ago I had the middle
watch. Corporal Bargery brought the deceased to me,
saying the the would not turn in. I asked him the reason,
he said betuuse he was going to have three dozen in the
morning. I believe the corporal asked bim for why, and
he said it was no business of the corporal. He did not ex-
hibit any signs whatever of drunkenness. He spoke
foolihly to me. I think he was insane at the time he said
that.

Corporal Bargery said the deceased had frequently had
his meals put by for him, and he did not care to come down
for his meals.

Henry Mitchell, a private in the same corps, said he did
not notice anything of the kind.
The Deputy Coroner hero had a letter banded to him
by P.C. Phillips, who had found it on the body of the de-
ceased. He could only decipher the following sentences :
Dear Mother,—l have received your letter. lam .... to
near that you are . . . with the . . . some money
1 br the present. You will not be able . . . I am very
a I . . . and Jack have had to pay my £5 clock.
On the back of this letter, was one written to him by his
sil ter, as follows:—Dear Brother,—Your father is still
liw 'ng with me, and is likely to do so for some time. I should
be i ),-lad to see you . . . drinking . . . I am glad
to blear that you have heard from . . . and hope you
will . . . again . . . not at present. Hoping I
shall have the pleasure of hearing from you and writing to
you an ain, I remain your affectionate sister, JANE JARMAN.
—This was written in October, 1861.
Samu el Morrell, a private of the Marines, said—The de-
ceased vi as my brother. I saw him alive last, before the
Adelaide went to Ireland. I have a sister called Jarman ;
she lives at Tiverton. The deeeased was 22 years of age.
When 1 aaw him he was in the sick bay. Ho was quite
out of his' mind when I saw him, and he did not know me.
He said sozlething to me, but there was no sense in what he
said. It wag the Sunday after he had been ashore drink-
ing. I saw him again on the following Thursday, and
he said, " San 1, they tell me you were off to see me on Sun-
day." I said, "Yes, I was." He said, " Well, I did not
know anything about it." Ho was then a little better.
When he spoke t 0 me on Sunday, he spoke about a drum-
mer who was goint; to be flogged. I made inquiries, and
found that no drunnaler was going to be flogged.
By the Jury--Hew as not well when I saw him on Thurs-
day.
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A Juryman—From wizat I hear, I think these men aro
dismissed too soon.

The Deputy Ceroner•—The doctor is here, and he would
be the best judge of the man's health.
The Juryman-1 have heard some very curious things
lately, I don't think they value a man's life much.
Corporal Bargery said—.l believe the man was out of his
mind. Less than three mon the ago, after we left Plymouth
for Ireland—but I cannot to.ll how long, or where we were
—on one occasion between 12; and 1 in the day, I saw the
deceased sitting on the spars ,on the upper deck. Ho had
his head on his hands, and his elbows on his knees. His
eyes were watery, and he looked as if he had been crying.
I ordered him down below to get hi's dinner. He said "all
right," and did not go down, but put himself in the same
position as before. He appeared to bo in deep meditation.
The Jury, after a lengthy deliberatioxl, returned a verdict
of " temporary insanity."

COUNIBY MABEHTS.

LIVERPOOL—Nov. 2.

There was a fair attendance of millers and dealers at
this morning's market. We had a tolerably good business
doing in wheat, fine qualities bringing the currencies of
last Tuesday, while medium kinds were rather dearer.
Flour must be quoted rather better. Oats and oatmeal
difficult to quit. Beans and peas at last week's rates. In
Indian corn a good demand.