The Sun.
London, England, 1842-09-24 00:00:00

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Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston have returned
to town from Broadlands, Hants.

ISCELANEOUS.
Sixteen couples of Scott' sh men and women, who
were the most graceful dancers of Taymouth Castle,
are to proceed to Windsor Castle, for the exhibition
of their grace and skill at a forthcoming entertainment.
Four hundred and sixty whales have just been cap-
tured at Westray,in the Orkneys, all of which a mer-
chant bought, before any competitor arrived, for 5001.
Another shoal of sixty whales has also been driven
ashore at Channvinrict, and the blubber sold at 7
per tun.

ANV INTELLIG ENCE
BANKRUPTCY.--(THIS DAY.)

IST RE THOMAS WEBSTER.
The bankrupt had carried on business as an Ame-
rican merchant. He had also traded extensively as a
genzral outfitter, in Upper Thames-street, but sold
his zatereit in the stock-in•trade and premises to his
brother-in-law, as it was alleged, for a sum of 3,0001.
The amount of debts and liabilities in connection with
his American transactions were stated in his balance
sheet to be 4,9001., and the assets that were likely to
be realised from the same source was about 1,500/.,
Of Which about one-half was debts, several of which
Were described as doubtful. The debts and liabilities
incurred in his trade as an outfitter were about 7,0001.
The case was eventually adjourned for the purpose
of affording the trade assignees an' opportunity for
further inquiries respecting the alleged sale, and also
his American dealings.

CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY.)
OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice CRESSWELI.)
LETTER STEALING.—John Burt, a lad, who pleaded
tiilty to a charge of stealing letters belonging to the
Post-office, was brought up this morning for judg-
ment, and sentenced by Mr. Justice Cresswell to so-
lilry confinement to the end of the present session.
INIUHDER ON THE HIGH SEAS.—Philip Partridge,
the master of a brig called the Jarrow, who was yes-
terday acquitted of the charge of the wilful murder of
Nose Maria Balagar, was again indicted this morning
with the wilful murder of Mariano Mandiola on the
high seas, within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty of
England.
Mr. Adolphus and Mr. Waddington conducted the
case for the prosecution ; and Mr. Clarkson and Mr.
C. Jones were counsel for the prisoner.
The facts of the case were nearly the same as those
detailed yesterday. The offence was committed on
the same day and in the same vessel, and under simi-
lar circumstances, except that the treatment of the
deceased was more severe, the prisoner besides flog-
ging him most inhumanly having struck him several
times on the head with the log slate, and having
caused him, when in extreme ill health, and almost in
a state of nudity, to Work for hours in the rigging in
the severest weather.
John Fisher, who was first-mate
,on board the
vessel when it left Liverpool, but was afterwards dis-
rated by the prisoner, deposed to the ill-treatment the
deceased had received from the prisoner. He began
to beat him in about a fortnight after they left Prince's
Island, and continued at intervals to do so till his
death. On one occasion the Kroo boy beat the de-
ceased with a rope, the prisoner looking on and
desiring him to give it him well. The deceased was
at the time extremely ill from hard work, ill treat-
'nerd, and starvation. On another occasion, when
_the deceased was obliged to leave the pdmp from ex-
haustion, the Captain run after him, called him to him,
beat him severely with his fists, and knocked him down
several times. After this the Captain came to witness,
and said the d--Ld fellow was goingto strike me. This
was in the day-time, but witness did not see the de-
deased attempt to strike the Captain. The deceased
died the day before Christmas Day, which was
about six weeks after they left Prince's Island.
A day or two before the deceased's death, when he was
at the wheel the prisoner struck him with the log
slate several times on the head and face, and bruised
him very much. This was done with the flat part of
the slate. He afterwards struck him with the edge
of the slate across the top of the head, which broke
the frame. Witness, ou examining the head of the
deceased discovered a wound that he could put his
thumb into; his face was in a dreadful state; he was
bleeding very much, and his eyes seemed starting from
Ills head. On another occasion, when the deceased
'was able to relieve witness at the wheel, the prisoner
told him to take off an old jacket that he had on to
keep him warm, and the deceased not understanding
what was said, the Captain tore it off his back. The
day after the Captain struck the deceased on the head
with the log slate, after he had left the pump and
gone down to the forecastle, witness saw him hauled
uP apparently dead ; the Captain was standing by,
ami had a rope in his hand. When he was
brought upon deck, the deceased lay down as
if he was dead, and while in that state the prisoner
beat him severely on all parts of his body. Witness
did not see the ',deceased get up, but when he saw
him next he was at the pump, but be was doing more
harm than good. The prisoner sent him afterwards
o he e, and
into the rigging, although there was nothing for him
rigging
twas a very severe night. When
he was do
in the
the prisoner struck him on the
feet with a rope. The
till break of day, and whendeceased
vvi
witness
e was a s s
aiwn thehim rhi ge gwi na was
resting his head on the ratline, hishands wered ban g-
lug down, his eyes were set, and
blood
from his eyes and nose. Witness thougwhtashimropLiany
as he was cold and stiff. When the Captain came up,
two hours afterwards, he said, " Take that fellow
down out of that." Several of the men fetched him
down ; he appeared to be lifeless, and was taken to the
forecastle, and there left. Witness went to him in
the evening ; he found him cold and stiff, but now and
then there was motion in his body. When the Cap-
tain came up, he said, " How's that fellow ; I gave
hirn some brandy a short time ago, and he will soon
come round." The Captain stayed there about five
ininutes. Witness never saw the deceased again
alive. He died during the night, and was thrown
overboard the next morning.
Cross-examined by Mr. CLARKSON—The African
coast was a very unhealthy one, and was not much
liked by English sailors. Witness was never drunk
tiring either the outward orhomeward bound voyages;
he never drank out of the demijohn till he fell on
the
deck, and never attempted to break open the door
t. the spirit-chest. On one occasion, the Captain and
vitness quarrelled, and he struck the prisoner, who
!.aid he must be drunk, or he would not have done so.
Captain
was not drunk, and never had been so. The
L'aPtain required him to write an apology in the log-
book, but witness did not recollect whether he did so
o'
,vvr, not. Witness wrote something in the log-book
nieh did not satisfy the Captain. Never wrote an
the vessel
for being drunk. Was ill of a fever while
e vessel was at Benin, and was given some medi-
cine by the doctor of a barque Galled the Peru, that
doctor
lying in the roads of Benin. Never heard the
tin'r say that his illness arose from drunkenness, and
, a little work would do him good. He
elieved, however, that he had said so. When the
deased was first struck by the Captain, witness
thought he was storing very well, although the Cap-
am did not think so. The vessel was then on her
c(roper course for a vessel beating to windward.
'ea the Captain came up, he said, " Why, where
the devil are you going to now ?" The sails were
11:/t flapping at the time. After the deceased was
lek by the Captain, he remained at the wheel more
than half an hour. Witness could not say whether
11e deceased after this altered the course of the ship.
Dever heard a word of any canvass being lost until the
eceased was flogged for stealing it. Never saw any sewn
13 rudely into a jacket, and never saw the deceased with
any
i canvass except an old pair of trowsers. This was
-I,:stcond beating the deceased had since he came to
the kshin! and it was inflicted with a rope's end. After
beatingn the deceased went to his work as usual. He
glut to grow worse about the beginning of De-
"lnber, about three weeks before be died.
aTvhaedaeh.-
de-
eased was a mulatto, and born in the Hnn
that
deeeased's allowance was reduced about the time
he was beat about the canvass, as was also wit-
-1,11,-1!:5* 'Witness heard the Captain tell the person
' "0 served out the provisions to give that fellow (mean-
etip‘,g the deceased), half the allowance the rest of the
yhad. Did not think that at any time there was
ess than four feet water in the hold, and such was the
"ate of the vessel that she would make it in an hour
+ll:.id a half. Before the third beating of the deceased
;Ile Pumps had been going day and night. The crew
N-onsi.sted of about sixteen or eighteen men. The crew
vas in a bad state of health, and witness and the car-
penter had bad legs. It was necessary to save the
night,
of all that the pumps should be worked day and
ignt, and with that exertion, if a gale had sprung up,
n'e vessel would have foundered. When the Captain
said that the deceased was going to strike him witness
raade no reply. Witness believed that the Captain
hed to kill all the Spaniards, and tried pretty hard
serve him in the same way. Never said, when the ro Cap-
interly knocked histooth out, God, reta-
After he was removed from" B
they Captain's table,
meals were sent regularly from it for a short time,
,ver said to the Boy Fare, who acted as steward—
and'y terror Strike ; may they come to want,
their children to poverty I hope the ship will
ink, and that God will answer my prayer." There
slog -slates two on board, and when the captain
N,-Ilek the deceased on the head with one the frame
81:84 broken to pieces. Did not know whether the
st- Produced was the one by which the deceased was
la,,r,_e4- Witness was not in the main-rigging at
de-
edth
ee'uoard side, but at the pump at the time the(l„ was sent into the rigging.
(The trial was proceeding when we went to press.)
Ga- • G-

4Riticz.—A clergyman once asked Mr. rarrici
w" hy a church congregation were seldom moved
tears, when the same people, placed in a theatre,
Quid be worked up to grief by fictitious distress ?"
The truth," replied Roscius, "is obvious ; we re-
rue ,s,.
t. 4J—lion as though it were a truth—you repeat a
as though it were a fiction. —Musical Review.