The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-17 00:00:00

lower forecastle. 'Witness altogether hai received eigh-
teen cuts in his head, two on his left shoulder, two on
his breast, two on his left side. one on the let% thigh,

and one on the right arm. There were several wher
smaller wounds on different parts of his arms. His face
was swollen very much, and he lost the use of the
right eye for six or seven days. He did not see Morris
when he was in the cabin.

Joseph Morris, alias Ruellan, a Frenchman, was next
..'ailed. As the witness could speak English but im-
perfectly, recourse was had to an interpreter. His evi-
dence was to the following effect :—While in the Chan-
nel the pilot came on board, and the same evening the
captain called witness into the cabin. Whcn there
the captain asked if witness had heard the
crew say anything of him forward. Witness replied that
to knew of nothing. The captain answered, " You
know all about it, you son of a b—h." He then said to
witness get upon your knees, and then struck at him
with a cutlass. The mark of the blow was on his teinp'e.

The blow was with the edge. The captain then called on
the cabin boy for a pistol. He aimed it at witness's
stomach. The pistol missed fire by burning priadng
only. He then called the boy to bring some
core powder to prime afre,h. He fired again, and
the ball went through witness's thigh and leg, as
he was upon his kr.e-s. Witness then ran upon deck,
feeling that he was wounded. The cook eiti,zht him, and
brought him down again. The cook said to the captain,
This man is wounded." The captain said, " Take hint
iway." Witness then went on deck, and stowed him-
ydr away in the long-boat, under some sails. This was
all he had to say.
Barry Yelyerton examined—Said that he would state
what took place after the ship cane to Plymouth, and the
pilot Caine on board. The captain that morning. was
speaking to witness in French about the cuts which the
nen had received ; he said, " Now, boy, we'll send them
all aft, and swear mutiny against them." The night
adore this the captain took witness into the cabin,
tore the shirt off his back, and beat him
for about an hour or two. The next murning his eves
were black and his throat swollen. The same morning
the captain said, " I am sorry for what I have done to
you ;" and said further, " It is a wonder I did not kill
you. Do you know tho way yon addressed ma
yesterday ?" Witness replied, " Fes, sir ; you were
tnreatening to kill ail hands, and I said to you,
for God's sake don't kill any more." French was

present at the time referred to, and said, " Never
mind what this person (meaning the witness', says, the
moon affects him." I replied, "There is very little moon
in what I said, I am speaking for the captain's good."
Witness repeated these remarks to the captain in answer
to the question put about the manner he had addressed
him the previous day. The captain then said thene was
harm in that, and the witness retired. The day after
this the captain ordered witness itro his berth, while he
called the crew down, and in telling him to do so said
that he intended to deliver up the men, and that
he (the witness) was to say that the men had been
threatening his life, and had tied him to the nsizen
mast with a rope round his neck. After this the men
were confined, and the captain and French went about
the ship firing their pistols. The crow were ordered
into various attitudes, sometimes sitting, sometimes
standing. Witness saw the captain and French fire at
the man Nelson and at G air, and also cut

them a good deal with the cutlass. Witness was
in the cabin when Morris was shot. The
witness went into details respecting the treatment of
Nforris, which corroborated in its main features the
statement of that witness. The witness also deposed to
having been commanded by the captain to cut end shoot
it the men while the ship was in the channel. He had,
however, never struck the men.
William Burton was ne't called, and said that he
officiated, after the death of Mars, as second mate. Ile
recollected the pilot corning on board and going down
into the cabin with the captain. When they came up
the pilot had a bundle under his arm, which he took on
shore. He believed it was the log-book, and he told
the captain he did not care, as he knew what he
had stated iu evidence, and what was written in the
book, namely, that Rambert and Reason came to him
and wanted to pull him out to go aft with them to fasten
the cabin-doors. The captain replied, " That is not what
you told me; you said they came to bring me aft." Wit-
ness repeated his former evidence, when the captain
flung a soup knife at him, but it missed. Witness was
then put in irons, and the captain said "He was
a rascal, and going to give false evidence against
him." When in irons witness was cut three

times by the captain—on the ear, the cheek, and
the wrist. Gair was also called down, and
in presence of witness the captain cut him most unmer-
cifully. The men were afterwards called upon deck,
and the captain and French shouted out, " Mutiny !
to arms !" and they began to pull the men into the
cabin. The captain took his cutlass and began cutting
i
at them. The men at this time had nothing n their
hands. There was no mutiny, that witness was aware
of, on board. He heard no threats or mutinous lan-
guage from the crew, and he did not se any
mutinous gestures. A light was brought in to
the cabin, and the captain began to cut away
at them. The men were on their knees at the time.
French was ordered to load tho pistols aril fire
away at them, else he would have his life taken. French
fired at Gair and Nelson four or five different times, a:.,d
then put the pistol to witness's ear, and said, "
h--r, I'll shoot you." Witness was in irons at the
AmP. French put the point of the pistol to \\ itness's ear
and fired. It was filled with powder only. After whiaa
he sruck him two blows with the lock of tit:: s'r capon
on the head. _ In about half an hour ,afterwards the

carpenter called out to pump shin, and the crew were all
ordered on deck. Witn°S's went into the long-boat
where he was order,,_•':7l, and there he stopped all night.
About ten o'clock neat morning witness was sent for
down into the cabin, aryl the captain told him to keep
up his heart, for that there was no fear of him, and
ordered Julian to get some warm water to wash the blood
and powder off his face. When Julian went for the
water witness went out into the forecastl-, where he waited
till he was washed. The captain ordered him to b'ave
clean c'othes on ; that he was to have leg irons on, and
that he was to stop in the lower forecastle till the ship
reached London. On the 9th the revenue cutter boarded
the ship, and the second in command, who came on
board, ordered the three men in irons, Cone, Gair, and
himself, to be taken out of the lower forecastle and
placed in the topgallant forecastle. This was accord-
ingly done. That day the remainder of the crew were
confined in the aft dock. The three in irons were libe-
rated that night by the order of the second in
command of her Majesty's cutter Ranger, and told to
make themselves as comfortable as they could.
Henry Slack examined —The pilot came on board vi 'nen
the ship was in the Channel. The witness here went
into circumstances referred to in the evidence of the pre-
vious witnesses after the ship was boarded by the pilot,
which he corroborated in their main features. He was
witness to the cutting, shooting at, and putting into irons
1 several of the men.

William Dunn was next called, and requested to give
evidence respecting what took place after the ship came
into the Channel. He said they were off Plymouth
when the disturbances took place. On the evening of
the day the pilot came on board the captain cut at
Morris and Thompson, and sent for the boy Beresford,
and accused him with getting a strand to kill Mars.
The captain then cut him with a cutlass. The next
day the captain sent for Cone and Gair out of
irons, and cut them. In the afternoon, while
at tea, the captain again sent for Cone and cut
him. Witness was then sent to order all hands down,
and when they went to the captain he cut at them with
the sword. The men came down immediately on being
sent for. The captain in addition to cutting them broke
a chair over Thompson's head. They were then sent on
deck again. Witness shortly after was again sent atter
them, but he could not see all of them at the time. He
found Gair, Burton, NelSon, and Allison. When they
went into the cabin the light was put out, and he
heard the captain calling " Mutiny." They then went
into the other cabin. The captain ordered French to
fire at them. The men had no arms, nor did he see any
mutinous gestures. or hear any shouts. He saw the men
on their knees. French fired at them repeatedly. The
pistol was loaded with powder and crumbs of bread.
Witness asked French to put in small charges, and
he said he would not ; he " would have full
charges ; he would let them know he was chief
mate now." The witness proceeded to detail se-
veral other instances in which the men had been,
either by the captain or at his commands, ill-treated in
the manner already described, and especially the treat-
ment received by Morris, which he fully corroborated,
Robert Thompson, one of the crew of the Tory, was
next examined. His evidence was entirely corroborative
of the statements made by the foregoing witnesses, re-
specting the violent conduct of the captain to the crew
after the ship reached the Channel, and to the cutting
of and striking at the men. Witness himself received a
severe cut on the head from the captain, and had received
a wound from the point of a cutlass in two places on the
face. In proof of the abject condition in which the
crew were placed, the witness stated, as an instance, that
after being stabbed or kicked by the captain, the latter
ordered him and another one of the crew to kiss the sole
of his foot, which they did.
Mr. Haywood, clerk to Mr. Maule, the solicitor of the
Treasury, here came into Court, and took his seat be-
side Mr. Symons.
Mr. Broderip was proceeding to call another witness,
when Mr. Humphries rose and said it would be as well
to read the depositions over that had been taken, in-
stead of going into fresh evidence, as Mr. Haywood, in
all probability, had some application to make.
Mr. Haywood said he was not prepared to make any
statement then, beyond expressing that the Treasury
had undertaken the conducting of the prosecution, and
that he did not think in the present state of the case it
would be possible to try any of the charges at the pre-
sent sessions.
Mr. BRODERIP concurred, and thought justice would
be done to neither side if the case was sent for trial at
the present sessions.
It was then arranged to take another witness and
then to adjourn the case, Mr. BRODERIP expressing a
wish that the whole of the evidence should be finished at
the next sitting.
Andrew Nelson was then called, and examined at
some length as to the violence of the captain to the crew.
He received from the captain several cuts from a cutlass on
different occasions. There was no feature in his exami-
nation beyond what has been already fully given.
The prisoner was then remanded.

THE POST-OFFICE ROBBERIES.
Ruouv, DEC. 13.—William Garrett, was brought up
for final examination this morning. Th(! Court, as at
the previous examinations, was crowded 10 excess ; but
owing to the kindness ofrevndr
theoorAlagoistraete; was provided
, and Mr. Blox-
hwai
with
e vtheir olerk'u
accommodation. The following Magistrates
were present •---Mr. H. S. Gibb, jun.
; J. W. B. Leigh,
the Rev. R. Lickorish, Major Moultr;.e.
Mr. R. W. Peacock attended to conduct the prosecu-
tion on the part of the Post-office, and called
Mr, William Block—ls one of the Presidents of the