The Sun.
London, England, 1845-07-15 00:00:00

THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

The Council Chamber was crowdedon gatitciiy last by a
great number of the inhabitants of Auckland and the settlers
in its vicinity, to hear what his Excellency might say upon the
very disastrous occurrences at the flay of Islands. After
postponing the order of the day for the further con-
sideration of the estimates, his Excellency proceeded to detail
the unfortdnate results of the engagement of the Hazard's
people with the natives. In the course of which he dwelt with
great truth and feeling upon our present defenceless position.
His Excellency also read several portions of his dispatches to
Lord Stanley, repeatedly urging in the strongest manner the
absolute necessity of at least a regiment of troops and two
war steamers being at once sent out by the Home Govern-
ment for the protection of the European interests here,
and further impressing upon his Lordship's attention the dan-
gerous consequences which the delay in sending them out
would in all probability occasion in the colony. We feel
assured that our fellow-colonists are thankful to his Ex-
cellency for his energetic and prompt representation to
theilome Government of our perilous, and unprotected con-
dition. The Governors' long silence upon this miost im-
portant matter, has often led us, and the public, to believe
that be was not fully alive to the danger of our position. We
are, however, most happy to find we were mistaken on that
point ; we only now sincerely trust that his Excellency does
not place too much confidence in the statement of the /wives,
as to their pacific intentions, for he may depend upon it they
are not to be trusted.

CONFLICT WITH THE NATIVES AT THE BAY

OF ISLANDS—SEVERAL LIVES LOST.
We have endeavoured, but iu vain, to collect a correct re-
port of the late outbreak at the Bay of Islands ; but, each party
ice have applied to gives us a different version on sime impor-
tant point; we shall consent ourselves this publication by
giving the official report of the proceedings. The number of
Europeans killed was 13 and IS wounded; on the part of the
natives there were from 40 to 50 killed and a large number
wounded.

Russell, Marcb 11, 1845.
On board her Majesty's ship Hazard, 5 P.M.
Sir,—T have the honour to inform your Excellency, that about
font -o'clock this morning the town was attacked on all sides, by a
party of about armed natives.
The smell-aim men and twines of her MaJeetn ship Ruud,

MILITARY FLOGGING.
EXTRAORDINARY CONDUCT.
Witinsou, SUNDAY.—TWO privates in the 2d battalion of
Coldstream Guards, stationed at Windsor, were flogged yester•
day afternoon, in the Barrack-square, for a breach of military
discipline, in having refused to be taken to the black-hole, ac-
cording to the orders of the officer in command of the regiment,
Colonel Brinckman, in the absence of Colonel C. Bentinck,
who is now on leave. The names of the private,, who are both
stated to be exceedingly steady, and generally well conducted
men, are Henry Seyman and William Lawrin.
The circumstances connected with the punishment of these
two men (which has caused the greatest excitement throughout
the regiment) are as follow —On Friday last a whole com-
pany, consisting of between sixty and seventy men, were
ordered into their room for the purpose of being in-
speeted by Dr. Greatorex, the surgeon of the bat,
talion, similar inspections of two other companies having
respectively taken place on the 25th of June and the 3d
of this month. The men were all ordered to strip them-
selves and to appear in a state of perfect nudity, for the purpose
of being examined by the surgeon. Seyman and Lawrin both
objected to undergoing such an exposure publicly amongst sixty
or seventy other men, and took the liberty of remonstrating
with Dr..Greatoreic on the great indelicacy of such a proceed.
ing, a plan which had never been resorted to before, as we have
been informed, by a person who has been in the regiment for
upwards of twenty years. The two men positively refusing to
strip in the mariner directed by the surgeon, they were imme-
diately ordered to be placed under arrest, and to be taken before
the commanding officer the next (yesterday) morning, when
upon the facts being stated to Colonel Brinckman, they were
ordered to be taken to the black-hole, there to remain for
twenty-four hours. The men refused to obey the order of their
commanding officer, alleging that they had no right to he called
upon by the surgeon to strip themselves naked along with 60 or
70 of their comrades, and thus indecently expose themselves;
and that they did not consider, for this refusal, they ha
committed any offence. A court-martial was instantly con-
' vend, before which Seyman and Lawrin were charged with a
breach of military discipline, in having refused to go to the
black-hole when ordered. They were found guilty, and each
sentenced to receive one hundred lashes. The " triangles "
were immediately brought into the Barrack-square, and placed
in front of the guard-room ; the few who were in the barracks
at the time being drawn up on the parade to witness the in-
fliction of the punishment, and the barrack-gates closed to pre-
vent the admission of the public. Several of their comrades,
who were outside the gates, mere refused admission by the ser-
geant of the guard, until the flogging was over. The men
received their punishment with great fortitude, notwithstanding
their sufferings were most severe,
,the blood trickling down
their backs in streams, after the first 15 or '2O lashes. The
comrades, who were drawn up in the square, looked on in
sullen silence. The moment they were dismissed they gave
vent to one loud simultaneous hiss. A hackney. fly, which had
been sent for, in the meantime, and which was in waiting out-
side, then entered the Barrack-alnare ; and the two men, with
their costs loosely thrown over their backs, were driven to the
Infantry hospital at Spital, followed by Dr. Greaterex, where
the usual medical treatment for their recovery was resorted to.
It is stated that Dr. Monro, the assistant-surgeon to the bat-
talion, declined to undertake the duty of inspecting the men in
their barrack-room, in the, manner described, and that there-
fore it was performed by Dr. Greatorex. Great excitement
and discontent prevails throughout the whole of the men corn-
vising the second battalion, who do not hesitate to declare
that they consider the sentence, under all the circumstances
connected with the case, especially with reference to the haste
in which it was carried into execution immediately upon the
breaking up ofs the court-martial, to be excessively severe, if
not unjefit. The' men were tried;' sentenced„ punishedot:tid
taken to the hospital, all within two hours and a half.

MURDER OF MR. PALMER AND
EIGHT SEAMEN OF HER MAJESTY'S SLOOP
WASP.
On the prisoners being committed on Friday, they appeared
no way surprised at the result of the investigation,,but rather
fprroempagrerdeaftordeitb.ilityS,eravnad,
wasthe ocbalpigtaei of
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to be ehacEcoomhoo,loidsastueing
edffwritb
a bed in court. He is labouring under a dreadful skin disease,
the result of bad air and confinement. He exhibits a reckless.
ness and abandonment of manner, as though expectant of the
consequence of his diabolical crime. The cowardly Spaniard
Majarval, who stabbed the unfortunate young officer Mr. Palmer,
is less desperate in appearance than some of the others. He is
understood to be a native of Barcelona, and, to use the words of
a Spanish captain to whom he is known, is " of a good house.'
Serva kept a large establishment at Rio de Janeiro. The
prisoners have been removed to Exeter, where the assizes
commence on Saturday. It is not probable that the case
will be traversed. The evidence against the prisoners, as
regards the actual committal of the horrid crime alleged
against them, is most conclusive, the severest cross-examina-
tion of the approvers (who cannot in any way be considered
accomplices) was unable in the least to shake their testi-
mony givedin the examination in chief, aa.d each afforded the
strongest corroboration of the truth of the oti:er's statements•
Under these circumstances the main line of defence, it is
underood, will be very different from that first attempted.
The question of the illegality of the capture by the British,
and the justification of the act of the prisoners, as under the
protection of the Brazilian power, will be raised. It is said
the arguments of counsel for the defence upon this point
will, under all the circumstances of the case, be .'porestrongly grounded than might at first be imagined, and ihe
ability of the gentleman who has been employed by the
Spanish and Portuguese Consuls at this port is a guarantee
that he will make the most of the position he has advisedly
taken. Even apart from the atrocity of the dreadful
murders, the nationality of the point which will be raised
and decided will invest the trial with unusual interest..
During the latter part of the examination of the prisoners before
the justices an episode occurred of rather an interesting cha-
racter. One of the men who was on the raft with Lieut. Wil-
son, named George Steer, in answer to several questions put
by the bench and Mr. Eastlake, the Crown solicitor, stated that
he caught the shark upon which they had subsisted during the
twenty days they were on the raft. He held his hand in the
water with a piece of salted pork until he saw a shark approach.
A Krooman most dexterously cut his tail off immediately it ap.
proached the surface to prevent its sweeping the men off the
raft, which it no doubt would otherwise have done, and then
ropes were fastened round it instantly, and they made a
hearty meal off its sides, the " best slices" being speedily in
requisition. The shark must have weighed from two to three
cwt. Five of the men died from exhaustion and thirst, and
the preservation of the others was most miraculous, momen-
tarily threatened as they were with the breaking asunder of the
raft.

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