The Tamworth Examiner and Working Men's Journal. — 1874-04-18 (Tamworth, Staffordshire, England)

INGLISH VOLUNTEERS AT HAVRE. the piess, several warders, and five refractory the latter looking on with sullen plaTha• is now no doubt that the courteous invite- o ' r'24,B.°.yn.ers, emit Two warders wielded the " cat "in turns, ion isit from Havre to English marksmen to go and, except in one instance, with befitting energy, ee at Whitsuntide and compete for a series f Thomas Larvin (aged 16), a wonted epinner rues trill be accepted, the unofficial consent. Of from Bradford, and sentenced to undergo fifteen the secretary of War having removed the principal difficult) in the way. Since last year the Havre months' imprisonment, and receive twenty lashes, for aassaulting Thomas Dunlop, at Bradford, was society has spett .C4OOO on their range and or. awe/Aim and feel competent to ensure a successthe first to taste the bitterness of the lash. He is fit gathering from the 24th to the 31st of May the youngest garotter who has yet suffered the punishment at Armley Gaol Ile is a slim built sat There are two targets at 170 metres, three P it 225 metres, and four at 300 metres, and the calyouth and , appeared the reverse of strong, but he culation is that 5000 shots can be comfortably fired refully scanning his back, we noticed, that it eed through the ordeal without uttering a cry. m& per diem at the longest range, 4000 at the see and 3000 at the third and shortest. The prizes was far from being so_ unsightly as garotters' have not been specified, the president, M. Langer, backs usually are after they have been whipped; :lady stating that though the society have no and upon making inquiries as to the reason of peat funds at their disposal, they will try to make this e learnt that the surgeon had proSem as tempting as possible. After the interview noun wced hi to be a delicate boy, with with the Secretary for War, a meeting of Volunteers a weak heart,. m and the stripes had, therefore, se held at the Junior Conservative Club, under been laid on with comparative gleinetleneostslikalbei:o, the presidency of Major Beaumont, M.P., at which his punishment .was fsuic Capt. Mercer was chosen hon. sec. and treasurer lose the recollection o ththis stide ~ thengrave. likely to forte English competitors. It was also arranged the warders loosed him he said, That shows that, as the accommodation at Havre was limited, i whether I am innocent or not." it would be well to keep the number of English James Boyd, who was brought to the whippingVolunteers under 300, and that from these a fee post next, is 25 years of age, and described as a of Ita 61. should be required to meet the expenses labourer. His crime was also committed at Bradof organisation. A circular will at once be issued ford. His sentence was twenty-five lashes and to Volunteer commanding officers stating the result ten years' penal servitude. Although not tall, of the interview with the Minister for War, and he appeared to be of considerable strength. darning them that only such Volunteers will be The way the "cat " was wielded in his moiled by the committee as come provided with case was strikingly contrasted with what we seats signed by their commanding officer, had witnessed a few minutes before, and at the tidying to their efficiency Wad good character, eight stroke he lustily cried "Oh my back !" el wording permission to them to take their Then he shouted "Murder !" "Murder !" "Doctor!" Every arrangement suggested by the eve- "Doctor !" and thus he continued to cry until the iencsof the Volunteers in Belgium will be made last stroke had faliien, when he was led away with farther comfortable and economical board and a frightfully lacerated back, blood starting from kcleme in France. To these who have long inland several of the red and purple lines left by the lash, wins to make before starting from London, Charles Stevens, of Leeds, aged 36, described as :areaway companies will no doubt afford facilities a fitter, and sentenced to 25 lashes and seven mile to those granted in the case of the Belgian ears'penal servitude for assaulting and robbing treats rn —namely, return tickets at single fares on K anelPickard, at Leeds, was the next prisoner saitetion of a voucher bearing the secretary's brought forth. He bore his punishment throughretire, to show that the bearer is going to__ out with great hardihood, but after receiving the arre moue of the selected 300. 'thirteenth lash he groaned, not loudly, but deeply. . t -.. , When his flogging ceased, several prisoners con