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    Well , there is the most abundant proof in these blue-books to that effect . The Mayor , on rising to put the motion , to the vote , said they had heard the admirable speech of Mr . "Wilson . A very able and convincing speech it was to his mind , and one in which he entirely agreed . Tbere was much more in the address than was ever contemplated in the resolutions , and much more than was warranted by the facts , as far as he could judge of public matters . It was for the meeting to decide whether they would join in a vote of non-confidence in the Ministers on the grounds stated . The motion in favour of the address was then adopted , amidst cheers , with but a small portion of dissentients . The business for which the meeting was convened being now concluded , the mayor vacated the chair , and a vote of thanks for presiding was given to him . Subsequently Mr . Attwood , chairman of the Northern

    Political Union , delivered a speech , after which Mr . John Taylor proposed the following resolution : — " That this meeting expresses its gratification at seeing the respected and venerable champion of reform movement , Charles Attwood , Esq ., leaving his retirement and boldly asserting the right of the people to interfere directly in ioreign affairs , and that a committee , consisting of Alderman Carr , Councillors Ibbitt , Elliott , Schofield , A . Booth , Saunders , Ironside , Wood , and Messrs . Glares , Bagshaare , Gilkspie , Ramsden , Pearson , J . S . Taylor , W . Eaton , W . Gill , and S . Biggen , jun ., be appointed to co-operate with the Newcastle committee in furtherance of that object ; and that copies of this resolution be sent to the Turkish and French embassies , to the Duke of Norfolk , Lord Fitzwillium , the Marquis of Clanricarde , and Lord Lyndlmrst . " This resolution was seconded by Mr . T . Glares ; and carried without opposition .

    fhe remnant of the meeting , which had beeii rapidly waning for some time , broke up at twenty minutes before eleven o ' clock . [ We have received a letter from a correspondent at Sheffield , which , throws a doubt on the accuracy of the statements that the meeting was a failure . He says : — "We had a fierce , factious , toadying 1 opposition . The Town Hall was crowded , and all the resolutions went with overwhelming majorities ; not thirty in the minority on any one , spite of the mayor being dead against us , and the other opposition . " ]

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    OFFICEE AND GENTLEMAN AGAIN . " Per mare per terrain ** is the motto of the Royal Marines . Some members of that corps have been doing their best to extend to the sea the feeling which prevails on shore against the social position ¦ which is occupied by those who are popularly called " our gallant defenders . " A most fearful affair , ending in the death of a miserable woman , has come to light before a coroner's inquest at Portsmouth . The inquest was held to inquire into the manner in ¦ whi ch . Matilda Jane Lodge , a young woman , aged 22 , daughter of poor but honest parents , came by

    her death , the cause of which fatal calamity is considered to have been " mainly accelerated" by ill-treatment -which she had received on the night of Sunday , the 17 th of September , in the wardroom of the hulk in which were berthed the officers and crew of her Majesty ' s ship Dauntless , lying in Portsmouth liarhour . The mother of the young woman stated that she left her residence at Gosport on , the evening of Sunday , the 17 th inst ., in company with one Emma White ; she was in good health . She proceeded to oay : —

    I went on Monday morning to the station-house at Portsea , where I saw her next , about eleven o ' clock . I found her hi the station-room , her clothes much disordered , the sleeve torn out of her gown , and her scurf very dirty . I said to her , "My dear girl , where have you been to get served like this ? " Slic appeared to be very ill . 1 tried to lift her up . Slie said , " Don't , mother ; I cannot move . Mother , 1 am dying j X shan't live long . I have received my deathblow . " I « : ud , " You must go home , " She said , 111 can ' t . " With the- assistance of Sophia Stevens , I took off the torn alcove , and sbo wns ultimately carried into a fly which stood at tho door , nnd I took her home , got her up-Btairs . and put her to bud , after which I went for a medical man ( . Mr . Grey ) , who , however , did not come at once , nod 1 Bent for Mr . Muinby ( chemist ) , who citinq immediately . Mr . Grey afterwards came . 1 then went back to l ' ovtaea , and

    on my return 1 found my daughter " worse nnd worse . " 1 said to hpr , " You hnvo been cruell y ill-treated . " Shorejoined , "Yes , mother , 1 hnvo ; I shall die . " yhe said something to mo bcbidcs concerning tho outrage , but I told her to Ho quiet , and when ulio got better we would talk it over . I told her , " I hour you wwo on board of a ship . " She said . 41 , mot her , and Kmmu was there , too ; wo went together . She Biiid , " After Emma left I was unconscious" I said , "I think you must Itnvo Icuh drugged . " Sho replied ahe did not recollect tiny thing about it . Her wins wero black in places , one of lior < yca was blUckcin-iI , her check \ vna all oolouva , and nlio had a bmiao under kr cliiu . She was sensible from tho thno I iirnl saw her at tho titatiou-houBO until tjiotjmo of hor death , botwocn twelve nnd ono o ' clock on Wednesday hat . M y daughter was aibout twenty-two , tungUs woman . She had a diain on her nook whon aho left liome , but aho hud not got it when I found lier .

    Tho evidence of JEmma White , tho girl ' s companion , ip important . She said s—I am a single woman , nnd live at Gosport . I waa acquainted with deceased . 1 called for her <> u Sunday evening last between bis and Bovon o'clock , « nd wo wont from hur house together . She w « u then well In health . Shu hud no murks ot violence upon her face « t that time . Wo went to i ortemouth by tho quarter paut ooven floating bridge , and

    took a walk in the High-street until time to catch the nine o ' clock ( the last ) bridge back . We vere before the time , and while we were waiting two gentlemen came , and asked us to go and take some brandy-and-water . They were in private clothes . We went to a house on the Parade , near the main guard , and had some—I and the deceased and the two gentlemen . We stopped only a few minutes , and then left . We parted , and went with the deceased and one of the gentlemen to a house at Point , named the Fortitude , where we each had one glass of brandy-and-water , and on coming out he treated as to some pastry at a shop near . This was about ten o'clock , when he accompanied us to the ferryboat . There was nobody else in the boat but the waterman , and the gentleman then said , " You had as well go on board the ship , and afterwards to Gosport . " ( He had before said he

    belonged to her Jfajesty ' s slap Dauntless . ) Wo both refused to go . He said , '' Do come , and have a glass of wine ; I'll not keep you long . " We then consented to go on board ( the deceased , myself , and the gentleman ) . The name of the waterman ^ was Allen . I know now that the gentleman ' s name is Light or Knight , or some such name , a lieutenant of the Royal Marines . I and deceased were perfectly sober when we went on board . We went down into the gunroom . On entering or nearing the door I saw a gentleman whom I knew , named Seymour , a lieutenant of Marines , and I ran back . 1 said " 1 won ' t go in there , for there ' s somebody I know . " I afterwards , however , went into the gunroom-with deceased and the first-named gentleman . Lieutenant Knight came back , and said I used npt be afraid—no one would see me , " Gome into my cabin . " The cabin is in the

    gunroom . 1 went in . lne cabin is near the gunroom door . He shut the door , and sard , " I'll fetch you a light in a minute . " He brought a light and then went for something to drink . He brought some port wine , and some brandy afterwards . He gave deceased a decanter of port wine and a glass , with which she helped herself and then handed the glass from which slie had drunk , to me . He afterwards poured out another and -handed it to me , saying , " Don ' t drink much , perhaps it may make 3 'ou ill . " I tasted it , and threw the . rest .. out ; of the cabin window . She drank hers . After that she had- some brandy , and subsequently said , " I'll go out . " She went into the > gun-room and sat down there , where several gentlemen were present at that time .- . Lieutenant Seymour was one of them . When she went out , Lieutenant Knight came into me in the cabin

    and I came out into the gunroom and said to the deceased , "Do you know what time it is ? Do come home ! " She said , " Never mind , " and was ringing at the time , and added , " This will cut our acquaintance . " I sat down'in the gunroom , tried to persuade her t » come , but she did not . I saw her partake of nothing after she came out of the cabin . She ( deceased ) then fainted , and one of tlie gentlemen asked me if ever I had seen her like that before . 1 said , " I had , " and two gentlemen ( officers ) , whom I do not know , in the gunroom helped her into Lieutenant Knight ' s cabin . 1 went into her and shut the door . We two were there alone . Deceased was lying on the bed . I said , "I must go , " and did go out of the cabin . I tried to persuade her to go , but she said , " Never mind . " I came out of the cabin and said to tho officers , " 1 must go . Let her stay there an hour , she will be better . " Lieutenant Seymour said to me , You'd bettor

    go home . I left wit h hi m , and he saw me off tlie gangway . This was after one o ' clock at night . Ourjvatennan , whom w « had told to wait , said it was after one o'clock . When I left the ship _ I left the deceased in tlie cabin of Lieutenant Knight . I did not see , deceased again until Tuesday morning , at her mother ' s . She was very ilL I had never been on board the said ship before . Deceased ' s fhee was very much bruised . She had tho right eye blackened , and said to mo , " I think this will be my deathblow . " I asked her who had done it . Her mother told me not to bother her , and I did not say anything more to her then . I saw lier again on the morning of tho 20 th . She was then much worse , and snid to me , I am dying . Was not Light the gentleman's name wo went on board with ? " I answered , " Yes , I think it was . " She then said , " Yes , that was his name , I saw it on his card after you were gone . 1 thought there was a jealousy between Lieutenant Light and some of the other gentlemen . I think they fought . He ( Light ) nvas so much n liquor , ho did not care whom ho lind his revenue on , and

    I ( deceased ) suppose that ho meant mo , and I became unconscious . " I did not see her again alive . When I left lieicm board tho Dauntless I was perfectly sober , and her ( dcccuseu ' s ) clothes and person were in the Maine state as when wo went on board . 1 think there were ns many as aixor seven officers drinking in tho gunroom of tho Dauntless . When 1 left Lieutenant Seymour was not drunk . I have seen him since . Last evening ( Thursday , 21 st ) two gentlemen sent to my house for me . Tlicy wore waiting at tho bottom of South-street , Gosport , It was between seven and eight o ' clock . I went to tho place nnrneil , Imt there was no one there . I , however , afterwards saw thorn—they wore Lioutenanta Seymour and Light . I apoko to Lieutenant Seymour , and he said , "Ic ' h a very serious caso . Have you seun her ? " I replied , " Yes ; an « l she's been used most dreadfully . " Ho said , ' Wull , I don ' t know , but h ! io was not Ubed ill while I was on board . I loft the ( ship about nu hour , or 1111 hour nnd a half after you . " Lieutenant Knight turned round mid said , " SJio waa not used ill on bowd tlio ship , " and ho then left uh . Lieutenant Seymour naked mo it I knew how it would bo brought in . I ouid I didn't know anything about it . AVe then purled .

    The cn . ptft . in of tlie forecastle of tho Dauntless nnd two privates of marines , who were sentries ait tlio door of the ward-room , and who must Wave received impressions of tho oiliccrs not very calculated to promote thoir authority , deposed to tliu woman's " screeching" nnd tumbling itbout till nearly four o ' clock , when they assisted in removing hor into a boat , in " u deadly state of intoxication—her clothes all rumpled and disordered , and hair loose . " Tho waterman who took her on a ho re stated that hor clothes wero disordered and tern , nnd , indeed , eo scanty , that nt first ho thought ehe Uiul only her

    night-clothes on . She was conveyed to the stationhouse at Portsea . A woman who attended there stated that " She appeared to hare been ill-used . She complained of great pain , and asked me to rub her chest , which I did . She complained of tlie lower part of her side , and tried to relieve herself as manv as half-a-dozen times , but could not . She told me she should die , and that the treatment she had received would be the death of her . She vomited something off her stomach , which was port wine , but in the vomit appeared something like a white powder , which did not apparently nix up with it . It was not preserved . Her arms were very much bruised indeed , apparently from great violence . I do not at all think that the slate she was in was produced by the wine she had taken , but from something taken in the wine , as not more than about a glassful came off the stomach .

    The governor of [ Portsmouth gaol interrogated her , and she said she had been ill-treated on board the Dauntless by Seymour and them— " Seymour is a Marine officer . " The officers implicated in the matter having pressed that they should make a statement , were permitted to do so . Lieutenant Knight , of the Royal Marines , stated : —• On the evening of last Sunday I went on shore , accompanied by a brother officer . We met two girls at the floatingbridge , both of whom were known to the gentleman I was with . We walked up the street from the bridge to the Parade , and there we . went' in anil had some brandy-andwater . We remained there about 10 minutes , and then left . The officer who was vitli me ( named Buck , belonging to the Colossus ) left ; us ' . I then walked down to Point , accompanied

    by the . two girls , to goon board . Ori the way down , one oftho girls , I don ' t know ' which , asked me to give her Some pastry . We went into a pastrycook's shop , and they both had something to eat , and we then went towards the boat . One of the girls asked me if the Colossus was still along . side the Victoiious hulk , to winch- I was going . I said , "Yes . " Slie then said , " Is Lieutenant Seymour on board ? " I said , " Yes ; I left him in tlia ' .. wardrOoin of the hulk not long ago . " She said , " Will you take me on board toseehini ?' 1 said , "Oh , yes . " I went on board with them , and went down into the wardroom alone . They came down below by themselves and went into niy ' cabin , the door of which was open . They shut the door and fastened it . I told them that my cabin was in th . e wardroom , and was the centre one . The door was open for some reason . They did not appear

    to wish to see Mr . beymour— -so we supposed . I asked them to take some port win ? . They opened the door a . small distance , and L passed the decanter through the . spaco , out of which I had previously helped myself to a glass . Lieutenant Elphinstone was in command of the ship > and in the wardroom ait the time- After sorno time they passed out tho decanter empty . There was perhaps a pint , or si good part of a bottle of wine when I banded it in , They asked for some brandy , and I passed them in twothirds of a bottle in the same manner . They remained in there by themselves for some time—I could not say how long —when one of tlieni cama out , sat down in a chair , and commenced to sing . She had nothing to drink , to the best of my knowledge , after sho came out of my cabin . Sho then became in a state of intoxication , and slipped off her chair .

    The commanding officer ( Lieutenant Llpliinstone ; then cainodown and ordered them out of tlio ship . I do not know ( lie exact time ; about ono o ' clock—it might have been after one . Ho then sent for a sergeant nnd a hie of men , and ordered her to be carried out . I went to him and snid , " Don't have , her carried out now , as she is not in a lit otnte ; let her remain an hour , and she'll be better ; " wliicli ho did , and sent tho men away . The medical officer saw her , and said there was nothing tlio matter ; she was drunk . She waa making a noise , some time after this , when , the commanding officer again sent a sergeant and 11 tile of men to remove her . I did not see the men corao into tlio wardroom . It was about half past two o ' clock , and I was lying upon tho wardroom table . I again spoke 10 Lieut . Elplunstonc , and she waa allowed to remain . Sliortly after this A lay down on the table

    and went to sleep until I heard a noise , and wont into my cubin with tho steward , and saw tho deceawed lying on the floor . I assisted tlie steward to place her on the bed . I know nothing more that occurred , us I lay down on tho table and went to ttlccpagitiu immediately , until the steward caino 1 , 0 me , and said , " Hero ' s a boat nlongnido , » li « ll I csund her uiihore ? " I said " If you can Rotimy purson to ttilce charge of her , tako her homo , and I . will pay nil tho expenses . " I know nothing more , as I went to alee [ i ng . iin immediately . 1 heard in tho morning that Lieutenant . Forvis had sut up some time after . I do not know t ( iat they drank all the wmo find brandy in tho duqantors . I was not in tho cubin . Tho lirst-Huuto ' nuut would h » ve nothing to Hay to it . There wore in tho wardroom Lieutenant lilphhitttone , Lieutenant Suymour , Lieutenant Grant , Mr . ltuche , Lieutenant Jervis , Mr . Woodman , and Mr . Houtli . Tlio euptitiu was not there . I do > iot

    recollect goinj ; in tho cabin before they handed out tho decanters . 1 do not know what they throw out of tho window , nor do I know wliat , they wlnlicd to avoid Lieutenant Seymour rbr r but ho had known them for several years . X did not mo dccQitHC'cl taken out of tlio ship . Her . irons was ojibii mlmnc by order of tho doctor who wtuniiuod hyr . I m « w tliu two women in tho prow-nee of Lieutenant Seymour . 1 > i-c « iiisoU sat down and commenced sinf-ing i » t / . oprtw .-iicc ol Uio / , " - 1-tlemoi ) unmoil . 1 wUiibbho . 1 ho l > l «> w or Jfalitin / , ' Iwfwvun 111 y olllcere , but 1 h : iw ouu ol Ilioin diiiiulntf down 0110 « ido o I ho » l > i l > , un < l doeoiwod | lm-iilon .: U to throw « om « Uiliig 111 i n . I wim on tlio table uNk , < i | . wl . on tl . o ^ ' » f "ZlfZwmM tho . hip . I took tor on b * , * . ^^ S 2 «> 7 mmu '« r any <> t or olllm-.- « r > .. » 1 £ „„ b ,, i > lWo tun ., thoyl . lH vroroll . o ^ J « ' , / li ^ t— Soyi . lour when . id HcuUor K 11 m < V * S , , fc j ^ lcnow wlmt

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    September 30 , 1854 . THE LEADER . 917

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 30, 1854, page 917, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2058/page/5/