CO129-138 - Sir MacDonnell - 1869 [6-7] — Page 47

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: 45/ and the light and ventilation supplied to the Papengus deck the most important of all matters. His power to remove the master as not having a proper certificate, and the apparently limited number of crew as well as the seaworthiness of the ship are all points on which in my opinion his defence is sufficient, whilst in this case those matters are not at all in discussion because the mortality is in no way attributable to them.

The letter from the Papengers expressing very nearly the conclusions at which Mr. Murdoch himself concisely and clearly arrives gives the due cause of the mortality and suffering in the "Dayspring" - viz. the brutality of the Master, which appears to have amounted in intensity and it's consequent origin to a Maniacal disease. It is quite an exceptional case.

Your Lordship may even think it to Mr. Thomsett's credit that although he has had the superintendence of an emigration of 74,000 Chinese in ships, there has been no trouble about any of these ships except two - one through a virulent epidemic and now the "Dayspring" through, as I say, the Maniacal and certainly most exceptional brutality of the Master.

Vide Enclosure No 3.

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: 45/ and the light and ventilation supplied to the Papengus deck the most important of all matters. His power to remove the master as not having a proper certificate, and the apparently limited number of crew as well as the seaworthiness of the ship are all points on which in my opinion his defence is sufficient, whilst in this case those matters are not at all in discussion because the mortality is in no way attributable to them. The letter from the Papengers expressing very nearly the conclusions at which Mr. Murdoch himself concisely and clearly arrives gives the due cause of the mortality and suffering in the "Dayspring" - viz. the brutality of the Master, which appears to have amounted in intensity and it's consequent origin to a Maniacal disease. It is quite an exceptional case. Your Lordship may even think it to Mr. Thomsett's credit that although he has had the superintendence of an emigration of 74,000 Chinese in ships, there has been no trouble about any of these ships except two - one through a virulent epidemic and now the "Dayspring" through, as I say, the Maniacal and certainly most exceptional brutality of the Master. Vide Enclosure No 3.
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