A. Never, there is not such baseness in my nature. I never made a declaration of the kind to any person: but I said I would advertise him for his treatment of me. After my arrival in Bristol about Christmas last, I applied to Mr. Jacks, who was part owner of the RECOVERY, for my wages: he only paid me a part of them: I then complained to him of Captain Kimber’s treatment, but did not disclose the murder. Q. Did you not tell a Mr. Riddle that you would ruin Captain Kimber? A. No: but I said I would commence a suit against him for his severe treatment of me, and that I would put myself under the protection of the first king’s ship I met with. This conversation took place before we sailed from Calabar. Q. Did you never say any thing to the prisoner’s servant? A. No. Q. Did you ever administer any mercury to the girl who died? A. No: it was improper for her complaint. Q. Can you pretend to say that the suspension of this girl, was intended as a punishment? A. I shall not say that; but it was obvious that it was a punishment. Q. Might not the Captain have had reason to conclude that this suspension was necessary? A. He might have had a motive, but I did not know it: he never consulted any person in what he used to do; and he has often interrupted me in the discharge of my duty. Q. In what part of the ship did the suspension take place? A. On the awning deck. Q. And when it happened in so open and conspicuous a situation, as that it was impossible it must not have been seen by the ship’s company; why was it not a more general subject of conversation? A. I suppose it was, but I had not an opportunity of hearing it, except between Pearson and Cruise. Q. What was the cause of your having at length disclosed this murder with which you now charge the prisoner? A. I was solicited by Mr. Lloyd, a Banker at Birmingham, to give an account of the firing on the Town of Calabar; and from that relation, this account followed as a casual circumstance. I told it to Mr. Wilberforce the day before he made his speech in the House of Commons: but I never intended to prosecute or appear in evidence against Captain Kimber. Q. So then this murder remained a secret until the day before Mr. Wilberforce made his Speech in the House of Commons? A. No: I told it to persons in private. Q. How often had you sailed as a surgeon before this time? A. That was my first voyage, and it shall be my last. The witness was re-examined by Mr. Attorney General, in order to account for some of those circumstances which came out on his cross examination, and might go to invalidate his testimony.