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;~~;~ .t, -, 1 - . , k. ~.~. ,+ fr'F _ X i ~~Z ..,, '..f e~ 5~• ,'~~ THE LEEDS POISONING CASE. num, OF WILLIAM DOVE, FOUUTII DAY.—SATURDAY. Mr. Baron -Bramwell took his scat eu the bench this morning at 9 o'clock, when the prisoner was placed at the bar. Ile was unaltered in appearance. The court was again crowded in every part. The following addition al e vidence was called on the part of the defence. John Thompson, examined by Mr. am a schoolmaster living at Aberford. I have known the pri soner for some time. .I repeatedly saw him when he lived at Bramham-moor. His manners were very wild, and his conversation very incoherent. I have heard him talk about his visit to America. He said he was engaged amongst the Red Indians, and became their chief, that they met with a bear in the wood, when his party ran away, and he engaged with the bear, which attempted to suffocate him by breathing into his mouth. Whilst fixed between the bear's paws, the prisoner said he had the presence of mind to take a knife out of his waistcoat pocket, and let the bear's bowels out. He afterwards rejoined the Indians, by whom he was crowned with fresh laurels. I recollect on one oceesion finding him laid on the high road, with his face covered with his hands. He appeared to have been crying, and was not affected with liquor. I have seen him in Aberford on horseback, when he was pricking the horse's back with a nail. He once said he had been in the country, and had seen parties reaping corn, and he would not be be hind everybody. He started to reap a field of green bar ley, and he cut about an acre. With reference to a farm which he fermerly occupied, and which he was anxious to again take, the prisoner said he had em ployed a wizard to work upon the feelings of the steward. I never liked to cross him ;- he could not bear it, so I did* not contradict or make any observation to Elm. He once produced the same inagx apparatus, a saucer, some gunpowder, liqeed in a bottle, and lighted a piece of paper to set tire to the composition, whereupon we went out of the house. This took place at his own house, in the presence of a neighbouring farmer. My opinion of the prisoner is that be is a person of unsound mind, and I never had a doubt on the 'subject. Cross-examined by Mr. Overend.—l was at a public house along with the wizen), when the prisoner talked romantically. He talked of the formation of man, and said he could have made man much better. Ho referred to a mason, and said if Ile had had him to make he would have placed the calf of his legs in front, so that ho could not kick his shins in going up a ladder. By the Judge.—l have no doubt that the prisoner is of unsound mind. He certainly had some intelligence, and I have no doubt he would know it was wrong to steal or murder. When he told me the story about the Indians, I thought it the roost likely place for him. He told me in such, a manner as induced me to believe hits. Mr. John Noble examined by Mr. Bliss—l am the go vernor of York Castle. The prisoner was brought here on the 17th of March. I produce a letter addressed to Harrison by the prisoner, which I received from a pri• soner named Robinson, who wee confined where he could communicate with the prisoner. Mr. Bliss put in the letter, and Mr. Overend objected to its reception. Mr. Jenkins was then called, and be proved the letter to be in the handwriting of the prisoner. Mr. Noble's examination continued—Afterwards I caused the prisoner to he searched, in consequence of something I heard. One of the officers brought me two papers found on the prisoner. I also produce a letter written by the prisoner to the schoolmaster of the prison. The Clerk of Arraigns then read the letters, which are referred to in Mr. Bliss's speech for the defence. Mr. Noble's examination continued—l told the ma gistrates about the letters, an 1 asked their advice. Copies of the letters were forwarded to the authorities, and copies were given to the prosecution. Both parties were supplied with copies. Cross-examined by Mr. 0 ~ e rend—There was another document taken from the prisoner at the same time as the letter addressed t ) the devil was taken from him. Dr. Caleb Williams, of York, examined by Mr. Hall— I am the medical attendant of the Friends' Retreat, at . . York, and have been. so for 30 years. I hav e t urne d m y . - ,,nttentaon..te insanity, with . respect to the commission of prime. - rhave.nxamined the prisoner, and consider him of unsound mind. The evidence I have heard in this court, confirms that conclusion. The commission of crime and 'Suicide it; frequently traceable to insanity, arising froth', a desire to imitate. The facts proved as to the prisoner's conduct confirm me in my opinion as to his insanity. I have beard the evidence of Harrison, and 116sreithseietter to him to torment prisoner's wife. Look . eeitig a thaWletters I should say that the letter to the devilis not simulated—that letter appears to be written in blood. The prisoner told me it was written under satanic influence. From the conversation I had with him about that letter I should say that the prisoner is not sane. have no donbt that the delusion about the devil was real. I believe it was genuine. With respect to the incantation spoken of by a witness this morning, I believe that was connected with the prisoner's delusion as to supernitural agency. As to the letter of the schoolmaster declaring the prisoner's sanity, I would remark that it is very common for insane persons to imagine themselves to be of perfectly sound mind. Talking to everybody the prisoner met with about strychniare is an indication of feebleness of mind. Persons who are liable to attacks of insanity will exhibit a tendency to drink. From what I have seen and heard of this case I do not think that the prisoner has the power of controlling the emotions and passions. There would be periods when he would have control over none. The shooting of the cat indicated an uncontrollable im pulse to injure or destroy life. Seeing he could not in jure his servant on that occasion, be shot the cat. The effect of strictly sober diet would be to induce a man like the prisoner to a calm condition, and then it would be quite possible for him to write a sensible letter, During the week in which his wife was attacked bis mind would probably be influenced by his notions as to supernatural influence, and therefore he would be sub ject to illusions. A person labouring under such illusions might retain his power of judgment as to the application of means to an end in a particular instance. He would have no power of resisting any impulse while labouring under such illusions. Cross examined by Mr. Overend—l have not a strong objection to capital punishments on religions grounds. Ido not believe them to be wrong. Ido not know of any recorded case of an insane man committing murder by the administration of poison at several times, over a apace of a week or more. Destroying life by poison is not common among insane persons. Assuming it as a fact that the prisoner administered poison to Mrs. Dove six or seven times, I should say he was suffering under an un controllable propensity to destroy or take life. It might be for a time a permanent condition of the mind, arising from a constant desire to injure a particular object. I think a person 'under such circumstances would not know that he was doing wrong, when ho said to Mr. Morley, "Do you think I should be so cruel as to poi son my wife ?" If such a person knew he was doing wrong he might fear the consequences. He would know he would be punished if found out, He would probably know that he was breaking the law. He might know that punishment would fellow. If he committed murder under the propensity spoken of, he would not know at the time that he would be hanged. I found that opinion upon the fact of the mind being fully occupied by the in sane propensity. lle would certainly know that he would be hanged before he did it, and he might know after. He would do it secretly, because be might be hindered. A propensity of that kind generally acts with out notice. It is one of the tests of the propensity that the party seeks no escape, or delivers himself up into custody, or acknowledges his It. The propensity may come on suddenly. It may come on slowly, and last for a consider able time. Supposing a man to be of a cruel character, quarrelling• with his wife, wishing to get rid of her, and carrying out his intention, that would be a vice in the abstract, not a delusion. If a man of a cruel dispoei tion nourished a feeling to get rid of his wife till it grew into a desire to kill, I call that an insane propensity. In all such cases where a man acquires a propensity to kill, he is no longer able to control the propensity, and is insane. !dr. Overend—lf a person hat i ed his wife and deter. mined to kill her, and did kill her, what is the difference between the determination which you say is a vice, and commission of murder, which you say is an insane pro. nensity ?- e -That is too difficult a question for me to an swer. Mr. Overeni—ln the case of theft is there such a thing as a disposition to thieve ?-I . lsero is. Mr. Overend—lf a person desire to obtain anything belonging to another person and dwells upon the desire till be steals it, and does steal it, what do you call that? —I call it an indication of moral insanity which renders the party irresponsible. I take a belief in sorcery to be an indication of a very weak mind ; so also of all super stitious beliefs which are entertained by persons of in ferior education. I should infer that every man who be lieves in spiritnal writingi. in spirit ra,ppings, and such like, was a man of weak mind. Talkie` as the prisoner did about etrychnia, was an indication of a feeble mind. I assume that he knew he hail poisoned his wife, and therefore he talked the more ai.out strychnia. Ile-examined by Sergeant Wilkins—lf a person mani fested cruelty from his childhood, and an utter disregard of the opinimss of those around him, and of punishment, I should say he was of very unsound mind. Cunning and ability are often found in the case of insane personi.. Patients in an asylum, for instance, will attempt to es cape, and sometimes it is found that the laying down of their plans has occupied them several days. Having beard the whole of the prisoner's antecedents, andyrom what I have heard from the witnesses in this case, I should certainly consider him to be insane, and not fit to be abroad. I should have no difficulty in signing a certificate for his confinement in an asylum. By the judge—lt depended upon the length of time that a person broods over HOMO supposed wrong, whether, if he committed murder, I should consider him insane or not. In reference to shooting the cat, I should not say if several persons had come up he would have shot one of them. A policeman would have bad a deterring and toning inflifenee upon him. When I used the word "uncontrollable," I meant not controllablo by those in loences wOch ordinarily operate' upon the mind. A - erson might know that be was doing wrong before and after hepoisoned his wife; but I think that at the Pio nent he Out the poison An the glass his mind would be so occupied with the prevailing propensity that he would not know that he was dein:: wrong, and that he would hi hanged if detected. A sane man at the same time that he strikes a murderous blow or mixes a poisonous draught would have the consequences of his actions pro. sent in his mind. By Mr. Bliss—A lunatic detected by his keeper when a b ou t to perpetrate some na4chief would be deterred and controlled. Dr. Pyemon t Smith, of Leeds, examined by M r . Bli ss I ant the proprietor of a lunatic asylum at Leeds. I have paid attention to the subject of insanity 15 or 16 years. Having beard the whole of the testimony in this case, I am of opinfon that the prisoner is of unsound TER SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EV mind. I should say that during the week prior to his wife's death he was of unsound mind. Cross-examined by Mr. Overend— I believe he has been insane for 20 years. I think ho knew right from wrong during the 20 years, and also during the fatal week. Re-examined--A man may be decidedly and unques tionably mad, and yet know right from wrong, and yet be reeardless of consequences. A man so insane might not be able to refrain from the commission of an act, though ho mielit know he was doing wrong.. Circure- Etancss might have induced him to refrain. The prisoner being in possession of poison, I think he would be regard. less of consequences, and would not be able to refrain from using it. By the Foreman of the Jury—My opinion is not an abstract one, but refers particularly to the case of the prisoner. Mr. John Kitching, of York, examined by Mr. Hail —I am a surgeon, and superintendent of the York Re treat. I have about 100 patients under my care. I have heard the evidence in this case, and have formed an opinion that the prisoner was insane during the fatal week. I have examined the prisoner in the Castle, and my examination confirms my opinion. Cross-examined by Mr. Overend—l think it is pro bable that the prisoner knew right from wrong during the fetal week. If he did the murder 1 have no doubt that he kcew he was co:nmitting murder, and that if he were found out he would most likely be punished for it. Re-examined by Sergeant Wilkins—l consider his con duct during the fatal week the natural consequence of his previous life. I believe he has been insane all his life. I simply meant by murder that he knew he was trying to kill his wife. By the Judge—l think he would know that he was doing wrung in proportion as he kaew right from wrong. By the Jury—l adopt the theory of previous medical witnesses in general terms. I do not adopt it in reference to the fatal week. I account for the murder, if the pri soner committed it, on different principles. By Mr. Sergeant Wilkins.—l think we have here a man of originally deficient mental powers, and a man also who is insane, and this condition would render him liable to commit any absurd, irrational, cruel, vicious, malignant action that presented itself to his mind. Ido not apply the term vicious or malignant as regards mo tive. Considering the whole circumstances of this case, and the prisoner's conduct throughout life, the catas trophe which has happened is just what might have been expected. By Mr. Overend.—l question if he would think that he had violated the law it he had committed murder, or if he stole. I think this was not imptilsive madness alone. It was partly impulsive. If the prisoner thought of the deed before he committed it, he would know he was doing wrong to the extent I have before described. Most I:kely he would knew it to be a violation of the law to take life. It is impossible for me to say whether he knew he was doing wrong at the moment he poi soned his wife, if he did do it. I cannot tell whether he would know a short time before the deed and after that he was about to commit murder and had committed murder. lam not prepared to say that he would not know he was doing wrong at the moment he put the poison into the glass. The same answer applies to each alleged administration of strychnine. By Mr. Sergeant Wilkins.—We have not a dangerot s weld in our retreat, but they have one in some asylums. I should expect to find some impulsive patients in the dangerous ward, but not a great number. The keepers have a great deterring influence over patients, but they are not now allowed to exercise that influence upon their fears. If the patients were left in a room without a keeper, I should ex pect each to follow his own inclination. There is a madness which exhibits itself in a propensity to kill. If a stranger were left alone in a room with a patient af fected with such madness, I should expect the patient to exercise his propensity and to kill him, though his keeper might have him perfectly under his control. In my opinion the prisoner was insane during the fatal week. The patient would be restrained by his keeper probably from a fear of some chastisement. This concluded the case for the defence, when the court, at 10 minutes to one o'clock, adjourned for re freshment. As on previous days the prisoner again made a hearty lunch. Mr. Overend, at 20 minutes past ono o'clock, rose to 'reply '4;on:the case for theOlAnett6:eilis duty, he said, was a very plain and simple une:ellis learned friend had not disputed that poison had caused the death, but he had suggested that it might be a matter of accident ; and, secondly, that if the prisoner did the deed inten tionally, he was in his right mind. He had adopted a double line of defence. He would not say that this ra ther showed that his learned friend had no confidence in either ; but he would say that it compelled him (Mr. Overend) to meet both branches of the case, in order to satisfy the jury that a murder had been committed, and also to satisfy them that his learned friend had not es tablished his case. He would address himself to the qUestion of insanity in the first instance. His learned friend had started that theory, and had called a host of witnesses to establish the proposition.. He (Nlr. Over end) had looked at those witnesses, and had heard their statements, and when he had himself thought over what was the issue which they were going to try, he had cer tainly wondered at the kind of . witnesses his learned friend had called, and the kind of testimony he had given ; but he had marvelled more at the witnesses he had not called. What was the issue they were to try The issue they were to try was whether that man, the prisoner, was of sane mind from the 25th of February to the 21st of March ; and his learned friend had gone and called a host of witnesses to speak to facts which took place twenty years ago. If his learned friend had wanted to establish the fact, did not the jury think it would have been fairer to the prosecution and to the jury if he had cross ex amined the witnesses whom he (Hr. Overend) called, and who knew what was the conduct of the prisoner at the time in question. Should they not have thought he ought to have cross-examined the housemaid as to his acts of insanity during the time she was there ? But his learned friend dared not put a question to her on the subject. The prisoner's mother-in-law was there during the fatal week. Did his learned friend pet a question to her as to the prisoner's conduct ? He left it dark, undisclosed, unrevealed, and he did not put a question to her upon the matter. Witness after witness had been called that had been with prisoner day by day, and visited with him, and his learned friend had them in the box and never put a question to them. Mrs. Whitham had been in the house day by day, week by week, month by month ; she had seen him, and had heard from his wife about his character and conduct ; she was examined and cross-examined. His learned friend could have asked her whether there was anything like insanity, anything like excitement or want of re sponsibility, in the prisoner when she saw him ; but she was allowed to go out of the box without a single question being asked her upon the subject. His learned friend then brought doctors into the box. Doctors But he did not bring doctors. Where where the doc tors mho ought to have been called ? Dr. Morley—the man who attended the prisoner's wife, his family, and who knew whether there was any particular disposition to insanity in the family. Dr. Morley was put into the box, but his learned friend never asked him a question on the subject. Did that look like con fidence in this case ? There was Dr. Morley, who saw the prisoner day by day, who attended him in his childhood, who knew all his family, who was intimate with him, who had been in court and was in court at that moment, and who, if the prisoner had been an insane man, must have known him to be so. Not withstanding the evidence of Dr. Williams, Dr. Smith, and Dr. Kitching, his learned friends never dared to put it to Dr. Morley as to whether the prisoner was sane or insane during the week in question. Neithet^ had Mr, Scarth, Mr. Peacock, Mr. Noble (governor of York Castle) nor the surgeon of the gaol been asked as to whe ther they considered the conduct of the prisoner that of a man of unsound mind ; but the jury were asked to go back for years, and upon the speculations of such gen tlemen as Dr. Williams to come to the conclusion that the prisoner was insane. The doctrine which had been propounded by Dr. Williams, Dr. Smith, and Mr. Kitching was is dangerous one. If such a doctrine was te prevail, away all punishment. Vice would reign no longer. It would be nothing but insanity to commit a crime. A man had only to commit an act of atrocity, and for Dr. Williams to say that he was insane in order to escape the consequences of his criminality. After re peating that the learned counsel for the defence had not called the witnesses they ought to have called, Mr. Over end proceeded to comment upon the evidence - 01 the pri soner's conduct in boyhood and youth, and observed that it was an index to vice, and not insanity. That the pri soner was a bad boy he did not deny. He should expect that a man a ho had committed so deliberate a reurd,er i s this would be a bad boj. The learned counsel suggested that the evidence produced for the defence was the result of an afterthought, to rescue the prisoner from his peril. There were witnesses who had not been called whose evi dence would have been important, and there had been wituesses called whose evidence was unimportant. There was Mr. Mark ham's steward. Where was Mr. Markham's steward ? Was there anything to show that the prison , r did not manage his farm like other people ? He had chellenged his friend to call the doctor who had attend ed the prisoner's wife. He would not call him, and why ? Me was a doc-or who had seen the prisoner day by (ay, and his friends had called doctors who had never seen the prisoner before. They had called doctors who had formed an opinion upon exaggerated statements, and having heard those statements, they said he was in sane. Did the jury believe that Mrs. Jenkins would hav'e allowed a man to marry her daughter who was in sane ? He visited the daughter, the mother bad long examined his character and would the mother have allowed the daughter for a moment to have continued in his custody, and under his protection ? Would his own father have allowed him to have brought to his home a young woman to whom he was likely to do any damage? The thing was impossible. Look at his acts acid conduct, and then he (Mr. Overend) would ask the jury whether there was any justification for the defence which had been set np ? As to the pricking the horse with the nail, it was the act simply of a drunken mar e and nothing more. The learned counsel alluded to other circumstances referred to in the evidence for the de fence, and contended that there was no ground for sup posing thattbe prisoner was a man of unsound mind. Then as to the shooting; if the prisoner had shot at his father and at himself, it would have been something, but he would say that the accused had the most perfect con trol over himself. It was a grind bravado on his part, :mid it ended in nothing —not even in smoke. It bad been shown that the prisoner knew it was perfectly wrong to steal and to murder, and there was no doubt he was queer and eccentric, and given to habits of intemperance, and that when drunk he did many foolish things; but that was not to say that he was insane. It was because he ve as in peril—it was because his life was in danger that this theory is brought up, which was an afterthought brought to rescue him front the scaffold. It was very easy to get up a see cuiation after the event, but why did not the parties come forward at the time to say what was the state of his mind ? Wby did they associate with blur as a sane man ? They dealt with him as though ho was a responsible /remit), and the learned counsel called upon the jury riot to let it be raid that the prisoner had wealthy friends, who were enabled to bring for ward persons to give speculative opinions about him, and not to let it be propagated to the country that be should be spared his proper due merely because he might happen to occupy a higher position than some other persons. He submitted that there was not a single witness to indicate that the prisoner had not the most perfect possession of his faculties. He argued that none of the doctors called on the part of the prisoner agreed in their evidence—that Dove being guilty, a verdict of , guilty must be pronounced—and that only let the doc trine propounded for the defence ha established, and there would be no safety for any one, for it was a tuon- strous doctrine. He asked the jury whether there NV a 9 any thing like impulse connected with this crane. •Mr. Overend a'so contended that Mrs, Dove died of strych- nia, thlt there could not be any doubt that she died i from the administration of the strychnia last obtained by 1 the prisoner, that the letters he had written displayed in telligence, and that Dove had written the letter to the devil to induce the belief Viet he was suffering from de lusions. There was another letter found at the same time, and his learned friend dared trot produce it. It was en evidence of wicked design on his part, he was feigning in, anity, and he feigned it still more ; he wrote a letter to the schoolmaster to show he was not feigning. Having gone through the whole of the fact., Mr 0 rerend said Le had now gone through the cue, lie hoped temper ately, though it might be promptly. He had made no attempt on this occision to mislead the judgments of the jury, but he was bound to lay before them the facts to show the prisoner had a hatred towards his wife, that he had a motive for what he did, that he laid plats fur the accomplishment of her death, that be went on day after lay administering the poison, produc ing those dreadful agonies which resulted in death, that be put off the post mortem examination as long as he could, and there were evidences of arrangements and de liberation which rejected and renounced all idea of in sanity. He had now done his duty, and the jury bad a duty to perform. That they could doubt the prisoner caused the death of his wife he could not imagine. As to the other point it was fur the jury to decide, and if they did not believe it had been made out satisfactorily that the prisoner was not aware of the turpitude of his own acts, and not fully aware of the series of acts of poison ing attributed to him, then it would be their bounden duty to find him guilty. Public justice demanded—the social hearth of every man demanded, that the prisener, if he had committed this dreadful murder, and was of sound mind, should be brought to justice ; but if they believed he was insane at the time of the murder, they would find him not guilty on the ground of insanity. He called upon the jury to discharge their duty faithfully, and return such a verdict as in their consciences they believed to be right, and in doing that they would not only have the satisfaction of themselves, but the approval of the country. THE JUDGE'S SUMMING UP. Mr. Baron Bramwell commenced his summing up at four o'clock. He began by commenting upou the solemnity of the duty which the jury had to perform. jo'necl in the recommendation of counsel on both sides, that the jury should dismiss from their minds all prejudice and all preconceived opinions formed upon what they might have heard or read upon the subject of the fearful charge preferred against the prisoner. The question would be, did the deceased die from the effects of strychnia! Did the prisoner administer it? And was his state of mind when he did it such as to exempt him from the consequences which would other wise follow the act? If the prisoner was conscious that the act he committed was one he ought not to commit, and was contrary to the law of the land, he was punishable. With regard to delusions, the law was the s eme. If a man acted under delusions in one respect, and was in other respects of sound mind, he must be regarded as though he were not suffering under such de lusion. For instance, we have heard of people who have imagined that a portion of their body was made of glass. Suppose that such a person were wilfully and deliberately to waylay another, and rob him of his pro. perty, it would be unreasonable that such a man should escape punishment. His lordship then proceeded to read over the whole of the evidence commenting upon the most prominent passages. Upon the jury devolved a duty which, on the one hand, involved the life of the prisoner, and on the other hand the interests of society at large. If they returned a verdict of guilty against a man who was innocent, they would do hint a serious wrong ; if they, for fear of consequences to him, returned a veruict of acquittal while he was guilty, they would be doing a serious wrong to the public. It was difficult to say which was the greater evil—that of pronouncing an innocent man guilty, or that of sending back to the world one who had been guilty of a crime, so serious— so monstrous—as that which was alleged against the prisoner, the accusation against him being that he had committed wilful murder, while the defence was that he was not guilty—or that if he was guilty, he was in a state of insanity, which rendered him irresponsible for his actions. The jury need not trouble themselves with a definition of what was a murder, because, if the pri soner administered the poison, be was guilty of murder, unless lip was in a state of mind that would prevent his being amenable for his acts. Every man is supposed to be sane until the contrary is proved. To establish the defence on the ground of insanity, it must be proved that the party was, at the time of the commission of the crime, labouring under such a defect of reason and disease of the mind as not to know the consequences of his acts, or, if he did know them, that he did not know that be was doing wrong. If the prisoner did know the msequences of his acts, and that they were contrary to the la.v of the lard, he was punishable for his acts. Ac cording to the law of the land, as laid down by the highest authorities, to exempt a man from the penal con sequences of his actions, those actions being contrary to law, the jury must be of opinion that at the time he did the act he was not conscious that the act was one he ought not to do. Even if the prisoner had had some a reng done to him, that would not justify him in taking life. Ile must suffer for it. Punishment was adminis tered not merely in reference to what had been already done, but a man was punished for the purpose of cor recting him, and to hold out example to other people. If they punished a man who did not know that he hal done wrong, what example would that give to him or to other people ? The people would say that they had pu nished a man who did not know he had done wrong, and, instead of being a warning, it would be a positive public injury. But if they punished a man whose evil propensities had led him to commit crime, they not only were taking a course to arrest him in his evil path, but were also deterring others who were labouring under a similar propensity. Hence, if a man had a weak mind and strong animal propensities, and they did not punish him for the wrong he had done, they took away one of the first and greatest means for preventing from doing wrong. Again, with regard to the medical evidence fur the prosecution, his lordship observed that it had been proved to demonstration that the deceased had died from a dose of stryohnine. A question might arise, how did she die? The jury might not be able to make up their minds as to what the first attacks were, whether or not they wose from hysteria. But it was important for them sow to make up their minds as to what was the cause of the last attack, and whether it was possible that the deceased might have taken the strychnine that had caused her death—the sixth dose—accidentally. On the other hated limy might have reason to supp )se that five of the doses were accidental, and the sixth and last not accidental. His lordship went on to comment upon the urns: elaneous evidence, and having concluded his re view of tue case fur the prosecution, he proposed an ad journment for a short time, to which the jury acceded. On resuming his seat, his lordship proceeded to review the evidence for the defence, commenting upon the mate rial portions of it as ho proceeded. Referring to the style of the prisoner's communications to his friends, Ste., their coherency, their conciseness, and their grammatical accuracy, he asked the jury whether they could believe that a man who possessed only a glimmering of intellect, and who was nearly an idiot., could have been the author. He must make one remark upon the evidence which had been called to prove the prisoner's insanity. It was rather strange that the defence should have proved so much with regard to the prisoner's conduct years ago, while not a question on the subject of his sanity er insanity had been asked of those witnesses who saw him during the whole period in which the attacks upen Mrs. Dove, which terminated iu her death, sceueeed. . Conning to the medical evidence for tire defence, the learned judge reviewed the various facts and incidents tint had been advanced in justification of the' opinion that the prisoner was insane, and consequently irrespon sible for hie acts. He criticised with seine severity the theory which had been propounded by Dr. Winone, Mr. hitch lig, and Dr. P. Smith, and pointed out the feu to, state of affairs that would arise from the adoption of such a the' ry. His lordship dwelt particularly upon the circamstanee this: the medical man who attende I the prisoner's own family had not been asked a (petition by the defence as to prisoner's insanity, and he suggested that the inference was obvious, namely, that they antici• pawl an answer adverse to the proposition that the pri soner was insane. With respect to the letters written by prisoner after his committal to York Castle, his lordship remarked that they were open to suspicion. If they were honest they might be taken as evidence of the prisoner's insanity ; but if they were dishonest, and written with an intention of assisting the defence which he knew would be set up on his behalf, than they were strong evi dence of his intelligence and soundness of mind. In conclusion, his lordship told the jury they must consider well the facts of the case, and then decide whether in their judgment and according to their belief the prisoner was c mscioue when he committed this murder —cup - posing he did commit it—that he was doing that which was wrong and contrary to the law. He urged thorn to consider well before they pronounced their verdict, and having reminded them of their solemn responsibility, he requested them to ntire. The charge occupied nearly six Ileum The jury re tired at five minutes past 10 o'clock, and returned into court at 20 minutes befcre 11, with a verdict of guilty of teurder, to which they added a recommendation to mercy on the ground of a defective intellee. SENTENCE OF DEATH. Mr. Baron Bramwell then assumed the black cap, and prJeeedid to pass sentence. lie said the prisoner at the bar had been found guilty of the clime laid to his charge —the crime of murder ; and he had bef u found guilty, moreover, upon evidence which could present no doubt to the mind of any reasonable pason. Mulder was fearful crime in ail its paases ; but in the case of the prisoner it was a crime of the very worst possible de scription, he having destroyed his wife, whom he bad sworn to cherish and preserve. The deadly means, too, of which he had 'availed himself for the perpetration of this off :fiCO—the means of the most deadly poison —KAY, if anything, an aggravation of his crime. The jury, iu his lordship's judgment, bad done their duty to their country and to their own consciences in finding the pri- soner guilty. They had also done their duty in rejecting the defence that had been set up in the prisoner's be• half, that be was i❑ such a state of mind as not to he re sponsible for his actions. They appeared to have no doubt on that subject ; but at the same time they bad shown their anxiety to discharge their duty with the greatest impartiality and fairness, by yielding in some de gree to that not unratnral impulse it had suggested to their minds the propriety of such a recommendation ae that with which they hadaecempanied their verdict. That recommenilation he promised the prisoner should he for warded to the proper quarter. At present he had only one duty to perform, which was to pass upon the pri soner, not his own sentence, but the sentence of the law. He warned the prisoner not to flatter himself with the expectation that the recommendation of the Jury could be concurred in by the Secretary of State, but rather to anticipate that the solemn sentence of the law he was about to pronounce would be carried into effect. The prisoner had but a short time to live, and he recom• mended him to employ it in preparing himself for the fate which the law had appointed fur all men who were found guilty of such foul crimes as he had committed. His lordship had no doubt from what he had heard that the prisoner hal a capacity, an admirable capacity, fm the attainment of religious knowledge, and he besought him now to employ the shertepe,ce ut time that remained to hint in the most prafitable way he could employ it, viz., that of receiving and paying his best attention to the spiritual advice and weistance that would be given to him. Do not (said his lordchip in conclusion) cherish hopes that may tura nut to be delusive, but prepare yourself for the worst—the carrying► out the sentence of the law, which is, that you be removed hence to the place whence you came, that you be thence conveyed to a piece of execotien, there to be hanged by the neck until you are den 1, aed that afterwards your body he taken down and buried within the precincts of the pri son in which you have been confined. And may the Lord have mercy on your soul ! When the prisoner was brought to the bar to hear the verdict, he walked with a lively step, and appeared calm and composed ; but on hearing the verdict he be came pale. When the usual question was put whether he had anything to say why sentence of death should not be passed, the prisoner uttered the words " I have only one thing," and was evidently prepared to offer some remarks, but hesitated, and his lordship, who ap peared not to have heard him, proceeded with the sen tence, during the delivery of which the prisoner remain ed silent and attentive. After the sentence was passed, some of the turnkeys approached the prisoner to remove him front the bar ; at first ho appeared reluctant to move away, as if he wished to make some statement. Ile, however, said nothing, and after a slight hesitation lie turned, and walked away *WI a somewhat falteriug - step and appi - - rent confusion. The court was daisely crowded when the verdict and sentence were delivered. _ _ The trial occupied the attention of the court for the space of 42 hours—extending over four days. The court adjourned on Saturday night, at 55 minutes past ten. As far as we could learn the result of the trial appeared to give general satisfaction to the public. THI4 REPORT ON PUBLIC OFFICES. The report of the select committee on public offices was distributed on Saturday. The report refers to the inconvenience which now results from the various public offices being located at long distances from each other, and, as an instance, refers to the War Department, whore it appears, exclusive of that branch of the business which id transacted at the Horse Guards, under the direction of the Commander in -Chief, the business of the War Department is carried on at no less than ten diffe rent places, having separate establishments of clerks and offictrd, amounting altogether to 4PB, and varying in number from two to one hundred awl eighty in the seve ral e stablishments. The committee therefore recom mend, both as regards economy and efficiency in the transaction of business, that there should be a concen tration of the various offices, and th At such concentra tion should be effected in the immediate vicinity of Whitehall and the Houses of Parliament. It appears by the evidence that the houses now occu pied as offices for the public service (am which are held on lease) represent a rental of 22,0001. per annum, and that the same accounnodation would be afforded by pub lic buildings three storeys iu height, and occuping an area of 171,638 square feet, exclusive of open space. But if the branch of the Admiralty now conducted at Somerset helm should be removed to Whitehall, an ad ditional space o? 42,600 square feet will be required fur that purp With reference to the property required to be taken, tile repara recommends that the area should be that bounded by the back of Richmond-terrace; the north front of the Irish Office and Downing-street on the north ; New Palace-yard and Great George-street on the south ; the river Thames on the East ; and St. James's Park on the west. All the property comprised within this area can be obtained. The above space in cludes, with the buildings in Downing-street, 825,275 square feet, one half of which it is calculated must be devoted to open spaces, and the other half to new build ings. Of this area, 171,633 square feet will be required for the offices above alluded to ; 42,600 square feet for the accommodation of the Admiralty business now con ducted at Somerset-house ; and 151,535 square feet for the other offices, leaving, for additional buildings likely to be required, 46,864 square feet. In this space of 825,275 square feet is included a portion of ground amounting to about 70,000 square feet, which it has been stated to the committee will probably be required for approaches to Westminster-bridge and for throwing open Westminster-hall to those approaches by taking do sn the south side of Bridge-street. For this space the sum of 250,0001. has been included in the estimate, which is as follows, viz.:—The total sum required fur the purchase of the ground above enumerated will, de ducting this 250,0001, be about 1,250,000/. To this sum must be added the cost of erecting the proposed buildings, which has been estimated at 1,000,0001. On the other hand, however, there is to be deducted of c urse a capital corresponding to the rental of the houses above referred to, viz., 22,0001. per annum, and it should also be borne in mind that the portion of Somerset-house now occupied by the Admiralty will be sot free for other purposes. An opportunity will also be afforded without incurring any additional expense to make a great open ing from Whitehall to Westminster Abbey, by erecting the new buildings on each side of snob thoroughfare. The report further recommends that it would be an economical arrangement to acquire at the same time the property between the north side of Great George-street and the Broad Sanctuary, together with the west side of Princes street. The committee also recommend, in case Parliament should sanction the acquisition of the above ,properties, that the design of the different public build ings to be erected on the proposed site should be sub mitted to public competition. Such is the substance of the report, which it is expected Parliament will at once sanction. The sum of 2,250,0001., or rather 1,600,0001., because the capitalised value of the houses now erected will have to be deducted, is certainly a large sum, and wi.l per haps make financial reformers stare ; but what is it in comparison to the advantages to be derived to the public revenue, and the improvement of this portion of the m..t tropolis ? If the cost was thro wn over, say 60 years, the annual amount would scarcely be felt ; indeed a percentage of the enormous sums annually wasted by Parliament would more than cover the annual cost. EXTENSIVE CONFLAGRATION.-TREME.N DOUS DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY. Yesterday morning, at an early hour, the greater por tion of the metropolis became suddenly illuminated by the reflection of a tire which lighted up the Tower of Lon don, the St. Kathariue's Dock, and adjacent buildings. In the course of a few minutes horses were put to tile different engines, and despatched in the direction of the coefligration. When the engines started the firemen ' had no other beacon to guide them as to where they were to proceed than the tremendous glare of light, and, after travelling along- the road for some time, at length were informed that the misfortune had taken place in tLe premises belonging to Messrs. Hemmings and Co., port able church and house builders, carrying on a large busi nessin Tredegar-road, Bow, near the railway station. It should be here stated that the premises of Messrs. Hemmings and Co. occupy a large space of ground, whereon was erected a great number of portable houses and - eft:itches intended for exportation. The interior of those structures were formed cf timber uprights and cross pieces, whilst the outer surfaces were composed of fluted zinc or corrugated ironwork. In one part of the ground stood a range of portable houses, about 140 feet in length, which were temporarily used as storee, and filled with finished work, valued at some thous end pounds. At the end of these houses, and adj riving, were what is termed the corrugating shop;, another series of buildings formed en a similar manner' as the before named, having fluted iron sides and root: Owing to the singular construction of the buildings it was considered that they were nearly, if not wholly, fire proof ; but such unfortunately turned out not to be the ease, for flamer were soon seen rushing out of the diffe rent windows in one of the houses used as a stet). At tempts were made 'to clear the different stores of their contents, but without much benefit, and in a very brief period, and before the engines could arrive from London, four of the houses became enveloped in immense sheets of fl erne, and the corrugating shops at the end had alsd taken fire. By the time the engines had arrived a . good supply of water was furnished under the personal direction of Mr. P. Edinger, the inspector of the East London Company, and the firemen taking advantage of the saute, at. Oiled set to work in their usual daring and intrepid manner ; but, ire spite of their indefatigable exertions, the work of destruction continued, and before any visible impression could be made upon the conflegration the whole of the four houses and the costly contents were destroyed, and there seemed little, if any, chance of saving any part of the corrugating slops. The firemen, however, even tualiy had the gratification of extinguishing the flames in the last-named premises. The total loss is veri considerable, and will partly fall upon the Norwich Union Insurance Office. Mr. Superintendent Braid wood, in his official report, describes the damage done as follows : " Four houses, u red as stores, and a large quantity of finished work destroyed. The corrugating houses ad joining damage tby lire. The cause of fire unknown." A fire also took place on the same premises orythe 14th of DecauLer last, at which coneiderable damage was done. Fires a!so occurred in Roston-square, where the upper parts of a cabinet maker's Premises, belonging to /Mr. Harris, were destroyed, and the adjoining premises on either side much damaged ; and in the premises of Mr. Rolls, a japanner, in the Marlborough-road, Old Kent road, which destroyed a range of drying-rooms, 40 feet long, and their contents. Both sufferers were insured. 21, 1856 UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, JuLY 19. In a convocation holden this day, at 10 o'clock, the degree of doctor of divinity by diploma was conferred on the Rev. Charles Baring, M.A., late student of Christ Chan!), the Bishop Eleet of Gloucester and Bristol. The examination for detnyships now vacant at Magda• len College begins on Monday next. The election, it is expected, will take place on Thursday. UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. MATRICULATION LIST.-1356. FIRST DIVISION. Acton, Edward Charles St. Mary's, Oseott Ad,,ir, Ponson by Kelly King's College Adler, Herrmann Nathan . . Adler, James Auntie, John University College .Atchloy, George Frederick King's College Atwell, Gregory Haines St. Paul's School Bate field, Samuel Bun ford, Andrew Barnard, .John Heekins Private tuition Barrett, George Slayter Battiest, Thomas Hiron Queen's Coll., Birmingham Belonfante, Simon Blair, Harrison Faulkner B etser, John Bourne, Henry Richard Fox Private tuition Bowen, T11011)33 Aubrey Private tuition Bracey, Charles James Bradford, Wm. Theophilus Wesleyan Col. Ins., Taunton Brown, John Barr King's College School Brown, Julius BUM, Septitnus Capel, Henry Nelson King's College Carlisle, Henry Hermann Cheshunt College Carter, Edwin Jones Cartwright, George Peter Owens College C,evafy, John Chard, Oct. Edward Peddle Private tuition °hater, John Western College, Plymouth Conwar, Samuel New College Coombor, Horace. Coulson, John Hardy Wesley, College, Sheffield Cox, John Wesley Fraser Wesleyan Col. Ins., Taunton Cozens-Hardy, Herbt.liardy Amershaui Grammar School Davies, Ebenezer Harris Baptist College, Bristol Davies, James Dickerson ... Now College Davies, Thomas Caormarthon College Dickens, Frederick Victor Private tuition Dodd, James Douse, Thomas Private tuition Duerdin, James University College Edwards Henry Stonyhurst Colleg e Evans, Alfred Wm. Armour Stockwell Grammar School Evans, George Moule Private tuition Ewen, Arthur Benjamin Guy's Hospital Fortol, Win. Joseph . Owens College Fitzsi teen, Patrick Springfield College, Ennis Foster, George Edward Private tuitio n Francis, John Geary, Henry Gerard, John Stonyhurst College Goddard, Edward . University College Goddard, Leonard G old smid, Julian University College Goldsmith, Frederick Wm. Private tuition Graham, Walter Amorsbam Grammar School Gregg, Charles John Groves, Joseph Wesleyan - Col. Ins., Taunton Gull, George Eckford New College Gush, Wm. Frederick Wealeyan Col. Ins., Taunton Hadfield, Charles Lindley Owens College Hardie, Walter Private tuition Harris, Francis Douglas City of London School Harvey, Alfred Spalding Haman, Edward Private tuition Hawkins, Thos. Henry Private tuition Housman, Frank Henry Kimbolton Gram. School Herschell, Ridley Judah Huntsman, Thomas Huxley, Jas. Usher Tboteon, Henry Percy Jack, William St. Peter's Coll., Cambridge Jackson, John 'William Private tuition Jalfoe, John University College Jeaffreson, Horace Private tuition Jenkins, John Jenkyns, Ivan Charles Johns, James g -hill College Jones, John Now College Jones, John Ogwen . Calvinistic College, Bala Jones, Walter Queen's Coil., Birmingham Jones, William Beale, Charles Ferdinand... Private tuition Kendall Henry Lancashire Independent Col. Kershaw, Benjamin King, 'William Clifford Bideford Gram. School Leachnra,n, Albert Warren Private tuition. Leartnonth, John Franklin New College Lever, Reginald Croft Lord, Edmund Owens Coll ege Loughman, William M'Connell, William Robert Wesley College, Sheffield M`Dowell, James Pembroke Coll„ Cambridge M'Kenzio, James Mackenzie, Morell Private tuition Mahony, Ed ward Mathwin, Henry Owens College May, Joseph Private tuition Mayor, Thomas Orlando Herrin, William Owens College Middlomore, Richard Edgbaston Prop. School Milburn, Joseph Owens College Miller, Edward Milnos, John Moore, William Moreton, Thomas Moses, Richard George Baptist College, Bristol Mures, John Spring-hill College O'Leary, John M'Carthy Orges, Wm. C. Ralph Lewis Berlin , Orton, Richard Oughton, Tyler R Gaston, John Holt otherham College Parsons, Arthur William Payne, Joseph Frank Peerless ' James Richardson Private tuiti on Picken, George Moore Pion, Arthur Walter University College Player, Samuel Powell, Henry University College School Powell, 'William Power, John, Rai() Price, Roger Western College, Pb mouth Priestley, John Hessel I'roctor, William Ontrim Pughe, John Normal College, Swansea Puttick, John Henry New College Pyesmith, Philip Henry Roby, John Marsden Wesley College, Sheffield Rigg, Edmund Private tuition Rogers, Henry Philip St. Bartholomew's Hospital Rowe, George Rutter, Joseph . . Private tuition Ryland, Thomas Edmund Edgbaston Prop. Gram. Sob. Shoard, John Smith, Alfred Rickards University College Hospital Smith, William John... Private tuition Snashall, George . Airedale College Solomon, Joseph Maurice Soper William Garland Private tuition. Southey, George Spring-hill College Stockwell, Frederick. Private tuition Sugrne, Charles Summerhayes, William . St. Thomas's Hospital Teevan, John Watton St. Mary's, Oscott Thomas, Robert Germain Private tuition 'rouge, Robert Owens College Toyno, Frederick Elijah Now Kingewood S c h oo l Tuxford, James George Queen's Coll., Birmingham Veiny, John Robert University College Varicas, Horatio Gabriel Vetch, James Edward Wainewright, Wm. Stutzer Hove House School Walker, Joseph William.... Spring-hill College Waller, Charles Beaumont.. University College Watson, Forbes . Private tuition Weldon, William Henry ... Private tuition Wetherell, John Cordeux... Owens College White, James Lambert City of London School White, Robert University College Wilke, Edward ......... Willey, Henry Private tuition Wilson, Henry Oetavius Winslow, Henry Forbes Woakes, Edward St. Thomas's Hospital Wood, John Georee Wors wick, It. C. Worsley St. Cuthbert's, Ushaw Wotton, Henry Wyman y Orbagoso, liourig. Amer sha in Grammar School SECOND DIVISION. Barnes, James Richardson Denmark-biilGrammar Sch. Basset, Joseph Henry Private tuition Line, William. Private tuition Bright, James Albert Brighton College Brown, Arthur Boyer Cook, George °again°, James , Totteridge Park School Dunstone, Joseph John Private tuition Gould, Franklin University College Goward, Charles Private tuition Grabham, Charles Gray, J ames Cooper Green, John William .. Private tuition Griffiths, Thomas . Normal College, Swansea Hawes, William Fox King's College Hunter, Charles Jeffroy, E.lward • .... .Tennings Robert New Kin g sw oo d S c h oo l Leader, Robert Eadon Lee, Frederick Fawson Private tuition Lo Feuvre, Wm. Henry Private tuition Leveson, Fred. M'Farlane Private tuition Makir, Harry Pike London Hospital Merrington, R. W. C Private tuition Mitchell, Frederick University College Morgan, John Evan Perry, Charles Sydney Porter, William Jones Powell, Osborne Capel 11.1 y Thomas Private tuition _: Robinson, Thomas Joseph University College Rowe, Philip Popplestone Stepney College Sharpies, John Shill, Thomas Skardon, Thomas Gray King's College • Smith, Thomas Bower SatTrein, Benjamin Thomas St. Bartholornew'a Hospital Treiigold, Clarkson Sturge Private tuition Wid,lows, Thomas Hitchiu Graniinar School Workman, Charles John It is a singular fact that the change of Ministry at Madrid, and the subsequent insurrectionary movement, were fires made known in Paris by a telegradhic corn municalion from London. [ADVERTISEMENT I—Holloway's Pills are undeniably the fined medicine in the world fur Bile and Indigestion. --In all cases of deranged stomachs, determination of blood to the head, bi'e, sick headache, liver and stomach complaints, there is no medicine known that will give such immediate relief as these renowned pills ; young and old, rich and poor, patronise them, and CO many cures are effected by their use that their praise is•sounded from the temperate clime to the frigid zone—in truth, persons wise travel consider them a necessary requisite. —Sold by all medicine vendors throughout the world ; at Professor Holloway's EstablishmentF, 244, Strand, London, and 80, Maideh•lane, New York ;: by A. Stampa, Constantinople ; A. Guidicy, Smyrna ; and E, Muir, Malta. .PRICES OF S HARES. BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM- PANIES' STOCK. .From the Official Last. lIBLISfIED EVERY TITE;D',Y AND FRIDAY EVENING LONDON, FREDXY, JULY 18, 1856. GASLIGHT AND COKE COMP.UCIES. Dividend i Amount 1 Name of Company. per of Paid. I Price. Annum. Shilre. — -- X s. (1. X s. d. British —•• •• ...• •• .. I I Ditto Provincial.... 7 1 . 120 0 0 20 0 0 Brighton ...... •• •• • . 51. ,20 0 0 20 0 0 15 City of London ...... 41. Os. 100 0 0 150 00 ! _ Continental (4th Cap.) . ,50 0 0 20 0 0 ' Equitab1e............ 2/. 10s. 50 0 0 all 34 i k Great Central ....... 8/. per cent. 10 0 0 all 12% Imperial ............ 101.& bonus., 50 0 0 all 88 Independent ....... • • 0/. 140 0 0 f 9 I ..- L0nd0a.............. I 50 0 0 „ ...... Do., Pail. Preference 61. per cent. 25 0 0 1 t 25 I"nonix ............, 4.!. per cont. ,60 0 0 52 0 0 41 ltatclitY..... ....... 5/. 1 100 0 0 16 0 0 16 United General .. •• • . 2/. 10g. ! 50 0 0 all 1914 Westmlii,ter Chartered 1141 per cent.', 60 0 0 55 Ditto, New ........ 153 0 0 10 ' 4 0 , ..... ---- WATEIt -WOHKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. L per of Paid. Price I Annum. Share. X s. d. X s. d. East London Grand Junction Keiit .......... 4T. per cut. 100 0 0 80 Lambeth .. —..— 100 0 0 95 Newßiver Company.. ! 21. 10s. -- Southwark & Vauxhall ' 51. per cut. 100 0 0 —89 M West Middlesex .. •• .. 51. per cent. 61 0 0 100 BRIDGES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. \ £ s. d. £ s. d. flu tnerfard .... • • .... •-•-• —7% Southwark ...... •• .. 130 0 0 Ditto New of 714 p.c. 1/. per cent. 50 0 0 Waterloo ..... .... •• • • 100 0 0 Ditto Old Ann. of Si. 11. 14s. 80. 60 0 0 Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 11. 10s. 40. 40 0 0 26 Vauxhall .......... • • 965. 70 10 3 21 DOCKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. ---- • X s. d. £ s. d. Commercial .... •• .. • • 51. pr cent. Stock. Stock. East and West India.. 61. pr cent. Stock. East C vantry • . - .—.— London ..... Ditto Bonds.. .... St. Katnarine - Routhampton Victoria ...• JOINT-S LOCK B ANKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. --,----- £ s. d. X s. d. Australasia........... '2O/. per cent. 40 0 0 all British NorthAinerican 61. per cent. 50 0 0 „ 68 Commercial of London. 10/.per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 Colonial .............. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 10nian................ 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 Lond. Char. Bk. of Aus. 20 0 0 all 0 20% London and County • • 101. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 Londn dad Westminstr 141. percent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 London Joint• Stock ... 12/. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 Frovincial of Ireland— 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 Ditto, New. ••.. • • 8 i.per cent. 10 0 0 all Nationra of Ireland.... , 61. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 vat. Provincial of Eng. 18i. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 -- Ditto. New .. •••• • • ? 81. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 Oriental Bank Corpora. B!.p.ct.&:dis. 25 0 0 all 4114 South Australia .. ~.. 1111 p.ct.&-, bs. 25 0 0 Of - Union of Australia.. • • ,301. per cent. 25 0 0 7214 . Ditto .... •• • ....... 331. per cent. 210 0 Union of London .. •.. 20. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 I Union of Madrid ... • • — 40 0 0 all CANALS. vid Die Names of g Dividead ',lice Names of p; pe r Companies. V. : per Companies. .c 1 4 ! Annum.- Price. , 1 Annum. rk ~ -----.. , - --.-- ---.- X I , X A shtn &Oldh, 93 71. p. ct.; 145 Macclesfield . 100 2/. 10s. 51 Barnsirly •• .• ;160' ' Neath ••• • • • 1001 161. Brknk&Abrg , lso 41. Oxford.. •• • • 100 , 103 Birmingham 40; 41. 93 Peak Forest. 78 51. Os. 76 Coventry.... 100. 251. Regent's.... 30 11. 16 Derby ••• .. 100 61. 15e. 84 Rochdale.... 85 11. 10s. 76 Ellsmre&Chs 69 2% p. ct. Somrset Coal 140 : GrandJunetn 100,3/. pr. ct. 43. Do. Lk FdSt 12 Do.. 6 pr. Ct. 10 GE. pr. et. 11% Stfird &Wore 1 40 281. 420 Grand Surrey 1001 41. Shrewsbury.. 12 5 Grand Union 100, 11. Os. Stourbridge.. 145 121. 290 Kennt & Avn 39, 61. 00. 6% Severn and 1 21. Lancaster .. 100' -- 1 Wye Rail. 26 Leeds &Livrp' 100: 251. 483% iWarwick & 1 nn 21. 25 Leicester ...0 00: 51. 49X, llirming. 3 1 — Lelestr &Nth! 83: Warwick & 22. 10 Loughhorogh, 142 : 701. 550 Napton, j 100 Monmouthsh!loo; Worcstr &i 78 21. 20 11Intgm erysh: 100; B (ruling. MeitnMwbrylloo Wilts & Brks 103. Od. 4% INSURANCE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of I Paid., Price. Annum. Share. £ s. d. £ s. d. Albion .....• ....•• .. 3/. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 87 Alliance Bri:. and For. 71. 14s. 6d.bs. 100 0 0 11 0 0 17% Ditto Marine ....... 11. p.c. & bs. 100 0 0 25 0 0 42 Anchor .............. 6 per cent. 5 0 1 0 0 - Atlas . Argus Life .........•• 4/.per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 23 British Commercial .. 11. lOs. 50 0 0 5 0 0 _ ClericLalcd.& Gcn.Life bpr ct. & be. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - County ............... 4/. 100 0 0 110 0 0 - Crown .............. 17s. Od 50 0 0 1 5 0 0 - Eagle .. - Equity and Law- - - 41% per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 5% European Life -1/. 20 0 0 all 18% Genera 1.............. 61. 5 0 0 ~ 536 Globe .....,, .. 51. per cent. Stock. ~ 104 Guardian ............ 51. per cent. 100 0 0 47 5 0 53% Imperial Fire .... 12/. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 340 Imptrial Life Tudemnity Marine.... If. 3s &31. 100 0 0 20 0 0 8414 Law Fire - .......... 2s. & 2s. bs. 100 0 0 210 0 3% Law Lite.. • ...... •• • • - 100 0 = 10 0 0 61 Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 - London London Ship.... ..... - Marine... - .... •• •• •• 18s.per share 100 0 0 28 0 0 553. E Med.lr.vlid& Gen. Life 4% 1. per ct. 50 0 0 2 0 0 3% Minerva •• - .....• - Monarch -••.. • ... - 5 0 0 1 0 0 1/. National Loan Fund 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 - Palladium Life ..• Pelican . ..... •• .... •• - - - 50 Phoenix - - - 180 Professional Life...... 5/. per cent. b 0 010 0 - Provident Life- - .... 11. ss. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 38% Rock Life............ 7s. 53 0 010 0 8% Royal Exchange ....•• 10/. per cent. Stock. all - Sun Fire ...,, . 61. 10s. - SI - Ditto Life - • •• 1/. 145. - - United Xingdorn .... 41. p. ct. &bs. 20 0 0 40 0 5 Universal Life ... ..... 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 40 Victoria Life ...... -5/. per cent. - 412 6 5% LIST OF SCOTTISII. COMPANIES' PRICES. Dividend Amount Name of Company per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. _.®- --- -- ____ £ s. d. X s. d. Bank of Scotland .. • • 71. per cent. 100 C 0 100 0 0 260/0s British Linen Company 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 22710 e Caledonian Bank .. •• • 81. per cent. 10 0 0 210 041 34 City of Glasgow Bank St. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 0 121 '5l Clydesdale Bank •• •• 5%1. p gent. '2O 0 0 10 0 0 13117 s C Inmercial Bank •• 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 226/10 Eastern Bank- •..... 61. per cent. 25 0 0 ' 10 0 0 121 5s Edinb. & Glasgow.. •• 3%1. p cent. 5 0 0 5 0 051 2s Exchange Bilk of Scot.. - - •• - - National Bank •• - -6% per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 185108 North of Scotland Bank 5 i.per cent 20 0 0 , 210 0 5/ Os Royal Bank of S coll. .. si. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 1471 0 Union Bank of Scot. .. 81. percent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 102115 per Cont. 50 0 0 50 0 0 44 IS e Western Bank- •• •• •• l i • Alliance Fire and Lire- 8% Lpr cent. 100 Q 0 11 0 0 16/ Iss 1 British Guarantee . .. 41. per cent. 10 0 0 2 0 0 11 13s Caledonian Fire Incur . 10i.por cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 251 Os City of Glasgow Lite • 61. per cent. 0 0 2 0 0 11 8s Colonial Life ......... 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 1 0 05/ 6s Edinburgh Life Incur. 61. percent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 29/ 3s Eng. & Scot. Levi Life 510ercent. 50 0 0 .1 5 04/ 8s Life Assoc. o t3coi..end 61. per cent. 10 0 0 110 06/ 10$ National Fire and Life 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 021 Os North British incur-. 71. per cost. 200 0 0 20 0 0 3G/10s Scottish Unlon Insrnc. 7141. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11 10s Standard Life •• •• ...• 51. per cent. 50 0 0 7 0 0 201 Os United lien Assurance Si. nor cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 - MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend ' Amount Name of COmpaay• per of i Paid. Price, Annum. Share. ___--- ----- £ s. d. X s. d. . Assam Tea •• .. •• .„ .. 51. 50 0 0 20 0 0 Auctkn Mart•• .• ~.. 214 per cent. l 50 0 0 Australian A4riculturl 1/. Is. 100 0 0 -17 10 0 29 Australian Trust •• .. 81. pet cent 25 0 0 Austranan Royal Mail 51. 10 0 0 all Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 10s. 10 0 0 all British American Laud 15s. 40 0 0 Canada ... •• ........ GI. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 Do. 5 per cent Bonds 5/. per cent. '..._ Ditto, 6 per cent. .. 01. per cent. 11514 city Navigation Bonds • Electric Telegraph .. 6 per cent. 25 0 0 24 0 0 Ditto .• ••• • .. •... _ _ Equitable Reversionry 71 pr. cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 -- Ditto New .• •• .... 50 0 ojl7 10 0 Gen. Revers. & Invest. sp.c. & be, 109 0 0 100 0 0 .. lien.SteamNavigation 10 p et. 15 00i14 0 0 27 i4 Hudson's 8ay........ Stock. llungerford ........ •. 21. ss. 100 0 0 100 0 0 London Institution ... London Reversionary 51 per cent. 15 0 0 all Russell Institution.... 12 10 0 Price's PatentCand. Co 10/. per cent. 20 0 0 17 10 Reversionary Int. Soc. 4%1. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 Royal Mail Steam.... 41. p. share. 100 0 0 60 0 0 37 South Australian Land 61. per cent. 25 00 I all t Trust and Loan Comp. Upper Canada ., .. 20 0 0 ) 5 0 READY ROAD TO BANKRUPTOY.—Among our "gene ral" news (says the Sherborne Journal) we mentioned the cases of two insolvents, who, by dabbling in penny no wiipapers, found their way to Portugal street. It seems that dabbling in newspapers is a ready means of converting a prosperous tradesman into ,an insolvent, arid a rather remarkable case in proof has since occurred. Among the cases enunierattd as haVing brought the great shipbuilder, Mr. Mare, to Basinghall-street, is his connection with the Plyntouth, Mail, a paper started and carried on for the purpose of securing Mr. Mare a seat for Plymouth. The lois upon this paper is set down at 16,1091. CilAlitES MATHEWS.—We believe (gays the Sunday 2 intes) we are correct in stating that the pecuniary ern harrassments into which Mr. Mathews has unfortunately fallen are attributable to his ill-advised resumption of the lesseeship of the Lyceum Theatre after his bank ruptcy. Ho had been led to imagine that a number of friends would come forward to support him in a fresh attempt at management, and imprudently undertook heavy responsibilities, withnet having secured tangible asgistance in the event of failure. A disastrous season, coupled with the crippled state of his resources, speedily involved him in difficulties, with which he has been vainly struggling ever since. The only course which now remains to Mr. Mathews is to pass through the Insolvent Court, and this course, disagreaable as it may be, is that of which he immediately means to avail himself. Country markets. HADDINGTON CORN MARKET- JULY 18. WUEAT. BARLEY 1 oAls. KRAN - First BGs 01 48s 01 i 38 3 9d ; 53s 01 S , .,cond Ks lld ; 47s LI ) 358 11d ; 51s 7d Third 7ss Gd 1 463 Gd 1 26s Gd I 493 6d Total quantity of wheat in market, 2io qrs., 240 sold barley ~ 34 qrs., 34 sold oats ,) 189 qrs., 189 , 0" beans / P 29 qrs., 29 Sold AVERAGES PER IMPBRTAL QUARTER. If 11 Wheat, 4/. 1 11. 6-12ths Barley, 2/. 7 1 01.2th0 Oats, ... 11. 15 11 11-12ths I Beaus, 2/. 11 7 5-12t1A DALKEITH GRAIN MARKET—JULY 17. Qrs. Best. Current. 'rifel lol ' 13S Wheat 84s Od 201 Oats '3 7 8 4d oos Od 4 Barley 40s Od oos Od 37 Peas & beans 53s Od . 00s Od ABIMDEEN-JuLY 18. Potato oats Common oats '4o l s s 0 0 t , 1 to 31s 3 3 1 2 5 8 G OI 1 Bere 418 Od to 42s Od t „,, 401bs nor bUoIR I Barley 41s Od to 42s Od 1 '''''' us Wheat, red (spring)6Bs Od to 72s Od , white 758 Od G2lb to 80s Od j g yr Oatmeal 22s 6d to 238 6.1 per boll. Flour 57s Ocl to 58s Od per k ac . c. • PROVISION MARKET. Beef, per lb Gd to 7tl Butter, p lb. 03 9d to Os 10 ; I Mutton, per lb to t o 7d Eggs, p doz. Os 741 to 03 81 Lamb, do., Os 5d to 0, 7.' liens, p pair 3s Od to 3s 4 ,!J, Veal, per lb ... 6d to Os M Chi c k ens ,d o .2 s Od to ; Pork, per 5t...53 9d to Gs Od Du c k s , do., 2 4 0,1 to 24 () Salmon, per lb ......0s to Os Ducklings,doOs Od to 0-rouse, per brace Os to Os Turkeys, each 4s Od to 54 0 , 4 Tallow, p stone, 3s9d to 4s Od P o t a t oes , p r p ec k, Gd to „, Rabbits, each Od to Od. Butter for exportation (present cure) per cwt. 8380.1 to 0 : Eggs, wholesale price, per dozen Gd to --- RETAIL PRICES. Flour, lilb 0a Od to 38 0(1 Barley flour,l4lb.os to N 3 1 Oatmeal Os Od to 2s 3d „ dust, Os toOs 1 % Bereineal ....Os 0(1 to 2s Od „ per lb 2d to 2 6 , 1 0 Peasemeal... Os Od to 2s 8d Sids, 4-lb. 10af...8d. 2-lb: 10af...4d. Cheese, per imperial stone, 4s. to 4s 6d. DUBLIN, JULY 18. White wheat, 418 0(1 to 468 Od ; red ditto, 38s to 948 6 a ; barley, —s Od to —s 0(1 ; oats, 14s 6d to 16s 6,1 ; rapt's° 1 —s Od to —8 0(.1 per brl ; oatmeal, 16 8 Od to:178 Od ; ba l " e A sour, 23s Od to 28s 0(1 per cwt ; ludiaucorn, 29s Od to o.' por 480 Ib6 LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, JuLY 19. STOOK EXOIIANOE.—The market manifested little 4) .. 1 no change to-day, and prices were at a slight decline ° yesterday's rates, closing at the following :-131ttekb li rj.- 74—Midlands, 83i i—North Eastern, Berwick, 2%, Dutch Rhenish, ex div. 3 pm.—Great Western of Ca n a new, 33 pm.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Li n coln, 34 ,4 Great Western, G 1 London and North-Westerns, lu' s . Lancashire and Yorkshire, 98 g- Ditto, Liverpool, , shire, and Southport, 181—Shrewsbury and Hereford, • MANCHESTER, JULY 19. STOOK EXCHANGE.—This market was not active 04102 but prices were decidedly higher. The following' wr., the quotations :—Leeds, 984—Sheffiehls, --hi. r , 01111 : 0 0 8:li —Eastern Counties, 101— Dev era, 22$ —Great w etio, of Canada, '26,i—Ditto, new, 311 p.—East Lane" 2l —Fleetwood, 8 dis. BIRMINGHAM, JULY 19. Ted STOOK EXCKANGE.—The market has been doingA•ooo. moderate business to-day, and prices were firm. ii co pi tions at the close did not vary from those of Fridel , e ' for Great Western stock, which was lower. LEEDS, JULY 19. got STOCK EXCHANGE. —North Eastern , Leeds, I-Sr - O, Canada, 3 p.- Midlands, 831—Consols, 95i—Shew -33:1 a—Leeds, 98I—Leeds Banks, 283,. REABORNB MAILS. (N signifies that the malls are sent from the General q the night—and M by the morning--tiespatch.) Day wtan ma.le up General Post- Office, London.* Trom wh a Dispatcho [lvory Frkill ILivorpool ..• Every I uesday .. Southani; tor , Liverpool - .• !4th and 19th .... Liverpool •• ,Dover --- • • (Ult.& Sag";,.. •• .. •• r7X(I of th. month.. 10th 1c 213th of n o. Stn 8c 10th of moo. 17th of the month Dai1y............ 9th of tho month.. h. month .. (Uncertain 4.h ne th. month 10th and 26th.... 4th and 20th .... thi.,szerb. Scl7th rf n i c.nil 3 4th and 10th .... lOW and 26th.... 4411&20t1i of la, it. Twica daily Irwico daily,. ~ 14,7, 17, 20, 27 ofm, ITO° 00 2nd 11;17th of mon Daily 2nd of the month Daily l7tl of tho month tilt it 20th of TrltAl l 018 g 26th of moth Plymouth • . 601 of 90 'Dover .....• t i • 0 10 Southam pt o 4ItA. ROUthittllpt( 16th fig Dover • Southamptor. Jail ►6 Southamotoe :or Various portsillin c° ' m' Southampton ;16t c a o s Ilb 0 411) , Southamp on Tu.'rnio Southamp 4 I 0 7 t1 1 9 1 10- Dover aO3, ," $4 Southaropt ,, rl7 [Dover „. •wle V)11 •• 6, )14 ' 8 015 2,1 01 Ivailf !16 0 ,, 2 10 40" 0 l ib ife 9 2 9 rd i. w i uon :I: 284 of month •... !Dover •• • ISouthimrto' SouthamPt , London South amp; • Dover .. .• • South ampt Plymouth Dover • • •• ••i Dover.. • • • • Holyhead .• • Southampton BOuthitmlita Liverpool •-•,1 14, 10, 20, and 26..1 Oover 20;h of the month 2nti of the mouth Dai1y....... 24 St 17th of month Telco a month Daily SonthftraP t` I Dover SouthamP Various port' Dover SouthatriPt° SouthamPt er Various Pa ° Dover a.•• Dover •• •• •• Southampton & 27th of mon. fly private chip... Every Saturday.. Daily.... •• •• •• • • 2d 17th otutontb nth of mon. h gonthirnPta I f i, 16 0 °‘ 1 4 , 20 0 ju19: 16 4 vr0 411 ,1 let 16 to- iiree l ' il 1 Xl° 40 ado 1 6 Arli' COUNTRIEW. Lmerica(byllrit .p a ck )N km:writ:2.(by United Sta. packet) ..........N knierica (by U. Slates packet) ..........N anstralia (via Liver pool) Ditto (via Marseilles) N Ditto (via Cape 01 Good Hope) •• •• e• •• •• •• N Africa (West Coast) ..N Alexandria.......... N Alexandria ........ Bahamas ...........M Belgium Brazil Buenos Ayres ........ bi Cape of Good Elope ..N Cape of Good Hope ..N Case do Verde Ceylon (see India) Ceylon ..............N Channel Ides lhina , - Jonstantinople N lanatantinoplo ........ Cont. of Europe M Egypt (doe India) N Gibraltar Greeco (aoo India) lroytown •• a• •• •• • •114 tlamblirgh ..........N riavannalt ..........M Honduras India (viaSouthaiuntOM India (via Marsoilloo)A1 lonian Isles Ono India) Ireland N adoira •• • • ••. •• Wailoira &Latta (aoo India) Koala • • • • •• • • • Mauritius( seelndia) statirldus •• N iderdeo Naples •• •....• •• ••N New Granada New Zealand.. •• •• •• • . Papal States ........N Peninsula ..........M Peru .• .• ..........M Port Natal gicilY Tuscany Venezuela ..........N Van Dlemen'sLmid (sec Australia) West Wins 16, ,St,. Whonany of these dates f a ll o n a S un d ay , the mails got' Taos 0 'l 40 I w° Iv scratched on the followin g d a y, w ith th e exce ption of ,' Southampton), and the Malta, both of which will be dose.° preceding day rAnvEaTtssmmr.l—The difficulties and danger s of br-no g v iser if up Infants by baud or wet nurses have been entirellibiell come by Du Barry's delicious Revalenta. Arabica Feud,i'd ice' feeds, strengthens, and re moves a ll th ose little pai ns 9 „. - lotte' gularities infants are so subject to. The followl% pee.' speak volumes :—" Gramm ar School, Stevenage , 16 7 coll; 1850. Gentlemen,—l think it but common justice for tl3; state that I have used Du Barry's Revalenta Arable%-er last four months, during which time our infant has Il e 'd - 4 00 0 j disordered bowels, from which it bad suffered reu e ',, sued the previous six months, whilst being nursed, thole 10 14 c,..re was taken to prevent it. Had I known Of your and Food sooner it would have saved my infant m0ch f ,p 5. 13,055 3 :; me also the heavy expense of a we t nurse.-4 u ` e 4 7 soei ° 'd AMBLER." Cure 2,704.—"1 consid er you ablessing °rd; at large. It is not to bo told all the benefit D u Revalenta Arabica Food has been to ! nine . I . e my little boy cries for a sa u cer o f it every 0°- r sel• WALTER KEATING, 2, Mannin g - lace Five Osks a , „ - iB4`2.'; " 21, Queen's-terrace, Bayswater, Lot;don Nov. to Beni Mr. Dampier will. thank Messrs. Du Barry ' and Cl, 1 : him another canister of their Revaleuta Arn3-01 agreed so well with his infant." (This l' u nts.l"; 10 days old when it commenced living on the Revu; — „ o rs Supported by testimonials from the celebrated Prollrof Chemistry Dr. Andrew Ure ; Dr. Shorland ; Dr. " iii i a rali" Dr. Campbell; Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. Wurzcr ; Dr* ; -- aast l ,r, Lord Stuart de Decies ; the Dowager Countess o ' ,ctitu'" stuart ; Major-Geu. Thomas King, and many other resP i e i 0 1110 r persons, whose health has been restored by it, after I. o 3tefb, means of cure had failed. Suitably packed for all with full instructions. In canisters, 51bs., lls. ; 3 38 : super-refined, 11b., Gs. ; 21bs., 1 ls. ; bibs.,. 225. ; la w :"00 0 7 The 101bs. and 121bs. carriage free, on receipt of I )° ,. - de° order. Barry du Barry and Co., 77 , Regent-street, ..°ooo' Fortnum, Mason, and Co., Purveyors' to her Majest 94 a; 4, dilly ; also at 60, Gracechurch-stt eet ; 33J and 451, Seas': heapsido; 68, Ccrnhill ; 49, Bishopsgate-street ° n a ' t iora i lag-cross ; 64, Upper Laker-street; 63 and 157 s - street, BIRTHS. op A SON. Lady liter On the 18th inst., at Sudbury Hall, Derby, riot Vernon. HYde-POllO On the 18th inst., at 30, Inverness•terraee , the wife of John Whitehead, Esq. Or A DAUGHTER. ° ill On the 18th inst., at Stone Lodge, Suffolk , . 0 Mrs. George Dashwood. tbo On the 19th inst., at 51, Up per B roo k-stroot , arf of Aubrey Cartwright, Esq. MARIED. f ogl .o On the 17th inst., at Mi ß ebamckl R. • 7 Croft, M.R.C.S., Melville -t errace Cain den-rom" , oaror" V t Maria, daught er o f M.W. Johnson, Esq., of S °u I: pig street, Fitzr o y- square , B o ber L t at On the 17th inst. at Hatfield-street, Her to, daug Rew, Esq., of 282, Regent-street, to Mary, on, i t o. of George Boavis, Esq., of Symondshydo, DIED .10°' ...,. NTevi '''' se t' On the 17th inst., at Rockingham-row West, —.2003er road, Win. Moss, Esq., late of the Navy office,' 1 house, aged 82. lam sure On the 18th inst., Thomas Longmore, Esq. , ` 3- ff. R.N., aged 77. the ite On the 16th inst., at Ashen Rectory, Es'e — ' 09 4 Peter Bourchier Wynch, aged 65. On the 16th inst., at Chelmsford, Jacob Elt °° ' aged 78. he ll °. On the 1611 inst., at Harrow, Eliza, wife of t— riff' Brabby, aged 31. 10-'4 .„., telh On the 16th inst., at 6, Lonsdale-square, i re W. J. Jones, aged 22. lie" On the 18th inst., at 39, Wimpole-street. Ma r y ' the late J. Green Wilkinson, Esq., aged 62. „,„, 130.- On the 13th inst., at Grove-road, Brixton, " '''.. Bromehead, Esq., aged 61. 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