The Sun. — London, England, 1856-05-26 00:00:00

btrb SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. TATTERSALL'S.—(This Evening.) 4 . DERBY. 3to 1 agst Wentworth (taken and offered) 6to 1 agst Cannobie (taken) 13 to 2 agst Fazzoletto (taken) 7 to 1 agst Vandermilin (taken freely) 9to 1 agst Artillery (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Ellington (taken) 20 to 1 agst Fly-by-Night (taken) 25 to 1 agst Bird-in-Hand (taken). 40 to 1 agst Barbarina colt (taken). 33 to 1 agst Mr. Verdant, Green (taken and off.) 40 to 1 agat Puck (taken freely) 40 to 1 agst Newington (taken) 50 to 1 agat Astrologos (taken) 50 to 1 agst Cotswold (taken) OAKS. 2 to 1 agst Mincepie (taken) 4to 1 agst Mermaid (taken) 7 to 1 agst Kalipyge (6 to 1 also taken) IMPERIAL PARLIAME NT. HOUSE OF LORDS—{This Evening.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. The Earl of HARDWICKE presented a petition from a place in Kent, against the abolition of Church-rates ; and also two petitions on the subject of our commercial relations with Russia. THE POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT. - - The Marquis of CLANRICARD E called the atten tion of the Postmaster-General to the condition of the clerks in country post-offices. A committee which sat some time ago recommended a revision of those offices with a view of placing the salaries of the clerks in those offices on a more satisfactory footing. Those clerks had very difficult duties to discharge, and the salaries received for such duties were very small, and the men were now in an unhappy state of " hope deferred." He therefore wished to ask whether the recommendation of the committee would be carried out, and whether it was likely that the post-offices throughout the country would soon be revised I The Duke of ARGYLL said that there were about 200 of those post-offices altogether to which the recom mendation of the committee referred. The revision of those offices was nowgoing on. About 103 of the largest of them had been already revised, and the salaries put on a more equitable footin g than before existed. Th ere s till re mained about 90 offices which had not yet been reached The revision was still going on with as much expedition ae was possible under the circumstances. He thought the country postmasters ought to have the appointment of tbeir clerks, as they were responsible for the acts of their subordinatee. He assured the noble marquis that the whole of the subject was being proceeded with with the greatest possible speed. THE INDIAN CIVIL SERVICE. The Earl of ALBEMARLE rose, to move for a re turn showing the yearly amount of all salaries paid to the covenanted civil servants of the Hon. East India Company under the several Governments of Bengal, the North-Western Provinces, Madras, Bombay, and the Straits Settlements, distinguishing each, together with the number of persons under each of the above Governments receiving such salaries in the re spective years 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, and the latest year for which the return can be furnished : a return showing the yearly amount of all pensions paid in England or India to the covenanted civil servants of the Hon. East India Company under the several Go vernments of Bengal, the North-Western Province., Madras, Bombay, and the Straits Settlements, distin guisbing pensions of 1,0001. a-year from those of a lesser amount, in the respective years of 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, and the latest year for which the same can be furnished : a return showing the yearly amount of all salaries paid to the uncovenanted civil servants of the Honourable East India Company, together with the number of persons receiving such salaries, in the first year of the establishment of such civil uncovenanted service, for the last year for which the same can be fur nished : a return showing the amount of pensions of un covenanted civil servants, and the number of persona drawing the same for the years 1840, 1850, and the latest year for which the satae can be furnished : a re turn showing the amount of all civil salaries paid to military officers, and the number of persons recevin, such salaries for the respective years 1844 and 1854 : a return showing the number of natives of India, bein e MahomerlanS or Hindoos, in the civil service of the Hon East India Company, drawing salaries of 5,000 rupees a year or upwards, together will the sum total of such sa laries fer the respective years 1844 and 1854: a return showing the amount of absentee allowances paid to the covenanted civil servants of the Hon. East India C,m pany in the respective y ears 1320, 1830 184 0, 1850, and the latest year for which the same can be furnished : a return showing the amount of the annuities of the Madras civil fund of the year 1818, and the number of persons receiving such annuities for the respective years 1320, 1830, 1840, 1850, and the latest years for which the same can be furnished : copies of all minutes of Council, documents, and correspondence between the Governor-General and Court of Directors, as well as between the several Governments of India among them selves or their subordinate officers, which led to the establishment of pensions and absentee allowances of the covenanted civil service of the Hon. East. India Company ; and also to call the attention of the house to the recommendation of the Madras Torture Commissioners, that a greater number of European fuctionaries should be employed in the civil service with the view to the suppression of torture ; and to sub mit to the judgment of the house whether an efficient European civil agency be compatible with the present lavish remuneration of civil services in India, consider ing the deficient and falling condition of the revenues of that country and the proved poverty of its people. [LEFT SPEAKING.] HOUSE OF COMMONS—(tIds Evening.) The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : —Ely Tidal Harbour and Railway ; Glasgow Paving ; London, Tilbury, and Southend Railway (Extensionand Branches); and Vale of Clwyd Railway Bills. The order of the day for the reading of the Aberdeen and Scottish Midland Junction Railway Companies Amalgamation Bill was discharged and the bill ordered to be recommitted. THE MILITIA. In reply to a question from Mr. GROGAN, Mr. F. PEEL said that when the militia was disem bodied no person connected with the militia would con tinue to receive pay but those on the permanent staff' of the Adjutant and the Quartermaster-General at the time of the disembodiment. PERCUSSION CAPS (CRIMEA). In ansner to a question from Col. Nonni, Mr. MONSELL said that no report had been re ceived upon 6,000,000 of waterproof percussion caps sent to the Crimea, but when it was it should be laid on the table of the house. The number mentioned by the gal lant officer was larger than was really the case. THE COAST GUARD AT FOWEY. Mr. PALK asked the First Lerd of the Admiralty, whether the gallant conduct of Commander Norcock, Inspecting Commander of the Fowey district, and two • Coast Guardsmen named William Peppin and Charles Hen wood, and a man of the name of Johns, son of a Fowey pilot, in conducting the descent of a boat down a clifl2oo feet in height, launching her, and under circumstances of great dariger rowing to and saving the sole surviver of a vessel wrecked close to Fowey, had been brought before the notice of the Loris of the Admiralty ? Sir C. WOOD said it had, and that measures were • being taken to reward them for their gallant conduct. PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS (SCOTLAND) BILL. Sir J. FERGUSSON asked the L e . d-Advocate, whe ther, by the Parochial Schools (Scotland) Bill, in the event of the person elected to the office of schoolmaster being a member of the Established Church, the exa inination before the Presbytery would still be necesary; ` and whether the judicial powers of the presbyteries over s choolmasters accused of heretical teaching, and their visitation and examination of the schools, would be retained? The LORD ADVOCATE said that no doubt their must be such an examination as that alluded to under the bill, and with regard to the latter portion of the answer the bill would not touch on it. JOINT STOCK. COMPANIES BILL. On the motion for the house going into committee on this bill, Mr. SPOONER moved, as an amendment, that the house go into committee on the bill this day six months. Mr. LOWE res i s ted the amendm en t, and, in r ep l y to Mr. Spooner's remarks, said that he had materially altered the bill of last year. The amendment was negatived without a division, and the house went into committee on the bill. Clauses 1,2, 3, anti 4 were agreed to without die. cussion. Clause S, relative to registration, after discussion and some verbal amendments, was also- agreed to. [LEFT SITTING.] _ _ THE RUGELEY POISONINGS. TRIAL OF WILLIAM PALMER., CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT (TEM DAY). ELEVENTH' DAY. The trial of William Palmer was resumed this 'morning at the Central Criminal Court. Intense intereatwas felt this morning as to the result of the trial, it belts known that Lord Campbeltwould conimienee the d4s pro dings by summing up the evidence,•and the' prOlability kthe jury returning a verdict almost immediately following its conclusion. • At a very early hoar the avenues to the Court were (linnet, evowded by persons having the necessary colollred bf admission in their hands, and tho Cort was speedily filled after the opening of the doors. Every avail able space in the Court was occupied long before their Lordships took their seats on the bench. The congregation of persons in Newgate-street, probably owing to the fineness of the weather and the near approach of the termination of the trial, was greater than on any former day, and anxious inquiries were made by many of them of persons who left the Court, " How is it going with him ?" &c. Their lordships, Lord Chief Justice Campbell, Mr. Jus tice Creswell, and Mr. Baron .Alderson took their seats on the bench precisely at ten o'clock, accompanied by the Recorder, Deputy-Recorder, and several of the aldermen. The Earl of Derby and the right hon. W. E. Gladstone were also on the bench. On their lordships taking their seats, the prisoner ap peared in the dock and walked to the bar dressed as on each former occasion, in black with black kid gloves on. He keeps up in appearance remarkably well considering the immense amount of anxiety he must feel, and the ex citement it must be to him from the protracted nature of the proceedings necessarily long from the circumstances connected with the case, and the importance of the result of the trial to the prisoner. He stood the whole of the day, and for the greater portion of it leaning on the bar with his right hand in front of his mouth, and paid the greatest attention to Lord Campbell's summing up— scarcely taking his eyes off his lordship during the whole of the time it occupied. • Before Lord Campbell commenced the summing up Mr. Sergeant Shee applied to be allowed to put in an accept ance for 5001., drawn by Palmer and accepted by Cook, dated September, 1855, which was granted. His Lordship immediately after proceeded to charge the jury, but in a very low tone of voice, which, unfortunately, is now become a habit with him, and more particularly in proportion to the great importance of the case under con sideration. In many instances during his summing up he was quite inaudible, and it was with difficulty he could be heard at all. He commenced by saying :—Gentlemen of the Jury,—We have at length arrived at that stage in this solemn inquiry when it is the duty of the judge who presides to explain to you the nature of the charge brought against the prisoner at the bar, and to direct your attention to the evidence upon which you are to return your verdict ; and I begin by conjuring you to banish'from your minds all that you have heard relative to the charge before entering that box. Strong prejudice has, no doubt, prevailed in London and elsewhere against the prisoner at the bar, and particularly in the county of Stafford, where the offence for whieh he has to answer was alleged to have been committed, and which was so strong that the Court of Queen's Bench made an order, at the request of the prisoner's counsel, for the s emoval of the trial from that county to tie Central Criminal Court, in accord ance with the terms of an act of Parliament especially passed to attain that object. I feel, however, that on this occasion the prisoner will have a fair and impartial trial ; and whilst I warn you against being improperly in fluenced by what you have heard else wh ere, I must also warn you against being improperly in fluenced against the prisoner by the evidence that has been laid before you implicating the prisoner in bill trans actions of a discreditable character, and allow to be introduced into the case to raise the probability of motive on the part of the person accused for the commission of the crime with which he stands charged. It affords me great satisfaction to know that the case has been fully laid before you. Everything has been done that can be accomplished for the purpose of assisting you in coming to a right conclusion. The prosecution has been taken up by the Government of the country, so that justice might be effectually administered, and the Attorney-General, the first law officer of the Crown, has conducted the prosecu tion as a minister of justice. Again, I am much pleased to think that the prisoner appears to have ample means of preparing and conducting his defence. Evidence with re gard to the scientific part of the case has been very pro perly brought from all parts of the kingdom, and the pri soner has had the advantage of having his case conducted by one of the most distinguished advocates at the English bar, and I must strongly recommend you to attend to everything that has been so eloquently, and im passively urged by him on the part of the prisoner, with the exception of his own private personal opinion of the innocence of the prisoner. That by no means ought to influence your minds in arriving at a just conclu sion, if you are to try the prisoner upon the evidence and not by the opinion of the learned counsel en gaged on either side. It would have been better if the expression of such an opinion by the learned coun sel for the prisoner been had abstained from, and it would be a lamentable-and unfortunate thing for the ends of justice if permitted. A prisoner's plea of not guilty goes for nothing, and ought not to influence a jury, and if fol lowed out must, as I have already said, lead to disastrous consequences. An advocate might be mistaken as to the innocence or guilt of his client, and he ought to rest his' arguments of innocence on the facts of the case as pre sented in evidence, and not rely on a verdict of not guilty from an expression of his own opinion to that effect. I will now in a few words state to you the allegations on one side and on the other. On the part, of the prosecution it is alleged that the deceased John Par sons Cook was first tampered with by antimony, and that he was afterwards killed by strychnia.; that his symp toms were those of poisoning by strychnia, and that the prisoner having a motive for snaking away with him, took an opportunity of administering strychnia to him, and that the oircumstances were so suspicious as to fall on him and no one else; that within a few days of the deceased's death, and when the supposed poison was administered to him, he actually purchased a quantity of strychnia, and that the prisoner's conduct, previous to the death of John Parsons Cook 'and subsequently, was not dictated from feelings of humanity towards the deceased, bat for the purpose of being the better able to accomplish his purpose. On the other side it was contended, and you are to say whether or not it was so, that the prisoner's con duct before thedeceased's death was dictated purely by motives of hu manity towards him—that he had no interest in the death of she deceased, but on the contrary, that ho had the greatest interest in his life. Further, it was said that Cook did not die by strychnia, but from natural disease, and that the symptoms preceding death we're those of death from natural causes, and that no part of the evidence that has been given shows anything at all consistent with death from poisoning by strychnia. It is for you, however, to decide whether the allegations on one side or the other aro proved, and a most anxious task is imposed on you thereby, for if you fined the prisoner guilty he will have to expiate his crime on the scaffold. It is of the greatest importance, not only to him but also to society, that you should thoroughly investigate the charge, fur if persons so acting are to escape with impunity, there would be no safety to life, and society, in its present state, would be hardly able to exist. Unless you feel fully convinced that the proof of the prisoner's guilt is beyond all doubt, it is your bounden duty to acquit him, but in cases of this kind you cannot expect that witnesses should be called who saw the deadly poison administered by the poisoner openlyto the world. Evidence has been called ne cessarily of a circumstantial character tending to the con ehision of the guilt of the prisoner; but before you return that verdict you must be satisfied that the evidence fully justifies you in arriving at that conclusion. With respect to the prisoner's motive, it is of great importance that you should oonsider whether there was a motive or not suffi ciently strong enough to wish him to get rid of the deceased, for in either case it was of the greatest importance. At the same time you must bear in mind that the experience of our criminal courts shows that acts of this kind have been perpetrated from very slight motives indeed, and to gain a small pecuniary advantage. It appears to me that the question you will have to consider is this—whether the symptoms presented by Cook's death are consistent with death by strychnine, for, if not, and you believe that death arose from natural Causes, the prisoner is at once entitled to your verdict, and ought to have it ; but if the symptoms are consistent with paisening by strychnine, then you have another important question to answer whether the evidence which has been adduced is sufficient to convince you that the poison was administered by the prisoner. In cases of this sort the evidence is naturally and generally confined to racily.' and moral evidence. The medical evidence being tbat of the scientific men, and the moral evidence the circumstantial facts connected with the case; and it is impossible to separate them, because it,is only by a comparison of the two that a verdict ought to be returned. In this case you will look to the medical evidence, and say whether the deceased did die by strychnia ; and to the moral evidence, and say whether tho prisoner not only had the opportunity, but did actually avail himself of that opportunity, and administered the poison to the deceased. With these preliminary °laser- vations I will now proceed to read over the evidence which has been given, and I most earnestly hope that you will not be led away in the slightest degree by any observa tions that I might make, but that yon will be guided en tirely by the evidence. The verdict must be yours, and in your hands must this case rest. I shall begin reading the evidence at that part of the case as opened by the At torney-General, respecting any motive the prisoner might have had to induce him or to wish for the getting rid of the deceased, and which, if it existed, must have arisen out of certain pecuniary transactions the nature of which has been laid before you. It appears that the prisoner bor rowed l arge sums of money upon hills of exchange which he drew, and which purported to be accepted by his mother, one of which was in the hands of a gentleman 'named •Padwick. • It was for 2,000/„ 1,000/. had been paid,-and there was 1,000/. remaining due on it. A soli cite'. of the nanie,Of Pratt h a d a l so a d vanced large sums of m len'irisioner on s i m il ar bills amounting to 12,5Z7' nd -S a eve ' r l al c'f.hese'leills had been renewed, an d 'there were two or Area for 2:,000?.. each doe on the 25th of October, 18.55 . , and the other on 27th October, 1855. One-half of 5001„ and another of 1,0001. was over due, and held over from. month to month. Besides these lar g e sums advanced by Pratt to P a l mer, he had con tracted very large debts With an attorney of Birmingham, and 10,0001; was due to,'..kini on them. Tho prisoner ex pected to pay the bills owing to Pratt by the proceeds of a pplicy of insurance effected on his brother Walter's life. The law; of this country wisely forbids the insurance of a R ial " by another person who has no interest in it ; b ntthe 'law, unfortunately, does not prevent a man who insures, his life from transferring it to another person. The PolicY on,Walter Palmer's life was assiined by bina to the prisoner, and he having died, it was expected that the proceeds of that policy, which was for 13,0001., would be the means of enabling the prisoner to take up the accept ancesheld by Pratt; but the insurance office refused to pay the amount on the policy, and hence arose the most pressing demands on the prisoner. Pratt urged imme diate payment, and unless that were complied with, in all human probability those forgeries which had been so long hid would be discovered and brought to light. His lordship then proceeded to read the evidence of Mr. Espin, Mr. Padwick's solicitor, relative to the bill for 2,060/. and the two letters written by Palmer in reference to it ; one dated the 12th November, which was on the Monday of the week of the Shrewsbury races, and the other dated the 25th, the Saturday after the death of Cook. Mr. Espin, in his evidence, said—l produce a bill for 2,0001., which was placed in my hands by that gentleman to enforce payment from the prisoner's mother. The bill was due three months after date, but 1,0001. had been paid off, and the bill was placed in my hands on the 12th of December to enforce the payment of the remainder. I received two letters from the prisoner; one contained a cheque for 1,0001., with a request that it might not be presented till the 28th of November ; and the other related to a sum of money, 350/., about which there was some mistake about the remittance, and in which Palmer stated he would shortly bo in London. I produce a cheque for 1,000/., inclosed in the above letter of the 12th, dated the 28th. I presented it on that day and payment was refused. I also produce a cheque for 600 7 ., dated Bth December, in prisoner's handwriting, pay able to Mr. Padwick or bearer, which was also dis honoured. It was forwarded in consequence of the cheque of 1,0001. having been dishonoured. 1,0001. still remains due on the 2,0001. bill. Execution was issued against the person. The prisoner was taken on the ca sc. This was strong evidence to show the state of the prisoner's circum stances at the time, and the pressure that was being put on him. We then come to the evidence of Mr. Pratt, which was most important for their con sideration. Mr. Thomas Pratt said—"l am a solicitor, practising in King-street, Mayfair. lam acquainted with the prisoner. It commenced in Nov., 1853, when I ob tained a loan of 1,0001. for him . . That was afterwards paid. In Oct., [lB5l, I was employed by him to make a claim on two policies, both on the death of Ann Palmer. I received 5,0001. from the Sun, and 3,0001. from the Nor wich Union. The money was applied in payment of three bills amounting to 3,500/. or 4,0001. ; 2,0001. of it was due on acceptances and loans obtained subse quently to the claims on the policies ; the remaining 1,5001. was not so applied. In April, 1855, ho applied to me for a loan of 2,0001. I obtained it on an accept ance dra.wralay himself and accepted by his mother. On 20th November I and my clients held eight bills that I had discounted for Palmer. I held four of them myself. There were two others then overdue. The bills aro as follows : June 5, 1351, for three months after date, drawn by Mr. Palmer, and accepted by Sarah Palmer, for 5001., and en dorsed by him; Aug. 2, 1854, a similar bill for I,oooe, payable three months after date; July 22, 1855, for 2,0001., three months after date ; July 24, 1855, for 2,0001., three months after the date, endorsed by Palmer to Thos. Pratt (both of those becoming due in November) ; Sept. 27, 1855, for 1,0001., for three months after date ; Sept. 29, 1855, fur 2,0001., for three months after date; Oct. 2, 1555, for 2,0001., for thre3 months, indorsed by Palmer to Thos Pratt ; and one, Oct. 12, 1855, for 2,0001., for three months after date. The whole of the bills purported to be drawn by Mr. Palmer, and accepted by Sarah Palmer, payable to the order of Palmer, and indorsed by him. The whole amounted to 12,5001. 6,0001. had been renewed, and would become due in January; two bills were only overdue on the 20th of Nov. for 2,000/. One bill for 1,000/. and another for 50C/. was held over from month to month, as was the interest. The interest charged for discountine the bills wa% about 60 per cent. In August, 1855, Walter Palmer died, and I made an application to the Prince of Wales office for 13,0001., the amount of the policy. Sarah Palmer, as the acceptor of these bills, had frequently been written to at Rugeley, but no replies had been received.' And there was every reason to believe that none of these letters reached Sarah Palmer, the mother, probably from some understanding between Palmer and the Rugeley postmaster, that they should not be delivered to her. His lordship then read the lengthener' correspondence that had passed between Palmer and Pratt relative to these bills, and the non-payment of the amount on the policy of insurance on Walter Palmer's life by the Prince of Wales Insurance Company, all tending to show the pecuniary pressure the prisoner was labouring under at the time, which was near the period of Cook's death, and the probability there was of the forgeries on the mo ther being known if the prisoner was unable to meet them. At the conclusion of the reading of this correspondence. the learned judge proceeded to say, that having read the letters in which Cook was not concerned, he would new read some in which he was. The letters concerning the raising of money for Cook, which letters were directed by Palmer to be sent to him at the post-office, Doncaster, were then read. In cross-examination the witness Pratt said Cook was represented by Palmer to him as a person of re spectability, and on writing to him at Lutterworth re specting a bill for EOO/., which had not been paid, Cook came up from Lutterworth and paid the amount himself. After referring to other parts of the evidence, he now came to that of one of the witnesses, a butcher, residing at Rugeley, in which a conversation took place concerning the raising of a sum of 251. Ou the 9th of November the prisoner had only a balance of 91. at his bankers; and it certainly did appear that having to meet a cheque for 1,0001., due on the 28th, and nothing to meet it with, he was in a very desperate state. On the 21st of November the Messrs. Weatherby received a letter from Palmer, en closing an order for 3001., and asking them to send him a cheque for the amount for Cook, who, he represented, was ill of bilious attack. On the 22d he again writes to Messrs. Weatherby, directing them to send cheques to Earwacker and Pratt. On the 23d Mr. Weatherby wrote to Palmer, telling him that there were not funds enough to Meet it with, and therefore they could not comply with the request of Palmer; the efore his cheque had been sent to Wea therby, and returned by him to Palmer. Mr. Weatherby received a letter on the 24th from Palmer ordering them not to part with any money they had or might have be longing to John Parsons Cook. The cheque alluded to had not been produced. They also had the evidence of Butler to show that the prisoner, previous to the Shrews bury races, was short of money ; and if he (the prisoner) had no funds at his control, how was it possible for him to have bought Polestar, whose value, after winning the Shrewsbury race, was estimated by the witness Butler at 700 guineas ? and the mare was afterwards sold at Tatter sail's for 750 guineas. A document had also been spoken of, to which the late postmaster Cheshire was asked to sign his name. Why was not that produced ? The wit ness Burgers stated that the whole of the papers of the prisoner were taken possession of, and on examination neither that paper nor the order that purported to be signed by Cook, and which the Messrs. Weatherby proved was returned to Palmer, could be found amongst those papers. These papers, after they had been examined by the soliei tor, had been sent to his brother, Mr. G. Palmer, yet they had not been discovered. Burgen stated that he had care fully searched for the papers, and ho could not find either of them. These papers ought to have been produced. He would now proceed to the circumstances that took place at Shrewsbury, and the jury would have to draw their own conclusions. The first witness called was Fisher, who stated that he was a wine merchant, and knew Cook, and saw him at the last Shrewsbury races, when Pelestar won. Cook seemed well on that day. On the evening of Wednesday he said he stepped at the Rainbow, where Palmer and Cook were stopping, and new com menced the tampering with Cook. Cook had some brandy and water, and he asked Palmer to have some, but he said ho si mild not until he had drunk his. Cook did so, and immediately after ho said there was something in it. The glass was handed to Reid and Fisher, and the latter said there was a strong scent. Iu ten minutes after taking this brandy Cook loft the room and was taken ill ; and Fisher deposed that on Cook coming to his room he told him he had been sick, and that he received from him about 7001. to take care of. The next morning Palmer said to Fisher, "Cook Bev I have been putting something in his brandy, but he was d— drunk." It important to recollect the evidence on this point. Fisher had always been in the habit of settling Cook's debts, and he also said he saw on the Shrewsbury race course Cook's betting-book; and it was an extraordinary circumstance that, as a large sum of money had been won by Cook, the betting-book could ne t be found. - The learned judge then went through the other part of Fisher's evidence, and came to that given by Jones. He deposed to hearing the deceased make the re mark about the brandy and water. Gibson, the assistant to a surgeon in Rugeley, said he was sent for, and when he arrived he found Cook in a very bad condi tion, and be sent him some pills and a draught; and the evidence of the witness Brooks would finish the evidence on that portion of the case which related to Shrewsbury. This witness stated that she saw the prisoner with a glass in his hand shaking the contents of it round ; she also stated that she saw him hold it up to the light, and she also stated, in her cross-examination, that a great many of the people attending the Shrewsbury races were taken ill. The next point to be considered was the evidence of Elizabeth Mills, which appearca in The Sun of the 15th and 16th inst. [lt will be recollected that it related to Cook's illness, the administration of the pills by the p r i. _ _ _ soner en the Monday and Tnesday at the Talbot Inn, at Rugeley, also the whole proceedings a few minutes prior to the death of Cook, and also as to having seen the betting book in Cook's room on the Monday previous to his death.] He (the Lord Chief Justice) did not think there was the slightestgronnd to supposethat this witness had been bribed to come forward to givo her evidence. She also stated she had seen Mr. Gardener two or three times, but he was a highly respectable gentleman, and it could not be supposed that be would attempt in any way to prejudice the witness, or give her directions as to the evidence she was to give. The evidence of the witness Elizabeth Mills, as given bo- fore the coroner, was then read by Mr. Straight, the clerk of the conrt, which cliffared only from that given before this court by the omission to state upon that occasion that the Moth had made her sick. The jury had heard the ex. planation which she had given, and it was fur them to determine whether they thought her evidence was not to be believed in Consequence of that omission, particularly its they found her evidence corroborated by the statepents of her fellow-servants. His lordship then went through the evidence of Lydia Barnes and Sarah Bond, contending that they entirely bore out the truth of what she said. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 26, 1856. Having gone through this part of the evidence the court adjourned. On the re-assembling of the Court, his lordship pro ceeded with the evidence of Mr. Jones, the surgeon, of Lutterworth, upon the portion relating to the consulta tion about the medicine which Cook was to take, and the proposal that Dr. Bamford should prescribe for the de ceased, and also that relating to the missing betting-book. His lordship having gone through, his notes of that evi dence and having done so directed` the evidence given by Dr. Jones, as given by him before the coroner, to be read, and said that he did not think there was anything differ ing from what he had stated in this court which ceuld lead them to think he was not the witness of sincerity and truth. His lordship than went into the evidence of New ton, the assistant to Dr. Salt, and said the jury would have to consider the demeanour of the prisoner when he was purchasing the strychnine amongst other drugs, at Hawkins' shop, and his conduct. upon seeing Newton. They then came to the interview, upon the 25th of Nov., with Newton, about the amount of strychnine to kill a dog, and the effect it would have upon the stomach. New ton's evidence before the coroner was then put in and read, and his lordship said it was for them to consider whether, from that conversation which he made, they were to think he had wilfully told a wicked lie. He was not shown to have any to the prisoner ; and ho did not see that he could have any motive for Tasking the additional state ment which he had done. He then went through the evidence of Roberts, the assistant to Hawkins. The cross examination had not attempted to deny that evidence. This brought the prisoner ,into the possession of the strychnia, which they would couple with the circum stances and symptoms of Cook's death. The learned counsel had not favoured them with any explanation or opinion or given anything as to what had become of the strychnia, or what had been done with it, and if they came to the conclusion that the death of Cook was caused by tetanus from strychnia he should be shrink ing from his duty, in the high position which he held, if ho did not tell them that was a very strong fact established by the prosecution which had not been in any way an swered. His lordship then went through the evidence of Mr. Stevens, whose conduct he (his lordship) thought was per fectly justifiable, and did not merit that violent attack which the learned Sergeant had made upon him. He had strong suspicions, and the deceased was his stepson, and he had perfect grounds for acting in the manner in which he did. His lordship then went through the statement of the woman who laid the body out, and that of Dr. Harland, and his interview with the prisoner previouly to the post mortem examination, and the post mortem examination was put in and read. It was signed by Dr. Harland, Dr. Bamford, and Mr. Devonshire. Re verting to the evidence of the pushing at the post morteai examination, and the jar being removed and found near where Palmer was, and then found with the bladder cut ; this, of itself, was no t muc h , b u t w h en it was taken into consideration with prisoner's remarks and subsequent conduct, it seemed to indicate an intention upon the part of the prisoner to upset the jar and destroy its contents. After reviewing the evidence relating to the post mortom examination, and after going through the evi dence of Boycott and th e post boy, his lordship drew the attention of the jury most especially to the offer of 101. to upset the post chaise, and said it was for them to consider in a case of circumstantial evidence the conduct of the accused, and whether it was consistent with innocence or guilt, and it was for them to consider whether Mr. Ste vens had so provoked Palmer that they could take the view which the learned counsel did of the matter, that Palmer only meant to upset Mr. Stevens, and net to destroy the contents of the jar. The jar was men tioned at that interview, and it would be for them to say whether such conduct was innocent of the design to de ;troy the jar and its contents, and so destroy the chance of their being evidence against him. He then came to his conduct with Cheshire, the postmaster, in getting him to be a party to the assignment of Cook's property, that was evidence of fraud and forgery, but ought net to preju dice the case. He then came to the prisoner's getting hold of the letter containing the report of Dr. Taylor to Mr. Gardner, and, referring to prisoner's conduct and that of the coroner, said he disapproved in the strongest man ner of the coroner in taking presents from the prisoner. As far as the letter to the coroner was concerned, he asked them to consider it most carefully. The prisoner might he innocent, hut they must consider, if that accorded with innocence, it was tampering with the coroner, and, to his mind, suggesting to the coroner the ver dict which should be arrived at. The letter was, jto state to the coroner, that there had not been any !spleen found, and that the verdict would be a natural Meath. With regard to the book found at the prisoner's Nouse, he begged the jury not to attach any importance whatever to it, as it was used by the prisoner in ' his studies. His lordship then went through, without somment, the evidence relative to that of the game being sent, and also that of Mr. Herring and Bates, and then s.scie to the evidence of Dr. Curling, and said that the jury would now have to judge, upon the evidence of men of science, whether the eymptons of the disease corresponded with those of traumatic tetanus, dr idiopathic tetanus, my natural disease, or otherwise. His lordship then vent through the evidence of Dr. Carlin, Dr. Todd, and Dr. Bamford, the latter of whose evidence before the Crown was also put in and read. The evidence about the bills his lordship said was most important, eecause they had been in the prisoner's posses sion, and that he had the opportunity of changing hem. Sir Benjamin Brodie's evidence was of the greatest importance. He was a maa of great practice, and a very 'nigh authority, and he stated that Cook's symptoms were each that be could not attribute his death to any natural cause. Dr. Danlble and other medical evidence ,greed with that. The symptoms in Cook's case were not those of idiopathic or traumatic tetanus, neithei did it agree with any of the symptoms known in cases of epilepsy, and all agreed that the symptoms would not arise from syphilitic infection. The learned Judge had not concluded his address when we went to press. It is expected that it will not be finished to-night. Country Markets. HADDINGTON COR. MARKET -MAY 23. !MEAT. I BARLEY First 723 0(.1 443 Ott O ITS. BHA* 323 Od 46) ..ns al Second . 663 6d ; 41s 4d .; 29s 2d ; 42s 3d Third o 9s Od I 36s Od I 24s 6d 1 40s 01 Total quantity of wheat in market, 906 qrs., 857 sold PP PP barley ~ 182 qrs., 106 sold PP PP oats ,; 333 qrs., 317 sold I, ~ beans IP le6 qrs., 110 so d AVERAGES PER 'WIPER/AL QUARTER. Wheat, 3/. 6 0 0-12ths ; Barley, ...21. 1 4 6-12tlas Oats, ... 11. 9 2 2-12ths 1 Bsans, ..... 2/. 2 3 3-12 tbs DALKEITH GRAIN MARKET—MAY 22. Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior 491 Wheat 69a Od. ...... .. 00s Od 791 Oats 210 Barley 43s Od oos Od 69 Peas & beans 46a Od _. 00s Od ABERDEEN-MAT 23. Potato oats 2ss Od to 21s 6(1 1 401 b s per b us h e Common oats 24 s Od t o 24 s 6d Bere 36s Od to 37s Od Barley 36s 0(1 to 37s Od 1 531bs Wheat, red (spring)s6s Od to 60 3 Od white ......65s 0(1 to 70s Od 1 G2lbs „ Oatmeal 19s 0(1 to 20s Od per boll. Flour 53s Od to 54s Od per sack. PROVISION MARKET. Beef, per lb 6(l to 8(1 I Butter, p lb. Os 10d to is Od Mutton, per lb 6d t o 8(1 Eggs, p doz. Os Gd to Os 7d Lamb, do., Os 9(1 to ON 9 i liens, p pair 3s 0(1 to 3s 6d Veal, ner 1b...... 6(1 to Os 9d Chickens,do.2s 6(1 to 38 Od Pork, per st...iis Od to 6s 6d Ducks, do., 2s 6(1 to 3s Od Salmon, per lb . Os to O s Ducklings,oOs Od to 0: Od Grouse, per brace Os to Os Turkeys, each 5s 0,1 to Os Od Tallow, p stone, 359,1 to 480 d Potatoes, pr peck, 6d to Vo Rabbits, each 9(1 to 10d. Butter for exportation (present cure) per cwt.--s0(1 to 100, Eggs, wholesale price, per dozen ..--d to 5} RETAIL PRICES. Flour, I , llb —s Od to 3s Od Barley flour,l4lb.Os to 2s Od Oatmeal Os Ocl to 2s Od „ dust, Os toOs 10d Beremeal ....Os Od to is 10d „ per lb 2d to 22d Peasemeal... Os Od to 28 1 1 'd Sids, B‘l 4-lb. 10af...8d. 2-lb. 10af...4d. Cheese, per imperial stone, 4s. to 4s 6d. DUBLIN, MAY 23. We have no quotable alteration to report in the curren. cies of Friday last. A brisk demand for wheat, and an improved demand for Indian corn. Other descriptions of grain dull. White wheat, 39s Od to 43s ; red ditto, 35s Od to 41- 0 ; barley, 14s 6d to 20e Od ; oats, lie 3d to 14s 6d ; rapeseed, —s Od to —s Od per brl ; oatmeal, 14s Od to 15s 6(1 ; bakers flour, 21s Od to 27s Od per cwt; Indian corn, 29s Od to 31s 6 per 480 lbs. LOCAL SHARE MARKETS, LIVERPOOL, MAY 24. STOOK EXCIIANGE.—The market has been very dull to-day, and prices are a shade lower th an y es t er d ay, with very f ew t ransac tions. Dublin and Belfast, d. 18 — London and North Western, 101/ j- Lancashire and' Yorkshire, 91 14- i—Midlauds, 773 3 3—North Eastern and Berwick, 20i—South Eastern, 21 $—Grand Trunk of Canada, 84 d.—Great Western of Canada, new, 33 p.— Luxembourg constituted, 7i d. MANCITESTER, MAY 24. STOOK EXCHANGE.—This market has been doing a fair business to-day, and prices closed very firm as fol lows :—Midlands, 77,i —Leeds, 91A—Eastern Counties, 10, 1 4 . —Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 293—Dovers, 21 7-16—Great Northern A, 9 ,l — North Stafford, 6 di s,— East Lancashire, 19i. BIRMINGHAM, MAY 24. STOOK EXCEIANGE.—There has been a dull business to-day, but prices were about the same as yesterday. Midland, 773—Eastern Counties, 10 —Loudon and North Western, Eighths, dis.-13irininghara Old Canals, Pi. LEEDS, MAY 21. STOOK EXCHANGE. —The sales this morning were at the following rates : -- North Ea4tern t Leeds, Quarters, 24 prom.—North Western, 64 — Lancashire and Y or k s hi re, ' 90 4 — Dovers, 211. INTERESTING FACTS.- - Extract from tll5 Glasg ow ercur of the yearl796 Glasgow, A pr i l 6th. We learn from Hamilton that Thomas Young., merchant in that town, died on the 21st ult., aged 96 ; and on the 28th died Mary Cannel, his spouse, only six wo e k s younger than her husband. They lived man and wife 73 Yelrs, and retained the use of their reason an d senses to the last. It is remarkable that Mr. Young got a new set of teeth several years before his death." How TO BUY A HousE.—Mathews was thrown by a atartlish horse. A few days after Incledon met him mounted on a fresh purchase. " Hallo, Charley ?" cried be, "are you sure that new Bucephalus of yours is safe ?" "Oh, certain," replied Mathews ;"I took good care to'aseertaic that before I bought him." "How did you manage that ?" "By sawing him well under the tail with the bridle," answered Mathews,—Bentley's THE APPELLATE JURISDICTION OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS. The following is the report of the Select Com mittee appointed to inquire whether it is expedient to make any, and, if so, what provision for more effec'ually securing the efficient exercise of the functions of the House of Lords as a Court of Appellate Jurisdiction ; and further, how any such provision would affect the general character of the House ; and to report their opinion thereupon : "Teat the committee have met, and, in pursuing the important inquiry intrusted to them, have examined several of the leading counsel employed in• the business of appeal at your lordships' bar, and subsequently the Lord Justice-Clerk, the Lard Justice-General of Scot land, the Master of the Rolls, Vice-Chancellor Stuart, and Lord St. Leonard's. " Among these witnesses there appears to be a very general agreement as to the expediency of retaining the appellatejurisdiction of the House, and in this view the committee entirely concur . " Although some of the witnesses have stated that the corking of the present tribunal is perfectly efficient and satisfactory, and testimony has been generally borne to the wisdom and impartiality with which the law has been administered by it, yet there is a great preponder ance of opinion in favour of some change in the manner in which the appellate business of the House of Lords is at present conducted. " The principal objections raised by the witnesses against the present constitution and practice of this ulti mate Court of Appeal are as follow : -- " 1. That none of the Law Lords, except the Lord Chancellor, being bound to attend, there is an uncer tainty as to the number of those peers who may assist at the hearing of any case ; and that the attendance of peers who, from want of professional knowledge and ex perience, decline to interfere in the proceedings, takes away from the solemnity of the tribunal, and leads to misconception on the part of the public, when their pre sence is only required in order to make a house. " 2. That delay, sometimes inconvenient to the suit ors, and prejudicial to the regular administration of jus tice, is caused by the hpuse not being able to sit during the whole of that portien of the year during which the inferior courts are open. "3. That the administration of Scotch law has been at all times unsatisfactory from the want of familiarity with the Scotch law, consequent upon the law lords being exclusively English judges. " 4. That there is an unnecessary expense attending some of the forms of proceeding. " 5. That the mode of delivering judgment, and the absence of official dress, deprive the house of the so lemnity which attends ordinary judicial proceedings. " The committee have carefully considered these ob jections raised by the witnesses, and also the various sug gestions that have been made with a view of meeting them ; and they have to submit the following as the con clusion to which they have coma : " 1. It appears from the evidence, that for the last 10 or 15 years the appeals have been heard sometimes by as many as four law lords, sometimes by three or two, and instances have been adduced where appeals have been heard and decided in this house, with advantage to the law and satisfaction to the public, by the Lord Chancellor or one law lord alone. The committee are, however, of opinion that, considering the importance of the causes brought to this ultimate Court of Appeal, the house should, as a general rule, be able to reckon on the attendance of not less than three law lords to assist in the hearing of all appeals ; but in making this recom mendation, the committee by no means wish to discou rage the attendance of other members of the house. " Although during certain psriods the number of law lards in regular attendance on the appellate business has been adequate to meet the requirements of the public and the profession, experience has proved that such at tendance cannot always be relied on. Hitherto, those by whom this duty has been discharged have been for the most part ex-Chancellors. The committee are of opinion that the attendance of others equally qualified to sit with those peers in judgment on the decision of the in ferior courts would be best secured by the creation of other legal offices, in connexion with the House of Lords, with such salaries as would insure their ac ceptance by the most eminent judges. The committee are, therefore, of opinion that it is desirable that two offices should be created, to be held by two law lords, who-ie duty it should be to assist the house in the per formance of its judicial duties ; and they accordingly re commend that her Majesty should be empowered to ap point two lords to be deputy -speakers of the House of Lords, with salaries attached to their offices. The com mittee do not propose that these appointments should interfere with her Majesty's power to appoint unpaid deputy-spealsers of the house. " As the lords holding the proposed offices would be intrusted with judicial duties of the highest importance, and as the oomnaittee believe experience to afford the only sure test-of the fitness of even eminent lawyers for such duties, they would further recommend that persons who have held some high judicial office in the United Kingdom for not less than five years should alone be eligible for these appointments. "They recommend that the office of a paid deputy speaker of the house should be held by the same tenure as the office of a judge, and that every such person shall receive, out of the consolidated fund, a yearly salary of 6,000/., or such yearly sum as, with any pension to which he may be entitled for past services, will make up a yearly income of 6,0001., So long as he shall hold the said office. "2. With respect to the delay which now occurs in hearing appeals, from the sittings of the house not being co-extensive with the sittings of the inferior courts, the committee advise that the house should be enabled to authorise its sittings to be resumed or continued for the hearing of appeals only at such times as may be deemed expedient for the exercise of the appellate jurisdiction, notwithstanding the prorogation of Parliament. "3. The committee have paid great attention to the important evidence which they have heard on the subject of Scotch appeals. Nearly all the witnesses who spoke to this part of the subject admit that very material advan • tages have been derived by Scotland in the course of the administration of the law by the Ho e use of Lords, and some of them are of opinion that it is still advisable to keep the appellate jurisdiction entirely distinct from the ?Scotch bench and bar ; but on the other hand, arguments were urged, with considerable force, against the anomaly of the final court of appeal from Scotland being so con stituted as never to comprehend a Scotch judge, or any person necessarily acquainted with Scotch law. It ap pears that the majority of the bar, and the Writers of the Signet in Edinburgh, are in favour of one of the members of this Appellate Court being a Scotch lawyer. It is not proved that this is the opinion either of the mer cantile classes or of the community at large in Scotland. The committee are of opinion that no fixed and invari able rule should be adopted on this subject. "4. The committee recommend to the attention of the house the complaints which they have quoted above as to the unnecessary expense of some of the proceedings of the house, particularly in respect to the printing of the cases. They are of opinion that this, together with other suggestions for the prevention of delay, are ques tions which will be best dealt with by the Lord Chancel lor and the lords who assist him is hearing appeals. "5. The committee have heard much conflicting evi dence as to the best mode of delivering judgments. It is argued, on the one hand, that the great principles of law are best elucidated by separate judgments, when the judges in the Court of Appeal differ in opinion, and that the separate declaration of opinion is satisfactory to the suitors, as proving that great attention has been paid to the cause. On the other hand it is urged, that such divisions diminish the authority of the tribunal of ulti mate resort, and tend to produce uncertainty in the law, without any countervailing advantage ; and the example of the Judicial Committee, where differences of opinion are not expressed, has been quoted as favourable to the deliberation being in private, and the opinion of the ma jority given as the collective judgment of the tribunal. The committee are of opinion that this is a matter of dis cretion, which must be left to be arranged among those who hear and decide the appeals ; but they recommend that those who hear the appeals should have leave to sit at the table, and deliver their opinions sitting. "The attention of the committee has been drawn to the difficulty which may, in some cases, be felthereafter, of appointing the most fit persons to judical offices con nected with the House of Lords if it- cannot be dose without con f err i ng on t h em hereditary peerages ; and it appears to the committee advisable,-that any person ap pointed to such an office should be enabled, by autho rity of Parliament, to sit and vote in the house, and enjoy all the rights and privileges of a peer of Parliament, under a patent conferring a peerage for life only, if the Crown may have granted, or aball grant, the same to such persons in preference to an hereditary peerage ; pro vided always, that not more than four persons shall have seats in the house at one time as peers for life. • "The committee recommend that in all respects, ex cepting those where:charekbas been recommended in this report, the functioris- - Allt he Lord Chancellor and the rights and privileges of the whole body of peers shall remain unaffected. "And the committee have directed the minutes of evi• dence taken before them to be laid before your lordships, "May 20." RAILWAYS AND DOCKS.—The surveyor of the Liver pool Dock Trustees reported on Thursday that the con. nexion between the lines of railway belonging to the trustees, at the north end of the Sandon dock, and the high lines of railway communicating with the Lancashire and Yorkshire and London and North-Western Roil ways, are now completed, and that a circuit by rail is now complete on the dock quays. A SCOTCH LAWYER CAUGHT !—A. lawyer, says the Berwick Advertiser, lately pleading in a sheriff's court, in a case of right of way, thus addressed the bench : " My lord, the road in question is of no use whatever ; indeed, it is rather a nuisance, as it is only frequented by blackguard boys and profligate young men and women. I know the road." Sheriff—" You have walked the road ?" Lawyer—" A hundred times." Skeriff—" You give yourself a bad character." (Laughter.) THE HOLY COAT.—The Messager de is Charite says : —"lt is known that our Saviour wore, according to the custom of the Jews, three garments—a tunic, a robe, and a cloak. His cloak was divided on Golgotha, his robe is at Treves, and his tunic, which the Virgin Mary wove for him, is at Argenteuil, two leagues from Paris. According to a firmly-established tradition, the holy robe was brought from Constantinople to the west of Europe, and it is to Charlemagne that this treasure is due. St. Gregory, of Tours, in his Glory of the Martyrs,' says;—‘ The tunic without a seam was brought to France in the reign of Charlemagne, and placed in the convent of Argenteuil, where his sister and daugh ter were nuns.' In all times the robe has been held in great veneration.'" To the above story, repeated by the Univers, the Debats objects that Saint Gregory, of Tours, died 147 years before Charlemagne was born. Sporting Intelligence. TATTERSALL'S.-SATURDAY. At the commencement Fazzoletto showed a slight ten dency to improvement, but it was quickly checked by the disposition which was manifested to lay against him, and sto 1 was currently offered at the close. Cannobie returned with increa,ed force to 8 to 1, and Artillery was in• good demand at 9 to 1. 25 and 30 to 1 were laid against Fly-by-Night. 40 to 1 offered against the Coroner. At 1,000 to 15 the investments on Puck ex ceeded 1501. 1,000 even was betted between Artillery and Vandermulin. 400 to 200 on Wentworth against Cannobie. Bto Ito 1501. against Coroner, Ellington, and Yellow Jack. 9to 2to 2001,, and 4tol to 1001. against Cannobie and Vandermulin coupled. 375 to 25 against Fazzoletto winning the'Derby and Mincepie the Oaks, and 500 to 25 against Vandermulin and Mincepie for the came events. CLOSING PRICES. THE DERRY. 7to 2 agst Wentworth (offered) sto 1 agst Fazzoletto (taken and offered) 6to 1 agst Vandermulin (taken) Bto 1 agst Cannobie (taken and offered) Bto 1 agst Artillery (take 9 to 1) 25 to 1 agst Ellington 25 to 1 agst Rogerthorpe (taken) 30 to 1 agst Fly-by-Night 1000 to 30 agst Bird in Hand (offered) 40 to 1 apt Coroner (offered) 50 to 1 agst Astrologus (taken) 50 to 1 agst Cotswold (taken) 50 to 1 agst Barbarina colt (taken and offered) 50 to 1 agst Puck (taken) ;THE OAKS. 3to 1 agst Mincepie (taken to 1001.) 4to 1 agst Mermaid (taken) Bto 1 agst Kalipyge (taken) 9 to 1 agst Tyne (taken) 10 to 1 agst Cerva (taken) LATEST BETTING AT THE WESDEND. THE DERBY. 7 to 2 agst Wentworth (taken to 4001.) 11 to 2 agst Fazzoletto (taken to 2001., and aft. offered) 6to 1 agst Cannobie (taken freely) 9 to 1 agst Artillery (taken) 9to 1 agst Vanderinulin (taken) 20 to 1 agst Ellington (taken) 28 to 1 agst Bin in Hand (taken and offered) 30 to 1 agst Fly-by-Night (offered) 40 to 1 agst Barbarina c (taken and offered) 50 to 1 agst Puck (taken) 50 to 1 agst Cotswold (taken) 13 to 1 agst Edington and Bird-in-Hand coupled (taken) 12 to 1 agst Yellow Jack and Bird-in-Hand (t) First, Second, or Third. 2to 1 agst Cannobie (taken) 2 to 1 agst Fazzoletto (taken) 4to 1 agst Yellow Jack (taken) 5 to 1 agst Ellington (taken) 10 to 1 agst Cotswold (taken) OAK R. 2to 1 agst Mincepie (taken) RAILWAY ARRANGEMENTS. On Tuesday, the 27th, and on Thursday, the 29th, trains t.t the usual first and second class fares will run from London to Epsom from 7 a.m. to 11.10 a.m., and from Epsom to London after 7 p.m. Additional fast trains will ruu from London to Epsom from 11.16 a.m. to 1.30 p.m., returning from Epsom from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. On the Derby day and Oaks day, Wedneday, the 28th, and Friday, the 30th, trains will run at the usual first and second class fares from London to Epsom from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m., and from Epsom to London after 8 Additional fast trains will run from London to Epsom from 9.5 a.m. to 1.20 p.m., and from Epsom to London from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. On the Derby day and Oaks day a special express train will also leave the London bridge terminus at 1.45 p.m. precisely, arriving at Epsom in time for the race. The ordinary trains between London and Croyden, and London and Epsom, will be entirely suspended during the hours above advertised. EXCURSION TRAINS.—For the special accommodation of vi,itors to Lcndon during the Peace Festiva!, the London, Brighton, and South-Coast Railway Company propose to run excursion trains from all their stations every day, from this day (Monday) to Saturday, inclu sive. It may, therefore, be expected that a vast number of excursionists will avail themselves of the opportunity of adding to their list of sights and entertainments " a trip to Epsom on the Derby Day." YACHTING. ROYAL VICTORIA YACHT CLUB. RYDE, MAY 22. YACHTS AT AND OFF THE STATION, Georgiana Capt. TheHasson. Shadow Sir Gilbert East, Barr. Surprise Extravaganza GLASGOW, MAY 20. A rendezvous of yachts belonging to this club will take in Gouroek Bay, on Tuesday, the 3d J une, at ten o'clock a.m., fur the purpose of cruising in fleet for a few days. The regatta will take place at Dunoon in the month of August, the date to be fixed hereafter. [ PROGRAMME OF THE LONDON FIREWORKS ON THE 29TH INST —Lord Palmerston will let off the squibs and crackers ; Sir James Graham, the serpents ; Mr. Glad stone, the Roman candles ; Lord John Russell, the blue lights; Lord Aberdeen and Sydney Herbert, the Cathe rine wheels, in honour of the grandmother of their friend Nicholas ; Bernal Osborne and Lowe, the rockets ; the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Lord Chancellor, and Sir C Lewis, collecting the sticks; and Wilson acting as gene ral powder-monkey on the occasion. It is also expected that Mr. Disraeli will be in attendance with a few Inciter matches to help his rivals to strike a light, in case of any , failures in . the exhibition. Prince Albert will also be pre sent. His faded popularity well entitles him to be called " the light of other days."—Plair. [ADVERTISEMENT. ]—EPSOM RAMS. —SIGHT AND HEARING, SPECTACLES, POWERFUL TELESCOPES, OPERA, RACE AND PERSPECTIVE GLASSES, —Aessrs. S, and B. 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They are of larger and a': sizes, with increasing powers accordingly ; while their vary ing from 4 to 6 inches enable us to discover more than the above, and the Georgian, with his 6 satellite s , & c ,—Th e R oya ' Exhibition, 185:L.—Valuable, newly-invented, very small, powerful waistcoat-pocket glass,tho size of a walnut, by whist a person can be seen and known 13 miles distant ; they answer every purpose on the race-course, and at the opera house,,. country scenery, • and ships are clearly seen at 8 to 10 miles. They are invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, yachting, tc. sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Oper a , race-course, camp, and perspective glasses, with wonderfu pewer. Newly-constructed Spectacle Lenses of the great est transparent power. The valuable advantage derived from this invention is, that vision becoming impaired is preserved and strengthened, and very aged persons aro enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occu pation-- can see with these lenses of a much less magnify. leg power—and they do no t requ i re th e frequent change, to the dangerous effects of further powerful assistance. Deafaealt-- - --Ne:CV Diseevely.—The Organic Vibrator, an ex traordivary powerful, small, newly-invented instrument for ' deafness, entirely different from all others, to surpass any thing of the kind that has been, or probably ever can be, produced. n' Being of the same colour as the skin, is not per , eeptible ; it enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at publie assemblies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the oars is entirely removed; and it affords all the assistance that possibly could be desired.-39, Albemarle street, Piccadilly. 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The transactions were, however, clmparatively few ; in fact, the close approach of the Derby was never in our experience marked by so little betting. The strength with which Vandermulin was again sup ported somewhat weakened the position of Wentworth ; whilst the former advanced to 6 to 1 taken to "money," the latter fell back to 7 to 2 offered. LA TV INTELLIGENCE.—May 24. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT. .(Before Mr. Commissioner Phillips.) IN THE MATTER OF JAMES IRVING SCOTT. l t This insolv en t, th e propr i etor and editor of t w o n e ad papers called the R e p or t cr an d a penny newspaper c..md, the London Evening Yews, whose case was before rep , '" was further heard. Mr. Fisher now appeared as counsel for Mr. TAYI O4k printer; and Mr. Macrae supported. The point raised was a vexatious defence to Mr Teil o i di action, but the necessary evidence was not produced'ol another adjournment was opposed. It was remarks the insolvent had been four months in prison. , Mr. Commi ss i oner Philli ps declined to grant a 01,4 adjourn men t , an d ordered the insolvent to be dischl'o He was accordingly discharged. AN EXCILLENT DETERMINATION. His Hozp ur i n ti ma t e d hi s determination to rise at .0, o'clock, a nd i n th e m i dst of a CASe, when that hour 14 11 adjourn the c our t. It i s to b e hoped that the learn pp missioner w ill no t re l ax the resolution he has adop ted the present occasion. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—May 24' - P ' CLERKENWELL.—SHOCKIN G , CASE OF GROS F, rack JURY.—THE LATE R OMANTIC AFFAIR AT LA. t .-- ao. James Mullett, a mas t er b a k er, carry i ng on business e'. t 7, Clarence-pl ace , Cl ap h am-road. appeared be f e n o Corrie, in answer to a summons taken out by till Beckett to show cause why he should not contributeplo support of an illegitimate child of which he was as be the father. Mr. Lewis, jun., a p peare d f or the complainant, a ll- Pelham for the defendant. b 0 Mr. Lewis, i n open i ng th e case, said that the mattee,ol been before the magistrate at Worship-street, but cal; fe s occasion the complainant failed to establish her case. days afterwards the complainant took the child to th's,, e s fendant's shop, and having placed it on the counter, 11 7 0 te away. On that oc cas i on s h e was followed and given eet custody for deserting her chili, but when the case de heard before th e H on . M r. N orton he dismissed it, 17011 number of respectable parties in the court having es s , the magistrate th a t s h e h a d b een most unjustly treatell that even the c om pl a i nant ' s w i fe had at Worshiriwor declared she sincerely felt for her, Mr. Norton Ile mended her to t a k e ou t a f resh summons aga inst That course h a d b een a d op t e d , and he (Mr. Lees e) satisfied that, from the fresh evidence he should :w o k before his worship, an or d er would b e made on the def ant for the support of his child. Sophia Beckett was th en sworn and deposed as fb.11010: —I am a single woman, and reside with try mother e: tlO Brewer-street, Somers-town. In May, 1855, I was 1 1 0 0 service of the defend an t. I h a d a ma l e b astard child, di on the 16th of March last. It is now alive, and the I fendant Mullett is the father of it, and no one ebniii never knew a man eith er b e f ore or a f ter h i m. I wa s service in October twelvemonth, and continued the t P to the middle of l as t y ear . After I had been in his 0 orri six weeks he offered me money to seduce me. occasion of his connection with me was in June last. 2 . mistress sent me upstairs to get some "London Jou,oi and while I was in my bed-room the defendant came per`"'' me in his shirt and d rawers, pu t me on the bed aeue,tioll thered me over. I screamed out, but he had cone' is% with me. My mistress came upstairs and met him aletli out of my room. Sh e b egan a b us i ng him. I ra p stairs and claimed the assistance of a carpenter, 1% , 0 there. My dress was l oose an d my h a i r down my s hoed I remained there. some d ays a f ter that, and then 10'7000 made me very ill ; my h ea d ac h e d and nose bled fer;olf months on and off. I did not kno w I was i n the Ivo way until my sister accuse d me o f i t. That vise months after the connection. . or Cross-examined—I do swear that defendant had to course with me. My m i s t ress t oo k i n the " Lon d o n,' de nals," and gave them to me to lock up. That afterneao sent me upstairs for them. I screamed, and my mistrese p ee up. It was all against my will. My mistress said t O O fo,r " Has your m as t er succee d e d ?" and I replied " No 'Nis; being no schol ar , I did not know w h a t s h e meant. ,'"01 was at the Worship-street police-court I did not se , thing about the carpenter. 0 1 0 Re-examined—lt was d one i n my b edroom. MY 6° 0 were not much tumbled. The bed was. It 191a 0 ef rumpled, as if it had not been made: My mistree s o of me putting it strai g ht. Sh e sa id s h e was sure my I n s et had been with me. My screams brought my mistret He pulled the bed clothes down and put them ofe' o e. head. My hair was rumpled when the carpenter ss l f, • 1 My nose bled, and my mistress sent for a wired': fainted away the same night. John Walling said---I am a carpenter, and reside !' ni a. Everett-street, Gre a t R usse ll- square. In the sPrz.oilg. 1835 I was engaged at d e f en d ant ' s h ouse, do i ng some ; the I remember the compl a i nan t b e i ng servant t h ere I" jot time. On a Monday afternoon in May I remenli e ed coming to me in the kit c h en , w ith h er h a i r i n a disc , per state, and her dross the same. She complained 0 , 0 4' master having ab use d h er upsta i rs. I heard the de'fol ant's wife upstai r s j us t a ft er ca ll hi m a black villain a rogue. Since then the defendant has been to ref, 41 about this case, and sa id if I wou ld attend he wo nt,' me for my trouble. He said he wanted me to ape' l ' g yl truth, and that all he wanted me for was to prove te ° oo l wrong in the dates. I t o ld hi m th at I saw t h e g irl a d o down into the kitchen with her hair and dress in clisa r b ol when he said he was not aware that I knew anything! „of it. He also said th a t th e y wan t e d t o b r i ng i him fetP e the child, and that I was t o s t a t e no thi ng but the tt( the month I was wo r ki ng th ere . I t o ld hi m t h a t be he had had connexion with the girl. ce d e 0 Cross-examined—Mrs. M u ll e tt was upstairs..Tsy_ plainant's brother has ask e d me t o come h ere . Reef' promised to pay me. Eliza Harwood said she w as l a t e ly servan t t o the &O ant, and had charge of one of his shops at Stool: O Sue was examined at Worship-street, but after that e s defendant discharged her because she, stated all she n 4 o about tho matter. B o th M r . an d M rs. Mullett had • to her about the complainant. On one occasion the defeat ant said he had " bested" Sophia, but that it would ne e , have happened if it h a d no t b een f or hi s w i fe ' s curser ir lousy. es Mrs. Mary Huggins sworn —l am marr i e d an d lif,_°; • Union-street. Complai nan t i s my s i s t er. At a b ou t t%l months after she left ber place I and some other P ro i went to the defendant's hou s e. I h a d prev i ous ly found: my sister was very ill. She kept getting worse, and atd she told me she w as i n th e f am il y way. Wh en w e en:01 the defendant's shop we saw Mrs. Mullett there, and her Sophia was in the family way. She said he was %et lain. The defendant then came into the shop, and NIS being told of their errand, he said, " Well, you I t o your best and do your worst. I w ill d o no thi ng until 00 law compels me, and then it will have to fi n d me. o id, then left the shop, when his wif e ca ll e d hi m b ac k and 'or " Come and answer for yours e lf. I remem b er the eirtj , stance well, and it is black against us." I told the de, j ant that he had ruined my sister, when he replied, dare say she was bad before I knew her.:' n the vh James Beckett and M a tild a B ec k e t t sta t e d that 'er r complainant and the defendaht were at the Stockwell 4 lice-station, they heard M u ll e tt say th at if th e girl P o i come to him in a quiet way, ho would not have re° paying the half-crown a week. Other witnesses having been called, who proved the I n suit of the interview at thedefendant's shop, and his ue the words, " I dare say she watt bad before i knew her , st el Mr. Pelham proceeded t o remar k on th e ev id e nce, e te contended that the expression " Ikne w h er " m i g ht refVbf her getting into his service. The case had been heer v t jet Mr. Hammill, who, after adjourningit, and giving 1 4 it best consideration, dismissed it; and he thouge bl was only to annoy his client that he had been brf g o it sli here. That such was th e case th ere cou ld b e no bi and, to show the animus of the parties, it migh t 41) mentioned that simile the complainant was at Lare' f r a petition had been got up, h ea d e d, "T o th e ben' d lent public, and particularly to the inhabitant s . 00 Brixton. Stockwell, and th e v i c i n ity." H e s h ou ld Inbe the defendant in the box, and h o wou ld s t a t e that . 0 , whole of the complainant's story was an entire fabricl4;f• The defendant was then called and sworn. He il l ee te was in court and heard complain an t swear th a t I Ilse"' nection with her on the bed. I swear that is not trtk never had connection with her th en , nora t any time whet ever. I admit I was up-stairs, as was m y custom, t () : , 01 some rest in the afternoon. My wif e did come up 0,,1ft just as I came to the door with nothing on e but ml 1 1" 0 1 and drawers. The girl was up-st a i rs a t thb ti me , an" or wife, who is of a very jealous disposition, taxed her le o ' 0 having been with me. C o mpl a in an t wen t away beo j she was ill. I suppose her mistress gave her notick.r, swear most positively that I never had connection with r io Cross-examined—All that the complainant has stet false. false. The carpenter has told a lie, and I will indict h i for perjury. In fact all the witnesses are liars, and A t. "'io prove it. My wife has been jealous of me hefore, per%o not without cause, because I was seen to kiss a pre v l o Mr. Conic, said that the case was one of some diffiells the more so that he sat in review of a brother magistreoo decision. He thought that Mr. Hamtnill had relied uP°, O the medical evidence when he dismi sse d th e c ase, for saw that the surgeon, in answer to th e ques ti on w lethl i "Supposing au intercourse to o k pl ace a t mens t rua tion, 0, is likely conception would take pl a c e ?" th e answer 'ef!„jg "It is possible, but not probable. It would if it tui' o place immediately after." There were dome parts of ,• evidence in which both sides agreed, and that was in ',," o s wife's going up-stairs, and having a suspicion of vi' o . had occurred. The girl's story was, in his opinion, o° firmed by the evidence of the carpenter, who, he must leg had given his' evidence very fairly. It was a very pain. r e case, for one or the other had co m mitt e d p er j ury. Te°, o were several matters whi c h th e d e f e nd an t h a d failed meet, and he should, therefore, believing the girl and b e* witnesses, make the usual order with oosts. Mr. Pelham at once gave notice of appeal. BIRTHS. OR A BON. On the 22d inst., at Hodnet Rectory, Shropshire, b frli. Cholmondely. On the 22d inst., at 53, High-street, Camden- 01413s the wife of John Scott, Esq. ON A DAUGHTER, g On the 23(1Nowarke, inst., at the Leicester, the ta m e Sir 3lylles Cave Browne Cave, Bart. at Ito On the 22d inst., at 8, ocester-gardenn, Hyde-1) the wife of Lieut. Stopford, R.E. MARRIED. On the 22d inst., at St. Mary's, Bryanston4o, l 7. David, son of Cha r l es Ch apman, E sq., formerly o f 19 0 ham, Surrey, to J ane, e ld es t d aug h ter of the late 0 1° • Oakley Curling, Esq., of the Isle of Thanet, gent. On the 22d inst., at Southborough, Kent, Henry 0114 ley, Esq., of Tunbridge-wells, to Martha, widow of th e late Francis Gadd, Esq., of Southborough. XAD, t! ..( ItES qe 'l " 4 ' L OIa • i b , "'d art tlo, led at 1 11 111 ' Ti ckets r 4 hay to adon to Pletcl teilerboroi V al llgha °llrerhat Clo h 1 .4 0 lc Ils k p e €lC bet t E \Vri ,ittlOPS 17:1Votral I 04 10 .tie kets h ana,7, 8a o °4 erttai,ai Gen `_ S,lsi piNcies el 31 1 1 .4t4 g to %l'p Prem ror tl ad t Lally pt n to P rn oi 44 jo7 ata spectra u n. or 0 01 e -4111A.c 1 1t 4‘a ti atrat Of Z r a . ll 444: 4 ( 1 urea ke,;ll,t D I E Tan On the 22d inst., 10, Y or k- ga t e , Regent's-parks " Piuder, Esq., aged 74. On the 22d inst., at Newton Villa, Westbotwle - g r° n l f e j; Colonel James Lewis Basden, C. 8., formerly of the B,k Foot. Ou the 22d inst., at Rathurles, near Nenagh, Ireland, Ashton Benyon, Esq., GM Regiment, eldest son of S. -5(• Benyon, Esq., of Stetchworth-p ar k, near N e wmarket. On the 21st inst., at the Crescent, Taunton, Miss Cll some, aged BL. of On the 23d inst., at B r i x t o n -hill, Mary, the wi f e Mr. flislop, of Gutter-lane, aged 61i. 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