The Sun. — London, England, 1856-01-14 00:00:00

THE RUGELET POISONING CASES. VERDICT OF WILFUL . MURDER. RNGELEY, JAN. 12. After the departure of the express to London from Stafford last night, Mr. Thurlby, Palmer's assistant, and Dr. Monckton were examined. Before, however, tran scribing their evidence, it would be well that the state meat of Dr. Knight should be given at that length which its importance merits. Dr. Edward Knight, examined, said—l am a physician residing at Stafford. I knew the deceased, Anne Palmer, from her infancy. I was called to see her professionally on the 25tla of Sept., 1854. When I arrived I found Mr. Palmer waiting for me, when he told me I had been sent for at Mrs. Palmer's particular request. After hearing the description of her disease from Mr. Palmer I went upstairs and saw his wife. I endeavoured to examine the case, as well as I could, from Mrs. Palmer's own descrip tion. I found her so much exhausted that I could not from her understand the nature of the disease. I think Mr. Palmer then, in her presence, described her complaint. He said that she bad had distressing vomiting, griping, and purging, and that she had caught cholera at Liver pool, where at that time it was a prevailing disease. She did not vomit in my presence ; but the retching was distressing. I inquired for the evacuated matters, and was told they had been thrown away. As far as I could form a judgment on the case, I thought it a severe form of English or summer cholera. I then returned with Mr. Palmer to a room below stairs, and recommended to him that she should take two minims of prussic acid for the purpose of allaying the retching, which was then the most distressing symptom. He told me that it should be administered immediately. I then walked into the town, called on Mr. Ba,inford and another friend, and design edly remained two hours in the town, for the purpose of ascertaining the effect of the prescription. In two hours' time I called again, and saw her with Mr. Pal mer, and she appeared then to be somewhat relieved. I then took leave, with an assnrance from Mr. Palmer that if she did not continue to improve he would imme diately send for me again. I returned to Stafford that eve!s;ng by train, and never heard any more of her case until I was told on tha Saturday following that she had died on the Friday. By Mr. Deane—l had known Mrs. Palmer from her infancy, and was one of her guardians. She was the daughter of Lieet.-Colonel Brookes. Mr. Dawson was her acting guardian, and I only acted nominally. I had on one or two occasions atttended her before her mar riage, but am not aware that she had any disease. In 1854—but I cannot tell what month, it was in the sum. mer time—l examined her to ascertain if her life was in surable, and I could not discover any disease. When called in to see Mrs. Palmer professionally, she was not in a fit state to converse with me. After she had taken the two minims of prussio acid her voice was impraved, but she could not hold a conversation with me. She did not herself express a wish to see me again, but her hus band promised, in her presence, to send forme. ,I can't re collect whether I wrote a prescription or not, but I recom• mended saline effervescing draughts. I am sure Idi not suggest any preparation of antimony in the medicines I prescribed. I never thought of it. I should not, under any circumstances, have prescribed tartar emetic, or any preparation of antimony—that could not have been pro per. When I came to the opinion that she died of sum mer cholera, I formed that opinion from statements made by Mr. Palmer, as she was unable to describe her Symptoms. By Mr. Smith—Mr. Palmer appeared to evince a very proper feeling for his wife. Some portion of Mrs. Palmer's symptoms favoured the statement made by Mr. Palmer. She was in an extreme state of exhaustion, and I should stet have been surprised at hearing of her death the next morning. I have never seen any one poisoned with antimony. I have seen large (lases of antimony given, and I have observed extreme depression arising from it. I have administered large doses my self, and have witnessed alarming symptoms. I beli eve antimony will also produce purging. Mr. Smith baying read an abstract from Dr. Tsvlor's philosophical work, which describes the effects produced by poisoning from antimony, Dr. Knight stated, in reply to a question from Mr. Smith, that Mrs. Bradshaw, the nurse, did not describe the symptoms which would he produced from poisoning by antimony; but her evidence went to negative the supposition that antimony was ad ministered. In reply to Mr. Deane, Dr. Knight ob.;erved—E should attach very little importance to Mrs. Bradshaw's evidence, medically considered. In reply to the Coroner, Dr. Knight stated that from the assertions of Mr. Palmer and Mr. Bamford, and what he saw, he had given a certificate as to the cause of her death to her husband. The certificate was produced by Mr. Deane, who had obtained it from the Sun Insurance-office. Mr. Benjamin Thurlby, assistant to Mr. W. Palmer, the accused, was next examined. Witness deposed that he saw Mrs. Palmer on the day before she died, and re mained with her about five minutes. She was then very feeble and exhausted, and it was with difficulty he could got her to answer any question. She KIN she felt as if she was sinking through the bed. Those were the only words witness heard her speak. Suggested that she should take arrowroot and brandy, and the nurse said she gave it her. Made up a prescription of Dr. Knight's a few days before she died. Saw the prescription on calling on Thursday or Wednesday, lying in the window in the kitchen, and Mr. Palmer asked witness to make it up. It was about Bor 9 o'clock in the evening. Was reading the prescription when Mr. Palmer came in. Did 'not recollect that Mr. Palmer gave any explanation as to why it was not made up before. Witness made it up. It was an a'kaline mixture and powders to be taken in a state of effervescence. After making it no, took it down to Mr. Palmer's. Thought it was on Tuesday night. It did not contain tartar emetic, or any pre. paration of antimony. By a Juryman—Mrs. Bradshaw was in the room when I Faw Mrs. Palmer. I believe it was her I told to get the arrowroot and brandy. By Mr. Smith—Mr. Palmer was a very kind man, and very kind to Mrs. Palmer. I was with him four or five years. I always considered him a very kind hus band. By the Coroner—l think that all the medicine except this way mixed up by Mr. Palmer or Mr. Bamford. (lid not mix up any other. I have seen Mr. Palmer often mix up drugs himself. By Mr. Smith--I saw Mr. Palmer immeiiately artar his wife's death, and he appeared to fret very much. Mr. Deane then proposed to put in Mr. PairnPr's diary for 1854, and t,) read from the 18th of September to the Bth of October. From this we rise a few extracts : "Sept. 19.—Went to Sandon. Saw Joseph. Jerry dined at the yard. Eliza returned hcme." (Opposite this and some similar entries there Was an asterisk.) "Sept. 20.—Went to Lichfield. Jerry, Anne, and Sarah returned from Liverpool." " Sept. 21.—Anne ill in bed," &c. This entry was repeated for the three folloNing days ; and on the 24th it is added—" Mr. Bamford called." " Sept. 25.—Bamford and Mr. Knight oiled. Henry fetched Mrs. Bradshaw. Neither called to see Anne." Oa the 26th of Sep , einliier the entry is—" Anne very 11. Thiniford called." " Sept. 28. Eliza very poorly in bed. Pao ford called." "Sept. 29, Friday —My poor dear Anne expired about 20 minutes past 1." Then fellow a series of entries, consisting chiefly of the statement " At borne." "Oct. 3—Buried poor Anne." " Oct. B—At church, sacrament." David Henry Monckton, residing at Rugelev, deposed—l male a post mortem examination of the body of the deceased on Saturday, the 221 of Dec. last. There was externally no evidence of any injury, so far as the state of preservation of the body allowed roe to form an opinion. There was a sufficient quantity of fat deposited in different parts of the body to prove that the deceased had not suffered long from any lingering illness. De- Composition had proceeded to some extent both exter nally and internally, and had so disorganised the brain as to make it impossible to decide as to its condition at the time of death. The rest of the body was in a state of preservation sufficient to allow me to speak positively as to the condition of the several parts. Score of these parts or organs were enclosed, unopened, in jars, and therefore unexamined by me. With regard to all the teat, the most careful examination failed to detect any alteration in the structure sufficient, in my opinion, ta account for death. Although there was but little blood in the body generally, there was in the chest a consider able quantity of bloody fluid which, in my opinion, was the result of decomposition. The heart was quite empty and collapsed. The deceased was not consumptive er pregnant. The alimentary canal was especially examined, and showed nothing unhealthy. There was no erroeion, corrosion, ulceration, perforation, or obstruction. It was, moreover, by no means empty. The stomach con tained but little, but the intestines were moderately well filled with the material ordinarily found in the several parts, and the lower bowel had a considerable quantity of excrement in it, not bard arid solid, but soft and semi fluid, and contained the natural amount of bile ad mixed. From Uri.; I conclude that she did not suffer in her last illness from an excessive or prolonged diarrhoea, nor could she havedied hour au obstruction in the bowels I placed in one jar the stomach and the duodenum, it, another part. of the large intestine and of the small in testine, one kidney, and one of the ovaries, which was forwarded from its not having exactly the usual appear ance, although there was nothing, that, in my opinion, could account for death. The thi r d j ar contained the the heart, and th e right lung. The wit liver, the spleen , ness then described the mode in which the jars were secure d. Another parcel contained parts of the lining of the shell and of the dress of the body, which had been saturated with the discharges from the corpse. They were placed in the hands of Police-Inspector Crisp, e „ he evening of Saturday, December 29. Mr. Smith asked what the jars were made of ? Witness--They were glazed earthenware jars. There wal nothing in the appearance , of the body which pr eve ,i that Mrs. Paltrier might not have died of exhaustion as stated by th e other medical rues. My opinion th a t the appearance; were not consistent with her having died cif English cholera, because English cholera going to the extent of causing death by exhaustion would have much .more freely evacuated the alimentary canal. She might have died from extreme vomitinge, producing exhatietion and causing death, but it would not be English cholera. rho post modem, appi-,araneas are eonsietent with that. It being now nearly 7 o'clock, the inquiry war ad journed until 10_ o'clock this morning, when it was un derstood that the evidence of Dr. Taylor, Dr. Rees, and parties connected with the assurance offices would be ken. On tire assembling of the Court this morning, much creater public interest appeared to be felt in the pro ceedings than was the case at the cpening of the ad jeurned inquest yesterday. lir. G ar i n®; apptarea to As was the ease yesterday; latch the proceedings on behalf of the Crown ; Mr. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY .EVENINO, JANUARY 14, 1856, Deane for the assurance companies ; Mr. Smith for the defence, assisted, in the examination of Dr. Taylor, by Dr. Bemberton, physician, of Birmingham. Mr. Ks nealy, of the Oxford Circuit, was present to-day, as yes terday also. Alfred Swaine Taylor deposed—l am a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, Fellow of the Royal Society, and Professor of Chemistry at Guy's Hospital. On Monday, the 24th of last month, I received six jars from the last witness. Three of them were labelled " Ann Palmer, No. 1,2, and 3" outside. They were well se cured and sealed, and the seal was unbroken. I locked them up until the 26th, keeping the key in my possession, and then, in conjunction with Dr. Rees, I proceeded to examine them. We first examined the stomach in jar No. 1. The coats were firm and very well preserved, consider ing that 15 months had elapsed since death. On the sto mach at its greater end, and on the outside, there was a yellowish coloured streak which, when examined with a magnifying glass presented the appearance of mineral matter. It was such an appearance as I have never seen in 25 years' experience, except when mineral poison was in the stomach. Wa opened the stomach. We found neither liquid nor solid contents, but a thin pasty looking substance of a brownish colour spread over the lining membrane. The whole quantity of this substance spread over the membrane of the stomach amounted to about half a teaspoonful. The lining mem brane presented slight patches of redness. Its surface was examined by a magnifying glass. It was quite free from ulceration, perforation, or any organic disease. The small intestines were next examined. They were empty; hut covered on the inside in parts with a thin brownish coloured substance. The large intestines were then exa mined. There was faecal matter in the czecum, one portion of the large intestines. The inner surface of the rectum, or lower bowel, was covered with a deep red orange coloured substance. On removing this and examining the inner surface of the lower bowels, there was no ap pearance of ulceration or disease. The intestines were comparatively thin and well preserved, like the stomach. One of the kidneys, which was enclosed in • this jar was cut and minutely examined, and found to be perfectly healthy. We then examined the jar marked No. 3, containing the liver, the heart, the lung, and the spleen. They had undergone some changes from putrefaction, but were in a healthy condition. The gall bladder was especially examined. It contained about the usual quantity of bile found in the dead. That bile was thickened, from the result of long interment, to the consistency of a brown paste. The heart was minutely examined, and the cavities were healthy. All the valves were free from putrefaction, pure, and healthy. The lungs and spleen were softened, as the result of putrefaction, but perfectly free from disease, as far as we could tell. We then proceeded to make an analysis of the different parts. The first that we took for examination was the brown pasty matter found on the surface of the stomach. I In these contents, amounting to about half a teaspoonful, we found rather a large portion of preparation of anti mony. (The Doctor here displayed it.) We also found a minute proportion of arsenic. But arsenic was not found deposited in any of the viscera. And, as an occa sional impurity in ordinary tartar emetic, we consider that arsenic in this case was owing to the tartar emetic being impure, and not on account of its having been separately administered. We then searched for other poisons but found none. The second analysis was directed to the coats of the stomach, and they yielded antimony. Thirdly, the large and small intestines were examined, and found to contain antimony in all parts. Fourthly, the orange red found in the rectum was removed and separately examined ; antimony was found in this sub stance in larger proportions than in the stomach or any other parts of the system. "This," said the Doctor, "is the antimony extracted." The orange red colour of this material was found to be owing to a portion of antimony which had become converted to sulphurnt, as the result of putrefaction in a dead body. The coats of the rectum were separately examined and also yielded antimony. The chyle was separately examined and also yielded an timony in large proportions, nearly as large as that found in the rectum. The liver, the spleen, the kidney, the substance of the heart, and the substance of the lunge, all yielded antimony. Here is antimony from all these (produced specimens). The blood drained from the jars in which these viscera were contained was also analysed, and this yielded antimony. A. portion of the lining of the shell and a part of the shroud were separately exa mined, but they yielded no trace of antimony or any mineral substance. All the tests and vessels used in this investigation were themselves tested and found to be per fectly pure. In this investigation 15 different analyses were made of the body, occupying us from the 26th to the 31st of Dec., and the conclusions at which we ar rived from the results of our investigations were these : First, that all parts of the body of the deceased examined lay us contained antimony. In the stomach and intestines the antimony was partly in a soluble form, while in the I liver, heart, spleen, kidney, and lungs, it ha I been the I result of absorption during life. Secondly, the largest quantity of antimony was found in the rectum and its contents ; next, in the stomach and its contents ; then, iin the bile tak e n Irons the gall bladder ; an d th e small est quantity was found in the lungs. Thirdly, the presence of antimony in the contents of the rectum, or lower bowel, proves that the discharges front the bowels of the deceased contained antimony up to the time of her death; that she was passing antimony by purging when she died. We came to that conclusion, of course, before we beard the evidence of yesterday. And the presence of this mineral is sufficient to account for the vomiting, or diarrhoea, or both, from which the de ceased was stated to have suffered. The fourth conclu elusion was this —from the presence of antimony in the stomach of the deceased we infer that a preparation of antimony must have been given to the deceased a few hours before her decease. Fifthly, from the discovery of antimony in the stomach and intestines, especially in the rectum or lower bowel, we infer that the antimonial copper, if not taken by the deceased as the result of a series of accidents--not one accident, but a series—was improperly administered to her, either by ignorance or design. Sixthly, that, in our opinion, the antimony found by us in the body of the deceased bas not been the result of one large dose, but of several doses taken at in tervals some days before her death, and to within a few hours of her death. Seventhly, that the antimonial pre- paration taken by deceased was what is commonly called tartar emetic (this white powder), and this may or may not have acted as a poison, according to circumstances. It may or may not have been the cause of deceased's death. In the event of the existence of any natural cause f,,r the illness of the deceased, it may have accelerated her death by producing great depression and exhaustion of the powers of life. Eighthly, in the examination cf the stomach, bowels, and other organs of the deceased w e could not detect any changes as the result of natural disease. There was nothing to account for death in the shape of disease. On the other hand, there was nothine in these appearances inconsistent with the death of the deceased front frequent doses of tartar emetic. That is all, sir. By Mr. Deane—From the evidence that I have heard, I have no reason to after the conclusions that I have ,Irewn in any one respect. I beard Mr. Bainfoier e evi dence with regard to the admixture of the medicine, and I say that had tartar emetic been substituted by that gentleman for tartarate of potash, other and more serious symptoms would have shown themselves in the deceased than those which I have heard described in evidence. I must add one thing to that. It is my belief that she bad had tartar emetic, and was suffering from its effects be fore Mr. Bamford saw her—that is to say, assuming that he saw her on the Sunday. Tartar emetic may be taken in small doses ; in ordinary articles of food it may be taken without being perceptible to the taste. By Mr. Smith—The smallest quantity of a dose of antimony taken at once is 10 grains to produce death. You have it there. [Mr. Smith bad in his hand Dr. Taylor's work upon poisons.] Assuming that antimony had been given in a liquid state, the symptoms after taking antimony would have folloWed in proportion to the dose. In "James's Powder" there are small doses of antimony ; and in such a case as severe cold it would or weuld not, according to circumstance!, do good ; but I have never known it in a medicinal dose produce vomiting and sickness. Ido not agree with Dr. James when he Pays that its administration in such doses may produce such effects. I never knew of a death from antimony of such a description as this ; and yet the death of this lady is quite conformable with her death from poison, and at the same time death from any other cause. symptoms described by me in the book which I have written upon poisons as attending the taking of anti mony relate to the taking of a vital dose. Mr. Smith—Am I to understand that there may be the administration of poison in some form or other with out any one of those symptoms Dr. Taylor—Sir, what I have described in my book relates to the administration of antimony in acute doses. This is no such case. This is a case of the administration of antimony in small doses. The antimony was given in this case in small doses—medicinal doses probably—but certainly small doses. Had it been administered in large doses, my belief is that it would have produced the symp toms which are described in that book. I have compared my observations here with what I have written in my book, and with the appearance of the body as described by those who made the post mortenz examination, and my opinion is not affected. By a Juror—Antimony would not have been a proper medicine to administer in the state of weakness in which she was said to have been found. Cross examination continued—There was not sufficient arsenic in the system to account for death. Dr. Rees and myself examined some antimony, and, as is mostly the Case in commercial antimony, we found arsenic there. In the deceased it did not exist in the heart. If anti mony should be taken during life, and the system be comes saturated by it, it would require 14 or 15 days to get rid of it. After 14 or 15 days, supposing a wea k lady, for instance, had strength to live so long, I should not in life find traces of antimony taken before that period. Bet if antimony should exist in the system at the time of death we could discover it for any length of ttuie after that event. The effects of poison upon the system do not depend upon the quantity taken into the stomach, but upon the quantity absorbed into the sys tem. It is not 5 or 50 grains in the stomach that are de cisive, but the quantity which impregnates the blood ; so that a man may swallow 5 grains, and it may produce severer effects upon him than 50 upon another. That which we find in the stomach is only the sediment or dregs of what has killed. From the medical evidence given as to the state of the deceased during the last eight days preceding her death, and from the discovery of antimony in the stomach, bowels, rectum, and all parts of her body, it is my opinion she died from the effects of tartar emetic, and no other cause, after antimony. George Owen Rees deposed—l am Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, and Fellow of the Royal Society, and Professor of Materia Medina in Guy's Hospital. I assilted Dr. Taylor in making the analysis described by him, and also the state of the organs. I have heard the evidence given by him, and I fully concur in it. lam of the same opinion as to the cause of death. By Mr. Deane—From the evidence I have heard here I have no ctason to alter my opinion given in the report read by Dr. Taylor. From the history of the illness of the deceased, given by those who attended her in her ill ness, and from the examinati on o f th e organs a ft er d ea th, and from the fact that antimony was discovered, as de scribed in our conjoint report, I am decidedly of opinion that deceased died from the effects of antimony adminis tered in small doses, repeated at intervals. Mr. Deane (to the Coroner)— Do you intend to com plete the case of Anne Palmer before going on with that of Walter Palmer The Coroner—Oh yes ; I shall take a verdict from the jury upon the cause of the death of Anne Palmer before taking the evidence in the second case. Mr. Smith also desired that this course should be taken. Dr. Taylor, however, requested that his evidence in the second case might be taken before the hour at which it would be necessary for him to leave Rugeley to catch the express at Stafford, as both he and Dr. Rees were absent from London at great sacrifice to themselves. The Coroner consented to comply with his request. Mr. Smith (to Dr. Rees)—Have you found poison in the system of Waiter Palmer ? Dr. Rees—We have not. Dr. Knight re-examined—My opinion as to the cause of the death of Anne Palmer has been considerably mo dified and altered since I have heard the opinions of Drs. Taylor and Rees, and I am inclined to think that I must hare been mistaken in the opinion which I gave yester day, under the circumstances stated to me on my visit to the deceased Mrs. Palmer ; and I tend to the belief that the opinion given by those gentlemen to-day de s, cribed the true cause of death. By the foreman—l dii not perceive any symptoms of I fever ; they were those of great exhaustion. By Mr. Smith—To the best of my belief the skin was heated and the tongue was 11301st. I agree with the opinion as to the different effects of antimony upo❑ the system, when administered in large or small doses. Dur ing my examination of the deceased, when I visited her in her illness, I did not suspect poison. Having heard the descriptions of Drs. Taylor and Rees as to the symp toms of poisoning from antimony, I still say that I did not on that visit perceive symptoms of poisoning so de scribed by them as resulting from the taking of antimony. Yet, having heard those opinions, I now believe that at that time the deceased was suffering from the effect of I antimony. Mr. Palmer did not tell me what medicine, it any, ha had prescribed before Dr. Bamford was called in ; at least I don't recollect that he did. After hearing the statements of Drs. Taylor and Rees, and the descrip tion given yesterday by Dr. Monckton of the condition of the body after death, there is nothing inconsistent with Mrs. Palmer's having died from vomiting, from na tural causes, yet I don't believe that she did. The vomit ing might have been produced by a bilious attack, and exhaustion produced by that been followed by death. From the appearance of the viscera, as given by Dr. Monckton, my opinion is that vomiting was not the cause of death. I found Mrs. Palmer in so exhausted a state that I could not get from her a statement as to her I feelings. I believe that it is impossible t, form an ac curate opinion as to the nature of a disease, unless the patient suffering is able to describe his feelings. Sup pose a man was suffering from an acute disease of the brain, and he was rambling in his mind, and unable to give a description of his symptoms, I could not form a correct opinion of the existence of the organic disease, if 1 any, under which he was labouring. 1 By Mr. Deane—There was not fever in the deceased when I saw her, and tartar emetic was certainly not a proper medicine to administer to her. Here tlae Court adjourned —it being 1 o'clock—for half an hour, 1 Upon the return of the Court after the adjournment the first witness called was Benjamin Miller (he was examined by Mr. Deane) — Upon being sworn he said—l am a surgeon, living at Barton-untier-Needwood. I knew the deceased Anne Palmer. I was formerly in practice at Rugeley. I ex amined Mrs. Palmer for the purposes of life assurance is January or February, 1354. I examined her four or fire times. These examinations were two for the Scottish Equitable-office, and two or three for other offices. The first two referred to one assurance. The Rock, the Atlas, and the Liverpool Life Assurance Associations were the other societies for which I examined Mrs. Palmer. I am not certain whether I examined her for the Norwich Uuion-office. I believe those examinations I were shortly before her confinement. I found her to be of perfectly sound constitution. I considered hers to he a proper life for assurance. I do not remember pre cisely when she was confined. I saw her afterwards. She was down stairs. I do not know whether she had been out. I saw her for the Scottish Equitable-office shortly after her confinement. I saw her in consequence of a communication I received from the office. I was requested by Mr. W. Palmer to give a certificate of Mrs. Palmer's health after her confinement, and after I had received the communication from the Scottish Equit- able-office. Mr. Palmer gave me as a reason that I had seen her so recently on the part of other offices that he did not think it requisite, and that she would be alarmed. He did not suggest any reason for alarm. Mr. Deane—Did she express any alarm at your wish ing to examine her again ? The witness did not reply to this question. Mr. Smith—Was what she said said in the presence of Mr. Palmer ? Witness—No. Mr. Smith—Then I object to the question. The an swer would not be evidence. By Mr. Smith—All women pregnant are considered, medically, to be in a state of disease. There is always danger attending confinements. I believe there ars not many assurance offices which refuse to insure what are called diseased or appear to be diseased lives, as in this (eve. I was the medical referee of the society. [Mr. Smith read one of the certificates, in which the witness bad made no entry, although he said he thought that he had, of the pregnancy of the deceased.] By iNlr. Smith—The policy was accepted. I consider that a perso❑ who would lose property on the death of his wife would not exercise more than reasonable caution by insuring her life before her confinement. I meant by a sound life that there was no organic disease. Mrs. Palmer had no organic disease. I was employed by the office to make the examination of Mrs. Palmer. - The Mr. Smith—lf small quantitie4 of antimony should he given in frequent doses, would there be constipation and vomiting ?_ Dr. Taylor—Certainly not. Constipation may have Arisen from some natural cause. It is not a natural symptom from the taking of doses in small quantities. My opinion is that constipation was an accidental cir cumstance in the illness of the dechased not connected with the cause of death. I base known 500 cases of death from pfrison, very few of which exhibited the same aspects. Every case will be attended with its own symp toms, depending upon the circumstances under which the poison is taken and the state of the body at the time. There is a very frequent state of the stomach which pro duces vomiting—that is, ulceration ; but there was no ulceration in this case. And when I saw antimony throughout the whole system and no ulceration, I came to no other conclusion than that she died from antimony. We can detect from a five-hundredth or a thousandth part of a grain of tartar emetic when it is present. In the stomach there was found from three-quarters of a to a grain of tartar emetic, and in the rectum pro bably a grain. There was antimony throughout the what° body. In the whole of the tissues there could not have been less than a grain and a-half or two grains. From the results of our experiments upon two ounces of the liver I was satisfied that the deceased was satu rated with antimony. I hays frequently found anti mony in the dead ; but I never found so much in absorp tion. The liver absorbs the poison very quickly. It would contain a larger quantity from its being a large organ and full of blood. Mr. Smith—lf antimony had been administered three weeks or a month before the death of the deceased, would tha same results have been seen ? Dr. Taylor—l think not ; but I should form my opi nion from the appearances of the body. Supposing the antimony to have been given in one small dose and then have stopped, I think I should not have found so much if a period of three weeks had elapsed. Supposing it to have been a fortnight or three weeks before her death, the appearances would not have been preserved, because the tendency of the lennen system is, that immediately the poison ceases to be given it passes away from the grime. Supposing there was fever, I should not recom mend the use of antimony. 111 r. Smith—Provided - it were taken in conjunction with fever, I suppose it would not have been long in being removed. Dr. Taylor—l think it would have been longer, be. cause of the rapid circulation. It is not necessary to a case of poison that cramp should follow, because that symptom depends - upon the effects-of poisou-upon the diffet eat parts of the system. There might be cramp, lut it would not necessarily fulL 7. The whaa of the should be read, in order that it might be seen that they were made before the confinement of the deceased. By Mr. Smith—l never heard of a rep ,rted case or knew a case of slow poison from antimony. Previously to this I never heard of one in any part of the world. By the Coroner—Having heard all the evidence, and receiving the request of the jury that I would state my opinion, I say that I should think that death was occa sioned by small doses of antimony. By Mr. Smith—l mean by a " small dose," a medi cinal one. The dose of medicine, however, which would be good to one might kill another. Thomas Lomax, examined by Mr. Deane—l am a sur geon, living at Stafford. Early in the year 1854 I exa mined Mrs. Palmer on account of the Medical General Legal Life-office, the New Equitable Life-office, and the Kent Mutual. There was a fourth, but lam not quite distinct upon that. That (a report handed to him) was one of my reports. The Coroner—Do you wish that to be evidence ? Mr. Deane—Shortly ; the date of it. Examination continued—The date Is the 12th January, 1854. It is the proposal to the New Equitable for the sum of 3001. I reported favourably of the life. After wards I had a correspondence with the office upon the subject. Mr. Deane—Will you state shortly the result of that correspondence ? The Coroner—Oh, you must produce it. Witness, after a pause, on examining his papers, said that he had not the letters with him. They were afterwards found by Mr. Deane, when Mr. Smith objected to them as evidence. Mr. Deane—Then I will make it evidence for you. Witness—This proposal is one made by Mr. Palmer. There was a mistake in the matter of the proposal in this paper of 3001. for 3,0001. [Several proposal papers were handed in to the coro ner. who read them to the jury. One was dated the 12th of January, 1854, for 3001., to the New Equitable ; another was dated January 25, 1854, for 5,0001., in the same office, the latter being a correction of the previous proposal. At the bottom of this last proposal the ac cused stated that this proposal was made to securo a similar sum on some doubtful property in Stafford.] Witness continued—ln each case in which I examined Mrs. Palmer I considered that Mrs. Palmer wasa healthy subject. by Mr. Smith—ln one proposal it is stated that the deceased, on the occasion of the death of the third child, bad had a prolonged labour, when the infant (lied, from the umbilical cord being twice round the neck. Such an entry would tend to check the ready acceptance of the proposal by the assurance society. By Mr. Deane—Such an accident as that described would be dangerous to the child, but not, I think, to the mother. Henry M. Wakley—l am at present the managing director of the New Equitable Life-office. I received this proposal from Mr. Lomax. (It was the first that was put in for 3001.) That proposal was accepted. It was re ceived on the 13th of January, 1854, and it would be accepted on the 19th of January in the same year. After that proposal was accepted, and before the issuing of a policy, I received a second proposal, in consequence of a letter from Mr. Lotnax, stating there bad been a mis take. That second proposal was received on the 26th, and accepted on the same day, that being a board day. It wee, however, in a few days after wattle declined. Mr. Deane—l have nothing further to ask this witness. By Mr. Smith—Not in all cases the statement of a prolonged labour would induce an office either to refuse to grant a policy, or charge an increased premium Still we might charge an extra premium. We might persue this latter course in the case of a repetition of such ill ness. In the case of a protracted labour, and iu one in which a proposal is made immediately before another confinement we should not have accepted the pi oposal until after the confinement. If there was a second long labour, it would make us hesitate before we accepted. Mr. Deane —Having accepted, and afterwards rejected that proposal, wilt you say whether it was ultimately re jected because of a prolonged confinement I Mr. Smith—l object to the question. The Coroner—lf he makes a statement he may give the reason of it. Mr. Smith still objected. Mr. Deane --I shad be perfectly satisfied if the coroner will make a note of that question. The Coroner—The jury wish to have the question answered. Witness —It was not rejected because of a prolonged labour. The Coroner—The jury also wish to know why it was rejected ? Mr. Smith—Oh, Mr. Coroner, you ought to exercise your authority, and prevent such questions. The Foreman—Why was it refused ? Witness—Because of information which we received from the manager of another assurance office to whom a proposal bad been made. John Goddard—l an actuary to the Rock Assurance Society. I produce a proposal by Win. Palmer, surgeon, of Rugeley, upon the life of his wife, Anne Palmer, for 5,0001. for six years ; dated Jan. 26, 1854, on the life of Anne Palmer, aged 27, signed by Wm. and Anne Pal mer, and witnessed by Ann Bradshaw. Palmer, in this proposal, stated that he had an interest in the life of his wife to the amount to which he desired the office to se cure to him. Before granting that proposal the directors wished to know the interest Palmer had in the life of his wife ; the amount he was going to insure in other offices; the amount and object of the loan, which it was stated by Mr. Strawbridge (the agent of our office) Mr. Pal mer was about to borrow on the assurance. Mr. Smith objected to anything being said by the wit ness which he had learnt from Mr. Strawbridge. By the Coroner—The proposal was ultimately declined. By Mr. Smith—Almost all I have stated I have learnt from Mr. Strawbridge. Witness—There are two other cases that I might men tion. Coroner—Have they reference to your office Witness—No. Coroner—l suppose that the assurance offices have an objection to state the reason why they refuse lives I Mr. DeAne—They have not the slightest objection in this caee. Coroner—Because some offices have rejected my life. Thomas M. Strawbridge, examined by Mr. Deane, at the request of the Coroner—l am the manager of the Rugeley Provincial Bank, and the agent of the Scottish Equitable-office. I produce one proposal. It was signed William and Anne Palmer. The proposal was accepted for 5,0001., and the money was received in March, 1855. The proposal was made on the 13th of January, 1854. In addition to the above proposal I received one for the Rock-officP, from which I received a letter; in conse quence of which letter I communicated with Mr. Pal mer, and then wrote to the Rock-office the letter which I produce. I applied to him for certain particulars, which he refused to give me, and then I wrote that let ter, making the statements which are in that letter. The Coroner expressed some objection to receiving the letter as evidence, when Mr. Deane said—lf you don't think that that letter ought to be put in I will nut press it. The Coroner—l don't ihink it is necessary. Alfred Bishop Butterfield deposed—l am clerk to the Sun Life Assurance Society, London. This is a proposal made to the office by Willia,in Palmer, surgeon, of Rug, - ley, dated the 11th of Feb., 1854, to insure the life of his wife for 5,0001. The certificate of health is signed by Anne Palmer, and the d e cl ara ti on wa s signed by Wil liam Palmer upon the granting of the policy. The po licy is 12,738. The receipt is dated the 6th of February, 1855, signed " William Palmer." Money paid to Wm. Pratt, solicitor, 5, Queen-street, Mayfair, London, in pursuance of a written order. John Edward Campbell Koch deposed--I am secre tary to the Scottish Amicable Life Assurance Society. A proposal was made to our office on the life of Anne Palmer by William Palmer, her husband, and it vein.; dated the 3d of Jan., 1854. It was for the sane of 3,0001., but was declined. Mr. Bergen, superintendent of police, examined yes terday, was recalled—l saw Dr. Monokton take a bottle similar to this from William Palmer's surgery. Mr. Smith—Oh, I'll admit all that. I will admit that Dr. 31orickton took that and a hundred other bottles if you like, all containing poison, from Mr. Palmer's surgery, Dr. Monekton—l received this bottle from the hands of Mr. Bergen, in Mr. Palmer's house, on, 1 think, the 17th of Dec., the day on which Palmer was removed from Rugeley. I believe that it contains tartarised antimony, I received no other bottles besides that one. There were atany other bottles. The surgery was complete with bottles that one would expect to find inc,such a room. I have satisfied myself, by tasting it, that the contents of that bottle contain tartarised antimony, which is more generally known to the public antler the name of tartar emetic. By Mr. Smith—The bottles were generally such as one would find in a surgery, except that they-srere not so fall as is commonly the case. Mr. Deane —I have no other witnese to call with re- I examinations were confined to the entire of January and ference to the death of Anne er. a portion of February. Ido net know when Mrs. PA. Mr. Smith—l wish to ask Dr. Taylor whether this is titer was expected to be confined. Ido n ot k n ow h ow not the first case en record of a case of slow puisou by many proposals were made. The examinations were antimony ! made concurrently —some before and some after Mrs. The Coroner —Is there any more evidence in the case Palmer's confinement. of Anne Palmer? By Mr. Deane—l cannot say whether I examined Mr. Doaue—N o . • Mrs. Palmer on the part of th e R oc k office b e f o r e or f Mr. Smith—Mr. Coroner, I should like to say a few after her confinement. words. Mr. Deane, in reply to Mr. Smith, s a id that Mrs. The Coroner reminded Mr. Smith that Dre. Taylor Palmer was confined on the 24th of January, 1854. and Rees were waiting to go to London. By Mr. Smith—There were two exam i na ti ons f or the Mr. Smith—Oh, then, certainly I should much prefer Scottish Equitable —one before and one after her con. that. &Jewell t. Mr. Dwane—But there aro other witnesses that should The diary which the accused kept in January in that be heard. year was put in, from which was read : The Coroner —What witnesses, Dr. Taylor, do you " Jan. 25.—Annie and baby going on we 11.3 wish to have called? " Jan. 26.--Up with baby all night. Dr. Taylor—Why, I should like to hear the evidence " Jan. 27.—At home all day ; baby worse. Mr. of those persons wh o were present with Walter Palmer Bamford called to see baby, and sent mixture. Baby shortly before his death. died at 10 p.m." Mr. Smith—Then in that case I think we had better By Mr. Smith—l was requested by the Rock-office go to the jury at once as to the cause of the death of and by Mr. Palmer to examine Mrs. Palmer. Sometimes 1 Anne Palmer, Mr. Palmer applied to me before I heard from the office. This course was then determined upon, when, The proposal to the Rock Assurance Society was th e n After considerable discussion as to the right of Mr. handed in, the handwriting on which was admitted by ; Smith to address th e jury, whi c h ended in that body tie. Mr, Smith to be that of the accused. All the proposals dining to hear that gentleman, were afterwards given to the coroner, and read by him. l The Coroner, in o r d er to p u t his notes together to The following are the particulars of those documents : read them to the jury, adjour ne d the Court for a quarter The Scottish Equiteble.offine accepted, on the 2d of of an hour. February, 1854, a proposal upon the deceased's life for Upon the reassembling of the Court, 5 ,000/., made by her husband. The. New Equitable The Coroner said that he should not read that portion 3 ,0001., accepted on the Sth of December, 1853, on the of the evidence which did not immediately relate Proposal of the accused upon the life of his decea se d to . the questi on i nto w hi c h the jury ha d to inquire. wife. A pr o p osa l t o th e S cott i s h A m i ca bl e f or 3,0001., Their object was the inquiry into the death of the made by the same upon the life of the same, declined on deceased Anne Palmer. In coming to that conclusion, January 3, 1854, The amou n t named in the case was, he must remark that any statements which had been by mistake, 300/. only, and it was declined till after the i made in the public prints respecting this matter should confinement of. Mrs. Palmer. It was afterwards ae. not he allowed to influence their minds. Such state cepted, and again rejected by this office upon the die- i merits might, with men of less intelligence than the jury every of the mistake. Two other proposals were made he was now addressing, have had some weight, but he an.' accepted, dated January the 1-7th and 1 9th in the did not think that they would have weight with them. above year. He must also remark that, although there were other • Mr. Smith— I was desirous that hose acceptances cases pending, they had to consider only this one, and should dismiss from their minds any knowledge that they might have reloecting others. They had sworn to come to a conclusion in accorda.,ce with the evide.ce iu this case, and this only. The principal points they would have to consider were, first, the cause of death ; secondly, if the cause of death was poison ; thirdly, they must consider by whom that poison was administered, if at all administered—whether it was taken accidentally, or whether it was given deliberately. And then, having sa tisfies themselves upon this point, it would be for them to say under what circumstances it was so administered The Coroner then read through those parts of the evi dence which he thought important, briefly remarking upon portions of it. _ . At the conclusion of his remarks, at about 10 minutes past 6 o'clock, the jury retired to consider their ♦erdict . Upon the return of the jury, after an absence of 20 minutes, The Coroner said—Gentlemen, have you considered your verdict The Foreman.—Yes. The Coroner.—What is your verdict ? The Foreman then, amid breathless silence of a crowded and excited court, said— We find that Anne Palmer died from the effects of tartarised antimony, and that that was designedly administered by her husband, William Palmer. The announcement of the verdict was followed by de cided manifestations of satisfaction from a large number of persons is the hall. The Coroner, after a pause.—What do you mean by its being "designedly" administered The Foreman.—We mean that it was designedly ad. ministered for the purpose of destroying life. The Coroner—That, gentlemen, is a verdict of wilful murder ? The Foreman—That is our verdict. The Coroner—Then, in that case the evidence must be written upon parchment. That shall be done, and the evidence in that form laid before you on Monday morning, to which time I adjourn this Court, to inquire into the cause of the death of Walter Palmer. The court was then cleared. During the progre=s of the case, and after Dr. Taylor had completed his evidence, Mr. Smith, addressing the coroner, remarked that he understood that Dr. Taylor's report of the analyses upon the remains of the deceased, which had been submitted to bin*, appeared in the Times of that morning. He should like to know by whom it bad been communicated to the Times? I want to know, said Mr. Smith, by whose consent it was published Dr. Taylor—Not by mine, certainly. Mr. Srnith—lf reports of this description are to get abroad before they are properly givei4in evidence, there is an end of all justice and all inquiry. Such a proceeding is very likely to prejudice the case against Mr. William Palmer. of the lower &asses who were in the habit of continually resorting to the park for similar purpose , . It WAR also coo tended That there was no pressing necessity for the change. Dr Taylor.—The publication of it was very impro per. One of the reporters asked me whether I had ob jection to his t +king a copy before I delivered it, because the hour was getting late ; and he would have to leave train for London without being able to transcribe it in time for publication in the paper which be represented on the following morning, if I refused to permit a copy to be taken before I delvered it. I replied that I c.)uld permit a copy to be taken on no condition except the one that it should not be published before I had given it in evidence. Upon a protme to that effect being given to me, I granted the request of the reporter. Mr. Smith wished the coroner to require from the correspondent of the Times how he became possessed of the report. The Coroner.—l cannot call the reporter of the 'Mmes as a witness. Call on the next witness. The reporter adds that, whatever promise might have been required from the gentlemen to whom Dr. Taylor referred, and given by them, the two gentlemen engaged iu the inquiry by whose courtesy he was enabled to ob tain a copy of the learned Professor's report imposed no such conditions upon him ; and that he consequently made no promise respecting it. He further states tl*at, until he heard the statement of Dr. Taylor to that effect on Saturday, he did not know that the reporters alluded to had obtained the report under any conditions. The legal gentlemen who have been retained to con duct the case for the prosecution of Palmer are the At torney-General, Mr. Whateley, Q.O , and Mr. Huddle ston. The counsel for the defence have not yet been selected. The solicitors who have hitherto had the management of the case on behalf of the accused have threes names before them, from which th e y wi ll ma k e a selection. Those named are Sir Frederic Thesiger, Ser. jeant Wilkins, and Mr. Edwin James, of the Home Circuit. From the commencement of the inquiry on Friday in , rning to its close on Saturday night, the proceeilinfzi were watched by Captain _Hatton, the chief of the Staf fordshire pollee. STAFFORD, SUNDAY NIGHT. It is said that evidence has been obtained of William Palmer having purchased prussic acid at Wolverhamp ton, on the day before his brother, Walter Palmer, died, There have been further disclosures male respecting the death of Bladen, formerly collector for Messrs. Char rington, the brewers, of Mile End. THE PROJECTED ROAD ACROSS ST. JAMES'S- PARK. Si B. HALL said all he could state was, that he could decide on nothing. There were three parks, St. James's, Hyde-park, and the Green-park, which were the property of her Majesty, and under the authority of the rangers, and in which he could not build a lodge, or make or divert a footpath, without authoritative instructions. It was otherwise in the case of the Victoria, Battersea, and the Regent's Parks, which he might call the people's parks. _ _ Mr. BEATING said they might conclude, then, that the matter, as suggested by Mr. Hawes, wa-, as yet sub judice. He bad come prepared to explain the grounds on which he thought the project in question was objec tionable, but he felt it was unnecessary after what had been said by Sir B. Hall. Sir B. HALL said all he could say again was that he was not at liberty to exercise any judgment in the mat ter, that he had prepared the plan which he had been instructed to prepare, and which he would send to the Secretary of State. The deputation might go if they pleased, to Si r G eorge G re y an d sta t e their objections to him, or, as he had already said, Mr. Keating might ask for information on the subject in his place in Parlia ment. But, in the meantime, they might rely that no thing would be done in the execution of the work with out the matter being brought under the consideration o the House of Commons. At the request of Mr. Heating, Sir Benjamin under took to mention the circumstance to Sir George Grey of the deputation having waited upon him (Sir B. Hall) to express their objections to the proposed alteration, and the interview terminated. PRICEAs tiARI?S IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM PANIES' STOCK. From the official Last. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING, LONDON, FRIDAY, JAN. it, 1856. GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. Dividend , Amount Nanie of Company. per ' of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. - - 4 s. d. .4 s. d. British • • • • ...... • • .. - i - - - Ditto Provincial.... 71. J2O 0 9 20 0 0 23 Brighton . .... •• •• .. 51. 20 ? 0 2- 0 0 15 City of London ...... 41 . ,03. 10i, (, 0 150 I i - Continental (4th Cap.) . - 10 0 0 20 0 4 - Equitable •..... •... 2/. 105. 50 0 0 all 33% Great Central ....... 81 per cent 10 0 0 all 11% Imperial ...• ........ 10: & boiatui. 50 0 0 all - Independent ....... •. 51. , 40 0 0 ~ - L0nd0n.............. - 50 0 0 IP - Do., PaG. Preference 61. per cent. ' 25 0 0 - P. 03 IX ... ...... .... 41 . p er cent. 6 0 0 0 52 3 0 - Ratcliff ..... ....... 5/. 100 0 0 16 0 0 16 United General ...... 21. 10s. 50 0 0 all 19% Westminster Chartered 41 per cent. 50 0 0 .. .- Ditto, New ........ - 50 0 0 10 0 10 WATER-WORKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. , per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ s. d. 4 s. d. East London - Grand Junction - Kent-. - - 78 1 4 Lambeth - 100 0 0 - _ New River Company - - - Aouthwark & Vauxhall 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 89% West Middlesex •• • • - 891% • - BRIDGES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid, Price. Annum. Share. X s. d. £ s. d. Flungerford - .. • • .... - - - 12 Southwark .... ••• • • • - 110 0 0 - - Ditto New of 7% p.c. 1/. per cent. a 0 0 - - Waterloo ....... ••• • • • - 100 0 0 - - Ditto Old Ann. of 8/. 11. 14s. Bd. 60 0 0 - - Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 11. 105. 4d. 40 0 0 - - Vauxhall ...... ••• • • • 965. 70 10 3 - 211 DOCKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. --- - X s. d. X s. d. Commercial .... .... • • 51. pr cent. Stock. Stock. - East and West India.. 6i. pr lent. Stock. - - East Country •• - - -- London ... . ... - 101 Ditto Bonds 4l. per cent. - - - St. Katharine - - outhampton -••• • • • 3 1 . 08 per c. 50 0 01 50 0 5 - Victoria .. •• .• JOINT-S POCK BANKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. i Share. -- Australasia-. - ..... . .201. per cent. 40 0 0 all 90 British North American 51. per cent. , 50 0 0 Of 65 Commercial of London. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - Colonial ...... •••• • • • • 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Lond. Char. Bk. of Aus. - 20 0 0 all 0 15% London and County •• i 10'. per cent.i 50 0 3 20 0 0 - Londn And Westminstr 1 141. percent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - London Joint• Stoc k -••• 121. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - Provincial of Ireland.. 181• per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Ditto, New... ...... , 81. per cent. 10 0 0 all - Nationr.l of Ireland.... ' 6!. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 - Nat. Provincial of Eng. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 - Ditto. New ........ 81. per cant. 20 0 0 10 0 0 -- Orientalllank Corpora. /I?.p. ct.icbs. 25 0 0 all 55 South Australia ...... ' 141 p.et.Bc. bs. 25 0 0 11 - Union of Australia.... 30!. per zent. 25 0 0 73% Ditto - ............ 301. per cent. - 210 0 - Union of London ..... 20'. per cont. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - Union of Madrid ..... , - 40 0 0 all It will be in the recollection of the readers of this journal that in the autumn of last year it became known to the public that a project was in contemplation by the Government for carrying a public road across the mid dle of St. James's-park,-from the B . rdcae-walk on the south side to Pall-mall on the north, and that a consi derable amount of popular indignation followed the an nouncement of the proposition. From that time little or nothing has been heard of the matter, no steps have actually been taken for carrying the scheme into execu tion, and it was supposed that Sir Benjamin Hall, the Minister of Public Works, who has hitherto had all the credit of the proposal, had accepted the significant hint of the public disapprobation, and consigned it to the limbo of abortive and abandoned projects. But it will be seen, from what transpired at an interview on Wed nesday last between the hon. baronet, and a deputation of gentlemen who waited upon him on the subject, that he sought to divest himself of the conception arid responsibility of the scheme in question, with which the inhabitants of the metropolis had begun to connect his tenure of office, and that it cannot he said to be relin quished. The precise code in which the project is to be car ried out has never been divulged by theauthorities charged with its contrivance. But there are good grounds for be lieving that it is to be a public carriage road, comment ing in Birdcage-walk, at the present entrance to the park from Queen-square, and carried over the ornaments' walks and water et the enclosure by a viaduct resting on a series of arches to a landing place in the Mail on the opposite side, and so opening up a direct communication between Westminster and Pall-Mall, which it will enter between Marlborough House and St. James's Palace. The deputation to which reference has been made, con sisting of several gentlemen of great respectability, re siding in the immediate vicinity of the park—namely, Mr. Keating, M.P., Q C. ; Mr. Benjamin Hawes, of the department of the Secretary for War ; Mr. Whately, Q.C. ; Mr. Tomlinson, barrister ; Mr. Lavie, an emi nent solicitor, and Mr. Tustin, had an interview, by ap pointment, on the subject of the proposed road, with Sir B. Hall, on Wednesday last, at his official residence Whitehall-place. The deputation would have been more numerous, but several gentlemen wh o h a d ex p r e s sed a wish to take part in it were unavoidably out of town. Mr. KEATING, M.P., addressing Sir Benjamin Hall, said that the gentlemen accompanying him and himself, all of whom resided in the immediate neighbourhood of the park, had waited upon hips with the view of ascer taining what the intentions of the Government were with reference to the road in question. They and many others of the inhabitants felt considerable uneasiness in respect of the proposed alteration, which they thought was calculated materially-to impair the enjoyment of the park by the general public, without affording them any countervailing advantage. Sir B. HALL said he would avail himself of that oppor tunity to state, while explaining how the matter in ques tion stood, that much apprehension had prevailed in the public mind as to his position in respect to it. The public had an erroneous idea that he was the author of the pro posed plan, and that he could do what he liked in the parks. But that was not so. He was not a member of the Cabinet ; he could only act in accordance with the instructions be received from the Secretary of State fur the Home Department ; and was but an executive officer to direct any public works corning within the scope of his department to be carried into execution which might be determined upon by the Government, with the sanc tion of Parliament. All he had done in the matter in question was this. Some short time since he, as Chief Commissioner of Works, had received instructions from the Secretary of State for the Rome Department to pre pare a plan for making a road across the park upon certain data. That plan had been prepared, and it would be his duty to submit to the consideration of the Secretary of State, before the meeting of Parliament, when it would be laid on the table of the House of Commons. Nothing whatever had yet been done in the matter except preparing the plan; certainly nothing towards the execution of the work. Mr. B. Helves said he apprehended the cost of the proposed work would have to be included in the public estimates, and asked if it had been so included, as, with• out knowing the real state of the case, they (the depts. tation) might be referred forward to a time when it might be too late for the public to make any available objection to the project ? Sir B. HALL Wat 4 understood to say that the cost was not yet included in the estimates, that the plan had only been prepared, and that he had no power to do anything further in the matter. Mr. HAWES said he apprehended then they might consider that the subject wa s as yet only sub judice. Sir B. HALL said that was so ; and Mr. Keatt e g, or any other member of Parliament, rnieht ask for infer mation on the subject at the proper time iu his place in the House of Commons. Plank of '4 , l..otland 7 : per cent. British Unen Compa n y A. Mr. WHATELEY suggested that it would be desirable that the deputation should gb at once to Sir Georg e G re y, I Caledonian Bank Si. p P e e r r c c e e L i t i t t ' the Home Secretary, and state their objections to tee j ( c , hts , r i of d4 .lasgow BE.ak U. per cent i . m e' erc i ral lia lt n a k nk p cent cent 71 proposal before it proceeded f ur t her. He , for himself, C . n had not merely an obje c t io n t the road as a pUblle Eastern •;/. per per cent. grievance to the ee i g enourbeod, but a personal dislike Edinb & p cent. . °f 'lc°t• to it as depriving himself and or hers of the pleasure and advantage they enjoyed from the enclosure as it at pre- Norther -eo‘tlaknd..B.nit per cent. sent existed. It would not only affect the view from Royal Bank of ,t. percent cent Alliance str rice and • • • • • • Union Bank of Scot. .. 8/. per cent. house, which looked out upon the but by going past Queen -square would be au annoyance to the inha - a n n u Life : cent. A in that quarter. British Guarantee4l. Per A general conversation ensued, in which Mr. TOMLIN.. Caledonian Fire 'mar toeper cent. 8 71. per cent. at SON, Mr. LAVIE, and other, members of the deputation C (: o it - o v c : f Lire fi!.. per eent . . Cl. L ei ; c ce en n t t• took part, and in which it was pressd upon Sir Ben jamin Hall that the projected alt e ration would he preju- Eng. R. Scot, Lass Life Cl. , ar cent. dicial to the comfort of families in the vicinity, who acre I,K e 3c01.4nd ca•percent. aceusterned to walk i n th e enc lo s ure and to send thei r 2! i n m d . r Li fe 61. p pe er r e e e e n n . t . . children there for health and recreation, while it would Scottish Union insrnc. 7y41 prcent. materially interfere with the enjoymenta of a large body United Dep. Al6llll.llCe 6/. per cent. standard Life 5/. per cent. CANALS. ---- Names of g Dividend p r i c c Names 0 , l l Dividend Annum. Companies. A per Companies. ti r Price. 4 ch Annum. rk • - --- .£ £ %shin &Oldh 93 7i p. et. 145 Nfacclesfleld. 100 2/. 10s. 51 BarnsiPy •• • • 160 Neatli .. —.. 100 16, BrknkaAbrg 150 41. Oxford.. •• • • 100 Birmingham 140 41. j 90 Peak Forest. 78 51 Os 76 Coventry.... 100 25 %. Regent's .• . 30 'l 144 Derby • •...1100 61. 15s. 84 Rochdale ... g 5 11. lOs. 76 Ellsrnre&Chs 69 2N p. ct. Somrset Coal 140 GrandJ , inctn 100 3 pr.ct. 36 Do. Lk Ftt.q 12 Do., 6 pr.Ct.' 10 61. pr. ct. 11%; , ,tflrd &Wore 140 281 420 Grand surrey 100 41. i Shrewsbury.. 1 25: Orand Union 100 11.0 s ,Stonrbride.... i 45 121. 290 Kennt & Avn 39 6s. Od. 6%lSevern and 1 2/, 28 Lancaster .. 100 t' - Wye Rail. j 26 Leeds &Livrp 100 251. 470 ;Warwick &7, i 2/. , 25 Leicester.... 100' Si. 49y4 I firming. j Lyui Leicstr &Nth 83 'Warwick & 1 21. 10 Lought,oro g h 142 701. 550 Napton.. S 100 Ntonmoutlish 100 Worcstr &I 78 1 21. 21 Nintginerysh 100 firming. Niel tnMwbry 100: Wilts & Brks. —10 s. Od. 4.?.4 I STAURANCE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. X s. d. X s. d. klbion .... • • 3/. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 83 %Mance Brit. and For. 71. 143 6d.tos 100 0 0 11 0 0 I6N Ditto Marine B3. p.c. & b 5. 100 0 0 25 0 0 42 knchor - ktlas 158 0,1. 50 001 5 15 0 17 rgus I,ife ... British Commercial .. 71. 10s. 150 0 0 5 0 1 6,y, Clericl..ded.& Gen. Life .spr ct. & Os. 100 0 0 10 0 0 2 1 y 4 jounty .... • ........ 4/. 100 0 0 10 0 0 120 , Town ...... •• •• .. .. 17s. Od 50 0 3 5 0 18% Eagle .. - Equity and Law...... 4% per cent. 100 0 0 6 0 6 5% European Life l/. 20 0 0 an 18!4 General If Globe .. •• ... .5/. per cent. Stock. 106 Guardian ............ 51 per cent, 100 0 0 47 5 0 5058 Imperial Fire .... 127. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 340 • I Imperial Life Indemnity Marine.... 1 , 3 s & 37. 100 0 0' 20 0 0 77 Law Fire ............ 2s. & 2s. hs. 100 0 0 210 0 - Law Li!c............ - 100 0 10 0 0 59 Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 514 London .. London Ship.... - Marine......... •• • ... 18s.per share 100 0 0 28 0 o 40 Nied. 1r.711d& Gen. Life 4% 1. per ct. 50 0 9 2 0 0 34 Minerva ............ sp. ct. & bs. 20 0 0 2 II 0 6 Monarch -••.•- •• - 5 0 0 1 0 0 - National Loan Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 n Palladium Life Pelican .. .. • •• •• •• - - - - 4514 Phceni x - -- - 180 Proi'ess - mnal Life ••• • •• 5/. per cent. 6 0 010 0 - U. he & he. 100 0 0 10 0 0 giw Provident Life.. .... •• , 1 .. --.; 5 3 0 010 o g ' ,4 Rock Life.... ••••• • •• ' Is ' Royal Exchange ...... 101. per cent. Stock. all 230 Sun Fire ...... • • .... •• 6/ 10s. - 1, ...- Ditto Life ••• j 1/ 145. -1 , 65 United Kingdom •• •• 141. p. ct. & hs. 20 0 0 4 0 0 - Universal Life .••• • • •• 151. per cent. 100 0 0 1 10 0 0 - Victoria Life •••• •• •• I 51. per cent. - 412 6 5% . _ MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend 1 Amount Name of Compar.y. per of I Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ---- ---- ----- X 8. d. X s. d. Assam Tea • ... •• .... 15/. 50 0 0 20 0 0 - Auctien Mart•• •• •• •• 2 1 4 per ccnt.l 50 0 0 - ii Australian Aolculturi. 11. Is. 100 0 0 17 10 0 I 2614 Australian Trust •• .. 81. pet cent. - 25 0 0 - Australian Royal Mall 51. 10 0 0 all - Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 10s. 10 0 0 all - British American Land 15s. - 40 0 0 - Canada ... •... •••• . 61. percent. 100 0 0 32 10 9 1..334 Do. 5 per cent Bonds 151. per cent. - - _ Ditto, 6 per cent. .. 6l. per cent. - - 105;7 City N:.vigation Bonds - - - - Electric Telegraph .. 6 per cent. 25 0 0 24 0 0 Ditto --.... .• - - - I .._ Equitable Reversionry 71 pr. cent 100 ,' 0 100 0 p _ 'Atte New ...... - 50 0 0 17 10 0 _ Gen. It ewers. & Invest. sp.c. & bs, 100 r' 0 ,100 0 0 - Gen •AteamNavigation 10 pct 15 0 0;14 5 a 27 Hudson's 8ay........ - Stock. 1 - Flungerford .......... 2/. 58. 100 00AO Ti 0 .... London Institution ... - - - - London Reversionary 51'per cent. 15 00 1 a ll - Russell Institution •• - - 12 10 0 Price's Patent Cand. Co 10/. per cent. 20 0 0 17 10 Reversionary Int. Soc. 4% 1. pr cent. 100 0 0 101 0 - Royal slail team.... p. I- 7share. Or 0 0 60 e 0 77 South .k ustralian Land , 67. per cent.; 25 0 0 all 31% Trust and Loan Comp. I . Upper Canada ..•• i2O n 1i ; 5 0 0 - 20 0 0 5 0 0 LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. I Dividend Amosint Yam" of Company. 1 Per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. e l . d. X 8. d. ink of Scotland .... 7 per cent. 1000 101 1 182/ 0 ittsh Unen Company 8 : per cent 100 n o um ' . 219/10 ,ledonlan Bank . •.. 8/. per cent 10 n 0 210 . 3 , 18 s ty of lasgow Bank U. per cent 10 0 0 .0 1/105 cdesdale Bank . sy. p cent 20 1 1 Ifi ' . 2 14s mmercial Bank 7/. per cent 5.0 ' I 'of . . 0 21911.1 Lstern :5ank........ 1 •1/ per cent. 25 if 2 10 0 Ii Os Hob. & Glasgow.... Ni. p cent. 5 0 ' 0 5 0 " 1 4/. .9s :change link of Scot.. ....... Ltional Bank .. .16 per cent. 100 0 0 • 0 0 0 171/0s ~.tla of - cotland Bank 5/ per cent 20 0 0 210 0 I . 16s yal Bank of ..cotl. .. ,/, per cent 100 0 0 100 0 0 132110 Lion Bank of Scot. .. Si. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 921 Os . .sterr, flank •....... 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 73115 s lance Fire and Life.. By4l.pr cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 16/153 Itish Guarantee ... 41. per cent. 10 0 0 2 0 0 11. 85 ; ledenlan Fir e i n , L ir . 10:. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 251 Os yof .1 1asgow Life - fil. per cent. 0 0 2 0 0 It 8• . onial Lift ........, 51. per cent. ,11 0 0 i 0 0 .il. 5s In l ugh Ltfe Insur. 1;1, oercent. IN , 0 0 15 0 0 26/10s r'. & Scot, Law Life 51. +cr cent. SO 0 0 3 5 0 1/. is 5 tssac. o .Icc, , and 6/. per cent. 10 0 0 110 oif 10s 11..nai Tire and Life 61. per sent. 10 0 0 I 1 0 0 2 7 . 's rth British ;nsur... 71 per cent. 200 0 0 120 0 0 35! Os ttish Union Insrnc. 7y41. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 . lOs ndard Life •• ....•. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 1 7 0 0 '2 O / N , .ted Dep. A 1154111105 64 per cont.. 10 0 0 1 1 0 0 .. :o'aritry -..•..13;r1r,e.t, iIADDINGTON COR MARKET-JAN. 11. WEISAT. BARLST OATS. Sins First 9le Od 48s &I 33s 6d 62s Os! Second 77s 7d i 39s 3d / 308 Oct 46s 101 Third 66 s Od 31s Od 126 Od 4t. 06 Total quantity of wheat in market, 7.45 qrs., 609 ••-old tt ll barley „ 7 4 9 qrs., 7.21 50,,, SO 'IP oats ~ 611 qrs., 693 Hid II PP Ip beans 61 qrs., 56 sold AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Wheat, 3/. 17 7 6-12ths 1 Barley, ...11. 19 3 8-12ths Oats, ... P. 10 0 9-12ths 1 Beans, ..... 21. 510 6-12tbe DALKEITH GRAIN DIA.RKET—JAN. 10 Qrs , Best. Current. Lnfelio . 314 Wheat s3s 01 00s Od 1379 Oats 3os 8d oos 041 .... ..... t 9; 4d 963 Barley 42s 66 oos Od 50 Peas & beans 52s Od ....... . 00s Od ... ABERDEEN-JAN. 11. Potato oats Common oats 2 2 4 6 5 s 0 0 c il t t o o 25 27 s Od 0 ()cl d }4olbe per bushel Bore 35s Od to no Od 1 531bs Barley 35s Od to 3 e Od Wheat, red (spring)64s Od to 66s Od 1 621bs , white 7os Od to 7Th Od ~ Oatmeal ' 2os 9d to 21s 6d per boll. Flour 6os Od to 61s Od per sack. PROVISION MARKRT. - - Beef, per lb 6d to 9d Butter, p lb. Os 10d as a 11 , 1 Mutton, per lb 6d to 8d Eggs, p doz. Os 10d to is 61 Veal, per lb 6d to 83 Hens, p pair Os Od to 31k 6d Pork, per 5t...5s 9d to 6s Od ehickens,do. la Od to 21. 6d Salmon, per lb . .... .0s to es Ducks, do., 2s 6d to Os 03 Grouse, per brace ..... Os to Os Ducklinge,doOs Od et Od Tallow, p stone, ss9d to Os Od Turkeys, each 3s dto 4s Od Potatoes, prpeck, 6d to 7d Geese, do., Os Od to Of , "d Butter for exportation (present cure) per cwt.Bos Od to 841 Eggs, wholesale price, per dozen . RETAIL PRICES. Flour —s Od to 3s 2d Barley flour, 141b.0s to 252,1 Oatmeal,l4lb NOdto2e 2d „ dust, Os toOs 10d Beretueal ... is Od to 's Od , per lb 2d to 2id Peasemeal... Os Od t o 2 s 10d Sid's, lsd 4-lb. 10af...10d. 2-lb. 10af...5d. Cheese, per imperial stone, (Is to 41. 6d. DUBLIN-JAN. 11. .fRA BORNE MA I 14.%. ,N Await:leis tnat the mails are !Sem trom tilt General Post-offia .17 the night—and M by the morning—lespateh.) 101:714 TRI Day when in Genera: P.,. Office, L0n4,)7.." t 1r , or Livermx• 0.1) An , . Satterica(byltrtt.paer . N' ymericp tby Unite,lBisj packet) . N unericr. (b' r 41a Kvert Jan. 14 r.s.zri*. acket) ‘lstralla (vib fr , nuth.rc smpton) .......... it iitto (via Ntarsellles) N utto (via o'ape of ;.0...d Hope) tfrica (West Coast). N kiaandria . N klexandria ........ M iahamaB ...........M Re1g10m......... N Brazil .............. M Buenos Ayres Cape ot Good liopo .N Cape of Good Hope ..N :ape de Yards IS Ceylon (see India) Ceylon-- „ Chairael Isles ...N „, ,„ m China ... Constantinople Constantinople Cont. of Europe M & N Egypt (see India) France ........ M N Gibraltar ........ M Greece (seo India) G ro yt own „„ „„ M 2nd & 17th of mon. Hamburgh ..........N Tuesday & Friday' flavannah . 2nd of the month' Holland m Dai1y.....• Honduras Mil7ta the mouth. India (riaSionthampt.)M '4th it 20th of mon. India (via Marseilles)Ml 9 th& 2s tb of month lonian Isles (see India)l7, 17, & 27 of mon Ireland M & N Twiee daily .... ..Lisbon-- „„ „bd 7,'9, 17,& 27 of oh. I N.L,d o i ra ~34,90 of the month Dov fit ki3d the . 11. 24, & 3tt 0 , 4th & loth (4 mu: 117th of the m 05.... ;Daily Plyiu . - Dover Southrt , Senth.rou,,,, Dover ... , Southari, ( Various por. ,9th of tho m o nth 19th o; the mont 9th of no month ithampu, 12d & 17th of month :Once a nit onth ....1 8,13,18,23,a44 01 m 4th & 20th of mmi.J Twice daily .. Southamp•.,, i%outhampt:• .. Squthxmptor. Mover .. ,4, 7, 17, 20, 27 f Doves .. South runtr!). Jan. 8 Jan. 2 Uncertal Jan. 6 Madeira N Malta (see India) Malts ............ N Mauritius (see India) Mauritius Mexico • •1W Naples . •• •• •• •• y New Granada ...„ .. N:1 New Zealand . Papal Stater Peninsula ........ Port Natal. N, Sicily SID •• •• • . Ni Tuscany . N Veneznet.t Van Diemen's Lan , 1 knetralia) . War? tulle, 23,1 of month .... 8, lft, 8c 28 of mon, 'DO) . • 14th of the month ',2nd of the moral-- iSthlAth2bthof mon.' 121 & 17th of month ißy private al ip sthlsth2sthotinon. 7thi7th27thonmon.l zrtn-,r won.! ,RI private ship... ! 4th 1 • , 11125 th ofmon,l l i%th lit , 2sthoffnoti.l 12d ar 17th ofmonthl 170 , f, • Jan. IS Jan. 1h tUncnrtaf 'Jail. lb ;Tu.Th.r~a :Jan. 20 :Tvrioetspi. 'South aMp t. London... Rout hampt.•- Dover .. Bouth am pm , • Plymouth .. !Dover .... D0ver...... Holy he.t , .: outhemuto Jaa.l% ! Southampton: !Liverpool Dover !Soathamos. i. Dover , 'Bouthampt.l.. I j sms. Va u ri tnth ou t s ; ; Dover . ; in. Various ports Dover .... Dover floutbamot,r. 'Southampton 'Jan. 16. ,Dall • 16thotn►a Jan. 20 Jan. 20 lan. 1 ,Qnc-r. is :Llne.ruut list4mo When any of these latee fall oq a 4 , ulda.), the mare de. patched on the following day, with the exception of the In (Os anthampton), and the Malta, both of which will be 4011 Pate. t , • precedinr .la, A very poor supply of all kinds of grain to-day. The market generally was rather firmer than of late, and we note wheat d and oats 3d dearer than on Tuesday. Bar ley moved off slowly at about that day's currencies. Scarcely a transaction took , place in Indian corn, and our quotations are nominal. Wbito /moat, 42s Od to 45s Od ; red ditto, 38s to 46 6 t ; barley, 14s Od to 228 6d ; oats, 141 Od to 16s 3d ; rapeseed. 40s Od to 44s Od per brl ; oatmeal, 153 6d to 17s 6d flour, 25s Od to 293 Od per owt ; Indian corn, 43s 6 4. 45a per 480 lbs. 1 k mot SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 12. STOOK EXCHANGE.—The tone of the market has been slack to-day, and prices a slight decline upon yeeterday. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 7(3—Caledonian, 273—Mid lands, 623 3 London and North Western, 931 3- - South Eastern, 16.18.9.—N0rth British, 73. MANCHESTER, JAN. 12. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market to-day has been doing a quiet business, but prices unchanged. Eastern Counties, 8 3 - 16—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 23--South Eastern and Dover, 16 15-16—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 76 Birmingham Guaranteed Stock, 68 —3lanskester. Sheffield, and Lincoln, 61. Pref., 7 16 p. BIRMINGHAM, JAlr. 12. STOCK EXCHANGE. - The market was rather inactive to day, and prices about stationary. Great Westerns, 521 —Great Western Birmingham Guaranteed Stock, 6G to 67 Londoo and North Westerns, 9:o—Birmingham and Stour Valleys, B—South Staffords, 2.18.9 d.. LEEDS. JAN. 12. STOCK EXCHANGE.—A very inactive business today. Leeds, 75i —Midlands. 63—Barnsley Canal, 78 —Lee d New Gas, 27 Ditto (101. pd.), 136. DUBLIN, JAN. 12. STOOK EXCHANGL—Three per Cent. Console, 861 — Ditto for Account, Feb. 7, 863 4—New Three pet Cent. Stock, 86A 6 a—Ditto, for Account, 7th Feb., 861 A 1-- Great Southern and Western, 51 3—Killarney JunctiOo. (for account), .Z—Dnblin and Belfast Junction (461. pd.), 403—Ditto (for account), 45—National Bank, 31i x d.— Royal Bank, 20 3—Hibernian Bank, 33—Mining Company of Ireland, 134 3 Irish South Eastern (for account), 51 — Dublin and Drogheda, 58—Dublin and Wicklow., 51. [ ADY ERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Pills a certain Re medy fir Liver and Stomach Complaints.—The daughter of Mr. Thomas Todd, of Houghton-le-Spring, was for a long time afflicted with a disordered state of the liver, bowel complaints, indigestion, and sickness after par taking of any frod however simple. She bad recourse to a variety of remedies, but, ut.fortunately, without being benefited ; at last, like thousands of others, she commenced taking Holloway's pills, and, by persevering with this admirable remedy for four weeks, she was per- Getly cured, and now enjoss the best of health. Sold by all medicine vendors throughout the world, at Pro fes.,or Holloway's establishments, 244, Strand, London, and 80, Maiden-lane, Near York ; by A. Stampa, Con stantinople ; A. Guidicy, Smyrna ; and E. Muir, Malta. BIRTHS. OP A SON. "tn the 12th inst., at 17, Cadogan•place, the wife of Mr. Thomas Brnadwood. On the 13th inst., at 14, Queen Anne•etreet, CaYenclish square, the wife of Ales. Halley, M.D., F.G.S. OF ♦ DAUGRTEII. On the 12th inst., at 67, Glocester-place, P or t man . equa'e, the wife of M jor Robert Guthrie MacGregor. On the 12t1s inet., at 16, Belinda-terrace, Canonbury squaro, Mrs. Benjamin Bradley. MARRIED. On the . .2.9th ult., at Lamberton, in Scotland, and on tb• 12th lust., at the parish church of St. Gregory by St. Paul, London, Mr. Alfred Waterhouse, of St. Paul's churchyard, to Ann Mary, only child of Mr. R E. Brandon, of Den mark-hill. _ On the 12th inst.. by special licence, at St.lGeorge's • Hanover-square, William, second son of Mr. Joseph Hol brook, of Charlton, Somerset, to Louisa, only child of the late Mr. Paul Pouting, of Cambridge-street, London. DIED. On the 11th inst., at 18, Paddington -green, Captain T. Allen, aged 72. . . On the 12 h inst., at the Grove,Watford, the Hon. Mn. G. Villiers. aged 81. On the 11th inst., Mr. George Schofield, of 276, Regent street, age 45. On the 10th inst., at 33, Nottingham-place, Ma j or Stones, late of the 13t h Light Dragoons. Oil tut) 11th inst., at Newtt.n Hall, co. orthumberland, Capt,in S. E. Wiildrington R.N. On the 11th inst. ' at Buckhurst, near Wokiagharo, Berks, Ww. lieelas, Esq., aged 80. On the Bth inst., Eldred Harrison, Esq., solicitor, of Kendal, aged 34. On the 3d inst., at Kinellan Lodge, Ross -shire, Sir Alex. Mackenzie, Bart., of Corel. On the filth inst., Mrs. Caroline Crane, wife of Mr. T. F. Crane, of 6, Castle street, St. Mary-axe, aged 59. I.ONDON: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG of No. L, et The & Office. 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