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'~dC/ ~~ ~'~a ~~~~ ~' i? cow: MI elerifit% its to Dr,a4laiti'e, Kai Ir4/112Y 71:0111417311 M aget gatuM4j, wt mid Tusaday, T are.lay, and ~i tiarday tat J. A 11.; area, 24. ; gallery, lA.—Egypllaa ARGYLL ROOMS.-LAURENT'S CASINO NOW OPEN for the winter season. Princiral Cornet a Piston, M. Boulcourt.—Doors open at R. Admission nne H. Lanrent's new Varsoviana and St. Patrick Quadrille every night. MR. W. S. WOODIN'S OLIO of ODDITIES. TO-NIGHT and every evening, at 8. A Morning Per formance every Saturday at 2. Box-office open from 11 till 5. Pri vate hoses, 11. Is. ; stalls, 3a. ; area, 25.; amphitheatre, Is. The al•:ove entertainment has received novel additions and embellish ments, Vocal and 'Visual, including a 1 , 7 , .W Lcco-Joto-Motive Lyric, entitle: OFF BY THE TRAIN, illustrated by numerous changes, facial, lingual, and corporeal.—Polygraphic-hall,King Wallam-strect, Charing-cross. DR. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, 4, Covent , y-street. Leicester-square.—Open (for Gentlemen Only) from 10 till 10, contain rig upw-rds of one thousand models and preparations, illustrating every part of the human frame in health and disease. the race of men, gr.c. Lectures delivered at 12, 2 ,4, and half-past 7, by Dr. G. SEXTON, ; and a new and highly-interesting series of Lectures is now in (tours^ of delivery by Dr. Klux, at half-past S every evening.—Admission, One Bk4lllllB. 'BY COMMAND. -Mr. GORDON CUM _ MINil'A ENTERTAINMENT, as represented on the turning of Thursday, May Stli, 1856, by Command of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales and 11 R.H. Prince Alfred, will be repeated e very evening (except Saturday) at R. Morning representation every Saturday at 3 o'clock. Mr. Gordon Cumming personally describes the beautifully painted 1 1 10 R a, which places before the be holder the Lion Hunter's startling encounters with the stupew'ous, curious, and beautiful animals which roam the mighty solitudes of the FAR INTERIOR OF SOUTH AFRICA. Piano by Mr. Har ries Wilson. _Admission, Is. ; reserved seats. 2 ; Stalls, 33. Children half- Mee to the reserved seats. 232, Piccadilly. UR. GEORGE BUCKLAND has the honour L to announce that on MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNES DAY, and FRIDAY EVENINGS, and on THURSDAY and SA TURDAY AFTERNOONS. in next week, he will open the Lower Room, Regent Gallery, 69, Regent-street, with a PICTORIAL and MUSICAL ENTER I'AINNIENT of -eongs and Scenes from the Tempest. The Tableaux. II in num'er, will be given by Living Ar tiste. The original music of Ariel will be sunz by Miss C , ari Fraser, 'Who will introduce a new ballad, by W. S. Rockstro, "The Cradle of Genius." Mr. George Bucklairi will sing two new sonzs " Caliban's Curse," composed by J. W. Hobbs ; and " Prospero's Farewell to Ariel." The Scenery arid DreQS3S entirely new. The entertainment Will conclude Wth a buffo song, illustrated in pantomime, "The Rehearsal of a Melodram i."—Admission, is. and 2s. ; Dress stalls, cs. The office is now open, evenings at Eight, afternoons at Three. BE PARTICULA.D, to address at full length BENJAMIN EDGINGTON, 2, Doke-street, Southwark. MARQUEES, TENT,, and RICK CLOTHS. RICK CLOTHS.—A large quantity of canvas intended for the Crimea loto been made into 2tICK CLO rliS, to be sold as second-hand at GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. A List forwarded by post.— Address in full, Benjamin Edgington, 2 , Duke-street, Southwark. REMOVAL of OFFICES.—BRITISH EMPIRE MUTUAL LIFE ASSITHANCE COMPANY.— Incorporatel 1817.—Results of 9 years' business :-7,809 Policies issued, insuring 1,571,229/. ; Accumulated Fund from Premiums, 90 ,0001.; Annual Income, 45,4811. Ils. 10d.; Profits divided, 98 ,000/. New 00ices-32, NEW IntiDGE-STREET, BLACK FRIARS, London. JAS. INGLIS, Secretary. L ONDON LIFE ASSOCIATION, 81, King William-street. The Directors of this Association hereby inform the Members that the PREMIUMS falling due on the let July next of those Members 'Who have been assured for seven or more entire yea! , will be RE DUCED at the rate of 74 per cent., leaving 26 per cent. only to be Paid. EDWARD DOCKER, Sec. ELECTION of ANNUITANTS. PROVIDENT CLERKS' BENEVOLENT FUND.—Thurs dkY, the 29th instant, being her Majes , y's Birthday, and having been appointed as the clay of rejoicing in celebration of peace, the Election or Annuitants on the above Fund it POSTPONED to FRIDAY, the 30th inst. By order of the Board. WM. THOS. LINFORD, Secretary. 15, lloorgate•street, 221 May, 1856. LIGHTERAGE. - NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That Tenders will be received for the I igh erage of Stores to and from the Tower and the undermentioned plat, 8, viz. : Gravesend. Purflect, W,,olwich, Deptford. the East India Docks and Blackwall, the West India Decks and City Canal, The Pool, and St. Katherine's and London Docks. The Tenders aro to be received on or before the 27th instant, addressed to" The Director-General of Ccivrac s, War Department, London," marked on the outside," Tender for Lighterage." Parties tendering are requested to use no form but that which can be had en application to the above Department. For Director-General of Contracts. - War Department, Pall-mall, 22d May, 1856. pIJRSIJANT to an Order of the High Court of Chancery, made in a cause, Newton against Newton, the Creditors of George Newton, late of Wells-hill, Sunning-hill, in the County of Berko, Gentleman, deciased (who died in or about the Month of November, 1554), are, by their solicitors, on or ` before the fourth day of June, 1856, to come in and p rove their dets at the Chambers of the Vice-Chancellor sir Richard Torin Ktndersley, No. 3 , Stone-buildings, Lincoln's inn, Middlesex, or, in default thereof, they will be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the said Order. Monday, the 9th day ofJune, 1856, at Iwo o'clock in the afternoon, at the said Chambers, is appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon the claims. Dated this 7th day of May ,1856. CR.IS. MOIL Chief Clerk. EDWARD CLARKE, 29, Iledfora-row, 11o1bOrn, Plaintiffs Solicitor. THE GREAT OYER of POISONING.—Let all people, from one end of the world to the other, mark well the burthen of the sorra' between the doctors on the trial. Would the &sensed have ever been suspected but for the insurance offices? Most certainly not. The same thing is being enacted every day by the.e dewily poisons, but John Bull quietly looks on. We emphati cally declare that it cannot be otherwise, Posterity will attest this. Issued by the BRI Fl II COLLEGE of IIEALTIL New-road, Lon don, this 16th day of April, 1856, for the Society of Ilygelsts IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY. TRIESEMAIL—On the 29th of May, 1855, an injunction was granted by the High Court of Chancery- an , l on the 11th of June following was made perpetual, against Joseph Franklin and others, to restrain them, under a penalty of one thou land pounds, from imitating this Medicine, which is protected by Royal Letters Patent of England, and sccur ed u y the t icals of the colc de Pharmacia de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine. Vienna. TRIESEMAR, No. l, is a remedy for Relaxation, Spermatorrhces., and all the distressing Consequences arising from early abuse, &c., and its effects are Oil citious in youth, manhood, and old age; arid t those persons who are prevented entering the married state from the results of early errors it is invaluable. TRIESEMAR, No. 2. effeztually. in the short space of three days, completely and entirei: er tdicates all traces of those Disorders which Capaivi and Cubeb have so long been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the heart ' of 4 Vast portion of the population. TRIESEMAR, No. 3, is the great Continental Remedy for that class of Disorders, whio unfortunately the English physician treats with Mercury, to the in e Atable destruction of the patient's constitution, 4nd which all th.- emrsaparilla in the world cannot remove. TRIESEMAR, Nos. 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or Mel - laid of all nauseating qualitie3. They may lie on the toilet tau' Without their use being suspected TRIESEMAR, Nos. 1,2, and 3 are slid in tin cases, price Ils., or four cases In one for 33s , which saves I Is. ; and in 5/. eases, whereby there is a saving of 11. 12st; divide, int:, sJoarate doses, as adminis tered by Valpeau, Lalletnand, Roue, &:.,&c. To be had Wholesale and Retail in London of Johnston, 68, Cornhill; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; and Sanger. 150, Os• ford -street ; R. H. Ingham, druggist, 46. t 4 arket-street, Manchester ; U. Bradbury, bookseller, Deanagate, Bolton; J. Priestly, chemist, 52, Lerd-street, Liverpool; Powell, bookseller, 15, Westmoreland-street Lublin ; Winnall, bookseller. High-street. 9 • l l ,lll tvbaul • SCOTTISH WIDOWS' FUND AND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. ESTABLISHED A.D. 1815. The following exampb-s of Bonus Additions made to the Policies of Members of this Society, at and prior to the last Periodical Investigation and Division of Profits, may serve to illustrate ste advantages of a PURELY MUTUAL SYSTEM of Life Assurance, where the Profits (being freed from the payment of Dividends to the Shareholders) are allocated among the Assured alone, and upon equitable principles. .... Initials Year Age 1 Bonus added at Tot , l sum. with of of at Original and prior to, additions at Members Entry Entry. Assurance. l lat Jan., 1853. Ist Jau., 1853. ........_______ - - X X. s. d. £ s. d. W. C. 1818 29 1000 1031 I 8 2031 1 8 G. A. 1826 31 1000 590 110 1590 110 T. B. R. 1834 39 'POO 4i7 12 3 1437 12 3 B. T. H. 1842 40 1000 212 6 0 1312 6 0 D. T. 1846 30 I 1000 122 10 0 1122 10 0 These examples show the respective amounts of the Bonus ALREADY DECLARED and VESTED. Under the provision made at the last investigation for the payment of auINTERMEDIATE BONUS, in the case of Policies becoming Claims by death during the current Septennial period, the whole amounts respectively payable under the above Policies, in the event of the risks new emerging, would be considerably more than those stated in the last column. Thus, supposing the life assured by the first policy to drop during the present year, the amount payable under the 10001. Policy would be, not 20311. ls. Bd., but 21731. ss. 2d. In all cases where the member is not incapacitated in any way from dealing with bis Policy, be has the option of con verting the Reversionary Claim for whatever Bonus has been added to it, into an equivalent present payment in cash, or of applying the same towards extinction or reduction of the future Premiums. As showing the effe tof such conversion or application, the cases of the above Policies may be taken. The amount of additions to the second Policy being 5901. Is. 16d., the member might at the present time surrender the reversionary claim therefor, and receive in cash a sum of 3301. 19s. 11d. Or, he might surrender the reversionary claim for bonus to the extent of 4671 12s. ld , and be relieved from any further payment of the premiums exigible in terms of the policy, retaining a claim for the remainder of the addi tions already made, namely, 9s. 9d., and for any s , further bonus to be declared in future. In the case of the third Policy, to which there are additions of 4071. 12s. 3d., the member, on surrendering these iniglit either receive a sum of 228/. 12s. 9d. in cash, or he might have all future premiums exigible in terms of the Policy reduced from the original amount of 31/. 17s. 6d. to 91. 2s. Or a ga i n, h e m i g ht, by renouncing right to 204/. ss. Gd. of the bonus, have the premiums exigible in terms of the Policy from this date to the close of the year 1859, four in number, altogether extinguished, reserving to himself a claim for the balance of 2031. Gs. 9d., and for any further addition by way of bonus to be afterwards d-clared. Prospectuses, containing full information in regard to the al ' c 've, and oti.ter points connected with the Society's history and practice, n lay be obtained at t he Head Office, or from any of the v ar ious A gents. JOHN MACKENZIE, Manager. WM. LIN DESAY, Secretary, Edinburgh, 5, S. Andrew-square, 10th May, 185 G. roxDOX HONORARY BOARD. George Young, _Esq., Mark-lane Charles Edward Pollock, Esq., Barrister, Temple David Hill, Esq., East India House John Murray, Esq.,. publisher, Albemarle-street Samuel Laing, Esq., 31 • P• Sir John Thomas Bri cgs. Admiralty Leonard Horner, Esq., Home-office John Taylor, jun., Esq., C .E., Queen-street-place LONDON AND THE SUBURBS. CENTRAL AGENT. 11 4 11 ll'Besen, 4, Roy al Exchange-buildings, Cornhill. Benton soeley, 2, DISTRICT AGENTS Captain R. 8. Ridge, 49, Pall-mall, Agent for the West End District _ames Harris 38 Flanover-street, Regent-street 38, St. George's-square, Belgrave-road, Pimlico. John A. RAirelon, Manager, Royal British Bank, GO, Stone's-end' Southw. stk. chequer vri l _ 1 0 1:1: y now charb so, I am au' o i, e insurance 1) ill' Chancellor '$ oe h nl,l it bee el :ill be dive' cli eg illy to on e 0 00 !. for duty O f t y roadio4 e for effect p olicie t : o 4 as I am 0 41, 3tion save 3,c00t ranee a d is „ be the moue/ td >f profit, a n same thing' 4LES 1C156' '—MAY 20. cs oatuleo l t Lis. 6d. mAitic-1 0/ aga i n jargeioo mple of 16 ° pail )., 61 61 to - 1 9 ' second. V1:01 393 6d 37 i C 4 —5 Od 61 0 1 - s od 01 —3 od - oil the marker" --- - send, ito• 1 6 ................. ............... .15 ............... tton ......... .3/ ......... ••••*" . 11 ................... ........... ••• 51 kyr ....... •••116 ............... .............. ............. .............. .io ............... ........ .1/ .............. go ';18 k .......... .... 72 00 General roo i dija o o4. f,PF" O IMO 01 1V:111 Port ! aricel/ "Old , gal i f MO 00 00 40 Sa ll % 21109, TO P- '/ Sl4 Jl o. 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" Here are two more goodly volumes on the English C left volumes fall of new sayings, tlcture/, anecdotes, and scenes—clearing up much secret history."— Athenwum. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn. MISS BUNBUP.Y ' S NEW WORK. Now ready, in 2 vols., 215., bound, ASUMMER in NORTHERN EUROPE, including Sketches in Sweden, Norway, Finland, the Aland Isles, Gothland, &c. By SELINA BUNEURT, Author of "Lifo in Sweden," &c. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn, 13, Great ➢larlboroug,h-street. Just published, in 3 vols., post Bvo., MODERN SOCIETY in ROME. By J. R. BETE, Esq., Author of" The Wabash." " lUr. Beste's book would, for the amount of information, incident, and anecdote that it contains, be read at all times with lively interest. At the present moment it rot only pr) sesses extraordinary interest, but is of great value."—Sunday Times. " This hook is singularly interesting."—Literary Gazette. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. To be had of all Booksellers, CHEAP tDITION of EVELYN'S DIARY AND CORRESPONDENCE. In 4 vols. post Bvo., price only 6s. each, bound, with Portraits, any of which may be had separately. "We rejoice to welcome this beautiful and compact edition of Evelyn—one of the most valuable and interesting works in the lan guage." —Examiner. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn. COMPLETION OF MOORE ' S MEMOIRS. Just published, with Portraits and Vignettes, Vols. VII. and VIII., in post fivo., price 21s , MEMOIRS, JOURNAL, and CORRESPON DOINIIE of THOMAS' MOORE. Edited by the Right Hon. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, M.P. Vols. VII. and VIII., cAnpleting the work, with atopions Gene ral Index. Loutni: Longman, 'Brown, Green, and Longinans. This day, in 2 vols. Rvo., 285., 'THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE ; its People, Institutions, an Resource=. By BARON. VON HANTHAUSEN, Author of " Transcaucasia," &c. Translated and issued under the immediate sanction of the author. We have long desired a book which should fairly exhibit the social state of the Russian people, and show us their internal organisa tion. The volumes by Baron flaxthausen fulfil that desire. We have no hesitation in saying that they give more valuable informa tion on the character of the people, and on their social relations in rural diitects, than any work that has yet been presented to the British public."—The Press. " Ilaxtbamien's book is THE book on Russia, and is sure to be widely read."—Globe. London: Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. THE NEW NOVEL. This nay is published, and to be had at all the Libraries, PERVERSION ; or, The Causes and Conse quences of Infidelity. A Tale for the Times. In Three Volumes, CONTENTS. Chap. 3.—The German Teacher. ' Chap. 18.—A Mormon M6nage. „ 6.—Life in Barracks. „ 19.—The Champions of Pro 7. —Prophets unveiled. I 22. —Attorney gross. ~ B.—Tutors and Undergra- „ and Client. ~ duates. 23.—The Trial. ~ 9.—Ultra Protestants of „ 26.—The I-land of the the Town,Blest „ U.—Anglo-Catholics of the „ 28 . —Doubt and Faith. Suburb. „ 29.—From Darkness to „ 12.—Free Thought at Ox- Light. ford. „ 30.—Death at , cutari. Loudon : Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill. ILLUSTRATED TIMES.-LIFE-SIZE PORTRAIT of the QUEFN. —ln consequence of the abscrn ing interest excited by Palmer's Trial, which at the present time engrosses the entire public attention, it has been decided to postpone the issue of the Magnificent En ravine of the Lit -size Portrait of the Queen, until June 7th ; on which day it will he issued in connec tin with the Number of the ILLUSTR stmtTIME-; for that date. 111usirated o Times : The Only Cheap Illd Newspaper. 2d. Weekly. 148, Fleet-street. PALMER'S TRIAL. —An Extra Number of the ILL STRATED TOTES, containing a Full Report of this important event, and a largo Number of En:travlnes f oat Sketches made by Permission of the Sheriffs of the t ity of London —embracing Scenes in the Central Criminal Court ; Views in New gate ; the Sheriffs' Dinner ; tke Jurors' Bed-room ; Portraits of the Judges, Counsel, and Chief Witnesses, and Representations of every Scene and Object of interest connected with this exciting event—will be published mmediately the Trial terminates. Price of the Two Numbers, 4d. Orders should be immediately given, as the demand is certain to be very large. The Third Edition. Just Published, price 5 5., by post , free , ss. . ON TRUE dz FALSE SPERMATORRIREA, with the View of distinguishing the Imaginary from the Real Sufferers under this disease, and Correcting of wide-spread Errors in relation to their Treatment and Cure. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD. " Dr. Piektord 's known to English readers by his irequent practi• set contributions. to German medical literature. This is the tarsi time, he informs us, that he has addressed himself to the noa-tnedi :al reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall 'steel an) Aber equally flagrant evil which it may be in his p rwer to cor • ect." —London Medical Gazette. " The tribe of ' Quiet Sympathisers,' end • Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed ; and if this book :.ould find its way into the bands of those who saffer from the com plaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would es saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of ess Importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize— ouch moues .This volume is well qualified to put an end to the emnirical system of treating Spermatorrhcea, and to place the treat ment upon a more rational mei physiological basis. it is, therefore likely to do much good."—Medical Circular. ondon; H. Ballicre, 219. Regent-street. AI R. HOWARD, Surgeon-Dentist, 52, Fleet street, has introduced au entirely new description of ARTI FICIAL. TEETH, fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so ~ e rfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from :he original by the closest observer; they will never change colour or lecay, and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used. flits method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful operation, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is uaranteed to restore articu•ation and mastication. Decayed teeth rendered sound and useful in mastication.-52, Fleet-street. At home from ten till five. Sporting Intelligence. TATTERSALL'S.—THURSDAY. What with the settling of the Bath account, compar ing bets on the Derby, and booking additional invest ments, a good deal of business was transacted. The betting was not, however, marked by any very import ant point of difference from the quotations last published, except with regard to Vandetmulin, who "came again" with much force. In City circles be was backed freely during the morning, and at "The Corner" 12 to 1 was taken about him to some money. These odds were, however, currently offered at the close. The investment , : on Wentworth at 3 to 1 exceeded 1000/ , and backers, hardening in confidence, were evidently willing to go on. Fazzoletto was in considerable request ; 5 to 1 was taken to several hun dred p ounds. At half a point. higher the outlay in his favour would have been greatly increased ; 8 to 1 wa s offered against Can noble, rt of and the '9 to 1 taken about Artillery. In the early pa afternoon 10 to 1 was booked to 501. about Coroner ; subsequently 11 to 1 was Lid, and at last 12 to 1 was offered. Several inquiries were made about Fly-by- Night, but we did not see him backed ; 15 to 1 in fifties would have been betted. At 1000 to 30, 30 to 1, and 25 to 1, the investments on Ellington amounted to about 7001. ; 30 to 1 wai his closing price. The odds quoted again-t the Prince was taken to 1001. Of the outsiders, Cotswold and the Barbarina colt were in most demand. The prices at the conclusion of the business were as under:-- THE DERBY. 3to 1 agst Wentworth (taken and offered) sto 1 aget Fazzoletto (taken and offered) Bto 1 agst Cannobie (offered) 9to A agst Artillery (taken) 12 to 1 agst Vand.ernon:in (taken and offered' 12 to 1 agst Coroner (offered) 15 to 1 ago Fly-by-Night (offered) 20 to 1 ago The Prince (taken) 30 to 1 agst Ellington (taken) 40 to 1 agst Verdant Green (taken) 50 to 1 asst Barbarina colt (taken) 50 to 1 aget Astrologus (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Cotswold (taken freely) 1000 to 10 agst Puck (taken) Offers to bet 1000 to 60 on twenty. THE DEBBY AND OAKS.—Youatt Wm. Gray issued I his final selection for the Derby and Oaks on Thursday last, and is certain of success. I shall stand on one horse only, as I know that nothing cau defeat my selection The playmen to a man are on, and nothing can be dan gerous, unless it is the horse at 60 to 1; he will get a place. This race and the Oaks I never lost. Remember my great hits on the Oaks the last two years with Mincemeat and Marchioness, at 30 t 4 1 each. I have one just as good this year, which must win. Terms for Derby and Oaks, ss. ; for advice on every race next week, 7s. 61., and per centage. Address, 15, Charing cross. Send directed envelopes. WINNER OP THE DEREY.—The Era, Family, Theatrical, Mas(.nic, and Sporting Newspaper, of to-morrow, will contain :—Touchstone's Prophecy for Derby a nd Oaks, with list of Starters, Riders, and Latest Betting—" The Stable Mouse" will also squeak theWinner—Bath Races —Conclusion of Palmer's Trial, Verdict, and Sentence —The Budget—Sunday Music and the Parks —Thea'rl cal News of the Day, and all the News of the Week — Great Scullers' Match at Putney, and other interestin;2 Aquatic information—Cricket, Pedestrianism, Chess, &c. Order of your Newsagent immediately, or send six postage stamps to Era Office, 3, Catherine-street, Strand, -on. A vacancy which had occurred among the clerks of the Colonial-office has just been competed for. Six can didates were selected, and it has been won by Mr. Richard Hall, of Jesus College, Cambridge, where Mr. Hall took a wrangler's de g ree. A NOTHER PALMER SUPPL EMENT GRATIS. — The Dis patch, of Sund.ay next, M a y 25, will publish a Supple ment, containing, a Full Report of the Trial of William Palmer for the Murder of Mr. Cook—Speech of Mr. Sergeant Shee for the Dr fence, &c. The Dispatch wi.. also contain an £4say, entitled " Constitution Tinkering" —Letters by Publicola, "To the Sunday school Teacher of Great. Britain ;" and by Caustic, " The Budget " Town Talk—Thef Sunday Bands, &c., &e.—Office, 189, Fleet-street. Loud .-- ' •z,....-7:.-!.,..,:;1,••:...'..,:2\*';',,,,'• ~ .: ,,i , ' 7 ,,,,. • - _ • . ; . ._., • • ~ . • , * . . . . ), . • hia ,„ .. , - ,&,• . •'(..::'; ::.: ' l ir ' v4 .:-..-.,.,,,,,,,-,! , •4;. - • ,. '' ' ' • . $) ..... , . . , . , 4 Tit ' . • , - vi •, ‘,.•• ...- .. i „,...-- _.,:(:'• ..„ i t,- 4 *, A' , 7 - 1' . ..../1.---- : „.........„.40 : .,4,,,,,,,,„_,. Cs )4' „ ..,Aw nt:- -, k , ~ /C .. 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I agree with D' Taylor that the absorption takes place in the blood, but not that it becomes changed to such an extent that it is undiscoverable. Not any mixing of the contents of the stomach with the intestines would prevent the possibility of an analysis being made and the poison detected. It might be detected from the mucous membrane of the stomach. If a dose of antimony was taken in brand and water it would not produce any burning sensation. It does not possess that property. I have studied poisons for 18 years. Cross-examined by the Attorney-General—l am not a member of the College of Physicians. I used to be employed by the Crown. The last case was in 1851, when I stated that arsenic had been taken four times before death. I was the cause of her being respited. Some of the medical profession challenged my opinion. I hold the same opinion now. I have operated upon five animals within the last two months. I have given one grain in a pill, sometimes in a pill, and sometimes upon the tongue. In the case of a dog which bad it given with a full stomach, the poison kneaded into hard bread, the symptoms did not come on for three-quarters of an hour. The least noise or breath of air will cause a recurrence of the paroxysm. I have known animals die in the first paroxysm. I have said I should not feel surprised that a person should be able to -+it up in bed and ring the bell. I heard the account about his death, and think it quite likely, but have not seen symptoms that convinces me of that result. There was nothing in the symptoms exhibited by him upon the night of his death differing from those of tetanus by strychnine. One of the symptoms is an increase of breathing, and a difficulty when the spasms came on, and sitting up would be a most likely position for a person in bed. The symptoms of Cook's death are quite irreconcileable with anything I ever heard. (Great sensation.) Re-examined by Sergeant Shee—Such convulsions might arise from same cause which an early examination of the spinal cord might have developed. Cook's death is quite irreconcileable with every cause of death, either natural or artificial. Touching an animal during the premonitory symptoms would bring on the spasms. I do not think that I have displeased the Government by the case of arsenic alluded to. I have been engaged since. In that case Dr. Pereira came to me and asked me to write a letter to him to the effect that there was a possibility that the poison might have been taken more than four hours, and I did so, but denied that it was probable. The respite came one hour after my letter. [PRICE 4D. STAMPED 5D' the symptoms describing Cook's death that the paroxysm was one of tetanus. Witness—l do not think it was disease at all. Attorney-General—Neither do I. Witness—l never knew a case of tetanus where rigidity was continued after death. Tetanic paroxysms are distinguishable from other convulsions at the time of death. I know no case where in convulsions con sciousness was retained to the last. Convulsions from strychnine are called tetanic, and very properly so. I❑ cases of strychnine the spasms are more violent than in ordinary tetanus. I have not said, nor do I infer, that this was in any sense a case of tetanus. The Attorney-General—Why net Witness—lt did not run the course of tetauus—diffi culty of breathing is a premonitory in strychnine. The Attorney-General—Did not Cook ask to have his ears rubbed ? Witness—So far as my experience in animals is con• Robert Edward Gay examined by Sergeant Shee. I am a Fellow of the Royal College of 'surgeons. In October, 1855, I attended a person of the name of Foster, who was labouring under tetanus. The I niptoms were those of an ordinary cataract. Upon t he fourth day an increasing stiffness of the muscles and t , et came on, and upon the evening of that day the jaw was locked ; pains came on in the muscles of the bowels and legs; he became convulsed with violent contractions of arms and hands, with a difficulty of swallowing, which so increased up to the 10th day that not any food, solid or liquid, could be taken, and upon anything being attempted to be fed with a spoon he became violently convulsed, as also did feeling the pulse, He com plained of great hunger, and said " What should he do if he could not eat." He was kept alive by injections. About the twelfth day he became insen sible and weaker, and convulsed until the 14th day, when he died. He had been an omnibus conductor, and suffered from a sore throat. The disease was an inflammatory sore throat, from ex posure to cold. He became tetanic from his ex tremely nervous and anxious disposition. He had a large family. His sister died a week before of a pul monary sore throat. Cross-examined by the Attorney-General—This is one of the ordinary cases of idiopathic tetanus. It is al ways progressive. This patient only had remissions of the severer symptoms ; there was always a twitching of the muscles. The insensibility was produced from con gestion of the brain brought on by the convulsions. At this stage the Court adjourned. Sergeant Shee, in answer to his Lordship, said he would, if possible, conclude the evidence for the defence to-morrow. 3 LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING. MAY 23, 1856. THE BRITISH ARMY. From floe Times' Special Correspondent.) CAMP BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, May 8. The French army continues to embark daily, and we, with More dignity and at greater leisure, follow their example. The French speak confidently of a great campaign in Africa, and even in another quarter of the globe, and they predict that peace will not last for two years. The Russians are equally hopeful that they will have a chance of war iu a short time, and they do not disguise their earnest burning lust to phlebotomise Austria, " Ant; fiche lathe et 'ingrate." The evacuation of the Crimea is taking place with rapidity, and, if it is desirable, there can be no doubt that the allies can leave the soil of the Czar long before the time which has been granted to us—six months after the conclusion of the treaty—has exp;red. The Tartars bring in terrible stories of the revenge taken by the Russians on those unfortunate bre thren cf theirs who have given aid t , the allies, or have been engaged in their service. They tell us that several of these poor creatures have been hanged at Simpheropol, that others have been sent off in exile, and that more are condemned to work on the roads for life. Could not a word be said to avert the wrath of Russia, and to induce her to extend her clemency to the remnants of this miserable race ? During the recent excursion of General Windham, in the -Banshee, to Kertch and back, au incident took place which shows very clearly the real character of the Russian Govern ment, and demonstrates the worthlessness of the professions which it makes. Prince Gagarin, who holds a command on the south coast, was extremely polite in all his Communica tions with Major-General Cunynghame and the other English officers at Kertch and Yenikale, and promised them every faCility should they be desirous of visiting the interior or proceeding to Sebastopol by land. Ho also specially i nvit ed all English officers to visit him at Kaffa (Theodosia) in their way. General Windham, being informed of these little polite nesses, resolved to pay a visit to Kaffa on his way back from Kertch. On entering the bay on which the town is situated, they were astonished to perceive a fleet of many sail of merchant vessels lying in quarantine, and 'they soon were made to understand that tho Banshee was in a similar disagreeable situation. Most of these ships had gontiutt the Sea of A zoff to Taganrog, and ha 4 been sent' - shack' again all the wayjsp ICaffa to - perform quarantine. The usual quaran tine station for the ports in the Sea of Azoff is-Kertch, but as that place is in the hands of the allies and as the Government establishment is destroyed, the Russian authorities have for the present selected Kaffa as a substitute, and vessels bound from the south and east will have a considerable detour to make from the true course, but that is better than being sent back altogether. This is a valuable commentary on the statements which have been made that the Czar has given orders to the Minister of the Interior, &c., to remove all re strictions on trade—exports and imports. When General Windham and staff were permitted to land they were placed in a small room with bars to the windows like a wild beast cage,a regular quarantine prison in fact, and when he had pre pared a note for Prince Gagarin it was taken from him through the bars by a pair of tongs. The Prince, all gold lace and fea thers, soon made his appearance and received his visitor with great cordiality and politeness through the bars. lie re gretted that his orders were so strict ; he dared not permit the General to visit the town without performing quarantine, but if he came round by land he should be most happy to receive him. Meantime he bad sent off a letter to the Gene ral Commanding-in-Chief, and an answer was speedily re turned to the effect that the General's order from the Ministers were so exceedingly stringent that he could not relax them, notwithstanding his most earnest wishes to do so. General Windham in the course of his interview thought it necessary to apprize Prince Gagarin that he had seen enough to convince him it would be right to advise the Com mander-in-Chief to keep possession of Kertch till all our stores were withdrawn—an intimation which seemed not a little to perplex and co , found his Excellency. It appears that General Luders hail expressed a wish that in the interest of trade, Kertch should be evacuated , as speedily as possible, and that steps were being taken to remove the Turkish troops, whose presence was especially objectionable ; but, as General Windham observed, if the port were handed over to the Russian authorities before all the stores were removed, the vessels which were sent for them would be placed in quarantine, and great annoyance and delay would be experienced. Colonel M'Murdo returned from Trebizond on Thursday night, and has had the rare good fortune to find near the city a good market for his best horses and mules. It appears that the main road to Persia passes from Trebizond through a small town, the name of which I do not know, where the great horse fair for Asia Minor to su, ply the merchants with pack and saddle animals is held, and we have just been lucky enough to meet the demand for transport which has arisen, now that peace is proclaimed. Col. M'Murdo has received very fair prices for all the animals he conk' sell, and in some instances he got more than the original cost price. Our excursions into the Crimea are becoming rarer as curi osity becomes satisfied, and leave more difficult to be obtained for lengthened absence. General Codrington has paid a visit to the Alma, and most of us who could go have performed a pilgrimage to the same place. The graves are scrupulously respected and are marked with large stones. The inscription on the stone telegraph tower cut by the French, " La Bataille Wilma, 20th September, 1854," has been altered to " Sth September" by the Russians, to reconcile the date to their old style. The Russians are returning our visits now, and some unfortunate officers who, in the height of goodfel lowship and amid flowing bumpers, gave their name and an invitation to their boon companions to " come and stop a week with me, and bring your friends and family," have been horrified by the vision of a couple of droskies at their tent doors, containing a whole bevy of fair Musco vites and their attendant lieges. Major Montague, of the Engineers, is entertaining, at his pretty hut on Kamara-hill, a number of Russian ladies who were kind and attentive to him when he was a prisoner in Simpheropol, sod is fortunate in being able to evince his sense of their humanity and good nature. Although the greatest cordiality exists between the bulk of the men of both the allied armies, there have been some awkward rencontres between the French and the English on two cr three occasions, of which I have hitherto made no mention, as the subject is one of extreme delicacy. It ap pears quite clear that the French are very ready to resort to the use of firearms on such occasions. The first of these affairs which has been brought under the notice of the chiefs of the two armies took place some time ago at Kainiesh. It appears that some men of the Mail Staff Corps went out to hunt rats in the neighbourhood of one of the French redoubts, and that as they appu ached the parapet they were fired upon by the soldiers inside. Lieutenant Budgen, staff-adjutant of Kazateh, ran out of his hut on hearing the shots fired and Proceeded towards the redoult, and when be was chal lenged he replied in French, " °Meier Anglais." He was at once fired upon three times in succession. On finding out what had taken place he sent on board one of the men of war for assistance, and when reinforced by a naval officer and a small body of Marines unarmed, he approached the re doubt, invested it, and captured the men inside, but some of them escaped, and appear to have attacked and killed the serjeant of Marines in their flight, and to have wounded an officer by a shot through the leg. I shall not dwell on the details further than to state that the serjeant's brains were knocked out by blows of a musket stock, and that the officer was, when lying on the ground, charged by a soldier with the bayonet. General Codrington referred the case to Marshal Pelissier, and the latter, after a long and minute in, est ga tion, sent back the result of his inquiries to head-quarters to wards the close of last week. It is understood that the Mar shal considers the unfortunate affair does not call for any sanguinary punishment, but that the excessive vigour of the measures taken by the men on guard was justified to such an extent as to hold them blameless by the orders they had received for the safeguard of their post. The second occasion took place at one of the wells in camp, from which men are forbidden to draw water after sunset and before sun rise, and which is guarded by French sentries. Some of our soldiers went down after dusk to draw some water, The sen try fired on them with ball, and his comrades of the guards turned out and contributed a volley, but fortunately they hurt no one. The third instance of this sort occurred the night before last, when the commanding general of the Light Division, Lord W. Pe ulet, sent up a picket to bring some men into camp who were drinking at a French canteen. As our men approached to execute their orders they were fired upon with ball. The circumstance has been reported to General Codrington for the information of Marshal Pelissier. It is possi ) le that the bare statements of facts respecting these un fortunate affairs do not convey their true character, and that there may be some inaccuracy in the iepotts s . i L .y e , t w u h s om hope h consign.there is. A French sentry is rigid in obeying his consign. Surgeon Le Blanc, of the 9 th, was killed by a sentry, e approached too closely at night, and I have seen French officers treated with rudeness and imperiousness by common soldiers en faction when the former have been in the slightest degree infringin g lea formalites de la poste. Perhaps it is on ly right that the utmost precision on all such matters should be observed during war time. We are not without our own internecine fights now and then, hut we certainly do not use firearms so promptly as the French. The removal of the Zouaves has given more peace and quietness to the lino, as there were a sort of rivalry between the infantry and these famous regiments, the latter of which professed to look down on all men in red pantaloons. There have been some discreditable transactions in our own ca mp lately, which have led to the retirement of two officers froni the army, as notified by general orders. In one instance an officer was detected iu the act of reading a private letter addressed to a brother officer; in the other a gentleman forgot how to write his name. General Codrington has a gentler touch in such matters than General Simpson. The latter had three officers cashiered by court-martial in as man y weeks after he was appointed Commander-in-Chief ; in the present cases the punishment is the same for each offence, and is therefore unequal, for the magnitude of these offences is not the same. My diary extends from the 6th to the 10th of the month. TUESDAY. The 63d, which was seen off by General Garrett this morn lir., em b ar ked in the Andes, but the sea was so high and the swell - so heavy that it was not deemed expedient to send her to sea, and the vessel remained at anchor till the roll which set in on coast had subsided. Brigadier Shewell goes back to the Sth Hussars. It was this gallant and excel lent officer who, beyond any other, saved the remnant of our cavalry at Balaklava, when his attention was called to a movement of Russian Lancers by Lieutenant Phil lips, of the same regiment. He has received the honour of the C. 8., and now returns to the command of his regi ment. After all that has been said to the contrary, it ap pears that the Colonels who held the rank of Brigadiers will have to rejoin their regiments. The belief that this " degra dation" would have been spared them for a little time was general a short time ago, and it is now ascertained to be groundless. Brigadier-General Van Straubenzee will return to the command of the 3d Buffs, unless he avoids doing so by getting leave of absence before they embark on Saturday. However, he, and officers in the same category, are cheered by the hope of the brevet to come, and by the refreshing showers of the Bath which arc expected to accompany it. Ina few days the sailing transport, Star of the South, a fine s hip of I ,100 tons, laden with gunpowder, will leave for England She has been lying in Balaklava harbour about . 18 months, during which time she never moved an anchor, and she has cost the country, at a rough guess, about 2 2,000/, for that time as the freight on her cargo and her hire at so much per month.l has el t s believe o.vn sah ande as w at a hk s a i z t i n t sdhe o first fno hwh floating•se tdan hotel a d t s at 32 s 1 6 f6s. for natlhofficers Ses . per naval and agents, for tra ve lli ng psOodemin : tpe o oeton.rthe gentlemen,hte harbourSand m erchants. She has been at least once on fire -that is, she has be en in the wa y of finishing Balaklava, a nd as far as we are concerned, wi - h one g rea t but it will no doubt be maintained that th e t of the ship was a rare str ok e of coon - my, couppw an e hrdohl perhaps a ose tnrtnh'l°7otg'wi;eilhelualleks and no vessels at Constantinople could have been got for oxything lake the money. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. THE RUGELEY POISONINGS. [The following appeared in part of our impression of yesterday.] Despite the state of the wea'her the Court this morn ing was quite full long before the proceedings began. The Duke of Cambridge was present, and even outside there was a great many persons standing about in every available place of shelter to witness the different arrival?, whilst the houses of public resort in the neighbourhood of the court were full of persons most anxious to glean tidings of how the case was going on. The prisoner, excepting that he looked more fatigued, maintained the same composed appearance that he has all along exhibited. The proceedings commenced with the examination of the witnesses for the defence. Previously to the first witness being called, Lord Campbell said—l hope that, until the conclusion of this trial the public journals will continue to abstain from any comments noon any points in the case. The propriety of such abstaining is too obvious to require from me any remarks. His lordship also further added —Myself, and brothers upois the bench, wish it to be understood that our remarks apply to the insertion of letters as well as editorial remarks. Mr. Grove then called Dr. Thomas Nunnely, who said—l am a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, and Professor of Surgery to the Leeds School of Medi cine, and several other learned societies.' I have a large practice, and have made both classes of tetanus my study. Mr. Grove—How many cases Oridie . pathic tetanus ,have you seen ? —I have'seen four. Mr. Grove—Did they all terminate in lock jaw ?—No, only one out of the number, and they did not prevent the person swallowing during the whole course of the ill ness. I have been present during the trial, and heard the symptoms described, and also read the depositions. Mr. Grove—From both of those sources what opinion do you draw as to the cause of the death of Cook ? From some convulsive disease. Mr. Grove—Upon what do you found that opinion ? From the different symptoms described before the Court, and the depositions. Lord Campbell interposed, and said it would be better the witness should give his opinion on the viva voce evi dence and the depositions separately. After some objection to the witness giving his opinion upon that which was not before the Court, he said, in answer to Lord Campbell, that his opinion was that the death was the result of convulsive disease. By Sergeant Shee—From what you have heard de scribed of the symptoms of Cook's health previously to the final attack at ttugeley, and the fits and paroxysms, and the particulars of the post mortem ex amination, what is your opinion ? The Bench objected to the quastion being put in so general a form. Witness—From what I have beard I should assume him to be a man of delicate constitution. That for a long period he felt himself to be ailing, and for which he had been under medical treatment. That he had suffered from syphilis. That his lungs were diseased, and had an old standing disease of the throat. That he had led an irregular life, and, wac subject to mental ex citement. The examination of the body showed the syphilitic taint and diseased condition of the body. The lungs were not healthy, being in a state of emphysu- mstous or distension from wind. The scars were from syphilitic ulcers. There was a very unusual appear ance of the membranes and spinal marrow. The lining of the aorta was in an unu. , ual state. Sergeant Shoe—You have heard the accounts given of the attacks which he had during the night, and when he said that he was mad for three minutes, what is the inference you draw from those attacks and their perio dicity I—That they were of a convulsive character. Sergeant Shee—Are not convulsions very various in degree and form ?—As various as possible,. Sergeant Shee—ls it not impossible to place some convulsions amongst the classes described ?—lt is. Sergeant Shee—Are there not forms of convulsions in which patients retain their consciousness?—There are. Sergeant Shee—Name them.—Hysteria. Sergeant Shee—ls there not also forms of epilepsy I —So it is stated. By Lord Campbell—l have not met with a case. Sergeant Shee—Would not the patient be liable to irritability 7—Yes ; and in such a state of system other than physical causes, such as moral ones, would cause irritability, such as any excitement or depression. The disorganised state of the bowels, and vomiting for some days previously, would affect the nervous system of a subject like the deceased more than a healthy per. son ; so also would the cold and wet more easily such a person, and with such a constitution convulsions would be more likely to supersede. Convulsive attacks are sometimes followed with spasms and rigidity of some parts of the body, assuming sometimes the appearance of teWiic affection, such as the convulsive diseases of infancy, which are not exactly tetanus. I agree with Dr. Copeland's work read yesterday. Worms in children will produce convulsions, in adults disease of the brain and spinal cord. Hysteria, some from chloroform, and eat ing indigestible food, but I do not know of convulsions from retching. Sergeant Shee—Di you agree with Dr. Copeland as to the convulsions sometimes ending in death f—Yes. Sergeant Shee—What is the immediate proximate cause of death in such cases ?—Asphyxia. Sergeant Shee—Do you agree with Dr. Copeland as to the recurrence of the symptoms I After some objection being taken as to the witness founding his opinion upon Dr. Copeland's work, the At torney-General objecting, the witness said, of his own knowledge, he did. The witness, in answer to further questions, said I have known convulsive symptoms to occur at various intervals—sometimes hours, sometimes days. I have known patients suffer in two minutes, in other cases two hours. Ttiey were dependent upon some slight disease of the brain or spinal cord. When death takes place under such symptoms, in some cases no trace has been found of disease on a post mortem examination. I have formed no opinion on the finding of the granules; they might produce effect on the spinal cord- There are specimens in museums where granules are found near the spinal cord. I have seen these cases in St. Thomas's Hospital. In order to discover such granules I should think it would be immediately necessary after death to open the body to discover them to ascertain their effect on the spinal cord, more espe cially if the brain had been previously opened. Inde pendent of those granules it would be possible, after some time had elapsed, to discover the condition of the spinal cord. In order to discover the minutest structure of the nervous system a lens would be necessary, and that would be required supposing an examination took place immediately after death. In the course of my ex perience I have had cases of traumatic tetanus, and I agree in the opinion that it commonly commences in the jaw. I have had four cases of idiopathic tetanus in the course of my experience. One occurred in my own child. Three of these cases commenced with lock jaw. I have had experience by personal practice. The fourth case commenced in the body ; after swallowing easily the spasms came on. I have made a post mortem examination of two persons who have died through strychnine within the last two years. I had not seen either of the patients before death, and it was in both cases by chemical analysis that I ascer tained that death had been occasioned by strychnine. I found the strychniue. In the first case the post mortem examination took place 42 hours after death, and in the other 30 hours. The body had not been touched when the post mortem examination com menced. The appearances of the body after death were—general surface not unnatural, no marks of external violence. The eyelids were partially opened and the expression of the face distressed. The muscles of the body were flacci d and could easily be moved, the feet were somewhat arch ed. The h eart bad been drained out by the head.han4idg over the tabl e . I n th e secon d case the patient was about 20 years of age, the muscles were quite flaccid, and the weather was not hot, so the appearance could not have been produced by atmosphe ric influence. The legs and arms were somewhat stif fened. The heart was perfectly flaccid, and on la id ts e ! neci Thewitness, having further t a h n e id r o ig n ht th s e id l e sit eo s blood; there was also some described the a ppearances of the body, said the notes I have just read are not the original notes I made on the occasion of the post mortem examination. I have also seen cases where an over-dose of strychnis has been taken, but they have not terminated fatally. i o t hae fluid The quantity taken, in one case, was 1-6th of a grain. p ln ois a o v n e h r sym ptoms appeared. The state. The symptoms were a want of power in controlling the actions of the muscles. The patient was up walking about when first yadfebweenmtianktietoes attacked. The symptoms manifested themselves by twitch - ings, rigidity, and sudden cramp—more violent in the legs than any other part of the body. Toe nature of the t witchings and spasms were not very violent at first, but it was six hours before the symptoms entirely disappeared. During the six hours the attacks were inte-tnittent at various intervals. As the poison passed off they be came less frequent. At first two or three seconds only elapsed. These symptoms were not combated with medical treatment. The other case was precisely simi lar ; one-sixth of a grain had been taken. I prescribed one-twelfth of a grain in each case, but one-sixth was taken. I have experimented upon upwards of sixty animals. They were dogs, cats, rats, mice, guinea pigs, rabbits, frogs, and toads. The general appearance has been a great resemblance in all the cases ; some bore a lesser dose than others. Gene rally speaking, about two minutes to twenty, but more frequently five or six minutes, elapsed from the injection of the poison to the effects becoming apparent. The poison was in some cases given in a solution ; in other instances in a solid state. I have placed it dry on the back part of the tongue. When administered in a fluid state it has been poured down the animal's throat, and in other cases it has been mixed with butter, suet, and meat ; in some cases I have rolled it in a portion of the gut of an animal. In frogs and toads they have been placed in a solution of the poison, and I have also applied it direct to the spinal cord and the brain. The first symptoms were a desire to be still, hurried breathing, and then snapping at the mouth, when the poison had been given at the month. Taitch ing of the ears, a trembling of the muscles, inability to walk, and convulsions of all the muscles of the body followed. The jaws were generally closed dining the convulsions. Convulsion was followed by a total want of power in the muscles, which, on the least touch, were thrown into violent spasms, with a galvanic-like shock running through the frame. Spasms came on if the animals were touched, or attempted to move. Occasionally the animal is able to move, and the spasms come on at various periods. The animal dies at different times; about three hours and a half is the longest period I have known to occur before death took place. In cases where the animals live for a length of time spasms occur at frequent intervals. In every case before death the rigidity ceases, without a single exception. The muscles are quite soft and flaccid, and the limbs may be put in any position whatever. The death stiffeess comes on at various periods. There is very little difference in the stiffness produced by strychnia, compared with other poisons. The symptoms which I refer to occurred in the order I have mentioned before the convulsions came on I have known an interval of half-an-hour between the paroxysms in the animal. I have found the heart in variably full on the right side, and very generally the left ventricle firmly contracted, and the blood usually dark and fluid. There is no particular appearance attached to the spine. I have experienced largely with poison producing sudden death on animals, and I have written on the subject. In the case of sudden death of an animal by poison the blood is often fluid after death, but not generally, and it happens also in sudden death front other causes. The symptoms of Mr. Cook on Sunday night, I attribute to great excitement, and taking the symptoms as described on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, they do not resemble the symptoms I have seen produced by strychnine poison. He had more power or voluntary motion — such as sitting up in bed, moving his hands about freely, swallowing, talking, and asking to be rubbed and moved, and also the sudden occasion of the con vulsions, and the greater length of time which occurred from the taking the pills supposed to contain strych nine before the symptoms occurred, were greater than any I have known from my experience. I have never seen an animal vomit after taking strychnine nor scream voluntarily. Where there was so much spasm there would be inability to vomit. Emetics in such cases have been given without effect. The post mortem examination of Cook differed materially from those I have made of deaths resulting from strythnine— the heart, it was stated, was empty and uncontracted. Lord Campbell—l understand the evidence was " empty and contracted." Baron Alderson—l have it down the heart was empty and contracted. Examination continued—The state of the lungs and brain appeared to be different from not being congested. Tee subsidence of the paroxysms in my exneeienee been gradual. I have experimented on bodies of various animals at various periods after death, and when decom position has set in, up to the 43d day, to discover strych nia. I have never failed to discover it where I have known the animal has died from it. I have experimented in 15 cases at least. If the person had died in the first paroxysm after the administration of strychnia, and the stomach to have been taken out the sixth day after death and analysed, in my opinion strychnine must have been found had the proper tests been applied. The witness then stated the process of separating the parts by evaporation, when strychnine would be found crys tallised, and in a state for applying the tests. If it be the common commercial strychnine, such as is gener ally kept by surgeons and chemists, nitric acid would be one test. It would produce a red colour, which in a great measure disappears on the addition of proto chloride of tin. If the strychnine be pure, it does not undergo any change on the addition of sulphuric acid, but on the addition of a mixture of bi-chromate of potash and several others a beautiful purple colour is produced, which changes to various shades till it got to a dirty red colour. There are seve ral other tests that will produce strychnine. In my judgment the contents of Cook's stomach was in a favourable condition to produce strychnia by analysis, if it had been there—it would have given a little extra trouble, but it would not have affected the result, and the same applied to the liver, kidneys, and spleen subse quently sent up for examination and analysis. In the various experiments I have made on animals, I have seen a corresponding amount of strychnia found in the bodies by the analysers, and I have seen them detect it in the blood. I have seen it done by Mr. Herapath, of Bristol. It is not my opinion that the analysis might be defeated or confused by the existence in the stomach of auy other substance that would produce the same colour as strychnia ; the existence of salacine, for instance, would not affect the finding of strychnia. Supposing death to have been caused by a dose of strychnia only sufficient to cause death, it would not be absorbed in the system so as not to be found on a post mortem ex amination. That has been a great question. These alkalies are not changed in digestion, and may be found in the blood. No amount of putrefaction of an ordinary time would destroy its detection, but I do not say that it is indestructible. I have found it after 42 days. By the Attorney-General—He experimented with Morley and some few alone, and the symptoms were generally alike. The experiments made conjointly were with Mr. Morley, and with reference to the Leeds case, and some with reference to this one. I cannot say who first corresponded about this case. I submitted the one which I have read. The dose which I have given has generally been half a grain to two grains. In a dog or cat half a grain will kill. Some animals are more sus ceptible than others. Symptoms have been delayed as long as an hour. I have known the dose to have to be repeated. I have known cats killed by half a grain ; but they were young ones, not old ones. Half a grain in a solid state would be the minimum dose. In a solid state I have found a difference in the attack of the spasms. In some instances animals die with less convulsion ; and in one or two instances there has been death after one spasm. That has arisen when the same dose has been given. The limbs are generally first affected. In the case of the lady at Leeds, the feet, were not more curved than was due to the ordinary ri gidity of death. That was stated at the time. Thee e was a distinction between the different parts of th e body. I disagree in the opinion of Dr. Morley in what he stated as to the rigidity after death. I believe, front the heart being empty, coupled with the other facts, that Cook's death was not from strychnine. The fact of the heart being empty would depend upon the way the post rnortem examination was made, If begun at true head the blood being fluid would by ordinary causes re cede from the heart. In Cook's case at the post morteW examination the chest was opened first. I cannot account for the emptiness of the heart. I ascribe Cook's death to convulsions. Excitement may induce such a condition of the brain and system that convulsions may come on at a future period enough to cause death. He did not die of apoplexy. I do not think that morphia caused hi , death, but it might have accelerated it. Morphia would not be a proper drug to administer to a person sufferine from the irritability that Cook was. From what I hear,: of the attack Cook said he had in the night, I believe he was suffering from delirium. Any convulsion may be considered tetanic, if you mean by that term au out stretching of the limbs. When convulsions terminate in death conscious ass is absent. Ido not think, from cerned--- The Attorney-General—ThJy of course could net ask to have their ears rubbed (A. laugh.) Mr. Sergeant Shee—ls this proper ? My witness is about describing what occurred in experiments, and he is met like this. Witness—ln the Leeds case lock jaw came on very suddenly. It came on in four hours and a half. The day before yesterday was the first time I had seen experiments tried upon the blood. I have said that I have succeeded in discovering strychnine. Mr. Morley and myself are not divided in opinion in effect, Two different tests were applied. By Mr. Sergeant Shee—ln making reports of the appearance of bodies after death, we state extraordinary appearances as well as ordinary ones. The Court here adjourned for a short time. Upon the jury returning into Calla, Mr. William Herapath, of Bristol, was called and examined by Mr. Grove—l have bean connected with chemistry and toxicology for upwards of thirty years. I have been experimenting upon strychnia. I never saw a living subject. I am not in practice. I am not an analytical chemist. I have seen a body after death which had been poi soned with strychnine. It was about three days after death. I made two tests, bi-chroma ,-, e of potass, sulphuric acid, per oxide of lead, or the puce coloured oxide. Third, sulphuric acid and per oxide of manga nese. I also made a fourth test. The last two produce a copper colour of strychnine, and the third a purple passing to red. Other tests give other colours with common strychnine, but not with pure strychnine. The process of the test is to obtsin the poison. In the case of the human body referred to I made evident the strychnine by the coloured test. I have ex2erenented on animals toan extent sufficient to establish the prin ciple. I have analysed two cats. I gave one grain of strychnine in a solid form, but I could not get the ani mal to take it voluntarily, so I left it in the food and found the cat dead in the morning ; the body was con torted. Lord Campbell—Rigid ? Witness—Extremely so. Tho head was turned round to the side, the eyes protruding and the iris expanded so as to be almost invisible. In the urine which had been ej3cted I found strychnine, and I also found it in the stomach. I found it by the coloured test. The second case was also a cat. I gave the same quantity in a solid form and it swallowed it. The animal remained ♦ery quiet for 15 or 15 minutes with but few symptoms till 35 minutes, when it had a terrible spasm. I watched the animal for about 3 hours when it hal a second spasm, and then I thought it would have died, but it re covered and remained trembling all over. During two hours and a half the animal was in a peculiar state ; touching it had the effect of electrifying it all over. rne slightest touch produced this effect. • I left the animal for 3 hours thinking it would recover, but in the morn• ing I found it dead in the same indurated contorted con dition the former animal had been found. I examined the body 36 hours after death and found strychnine in the urine, in the stomach and upper intestines, in the liver and in the blood of the heart. In all cases I have examined I have found the poison. In cases where strychnine has been taken it has been discovered, and I have also found the nux vomica. In one case the animal had been buried two months. I have experi mented with strychnia mixed purposely with putrifying matter and detected it in all cases. I am of opinion, as a chemist, that where strychnia has been taken in euffi (tient quantity to kill it will be found. I have heard the evidence respecting the jar taken to Dr. Taylor, and I think if strychnia had been there it ought to have been discovered. The experiments I have just mentioned were made in Bristol. I have made experiments in London of a similar nature. Cross-examined by the Attorney-General—l am not a physiologist. I made a chemical experiment on the Sth of the present month with a view to this ease. I have experimented about nine times. I have experi mented on the tissues of both a cat and dog. I gave the dog a grain. I have a strong opinion from the newspaper reports that strychnia had been given in this case, and I might have said that Dr. Taylor had not taken the right way to find it. lam perfectly satisfied that if a 50.1000 th part of a pure grain had been taken it ought to have been detected. I can put ten grains in a gallon of water, take a drop of that water, and detect the presence of strychnia. I can find even the one-thousandth part of a grain. I found it in 11- ounce of fluid in a dug. He had given one grain. Mr. Rogers was next examined, and said I ant Professor of Chemistry to the St. George's School of Medicine. I have made one experiment on an animal. It commenced at the end of the year, and finished a short time ago. It was a dog, and I gave it two grains of strychnia between two pieces of meat. The dog died, and three days after wards I removed the stomach, and took some of the blood, which became putrid in about ten days ; and I then examined it to discover the strychnia. I separated the strychnia, but I cannot say how much; but I knew it was present by three tests. A month or five weeks after I proceeded to analyse the stomach and its con tents. It had become decompose]. Strychnia was found in large quantities. I have heard the evidence relative to the jar containing the stomach of John Parsons Cook, and I am of opinion that if strychnia had been contained in the jar it ought to have been found. By Attorney General.—lf the stomach had had no contents the washings of it would give a result. I have made no experiments, butfas the poison resists putre faction it would have been found in the body even at this time. Time would make no difference. Dr. Henry Letheby, examined by Mr. Kinnealy— I am a bachelor of Medicine in the London Hospital. I am also medical officer of health to the city of London. I have been engaged for some time in the study of poison and of its action on living bodies. I have often been employed by the Crown, I may say in every case tried at this court for the last fourteen years. I have heard and attended to the evidence given of the death of Mr. Cook. I have wit nessed many cases of the lower animals poisoned by strychnia, and several persons poisoned by nux vomica. The symptoms of the animals I have seen do not accord with this case. Animals differed very much with this case. I have never seen so long a time elapse before the symptoms have come on as in this case. The longest interval I have noticed in animals has been three quarters of an hour and then the poison was administered under disadvantageous circum stances in order prolong its effects. It was administered on a full stomach. I have seen the poison take effect in five minutes, and in all the cases I have seen a quarter of an hour is the average time before the poison exhibited it self. In all animals and human beings I have seen the system has been in an irritated state, so that the slightest excitement, such as an effort to move, a noise, or breath of air will set them off into convulsions. I don't believe it at all probable that a person to whom strychnine had been given, and it had exhibited itself, that he would be able to pull a bell ; it would bring on spasms, and he would be convulsed. It was not likely that a person in :his nervous irritation would submit to have his neck ruobed. When a case of strychnine does not terminate fatally, the first paroxysm is followed by others less powerful ; there would not be an entire cessation of the symptoms. I have seen antidotes administered in eases of nux vomica. Strychnine is most easy of detection. The longest period at which I have detected it, has been one month ; that was in de composed remains. If strychnine is pure, I can detect the 12 000th part of a grain. I can detect the tenth part of a grain in a pint of any liquid, whether pure or itrefied. I have detected it in a pint of the most putrid liquid, when it has been stand ng three months. Upon au animal I recovered all but a very small portion f what I had given. I c mild positively detect its presence in bodies where it had been. I never failed in those animals so poisoned. I always found the left side of the heart full of blood. The physical cause of that I GREAT SCULLERS' RACE FOR 200 SOVEREIGNS. KELLY AND MACKINN EY. This exciting match, which for the last three mouths has created the greatest interest iu aquatic circles, took place yesterday afternoon over the usual course, from Putney to Mortlake, and was attended by an immense number of spectators. No fewer than eight steam-boats were chartered to accompany the race, and all were well patronised ; the towing path along the bank, Hammersmith-bridge, and every point where a view of the race could be ob tained were also crowded. The weather, although showery and dull in the early part of ie day, cleared up beautifully about half-an-hour before the time of starting. _ _ The preliminaries havi, g been arranged, the umpires and referee were chosen—Mr. J. Salter for Kelly, Mr. Jackson for Mackinney, and Mr. Edward Searle referee. The toss for choice of stations having been won by Kelly, at four o'clock the men appeared, each looking in first-rate condition and full of con fidence. A considerable amount of betting took place at 5 to 4 on Kelly. 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