The Sun. — London, England, 1856-05-19 00:00:00

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.—May 17. THE RUGELEY POISONINGS. [et. part of the following appeared in our impression of Saturday.] This morning the court was more crowded than upon any previous day, there being an immense number of the medical profession present. Earl Grey was again present, arriving before the court opened. Mr. Dallas, the American Minister, was amongst those upon the bench. The first witness called was— George Bates, examined by Mr. Edwin James.—l was once a farmer. lam nothing now. I have known Palmer eight or nine years. In October and Novem ber last year I used to look after his horses and boys. I had no stipulated salary ; some weeks I had two sovereigns, sometimes one. I lodged in Rugeley, and paid 6s. 6d. a-week. I knew deceased. I saw him at prisoner's house in September. I cannot recollect the date. I dined there with them. After dinner the subject of insuring my life was brought up. Mr. Sergeant Bhee objected to this course of exa mination, Mr. Edwin James and the Attorney-General having said a few words as to the purport of the evidence to be given, the objection was allowed. Witness in continuation—l recollect Cook's death. I remember the inquest. I know Ward, the coroner. I saw prisoner upon the Bth of December. He gave me a letter. I think this is it. He also gave me one to France, a dealer in game at Stafford. I was to get some game from France. It was a basket. I did so, and according to prisoner's orders I directed it to Ward, the coroner. I gave a man threepence to take the game. I went to the Dolphin at Stafford, where I saw Ward. He was in the smoke-room. He came out into the yard, and I gave it to him. I called him out because there were others in the room. I came back to Stafford and saw Palmer and told him what I had done. About 12 upon the morning of the 13th December I was sent for to the prisoner's house. I found him in bed. He said he wanted me to take a letter to Ward, and I was rot to let any one see me give it to him. He said, "Go to Ben and tell him that I want 51., that he had no small change." Mr. Edwin James—Who is Ben Witness—Mr. Palmer's assistant, Thurlby. The witness, in answer to further question', sal Palmer told me to look into a drawer and see the amount of a bill there. I did so, and saw the amount of the hill. ft was a fifty-pound Bank of England note. -I left it there. It was before I took the letter to Ward. After finding the note I went t Thurlby's to borrow the five pounds, and I got a note on the Bridgnorth Bank, which I took to Mr. Palmer. Atter that I went de..yn stairs from Palmer's room ; he was sitting up in bed, • with the writing materials beside him. I remained do .vn stairs about half an hour in the yard or kitchen. When T. wont LIP again Palmer asked me what was the amount of the bill in the drawer I took, and I believe it was the amount I have mentioned. Then he gave me ' the letter to take to Stafford. I delivered the letter in Stafford, near the railway station. I gave it to Ward, and he crumpled it up and put it in his pocket ; he did not read it in my pre-,enee. I think I told Ward from whom f bad brought it, and then I returned to Rigelee, and saw the prisoner the same evening. I told him I had given Ward the letter, and he did not make aey remark. Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant Shee—Palmer four brood mares asrl four yearlings, and a three-ya - old. I cannot tell their value. I heard that one eel 1 for 800 guineas. I cannot say whether any we're in foal in Novemb'r. The stables were at the back of !lei house, and the pad look wee also there. The stab' 's were in it. it ceinpriseel about 20 acres, and was fen" I in with hawthorn. I remember a mare called the Duchess of Kent slipping her foal, which could not he fan e 1. Goldfieder's dam was there. On one occasion I made a re mark to Harry the groom about the state of the turf. I never saw dogs in the padlocks. I attribute the cutti >ye up of the turf to the galloping of the horses. I have seen a gun where the corn was kept. I have not use 1 it. I know now the person who came to me in Se-- Umber is Inspector Field. I cannot tell whether he saw Palen?r. He was a stranger to me at first. I neeer saw him but once, and I don't know him now. I re member seeing Gillard, a sheriff's officer, in the y arc: of Palmer's house whea I went down after looking et money in the drawer. Re-examined by the Attorney-General—The tine the turf was cut up, was after hay harvest. I cannot say how long it was before Cook's death that I made the remark about the turf being cut up. Mr. Thomas Curling said—l am a surgeon at the L on don Hospital. I have turned my attention particularly to tetanus. I have published a work on that subject. Tetanus causes a spasmodic affection of the voluntary muscles of motion. There are only two sorts of disease, idiopathic and traumatic. There are ethers, but not true , tetanus. The idiopathic is a primary disease. Traumatic tetanus arises from injuries. Idiopathic tetanus arises often from cold or exposure. I never saw a case of idiopathic tetanus. I have seen 20 cases of traumatic te tanus. The disease first manifests itself by stiffness about the jaws or neck, and a clagging pain at the pit of the stomach ; in many cases the muscles of the back are affected. The patient is o liable to paroxysms, and as the disease goes on those paroxysms become more frequent and more severe. When this occurs the body is dra en back—in some instances forward, then there is a diffi culty in swallowing and breathing during the paroxysms. The disease may end two waye—the patient may die somewhat suddenly from suffocation, or enclosure of the windpipe or glotis, or the patient might be worn out with the paroxysms and then he would gradually sink and die. Theca are the general symptoms, The locking of the jaw is constant from tetanus from wounds—it is almost constant. I may say a constant consequence. It shows itself early. There is also a peculiar expression of the countenance—genera l ly throughout, which is not peculiar in idiopathic or traumatic tetanus. My observations are with reference to the latter. There is a contracted con dition of the eye-lids—the rising of the angle of the mouth, and there is acentraction of the bowels. The lower extremities are affected, and sometimes, but rarely, tho upper extremities. The muscles mostly affected are those of the trunk. The muscles of the extremities are. - affected et various periods of the disease, but generally at an advanced period. I have never known or read of tetanus being produced by sore throat, nor from a cer tain disease. Lord Campbell asked whether it was necessary to proceed with that investigation The Attorney-General said yes. The prisoner has given us notice that that would be one of his defences. Mr. Sergeant Shoe explained. The Attorney-General said he could only anticipate that course. Cross-examination continued—l think it very un likely tetanus should arise from that. I know of no such a case. In a rtes of traumatic tetanus, after the disease has taken a fatal turn, death ensues from 24 hours to 3or 4 days. The shortest period might b 8 to 10 hours. The exact time cannot be precisely ascertained. The disease is continu• ous. I have never known an interval of 21 hours between the attacks. From the description of Mr. Jones, the symptoms in the deceased were dif ferent from traumatic tetanus I have ever seen. There was here a sudden onset of the fatal symptoms. In all cues the disease would be preceded by the min r'r symptoms of tetanus, which gradually develop(' them• selves into the more serious and fatal symptoms. 0 the Monday night I shr,uld think there were no symp tome in the deceased of either idiopathic or traumatic tetanus. There is 'also hysteric tetanu., hysteria combined with spasms, hut I know of en instance of its being fatal, or of a. male suffvrin front it. Nux vonoica, in its tvo forms, will _produce tetanus. No other poisons will produce it. j have never seen any cases of tetanus resulting from poison. • Cross-examined by Sergeant Shee---I have known spasms arise from a disease of the spinal cord. Al disease of the nerves proceeding the spinal cord might prodac? tetanus. I agree with Dr. Watson that in four cases out of five traumatic tetanus begins with lock-jaw, and that it frequently arises from causes, such as a blow from the lash of a wh;i , under the eye, though the skin was not broken—thu Gutting, a corn, bite of the finer, &c. Traumatic totanu•, I don't think could occur within a quarter of an hour after an injury. I know of' no such a case. Lord Campbell objected to the cross•examinatiot , being conducted from printed books. Cross•examination continued--I know of a case where a body being opened after death from tetanus, and sy philitic symptoms were discovered. It was not my pm The man was out of the hospital half an hots. 1 - Tdon't think it likely that a syphilitic sore, even if ex posed to wet or cold, would produce tetanus; neither do I think any excitement would produce it. The con tractions of epilepsy arc got continuous for five minutes together. Ido not know of a case of convulsions attri butable to no particular cause, but occurring violently produce tetanus. In respect of general convulsions not absolutely tetanic (without premonitory symptoms) but producing sickness and vomiting, would not, I think, end in tetanus. Ido not know if convulsive shrieking would produce tetanus. Dr. Todd, examined by the AttorneyGenoral, said— I am a physician at King's College Hospital. I have lectured upon tetanus, and I agree with the last wit ness. I have seen cases of idiopathic tetanus, they come from no external wound, but from constitutional causes. I think the term tetanus ought not to apply to poison cases. The first symptom of tetanus is stiffness of the jaw. There are no intermissions, but there are diminu tious, but no subsidence. Acute cases will terminate in 3 or 4 days, but chronic ones will continue for 19 to 22 days. The locking of the jaw is the first symptom. Epilepsy will produce convulsions, and epileptic con vulsions are tetanic in form. Epileptic convulsions are soon over ; they are not persistent. I should say that apoplexy would not produce tetanus ; but if there was an effusion of blood upon the brain, that might produce tetanic symptoms. The spasm extends to the heart in cases of strychnine. A medical practitioner would not, I think, have any difficulty in distinguishing tetanic from other convulsions. I have heard the examination about the spinal cord, and think that if disease had been in existence it would easily have been detected. Sir Benjamin Brodie, examined by Mr. E. James—l am surgeon of Guy's, and have had many cases of tetanus during the years I have been there. I have heard the symptoms of death described. This idiopathic tetanus generally commences with a stiffness of the lower jaw. The contraction of the back and muscles is an after symptom generally much later— affects the extremities in a less degree than the back and trunk. In ordinary cases it generally lasts for three or four days. I have heard of one case terminating in twelve hours ; but then I think the early symptoms had been overlooked. I never knew that'the ordinary symp toms lasted a few minutes, then subside and then return after a lapse of 24 hours. I have never seen the effects of strychnia in human life. In my opinion Cook's death did not arise from either descriptions of tetanus. I never heard that sore throats caused tetanus, or from any syphilitic affection at all. I never knew of either epilepsy or apoplexy producing tetanus it is always continuous. I may as well state that, from what I have heard of the description of Cook's death, I do not think that the symptoms arose from any disease at all. (Great sensation.) I refer not to the particular symp toms, but to the course symptoms took. ' Cross-examined by Sergeant Shee—l recollect being shown one case of idiopathic tetanus, but doubted if it was one. By Mr. Sergeant Shee—Considering the rarity of the case, would you form an opinion from the statements which you beard from a country practitioner to a chain bermaid ? Lord Campbell interfered, and said he did not think such a question should be put. Sergeant Shea—Which would you prefer, the cham bermaid or the practitioner The Court ruled that such a question should not be put. Sergeant Shee—Have you heard of cases where syphilitic poison has caused convulsions ? 'itness—Only when it has reached the bones of the head and caused disease. The Court then adjourned for a few minutes. Oa the re a9semblin:-; of the Court, Application was here made that the depositions of Dr. Bamford mi,zht be put in, as he was too ill at pre sent to attend. The learned gentleman read an autho rity as a precedent for such a proceeding. Sergeant Shee had not the slightest objection to such a proceeding. Lord Campbell said if the Attorney-General wished the depositions of Dr. Blunford to be read, and Sergeant Shee did not object, the depositions might be read, but he would not give any opinion on the point. The Attorney-General mked the witness, Dr. Todd, ii ha bad seen Dr. Bamford lately ? Dr. Todd—Yes, yesterday; he was then too unwell to attend. Another medical gentlansan attending on Dr. Blrn ford, having been sworn, stated that he had seen Dr. Bamford that morning, and he was to) unwell to at tend. The depositions were then read and the cause of Cook's death was attributed to apoplexy, a certificate being given to that effect by Dr. Bamford. Dr. Todd then said --I have heard the depositions of Dr. Bamford read, and I cannot agree that the de• ceased died from apoplexy. Thera were poisons which will producs tetanus. Those poisons which contain strychnine and brucia. The smallest quantity of these poisons that would kill would perhaps be half a grain, but I should not like to give a quarter of a grain. Half of a grain might produce death, but a grain certainly would. Half a grain would kill a cat. I have given it to animals in solution. A large dose would act in about half an hour. The syrup. toms would consist in strong convuhnonp. Then would be violent jerking arising from the spasms. Death would be over in a quarter of an hour, or half an hour, if a dose sufficient to destroy life was given. There would be a marked distindtion between that caused by strychnine and tetanus. I have heard the description given by Dr. Bamford of Cook's death, and I don't think he died from traumatic tetanus. 1 have seen a case of a person suffering from an overdose of strychnine. There would be a stiffness of the limh4, and the other symptoms that have been described. I am of opinion from what I have heard that Mr. Cook's death resulted from tetanus produced by strychnine. Cross-examined by Mr. Grove—There are cases of every degree of convulsions—running from the mild form into the tetanic form imperceptibly—but then there would be a difference in the muscles affected. Tito wit ness was then examined on the scientific effect of ‘trych nine on the human body, and also with reference to a work he has published bearing on the point, but which was devoid of interest to the general reader. He was also examined with reference to the evidence of other medical men on the effeet of this poison. Witness continued—A speedy examination of the spinal cord immediately after death was important in a pathological point of view. Morbid appearances af ter death are, produced, similating the appearance of disease before death. The signs of decomposition would be easily recognised. Granules upon the spinal cord as described, I think, were not likely to pro duce tetanus. I am not aware of any cases where small granules on the arachnoid have produced tetanus. I think the cause of death from strychnine to arise partly from a difficulty of action in the respiratory organs, and partly from general nervous excitement. I think there is a difference of opinion with reference to that, or whether the animals experimented on died from asphyxia. I think the word " suffocated" is used loosely in the medical works. If an animal dies of asphyxia the heart is full of blood. I can't remember whether in my experiments on animals with strychnine it did not take effect for an hour or so after adminis tration. Re-examined by the Attorney-General—l should ex pect to find the heart rather empty of blood, and rather contracted after the use of strychnine. Dr. Daniels, of Bristol, was called, and said—l have retired from practice, and have seen a great many cases of tetanus. I agree with the medical gentlemen who have been examined. I have seen two cases of idiopathic tetanus, and one of which terminated fatally. The symptoms were not so severe as in the case of traumatic tetanus. I could not trace those causes. I agree with the statement of the prisoner's witnesses as to the causes of ordinary tetanus. I have heard a description of Cook's symptoms. They were distinct from the symptoms of the cases of tetanus I have seen. I agree with Sir Benjamin Brodie as to the points of distinction. Tetanus begins with uneasi ness in the lower jaw, followed by spasms of the muscles. I don't think the clenching of the hands is the effect of ordinary tetanus. I have seen a great many cases of syphilis. I never remember a sore from such a cause produce tetanus. I do not consider Cook's symptoms were either apoplexy or epilepsy. In my judgment Cook's symptoms could not be referred to idiopathic or traumatic tetanus. Cross-examines by Mr. Grove—l am not aware of excitement or irritation proceeding from vomiting or tetanic convulsions. I have seen the bodies of persons who hail died from suffocation. I cannot say whether the heart generally was full. The diseases producing, tetanus bear a very small proportion to those which do nct. Mr. Silly—l am surgeon in St. Thomas's Hospital. I have been 23 years connected with that hospital, and I have witnessed a number of cases of tetanus.. I cannot say how many, but I have had six or seven under my own care, and I might have seen nine or ten others. T hey were traumatic cases. Death in no ca'e occurred under thirty hours. The symptoms were always progressive. Cook's case differs essen tially from the cases I have seen. In all cases I have seen there is an alteration of the counte nance in the first symptoms. It is a sort of grin FO peculiar that, having once been it mistaken. In the symptoms I have here detailed there was stiffness about the face or jaw. Cook's case was not attributable to apoplexy or any other disease I have ever witnessed. Cross-examined by Sergeant Shee—The grin called risus sardonicus is not common ; it may, perhaps, occur in idiopathic tetanus. The paroxyms of Cook have some resemblance to epilepsy. All convul sions are not attended with loss of consciousness. Death from epilepsy, with convulsions, generally leaves a trace behind -- a slight effusion of blood on the brain. lam not aware of convulsions unaccom• panied by epilep y leaving no trace behind. By the Attorney-General—Cook had none of the symptoms of epilepsy. I have never seen a case of con vulsive disease like this. Convulsions from other causes are very different from those from tetanus. Mr. Henry Lees, examined by Mr. Bodkin—l am surgeon to King's College and the Lock Hospitals. I have been connected with the latter for 18 years, and specially devoted to syphilitic cases. I have seen at least 3,000 cases a-year at both hospitals. I have never known that disease in any of its forms terminate in te tanus. I have never seen nor read of such a case, but I have heard of one. Dr. Robert Corbeli examined by Mr. James.—l am a physician, practising at Barrhead, near Glasgow. I recollect the case of Agnes Sinnett, a patient in Glas gow Hospital. She died 27th September, 1845, from taking strychnine. I saw her the day she was under the influence of the poison. She was a patient in the hospital, and was perfectly well the day before. She took the pills by mistake, which bad been prepared for a paralytic patient. I saw her when under the influence of the poison in bed. She was la bouring under a retraction of the mouth—the face much suffused and red, the pupils of the eye dilated, the head bent back, the spine curved, and the muecles rigid and hard like a board. Her arms were stretched out and the hands clenched, severe paroxysms occurring every second. She died in about an hour and a quarter after taking the pills. The paroxysms lasted nearly an hour. There should have been a quarter of a grain in each pill. She took three pills. The paralytic patient was to have taken one each night. Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant Shee—The retraction of the mouth was continous, but was worse at one time. I (lid not notice it after death. The hands did not re main clenched after death ; they were half bent, which was a very common occurrence in all cases of death by violence. She was attacked with the symptoms 20 minutes after taking the medicine. [ tried to make her vomit with a feather after she had an emetic first, and ;be vomited partially. Re-examined by the attorney-General - She could open 'ler mouth and swallow during the spasmodic action. There was not what was catled lock-jaw. By Mr. Serge , ..nt Shee—l can't say if she was in such a state that mere touching her would throw her into a paroxyAm. Dr Watson, examined by the Attorney-General, said he was a physician of the Glasglw Hospital, and recol lected the case of Agnes Sinnett. I wag called in about a quarter of an hour after she was taken ill. I found her in violent convulsions. Her arms were stretched out and rigid ; the muscles of the body were rigid, and kept quiet by rigidity. Her feet and legs were also rigid. She did not breathe, from the muscles of the whole frame being rigid from the tetanic attack. It subsided, and after a short interval was renewed, and continued. She waq half an hour dying after that. She appeared per fectly conscious. I did net observe the state of her ands. Ou a pest mertem examination the pores of the heart were stiff, and the cavities empty. My father published an account of the case. Cross•examined by Mr. Grove—The head was open when I saw it; by that the blood might have flowed out, and have emptied the heart. By the Attorney.General—The spinal cori appeared all right. By. Lord Campbell—The heart was contracted. Dr. Patterson, examined by Mr. Welsby—ln 1345, I was an apprentice in the Glasgow Infirmary laboratory. I dispensed the prescriptions. In September of that year I dispensed a prescription for a paralytic patient, in the form of pills ; the four .contained 1 grain—a in each. By Mr. Baron Alderson—There was a complaint of there ha ving been taken by another person. Mary Kelly, examined by Mr. Bodkin—ln Septem ber, 1845, I was a patient in the Glasgow Infirmary. I had to attend to a paralytic patient in my ward, and also a patient who went by the name of 'Sinnett or French, and died there from taking pills prescribed for the paralytic patient. I saw her swallow two of the pills and sit down by the fire. From twenty minutes to three-quarters of an hour after she took them she was taken ill and fell hack on the floor. She was put en the bed and the doctor sent for. She could not move, and was like a poker. The nurse had to cut her clothes off. She never spoke after she fell on the floor. Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant Shee—lt was about three-quarters of a❑ hour between the death of the girl and the taking of the pills. Caroline Hickson—l was a nurse in 1845 to Mrs. Smith. She lived at the time near Basingstoke. The mamily were residing near Romney. Mrs. Smith was unwell, and Mr. Jones, a surgeon, residing in the neigh bourhood, made up a prescription for Mrs. Smith. I remember the medicine being brought back; it was in the evening about 6 o'clock. It was a mixture in a bottle. I saw Mrs. Smith take about hall a wine glass lull. She took it the following morning about 5 or 10 ninutes past 7. Having given her the medicines I left the room. In 5 or 10 minutes I was alarmed by the ring- ing of a bell. When I went in I found her leaning on chair in her night dregs. I thought she had fainted. She appeared afterwards to ba suffering from spasms. I ran down stairs and ordered the coaduman to go to Mr. Taylor, a surgeon. I returned up stairs Ind found Mrs. Smith lying on the floor, she screamed ♦ery much, but she did not open her teeth. She wished to have her arms and legs held straight. I took hold )f her arms and legs and found them drawn up very , nuch. She still screamed and seemed in great agony, and requested that some cold water might be thrown ever her. It was done. Her feet were turned inwards. I put a bottle of hot water to her feet ; it had no effect. Shortly before her death she said she felt easier, and before she died the last words she uttered were " Turn me ever." (Great sensation.) I turned her over. She was lying on the floor. A very few minutes before she died she said "Turn me over." She died very tranquilly, and was quite conscious, as she knew me quite well. Altogether it was about an hour between taking the medicine and her death. It was about ten minutes after she took the mixture that she rang her bell. Cross-examined by Mr. Grove —She could not sit up at all after I saw her, The cold water did not take any effect, as she was in a paroxysm. The paroxysms lasted about an hour and a quarter. Her hands were clenched. By the Attorney•General—The fit came on is about ten minutes. Mr. Taylor, a surgeon, living at Romsey —I attended Mrs. Smith, and I remember seeing her dead. It was between eight and nine. The body was on the floor. The hands were clenched; the feet were contracted and turned inward. The soles of the feet were hullowed up and the toes remarkably contracted, I should suppose, from spasmodic action. The inner edge of each foot was turned up. The limbs were remarkably stiff. By Lord Campbell—rhe body was still warm. By Mr. Weisby—The eyelids were tightly adherent to the eyeballs. The druggist who made the mixture was Jones. I met him running up to the house. I made a post mortem examination three days after death. At that time the contraction of the feet con tinued, but it had gone off somewhat from the rest of the body. I did not find any trace of disease in the body. The heart was contracted and perfectly empty, and all the large arteries leading from the heart were also empty, and the blood was fluid. I subsequently analysed the medicine, and found in it a large quan tity of strychnine, dissolved and undissolved. Toe mixture contained nine grains of strychnine, of which Mrs. Smith had taken three, so six remained in the bottle. (Great sensation.) I took out the stomach and bowels, but did not examine the parts sufficiently to say from the examination the cause of death. That was so very apparent that no close examination was made. Cross-examined by Serz,eant Shee —A c irpse would stiffen in the position it died in. In this case there seemed to have been great difficulty in laying out the body. The feet had to be tied together. We first exa mined the trunk and then the head. Charles Broxholme was the apprentice to Jones, the chemist. Jones is since dead. Mr. Smith's prescription contained a salicire. 'Upon the shelf beside it was strychnine, and a mistake was made, and strychnine administered. I did not give it ; it was my mater, who afterwards com mitted suicide. Jane Witham examined by * Mr. Edwin James—ln March last attended a lady who died. Laird Campbell—YOU need not state her name. Witness—She first complained of her back, and said, " Come to my back." I could not get to it. There was a twitching. Her eyes were staring and fixed. She first complained of this illness upon 25th February, ;he died the 3d of March. She had five attacks, one a slight one, upon the day of her death. She was first attacked at 8 and died about 11. She had . been better end up on the afternoon of her death. She was attacked with twitching of the muscles. She requested that her arms and legs might be rubbed. Cross-examined—lt was at the beginning of the at• ack she asked to be rubbed. When she asked that her legs were rigid during the intervals. Touching her brought the spasms on. She could not swallow during the spasms. After death her body was stiff. She was sensible, but did not speak. The last attack was the most violent one. Geo. Morley, surgeon, attended the lady last alluded to. He was attending her for functional disarrangement. Upon the Monday before her death she appeared com fortable. There was a twitching of her arms which I thought was hysteria. She had another attack upon Thursday. Upon the morning of her death she ap peared better. Sha described an attack which she had and shortly before she spoke of spasms, and said she had a shook. I was sent for upon the day of her death, and was told that she was dead. I saw the body upon the following Monday. We made the post mortem exa mination of the body. We found nothing to account for death. The face bore the appearance of anxiety the hands were curved, the feet arched. We used all the usual tests, and in each case detected the presence of strychnine. We applied nitric and prolo-chloride of tin, sulphuric acid, and bi-chromate of potash, liquid and solid. After separation by the chemical analysis we gave the contents of the stomach to two mice, two rabbits, and a Guinea pig. It produced difficulty of breathing, tetauic symptoms, rigidity, and an arching. The rab bits died one in two minutes, another in about five, the mice in a few minutes. The guinea pig recovered, but was found dead the next day, and they all exhibited symptoms of having taken strychnine. I tried the same experiments with strychnine, and produced the same results. Cross-examined by Mr. Grove—l did not see the patient during any severe attack. In the animals touch produced the symptoms in a marked manner. The pa tient was at no time that I saw her in a state of insen sibility. On the post mortem examination the lungs were much congested —a small quantity of bloody serum around the pericardium and pleura ; the muscles generally were dark and soft ; there was a quantity of blood suffused on the brai❑ ; serum, slightly tinged with blood, was in the mem brane of the spinal cord. The large spinal vein was much congested, as well as the membranes of the spinal cord. I opened the head first, and a great quantity of blood flowed out—part of it might have flowed from the heart, which rendered it uncertain as to what quan tity was in it at the time of death. I have examined the hearts of many animals that have been peiSoned by strychnine ; the right side is generally found to be full. I have seen animals attacked from one tr two hours after the application of pure strychnine. I discovered strychnine by all the tests I applied with more or less distinctness. In almost all the cases of animals to which it has been adminis tered I have detected it. In one or two oases I did not. One I had my doubts about. We knew strychnine had been administered, but we doubted if it had reached the stomach. I have detected strychnine nearly two months after death, and after decomposition had set in to a certain extent. Re-examined by the Attorney-General—l have given to a dog from a grain to two grains. Strychnine acts on the nerves, and is also partly taken up by the blood and acts on it. It acts partly on the nerves immediately on its getting into tiffs' system. It is absorbed. When at, animal is innoculated with it, it is found under the skin. When taken it is found in the stomach; that is the excess which has not been absorbed in the system. That absorbed in the system has the effect of poisoning, suffi cient to cause death. I speak the facts not theoreticaly. I am not quite sure strychnine will not remain in the stomach and act prjudicially without being absorbed. Suppose the minimum dose that would cause death to be administered. I should expect to fail in detecting it in the system. The phenomena after death would he different in a patient that had taken a seriei of mknte doses than in one that had taken a full one. By Mr, Serjeant Shee—l am not quite deckled is opi nion whether the unabsorbed portion in the system would be changed. I have no fact to show it can be changed by any decomposing or fermenting qualities. I don't think it would. I don't know that strychnia, after produc ing poisonous effects, has been found in the liver and blood as strychnia. Mr. E. Moore, a surgeon, said—l attended with Dr. Chambers a gentleman, namod Clutterbuck, for para lysis, about 15 years ago. I had been giving him some small dose; of strychnia. He left me and went to Brighton, but returned and informed me he had taken stronger doses of strych nine. In consequence of that I gave him a stronger dose than I had given him briner:y. I made up a dose of three draughts, a quarter of a grain in each draught. He took one, and I was present when he took it. He told me he had taken t4ree-quartere of a grain at Brighton. After he had taken the draught I remained with him for some time, and I left him a be said he felt quite comfortable. In about three-quarters ofan hour after taking thedraught I was summoned to him. When I got there I found him stiffened in every limb, his head drawn back, and screaming violently that we should turn him and rub him. (Sensation.) I tried to give him ammonia, and he snapped at the spoon. Re suffered about three hours altogether before I left him in safety. Re survived the attack, and (lur ing the whole of the time of the attack he was perfectly conscious. Cross-examined by Sergeant Shee—He was about three hours in recovering from the effect of the spasms. The rigidity of the muscles remained for a considerable time. When first attacked with the spasms his head and feet were drawn back. After ho recovered he thought his paralysis was better. Ha had been taking strychnine for paralysis in small doses. By the Attorney• General —Strychnine excites the action and gives muscular motion. At a quarter past 5 o'clock the learned Attorney- General stated that his next witness was Professor Taylor, but as his examination would occupy several hours he wished to know if their lordships would sit on or adjourn ? Lord Campbell said the Court would adjourn. A long conversation ensued as to whether the jury might be permitted to go at large till Monday, but Lord Campbell said it was impossible. He im plored them not to converse amongst themselves about the case nor form any opinion on it until they had beard both sides of the question. His lordship suggested that the jury should be taken to Epping-forest to-morrow to have some fresh air and exercise. Ha did that because Epping-forest was not a place of public resort. The jury were then conducted back to the London Coffee-house, and the Court adjourned till Monday morning at 10 o'clock. INDUCTION OF THE PROFESSOR OF CONVEYANCING AT EDINBURGH.—On Wednesday Mr. A. M. Bell was in ducted into his office as Professor of Conveyancing in the University here, by the College Committee of the Town Council, in presence of the Senatus Academicus. The civic deputation was headed by Bailie Brown Douglas. Princi pal Lee, in receiving the new Professor, made an affecting reference to the frequency with which the hand of death bad of late visited the senatorial body, who had, within the last few months, lost no fewer than three of their number, namely, - Sir G. Ballingall, the Professor of Military Surgery ; Mr. Menzies, Professor of Convey ancing; and Sir W. Hamilton, the Professor of Logic and Metaphysics. The induction was accomplished in the usual form.—North, British Daily Mail. VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS, AND PROMOTIONS IN THE CIVIL SERVICE.—The Home D..partment.—rh e Lord Lieutenancy of the county of Dorset has become vacant by the death of the Earl of Dighy. Inland Re venue Department, Stamps and Taxes Branch:—Mr. F. Allan has been appointed Surveyor of Taxes for the counties of Kirkcudbright and Wigton, in the room of Mr. M'Crackan, retired ; Mr. G. Webb has been re moved from Totnes to Bury St. Edmund's ; Mr. A. G. Day has been removed from Hastings to Brentwood ; Mr. T. Maltby has been promoted from Bury St. El mund's to Totnes ; Mr. H. C. Strickland has been pro. moted from Huntingdon to Hastings ; Mr. W. Tiller has been promoted from Hexham to Huntingdon ; Mr. Browne, supernumerary at Wolverhampton, has been promoted to Hexham. Customs.—Mr. H. Chambers has been promoted from the third-class of clerks in the legal Quays, London, to be third clerk at Plymouth, vice Mr. G. Batten, who exchanges ; Mr. W. Smith ba• been promoted from third to second searcher at Bri-tol; \lr. J. C. Heaven has been promoted from fourth t,.. third searcher at Bristol ; and Mr. .1. C. Rose has been promoted. from locker of the second class" to be superin tendent locker of Bristol. There is a vacancy fer a fourth-class landing-waiter at Bristol ; sa l ar y, 1501. Ireland.—Captain W. Carpenter has been appointed harbour-master of the Port of Dublin, vice Captain R. Kernptson, deceased.—Civil Service Gazette. [ADVERTIcEIMIT.I- We have read with much pleasure Du Barry's report on the cure of diseases without medicine by Du Barry's Food, of Indigestion( Dyspepsia), Flatulency, Constipa tion, Nervous, Bilious, and Liver Complaints, Cough, Asthma, Consumption, and Debility. The following are a few extracts which appear to meritthe attention of many:—Cure No. 47,121. —Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of Nazing Vicarage, Walthameross, Hefts; a cure of, extreme nervousness, indigestion, gather ings, low spirits, and nervous fancies. Care Ne. 48,314. Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacro, near Liverpool: a curs of 10 years' dyspepsia' and all the horrors of nervous irritability. From the Dowager Countess of •Castlestuart Cure 52,61 9 . —Rosstrevor, County of Down, Ireland, 9th Dee., 1854 -- The Dowager Countess of Castlestuart feels induced, in the interest of suffering humanity, to state that Du Barry's ex cellent Revalenta Arabica Food has cured her, after all medicines. Ilea failed, of indigestion, bile, great aervoisness and irritability of many years' standing. This Food deserves the confidence of all sufferers, and may be. Co nsidered a real blessing. Inquiries will be cheerfully answered. Supported by testimonials from the celebrated ProfeSsbrs of Chemistry Dr. Andrew , ; Dr. Shorland ; H arve y ; Dr. Campbell ; Dr. GAttiker ; Dr. Wurzer ; Dr. Ingram ; Lord Stuart do Decies ; the Dowager Countess of Castle stuart; Countess •of Uffington ; Major-Gen. Thomas King; and many other respectable persons, whose health has been restored by it, after all other means of cure had failed. In canisters, slbs„ lls.; r2lbs., 225.; super-refi ne d, 11b ., 6s. ; 21bs., .' Is. ; 51bs., 225. ; 101bs., 335. Th e 101b s. an d 121bs. card ige free, on receipt of post-office order. Barry du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., Purveyors to her Majesty, Piccadilly; also at 60, Gracechurch-street ; 333 and 451, St ran d ; 4 , Cheapside; 68, Cernhill ; 49, Bishopsgate-street ; 55, Char ing-eress ; 54, Upper Baker-street; 63:and 150, oxfo r d. Orate LAW INTELLIGE.At CE. ---..---- CONSISTORY COUR P.-MAY 17. (Before Dr. Lushingtou.) DAVIDSON V. DAVIDSON.--ADULTERY.-SENTENCE. This was a suit for a divorce instituted by Mr. Madg wick Spicer Davidson, of Hampstead, against Katherine Ann Davidson, his wife, by reason of adultery. The parties were married on the 25th of Feb., 1855, at Long Newnton, Wilts, Mrs. Davidson being then about 20 years of age. They cohabited at Bristol, in Upper avenue -road, and finally at Paris, where they separated on the 22d of May 13..4. It was alleged that Mrs. David son, while at school at Boulogne, had formed an attach ment with a young Frenchman named Em le Lalouette ; and that the correspondence bt.tween them having been clandestinely renewed a few weeks after the marriage, her conduct had undergone a marked change. She ceased to behave with affection towards her husband_ She became very exl.avagant in her habits. While with her husband at Paris she told him that she wished to be come a Roman Catholic, and she refused to go back with him to England. Being himself compelled to re turn he left her behind, and it was alleged that La louette had visited her on the very same night. Mrs. Davidson's servant, Ann Denman, refused to leave them together notwithstanding all the efforts of her mistress to induce her to do so. Mrs. Davidso❑ then said that " Emilie" had a headache and• would lie down in her bed. Lalouette accordingly undressed himself and got into bed. Mrs. Davidson sac by his bedside, kissing, and caressing him ; sometimes holding his hand in her's, and sometimes lavinr , her head on the pillow close to his. At length Denman left the room in order to write a letter to Mr. Davidson. She was abAent about 20 minutes ; and at stx o'clock she left, them again for two hours. It was alleged that the adultery had been con witted between these intervals. Dr. Lu.hington now gave sentence. After adverting to the principle of law with respect to cases of this de scription, namely, that there must be proof of a crimi nal attachment between the parties, and of an oppor tunity of indulging that attachment, the learned judge proceeded to rliscus the attempts which had be- n made to impeach the testimony of Ann Denman. On the whole, he considered that the main facts of that witness's testimony remained unshaken. There could he no doubt that Mr. Davidson had been indulgent to his wife to a fault ; and what had been his return ? She had behaved with coldness, indifference, and disobedi ence. The reason of this it was impossible not to see ; it was a disgraceful attachment before marriage, and shamelessly carried on afterwards. It was only too we'd known that an illicit a - tachment was a cause quit suffi cient to sever the strongest ties which the laws of God or man could consecrate. Mrs. Davidson's alleged change of religion he treated as a mere pretext. He fully r fr ecopnised the force of a con-cientious religious scruple ; but when such a scruple was put forward by a wife, in order to justify a gross breach of duly, he most be satisfied that at least it way sincere. Of that there was not the slightest proof. In order to show that Mrs. Da . - vidson's desire to change her religion was real, it bad been contended that she was an attendant a', the church in Wells street. Of the merits of that'church he knew nothing. It was a place in which the services of the church of England were performed by episcopal autho rity, and he did not think he was entitled to assume that attendance in a church of that description was a demon strative proof of an inte , tion to adopt the Roman Catho lic faith. lie was told that it was a place of notoriety; but surely it could not he said that because the services were performed there in the mode and manner alle4ed, he ought to conclude that everybody who attended them , vas about to abandon the faith and the worship of the church of England. Bet, to show the straits to which the counsel of Mrs. Davidson had been reduced, the learned gentleman (Dr. Twice) had actually urged as proof of Mrs. Davidson's intention to leave the church of Esgland, that she had once known a lady who ba, , i joined the Church of Rome. He (Dr. Lushington) could not admit that Mrs. Davidson's pretended reli gious scruples were anything but an artifice to procure. al opportunity of carrying on the iwrigue with her pa ramour. With respect to Mrs. Davidson's proceeding , on the night of the 22 I of May, there was proof sufficient, and more than sufficient, of criminal intention; and there as equally ample proof of opportunity, both on the night in question and on many subsequent occasions. He considered that the adultery had been roost clearly est ;- blishtd, and he must, therefore, pronounce for the divorce. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.— flay 17. MANSION-HOUSE —Joitn Mackenzie, clerk to Messrs. M.`Andrew and Co., was brought before the Lord Mayor, charged with having feloniously stolen upwards of 2001., the property of hi employers. Mr. Mu!len-, the solicitor to the committee uf hankers for protection against forgeries and frauds, attended for the prcsecotion ; Mr. Binns for the defence. Serjt. Nicholls, G 11, stated that the prisoner Pargiter when brought to the station was also cloiiely searched, and that a puree containg 124. a quantity of copper money, and 54 cigars were found in his pOssesion. Edward Eccles, barman to the prosecutor, stared that, according to his usual practice, he left the hou-e shortly after 12 o'clock, awl the door was .ecured by a female servant by rneaos of a bolt which was shot into the ft After getting outside he tried the door, and found it. to be I.,st, but on returning at seven e'clock the next morn ing he discovered that the place had been entered, and amongst other articles which had been stolen were the two ba 4 diterchiefs produced, which he identified as his property. In answer to a question from the magistrate, it was intimated by Superintendent Martin that Pellatt had been two years and rargiter about eleven months in the force, which they had both entered on the ftith of the most satisfactory testimonials, the latter having been strongly recommended for the appointment by two church wardens. Mr. H. S. Wiier, of the firm of M'Andrew and Co., Chambers, Loinbaril-sereet, merchants, said —The prisoner was a clerk in our eerviee from February, 1835, and kept the petty cash of the office. Money was given him occasionally for the purpose of being applied to petty disbursernetite. He had a cashbox, iu which it vas his duty to keep the money intrusted to him, for which he was to account whenever c riled upon. He also kept a hook in which he made the entries of the payments, and it was the duty of the cashier to chin's the book from time to time, and see the entries. The pri soner did not draw money for petty disbarsemente when he had money in hand. On the 15th inst. I had occa sion to refer to the book, and notie:d that the column ending the 31st Dec. last had not been cast up. I cast it up, and found a balance of 891. lls. ski. as being in the prisoner's hand to that time, and that balance was not carried forward. The prisoner was then out, and on toe return I pointed out the omission to him, aed I then of - served that the account had not been brought forward from April to May, and I told him to close up his b , ok and' would strike the balance. I waited with him whilst he did it, and I found a deficiency of upwards of 1001. since Christmas, exclusive of the former balance. We counted the money in the cash-box, and found it was 091. 4s. 81, and after allowing for that sum there was a de• ticiency with the former sum at Christmas of 2081. 13e. Bd. The prisoner said he could not account for the defi ciency. It was an awkward thing for turn. Upon being interrogated, he said that he had taken out naif-a-sove reign and a s ivereign at a time occasionally, and that he knew he had taken out to the extent of 501., it might possibly be 1501., and it might possibly be to the amount of 2081. 134. Bd. He said he thought he might have paid money which he had not put down. I told him he might refer to every receipt and document in the office, to as certain if that was so. He looked over receipts and everything he wished in my presence, but did not disco ver anything to put down. The prisoner came ,again to the office yesterday and this morning, and as no satis factory answer was give❑ he was placed in custody. The prisoner was then remanded till Saturday next. Thomas Brodie, a most impudent thief, was charged with having con•.initeed three robberies. The prisoner went to the shop of a clothier in Shore ditch, fitted on a, coat, ant desired the foreman to take it with him to Great St. Helen's, where the price would be instantly forthcoming. When they got to St. the prisoner went into a house, returned with some papers in his hand, said to the messenger, "Give me the parcel, and I'll bring you out the cash d;rectly," took the coat, retired inside, and no douht slipped out the back way, leaving the person who accompanied him in the passatre in vain expectation. The foreman, upon hearing of the robbery, went to the station-house, and thence to Petticoat-lane, where he saw and apprehended the prisoner. In the second ewe, the prisoner selected a ring at the shop of a jeweller in Bishopsgate-street, told the shop man to send the errand boy with him to Great St. Helen's, where the amount would be paid, loft the boy the gate, slipped into the house with the ring, and out at the back door, and then ran off to a shoemaker's shop, where be fitted on a pair of shoes, and ran away in them the moment he ,aw an opportunity. When the prisoner was taken into custody for stealing the coat, the shoes he had stolen a week before wire found upon his feet. The prisoner admitted to the officer that he had done the clothier out of the coat, and said he had wild it for 153. The rapi , lity of the felonious in , vernents of the (nail caused some astonishment. He ra❑ from robbery to robbery as if one success necessarily prompted a fresh attempt. Toe Lord Mayor said that so ingenious a thief must go before a jury, and committed him for trial. 'Chcvles Hoole, of the firm of Charles and Arthur Hoole, grocers, &c., 44, London ro;td, attended on his own part and his brother's to answer a summons, charging them, at the instance of the Commissioners of Excise, with selling for genuine coffee a mixture containing 27 per cent, of chicory. Charles Reeves, an Excise officer, proved the purchase of the article from a young man in defendants' chop. [be asked for pure coffee. On opening the packet he found the words, "This is sold as a mixture of chicory and coffee," printed on a part of the paper which was folded in, and, from the size of the papers, that part must always be inside if they were folded in the usual manner. The defence set up was that, on Christmas eve, the day the purchase was made, an extra hand was engaged, and that he had given the mixture instead of pure coffoe, by mistake. As it -wa4 the first offence, Mr. Henry mitigated the' peralty to 251. Mr. H. R. Pulbrook, grocer, &c., 100. 131ackfriars-road, appeared to a similar summons, for selling a packag-e containing five per cent. of cannel, or burnt sugar. The defence was that the sugar had been mixed with the green coffce by accident, and so had been roasted with it. A similar penalty was inflicted. Mr. Hammitt said that it was a most aggravated case, which involved such a flagrant breach of trust on the part of the prisoners that he had no hesitation in com mitting them to Newgate for trial, but he should order them to be brought up again for the completion of the depositions. WORSIIIP-STREET.—The attention of the magi strate was occupied for a considerable time in the investi gation of 4 charge of burglary, preferred against two con ,tables of the G division, named Joseph. Pargiter and Abraham George Pellalt. Mr. Martin, the superintendent of the division, at tended to watch the case, and the court was crowded with tradesmen and other inhabitants of the district, who manifested a lively interest in the proceedings. The first witness examined was Police-constable: Man sey, G 102, who deposed as follows :—About a quarter past 4 this morning, on reaching the end of my beat, at the corner of Tabernacle•square, Finsbury, I saw the prisoner Pargiter, who was manifestly intoxicated, standing in front of the Angel and Crown public-house, the door of which was partly open. I directly crossed over to him, and inquired if anything was the matter, to which the prisoner carelessly answerers that he believed spine o;:e bad got into the hon,), bu'G that I bad do to interfere about it, as th.it - heat, and I had bet• ter mind my own business. After telling him that I considered it was my business to examine the place, I was about to enter the house, when I was dragged back by the prisoner, who tripped me up with such violence that I fell heavily on my back. On recovering my feet • the prisoner again closed upon me, and threw me down • HADDINGTON CORN MARKET—MAY 16. several times in rapid succession. We struggled together WHEAT. 1 BARLEY 1 OATS. I BBA N ',.: until the arrival of the acting serjeant, who handed Par- First 73a 03 43s 6d 33s Od 46s Od giter into the charge of another officer, and accompanied Second 66s 6d I 40s 9d I 29s 2d I 44i 2d me into the house, where we found the other prisoner, in Third . 6os Od I 35s 6d 127 s Od 1 41. 6 a. a helpless state of drunkenness, in front of the bar. There Total quantity of wheat in market, 430 qrs., was no other person present, and as he was unable to „ - barley• ~ 470 206 qrs., 162 sal PPsold PP PP furnish us with . any explanation of the circumstances, oats ,; 496 qrs., 148 soh/ we rang the door bell and roused the landlady, who dis- - „ „ • beans ft 173 qrs., 388 sul 8-12th covered, on coming downstairs, that the inner part of the AVERAGES PER DEPERIAL QUA.RTER. 20 5 bar had been thoroughly ransacked, and amongst other Wheat, 3/. 6 6 5-12ths I Barley, ...21. 2 9 property stolen was a quantity of silver and copper Oats, ... li. 710 5-12tha I Beans, D. 4 2 money, which bad been abstracted front the till and an 1 adjoining shelf, together with several bottles of spirits, .1 and the contents of two cases of cigars, The prisoners were then removed in custody, but they offered such a strenuous resistance that it required the combined efforts of several officers to convey theta to the station-house. Serjeant Illaskell, - G 4, stated that on the arrival at the station the prisoner Pellatt was stripped of his uni form, and in the pockets of his greatcoat were discovered a bottle of hrs.ady, a gimlet, and piece of wire, several loose cigars, and two silk handkerchiefs. The prisoner's hat was also removed, and upwards of 50 cigars were discovered within it, concealed under a handkerchief. The prisoner accounted for the possession of the hand kerchiefs by stating that he had found them in the street., but made no observations with regard to the other pro perty. Co;333.try rilarkets. DALKEITH GRAIN MARKET—MAY 15. Qrs. , Best. Current. Inferior 315 Wheat 73s 0,1 728 Oats 3os 8a o oo o ss Od :: .. ............ 2 4 2 7 ! 6 .a 1 264 Barley 42s 6d oos Od 53 Peas & beans 47s Od oos Od ABERDEEN—MAT 16. Potato oats 25s Od to s:is 6d 401bs per bust ° Common oats '24s Oki to 24s 6kl Bere • -36 s Od to 37s Od. Barley 36s ud to 37s vd 531bs Wheat, red (spring)s6s Od to 60s Od white Od to 70s Od 621 bs of , Oatmeal 19s Od to 20s Od per boll. Flour 53s Od to 54s Od por sack. PROVISION MARKET. Beef, per lb 1i d Mutton, per lb. 6d to bd I Eggs, p doz. Os 4(1 to Os Lamb, do., Os 9d to 010 Hens, p pair 3s Od to 3s Veal, per 6d to Os 8d Chicl43ns,do.2s 6d to 3e 0 1 Pork, per 5t...4s 9d to ! , s Od Ducks, do., 2s 6d to 33 Salmon, per lb Os to Os Ducklings,oOs Od to Oe O d Grouse, per brace Os to Os Turkeys, each4s 5d to 0 3 1 4 Tallow, p stone, 3s9d to -s Od Potatoes, pr peck, 6d to Rabbits, each ...... ...9d to 10d. Butter for exportation (present cure) per cwt.—sOd to 1 1 Eggs, wholesale price, per dozen --d to 51 RETAIL PRICES. Flour, 141b....-8 Od to 3s Od Barley flour,l4lb Os to 25 ° Oatmeal •OsOdto 2s Od dust, f f Os {DOS 10, Bereineal Od to is 10d , per lb 2d to 2i Peasemeal... Os Od to 2s 1. d Sids, 4-Ib. 10af...8d. I 2-Ib. 10af...4d. Cheese, per imperial stone, 45. to 4s 6d. SEABORNE MAILS. l° mgmatea that the tnaih, are sent trom the G enera l cost off the night—and M by the moruing—Aespatch.) Day when ma k up in tknoral Pon. Mice, London.* Fivery Friday •• ..... •• •• 234 01 the month .. 1 S, 9,4, 34 30 o: n.. 1t ?oth of mm. 17th of tbo ment;, Daily. 9th of the month.. 9th of the month.. 9th of the month 2d & 170 , of mont' Once a month.... 3,18,18,23,&28 of 4th & 20th of •non rwlco daily .... Twice daily.... 7,17.20. 27 .f 2ncl /lc 17th of mon Tuesday 84 FrithQ 2nd of the moat' Daily.... • • ...... 17t t Ithe mom h.' 4th , 20th of mot.. 9th& 26th of month 7, 17, tit 27 of m.,7; Twice daily 7,9, 17, & 27 of 9th of the mon ' 123 d of month .... Irmo' whir Port I)l3pateboo. (Liverpool ILiverpooi Iftuthampten Sonthampto❑ Doper ..... Plymouth ..I Dover •• •• •• sioutaamptor. Sent hann cr I Dover ...... Southampton Aottthzrn , l on Various port, :3outhulptor hen W VI . o° ' War 21 ta m Unce: ),1119 Sfay I"! MaY I lunt;erw, Sauthamp, ' SonthamptoT Dover ,STithampto:, [Dover ..... MaY s rvic(% 'Mica° Dover ISouthimptor Southampton London ..... So., La amp on Dover .• • , , • • Southampton' Plymouth .. Dover • • •• •• Dover.. 1 Holyhead Southampton Bonthamptom Liverpool j 1 ) 1 6Ldtl ms 1-BD2v 18,18, & 28 of mon !Dover .... Twice O l e Mar 4, 20 71* 14th of the MOW — Ito of thp moot sthlsth2sthofmon 21& 17thof montl By private stip sth2sthofmol. Ithl7th27thoilnon. 27th of mor. By private ship... 5t hlM.ll2stholta,m, th I , th2sthotino , .. 2d Sr 17th ofmont)- 2c 7 17th ot mor Southampt.-ni Dover •• •• Bouthamptoz Various port Dover ...... iouth.:•npu 4outharnpt. Various port Dover •• se Dover .... 3outinmpt, Sollthotrapto , %f ay cr n cei +0 Uncer 0 t tols4ll# THE PARAS YESTERDAY. Notwithstanding the rain—which with very short in tervals descended in torrents during nearly the whole of yesterday, the various parks in the metropolis were at tended by great numbers of peeple. Placards of various descriptions bad been extensively circulated during the week, announcing that a demonstration of working men would take place in the different parks for the pur pose of protesting against the stoppage of the baud playing on Sundays, and calling upon all persons to at tend, as it was intended to have music notwithstanding the decision cf Lord Palmerston to the contrary. It being therefore anticipated that some of the violence of last summer might be repeated, the attention of Sr Richard Mayne was called to the matter, and after careful consideration it was decided by the commis sioners that lsrge numbers of police should be sent into the neighbourhood of the various parks, but that they should be secreted, and not tailed out unless their ser• vices were required, so that any unpleasant collisions with the police•might be avoided. The consequence of this was, that during the whole of yesterday very few constables were seen in any of the parks. HYDE PARK.-4 this park the people began to as semble about three o'clock, acid in about an hour, not withstanding the heavy showers of rain, several thou sands were gathered together. Many expressed their disappr Jbation thatno one came forward to a 'dress them, and after a short time a great crowd had collected in one spot. Tee people at this point were soon joined by a considerable number of " reughe" with sticss in their hands, who commenced to hoot, shriek, and swear, in a disgraceful manner. The majority were most respect. able, well-dressed persons, and as soon as they perceived the lo w fellows were bent upon mischief, they moved off as quickly as possiole, dispersing in various direct.ena, with an apparent deterininatien not to take part in any uproarous proceedings. In Kensingtwegardens, where by far the greatest number of people assembled, a similar concourse of "roughs" had banded themselves together, rushing against every respectably dressed person they met, at the same time whistling, hooting, and shrieking, for the purpose of creating confusion and cornrnit!ing robberies. Several of the trees were iejered, in consequence of the branches being pulled,off, to be used as sticks by the disorderly. The scene was at its height a little after 4 o'clock, when down came the heaviest shower of tie day, which had the effect of nearly clearing the park. REGENT'S•PARIC.—The number of people who assem bled in this park was very small, and though much dui appointment was expressed at the withdrawal of the band no disturbance took place. A large force of police was in reserve. Up •n inquiry at the Albany-street sta tion late iset evening, it was ascertained that everything had passed off quietly. VICTORIA-PARS.—Great numbers of people fio3ked into this park during the day, but there was no indica tion of riot or disorder. The letter purporting to come from Sir B. Hal which appeared in our impression of Saturday is, appears, what is called a hoax. The silly practical j )her who concocted it has reason to be thankful thad. the unfavourable state of the weather, yesterday, pre vented the assembling of a crowd so numerous that its drircPiiiiiiiiinent might have broke out in turbulence. Since . nu harm has come of his foil , it is not worth while to try to unearth the foul.—Daily News. FATAt EXPLOSION IN WOOLIVICII ARSENAL-FOUR LIVES LOST. On Saturday afternoiin last, at half-past three o'clock, another explosion .ncurred in the laboratory,departnient of Woolwich Arsenal, the re-ult of which has caused the utmost excitement, and plunged many families into the deepest affliction. We are enabled, through the kind ness of several officials connected with the department, to give the following details of the accident. In th. , centre of the Laboratory-square are two wooden sheds, each about 12 feet square, used for the purpose of mixing the composition for filing percussion caps. Tnis composition coutiins a proportion of fulminating mercury, and in consequence of its combustible na ture it is conveyed to other sheds for use in gutta percha bottles, and only two persons are allowed in each of the sheds where it is mixed. Adjacent to these sheds is the carpenters' shop, and at the time of the accident several carpenters and labourers were em ployed in removing square boxes, made for the purpose of 'packing fireworks for London. At the time men tioned the sheds were blown up with a loud explosion, and twelve men and boys were thrown with terrific force into the air. The utmost consternation prevailed in the establishment The gates were closed ; and Captaii. Boxer, Superintendent of the Royal Laboratories, with the police force, were instantly on the spot to discover the extent of the accident, and render assistance. The dead and maimed were found in all directions at a con siderable distance from the sheds; and one poor fellow was literal) , blown to atoms—his limbs being entirely disjointed. The following are those killed on the spot : —William Flack, foreman of the mixing sheds ; Richard Taylor, John Reading, and William Green, labourers. The seven principal sufferers, namely, John Andrews, a carpenter, Richard Russell, Henry Gale, John Savage, John Richardion, and .two lads named Blanch and Webber, were conveyed to the Royal Ordnance Hos pital in ambulance waggons, under the direction of the Royal Ordnance surgeons. On inquiry at the hospital at eight o'clock last • evening, it was ascer tained that all the 'sufferers were in a very precarious state, and that Richardsbn was nut expected to survive. William Powell, who was injured by the e plosion in a rocket shed ten days since, died at the Royal Ordnance Hospital on Friday last. An inquest will be held on the deceased before C. J. Carttar, coroner for West Kent, to-morrow. ANOTHER OFFICIAL DEFAULTER AT PORTSWOUTE. ID consequence of the lengthened inquiries resulting from the complaints male by the convicts on board the Stirling Castle, convict invalid hulk, in this harbour, circumstances have transpired of s a somewhat serious character. These complaints were made previous to the murder of the late Mr. Hope, the surgeon of that ship, and they were repeated Subsequently ; and it appears that an inquiry was instituted by three of the inspectors of prisens under the Home-office. The exact result of these inquiries has not, of course. been promulgated, tut it aupears they have led to the precipitate departure of Majer Shaw, the governor of the Stirling Cache, who it is reported has appropriated to his own use come 600 i. oilaaoney, the property of the Government, and which was entrusted to him for pay ment of general expenses, adages of vi arders, &c. The salary of the governor is 3501. per annum, besides which he 'nad'apaittnents on board the hulk, the whole of the poop being appropriated to his use, far more room and accommodation being provided for him than any admire.' possesses on board ship. Many other perquisites and advantages were obtainable, and altogeth, r the value of the office could not be less than 4001 altar. We are sorry to 'say that a warder, who of course could ill ,-fford to spare the money, hese, 51. by he governs is departure, ,;he latter having borrowed that sum of him a day or two before !saving Mr. J. Shaw was formerly, we hear, a colour s:-rjeant in the British army; the title f tnejor was obtained is the Spanish service, in the contest against the claims of Don Carlos: He is an aged man, ahem 60, married, and has one son. It is impossible to c , njecture what could have induced hiin, to sacrifice such a situa tion in such a manner at least. We are told that his, expenditure, personally, was hardly more than 1001. a year. With regard to the charges brought by the con victs, so far as ill-treatment are conce ned, we believe they were unfounded ; he sometimes_ used language that wee, rough, but not excessively CO. Caiee;n J. S. War ren, deputy-governor of Milbank Pritem, was appointed early in the week to succeed Mr. Shaw in the governor- Ohip at the Stirling Castle.74l4ntpshire Telegraph. COUNTBIZki. eieriza(byttrit.pack:r .1/wrier.. (by United Sit packet)• Lateriee, (by U. 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(see to tii Ireland •••• .• M& N Lisben•••• •• •• •• ••/11 Kadeira dadeira ....... .114.1ta (see India) smritias (see India qt.! titts •.• • • • Wilco ••• •• •• - -• • • • • - • bI Ke.v 4rann.da New Zealand Pa,,al -.mon P3ninsul2 Pant eO• ••• Tltcany ri •• ••• ....N Velnuelt Van Diemen'sL.no kustzalia) Wet' 1, , ,,en.my 0, thes...l4Let, tall 4111 cfnua,y, - ILI s •atclifyi on the following with the exception of the Inthamptonband the ;Malta. both of which will be despatched p • Anedini da;, LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, AIAY 17. STocit EXCHANGE.—The market has been steady to•cl and prices were a shads higher than yesterday at the a r„ Mi , flands, 771 6i —London and North Western, 101.1 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire. 29i-I.i:wash IF, lnd Yorkshire, 94 c. 7 3—North Eastern, Berri' 20A—Ditto, York capital stock. 2gi—Ditto, Leeds, 162 South Eastern, 2U—Aberdeen, 13k Dutch Rhenish, r Bs. 9d. p.—Great Western of Canada, 26g. MANCHESTER, MAY 17. WIiTOCIC EXCHANGE.—This market has been doing fair but firm business to-lay, and prices closed as 2 lows : Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 2 9 f Midland Railway Consols, 77* I—South Eastern s . Dovers. 21/—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 91—Great tern, Birmingham Pref., 9A—London and North West' BIRMINGHAM, MAT 17. Soo EXOUANGE.—There has been a dull bai, to-day, and prices were a shade lower than 3tstr . Midlands, 77—Great Westerns, 62—Eastern Counties, —London and North . West,rn Eighths, 9.16 dis. LEEDS, MAT 17. 0 1 STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales this morning ' the following rates :—Midl as da, 77i 76 7611—D° Teo '2 1 —North Eastern, Y or k, 214—North Western, PP Iq—North Eastern, Leeds, 16i. • were DUBLIN—MAY 17. P gaol STOOK EXOHANGE.—Three per Cent. Consols •4 e Ditto for Account, 9th June, 94 3—Ditto, for nevi count, 9th of June, 0 New 3 per Cent. Stock, 92t --Ditto, rro Ditto, for Account, 9th of June, 93—Great Souti?,•:, and We'tern, 51i II —Mining Company of Ireland, 3- 00 0 Grand Canal Co , 3s4—Dublin and Belfast Junotion. / account, 44,i—Sillarney Junction, 91—Bank Stock, 2 2 Dublin and Wicklow, 5i I. DISGRACEFUL SCENE IN ST. BARNABAS, PIISLIC 4) (: 0 Yesterday morning, during the service, the oongrega of St. Barnahaa Church, Pimlico, was considerably e p cited in consequence of the following circumstance 0 1 appears that some of the dissentients from the form. worship at St. Barnabbs bad decided that, yestert: o , ) morning, they would attend for the purpose of encle g vouring to prevent certain portions of the service bea r d proceeded with, and to enforce what they consider e q their right as parishioners to sit in the chancel of t' o , church, which was usually filled with choristers, et r , ployed to intone various parts of the service, and alvg o o , closed to the general congregation. About 60 opP nents to the form of worship adopted at St. Barnab°,, accordingly attended, as yesterday, being Trinity SI I 4 day, it was supposed more than the usual miry:o o , would be gone into, and their principal object was t * drown the singing of the service by their voices. P, l ; fore, howeve r , the i n t o nation commenced, M l t (late M.P.) and other persons proceeded into the chan(j'f for the purpose of demanding a seat in that portion ° the church No•aooner, however, bad they made the way into the forbidden part than they were followed, i i •otne of the officia's, who caught hold of them and 3m sisted that they should immediately leave their plane t ' The eyes of all the congregation were then turned t ce wards the chancel, and considerable commotion frr, veiled, the intruders into 'the chancel being ultimate'J ejected from the church. BIRTH S. Or & SON. On the 17th inst., in Wyndham-place, Brianston-sgtifer e ' the wife of Wm. Scott, Esq. On the 15th inst., at 20, Upper Berkeley-street west, Hyde-park-square, the wife of John Philpot Curran, EA' barrister-at-law. 01' A DAUGHTER. On the 17th inst., at Lower Tooting, Surrey, Mrs. Al . ' H. Prowse. On tho 16th inst., at 13, Weymouth-street, Portlan d ' place, the wife of R. S. Cox, Esq. MARRIED. On the 17th inst., at St. Peter's Church, Eaton-Kinser Mr. Justice Willes, to Helen, daughter of the late TWO" Jannin,gs, Esq., of Cork. On the 15th inst., at Higham, Suffolk, Captain T. °I. Forbes, R.N., son of Lieutenant-General Forbes, R.A., Si oke-by-Nalaud, Suffolk, to Elizabeth, widow of the / 1 : Lieut. A. C. Dawson, Eqq., R.N., and youngest daughte r of the late R. Gresley, Esq., of 11, Oxford-square, . Lon don. DIED. On the 17th inst., at Heath-terrace, Lewisham, Mr. Varty, late of Bishopsgate-street, aged 54. On the 16th inst., at Woronzow-road, St. John's.woodl Charles A. G. Si vra c, E sq ., o f the Board of Trade, se 37. 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