The Sun. — London, England, 1856-05-22 00:00:00

Vat 3 ove t 10, fell o it b e ale ste,; b e molt' vg reiore esta- vern- uties, privi- nom of tho anent i Ple- Ltion ; t by >nand. .1 they' 11 . 7, an Thi.4 actor; is op ti Df tbs s made tha t agree been ]t not insta I- ineip!e r cep t. y Mr. Itorest to be actmg ' tiny ton 10 e have ; r e not it AV ill in of the ',Jaren th IS condi rprise, nistaiu e shall r iver, ;e 41d. talk of f ne c( t, miter , as n ot eg ; e° ;il tb e. 9 ye ti ;is Gov' WhEl (3 " . erns .) 11 et, al 5.t01,111 ti iivii s ( laity e ..been Las Seettlea re 'lora 3nl a of JO& aciteste ntt : esis, of thiS ) e fliaa" st .aftet verf fa itame first t a brut c it erofa 3r go in rat Fol . ; re, am.' he . Util" ith I , er Imp. sit k r Ile ver 21. t 1 . inSt • a Ci' during 110 B 2'at iawv't ID ,ICLe cid el 't oil , or's ay • esp. , , :ei viz° t ea Inv ' t ecu e r ge ( 4 i 0 hag ay 8 . 3 Steen oci'aY• ~.4 45 ,every , ,ro a vo sf of 1,4 '.• RKET Ll°Err'r MA -4 .1 AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCII CITY, Two o'CLoo., Tile Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed heavily, The and prices of all kinds lean to the buyer. sales yesterday were estimated at 6,000 bales, 500 of which were taken for export, comprising ' 3O O Pernam and Maranhatn, 61d. to 7id. ; 100 Bahia, 6W.; and 600 Surat; 4d. to bid. per lb. The Railway Share Market closed at about Tues day's rates. At Havre business has been very brisk this week in the grain and cotton markets. The sales of Nt'neat comprised 60,000 kilos. of Brittany at 761. to 79f. per 200 kilos., 10,000 kilos. at 78f., 72,000 k ilos. at 80f., and 46,000 kilos. at 88f. ; 2 ,800 barrels, New York, from 39f. 50c. to 431., a nd 200 barrels, Baltimore, at 43f. The 4a vices from the United States, regarding the cotton market, announcing a diminution in the stocks on hand, caused a firmness in prices. 1 ‘, 1112 Y purchasers from the interior bought at the o ld Prices, and 1;200 bales of Louisiana realised fr om 89fr. to 931 r. per 50 kilos. Tile arrivals 4. °ln New York on the 19th comprised 5,120 bales of . mixed, Louisiana and Georgia, a portion of 'winch was sold before it was landed. At a meeting of the Oriental Bank Corporation, he ld this day—Harry George Gordon, Esq., in the ch air —the report, after a speech from the chair blau, which was well received, was adopted unam tc6nsly, and a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. P e r annum was agreed to. The auditors and di rectors retiring were re-elected, and a vote of tha nks was passed to the chairman and directors of the company. The Indemnity arrived yesterday with 7,367 c , s l . ll ces of gold, and the Eagle has been announced tl-1% morning from the same place with 06,464 ounces. The easier condition of the money market 43 induced the Bank of England Directors at their "parlour" meeting this day, to remove the additional 1 per Cent. imposed in October last on the negotiation of paper having more than 60 d , sys i 0 r un. The minimum charge is now therefore 6 ' el. Cent, for all classes of bills. The influx of s pecie into the Bank of England, the favourable state of the Continental exchanges, and the cess ation of shipments of the precious metals t° Turkey have rendered this measure advisable, a nd p it is confidently expected that monetary affairs v 111110 W gradually improve. 'nsiness in the English Stock Market has been ; 4°ll m . .scribed, an indisposition having been evinced ( Texate until the result of the Bank meeting was aseertp,dned. When the above announcement was ma de, however, the market, contrary to general '''Peet,ation, became rather flatter. Consols opened for money, and for account, but z snu sequently became rather flatter. They are 1, 1 (w. 1, however, firm at those quotations. The 2.l e w Scrip has been dealt in at to Premium. The New Threes are 931 a, the Reduced 93 -to 934. Bank Stock adN•anced 11 per Cent., being 2151 and 2161. dtia uer Bills have further improved, those d .: e d :Nlarch being ls. premium, and the June .to Is. discount. The Bonds were 981- 51. h "reign Stocks have been very dull. Mexican, ' llw ev :r, were firm at 23, and Danish 3 per Cents, hat e ,en to 84 and 84k. Portuguese 4 per Cents. hav e brought 511. Spanish Deferred are 46 , and ate Certificates 6. Turkish 6 per Cents. rule firm 987 k 4- he rollowing are the nominal prices of Foreign °e ke :-Grenada Deferred Bonds, Pa ; Mexi can'; Peruvian, 77 9 ; Portuguese 4 per 7e.s: 50 52 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 104 ; Ditt o 4g 44 per Cents., 94 96 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 61. 2 ; Ditto Deferred, 251 ; Ditto Certificates, 2 6 ; j )itto Passive, 7 I. to ll he rut week's railway receipts, ascertained up 11 *. day, are in round figures as under 1866. 1855. grea t Testern I to-'V Testern 'estern , 14,441 12,172 18, n d • 82,001 - 927, 687 teael,,th-Z.aztern 19,194 16,162 , doni•an ,?re a t North ern 44 ancash ire and Ys r k s hi re k6stol a nd Exeter 6,348 5,885 Fletiter .and Holyhead Lo ndon, Gen. On-anions Company 9,417 . ` i anchei ter, Sheffield, and Lincoln 12,022 9,444 Worcester, a n d W o lver 3 ,857 3,410 No Stafford () rth London GlasgowL. and South•Westein , and Glasgow -',.`,+ortlaeril of F r a nce Great estern of Canada 16,712 11,877 T runk of Canada 17 ( 1 ftt of the leading railway shares are at pre -4,(1P quotations, but North-Eastern, Berwick, f: en( t or two others are at a slight improvement. q t he :foreign market the Demerara, the Great ' le tibourg, and Pat is and Lyons are at enhanced 8 4 ati, Dns . Th e r i se in the latter since Tuesday i T o l' The Riga shares are 11-- -1 prem., and the - do-Venetian 61 1 prem. B ank ing, mining, and miscellaneous Shares are ea dY, but quiet. 1110, 1 FUNDS T 11143 DAY AT @NE C'CLOCK. ( Fro:. the Official List. ) ftnon done. 4 1 1, ~ 0 4 c'lr ~ 21 63 15 a rtr 3 ~, ‘ 4 l 'ti. Red weed Anunitias... li, ' t es at, Consols Annuities 9 li i X e ,,,,T14 T (,ent. Anirrn,..os 140,, 'I) )er Cent. Annuities 7Bl 1 ) 1,-`‘a% unities, expire sth Jan. 1860 ...._ 3 3-16 a 14; 14 t3O Years, expire sth April, 1885 l7 3-16 ...i h Th. . ____ bi l .,' - ' O lldS, £ lOOO ........., (1, , ,,,,,", 0 , under £lOOO 6 2 d e '''' ter © exeunt fil laol g • , t iccp crI P 2a 14 a „ 4 11 tour Bills, 20. March. - Q.oi ie 4 D (1 0 . "a, all 2 p 1 4. " 0 Bonds, 1858, 31 per Cent 933 i 4 1, 140. 1859 Diti io, q OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. 14, q Bonds, 3 per Cent., 1825 B 4l 3 per Cent — l' o l s Tt tt Account -61 11 0 ese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 8 R,c. '0 4 per Cent P NI Bowls, 3 per Cent — i 3 ditto Account Tt l u tli4 4 Committee Cork.. of Coup. not fun 6 ‘— ', 10 1., Bonds, 6 per cent — Account ' Dividends on the above payable in London. TWO O'CLOCK. C. 201 Isola for Money 9 43 3 Of to Account (June 4) 946 8 uii to Scrip June. 2 1 d 1d 4 1 d ;1 - the 1 3OLLIIICeS CONCERT came off on Friday evening o Beethoven: Rooms. Gollmick has long been e titet , i .nEted as one of the most agreeable composers it piano-forte music. On this occasion he a tti r e l .3 l ed qualities of an order which will place him i lew n g the most gifted composers of the day.. His Th e gu.artett, and trio, for pianoforte and stringed metro "", are wo r ks of real genius. They are fresh, mi. nal, a full of melody. The enthusiastic applause of G il i tl i u Thor of connoisseurs was bestowed upon them. M. f erf k played several minor compositions for the piano dr;el, charming little pieces, admirably adapted for th© jpo !'•r ,It'ON'INC,ROODI REPRESENTATIONS OF SHIMMER, la , 0 , 4112 1 REV. RICHARD BOYLE.—Last evening, Mr. tl l ° ''' e II Slivered an interesting lecture on . " Hamlet, at VZZ.` t o nary Society's Institution, Borough•road, South auth:',.. There was a numerous and highly-respectable tt e -4 11', whose attention was rivetted throughout by tl l c aitterly an d e l oquen t d e li nea ti ons o f the lecturer. oet t : c :Representations" were limited to the first three abf c ), the play, and were characterised by a clear and cf 3pPcsition and comment, illustrative of the history topi,, 4l ,nlet, and the great design of the poet. Mr. re ( ;, - , s uae properlydescribed his discourses as" Drawing sio,:itc,epresentations," for they are not dry, unimpas tli„D''t lectures upon various readings, emendations, or t!r r 14 ' 1 d Pagssaes of Shakspero, neither aro they unin yl4 ed readings through of a play, which of late re ad have been so f as hi ona ble, but which, however well ti on. '4ardly secure a lengthened, unwearied atten the '‘bey are a happy mingling of the two ; tor, while fery otocutionary illustrations are spoken with great rin iti c t> indgmeut, and animation, the introductory and of th — ir cornments correct and enliven the several . plrts t re story, so that the tout ensemble may be truly called el Pre. ` e antation of the play to the imagination and in- W as et of th e au di tory. I n fi ne , hi s di sc ourse last night ",_ett a representation of Hamlet as might with great th e 114 ge, and without the possibility of offending even drawra.ost religious and fastidious, be introdnced into a eek: i . l . 44- "am, or befere a family party. The " repre amit."l"" occupied about an hour and a half, and the Dr _ ory lelt the nistitutiou. highly delightil with the q qc3 fal and classic treat so ably prepared fordthem. 20 5 20 t 8 SHA.RE MARKETS. DAY.) RAILWAYS. Closing Prices yesterday RAJLW&Ys. 1.r. , 1 East , . • Wrlverh Vn11,7 R;rk.e did. Lau..261.. ;0. Chetl.. d Birk. £5 . 3 r.t. , .(1 £25 C , Do., 420.... .. (i rd. at Brißtel and l'aet Cl)criter Tiol7l,a , cork and Black, d 3. Pas f)c-rTI7--); Po. A Do B Brie Jurctiou,„ r)un. P. & Ab•.. Joe. East Auglian aastern . iast. I . rion, A St D. Stc•vt. Do., Now East Kent ',net le,:neaShir3 T.(l7:Ull.lrgh Cdr. ego, And Pcebles Min.Prth `orth u Ciydo Jun eurness... . • )o. Extension plasgor7 West rireat N. of Scotlnd.J I , lreat Northern Do., A. Do., B. Stock It. Sth. &V,Test.(lre ;rcat W6.stern Stour Val, nal Qua. Stk t:ish &. Carlin Do., Thirds Do. Nr:r Thirds .. I.,,vaertef.. e.hdYorkf.i. Wst. ;tiding 17a 1.47.Cr5h37. P.. 1 SO Ll th - ;' it (.401.1(L)11 BlaCkWt43l, L, on d. Bright & Loud. thd N. West-, to. Fifths Do.lo/.6h.,.?1fa Ligntlo ~ ondon andS. W;ap,t , Xs:i. Do. , £4O . .411(1171iliTy& Col= !",nandrrr. A.c.nch.Stef.k. Lind Mau.. k, Lin. Ur) getropolitan mama io. Vial., G. West. flret , - Sn Half Aare_. T,wcastl e&Carlivl. N'wpt.Aborg. &Ha awry Now 7 Warrenpoin ,tnd Rostrovor. iorfolk ........ 'lortfin.Counties North British ..b Vevon Rail. Dock Stock , 0., A Stock , B Stock Do., d Il Guarantee IN. Eastern—Berwi. 111)o. do. Extension Do.do. O.N.E. ?arch Do. Leedg Do. York !North London N.&S.Wetru.,llsta• steaa, and City Jr... corth Statrordshir , y.& Wes t rn.junc S:nneaton, Elinek , Leleef.4ter hr., Wore.. Wolv ortsraouth ottish Central ,>,eottish Midland 4 ,hropshire Uric ,ionth Devon ',...,0ath Eastern South Wales Yrk.eh. 4 Riv. Dun Do ta I e Virok. &Wok Stockton & Darli eicHr ridep: "Taff Vale 3 ;)0,, Pref., No. 1 I'' , ames Hay, i).& R. Ulverstono ez Lanes Vale of l'ire.nth ‘F'3 , terf.(l. Kilkennc West Cornwall WeF,'. End of London and Crystal Palz,ee Do. A Do. B Wet London IWinabledn&Croyaon 26 - 27 41 - 5 8i 9 17 - 18 15 16 12 - 13 87 - 81 601 - 611 -161 - ... ~- ... • • • """" • ...d 10 - 101 33 - 23 - 25 77 - 79 59 -- 61 30 - 31 ... 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(nitrations._ Do. re-is. forftd. Sh. L Gt. Wcstern of Canal' a Sharos Do., New I Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55 I Do. do., '62, p. I Do. do., '76, p. '60.- 1 Do. do., '73, without option 1 Hamilton lz Toront , I Do. 6 per cent. r Lalce Const. & Bag' 1 Lierro and Turnhout 1 Lucca t Fist. sp. c.p 3 Lyons and Geneva Lyons e..; Moditerrat, 11 Madrap, guar. 4 p.c 0 Do. New 0., sp. c 0 Do. .P f p. c. Exten II Maria Antonia ... II Do. do. New II Namur do Liege (svitl interest) 11 Do. (ox interest) 11 northern of France II D 0.201.8119 ne„ t'O?. 3 p. e Tide (fryi:,•. B. di Ams.ghs 11 NorwegltnTrunkPre 11 Paris and Lyons 11 Ditto Bonds 11 Paris and Orleans 5 Rome and Frascati.. li Royal Danish 11 aoyalSwedish 11 Do. 0, liqations 11 Sambre andb Mouso.. .1), Do. s? i p. cent. Pref, 5 Scinde, guar. sp. C. D 0... ionthern of France 3L Andrew's and Quabee (A) eV". • Meet Flanders Do F?} per e. Pref dE, N. W. of FraDm .Vest. of Switzerland Wiesbaden ... 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NOM llvion 4 Loudon Western Bk of Lond U 6 8 P 64 - 66 •• -- ••• i -. 1 p ..~ . r~ 64 -. 66 16 10,11 18 19 2 lei par 2p 4 -- 2 dl • •• .•' •" . • ii - 43 30 - 41 1 lip, 66 7 71 S 9 5 d Business done this day. 10 all 14 44 15 all a. I 16 all 14 aall 14 61i 601 1 91i 901 10?,4 2 1011 2 it 13 12a 3N ij n.6ln) = FIXEi, J.ENTA.I,' . THE RUGELEY POISONINGS. 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 siini 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 hack 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 pertion 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 mouth. Twitch 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 during 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 stiffness 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 crier I have mentioned before the convulsions came on. I have known an interval of half-au-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 frsim 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 bad more poWer or voluntary motion— such as sitting up in bed, moving his hands about freely, swallowing, tanking, and asking to be rubbed and moved, and also the sudden occasion of the con vulsions, and the greater length of time which occurreo 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 strych: ine 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 strychnine—. the heart, it was stated, was empty and uncontracted. Lord Campbell—l understand the evidence was "empty and contracted." aAIL c I larln o yesterday. , ttstaest this day. TRIAL OF WILLIAM PALMER. Londozi N Wo.t. 14./LN.W. (.!aleflon, ! E. Un. E. C E. Count Qaldonian 95 - 97 94 - 98 CENTRAL CRINIINA.L COURT (THIS DAY). 11 - 13 133 135 41 EIGHTH DAY. Despite the state of the weather 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 arrivals, 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. v;e9C•il Yk. New. Borw. ..... Do 104 - 106 S. Easter- Peto & Co iii = 13• 112 - 115 I Norf-Ak Do L.F.; N. W. & Midi& ten Darlingt. - 21 Previously to the first witness being caned, Lord Campbell said—l hope that, until the conclusion of this trial the public journals will continue to abstain from any comments upon any points in the cass. The propriety of such abstaining is too obvious to require from me any remarks. His lordship also further added —Myself, and 1 rothers upon the bench, wish it to bo 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. 93 - 95 - 56 - 8 En. Conn. Count. Do_ T..& 27. W, Dr, 45 - 47 i::43 = ik Glt Northn Laneash& Yorksh. 'P. Brassey It{.llClean Stoekt. & Darlingt Do •.• - ••• 7k - 8 31 - 2id ••• SOO 31 32i 'ltlVestn. PII.,EFERENCB SHARES. Mr. Grove—How many cases of idiopathic 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 83 to the cause of the death of Cook ? From some convulsive disease. kberdocu Do. N 0.2, 7 p. C. Do. Debentures Blyth and Tyne toper c. prd. (issd. :A 50/ !. Brie. & Es. 4 p. c. St Do. 4 p. e. Shares Aledoninn £lO (llies. Do, do. 1. )- ;of. No. 2. Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Bandons?:p.c, run.Prth .&Aber.J. 1 1 4. Anglian Cis. A Sb. Do. do. Cs. B 6 p. c. Do. do els. C 7 p. c. ; , ,1, 3 „p. co. )147 • 5 pc No Do. ?To. 2. Do. New 6 p. e. Flast. Un., G. 6 p. e i4o. 51., 15 Der cent Do. VI. Def,ntr.Sb. Do. do. 4 per cent j!ait Lanza,h. 6 p. ete Vor7k..T. stb . Ellin. & GI. 5 p.c. eh. Peth.&Dun.4p.e Purnes. Mas. &5.W.G.5 p.c. ;ireat Norttm. 5 p. v Do. 5 p. c. PAstitNlin at 10 p. c. prom. 4)o. 4= p.c. Do. 5 p.c. Scrp, Red. ..t 5 p. c. pm... 115 - 118 115 - 117 84 90 ... - ... 94 - .96 97 - .99 16 - 17 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 ehuuld 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 Campbcll, that his opinion was that the death was the result of convulsive disease. By S,,rgeant Shee—From what you have heard de ecribed of the symptoms of Cook's health previously to the final attack at Rngeloy, and the fits and paroxysms, and the particulars of the post mortem ex amination, what is your opinion ? The Banc"' objected to the question being put in so general a form. 61 6i .14;i 7 112 97 - 102 - 13 69 - 71 1 17 - tl9 108 - 110 103 105 1 3 91 - 104 Witness—Fr om what I have heard 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 was subject to mental ex citement. The examination of the body showed the syphilitic tain t and diseased condition of the body. The lungs were not healthy, being in a state of emphysu matous or distensio❑ 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 unusual state. t ;13.1Z. c f Scot. Ist Pi , S. )7: W. (T.relandi Do. 4 per c. )0,,c0n,, red. I', p.c. Do. con. red.. 4 p. c. Do, irrea. 4p. C. Do. 5 p. c. red. pref Do. do. do. Do. Rim. Pref. 'M Do. Chester 8 p. c. P.S. Do. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Birm. Gua. Stk ' Do. Ches. Gua. Sh Do. do. do Do. do. ....... '.an. &York. F. )o. 6 p. c. Mock Lon. et; Brigh. G. 5 p. ( . Do. Pref., 5 p. e. St. Do. New Guar.6 p. e Do. do. 5 per cent . (ion. &N. W., Coy. ft Nuneaton 5 p. et.. S.W. 7 per ct ~endy.&Coler. Sh 7 ..ondy. IT, Ennis. Sh fr.,Now,lC/ Do. 46 , Tarypt . Carl. 4 p o 00. 4i per cent ••• 6 - 95 - 97 88 - 90 89 - 91 98 100 9A - 10 16i - 171 74 76 19i 201 94. —10 A 14i 151 1 $d 36 133 Sergeant Shee—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 ?—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 Sergeant Shee—ls there not also forms of epilepsy ? —So it is stated. ••• -- ... Baron Alderson—l have it down the heart was empty and contracted. Examination continued—The state of the lungs and brain appeared to he different from not being congested. The subsidence of the paroxysms in my experience have been gradual. I have experimental on bodies of various animals at various periods after death, and when decom position has set in, up to the 433 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 surge2ns 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 bare 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 indestruc tibia. I have found it after 42 days. [35 - 140 ..• •..pl - I Do - :rid. Consol.6 Do. Con.Br.Pir. 6p; Do. 4i p. c. Pref. h Do. Pref. 4i per cen Do. 51. Pref. 4 p. c. Ditto L. & H. Prof. S Abcr., &c., pr. 5 p. c. red. 5 p. c. pm. Norfolk Dobeature Do. Pref. 5 p. c. St , a Do. 5 p.c. Ext Do. 5i per et. prof.., Do. Way. Val.. 5 p c North British ti. E. Berm", 4 p.c P Do. do. do Do Leeds 6 p.c Nol l Do. do. Quarters ...' Do.Yorkri.& Pnr. • North Staffordshire. Ox, Wo. .15/ p Do R. Pref. 101. Sh. I '3cot. Cont. ,New Pr iouth Devon 00, fixed, 4 per con , 3. Eastern (Readii.. knn.) of Z 1 Os. gd. Do. 4.); per c00t ... Do. Fixed 4i p e ah. 3 Wales (qua. 4p, c. do. &J . -, p. c.... $. Yorksh.4p.e.Gluar. 'A'tock.& Dar.. 5 p c. ,Do. • do. d ;torts. & Hart]. g. p. 0. till .:11117 1, 'SA ',V?itert(l.& Milli. 6 p 135 - 137 95 - 97 By Lord Campbell—l have not met with a case. Sergeant Shee—Would not the patient be liable to irritability ?—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; nervcus system of a subject like the deceased more thin a healthy per son ; so also would the cold and wet more easily such a person, and eith 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 tetanic affection, such as the convulsive diseases of infancy, which are not exactly tetanus. I agree with Dr. Copeland's work rend yesterday. Worms in children will produce convulsions, in adults disease of the brain and spinal cord. Hysteria, some from chleroform, and eat ing indigestible food, but I do not know of convulsions from retching. Sergeant Shee—Do you agree with Dr. Copeland as to the convulsions sometimes ending in death ? Yes. Sergeant Shee—What is the iintnadiate proximate cause of death in such cases ?—Asphyxia. Sergeant Shoe—Do you agree with Dr. Copeland as to the recurrence of the symotoms ? 87 - 89 id. —163 92 1 id i 2 - id 99 101 a t 231 - 98 - 100 94 - 10 10t, 100 100 all , sll all ... •••• , 1 - 2p~ 'a : Firi UINFS. 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. 1 all' 14.gua• Fri h I. knglo Austria. Gov - lOs ill Anglo Californian 10 7 Australian 1 11 1 dl 4.nstraliar. Cordiller' .• 1 ill kve Maria • - ••• 1 all Baden (Gd•Dr of * --- *** SO all flitenar. 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Australasian W 15 Nrth.efEuropoStaam alll l /. 1 13,701 Gas lf - 14 1 2s.rlo,"New Shares" # - i~l pm ii all Peel Br. La. & Minrl. 21 - 3 38 3 50 all Peninsular& Oriental 65 - 67 50 10 ,)o. New .. . 100 60 Royal Mail Steam - 74 all Scot. Austral. Invest l4 - 1 6 Ditto New. - 25 all Soutb Australaiand 36 - 38 - al Submar. Tel. Scrip... - 1 1 10 all Do. Registered.. .... - 1 7-; :',• • tat L. rr.car., .- 100 \ 281 Van Dieanen'a land 14 as- 15 V.Go,6p.c.Jano ,lll r lin ""'.: The witness, in answer to further questions, said I have known convulsive symptoms to occur at varieue intervals—sometimes hours, sometimes days. I have known patients suffer in two minutes, in other cases two hours. They were dependent upon some slight disease of the brain or spinal cord. When death takes place under such symptoms, in some eases no trace has been found of disease on a post mortern examination. I have formed no opinion en 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 atter 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 bo necessary, and that would be required supposing an examinatioa 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 bad not seen either of the patients before death, and it was in both cases by cheinical analysis that I ascer tained that death had been occasioned by strychnine. I found the strychnine. 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 flaccid and could easily be moved, the feet were somewhat arched. The heart had been drained out by the head hanging over the table. In the second case the patient was about 20 years of ago, 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 the right side contained blood; there was also some fluid on the left side. The witness, having further described the appearances 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 strychni 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 ono 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. 'There was a distinction between the different parts of the body. I disagree in the opinion of Dr. Morley in what be stated as to the rigidity after death. I believe, from 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 mortem examination was made. If begun at the bead the blood being fluid would by ordinary causes re cede from the heart. In Cook's case the post mortem 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 his death, but it might have accelerated it. Morphia would not be a proper drug to ainainister to a person suffering from the irritability that Cook was. From what I heard of the attack Cook said he had in the night, I believe be was suffering from deliriu n. Any convulsion may be considered tetanic, if you mean by that term an out stretching of the limbs. When convulsions terminate in death consciousness is absent. Ido not think, from ( the symptoms describing," Cook's death, that the paroxysm was one of tetanus. Dr. Jones's evidence was then road. Witness—l do not think it was disease at all. Attorney-General—Neither do I. Witness—l never know a case of tetanus where rigidity was continued after death. Tetanic paroxy-ms are distinguishable from other convulsions at the time of death. I know no case where in convulsions con scioneness was retained to the last. Convulsions from strychnine are called tetanic, and very properly so. In 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. I [The witness was under examination when we went to press.] has been taken, but they have not terminated fatally. The quantity taken, in one case, was I-6th of a grain. In a very f ew m i nu t e s the symptoms appeared. The Poison had been taken in a fl uid state. The symptoms were a want of power in controlling the actions of the muscles. The patient was up walking about when first attacked. The sy nspto ms manifested themselves by t witch • ings, rigidity, and sudden cramp—more violent in the legs than any other part of the body. The nature of the twitchings and spasms were not very violent at first, hut it was six hours before the symptoms entirely disappeared. During thosix hours the attacks were intermittent at THE SUN, .LONDON, THURSDA.Y. EVENING : MAY 22, 1856. C' r!, 10,1 100 all all al o l L , i. 85 100 00 00 D 0.., 10 St. St. 10(1 ail (100 100 :100 all 1 101 11. , W !100 ilOO 100 100 11 ill 103 lOU 100 101 all i zu an too 9i all Pni pm 92i 3- Racing Fixtures for 1856. JU: Beverley Ascot Heath 10 Hampton lB Newton 18 JULY. Newmarket Carlini° Worcester Summer 3 I Liverpool . Nottingham 15 AUGUST. Brighton Brighton Club 8 Yo►k Lewe9 Wolverhamptox ll Derby Reading l2 Egham Ludlow l4 Stockton Newcastle-on-Tyne Bibury 5t0ckbridge............_ Winchester ~.1G 99 Knutsford ..23 Marlborough 25 Goodwood ... 29 18 20 25 26 26 28 SEPTEMBER. Warwick Sept 2 Lichfield Linealn lO Doncaster. Leic..ster . 16 24 Cardiff "4 Walsall 9 4 Manchester Autumn ...26 Newmarket F,,0 30 OCTOBER. Kelso 1 Newmarket S 0 l3 Chester Autumn 7 Warwick Autumn 2l Bedford 9 I Newmarket if 27 Wrexham Autumn NOV E Worcester Autumn 4 Tarporley Hunt BER. Liverpool Autumn l2 Shrewsbury Autumn lB Irish Racing Fixtures for 1856, JUNE. Tramore Earilyeigh LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(.his Day.) LONDON, May 22.—Wino &hts day at noon, light westerly airs and dull hazy weather, with rain. PORTSMOUTH, May 21. —Wind S.E.—Arrived.—Wel lesley, from London, for Calcutta; Germania (s. tpt.), London, for Queenstown ; Runnymede, London, for Free mantle. Sailed--Sea King, for Sydney, N.S.W. ; Mar garet Evans, Now York. FALMOUTH, Mal- 21.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Candade, from Santos. Off the port—Canton, from New Orleans. NEWPORT, May 21.—Wind E. to S.E.—Sailed—W. S. Lindsay, for New York ; United, St. Thomas ; Caro line Nesmith, New York. LOWESTOFT, May 21.—The Mars, from Middlebzoi, for Cuba, has put in with cargo shifted and must discharge. A light schooner, bound north, is on the Sohn Sand. COWES, May 21.—Wind S.E.—Arrived.—iEgir, from naTana. OM ELECTRIC TELr,GRAPII.) SOUTHA,TPTON, Thursday liornirg. Sailed—Severr, steam-transport, for Balziklava ; Eliza, Melbourne. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning. Wind N.W. Arrived—lndian Queen, from Hobart Town ; Ocean Pearl. New Orleans; Margaret, Havre ; Mary E. Balkh and Clara Wheeler, New Orleans. Sailed—Matilda, for Demerara ; H.M.S. Belize. QUEENSTOWN, May 20. Wind S.S.E. Arrived—Pacific, from Honduras; Amelia,from Requ *dm. Saaled—Hutspur, for Quebec. (BY it;f3MABINZ AND BI ITISIT TELEGBAP 5.) DEAL, Thursday, 9.35 a.m. _ _ _ Wind variable. Passed, 21th—Lord Delaval, from Shields, for Point do Gale. • Passed in tow—H. 31.5. Ithadamanthus, from Woolwich, for westward ; Lloyd's, from London, for Sydney.: Dr. G. N. Edwards has been appointed to the office of a , sistant physician to the City of London Hospital for Diseases of the Chest, Victoria-park, in the room of Dr. Andrew Clark, recntly resigned. STEAM COMMUNICATION BETWEEN LIVERPOOL AND CANADA. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday. The Canadian Steam Navigation Company's screw steam-ship Indian, Captain T. Jones (under contract with her Majesty's provincial government for the conveyance of the mails), sailed from the Mersey to-day for Quebec and Montreal, with mails, 82 cabin and 192 steerage passengers, with a large and valuable cargo of merchandise on freight. Tue AMERICAN MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, May 21. The United States' mail steam-ship Washington, Captain Cavendy, sailed this afternoon for New York, with the German, French, and English mails, 195 passengers, and a fair amount of English and French merchandise. The Vanderbilt line steamer North Star, Lieut. Hunter, U.S.N., is expected to-morrow from New Y ork, en rode for Bremen, with mails and passengers. She will bring dates to the 10th inst. ALICE GuEv.—The iVolverhampton Chronicle states that this notorious impostor, who, it will be well recol lected, was sentenced by Mr. Baron Bramwell at the last assizes to four years' penal servitude for wilful and corrupt perjury, was removed on Wednesday last from the county gaol, at Stafford, where she had been impri soned since her conviction, to Millbank Prison, pursuant to her sentence. DEPARTURE OF MORMONS FOR UTAH.—Yesterday morning, at half-past six, a party of Mormons, compris ing several families, in all 152 . men, women, and chil dren, under the care of elders Squire: and Broderick, lift London by the London and North-Western Railway for Liverpool, there to embark, with other parties from different parts of the country, for Boston, whence they will proceed by the new northern route to the promised land. KOSSUTH IN NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE.—M. Kossuth, at the invitation of a considerable number of the inhabi tants, has been lecturing upon the Concordat in New castle-on-Tyne this week to large audiences. His recep tion has been most enthusiastic, and oil Monday be was accompanied by a procession of 10,000 persons to the lecture ball. He will be entertained at a public breakfast this day (Thursday), when Sir John Fife will preside. M. Kossuth seemed to be only in poor health, as if worn dawn with the excitement of the large meet ings he has recently addressed. The whole of the pro ceeds of the Newcastle lectures will be presented to him. A curious trial took place recently at a Rhenish tr.- bunal. A man possessed some nut trees, of which the branches hung over the ground of a neighbour, who picked up the ripe nuts that fell from the tree and also broke some branches. For this the latter was prose cuted for theft and trespass, but acquitted on the ground that he was entitled to profit by the fruit growing over his own pr perry. Appeal wai made from this. decision, and the judgment reversed by the superior tribui,al, be cause the principles of civil law ordain that all fruit and branches belong to the stem, and the stem to him upon whose ground it is planted, and that the right of pro party of the latter does not cease with the extension over neighbours' ground, no matter bow far this extension. The accused was consequently condemned on both counts. OPEN-ATR PREACH' YG.—Prea - hing in the open air has been rr commenced in some of the large towns of Yorkshire by clergymen of the Church of England. The congregations are generally numerous and always atten tive, and one of the ministers at Leeds reports that larger congregations have been observed at his church on the Sunday evenings after Divine service has been cele brated in the open air. The Dissenters are bestirring themselves in imitation of this example. At a meeting of the principal members of the Wesleyan Society, held at Lincoln, it was resolved that a series of open-air preachings should be commenced in the more destitute localities of the city, and that the services should be continued in the winter evenings in cottages, or other convenient places, so as to bring all the poor, if possible, under the sound of the Gospel. LAUNCH or THE TORlNO—Yesterday afternoon another splendid specimen of naval architecture was launched frond Mr. Mare's yard at Blackwell. The vessel was a fine screw frigate, named the Torino. It is the fourth vessel built by Mr. Mare for the Genoese Transat lantic Company. Its length between the perpendiculars was 263 feet 4 inches ; length of keel for tonnage, 240 feet 6 t inches ; breadth for tonnage, 38 feet ; depth in midships, 26 feet 6 inches ; tonnage, 1347 44-94. The engines are to be of 300-horse power, by Maude lay, Son, and Field. The Torino was designed by Mr. James Ash. The laucch was witnessed by a select and fashionable circle, who afterwards partook of a rechercA6 luncheon at the Brunswick Hots]. Several vessels were building in the yard, which attracted much attention, especially the Havre, for the South Western Company. ALGERIA.—WhiIst great inundations have taken place in France, Africa has been suffering from drought. At Constantina the natives last week had recourse to what they consider an infallible means of obtaining rain—the ceremony of ducking, with religious forms, in the near est fiver the half-witted creatures called marabouts. Five or six of these men were conveyed in procession to the Roumel, and there plunged several times in succes sion into the water, the persons composing the proces sion at the same time singing and shouting. One of them, who was unwilling to be ducked, was thrown into the river by force, and when he came out he declared in a passion that no rain should fall for a year. The next day, however, to the great delight of the natives, clouds covered the sky, and after a while abundant rain fell. Of course they ascribed this result to the ducking of the marabouts. STATE OF TRADE'.---NOTTINGHA3I, Wednesday.—The lace trade is in a a very satisfactory state, and, alth oug h more quiet of late, still the fine genial weather of the present month will render the demand for fancy arti cles more brisk. We are now between the sprin g and summer seasons, and the quietness of the trade at the present tune is what always occurs at corresponding periods, and at this particular season manufacturers pre pare for the summer trade. From present appearances there will, in all probability, be an active summer de mand. The hosiery trade is also rather more quiet than it was a few weeks ago ; on the whole, however, the trade is in a very healthy condition, and we are expect ing a good summer trade. Yarns are firm, at high prices. CHEAP PIITSIC.—Bet about doing good to somebody. Put on your bat and go and visit the poor ; inquire into their wants, and administer unto them ; seek out the desolate and oppressed, and tell them of the consolations of religion. I have often tried this, and found it the best medicine for a heavy heart —Howard VANITY or RANK.—Alexander the G'reat, seeing Diogenes looking attentively at a largo collection of human bones, piled one upon another, asked the phi• losopher what he was looking for, "I am searching," said Diogenes, "for the bones of your father, b u t I cannot distinguish them from those of his dam." THE TRIAL OF PALMER. ( From the Times.) The evidence of one witness on the trial of Win. Palmer is of especial interest to the community, and, as any comment upon it can have no effect upon the case, we call attention to it at once. The pecuniary troubles of the prisoner for many months previous to the death of his companion Ceok are detailed at great length by Mr. Thomas Pratt, solicitor, of Queen-street, Mayfair. The history is instructive for those who may at any time feel in clined to begin the seductive practice of borrowing money on their own personal security. It certainly requires no great arithmetical genius to calculate what 1,0001., at 60 per cent. payable monthly, will amount to in a given term of years, nor is there much forethought necessary to show a man, with the most unceasing arid fortunate exertions, he is hardly likely to extricate himself from debt which increases with such terrible rapidity. Tho evidence of Mr. Pratt is an old tale, and often told —the first small loan duly repaid, then a larger sum, then the bor rower's acceptances, then those presumed to be his mother's bills renewed, interest payable monthly, threatening letters, entreaties for delay, falsehood, forgery, appropriation, of another man's money, and then the final crash. It is worthy of attention l in all its naked simplicity. About two years and a half since the acquaint ance between Palmer and Mr. Pratt began, Palmer borrowed 1,0001., which he repaid. More seems to have been borrowed during the ensuing year from Pratt or other persons, for when Anne Palmer, the prisoner's wif e , died, and Mr. Pratt received 8,0001. from the offices on account of the policies on her life, 6,5001. was at once applied in payment of bills due. In April, 1855, Mr. Pratt was again applied to for a l oan o f 2,0001., on a bill purporting to be accepted by Mrs. Sarah Palmer, and by November last there were eight bills held. by Mr. Pratt or his clients, the total amount being 12,5001. " The interest," says the witness, " was paid monthly. With two exceptions, these bills were discounted at the rate of 60 per cent." Thus the interest to be paid by Palmer for money bor rowed within seven months was probably upwards of 6,0001. a-year, the income of a leading barrister or physician. If the prisoner had become possessed. of an annuity equal to the salary of a Judge or a Minister of State, it must have been swept away yearly during his whole life in merely paying the interest of this temporary " accommodation." No wonder there are soon urgent letters on the part of Mr. Pratt and evasive answers from bis client. Walter Palmer is dead, but, even if the Prince of Wales Insurance-office will way the 13,0001., it can not be received directly; so Mr. Pratt writes, "Do pray think about your three bills so shortly becoming due. If Ido not get a positive appointment from the office to pay, which I do not expect, you must he prepared to meet them, as agreed. You told me your mother was coming up this month, and would settle them." Again, on the 2d of October, "Bear in mind that you must be prepared to cover your .tiother's acceptances due at. the end of the month." On the 18th, " I send copies of two letters I have received. As regards the first, it shows how im portant it is that you or your mother should pre pare for the payment of the 4,0001. due in a few days." What is the position, then, of Palmer ? He has 4,0001. to pay, and can only pay 2501., and pro mise 2501. more. " For lt goodness sake, do not think of writs. . . . I will get you the money, even if i pay 1,0001. for it." The two sums of 2501. -eem to have mollified Mr. Pratt for a few days. On the 31st of October he writes—" The 2501. in regis tered letter duly received to-day. With it I have been enabled to obtain consent to the following." And then he tells Palmer that, with the exception of issuing writs against his mother, no proceeding as to service shall be made until the morning of Saturday, the 10th, " when you are to send up the 1,0001. or 1,5001. You will be debited with a month's interest of the whole 4,0001. out of the money sent up." On Nov. 11 Palmer was not ready with the 1,0601., but he brought 3)01., making in all 8001. paid--2001. " was de ducted for interest, leaving 6001." Thus, out of the money which Palmer had scraped. together in the course of the past month, a fourth, 2001., went as the month's interest of the 4,0001. Of course Mr. Pratt was still pressing for his balance of 3,4001. On the 17th Palmer is able to send a check for 2001. ; on the 19th he pays in 501., and promises 4501., which accordingly was liquidated out of Cook's money. But even then the call was for more. On the very day of Cook's death Palmer writes, " I will send you the 751. to-mor row." This 751. it afterwards appears was for the renewal of a bill for 1,5001. for one month, being a t the same reasonable rate of 60 per cent. On the 21th of November Palmer paid as small a sum as 251. on account of a 2,0001. bill, due a month before. Such are the transactions at this present day between borrower and lender. A mai involves himself in debt, of which the interest every eighteen months equals the principal, and another is found to lend him the- money, with,-we must presume, a knowledge that he has no settled occu pation, and that his resources are only derived from the betting-ring, or contingent on what he may inherit from his relatives. These are not transac tions between a youth at the University and a wine merchant acquainted with his prospects. They seem the ordinary dealings between two grown-up men, each of whom has had considerable experi ence of the world, and especially of that shrewd class with which Cook and Palmer associated. One man forges his mother's name, and pays 60 per cent. to have the bills renewed ; the other takes his 60 per cent., which Mrs. Palmer is sup posed to allow her son to pay for the accommoda tion. It cannot be doubted that, although commercial pursuits are highly honourable, such a trade as that of Mr. Pratt and his " clients," of whom he " obtains consent" when a bill is to be renewed, is hardly calculated to improve the public morality. The wonder to a reflecting man is, how any one should give way to such madness as to in volve himself in meshes from which he must in reason be convinced there is no escape. The sud den pressure of some " debt of honour" leads, probably, to the first application, and once fairly entangled, there is no escape. One who trusts so much to fortune as the betting man no doubt thinks that the next " event" will bring deliverance from all his troubles, and first in confidence, and at last in desperation, he continues his terrible course. It may be beyond the power of law to pre vent such dealings, but we may certainly say that the man who supplies money to one thus rushing to ruin deserves any loss he may sustain, and that any thing which may lessen the gainfulness of his trade will be a benefit to society. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) GENET:AL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended May 22,185 G, made up from the Retrtras of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and %Vales per Imperial Quarter. (I EAGLET. OATS. GTE. BEANS. PEAS • 68, / 91 I 403 01 23s 51 41e 4d 4ls 71 39s Lid THE SIX WEEKS' AvERAGE. WHEAT. LARIAT. OATS. k 81E. BEANS,. PEAS. 68s l.i 39s 10d 233 5d ( 41s 10d r 41s 6d 38s 7d QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 126,236; Barley, 17,166; Oats, 12,997; 8ye,9 , 3; Beans,, 4,718; Yeas, 428 qitariers. MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—We had a very d ell trade, as follows :—Beef, from 33 Od to 44s d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 81 ; Lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 10d ; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 10(1 ; Pork, 3s 2d to 4s Sd per Sibs, by the eareaae. SOUTHALL, May 21. —The supplies of stock wore very mo derate, and the demand ruled steady, on higher terms. Beef, from 3s 44 to 4s Sd ; Mutton. 3s 104 to 5s 4d ; Lamb, 5s Od to Gs Od ; Veal, 4s 01 to 5s Oil ; Pork, 3s 64 to 48 Gd per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, May 14.—We had a firm trade to - day, at 24 to 44 per Sibs more money. Beef, from 3s Gd to 4s 8d • Mutton, 3s 104 to ss6d ; Lamb, 5s 44 to 6s 6d ; Veal, CI to 5s 2d ; Pcrk, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per Sibs. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD. —Meadow hay, 3/ 53 to 6/ 10s ; clover do. 51 GS to 61 15s; and straw, 11 5s to 1/ 105 per load. Trade dull. CUMBERLAND. — Meadow hay, 31 I.os to 61 10s ; clover do., 5/ Os to 61 14s ; and straw, 1/ ,5s to 1/ 10s per load. A moderate supply and a sluggish demand. WEITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 31 8s to 6/ 6s; clover do., 51 Os to 61 15s ; and straw, 1/ 5a to 11 103 per load.. Supply rather limited, and trade dull. TRW, OF HORSFALL'S WROUGHT-IRON GUN.—LIVER rooL, Wednesday.—A series of experiments have been made with Messrs. Horsfall's monster wrought-iron gun (Neighing 21 tons 17 cwt., and some pounds) this after noon on the shore of the estuary of the Mersey, about rine miles north of Liverpool. Seven charges were fired ; the first with 101 b. of powder and blank cartridge ; the second with 1036. of powder and a shell 1941 b. weight, the gun t eing elevated one degree ; the third with 101 b. powder and shell, elevation four degrees ; and three other charges with 20Ib. powder and shot and shell, the seventh round being 301 b. powder and a shot 2841 b. This was the most successful of the seven ex periments; the gun was elevated 73 dPgrees. The first richochet was at a distance of 2,000 yards, and the extreme distance obtained was a bout 2.1 miles. This, with only 301 b. powder—one-third less than the maximum charge—is extremely good, and leaves no doubt that a ball 3001 b. weight may be_shot with effect five miles. The experimenrs were under the direction of Lieutenants Sothern and Walden, of the Royal Lan cashire Militia Artillery, assiste d b y Mr. Clay, m anager for MeQsrs. Horsfall. There were also present Admiral Grenfell, of the Brazilian service, Captains Adams and Midleton, of the Militia Artillery, and a large company, military and civilians. The experiments are to be con tinued to-morrow (Thursday), Friday, and Saturday. The aim is beautifully accurate, the balls and shell fol lowing each other in a direct line. Two of them fired with a 201 b. charge were afterwards found within six or seven yards of each other, ;ices rs in ;e of duce , icon ,and dble. redit S his 'law, have His eded 20 16 20 z 0 104) 100 100 IDO 100 too - 12 s 1 100 100 :0 10P 21i 100 1;)0 1 ' 3? Is all all 1 100 100 100 LOO 100 100 IJO 7; 4717 a 80; 1 16 lli i 71i i 61 9 1 a 59 i 121 i -:. ~~ anwor.a.