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THE StlN, LOINI)ON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 3, 1864. they been able to observe in hinny of the peculiarities which they are in the habit of remeing among the insane. (Signed) W. CHARLES 00D, M.D., Visitor of Chancery Latics. JOHN CHARS BUCKNILL, M.D., Visitor of (incery Lunatics. JOHN MEvE:M.D., Medical Super intendent the Criminal Lunatic Asylum. Iromminmedi THE *J tNV•' ASION OF SCHLESWIG, sensible. It is fine weather for marching and fight ing, and if the cold is sufficiently severe in Schleswig l . .re om the Times Correspondent.) to freeze the water defences on which the Danes HAMBURG, Jan. 31, greatly reckon, the moment would be favourable for As is some' times the case on the eve of a struggle, the Germans. On this head I shall know more at the nearer or ,e gets to its contemplated scene the Kiel. more unanin lons becomes the opinion concerning it. The Crown Prince of Prussia passed through In England. , judging from what I hear from travel- Hamburg this morning on his way to Marshal lers recent'o, ; arrived thence, many still believe in Wrangel's head quarters. Prince Frederick of the mainte r ance of peace; in Berlin, where the rea- Auguatenburg—or the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, eons are Metter understood that render this most as he is now invariably called in these parts—has difficult, 1 lemons are still to be found who, although left Kiel for a few days' shooting on the estate of they can hardly state plausible grounds for the hope Col. Buehwaldt, at Neundorf, about 20 miles from COURT °DIVORCE. or fear, 5 et imagine that war may be averted. But that town. There are a good many people going (Before the Jge Ordinary.) here, in Hamburg, at three hours' rail from the out shooting just now in that direction, and we may 'KA.NE ANTA.LMEILSTON (VISCOUNT). Al i t g lio A rgh y th . this case did na pear in the list for the da Eider, I have met with nobody who did not seem hear of some very big bags being made before many it was understood the mattwould P come on before his lord ' : convinc ad that Denmark and Germany (so far days are over, You will probably have learnt by ship rose ; and the courwas therefore inconveniently at least as Prussia and Austria represent the latter telegraph that the Danes have begun to retire from crowded during the whole the morning, both by members country') are on the very verge of inevitable hosti- the Eider. For some days past it has not been ex- of the bar and by the'gcral public. The following affi lilies. It is hardly necessary to add that the petted that they would make a stand on this side davits, which had been ll at the last moment, and which were i e ER referred to, MAJESTY'S may co hE r te o r it ee p ti opiaioia is equally unanimous as to the side of the t he Dannewer k. That is their stronghold , the ir i n v g o . ace (sic) INE MATRl question on which the right is, and that one hears "q uadril ateral , " and they are not going to risk a I u lAL CAUSES. on all sides, here and in Altona, the most fer- Solferino bfengaging superior forces in front of the " Between Timothy ;eph O'Kane, petitioner, and Mar vent wishes expressed for the speedy ejection of , good defensive position it affords. The universal garet Matilda Auga O'Kane, respondent, Henry John the Danes from Schleswig. Anybody who came to opinion here seems to be, so far as I have had time Temple Viscount Imerston, co-respondent. Hamburg to try to get at both sides of the question to ascertain it, that they certainly will fight. There London, e I, Th s c o s i . jc W ito e r l .i let k ' o 47, th Moor d gate-street, in the City of would make but a bootless journey. You may find is great irritation on both sides, and the conflict, 1. That I aro solicitor to the petitioner on the record ; not a few persons among the very intelligent when once engaged, ought to be both fierce and that the particles required by the order of the co-respon inhabitants of this great and prosperous city who stubborn. The forcing of the Dannewerk seems dent on Nov. 11863, were immediately prepared and ready will state the case temperately and in a moderate considered tantamount to the expulsion of the Danes for delivery,lavere delayed being filed solely because n and impartial spirit; but the result arrived at is from Schleswig. There is no position, lam as• gotiations fca settlement of the cause were soon after invariably the same—the one inexorable condition sured, in rear of that line, of a nature t o encourage commencedal which were only completed on Saturday, , of contentment is the absolute severance of the a defeated army to rally and defend it. Jan. 16, V and when my costs were paid. " 2. VI am informed and verily believe the petitioner Duchies from Denmark. As regards war, the mere The report, of the accuracy of which strong doubts and the pondent were married at a house in St. George's. passage of such large bodies of troops through the were recently expressed to you from Berlin, of a in-theast, in the county of Middlesex, on the 2d day of place suffices to inspire the belief that they will neighbourly convention between Denmark and Swe- Octal 1851, by a Catholic priest regularly ordained, and hardly return without blows having been struck den, in virtue of whioh the Stockholm Government act' with full jurisdiction for celebrating the marriage wall the and that and essential formalities of the Catholic from a frontier where they will fi nd themselves, so wouldsend troops to occupy Copenhagen and Zealand, uanpdtot about t ou th t e t y ho liv l9 d th an ot d . c o o o le t a o b b i e t r ed I toleth on er d as w m e a r n e to speak, foot to foot with the foe. But, apart from so as to allow all the Danish army to be sent to the 1 4 rd wife i i , the impression made by the martial display and by front, has been received since I wrote. Information_ mown and respected as such by good society. the arrival of an army from Germany's southern- I have obtained here induces me to renew the e "3. That it is wholly untrue that the petition was pre most State to array itself on her most northern pression of my disbelief in its correctness, Reit sented and filed and served for the purpose of ex frontier, every probability seems in favour of a fight, letters from Gottenbnrg declare it wholly did of tortion, and that, according to my instructions, and to the best d of my knowledge h and be d lief, the petitioner had always supposing the general conviction correct foundation. A Dane lately told me thate and ofa g m o y o case ow i. u d p: o n o t nd e h m e e li r e i f ts, n a o n fao t t h o er in e aorxeisttoontohee from that the Danes will not quit Schleswig, except at many of his countrymen would extremel'egret to the bayonet's point. The time appears, indeed, corn- see Swedish troops occupying their vital, and which the said Charles Horsley could believe as he has pletely past for the discussion of the legal or di lo- that feeling is doubtless to be taken 'connexion sworn in the last paragraph of his affidavit filed in this roatic question. It may return soon, let us hope, with the designs of the Scandinaviaearty. Yon motion. and be more successfully employed, but just now remember the reports current just zer the death "4. That I have been instructed to stay all proceedings the voice of the cannon seems about temporarily to of Frederick VII., and when it wasabted whether in this suit by a letter received from my client, the petitioner, replace all other arguments pro and con. The re. Christian IX. would sanction st unlucky joint of which the following is a true copy : spective theories of Russell and of Bismark on the Constitution,—rumours with iich the name of " 47, Moorgate-street, City, Jan. 16, 1864. " MYSELF V. PALMERSTON AND O'KANE Treaty of 1852, its value, the pretensions of Au us- Prince Oscar of Sweden were .inected . They may " Dear Sir,—Yielding to the advice of m friend ' s, I have tenburg, &c., fall into the background for the mo- think at Copenhagen that it bad enough to have decided to drop the above suit; and I hereby y instruct you meat, in presence of the conflict about to commence Schleswig overrun by Geras , without risking the to stay all further proceedings. I adopt this course sol e ly .—which must commence, apparently, barring the proclamation of a Swat Sovereign in Zealand. for the sake of my young children, and not from any inabi intervention of something not unlike a miracle. We Without impeaching . good faith of the Swedish lity to establish the allegations contained in my petition, or are told of a strong note sent by our Government Government, there a party in Denmark itself t ... 0 prosecute the suit to a successful conclusion, as the l et t ers oeffs e u r b ed m; i d ma to f y a ou, eie e an ve d ry the ro o b t a h b e i r lit evi o d f en u eo cc l e a s i s d be o fore n t y h ou, two or three days ago to that of Prussia. It will which might endfour to profit by an opportunity. be of no avail. The Germans do not believe that And the povertof Sweden might make her hesi letters and correspondence ' , fortified y by the opinion of coun ese - England will fight in a quarrel which does not more tate before thucpense of despatching an army sel, you undertook the suit by my instructions, and I feel directly affect her interests or touch her honour abroad, (trot with the certainty of advantages to perfectly satisfied with your pr o f ess i o nal cond u ct as we ll as than this about the Duchies. They greatly doubt be gaineor at least of compensation. that of your managing clerk, Mr, Weston, who were not that her respect for the Treaty of 1852, and her P.c-Since the above was written I find that the deterred from undertaking the just cause by the franti c h ow l conviction of the importance of preserving Schles- wh of the Austro-Prussian forces will not have of a venial and corrupt press—the cause of ri g ht aga i nst hy gieth e e of m t o h s e t L em on p d h oantioend coot tr h a e diction to that wig from being trampled by a German army will erred Holstein before Tuesday night at soonest. papers a n a s i s g e h r t t io n I h ra a e L to s v o m induce her to send troops to Denmark, and to risk '3 last of the Austrians are here, completing about I was in the employment of either of you —my own resources detriment to her trade and increase of her income- 000 men. Twenty-eight to thirty thousand and those of my friends having enabled me to live indepen tax. We hear reports of a contemplated expedition amine have passed here and at Lubeck. Some dent of such aid. I was lawfully married to my wife, the of 20,000 or 25,000 British troops, bat such a force ifantry of the Prussian Guard and some other respondent in this snit, by a Catholic priest regularly or would not suffice in addition to the little army oaattalions have still to come, and will be followed dained, and acting with full jurisdiction, and celebrating by the heavy artillery. The head-quarters of the the C mar h ria l Fe w h ith h all t i he h. rites , and essential formalities of Austrians are at Nordtorf, and of the Prussians at ue co d urt hav A e s be t e o n th sa a ti l s to g fact i orily proved t had the u case e gone into acts te t e Bordesholm. Should the Danes be dislodged from of a d u lt er y th e corres p on d ence and other evidence would the Dannewerk, the next position they could take leave no doubt had the case gone before a jury. — I am, up is at Ban, by Flensburg, whence their retreat yours truly, (Signed) "T. J. O'Keens. would be to the island of Alsen, opposite to which "Mr. Thomas Wells, solicitor, 47, Moorgate-st,, City. the Germans would have to leave a strong force to ', Sworn at No. 19, Coleman-street, in the City of London, this Ist day of February, 1864, before keep them in check while the main body advanced m e, ~ PHILIP SMITH COX." into the north of Schleswig. The Alsen Sound, On the same day Mr. Horsley made the following affidavit : between that island and the mainland, is very nar- "I, Charles Horsley, of No. 2, Staples-inn, solicitor for row, bat extremely deep, allowing the passage of the respondent, make oath and say— large ships of war. "1. That I was on the morning of the 27th day of Ja nuary last (the day after the rule nisi for the dismissal of this petition was obtained) served with a notice from Mr. Thomas Wells, the petitioner's solicitor, stating that this suit had been compromised. " 2. I thereupon, on the saidiflth day of Jan., wrote and sent to Mr. Wells a letter, of which the following is a true copy : W. HELPsd.D., Medical Superin tendent oho Royal Bethlem Hos pital. LAW INTELLICNCE,---(Feb. 2,) Denmark, and, moreover, supposing that it won' it cannot arrive in time. If it comes of conm must be to fight ; as a mere garrison for Copenl , ,,n and the islands it is not required. A Britisl - aa dron in the Baltic, say some, a rigorous binge of all the German ports, would soon brir.em to reason. It might do so ultimately. it it will hardly stay the advance of 70,000 P;;Anstrians .who, before a week is out, will be .ged along the Eider. In short, the feeling .g the Germans seems to be that if Englar anything, it may have influence on the pry ss or close of the war, but it will not preve., -.. beginning. The only thing that might, e ~.übably would, even at the point to which ‘ gs' • have come, make the two great Germaz Jicr ers to hesitate, and perhaps to recedo, ..ttcided declaration on the part of Frar, s ipoubtless, that would have a great effect, ea ,;illy on Austria. France, however, it seems TOWNLEY DECLARED SANE. " ' 2, Staples Inn, Jan. 27, 1864 " ' O . RANE DIVORCE PETITION. erally believed, will do nothing of the sort, but will maintain her independent attitude, sulking over the rejected Congress, and will let the cannon speak before uplifting her own voice. Whatever she as yet has done in slpport of British urgency has evidently been too light to have weight at Berlin and Vienna. " Sir,—ln consequenca of the receipt this moment of a notice from you, 'that this suit having been compromised (and of which you must be fully aware) I am instructed by the petitioner to withdraw from it, as his solicitor, and therefore refuse and decline to receive any more notices or letters from you in it.' I beg at once to inform you, that neither directly nor indirectly Lave I heard a syllable of the suit (by which I presume you meant the petition for a divorce) having been compromised. And I further beg to inquire from you when, where, or by whom it was, as you allege, so compromised. Unless you prove to me that the petition has beeu compromised by the respondent, I shall on Tuesday nest proceed exactly as if your notice had not been received. And I beg further to give you notice that I shall use this letter in evidence before the court.—Yours, acc,, CHARLES HORSLEY, solicitor for the respondent.' " 'To Mr. Thos. Wells, solicitor to the petitioner, 47, Moorgate-street, City.' "3. No answer of any kind has been returned by.the said Mr. Thomas Wells to my said letter. It was fully expected that the summons to the Danes to evacuate Schleswig would have been de spatched before the end of the month now expiring, bat the bringing up of the troops has taken rather more time than was calculated upon, and this is the cause of the delay. Through Hamburg and Lubeck the armed tide has flowed in two concurrent streams. Austrians are still passing through this city, but it is believed the last will leave to-day. One sees them in the streets and sauntering on the broad walks of the Jungfernstieg, in white coats and gray, infantry, cavalry, and artillery, some with the queer melon-shaped caps which the French laugh at, Eome in the tight blue pantaloons of the Hungarian regi ments ; and many are the tongues in which they discurse. " 4. Up to this time no further step has been taken by, or on behalf of, the petitioner in the prosecution of the said petition, as I have ascertained by inquiry at the proper office of this honourable court on making this my affidavit. "5. Upon inquiry of the solicitors of the co-respon dent on the 30th of January last, whether they had heard or knew of any compromise of the said petition by or on be half of their client, I was assured that no such compromise was known to or had been heard of by them on the part of the co-respondent. A train full of Italian cavalry or artillery went by on Friday at a station at which I found myself. We are accustomed to hear of the French in a good many places—sometimes, as at Rome, in places where they have no business to be, or, as in Mexico, in places whither they rather wish they had not gone—but really, when we look back on the last eight or ten years, it seems as if the Austrians were still more übiquitous, at least as far as Europe is concerned. One meets them quite as old acquaintances. Here are the same uniforms and some of the very same faces which I saw, only the other day it seems, living in fat and almost free quarters in Wallachia, and lording it over the malcontent Italians in Lombardy. Gladly would they have remained in both places; but though expelled thence, in one case by a peace and in the ether by a war, we still find them pretty widely spread from the Danube to the Rhine, and down to that Mincio which their brave columns crossed, after a reverse which was no disgrace, on the bloody evening of Solferino. And now, here we have them on the Elbe, bound northwards to the Eider, a fine army, although of many races and a very Babel of tongues. In Holstein they go east wards, and the Prussians west, Rendsburg being the point where the armies touch each other. Neu munster and Kiel are the chief Prussian places of ren dezvous; but it is presumable that the former will only be a place of passage, as the whole army is to be echeloned along the Eider. According to information on which I have reason to rely, the combined army numbers 68,000 men. Besides these there are the 12,00 0 Saxons and Hanoverians, but it is, of course, a question now far the co-operation is to be reckoned upo n. The Austria-Prussians have a superabundance of cavalry, which racy be said to diminish their ap• parent strength, since in an attack on the Danne werk it would be of compe rat i ve i_ y little use, the work there being for infantry and artillery. As re gards the strength of the Danish army in Southern Schleswig, an excellent authority in Hamburg yes terday told me it was from 55,000 to 40,000 ; an equally good one in Altona stated it is certainly not exceeding 30,000. So we may take it as from 30,000 to 35,000 at the outside. The whole Danish army is not more than 50,000, and we must allow for troops in gar risons out of Schleswig and for the bAttalion s of Holateiners and Schleswigers which luso been weaketf2d by desertions, or which it is Beamed unsafe to bring to the front. Some Scbles v,.gers are quartered in the Island of Alsen—not utoile, but mingled with troops on whoms Sch l eswig re liance can be placed. I n the town of ac cording to very recent int elligencethe e re h w es e w re ig l,ooo I „ e n. The great length of the D i annewerk and of the lake in connection with it, r en d ers a large force ficcessary for its defence. The state of the weather „Hi make a great difference in the prospects of both parties. Thursday was a pouring day in Hamburg, ' mi t at night a keen wind sprung up f rom the north, and before morning everything was ironbound with frost, and the cold was very severe all Friday. yes terday was brig ht a nd sunny, and there were so me indications of a thaw, but the frost held to a con siderable extent; there was skating in the warmest part of the day, and last night it again froze, a lthough the absence of winl mi.kes the cold h:13,3 "6, No compromise of this petition, direct or indirect, has emanated from, been sanctioned by, or known to me, as so licitor to the respondent ; and I am informed by the respon dent, and verily believe, that no such compromise has been suggested, sanctioned, or heard of by her, and that no per son has seen her upon the subject of a compromise thereof. —CHARLES HORSLEY." Mr. D. Seymour, Q.C. (with whom was Mr. Joyce), on behalf of the respondent, moved to make the rule to dismiss the petition absolute. Sir J. Wilde—The case is not in the list. Mr. G. Browne—l appear on behalf of the petitioner. Sir J. Wilde—But is the co-respondent represented ? The Queen's Advocate—Yes, my lord, by myself. We have not received any formal notice of this proceeding; but if the motion goes on I will appear for Lord Palmerston; and will offer no technical objection on the ground of want of notice. Mr. Browne—ln this case my friend Mr. Seymour has kindly shown me the affidavit which has been made by his client. The facts therein stated as to the filing of the peti tion, and the order for particulars are perfect:) , correct. On Saturday last the rule was served upon Mr. Wells ; and yesterday Mr. Wells filed an affidavit, to which is appended a letter. To that letter I shall allude but very briefly. In the first paragraph of his affidavit, Mr. Wells says. [The learned gentleman here read the paragraph.] There is here no statement that the settlement has been made either with the respondent or the co-respondent. There is indeed no law that I know of which would prevent a petitioner from settling with the parties whom he alleges to have done him wrong. The law itself prescribes a pecuniary remedy for this evil. There is, therefore, no reason why a petitioner should not make a settlement with those who have wronged him. It is true the law is against a collusion to carry on a suit; hut there is no reason why a settlement should not be come to. In this case, however, it is not so. There is no imputation on the noble co-respondent or on the lady, that either of them knew of the settlement. The second paragraph of the affidavit is as follows :—[This the learned counsel also read.] It is well known that the Roman Catholic church has always looked with peculiar disfavour— The Queen's Advocate—l have not seen any of these affidavits. I was anxious on the part of the co-respondent that the ease should have been disposed of, but really the learned counsel seems to be going into some statement re specting Roman Catholic marriages which has nothing to do, with the matter before the court. ' Sir J. Wilde—The case not having been brought before the court at the proper time, I should certainly not have entertained the application, the less so as, having read the affidavits, I saw in them things which it might he important for the co-respondent to have an opportunity of answering. As therefore the Queen's Advocate says he has not received them, I shall at once put an end to this motion. Until the learned counsel has read them he will not be in a position to exercise a reasonable discretion as to whether he should let the matter proceed or not. The Queen's Advocate—l understood that the question was merely cue of whether cortains directions of the court had been complied with. Sir J. Wilde—That is the only question which is properly before tho court. The Queen's Advocate—Understanding that to be the limited issue before the court, I was ready, and I still am ready, on the part of the co-respondent, though not formally cited here, to allow the matter to go on, in order that there might be no further procrastination is disposing of the suit. If other matters are to be gone into, of course I shoujd re quire time to consider there. Mr. Browne—l have stated that there is no imputation upon the co-respondent that he is cognisant of the arrange- SirJ.Wilde—This matter may be dealt witb.hadopendently of any affidavits. If the learned counsel is prepared to go on without them, there is no reason why he should not do so. But if these affidavits are to be brought in, and irrele vant matters dragged before the court, the Queen's Advo cate ought to have an opportunity of reading them and seeing whether his client should make any answer ? The Queen's Advocate—l hope, after that intimation from the court, the learned counsel will at once throw away these irrelevant matters, and will allow the case to proceed. Mr. Seymour—l am not aware that the affidavit of Mr. Horsley contains any irrelevant matter ; and I hope the court will allow me to refer to it. The Judge—l won't allow the motion to proceed in this half-and-half sort of way. The learned counsel must Like one line or the other, If he likes he may abandon the affi davits; or, if not, ho must allow the Queen's Advocate time to read them. Mr. Browne—Then, my lord, I will adopt the latter alternative. The case then stood over till Thursday neat. The Poor-Law Board and Bethnal-green. The Charges against Dr, Moore. husband had gone errands for Dr. Moore, perhaps every day. Mr. Giffard—Did you think you were persecuted by the board of guardians? Witness—l did not think I was well uaed by them, or properly dealt with, and therefore , that was persecution. (Laughter.) She did not like an inquest to be held on her child. No one asked her to prove anything for Dr. Moore• The next case was that of Mrs. North, and involved the alleged withholding of midwifery fees, but an incidental dis cussion arose as to the handwriting of a letter containing an offer to Mrs. North to make her midwife in a local lying-in hobpital provided she could get Dr. Moore to be her surety. The letter was dated Nov. 11, 1863, and signed Mary Chal loner. Mr. F. Netherclift was examined on the point, and ultimately the inquiry was adjourned. OFFICIAL INQUIRY. Yesterday morning Mr. Lambert, Inspector of the Poor law Board, opened an inquiry at the Workhouse, Victoria SINGULAR AFFAIR AT STONE. _._...._k.__}..Y_.a.,... (From the Birmingham Pose.) A good deal of excitement has been produced in Stone by a somewhat mysterious discovery which was made a few days ago. In a street leading out of the Own resides a member of the medical profession, with his wife and family and in the same house has lived for many years a maiden sister of the wife's. It was known that this lady had lived here and had not been known to leave, and the neighbours sometimes wondered why she was never about, as she had not been seen out of the house for 11 years. It does not, however, seem to have occurred to any one that she might be improperly confined until the recent discovery of a man confined for years by his brother in Cornwall became known, when the concealment of this lady began to be talked about, and several persons appear to have formed the impression that she might be in a similar position. This conjecture ultimately led to an application to the magis. trates for a warrant to investigate the circumstances, and a few days ago two magistrates of the neighbourhood and some police officers entered the house for that purpose. They found the lady in a frontjupper room, sitting on a straw mattress, her limbs drawn close together, and her body leaning forward on them, with but little covering on her, and looking as if she had been indifferently fed. The room had all the appearance of a room which had not been entered for a dozen years, It was covered with dust, dirt, and cobwebs. Under the bedstead and even on the bed (or rather mattress) were piles of dirty plates, altogether about 40, on which the occupant of the room had had her meals served, and on which were bones, some of them yellow with age. She held a bone, which had been polished by licking, tightly gripped in her hand, and was with difficulty in duced to let it go. The mattress was dirty, and also were the scanty bedclothes. A sheet, which had not been in the washtub for a long time, partially covered her, and in the corner of the bed was a dingy blanket, moth-eaten, and appearing to have lain there unused for many months. The person of the occupant of the bed was very neglected, and showed that her ablutions had been rare and not recent. Her hair was matted, and a compact mass of it partially covered her face. Her toe nails had remained uncut so long as to be quite a curiosity in their way. They had grown to a length of about three inches, and were curled some thing in the form of a corkscrew, with sharp points. It is said that the only way of reducing them to their proper proportions will be by sawing them. The finger nails were net so bad, the lady, no doubt, having kept them short by biting them. It is stated that the unfortunate woman has bean confined to this room for 10 or 11 years; hut there are per sons who have seen her within a much more recent period, Park, Bethnal-green, into certain charges preferred by the Board of Guardians against Dr. Edward Moore, medical officer of the first division of Bethnal-green. Mr. Hardinge Giffard, instructed by Mr. Howard, ap peared for the Board of Guradians ; and Mr. Sleigh, in structed by Mr. W. Venn, conducted the defence. The charges in question, it will be remembered, were pre ferred against Dr. Moore immediately following certain in- quests which were held consequent on great and unaccount able mortality in Hollybush-place and the neighbourhood, and which was subsequently proved by scientific evidence to have arisen from malaria, from bad drainage, and general neglect. The local administration at the time denounced Dr. Moore for having caused the inquests to be held, and the board of guardians preferred the following formal charges against him, which are made the subject of inquiry :--]. Neglecting his patients. 2. Making extraordinary claims for vaccination fees, and extra fees as medical officer. 3. Determined opposition to, and the public slander of the board in the newspapers. 4. Getting up unnecessary in quests, for the purpcsa of degrading the parish and bring ing contempt on the poor law system by public appeals to the benevoleut. 5. Neglecting and refusing to keep his books as ordered by the Poor Law Board. The guardians directed the relieving officers to give their assistance in getting up evidence to sustain these charges The first charge investigated was that of neglect o, patients. Elizabeth Mandrel), of Hollybush-place, examined by Mr. Giffard, deposed that she was a married woman. About 12 months ago she was taken ill, and she procured a medi cal order, which in due course was delivered to Dr. Moe. He attended, and said that she was suffering from slow fever, and required nourishment. He did not attend again for ten days. When he called then, he said, " You are very bed." She replied, "You have neglected me in not coming for ten days." He replied, "The money lam paid does not pay me to see paupers every day." He told her she should keep herself warm, and have nourishment. She did not see him again for three days. He then told her that if she re quired medicine she should send to his house for it. She sent her husband for some, and she was n ever attended by Dr. Moore after. She was ill for some weeks after that. In August last, her son, James Mandrell, aged six years, fell ill. She got a medical order at ten o'clock, and gave it to Dr. Moore, who called at three o'clock. He told her to come for medicine at five o'clock. She did so, and got it. -- --- He did not come too him the next day. She thoumhi her son was dying, and she went to Dr. Moore's house, half a mile off, between three and four o'clock. She asked him to see her son, as he was dying. He said, "No ; not to-day." 'Witness said, " Sir, my little boy is that deli rious I cannot keep him in bed." He said, " I cannot keep him in bed for you," She asked for an order to admit the boy into the house, as he (Dr. Moore) said the was not in danger. He gave her the order to have the boy taken into the workhouse. She did not bring the child, because she believed the child would have died on the road. She went to Dr. Drolherton, who said he could not go unless he was paid. She paid him, and the child died the same even ing at eight o'clock. Soon after that her son Joseph be came ill, and on the 15th August she got an order for Dr. Moore to attend. He came at three o'clock, and he said that her son was very bad, and he directed her to give him nourishment and to keep him out in the pure air. Dr. Moore came three or four days after. An interval of three days again elapsed, and Dr, Moore refused to give any me dicine for the child. He called next day, and said the child was very bad, and said she should not have taken him downstairs, but across the Park in the pure air, He told her the child was in no danger. Ho left no medicine,but he told her to come for it. The child died next day. Cross-examined. She had lived there 15 years. She had lost two children there ten years ago. Dr. Moore had not told her to abstain from drink. She did not drink. He did not complain of the filthy state of the children, but he did of the walls of the house. She followed his advice, and went out into the pure air. He did not tell witness to call over to him for her medicine, as the walk round would do her good. She did not send for Dr. Moore during the ten days she was ill—it was his business to come to her. The blame was on his shoulders. Witness never said to him, " You are well paid, and I shall have you whenever I want you." It was on a subsequent occasion that the doctor said ho was not paid to visit patients who were able to come to him themselves. Witness made a complaint to Mr. Christey, the relieving officer, of Dr. Moore's conduct. My hus- band was present at the time. Dr. Moore did not say " the state of tho atmosphere in this place (Hollybush place) is so bad that it is impossible for your son to have a :air chance of recovery if he stays here. and in the opinion of those who are likely to be acquainted with all the circumstances she has not been confined for more than about two years. The strangest part of this strange story is that the lady herself is said to have chosen her retreat, end those who know her peculiarities are dis posed to place some amount of credence in her story. She appears to be about 48 years of age, and to have been all her life known by her relations as a person of queer disposition, and exceedingly unsociable and reserved, and is said to have been crossed in love in her younger days. She had a strong objection, it is stated, to the marriage of her sister with the gentleman in whose house she had been living, and has always shown a great aversion to him. While the many eccentricities of character she seems to have passed may in some measure account for her seclusion, and go to indicate that is was self-chosen, there appears to be no doubt that she was much neglected, and allowed to remain in a state which was scarcely that of a civilised human being. Al though those whose duty it was to look after her cannot be made amenable to law for their neglect, it is satisfactory to learn that the exposure which has taken place will have the effect of rendering her condition much more comfortable than it has been. She has been removed from her prison, cleaned and comfortably clothed, and is we learn now being carefully attended to. It has been suggested that she is insane, but_that does not appear to be the case. An inquiry into that matter, however, will probably be made. It is re ported that she possesses some little property in conjunetien with her brother-in-law. You had better send him into the house, where he will have good air and nourishment." It was witness who first asked for the order for the house, and Dr. Moore at first refused to give it. When she went for Dr. Moore on behalf of her second son she did not tell him the first was dead, though he was only buried a few days. Witness did net take the second child out in the air ; she could not carry him. He was 31 years old. Her daughter could not, for she was a cripple. Dr. Moore did caution her to keep the child away from the drains and filthy gutters in the yard. He told her to take him into the Park, She could get a perambulator, but he did not say that to bring the child for the medicine near the Park would do him good. The day before the child (J oseph) died, Dr. Moore complained that she had let the child stand over a drain, She was in the act of running upstairs with the child when the doctor called out, " Stop ; there is no use in your running ; I see you." Ho said then that she need not be surprised if the child got a fit. She did not recollect that he had cautioned her about the child being in the yard previ ously. It was about a month, or a few weeks before Christ mas that she made the present statement. She made her statement as to what she could prove against Dr. Moore in the workhouse. She had had a letter sent her. She had not seen Mr. Christey long before she got the letter. She would not swear that she bad not seen him after the death of her children, and just before the letter was sent her. She would not swear that no one had called on her about the matter before she got the letter. By Mr. Giffard—Witness had made a complaint to Mr. Cbristey, who said something to her, and in consequence of that she came before the Board of Guardians and made a statement. Mr. Giffard put in the medical relief book, and pointed out that Dr. Moore was entered as having called on Joseph Mandrell on the 23d August and then on the 25th. There was no visit in the interval. Mr. Brotherton, M.R.C.S., 287, Bethnal -green-road. said that he was called to a child of the Mandrel's' in August last that was dying of scarlatina ma ligns. The child was not in a fit state for removal. He did not remember whether Mrs. Mandrell complained of Dr. Moo re ; but if she had he would not have minded it much, as persons of that class made complaints against medical officers so frequently and without grounds.. .Witness had been called in to the child three days before. The mother was excited and crying the night she last called him in. By Mr. Sleigh—lt would be proper and scientific treat• ment in such a case to order pure air and nourishment. He did not consider the ventilation of Hollybush-place was worse than that of other snail houses. By Mr. Giffard —There was nothing peculiar about Holly bush-place excepting the cow-shed. He had fever patients there himself, and they recovered. The Mandrells were ex cessively dirty in their habits. Mr. C. A. Christey said that he was relieving officer in Bettmal-green, and he remembered Mrs. Mandrell apply ing for medical orders for her son James on the 23d July, 1863, and for Joseph on the 15th August following. She made a complaint at the time of the death of James against Dr. Moore. By Mr. Sleigh—She never made more than ono complaint. In the inquiry into witness's own conduct, held at the close of last year, Dr. Moore was examined as a witness in the matter. Witness did not know that the inquiry was caused by a complaint made by Dr. Moore. Witness know that Mrs. Mandrell was coming to prefer a charge against Dr. Moore. By Mr. Giffard—He knew that she had complained, and ho knew she was coming, as ho was asked by the guardians for her address. Witness did not make a statement to the guardians before he was asked for her address. Ellen Ward, 4, Lark-row,Cambridge- heath, was examined by Mr. Sleigh. She said that last year she had lived at No, 10, Hollybush-place. The Mandrells' house and wit ness's were originially one. A slight partition rind a fastened up door separated Mrs. Mandrell's room from hers, and she could hear everything that passed in the next room. On the day before the death of Joseph she obsorvvd the child standing over a sink in the yard. Mrs. Mandrell had been in and out several times. Suddenly she caught up the child, when Dr. Moore appeared, and said, "Step, stop; don't give me the trouble to go upstairs. I told you not to let the child down in the yard. This is how doctors got blamed." Ho spoke to her for a minute or two. After the doctor left, witness saw the child at the water-butt in the yard. That was the 20th of August. By Mr. Giffard—One child of witness's died in Sept,, and she was examined before the board the next week. Dr. Moore had got money for her, perhaps £ 7 or £ B . There was an in quest on her child. Dr. 1%200re never said "You and your husbalill am greatly persecuted by the board of guardians." She had not applied for relief from the relieving Moore. MT ORDERED TO PENAL SERVITUDE FOR LIFE. Yesterday (Tuesday) the visiting justices of Derby received the following important communication from Sir G. Grey -. Whitehall, Feb. 1, 1864. Gentlemen,-1 am directed by Secretary Sir George Grey with reference to previous correspondence with you as to the case of George Victor Townley, to inform you that with the concurrence of the Lord Chancellor, he requested Dr. %V. C. Hood and Dr. J. C. Bucknill, visitors of Chancery lunatics, together with Dr. 'Meyer, the medical superinten dent of the Criminal Lunatic Asylum at Broadmoor, and Dr. Helps, the medical superintendent of Bethlem Hospital, to examine into Townley's state of mind, and to report thereupon. Sir George Grey has received from these gentlemen a re port, a copy of which is herewith transmitted to you. While the letters—copies of which were sent to you on the 23d and 25th ult.—from the magistrates who signed the certifi cates of Townley's insanity leave no reason for doubting that they were convinced of his insanity at the time when the certificates were signed by them, the present report from four medical gentlemen of great experience in mental diseases appears to Sir George Grey conclusive as to Townley being of sound mind. A certificate to that effect, as required by Act 3 and 4 Vic.. c 54, has since been re ceived by the Secretary of State. I am further to inform you that, taking all the circum stances of this case into consideration, her Majesty's Govern ment are of opinion that it would not be right that the capital sentence should now be carried into effect, but that it ought to be commuted to penal servitude for life. This course has therefore been taken, and the prisoner will be dealt with accordingly. I am to add, that it is the intention of her Majesty's Go vernment to propose an amendment of the act under which the certificates of insanity in this case were given.—l am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, W, WADDINGTON. To T. W. Evans, Esq., M.P., and W. Mundy, Esq., M.P. Bethlem Royal Hospital, Jan, 28, 1864. We, the undersigned, having been requested by Secre tary Sir George Grey to examine into the state of mind of George Victor Townley, a prisoner under sentence of death in Behlem Hospital, and to report our opinion as to whether he is of unsound mind, report as follows : e have carefully considered the copies of papers sup plied to us, and on the 26th and 27th days of this month we have had two lengthened interviews with the prisoner; and the conclusion at which we have unanimously arrived is that George Victor Townley is of sound mind. The demeanour of the prisoner during each interview was calm and self-possessed, with the exception that at the com mencement of the second interview he displayed and ex pressed annoyance at the repeated examinations to which he was beingsubjected. Neither in mood of speech nor in look and conduct was there any aign of insanity observable in him. His prompt apprehension of the purport of our questions, and the manner in which he replied to them, indicated the possession of good intellectual capacity. The opinions which he avows, that men, as the creatures of circumstances, are not justly responsible for their actions, are opinions at which he appears to have arrived by ordi nary processes of reasoning. That he knows that he is responsible for the commission of crime is made clear by his own words used to us—" I expected to be hanged because I killed her, and am not such a fool as not to know that the law hangs for murder. I did not think of it at the time, or I should not have done it." We think that his statement, that he killed Miss Good win to repossess himself of her as his property was an after thought adopted to justify his crime. He acknowledged to us that he had come to this opinion after the deed was done. The supposition that he killed Miss Goodwin under the influence of the opinion that in so doing he was repossessing himself of her as his property is inconsistent with his own repeated statement to us that, without forethought of any kind, he killed her under the influence of sudden impulse. He explained to us that by killing Miss Goodwin to re possess himself of her as his property, he simply meant that he took hor out of the hands of his enemies, and placed her in a position where she would wait, and where he would re join her when he died. The prisoner endeavoured to represent the catastrophe to us as due to the influence of sudden impulse, but the details which we elicited from him show that he used threats of murder for some time before he struck the blow. We think that his clear memory of the events attending the crime, and also the attempts which he has made to misrepresent the state of his mind and memory at the time of these events are evidence of his sanity. We are of opinion that he does not entertain any delu sion on the subject of a conspiracy against him, but that he uses the term conspiracy to express the real opposition which he has met with from the members of Miss Good win's family to his engagement with her, and also to express the feeling that they are hostile to him. We have considered the evidence of hereditary pre disposition to insanity given in the papers supplied to us, and our opinion of the state of the prisoner's state of mind has not been altered thereby. We examined the apothecary, and also the chief atten dant of Bethlem as to the conduit of Townley since he has been in detention at the hospital—both of them have had him under daily and special ohservatien—and they assure Us that neither in conduct, manner, nor conversation had A Matrimonial Hoax at Birkenhead. Notwithstanding the number of knaves or simpletons who have from time to time been exposed and punished for ad vertising for wives in the newspapers, there are still some who appear not to profit by the misfortunes which have be fallen their class. A case of this sort transpired this week, in which the principal actor was a young Frenchman who has not been long in this country. A few days ago there appeared in one of the local papers an advertisement under the head of "Matrimony," in which it was stated that "a gentleman desired to make the acquaintance of a young lady to whom he would make himself both useful and agreeable." This advertisement, no doubt, was read by many of the fair sex, but whether any of them replied to " the gentleman" who wouia make himself " useful and agreeable" has not transpired. advertisement met the eyes of a number of gentlemen who frequent a certain " public" at Birkenhead, and being desireue ° f a little fun in this dull winter weather they resolved to cor respond with the advertiser. A female friend was con sulted, and she agreed to write the letters under the signa ture of ." Edith," An answer was soon obtained, and it then turned out that the " gentleman" was a Frenchman, Ile immediately proposed an inter view, and named Thursday afternoon last at four o'clock for the happy meeting. " I shall wear (said the writer) a dark blue coat, buttoned, and a black and violet silk scarf ;" and he concluded by saying, "I hope the weather will bo favourable for us—at all events I shall be there, counting the minutes till that blessed mo ment. Believe me, with kindest regards, yours sincerely, ERNEST." The place fixed for the meeting was not far from the prin cipal entrance to the Birkenhead Park. True to his appoint ment, .the "gentleman" made his appearance at 4 o'clock. He was a little personage and well dressed, partaking some what of the " dandy." The rain came down heavily at the time,but notwithstanding this drawback he walked jauntily about in his coat of " dark blue." After he was tolerably wet, "Edith" (or rather the conspirators) sent him a note,stating that owing to the unfavourable weather she could not meet him at the place fixed upon, but inviting him into the "public" already referred to. The bait took. The little gentleman appeared not to have the slightest suspicion that he was about to fall into the hands of the Philistines. Smiling and smirking he accompanied the messenger into the " public," where he was ushered into a parlour and told that "Edith" would be with him in a minute. Instead, however, of being introduced to a young lady, fifteen or sixteen gentlemen rushed in the room and began to congratulate him upon the happi ness that was in store for him. The Frenchman,tinstead of exhibiting any despondency on account of his love-dream having so suddenly vanished, treated the affair in quite a philosophical manner, and joined in with the vociferous laughter which was raised at his expense. " Edith" and her friends had prepared to give the advertising " gentleman" a demonstration that he would not readily have forgotten, but finding that he was a foreigner, and not accustomed to the usages of English society, they agreed to let him go un molested provided he stood " gam." To this proposition the Frenchman did not object. He paid for two bowls of punch, joined the company in drinking it, and favoured his new friends with one or two French songs. 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In neuralgia, and rheumatism, ~ o ut. th e tome ap pl ica tion, properly use d; ~'•ivos wonderful rola, SPIRIT OP TEE PUBLIC JOURNALS, • TIMES.—The first blood in the Schleswig cam paign has been shed in a battle which has been a victory for the Danes. The telegraph informs us that the Prussians attacked the Danish position at Missunde yesterday morning, and were repulsed after a conflict of six hours. Thus are we once more spectators of warfare the details of which are broiight us fresh from the field of battle, before the dead are cold, and while the wounded are still drag ging themselves to the rear. The little town of Missunde, on the Schlei, is the scene of the first encounter in a campaign which may have the r oost important effects on European policy. History seems as if it were about to repeat itself in the new Schleswig campaign. In these countries there is, indeed, not much choice of fields of battle. Two or three main lines of road leading to two or three principal towns are to be lost or won, and then the contest is at an end. Almost 16 years ago the Prus sians entered Schleswig, and took the towns of Schleswig and Flensburg, just as they are now in tent on taking them, el year later the Schleswig - Holsteiners attacked the Danes at Missunde and Eckernforde, pretty much as' is described in the telegraphic despatches of to-day. The position of the opposing armies in this campaign is soon de scribed. The Danes occupy a line south of the Schlel, from Eckernforde to Hollingetedt. Their left is strengthened by a work extending from the bay of Eckernforde nearly to the Schlei. Their main force protects the town of Schleswig, and their left ex tends to the Dannewerk, their whole force, of which very different estimates are given, being spread over a rether long line of defence. According to the report of the Daniell Commander,the Prussians had attacked his outposts, and were advancing towards Missunde with the intention of forcing the passage of the Schlei. The later news gives the result of the movement. Missunde is on the south bank of the firth, at the point where what may be called the bay of Schleswig narrows to the dimensions of a river. It is here that that the Prussians ' it seems, desire to cross in order to cut off the Danes from the sea. Field- Marshal von Wrangel, probably, has his recol lections of 1848, when the Danes retired before him and gained the island of Alsen, where their fleet made them secure, and in the neighbourhood of which the Prussians and Henoverians met with the bloody repulse of Doppeln. It is, therefore, an ticipated now that the General will operate on the east coast of the peninsula. A German despatch de clares that the passage of the Schlei is to be at once forced at this point, and the Danes cut off from the see, while the Austrians operate on their centre. This, the Germans expect, will end in the destruc tion of the Danish army. The Prussian Commander, with the Crown Prince and Prince Albrecht, who accompany him to see the only campaign of their countrymen in later times, had set out to join the advancing army, and the Princes were possibly pre sent at the defeat of their countrymen. The retiring which the despatch speaks of refers probably to the retreat from Eckernforde which General ldleze, men tions, and, as the events prove, gives no ground for believing that the Danes will evacuate their present strong positions without a contest. It is useless further to speculate on the events of which intelli gence may be brought us at any moment. The Austro-Prussian army has taken the field in num bers which must make the task of the Danes in de fending their territory one of the most arduous that ever fell to the lot of a nation. From the cam paign of 1848 both parties have learnt lessons. The Danish army at that time was quite unprepared for war, as the Government could never have expected the revolutionary fervour which arose in every dis contented population as the consequence of the events let Paris. As now, a new King was on the throne, a new Constitution had been adopted, and the civil administration of the kingdom was un settled. But the Danish military system is now in far better order, For a long time the people have been expecting some such events as are now taking place, and bete in numbers and efficiency their army is highly respectable. The fortifications, which had been negtected, are in excellent order ; and were the Danes opposed to anything like equal forces, their ability to hold the Northern Duchy would be undoubted. But the German Powers have also been careful to avoid the mis take of 1848, which consisted in fighting the Danes on too equal terms. A sturdy peotele, holding a country which they have spent so much in rendering secure, must be dangerous opponents. In the last campaign the Danes showed an obsti e nacy in defending positions and a capacity for mak ing the best of narrow resources which have gained for them the ready applause of their opponents. Although compelled by the strength of Prussia to retire, they took np an impregnable position in a neighbouring island, from which they were able to renew the struggle against the revolted inhabitants of the Duchics. Their fleet played a great part in the war, blockading the chief ports of Germany both in the Baltic and the North Sea, and though at one time the monarchy seemed to have come to its last gasp, fortune in the end remained with it. The Austro-Prussian leaders no doubt think that it will be unpardonable to allow so doubtful a game to be played over again. Denmark successful, or even struggling heroically for a time, would gain a sympathy that might make the position of Germany insecure. For their own credit, and for the safety of the Fatherland, it is necessary-that what is done should be done quickly and thoroughly. Hence the overpowering force which is sent to the Eider, and the attempted cutting off of the Danes from their former line of retreat. What the success of this strategy may be remains to be seen, but from the "neeches of the Danish statesmen, the addresses of t h e _Legislature, and the acts of the King, we can hardly b tg tieye that the great line of defence will pass into the lad nds of the enemy without such a re sistance as these unanimous declarations of patriot ism are likely to inspire. Turning from military to political events, we see wit': satisfaction that Field Marshal von Wrangel has decinred to the inhabi tants of the Duchies that the Comm:ssioners of Aus tria and Prussia would assume the adm!.nistration of bath Schleswig and Holstein. This e.nnonncernent is likely to cause a great outcry in Germane' , and deep disappointment among the partisans of thej Prince of Augusten burg, but it is consistent with justice,Eure peen policy, and the laws of war. Prussia and Aus tria have virtual possession of one Duchy, and they aim at establishing themselves in the other. If they conquer, they have a right to rule. Holstein has been evacuated by the Dares through deference to them, and not to the Federal corps;, Holstein may, therefore, be considered as resigned to Austro-Pros sian rule. If Schleswig be abandoned, the same rule will be established by the same right—that of conquest, If the allies actually bring the Duchies under their own administration, they will be able with greater ease to carry out their engagements to Europe and restore the Duchies to the King of Donmork, after taking security for the observance of all that was promised in 1851 by the late King. That the partisans of the Prince of Augustenburg are endeavouring to do in Schleswig what was done in Holstein is evident from the news which we publish to-day, that the Prince had been proclaimed at Eckenforde. So long as the Duchies remain in the occupation of Saxon or Hanoverian troops, no opposition to these proceedings can be expected; but the Prussian Commander's warning to the Schleswigers to abstain from party agitation shows the responsibility of a great Power, and gives hopes that the engagements of the two States will be held sacred. POST.—The announcement which we publish this morning, that George Victor Townley has been pro nounced sane, and that the capita! sentence of ecath has been commuted to one of penal servitude for life, will probably occasion some suretise. That surprise, however, will vanish on a perusal of the medical report on which the Home Secretary has based his present proceeding, and of the letter ad dressed by his directions to the Visiting Justices of Derby. We believe there were not a dozen men in the entire community who believed in Townley's insanity, and it will be a source of some satisfaction to the public that the criminal has not entirely escaped punishment. To be confined in a lunatic asylum, especially if sane, is undoubtedly a ter rible hardship, but it cannot be termed a legal punishment in the proper acceptation of that term. Logically, the Government were undoubt edly bound, on being furnished with evidence n a n l ey ' s s ffsearnni sanity, to opposition sailtlioo.nse to ohteb lawthe fulfilment t o take b its lu r ty imposed of rw course, n d upon him. But it was felt that,be de aft would have been indecent t o Jiang the wretched criminal. We almost d ou bt if respite, a sentiment of deli cacy has not in the present instance been over - strained.. The most con I • usive evidence is now furnished that Townie time he killed Mirs y was not only sane at the Goodwin, which was found by the verdict of the b een insane since t„ jury, but that he has at no time sist ently , then, the that act w as comm itted. Con liver him over Government were bound to do liver to the executioner. Under all the cir cumstances,howeve- it has •advisable b een considered to commute the sentence of death, and George Victor Townley w ill pass the rest of his life in penal servi tude. Without recapitulating the history of " the Townley case" .from the time of the murderer's con viction to the present moment, • roes be sufficient to state that, in consequence of the representations made by the Vi s iti ng j • ustices of Derby, of the sin gular statements mad e b y th ose on whose certificates oiTownley's insanity the Home Secretary d e e med himself obliged t o direct the criminal to be removed from a gaol to a lunatic asylum, and above all, of the unceasing demands made by the press for further investigation, the Home Secretary, with the euncur rence of the Lord Chancellor, epnointed lour phy sicians to institute an inquiry into th© state of Townley's mind. Of these genti l seMen, two are ---------- e . ery, and of the remaini:tw. one is 1 ; d7: 4 13 : 111 :116: visitors of lunatico appointed by the ConY t ° I U er• - u ntendent of the Criminal Lunatic Asf ....ng it ion , roadmoor, and the other holds the same ,Ttki,ese at Bethlehem Hospital. Of the capacity 0 . be po gentlemen to form a sound opinion there can ate question, and it only remains t o eonsider the c a , elusions at which they arrived after titil to P oe tiently and without prejudice examintad in to t he present condition of the alleged lunatic's Mi'. t i - present inspectors (as they two lee g : 0 oned d interviews with Townley on t bad eoe sectit i t al , . l may be termed) bad ays, and, having done so, the conclusion at w b o A eo o .,r_ Neither l° ‘ ll ,ist au they unanimously arrived was, that he is °f mind. To quote from the report--" of speech, no: in look or conduct, was there aol,', be, of insanity observable in him ;" a nd agei c, os and the manner in which he replied to theo3,icodiTchess prompt apprehensioi: of the purport of our the possession of good intelleotuat capacity. antler, are plain common-sense tests, and win b ° ,,i u „ s loos if ti l,e con. for a il stood and appreciated by all, and based on them are not to be received, then, b e re• purposes of criminal justice, insaniti 113:15‘tid to be existent or non-existent according to the OP, woe prejudice of particular individuals. The silePic ,iiie which the four medical inspectors had to det et b i i, as questistei , was whether Townley was or was not reePribi on' .reasonable being for the crime which 10 hi de mitted. That he was CO responsible theY °lento ~ with l unquestionable justice from his °Wu ''''' o o. t. expected," said he, in answer to one of t he t c . i ined ione put to him, " to be hanged because I.:stole i her, and am not such a fool as not to giver t hat t he time, hangs for murder. I did not think ol A it a lt 50 t ina e, or I should not have done it." .A ll " a ci ,s os o ohis responsibility are here set at r est b9,- - Joel th confession, for he fully acknowledges that li e . sa tilf at the act which he committed would oc,ficen'olof entail thath punishment. The statement made b 7 .`"„ as seol e killed Miss Goodwin in orde to c ° r rif oet proPe' ;for himself dew of her as his property, is very the medical examiners as a 06 %0 0 thought, n by adopted by him to justify his erim b'" tie° admissionto that the opinion was formed 0115e.qi.si• Independently , the murder was in fact made by the c . r ia lt ; ell nependently of this, the supposition "'".„4Or• crime Was dictatedby such a motive, is, to l i t e c 4 0 i cal insOctors point out, entirely at caris„-ed gio, lis constant;; repeated assertion, that be k"i,, s , 0; these, and several o; Goodwin under the influence of sudden in.„" detai: in their report, the four medical gentlemeneo eOred is he diagnosis of mental disea. g et t by the Home Secretary, 211 of them l ; et otig I her reasons mentioned 11'ioisiea have uoh e 'ly 8 , pronounced George Victor Tov,-oleY Perfetaie 6 , 4 °' In announcing the ultimate denjeiV (l i ' be ff°7, o vernment to the Justices of Del'ult ',,,..ansei% w. Secretary has fully acquitted the fop ! 16 %/ ' ° sir ; toho certified to Townley's insanity of a lp ° i d of deceive the authorities and frustrate ... t te% justice. For our part, we fully believe t'''',. liti c ", gentlemenalways the protested against was the absurdity 0 ' r i , 'r i b , power of any four prejudiced, thocigtisis sibl rsons. well-meaning, u men to abrogate aPit° T s at ' vi :"y simply certifying to the insanitYtlone; c under sentence of death. In the prellto F la g thebutsca glitalilsoewe.smheaseabteisefnaertoibebnedtoofknitoswlegtiht; thi3oo:slo, ti naal will not occur again. jr CL o Gre i l iate cPS ; . in are will gladly me.ted his intention of proposing ar ib - 0 fA e pe gY modification iat of the existing law ; and , c' n - t c oll„," e t ; a g . an involuntary error we Mal e lf ole If seize the opportunitY of Se'l gain to hear of a murderer ' being resoletae t; yention of four irresponsible and thoughtlei's" though probably conscientious, indieidua . .gh pr k,. IMO, COUNTRY MAR Itt rs L s l o V od E attendance RP 00 OO There was aTbt::,_9traet (1:0:01, o f tova l ith° pots country millers at market to-day. Wn. e6 .,„ was L'„'" itsfr slow sale from millers, but a large busol e ''' e otal ° 'inot e i foi speculation, at en advance of 4d to 6d per c a lit tle o f es can red and 2d to 3d on white. Flour W am tbe Pr, ice lfo ri la quired for, but at no improvement upon it ao - do Friday. Oats and oatmeal met a dull 5a1e..,400 prices. Beans rather dearer 'Very little L'"'" in Indian corn, and 6d dearer. alid ft i LEEDS spit'''. water . g oo ; both 133r0,c109, ;,,rief There were fair arrivals of gra.n ' Go od this week, and the wheat trade was &W., 0 Get, buoiness was done at fully previous raaiterea. continues quite as dear. Other articles tin'' iil SHEFFIELD-1'1109;610 th°, o sp ° There was a fair average show of gr filli ' r ieeS Ig. ' od wheat ruled rather dull, and forater P iSon4 Oa t° ai r maintained. .1.5a ato 2 cd & Redswheat, per load of 3 imperial bi15 104 " . .1. 80 9, 4 toi n i White ..•, 60 ,..,.1* . 99 9 -'•170 01;11°01 New red New white ' -'. los P o) 4 46 04 99 If .. .40 0 0 ci ato:dr,3 31°04 , Beans /9 Peas, per qr '' ......... ' . os„ a toil-„„P Grinding barley, per .. .... ................ O s - flats' Malting ditto, ............ os,, ~ ........ . .... Oa 99 ...... ts .... , l b. Flour, is 4d to la Bd per .vx 4. s e ' 4 Tv %s° 3 6 tit° , MARKET HARBOROUG-- 4 3 0 pef o so to 311 White wheat, 42s to 46s ; red, 370 mintoo 0 per Malting barley at.. 348 to 37s Per clr*; 0 .0 t° per 30 st. Oats, ,old, 27s to 30s; nab' at. ; beans,„3ss to 40s per qr. DUBLIN-1'1101)A Y. s. d. s. d. l Wheat, white.. 24 0 to 26 6 Do., red .. 21 6t024 0 Do., new .... oto 0 Barley Oats Do., black — 0 to 0 I 0 , ft , 0 8. o i° ‘T a. 3 1 . 0 0 0/0 Oatnae3l '''''' ''' -- 0 0 to 0 B ea ns • • '' . ' '' to ~,0 Bere••••, !%. 1,, 0 010 S Rapeseea • .. .1- o to • Bak„.? dow ., g Indian. coilll Australia and il MAlLS Mauritius, via ---••••"*" ‘ awe* _..-.-.--- ------' g, nk6 t Iji°l* i3razil and Cap _. ---s—_---- Pri • t o n•••• llfe t). 3 ' F iz a r. l l k ia la ( n o d al l c s u l:n t - ~ • i'f: ::, via Marseilles •4."*.,! 'y e t). 0 . _CapeGUjiiiharealtaFr,enval: erds, by British pac4keil';,faa.,,s•:, iet)'l,l7., of Good liope, Asc,ension, and,, S t,Aao 3 r - •Y e. , ................• . ... . re p, l ., ag'SOnudthSainall;o9n°r.e..v.ia.::: ''''''''''''''''''' ll'ls (Calcutta), and tho° v ia ' oo...'fay. n, via Rees ~• " Feb 5, India (Bombay), via Southampton ''''''' ...."fob. 31. --- via Marseilles ........ :;.•'"fet' 6- Portugal.... ..... .. ..."- 0 0' fey. 3 , Mali° Egvpt andl'd''''''''W . 'tlaaolt°°' 0.'0), , •- - , en, via ou ... , via INlarsoillso '• ~.• ' 0, , e Li ew,oundiond ................ • • ''.,.. " fO. Oporto and Vigo ............. ... ._. .... ~e l teto• ' ~, ~ , U. S. and British N. America, by Wi t ' P-olcet'' ..T 1 11 ' by V•Slanpfleite Te u b' 11 by gaffe .o'..febv. O' W.C. of Africa Madeira and Tenerwes. a e Bahamas v . ' ' ' . i* . .. ~ la New York ............• .• • j -c o b. lexica ...... . ........... . ...... trycitlf + All parts of West Indies, including' C lll "' .0 .. California. and British C° 11 ........_.......... •' 2 . otO W es' wed 13 , r , 4 0 00 0 0 v- - for ItortoLOGICAL ritODrICTIONS.--" Till3°3lo. 0 .- A u,se of the clock were the Watches Will? oniir 0 0:40 hibited, and which have been universalraed °o ol d beauty and elegance of the designs cli -01,0111.0111#000, The movements are of the fulest tlo3lli/ia. '..le,S, / 0 9 horology is at present capable of prod!.er, ddiose_!.,lo. London News, Nov. 8, 1002. ChronoDolieso, 0: 0 clin g fa horizontal, repeaters, centre seConas, Icf e i d to vi r,oo and every description of watch, a dapt ed (V: Or Benson's illustrated pamphlet On vial wa tts P: 0 0 0 two stamps) contains a short historY 0 ~ „ v ide oa r 9 9 prices, from 3to 200 guineas. It a cts 0,02_00/;.t. I , fl chase of a watch, and enables those who u_ e v: t b y I . ) 0 ' , 1 1 09 , world to select a watch, and have it %' 3 3 sotope%tto medal and honourable mention, chusf3e: setoP_,„,t,' Benson, 33 and 34, Ludgate-hill, Londovl of apr- to Watch and clock maker by special WOO tie o f ii.u.u. the Prince of Wales. g• 13° 0 .1 Wit trip , 86 0 Of Ceylon, via 3iarse . ...if et, 0 The Gazette du Midi states 0 , 0 , o j to 03 6 A recently appointed Proc Irettr-irapert oioo , a ... it or Avignon, committed suicide tWo cl°Y„,o 0005 cutting. his throat with a razor, vilw attack of fever. , Births . . 910 0, ~ f Stlll/081de' 004 ANDERSON: the 30th am., e a - , „ n .bter. the wife of John Anderson, of CO' A Y- 1 1. th e DEACori.—On the 31st ult., at RoPeip,, o f 0, 17- . 00 Hants, the wife of H. W. Deacon, „:;06hearter, 0. Ricnitnnsox.---On the 31st ult., a 0 .7 0, daosP_god, wile of Francis Richardson, 1,4 1 . / ~r t, 00,Ii i r REOn the 31st ult., at Belize -r° GeOrgo Rees, of a daughter. , .1 0 ' ages' tit lB 4 o %Ist . ~ ~, at S t ' 'itsi_,.°llo4/ the-Fields W. Purcell, C.-, Xi o 'i" iredetie' 09 PURCELL —BUBLn the 30th_ty.W.; 04'00" ~ , elvpro i Marianna burr eldest daughter 0 e ' OAP " °' ll' Vico-Consul 8.:13,M., Boris, 5r,28,11 a lt., 61 :, tl,' pe A, le 111oNTG0ME ttY—WiriTE.--.- a tike _ a y, i z s q., .. 0 t it Church, Robert James 3101,,te,',022,ery,,!'ve c00 0 i goon Guards, son of John ,x,_ gi",,,bath,q3l: fiato varden, co. An.tiiin, P P . ',no 10, sin ' Robert White, k.'sli., Of AV I o or 140 D eats . 0, , , na-Pl" 010 15, I ‘ l°l.iii 04 a ged 'lf .. „level!, .. O CI P ' 1 3 - ALLx•-Ori tho Ist inst., at # o ' $1 11 " lo ti ' hill, William Allen- Bsq• Tho mas Pfd 1 4- • s t gr• BLUNT. --On the .8, , 111 • corr . BL li y °, , ,t o - N P E,q (A' AlbanY Rou se, B ged. 6 7 ' 1 Coli d ' •of ' ' Lotehton, s g aie ,00 Brook Cottages) =', ~, gr. 3 0 ..,e, 1......ace0,11-litobffetoins,t inst., 003.1,13,3 v e,reiti ru a of is, tiollo v CONDER,--Ort the ISt 1110. , t o gaitioo , gleswade, On 66. ,, „ charlef A r 00- ,or.' .1. 1 0 wAltn, —On the 31st :VI. , ufia ,, o lO „ j Thomas Aubrey 110v4-rup '' sbiro,/, 0" 1 Thrks. t 9'2 I. )6V°V ' ' ,3 -#'? G. lot inst , 3 ' ' ' #Ol 7 • --,(,, Wikee,y.—On the " li.:sq. , l i b --- -- _,pit' n ) 11°' land-place, S. J- ` v a let, ..- --' g.,to S. , 6 1 -- - DIA oce if, ~ ~v 0 - 1- 1 - , „,„, 0 ,101 , - - .-11'..1"el' 4asP' Ow London: Prii,...ed au ...- Printer, at - - i , ,o of No. 112, Strand,eo. _, , st 212 e aro, 40. stond, in the I'r lc; ‘',,,,,,,oruary 0 Midalcsex •--ViCalCo4 ` .~ th e to o , 11 0 ~, !I