The Sun. — London, England, 1864-02-03 00:00:00

THE INVAf ;lON OF SCHLESWIG, (Froze the Times Correspondent.) HAMBURG, Jan. 31 As id someti rt ies the case on the eve of a struggle, the nearer one, gets to its contemplated scene the more unanim one becomes the opinion concerning it. In England, judging from what I hear from travels lens recently arrived thence, many still believe in the mainte calico of peace; in Berlin, where the rea eons are better understood that render this most difficult, person's are still to be found who, although they can hardly state plausible grounds for the hope or fear, yet imagine that war may be averted. But here, in Hamburg, at three hours' rail from the Eider, I have met with nobody who did not seem convinced that Denmark and Germany (so far at least as Prussia and Austria represent the latter country) are on the very verge of inevitable hosti lities. It is hardly necessary to add that the opinion is equally unanimous as to the side of the question on which the right is, and that one hears s. , n all sides, here and in Altona, the most fer vent wishes expressed for the speedy ejection of the Danes from Schleswig. Anybody who came to hamburg to try to get at both sides of the question would make but a bootless journey. You may find not a few persons among the 'very intelligent inhabitants of this great and prosperous city who will state the case temperately and in a moderate and impartial spirit; but the result arrived at i s invariably the same—the one inexorable condition of contentment is the absolute severance of the Duchies from Denmark. As regards wa r , th e mere passage of such large bodies of troops through the place suffices to inspire the belief that they will hardly return without blows having been struck from a frontier where they will find themselves, so to speak, foot to foot with the foe. But, apart from the impression made by the martial display and by the arrival of an army from Germany's southern most State to array itself on her most northern frontier, every probability seems in favour of a fight, always supposing the general conviction correct that the Danes will not quit Schleswig, except at the baycuet's point. Tile time appears, indeed, com pletely past for the discussion of the legal or diplo matic question. It may return soon, let us hope, and be more successfully employed, but just now the voice of the cannon seems about temporarily to replace all other arguments pro and con. The re spective theories of Russell and of Bismark on the Treaty of 1852, its value, the pretensions of Angus tenburg, &c., fall into the baclrground for the mo ment, in presence of the conflict about to commence —which must commence, apparently, barring the intervention of something not unlike a miracle. We are told of a strong note sent by our Government two or three days ago to that of Prussia. It will "be of no avail. The Germans do not believe that England will fight in a quarrel which does not more directly affect her interests or touch her honour than this about the Duchies. They greatly doubt that her respect for the Treaty of 1852, and her conviction of the importance of preserving Schles wig from being trampled by a German army will induce her to send troops to Denmark, and to risk detriment to her trade and increase of her income tax. We hear reports of a contemplated expedition of 20,000 or 25,000 British troops, but such a force would not suffice in addition to the little army of Denmark, and, moreover, supposing that it would, it cannot arrive in time. If it conies of course it must be to fight ; as a mere garrison for Copenhagen nnd the islands it is not required. A British squa dron in the Baltic, say some, a rigorous blockade of all the German ports, would soon bring them to reason. It might do so ultimately, but it will hardly stay the advance of 70,000 Prusso-Austrians who, before a week is out, will be ranged along the Eider. In short, the feeling among the Germans seems to be that if England does anything, it may • have influence on the progress or close of the war, but it will not prevent its beginning. The only thing that might, and probably would, even at the point to which things have come, make the two great German Powers to hesitate, and perhaps to recede, is a decided declaration on the part of France. Doubtless, that would have a great effect, especially on Austria. France, however, it seems generally 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 dons in support of British urgency has evidently been too light to have weight at Berlin and Vienna. 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, but 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, inf•mtry, cavalry, and artillery, some with the queer melon-shaped caps which the French laugh at,some in the tight blue pantaloons of the Hungarian regi ments; and many are the tongues in which they discurse. 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 vnrs, 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 other by a war, we still find them pretty widely spread from the Danube to the Blaine, and down to that Mincio which their brave columns crossed, after a reverse which was no disgrace, en the bloody evening of Solfcrino. 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 wartl2, and the Prussians west, Rendsburg being the point where the armies touch each other. Neu raunster and Kiel are the chief Prussian places of ren dezvous; but it is presumable that the former will only be a pl ace or 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 x,OOO Saxons and noyerians, but it is, of course, a question how far the co-operation is to be reckoned u p o n. The Austria-Prussians have a superabundance of cavalry, which may bo said to diminish their ap parent strength, since in an attack on the Danne werk it would be of com p ar atively littl e use, t h e work there being for infantr y a nd artillery. As re gards the strength of the Da ni sh army in Southern Schleswig, an excellent author i ty in Hamb urg yes _ terday told me it was from 55,000 to 40,000 ; an (pally good ono in Altana stated it is certainly no t exceeding 30,000. So we may take it as from 39,000 to 33,000 at the outside. The whole Danish army is not more than 50,000, and we must allow for troops in garrisons out of Schleswig and for the battalions of Holsteiners and Schleswigers which have been weakened by desertions, or which it is deemed unsafe to bring to the front. Some Schles v, igen are quartered in the Island of Alsen—not alone, but mingled with troops on whom greater re liance can be placed. In the town of Schleswig, ac cording to very recent intelligence, there were 1,000 me n. The great length of the Dannewerk, and of the lake in connection with it, renders a large force necessary for its defence. The state of the weather will make a great difference in the prospe c t s o f b ot h parties. Thursday was a pouring day i n H am b urg, but at night a keen wind sprung up from the north, and before morning everything was ironbound with frost, and the cold was very severe all Friday. Yes t erd ay was bright and sunny, and there were some indications of a thaw, but the frost held to a con 2iderable extent ; there was skating in the warmest part of the day, and last night it again froze, although the absence of wind metes the cold less sensible. It is fine weather for marching and fight ing, and if the cold is sufficiently severe in Schleswig to freeze the water defences on which the Danes greatly reckon, the moment would be favourable for the Germans. On this head I shall know more at Kiel. The Crown Prince of Prussia passed through Hamburg this morning on his way to Marshal Wrangel's head quarters. Prince Frederick of Augustenbnrg—or the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, as he is now invariably called in these parts—has left Kiel for a few days' shooting on the estate of Col. Buehwaldt, at Neundorf, about 20 miles from that town. There are a good many people going out shooting just now in that direction, and we may hear of some very big bags being made before many days are over, You will probably have learnt by telegraph that the Danes have begun to retire from the Eider. For some days past it has not been ex pected that they would make a stand on this side the Dannewerk. That is their stronghold, their " quadrilateral," and they are not going to risk a Solferino bfengaging superior forces in front of the good defensive position it affords. The universal opinion here seems to be, so far as I have had time to ascertain it, that they certainly will fight. There is great irritation on both sides, and the conflict, when once engaged, ought to be both fierce and stubborn. The forcing of the Dannewerk seems considered tantamount to the expulsion of the Danes from Schleswig. There is no position, lam as• sured, in rear of that line, of a nature to encourage a defeated army to rally and defend it. The report, of the accuracy of which strong doubts were recently expressed to you from Berlin, of a neighbourly convention between Denmark and Swe den, in virtue of which the Stockholm Government would send troops to occupy Copen h agen and Zealand, so as to allow all the Danish army to be sent to the front, has been received since I wrote. Information I have obtained here induces me to renew the ex pression of my disbelief in its correctness. Recent letters from Gottenburg declare it wholly devoid of foundation. A Dane lately told me that he and many of his countrymen would extremely regret to see S wedish troops occupying their capital, and that feeling is doubtless to be taken in connexion with the designs of the Scandinavian party. You remember the reports current just after the death of Frederick VII., and when it was doubted whether Christian IX. woald sanction that unlucky joint Constitution,—rumours with which the name of Prince Oscar of Sweden were connected. They may think at Copenhagen that it is bad enough to have Schleswig overrun by Germans, without risking the proclamation of a Swedish Sovereign in Zealand. Without impeaching the good faith of the Swedish Government, there is a party in Denmark itself which might endeavour to profit by an opportunity. And the poverty of Sweden might make her hesi tate before the expense of despatching an army abroad, except with the certainty of advantages to be gained, or at least of compensation. P.S.—Since the above was written I find that the whole of the Austro-Prussian forces will not have entered Holstein before Tuesday night at soonest. The last of the Austrians are here, completing about 26,000 men, Twenty-eight to thirty thousand Prussians have passed here and at Lubeck. Some infantry of the Prussian Guard and some other battalions have still to come, and will be followed by the heavy artillery, The head-quarters of the Austrians are at Nordtorf, and of the Prussians at Bordesholm. Should the Danes be dislodged from the Dannewerk, the next position they could take up is at Ban, by Flensburg, whence their retreat would be to the island of Alsen, opposite to which the Germans would have to leave a strong force to keep them in check while the main body advanced into the north of Schleswig. The Alsen Sound, between that island and the mainland, is very nar row, but extremely deep, allowing the passage of large ships of war. TOWNLEY DECLARED SANE. 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, 1564, Gentlemen,—l 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. W. 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 bat° 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 e 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 Bethlem Hospital, and to report our opinion as to whether he is of unsound mind, report as follows : a 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 ho displayed and ex pressed annoyance at the repeated examinations to which he was being subjected, Neither in mood of speech nor in look and conduct was there any sign 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 her out of the hands of his enemies, and placed her in a position wile/ e 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 ho 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 state of his te attempts which h e h as made to misrepresent mind and m - emery at the time of these events are evidence of his sanity, We are of opinion that ho does not entertain ralpos delu sion on the subject of a conspiracy against theinst hi real apposition p y in tio m, but that he flees the term conspiracy t o ex pre also e x Go r o e ds s which ho has met with from the members win's family to his engagement With her, andoalfo 1 to express the feeling that they aro hostile to him. We have considered the evidence of hereditary r o disposition to insanity given in the papers s upplied to us, and our opinion of the state of the prisoner's state of mind has not been altered thereby. Wo examined the apothecary, and also the chief atten dant of Bethlem as to the conduct of Townley since he h as been in detention at the hospital—both of them have had him under daily end special observatien—and they assure us tylt neither in conduct, manner, nor conversation had THE stntr, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 3, 1864, they been able to observe in him any of the peculiarities which they are in the habit of remarking among the insane. (Signed) W. CHARLES HooD, M.D., Visitor of Chancery Lunatics. JOHN CHARLES BDOENILL, M.D., Visitor of Chancery Lunatics. JOHN MEYER, M.D., Medical Super intendent of the Criminal Lunatic Asylum. W. HELPS, M.D. Medical Superin tendent of the Royale Bethlem Hos pital. LAW INTELLIGENCE,—(Feb. 2.) COURT OF DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) OIKANE V. O'RANt AND PALMERSTON (viscorNT). Although this case did not appear in the list for the day, it was understood the matter would cem.3 on before his lord ship rose ; and the court WM therefore inconveniently crowded during the whole of the morning, both by members of the bar and by the general public. The following affi davits, which had been filed at the last moment, and which were referred to, may be interesting. " HER MAJESTY'S COURT FOR DIVORCE (SIC) ANE MATRI- MONIAL CAUSES. "Between Timothy Joseph O'Kane, petitioner, and Mar garet Matilda Augusta O'Kane, respondent, Henry John Temple Viscount Palmerston, co-respondent. " I, Thos. Wells, of 47, Moorgate-street, in the City of London, Solicitor, make oath and say : " 1. That I am the solicitor to the petitioner on the record ; that the particulars required by the order of the co-respon dent on Nov. 17, 1863, were immediately prepared and ready for delivery, but were delayed being filed solely because ne gotiations for a settlement of the cauee were soon after commenced, and which were only completed on Saturday, Jan. 16, 1864, and when my costs were paid. "2. That I am informed and verily believe the petitioner and the respondent were married at a house in St. George's. in-the-East, in the county of Middlesex, on the 2d day of October, 1851, by a Catholic priest regularly ordained, and acting with full jurisdiction for celebrating the marriage with all the rites and essential formalities of the Catholic Church ; and that they lived and cohabited together as man and wife up to about the 19th of October, 1863, and were known and respected as such by good society. " 3. That it is wholly untrue that the petition was pre sented and filed and served for the purpose of ex tortion, and that, according to my instructions, and to the best of my knowledge and belief, the petitioner had a good case upon the merits, and there are to the best of my knowledge and belief no facts in existence from which the said Charles Horsley could believe as he has sworn in the last paragraph of his affidavit filed in this motion. "4. That I have been instructed to stay all proceedings in this suit by a letter received from my client, the petitioner, of which the following is a true copy : " 47, Moorgate-street, City, Jan. 16, 1864. " MYSELF 11. PALMERSTON AND O'KANE. " Dear Sir,—Yielding to the advice of my friends, I have decided to drop the above suit; and I hereby instruct you to stay all further proceedings. I adopt this course solely for the sake of my young children, and not from any inabi lity to establish the allegations contained in my petition, or to prosecute the suit to a successful conclusion, as the letters I submitted to you, and the other evidence laid before you, offered prima facie every probability of success. On these letters and correspondence, fortified by the opinion of coun sel, you undertook the suit by my instructions, and I feel perfectly satisfied with your professional conduct as well as that of your managing clerk, Mr. Weston, who were not deterred from undertaking the just cause by the frantic howl of a venial and corrupt press—the cause of right against might. I beg to give the most emphatic contradiction to the assertion made by some of the London and other papers that I was in the employment of either of you —my own resources and those of my friends haviag enabled me to live indepen dent of such aid. I was lawfully married to my wife, the respondent in this suit, by a Catholic priest regularly or dained, and acting with full jurisdiction, and celebrating the marriage with all the rites and essential formalitiei of the Catholic church, This cou:d have been satisfactorily proved had the case gone into court. As to the alleged acts of adultery the correspondence and other evidence would leave no doubt had the case gone before a jury.—l am, yours truly, (Signed) "T. J. O'KANE. " Mr. Thomas Wells, solicitor, 47, Moorgate-at,, City. " Sworn at No. 19, Coleman-street, in the City of London, this Ist day of February, 1861, before me, " PHILIP SMITH Cox." On the same day Mr. Horsley made the following affidavit " I, Charles Horsley, of No. 2, Staples-inn, solicitor for the respondent, make oath and say— " 1. That I was on the morning of the 27th day of Ja nuary last (the day after the rule ni i 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 tho said!27th day of Jan., wrote and sent to Air. Wells a letter, of which the following is a true copy : " 2, Staples Inn, Jan. 27, MI. " O'KA.NE DIVORCE PETITION. " ' Sir,—ln consequence 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 infc,rm you, that neither directly nor indirectly have I heard a syllable of the suit (by which I presume you meant the petition for a divorce) having been compromised. Aud 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 been compromised by the respondent, I shall on Tuesday next 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, ic„ 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. " 4. Up to this time no further step has been taken by, or on behalf of, the petitioner in tha 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. "G, 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 J fun 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 ease is not in the list. Mr. G. Browite—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 b3en made by his client. The facts therein stated as to the filing of the peti tion, and the order for particulars aro perfect:y correct. On Saturday last the rule was served upon Mr. Wells ; and yesterday Mr. Wells tiled 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 road the paragraph.] There is hero 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 case 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 fur 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 cne of whether certains directions of the court had been complied with. Sir J. Wilde—That is the only question which is properly before the court. The Queen's Advecate — UnderstandiLg that to be the limited issue before the court, I seas 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 should re quire time to consider them. Mr. Browne—l have stated that there is no imputation upon the co-respondent that he is cognisant el" the arrange ment. SirJ.Wilde—Thi* matter may be dealt with it \dependently 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 aro 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 take one line or the other, If he likes he may abandon the affi davit! ; or, if not, he 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 next. The Poor-Law Board and Bethnal-green. The Charges against Dr, Moore. OFFICIAL INQUIRY. Yesterday morning Mr. Lambert, Inspector of the Poor law Board, opened an inquiry at the Workhouse, Victoria 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 Giffsrd, instructed by Mr. Howard, ap•• peared fcr the Board of Gundi tns ; 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 acighbourhood, and which was subsequently proved by scientific evidence to have arisen from malaria, from bad drainage, and general neglect. The local a dministration 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 purpesa of degrading the parish and bring ing contempt on the poor law system by public appeals to the benevolent. 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 of patients. Elizabeth Mandrell, of Hollybush-place, examined by Mr. Gifford, 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. Molf,e. 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 I am paid does no t pay me to see paupers every day." He told her she should keep hers; If 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 to see him the next day. She thought 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. Ho 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 lie 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. Brotherton, who said he could not zo unless ho 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 ho 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. Ho told her the child was in no danger. He 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 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 he wss 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 the atmosphere in this place (Hollybush. place) is so bad that it is impossible for your son, to havo a fair chance of recovery if he stays here. You had better send him into the house, where ho 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 sho 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 not 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 (Joseph) 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." He said then that she need not be surprised if the child got a fit. She did not recollect that he bad 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 had 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., 257, Bethnal -green-road. said that ho was called to a child of the Mandrells' in August last that was dying of scarlatina maligns. The child was not in a fit state for removal. He did nor remember whether Mrs. Mandrell complained of Dr. Mo ore ; but if she had he would not have minded it much, as p ersons 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—it 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 small 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. Tho Mandrells were ex- cessively dirty in their habits. Mr. C. A. Christey said that he was relieving officer in Bethnal-green, and he remembered Mrs. Mandrel! 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 one 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 knew that Mrs. Mandrel! was coming to prefer a charge against Dr, Moore. By Mr. Gifford—He knew that she had complained, and he knew she was coming, as he was asked by the guardians for her address. Witness did not make a statement to the guardians before he was asked fur her address. Ellen Ward, 4, Lark low,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 and a fastened up door separated Mrs. Mandrell's room from hers, and she could hear everything that passed in tho next room. On the day before the death of Joseph she observvd th© child standing over a sink in the yard. Mrs. Mandrel! had been in and out several times. Suddenly she caught up the child, when Dr. Moore appeared, and said, "Step, stop; i 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 get blamed." He spoke to her for a minute or two. After the doctor loft, witness saw the child at the water-butt in the yard. That was the `.oth of August. By Mr. Giffard—One child of witness's died in Sept., and she was examined before the board the tweenex week. Dr. Moore had got money for her , perh a p s £7 or . re was an in quest on her child. Dr. Moore never said "You and your bupband are greatly persecuted by the hoard of guardians." She had not applied for relief from the relieving officers, Her 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 used 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 hospital 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. SINGULAR AFFAIR AT STONE. (From the 13irmingham Post.) 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 front:upper 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 not so bad, the lady, no doubt, having kept them short by biting them. It is stated that the unfortunate woman has been confined to this room for 10 or 11 years; but there are per sons who have seen her within a much more recent period, 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, and 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 lore 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 =not 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 conjuncti with her brother-in-law. 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 would make himself " useful and agreeable" has not transpired. The advertisement met the eyes of a number of gentlemen who frequent a certain " public" at Birkenhead, and being desirous of a little fun in this dull wintor 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, He 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 be 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, ortaking some what of the " dandy." The rain came down hea:ilY at the time,but notwithstanding this drawback he walked 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," whore 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,linatead 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 ho was a foreigner, and not accustomed to the usages of English society, they agreed to let him go un molested provided he stood " sam." 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. He also " stood" any number of cigars, and after spending the greater part of his money he took his departure in a cab for Woodside Ferry, a hearty cheer being raised by " Edith" and her friends when he left the " public." 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It has called forth the loudest praises from per sons who had suffered for years from abscesses and chronic ulcers, after every hope of cure had long passed away. None but those who have experienced the soothing effect of this ointment can form an idea of th e com f or t it bestows by re straining inflammation and allayi ng p a i n . Whenever thi s ointment has been once used it has established its own worth, and has again been eagerly sought for as the easiest and safest remedy for all ulcerous complaints. In neuralgia, rheumatism, and gout the same a ppli ca tion, properly used, gives wonderful relief. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. -4 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 brought 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 most 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 kro. 9- sians entered Schleswig, and took the towns of Schleswig and Fiensburg, just as they are now in tent on taking them. A year later the Schleswio 6 - Holsteiners attacked the Danes at Mi s su n d e 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 Schlei, from Eckernforde to Hollirgstedt. 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 Danish 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 Hanoverians 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 sea, 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 tleza 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-Pruesian army hes taken the field in num bers which must make the tack 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 losaons. The Danish army at that tiers was quite unprepared for war, as the Government could never have expected the revolutionary fervour which arose in every dis contented population as the coneequenee of the events at Paris. As now, a new King was on the throne, a new Constitution had been adopted, and the civil administration of the kingdom was una 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 both in numbers and efficiency their army is highly respectable. The fortifications, which had been neglected, 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 GZ , rman Powers have also been careful to avoid the mis take of 1848, which consisted in fighting the Danes on too equal terms. A sturdy people, holding a country which they have spent EO much in rendering secure, must be dangerous opponents. In the last campaign the Danes showed an obsti 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 up an impregnable position in a neighbouring island, from which they were able to renew the struggle against the revolted inhabitants of the Duchies. Their fleet played a great part in the war, blockading the chief ports of Germany both in the Baltic and the North Sae, 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 speeches of the Daribh statesmen, the addresses of the Legislature, and the acts cf the King, we can hardly believe that the great line of defence will pass into the hands 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 with satisfaction that Field Marshal von Wrangel has declared to the Pn tants of the Duchies that the Commissioners of Aus tria and Prussia would assume the administration of both Schleswig and Holstein. This announcement is likely to cause a great outcry in Germany, and deep disappointment among the partisans of the Prince of Augustenburg, but it is consistent with j ustice,Enro 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 Danes through deference to them, and not to the Federal corps; Holstein may, therefore, be considered as resigned to Austro-Prus shgn rule. If Schleswig be abandoned, the same rul i 3 be established by the same right—that of conquest, If the allies actually bring the Duchies under their owi: administration, they w ill b e a bl e with greater case to carry out their en gagemen t s t o Europe and restore the Duchies to th e Ki ng of Denmark, after taking scout - ill' for the observance of all that was promised in 1h'.. 5 1 by the late King. That the partisans of the Prince of Augustenburg are endeavouring to do in Schleswig Nethat was done in Holstein is evident from the news which we publish to-day, that the Prince had been proc:etimed 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 Schieswigers to abstain from party agitation shows the responsibility era 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 capital sentence of Beath has been commuted to one of penal servitude for life, will probably occasion some surprise. 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 bo 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 of fownley's sanity, to allow the law t o take b its course, and offer no oppositi on t o t h e fulfilment the Sheriff of Derby of the terrible duty imposed upon him. But it was felt that, after respite, it would have been ind ecen t to hang sentimente e n w t ofre wretched criminal. We al mos t d ou b t i f a sentiment deli cacy has not in the conclusive evid ence is now present strained, The furnished th a t Townley was not only sane at the time he killed Miss Goodwin, most the verdict since that o f the jury , bat that ls which e v h e a a s s atno foundtime by insanebeen act was committed, Cue ' sistently, th en, the Government were bound to de liver him ov h or ow to ev th er e executioner. ith Under all the cir commute the sentence cumstances, /as been considered advisable to pass nce of death, and . George Victor Townley will Townley rase" frontttl the rest of his life in penal servi tude. Without to the present recapitulatinge thus of the the m historyurder con victionmurderer's that, moment, it may be sufficient to state in consequence of the representations made by the Visiting J us ti ces o f Derby, of the sin gular statements made by those on whose certificates of Townley'a insanity the Home Secretary deemed himself obliged to di rec t t h e cr i m i n al 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 tioneur rence of the Lord Chancellor, appointed four phya sieians to institute an inquiry into the state of Townley's mind. Of tb.eso gentlemen, two are ........'' .0r.•.........5m••ra.5.a..ar..........aa1,.1•...... V the Court of Chß visitors of lunatics appointed 1 ', „; me dical supe r : eery, and of the remaining two, , '" is C m ti As "la ° ntendent of the Criminal Li lua--° • „aloe. tt,, same p,,,,- Broadmoor, and the other holds ig i .,„ e itv of these at Bethlehem Hospital. Of the c opacity be be v° gent l em en to form a sound opinion as ider the ' COv question, and it o nl y remains to co. - , r hs,riag P a elusions at which they arrived afte a• to the tiently tiently and witho u t p re j udice exami, mind.leii T x present‘woe-el, c ondition of the allege d lunatic' I In . otir inspectors (as they may be termed) , ', onse cutil B coed interviews with Townley on ha d c a t ivlaiol l days, and, having done so, the conclusion 4 osati a they unanimously arrived was, that he is Y ri ao de Nier_ 11 , s ip mind. To quote from the report of speech,nor in look or conduct, was there ' i his of insanity observable in him;" 0; 1 ,, c1 „ a r g,, e ;l, ll° ,l prompt apprehension of the purport aY nand e ns 'ru e s and the manner in which he replied to til e t - .: n 'I li es ; the possession of good intellectual esrle,'''hj,' n ot ' e ,:: are plain common-sense tests, and will "„"r a iesi am i i stood and appreciated by all, and if the 0 -' f o r a' b asc ,2 on them are not to be-received, then, be r h e : purposes of criminal justice, insanity' held , inn- to ''" garded as ine32 existent or non-ea according to the,to°4lo).oss° able of definition, and be rc e of prejudice of particulai individuals. Th® 8 ' .! ) te rtO ilii) which the four medical iii.apectors had too ,ieiess was whether Townley was or W ag not reSPG.% Oar a reasonable being for the crime which a ...e. iode mitted. That he was so responsible they o °; ar , 4o . with unquestionable justice from his °W c u the g ess,' " I expected," said he, in answer to one l'" 'ilea -1 lc' . tiona put to him, "to be hanged becatls° tha ttos ; her, and am not such a fool as not to 10°Ii t a t tb° law hangs for murder. I did not think 0 dou bt as time, or I should not have done it." Al l h is Oa to his responsibility are here set at rest Alb pelf confession, for he fully acknowledges that ll: ‘ , oos rilf that the act which he committed vvould neFoolef entail punishment. The staternaut der by rep° that he killed Miss Goodwin in order to ... l og himself of her as his property, is fn uerlY very 1 3— ' 8 afte r ' down by the medical examiners as a u 3er .sad ° thought, adopted by him to justify admission that the opinion was formad olc"roiey his erim a hse quet l i t to the murder was in fact made by . 01E) t hat l i g , Independently of this, the suppositicql L a the 113e rt . crime was dictated by such a motive, oar. l - - . o ce t d it cal inspectors point out, entirely at ";11011; ` -r his constantly repeated assertion, that he l' . ' do* J . :O Goodwin under the influence of sudden i11 313 ,, v 'a P s i these, and several other reasons mentioneu i .willts in their report, the four medical gentleniev a P e l f st ll i f by the Home Secretary, all of them vrel l I : ta tifg s ;, the diagnosis of mental disease, have lo bes' i 0 ,r pronounced George Victor Townley perfel le CI 0 In announcing the ultimate decision of pall vernment to the .Justices of DerbYt tbeotoev Secretary has fully acquitted the four g e ,,, dee, who certified to Townley's insanity of P• s i be env to deceive the authorities and frustrate that woe' of justice. For our part, we fully believe t' ica W e , gentlemen acted conscientiously, but what °f p h always protested against was the abstud it l n ° o o I )° ,, h r it in the power of any four prejudiced, tr:sipaill;‘ sibly well-meaning, men to abrogate esP" - a f a C O- 06 moot by simply certifying to the insanitl . 0 0til a vict under sentence of death. In the Pre a . a t i e P re le l the gallows has been robbed of its legitio-dis ss,, but it is some satisfaction to know t 11 ,, t ; has *; scandal will not occur again. Sir G. o u r r e ilittoe il d r i y tima . ted his intention of proposing to .' I:" the 9,0;t0 mode ;cation of the existing law ; and , ft ' . t f CO - or lature . .vill gladly seize the opportunity o et a efi s ing an involuntary error, we may l e tters : l i r again to hear of a murderer being res el l e ,;tlo2 3 ,s e gll vention of four irresponsible and thou which . should be a murderer's doora "J a s tv" - g hee; though probably conscientious, indivitills _......... COUNTRY MARIOTO• LIVERP 0 OL—T trEsDA-1. dealOof There was a good attendance both of t a _l„ viit bs se, country millers at market to-day. Whe at (I°lle ie r* slow sale from millers, but a large busineeo "of Pdoteo; seculation, at an advance of 4d to 6d per ° A we° 0.0 15 ; can red and 2d to 3d on white. Flour was a u „ rice:f o r", quired for, but at no improvement upcu t''"f i d joitie Friday. Oats and oatmeal met a dull sale , :0 0 prices. Beans rather dearer. Very little b in Indian corn, and 6d dearer. tog LEEDS—TUESDAY, „ water II ; %I i ( There were fair arrivals of grain 'both 14 1 , 0 45 pAP* this week, and the wheat trade was fiira• o° ° business was done at fully previous rate9..t6red, continues quite as dear. Other articles unal ill --- frtia ° ot SHEFFIELD—TnEsD O ', li ° t tile • $ l7 O There was a fair average show of grain/ l Y ces iva r j wheat ruled rather dull, and former Pr 18• 4 ;,,i tO ir maintained. .1 5 s1t 0)60 Red:wheat, per load of 3 imperial bushels. • i so 0,, to lila c s White • • .„ 6s Oa ~, 19 1) / New red • ..iii06;1100,1 / New white • - 6 a 4 0., , ~ f f . 10 AtO ~u• Beans . .es ti to t 01 1) 1) •' . • Peas, per qr - .0,,A W i ly, Grinding barley, per qr ............. .34sn tor' Maltingditto, ~ ..... ' VS' ............ Oats 9 f ............. • ! l b. Flour is 4d to is 8d per 1 4 ' O• totle" --- , V:10 1) 56 t 3 :0 MARKET HARBOROUG" --- Pe r t ° 5 1) White wheat, 428 to 4Gs ; red, 37s to 4- ci 3L i l i g, ;per Malting barley at . 34s to 37s per qr.; g ri _ 11 00 l° per 30 st.,, Oats, old, 278 to 30s; xi"' at. ; beans, 35s to 40s per qr. 8 , ____ 0. 0 '"—TvEcD/ s• 4 0 / 3 0 ,, 10 0 ,,e/ Oatmeal ...... ..•••• 0 t e , , ( 1 • Beams. • ..... .."' 0 0 0 ° 1 Bore ....... .. ~,, 0 to 00 0 1 Rapeseed •' ' ' 1 4 01 0 Bakers' f1° 111... 21 Indian corn _.. DUBLIN—TuE 6 D AY. s. d. s. d. Wheat, white 24 0 to 26 6 ' Do., red 2l 6 to 24 0. Do., now 0 to 0 Barley Oats Do., black — 0 to 0 ._, Foreign Mail racket 14uP MAILS DUE. ~ Australia and Mauritius, via SouthallPfo:::,.** feb* 04 via Marseilles •t' Feb' Ifi Jrazil and Cape Verds, by British paluicut" feb'ls' Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. o ptel 3 yeb. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Sou ll „ilies •" il• via INlar s ' .•I'VeIN O. Falkland Islands ....... ~• - o b. a, India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, ......... „. , y j p Gibraltar, via Southampton ................ re l7 ' il• via Marseo w 01.0. , v i a * Soutlis.„,, o , , .. f r o t , b . ... , tr, India (Bombay), via Southampton ..... ~ fe via Marseilles ........... ....feb. 6. Portugal.... ......................... ; 1 : 1 ,...' fel ). 3, ,iaita, Egypt, end Aden, via SouthamPto ..,...vel). via Marseilles •• •• ... ~ • ili Newfoundland ................... ..., % y e t) , ' Oporto and Vigo .............. •_:i e t.• ~ b. U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. P s ' jo t.. •:I'sv' O. by if ,So F aC D oCl o' o l. Ili by Cartaclita,.• "rel.' 0 , -,-- W.O. of Africa, Madeira, an d Teneriffe .. .. ...':feb' 0, Bahamas, via New York ' ................. • j 01/ , Mexico ...... ! ..................... •.,•; . 'r e lay + All parts of West Indies, including Cb" ..... California. and British Columbia. ...... ba li sc o o n f oL th OGlCAL PRODUCTIONS.,-- •'-''''''' r ' ) t ' hibit d, and `which beaut e y and b Aft' af ° 0, levelhleo---ie:lairini7--------arvoefe ttbhileeeeinvad-etcus—nhi---gievasesrswehalii:igri :afehoirdeid:iidostr°ol::-- id:deleo Themovements are of the finest qualitY -"-,,1e- ief;;• i,,orology is at present capable of prodeeirig.duPles;oolP' L an o a na e o v n e horizoni,-al, repeaters, centre see,onds, kellei°/' 0 0 °r o ot i J ° adapted to 14 lc i'lfr ryNedwees,crNipotvi.onB, olf6tsw2.ateChltr, onoraeter, 0900.idil; Benson's illustrated pamphlet on watcheS d,- o: o r w oo ~ tr, to two stamps) cont3ins a short history o f • _Ade - 0 4 ,, ,a0 prices, from 3to 20ct guineas. It acts as a 6. - 0 0 P , J'V chase of a watch, and enables those Who llveli por J. world to select a watch, and have it seat. it ' a d f 6 ;0 1 :0 medal and honourable mention, elasseo 3:4taplistoeStr Benson, 33 and 34, Ludgate-hill, London. l'copoie I Watch and clock maker by special warrallt 0 " ' ass H.ILII. the Prince of Wales. e of .a. /30 The Gazette du Midi states that . 7 11 , trib°;oo/ recently appointed Procareur-iraperial to at V e tto °l lo i i/$ Avignon, committed suicide two days oin i pr ieg cutting his throat with A r azor, Whil e 611 attack of fever. 1)1 4°. Births. viri o j " s o° , (0 0 ANDERSON.-On the 30th ult., at sl4°lltar. Alte B the wife of John Anderson, of a daugoottge, o , 00 DEACON. -On the 31st ult., at HoPelY of t *E; arY , Hants, the wifo of H. W. Peacon, scielioatil ro RiwocinetciearnoofenFsnorexaefisOitnicthhaerd3oloslit,ulsts.,::rfrklaaocilogl;taeah li REFS. -On the 31st ult., at BeliXel°'-' ,ie of a daughter. IffarriageS• farti ° :foe ° a t St' 1‘ tO ta f'' 64 ' PURCELL-BDRR.-On the 30tb nit.' calcat,,:or, the-Fields, W. Purcell, C.B.t .----P14.-grederici' Y . 3$ Ci l 13 Marianne Burr, eldest daughter el • t Cl ia° Pr ° 'O. Vice-Consul 1-1..8.A1., Bede, SP°l,B,l, alt, n o 5 03 ; poll' MONTGOMERY -WI-MD. -Da the • .., Capt--„,., ot ,JO Church, Robert James lvlontgord±49o7, ~,840.01.,,iti, goon Guards, son of John gons°bwettl, dautcoo e°l' warden, co. Antrim, D P. te ilizli, j a the ° Robert White, Esq., of NV bite Doo t tier 1` 14) Deaths . a-PlOOBl ,1' ig ilarlail 13'' ALLEN.—On the Ist inst,, at Avy 01 14 ' hill, William Allen, B s cl' as l it, /01/1 OA 'l+l BLUNT.-On the lot inst., gr, There aorg° afP port-place, Heston, aged 46. , toa , C . . y,.. BLyToN.-On the Ist inst., at Lou_ i'cial-road ' _ „v . . ConiTts','l. of )1 ' E. q, of Albany House, adort , Brook Cottages, Loughton, egeu saroel co g o OX CoNDER..--On the Ist ins •, gr• o ° o 0 000 e, gleswade, aged 66. , tto hti l la 0 oh arlo.-- WO ° to HOWARD --On the i-,-- o f 101 va c Thomas Aubrey Howard, Esq. , _ pla ce, ' Berks. oo ev°°Bllife WALEv.--On the Ist inst., .-111,01 73. -Or land-place, S. J. Willey, tl 6 q* , ' ---11)01,1•1' -,ASA' s 4 ' it -- - --,.1:14)-- live fl - - --- --- ii o p's A lO 0 400 Landon : Prlred and cle_,'..lollC . n,..0 OA e 4 Of No. 112, Strand, ra ter, a: ..00i, 1 i Strand, in the Precinct of D.:10./ 3, ler'' litiddleSeX.-7:llFedaeadaY, rePly el l 1.. A A' 1