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

T EfE r NVASION OF SCHLESWIG, (From the TiMeT Correspondent.) HAMBURG, San. 31, As is &DI netimes the case on the eve of a struggle, the neare r one gets to its contemplated scene the more unf ►nimous becomes the opinion concerning it. la E ngl and, judging from what I hear from travel. lers recently arrived thence, many still believe in the maintenance of peace ; in Berlin, where the rea- eor•.s are better understood that render this most difficult, persons are still to be found who, although tL ey 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 '?:der, 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 on ail sides, here and in Altona, the most fer vent wishes expressed for the speedy ejection of tile Danes from Schleswig, Anybody who came to Hamburg to try to get at both sides of the question Nvould 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 is invariably the same—the one inexorable condition of contentment is the absolute severance of the Duchies from Denmark. As regards war, the 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 bayonet's point. The 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 Augus tenburg, &c., fall into the background 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 he 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 comes of course it must be to fight ; as a mere garrison for Copenhagen and the islands it is not required. A British squa dron in the Baltic, say some, a rigorous blockade of nil 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 done in sapport 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 Sungfernstieg, in white coats and gray, infantry, cavalry, and artillery, some with the queer enelon-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 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 larding 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 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 Paint 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 place of passage, as the whole army is to be echeloned alongthe Eider. According to information on which I have reason to rely, the combined army numbers 68,000 met. "Besides these there are the 3.2,00 0 Saxons and l ianoverians, but it is, of course, a question 110 W far the co-operation is to be reckoned upon. The Austria-Pru ssians have a, sup e rabundance of cavalry, which may be sa i d to diminish their ap. parent strength, since in an attack on the Danne werk it would be of com p ara tively little use, th e work there being forinfantryand artillery. A s re gards the strength o f the Danish army Southern Zehleswig, 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 Dani s h army is not more than 50,000, and wo must allow for troops in garrisons out of Schleswig and for the battalions of Holgteiners and Schleswigers which have been weakened by desertions, or which it is deemed unsafe to bring to the front. Some Selales wigers 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 men. 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 prospects of both parties. Thursday was a pouring day in Hamburg, 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 terday was bright and sunny, and there were some indications of a thaw, but the frost held to a con siderable extent; there was skating in the warm es t part of the day, and last night it again froze, altheugh the absence of wind makes ili;) c o ld leas 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 Augustenburg—or the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, as be is now invariably called in these parts—has left Kiel for a few days' shooting on the estate of Col. Buchwaldt, 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 by'engaging 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, I am 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 Copenhagen 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 Swedish 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. would 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 Bau, 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, alio Ting 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 : 'hitehall, Feb. 1, 1864 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 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 26th 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 wore 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. —I 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 Geori,J Victor Townley, a prisoner under sentence of death in Bethiem Hospital, and to report our opinion as to whether he is of unsound mind, report as follows : IV 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 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 expec'ed 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 +ime. 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 ont of the hands of his enemies, and placed her in a position where she would wait, and where he wound 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 s f his clearso m l neetimey b e o f f o r t h e e h e e s v t e r n u t c s k a t t h t e e n b d l tit g t lV e e think , 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 hi m . We h a ve considered the evidence of hereditary pre disposition to insani t y g iven i n the papers suppli e d t o us , d u stateof the prison er ' s state of mind has thereby. Wes notm been apothecary, and also th e c hi ef atten danta noer examined opinioni n a e e otr fe the e t he of Bethlem as to the conduct of Townley since he has been in detention at the hospital—both of them have had him under daily and special observation—and they assure us that neither in conduct, manner, nor conversation had THE SUN, LOINDON, 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 BUCENILL, M.D., Visitor of Chancery Lunatica. JOHN MEYER, M.D., Medical Super intendent of the Criminal Lunatic Asylum. W. HELPS, M.D., Medical Superin tendent of the Royal Bethlem Hos pital. LAW INTELLIGENCE,—(Feb. 2.) COURT OF DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) O'KANE V. O'F.A.NE AND PAL3IERSTON (VTS€O7.7NT). Although this case did not appear in the list for the day, it was understood the matter would come on before his lord ship rose ; and the court was 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 MAJEBTV'B COURT FOR DIVORCE (BIC) 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, bloorgate-street, in the City of London, Solicitor, make oath and say : " 1. That lam the solicitor to the petitioner on the record ; that the particulars required by the order of the co-respon dent on Nos. 17, 1863, were immediately prepared and ready for delivery, but were delayed being filed solely because ne gotiations for a settlement of the cause were soon after commenced, and which were only completed on Saturday, Jan. 16, 1864, and when my costs were paid. "2. That I am in formed 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 Y. 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 o wn resources and those of my friends having 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 formalities of the Catholic church, This could 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'KAyn. " Mr. Thomas Wells, solicitor, 47, Moorgate-st„ City. " Sworn at No. 19, Coleman-street, in the City of London, this Ist day of February, 1864, before me, " PHILIP SMITH COX." On the same day Mr. Horsley made the following affidavit : " I, Charles Horsley, of N0,.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 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 saidl27th day of Jan., wrote and sent to Mr. Wells a letter, of which the following is a true copy " 2, Staples Inn, Jan. 27, 18G1, " ' O . RANE 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 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 beau 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, &c„ 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 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. " 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 ease is not in the list. Mr. G. Browse—l appear on behalf of the petitioner. Sir J. Wilde—But is the co-respondent represented ? The Queen's Adyocate—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 or 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 perfectly 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 be 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 one 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 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 th 4 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 of the arrange ment. SW. \V ilde—Thi matter may be dealt withindepemidntly 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 take ono line or the other, If ho likes he may abandon the affi davits; 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 Thurslay next, The Poor-Law Board and Bethnal-green. The Charges against Dr. Moore. OFFICIAL INQUIRY. Yester3.cy 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 Giffard, instructed by Mr. Howard, ap peared for the Board of Guardians; 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 purpose 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. Elisabeth 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. Mo'k i rre. 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 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 hu , band 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 Mandrel], 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. 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 (he 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 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 ili, 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. 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 ho 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 h is shoulders. Witness never said to him, " You aro well paid, and I shall have you whenever I want you." It was on a subsequent occasion that the doctor said he 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 the atmosphere in this place (Hollybush place) is so bad that it is impossible for your son to have a fair chance of recovery if he stays here. You had better send him into the house, where be 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. Moors 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 is 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 ho 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. Christey, who said something to her, faint to Mr. By Mr. Giffard—Witness had made a co m p a nd in consequence of that she came before the Board of Guard ians and made a statement. Mr. Giffard put in the medical relief book, and pointed out that Dr. Mocro 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, B9thnal-green-road, said that he 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 not remember whether Mrs. Mandrell complained of Dr. Moore; 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. meat 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. The 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. 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 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. Mooro. Witness knew that Mrs. Mandrell was coming to►prefer a charge against Dr, Moore. By Mr. Giffard—He kaew that she had complained, and he know 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 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 and 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 observvd 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, atop; 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 left, witness saw the child at the water-butt in the yard. That was the 29th 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 £3. There was an in quest on her child. Dr. Moore never said " You and your husband aro greatly persecuted by the board of guardians." She had not applied for relief from the relieving °Moors, ller 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 hobpital provided she could get Dr. Moore to be her surety. The letter was dated Nov. 11, 1863, and signed Mary Chai loner. Mr. F. Netherclift was examined on the point, and ultimately the inquiry was adjourned. SINGULAR AFFAIR AT STONE. (From the Birmingham 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 tjwn 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 fron4upper 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 bad 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 acqaainted 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 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 it 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 conjunction 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 nn advertisement under the head of "Matrimony," in which it wa.° stated that " a gentleman desired to make the acquaintance 0; a young lady to whom he would make himself both useful ;. - 2.7 d 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 desireus of 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. 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 'ilk 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 Bi , kenhead Park. True to his appoint ment, the " gentleman" made his appearance at 4 o'clock. Ho was a little personage and well dressed, partaking some what of the " dandy." The rain came down heavily at the time,bnt notwithstanding this drawbwk 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 ho 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,dnstead 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 " 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 the comfort it bestows by re straining inflammation and allaying pain. Whenever this 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. Tn neuralgia, rheumatism, and gout the same application, properly used, gives wonderful relief, SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—Tho 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 11Iissunde, on the Schlei, is the scene of the first encou nter in a campaign which may have the most important et Tects on European policy. History seems as i f i t we re about to repeat itself in the new Schlesw these countries there is, indeed, not cam mucha ci,gn. hoice o f fi e ,Js of battle. Two or three main lines of road leadins," i., two or three principal towns are to be lost or won, and then the contest is at an end. Almost 16 years ago the e t rt ls 7, sians entered Schleswig, and took the towns of Schleswig and Flensburg, just tis they are now in tent on taking them. A year later the . Schleswig- Holsteiners attacked the Danes at Missunde and Eckernforde, pretty much as is described in the telegraphic despatches of today. The position of the opposing armies in this campaign is soon de scribed. The Dames occupy a line south of the Schlei, from Eckernforde to Hollingstedt. 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 g iven, being spread over a rether long line of defence. According to the report of the Danish Cemmander,the Prussians had attacked his outposts, and were advancing towards Missunde with the intention of foicing the passage of the Schlei. The later news g ives tie° result of the movement. Missunde is on the south bank .of the firth, at the point where what may be called the bayt of Schleswig narrows to the dimensio ns of a river. .1.! 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 Meza men tions, and, es 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 consequende of the events at Paris. As now, a new King was on the throne, a new Constitution had been adopted, and the civil adminiatration of the kingdom was un settled. Lut 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 neg:ected, are in excellent order ; and were the Danes opposed to enything like equal forces, their ability to hold the Northern Duchy would be undoubted. But the Garman Powers have • also been careful to avoid the mis take of 1848, which consisted in fighting the Danes on too equal terms. A stur4 people, holding a country which they have spent sat much in rendering secure, must be dangerous oppocCits- 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 Sea, and though a t 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 he 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 ~ethe Fatherland, it is necessary that what is done o. shank' e done quickly and thoroughly. Hence the overpowering force which is sent to the Eider, and • ;no. " off of the Danes from their the attempted Ult.- former line of retreat.fi , at the success of this seen, but from the strategy may be remains to 1.:2 th? „, a . ddresses of speeches of the Danish statesmen, the Legislature, and the acts cf the ..tedng , we ean i hardly believe that the great line of den:" will pass into the hands of the enemy without such dl 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 inhabi 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, Euro pean 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 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 Denmark, 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 Schleswigeis 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, tht* George Victor Townley has been pro nounced sane, and that the capital sentence of death 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 be a source of some satisfaction to the public that the criminal hes not entirely escaped punishment. To be confined in a lunatic asylum, especially if sane, is undoubtedly a ter rible hardship, but it cannot he termed a legal punishment in the - proper acceptalion of that term. Logically, the Government were undoubt edly bound, on being furnished with evidence of rnavaley's sanity, to allow the law to take its course, and offer no opposition to the fulfilment by the Sheriff of Derby of the terrible duty imposed upon him. But it was felt th a t, a f ter respite, it would have been indecent to hang the wretched criminal. W ealmost doubt if a sent i ment of •deli eau has not in the pr esen t i nstance been over - strained. The m os t conc l us i ve evidence is now furnished that Tow n l e y was not only sane at the time he killed Miss Goodwill, which was found by the verdict of the ju r y, b ut that he has at no time beenmeanie since that act was committed. Con sistently, then, th e G overnment were bound to de liver him over to the executioner. Under all the cir cunastances, however, it has been considered advisable Townley commute th e sentence of death, and George Vi ctor ro..wnley will pass th e rest of his life in penal servi tude. Without recapitulating the history of " the Townley case" from th e t i me of the mur d erer 's con viction to the present moment, it may be sufficient to state that, in consequence of the representations made by th e Vi s i t i ng J ustices of Der b y , of the sin gular statements math) by those on whose certificates of Townley's insanity the Home Secretary deemed himself obliged to direct the criminal to be removed . from a gaol to a lunat i c asylum , an d above all, °I the unceasing d eman d s ma d e b y the press for further investigation, the Home t.lecretary, with the . concur rence of the Lord Ch ance ll or ,, a ppointed four phy sicians to institute an inquiry into the state of Townloy'o mind. Of thooo gentleman, two aro ‘,.......,.--- ........-.....-.......................-................................--..-- ' OfC balt visitors of lunatics appointed by the Conr \ ' A ; 1 seP er` eery, and of the remaining two, one is in e".` la at Asp.:111 111 --,, • 'ntendent of the Criminal Lunatic - l aitio . Broadmoor, and the other holds the san.`e P' t hese at Bethlehem Hospital. Of the capacity' of L. no gentlemen to form a sound opinion there cane'''' -1- question, and it only remains to consider ill elk s. elusions at which they .arrived after hal in g Po .10 rite, tiently and without prejudice examined present condition of the alleged lunatic's nind• l ish . inspectors (as they may be termOd) ened interviews with Towoley on t tvo conseehhioh days, and, having done so the conelt;goll_ at , :and they unanimously arrived was, that he' 16 e " . ; " t oile mind. To quote from the report--" Neith er ' 17 ., AO of speech, nor in look or conduct, was there' 0,7 ,6 h is of insanity observable in him ;" .na egaliics'dietie, had two leegtio prompt a pprehension of the purport of our qu ; - ,,ted. and the manner in which he replied to then3,io,t`l,fu'heor , possession of good intellectual capacity.' dor the ar are plain common-sense tests, and will b e L h l o ne stood and appreciated by all, and if the eal le ''''' 11 b as ;:d on them are riot to be received, the 6; f ey 11 t be re taus. be purpose,: of criminal justice, _insanity garded as in,?spable of definition, and be held . to t ; of existent or non-`:.intent according to theiraPric.oo e prejudice of particular indiJiduals. Tho tors bad. to detear,leluss° which the four medical inspee's flot r 'esPlluooni, was whether Townley was or wag a . reasonable being for the crime n'bie.ll "%elude mated, That he was so responsible 0107 coooro. ~ with unquestionable justice from his oe, . clues t.l expected," said he, in answer to one of tii b u . .illea iona put to him, "to be hanged be •••• that the topie l in ._. l her, and am not such a fool as not to knoW + the aw hangs for murder. I did not think of it 0. a Alb donhto time, or I should not have done it." to his responsibility are here set at rest y ilie: no w , confession, th for he fully acknowledges that sees'fill entail punishment. act which he committed would newtalel th punishment. The statement made hY l e " gg eeil at he killed Miss Goodwin in order to reP i e " - s et himself . of her as his property, is very PrePerigifter a wn by the medical examiners as a Iner:„41 0 thougt, adopted by him to justify his c ritne ; 1 1030 $ admission that the opinion was formed suseclid, to the murdei was in fact made by the cr ,,t Ole Independently a this, the supposition tu-soecli, crime was dictated by such a Votive, is, as the with cal h inspectors point out, entirely at varieheedgise is constantly repeated assertion, ththe kill i e ,,, for Goodwin under the influence of si: o! demPit°";iet these, and several other reasons maltieneu n'-uoirite° in h their report, the four medical gentlb M e t e , fi Xsed i! the Home Secretary, all of then( "i'bet,"„," rtisg?, the diagnosis of mental disease, have 10'; ‘ ," - c it ty ser pronounced George Victor Townley pePt-ttfie v' t In ve announcing the ultimate decision 0:' 00 ° rnment to the Justices of Derby', the g° towho Secretary certi fi h e a d s tfnulily,nwacnqieuyit,steidnntalirityforf , lf s e i" : 1:0 1 1 0 1 ; of deceive the authorities and frustrate tPess justice. For our part, we fully believe that he gentlemen l acted conscientiously, but wha t Ig fo c ificier always w . ays protested against waste absurditi °' „ill pe s° it .h in the power of any four pudiced, thcloopisir si ly vvelt-meaning, men'to abrogate cap i tt qa re ll° meat by simply certifying to the insanity °,' ; 0 0 vict under sentence of death. In the present iti ‘ . eel; the gallows bras been robbed of its legitisnat:;olo/ but it is some satisfaction to know that the ile scandal will not occur again. Sir O. Grel o °l to Pa f t / h ic Yeg i r timated his intention of proposing modification of the existing law ;and , a s n 'i c o arr e t; . lature will gladly seize the opportuniti "" t ne l " ing an iavoluntary error, we ',lay e%Peieno 0 0 again to hear of a murderer being rescued rh - it e „S: which should be a murderer's doom / ' e tbeer vention of four irresponsible and though Mess,l though probably conscientious, individaa, -* __..-0.0. COUNTRY MABICETS as i LIVE RP 0 L—T UEDAY, 00,' There was a good attendance both of tow it t vi itl 6 l ,poo country millers at market to-day. Wheat we 4 0 (2,,ri' slow sale from millers, but a large business v 1 , 6 „ 1 o p speculation, at an advance of 4d to 6d per oslrttiera'nflol can red and 2d to 3d on white. Flour val s ' 3 10101 01 1 in ry sale, a~g _qnrriiilcrdneeasad,y, Friday. o nß r, 0, corn, oaa b rnt unss andr a n a a tthdneo6r oatmeal dearer.improvement LEEDSem etime upon tue gd s t p ere:4 There were fair arrivals of grain both 11, 1 , 0 44 bos s this week, and the wheat trade was firnh Goo" business was done at fully previous raltered, continues quite as dear. Other articles tat • tSolto --- SHEFFIELD—TvonO• t the - 0 There was a fair average show of grain, ?e4i w ere , wheat ruled rather dull, and former Pr ic Oe to l6° o ll maintained. .16 5 °4 to PO Redt wheat, por lead of 3 imperial bushels...os Oa ,18 0 0 White • .. 1 60 Oa ' 10 6 1 // t 0 0 New red I '`.17 0 ° I 0 11 0 4 New white . -6, 0 ../ f f If .I°Bo,lto 15 r Beans ' . .40 0 n a t4 5 40 0i // If Peas, per qr .......................... • ' .295. tn .? , vo Grinding barley, per qr. ......... 3 4 0 04 OO Malting ditto, .............. 9 $ Oil ' ..... Oats 77 Flour, is 4d to is 8d per li Iv 1. o pto ' 4.0 MARKET ZARBOROUGII -"Tpes ; 5 : ,4 to' White wheat, 42s to 4 6 5; red , 378 12 ' 3 . 0 P et Malting barleyat 348 to 37;3 per gr.; P .— . 2 os 0 per 30 st.,Oats, 'old, 27s tO 30 0 ; l igw ' st. ; beans,.3sB to 408 per qr. A, DUBLIN—TuE6DO' s• cl o to '' 0 Do., new 10 nto /0 s. (1. s. d. i ~. _ v ~, „ Wheat, white 24 0t026 6 Oat raeal" ." —0 t ° ' Do., red „,.. ..„, ./ A 21 Gto 24 0 Beana."' oto 0 v Barley Oats 9 oto 12 0 Bakers' tio w . a cora 0 Do., black — oto 0 India n _........"" Foreign Is• Australia a1., 4 Mauritius, via SoutharaP 8 li vy ail i aß b ri l P vit a i a rse t: c :i l l e u e c t ': :B l : ll , ils l os i e : . : e a, " . . , .: o - 13 1 : 1 :: ' . Brazil and Cape Verd M s, Al b ~ .. v e: lf: China, toil.e.'Pli'S• CFlnatid:keialoa(rtfcciGallocosuld7tntfald)o:pe, A . ,.cieen L sio S n, Dl7:St ' Ph a e oe ll. e b ' Penang, and Sing,apore, via s°---lleou'' it, Gibraltar, via Southampton ........ " ' 100 u 'yet , / 1, via Sa ra° . ••••feb , 15, and Ceylon, ...... •• ...... of . fib. 1. India (Bomb7y), via Southampton ...... ~.'feb ' lli via a° .. 'ld, 5, via Marseilles ........... ~••'f' sh• Portugal.... lialta, Egypt, and Aden, via SouthazPt°ll'.'' yet , . ' N Op e o w r f t ° o uri an tli d a V na igO ..................... .. ...ar8...._:e..i11..en3.:•:t.:;:;:,:::11' 11; 15. S. and British N. America, by Brit. r ic iet." . Vel i. 10 , i l l V a . h o a . m o of s A , f v r i i a ea N , = o ; w la y de o i r r k a, and T ll) : y e Y . n . Clj e:ri . . l3 .. :f7 : l " : l , 6 . :l ::: :: : : ,f *t.ellill:. °11 ;: , Memico. ...................... 4 , yo l3 ` .......... 4/i yel All parts of West Indies, .......... Cb . " ' , California. d British C 1 tubia.. ........ ::2 4 0 t a ll. ~.,z e d 11 . ,,, 4 0 1 ' °- 00 " ; HOROLOGICAL PRODUCTIONS.---"117:01% PT A fOr : 0 1 1 1 , base of the clock were the watches Whic' 0.1 0- 8 0 tl i et hibited, and which have been universal 7 fed 0 a al ) of i t# l, beauty and elegance of the designs ellgrsl,7l3lcPtitositli:off, The movements are of the finest citialit):44:--fr;eg, tot horology is at present capable of predur., dt11).4801,1e0. London News, Nov. 8, 1682. Chronoraer;o,ol fa horizontal, repeaters, centre seconds, Rei d ° w oP ll ,O O 'OO and every description of watch, adaPt'e,.„, pee V als , „er Benson's illustrated pamphlet on votte..-_,,,,, sn e v,,,a two stamps) contains a short history of so:l7ide iP o t ot2 . prices, from 3to 200 guineas. It acts as . f,,, 101:0 rif chase of a watch, and enables those whollvf 51 p t oed ::0 world to select a watch, and have it o ' o3 0,ad.,,t0 medal and honourable mention, classes ~,‘,otappisoou Benson, 33 and 31, Ludgate-hill, London., ofx'appeiP d, Watch and clockmaker by special viarratO stP /3 0 1 e 130t1P,41 H.R.11. the Prince of Wales. The Gazette du Midi states ..thtlittol‘:;°,trivebri° tioll recently appointed Pronireur-irape.u°- ,„ 80 ou - tr elP Avignon, committed suicide two days 0 1 : vtifo riag cutting his throat with a razor, while ° attack of fever. 1, 1 0 4° Births• l'l lo o i ao• i StlnOli iW O ANDERSON. -011 the 30th ult., a. , el_. the wife of John Anderwso.up, PeafePonaoueotktbogeseigoterPfi: .:6, DEACON.—On the 31st ult., at rtoPYvs4., of o,;.perXl Rants, the wife of H. RicifAßDSoN.—On the 31st ult., ati , 7, a d og _ go d, wife of Francis Richardson, Ssql,„jc, Metope .ftEEs.—On the 31st ult,, at Beliza-P" G eorg e Rees, of a d art' d aug hter. opir 'A - oe aiTiageo' t st.go to s o ..... ult.. A Cultnt`,:iff, FIJRCELL—Buiut.—On the 30th , , 1. , . ir 1, ,4 ...ef r the-Fields, W. Purcell, C.l-1.1 X'Liireacric ter,,,,,. it ot C Atr P Al' d Marianne Burr, eldest dauf;/1 Vice-Consul H:B.M., Beryl, P 28th 0 ,-10 3 ,, f 0- 0. MONTGOMERY —WHITE. --011 the o _ er y, SA? ° r Of 1 0 1, Church, Robert James Blontgorgoroary,ise coo goon Guards, son of John Pil'Zliabeth, ,% o ° oo a warden, co. Antrim, D D., t? '_'3l,o, ill t''' Robert White, E s q., of Wh it° tor pp De aths , ..,a.pioce, ,o , t 15, s°r iw ' , 10 13' ALLEN.—On the Ist inst., a 1110. 04 o 11/ hill, William Allen, ES'. Tho gla o .'" VII,' f 4 1- Mr. + Org ° 0 1 BLUNT.—On the Ist ins, - ~... 0 0 , 0 a ged 4;: t ~_ °tighter:oo >, , port-place, Iloxton, f P ir BLYTON.--011. the Ist inst., • -1-•ercial 1 0 use C''' ° 57 der , E:ci ,of Albany 1 10 ' ag ed • i COP ,0. Brook Cottages, Loughtoo, Mr, , ita tie sr ,- o f ate 100 0 CONDEIL—On the Ist inst., Al. arf'doa / gieswae, aged 66. charlotte,atto rt , II owARD.—On the 31st ult., .„,,..,,., o f 1 „ e , ro Thomas Aubrey Howard, P.w. , ob iro'l liti' Berks. nyvo ,' tat 2 2 1 ''''',l /. - - -(9 , VALEy.—On the Ist ins ~ ~,e 4, a go - 4 1 " ) 'll6 ' land-place, S. J. liraleY, .." _ ___---10 1 , ti --- - --vviplifit. Ofi lee O il ' - ------ ---- - - .Isued DY ,snri -CO London : PrinZ dre..,. ter, at Ills 0 _, Jo 08 of No. 112,Strand, I'll-fi of the s/.3'00. Strand, In the precinct.,„ voraori '' litidtlleso24.-_-W(Agua/' r