The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-05-15 00:00:00

Tio J. NODDER, XI) • HATTER, 81, CH URCH-STREET, Begs respectfully to Inform the Nobility and Gentry of Liver pool that his NEW STYLES for the Season are NOW READY or Inspection. G ENTLEMEN'S NEW OUTFITTING ESTABLISHMENT, 5, CASTLE-STREET, LIVERPOOL NEXT DOOR TO THE GATEWAY OF ANDERSON'S MERCHANTS' NEW DINING ROOMS DAVID ANDERSON, PROPRIETOR. THE ABOVE ESTABLISHMENT IS NOW OPEN. The Assortment comprises a very choice selection of FIRST-CLASS GOODS ONLY, suitable for those Gentle men frequenting the neighbourhood of the Exchange, and at, more moderate prices than it has been usual to obtain them for. 81111 ITS MADE TO ORDER, the fit warranted, and the materials guaranteed to be of the beat qualities and makes. A selett assortment of LADIES' FIRST QUALITY GLOVES will be kept. ANDERSON'S 5, CASTLE-ST., LIVERPOOL. THIS DAY, the 15t instant, at the Commercial 225 1-DrumE, 200 Boxes Tur FIGS: 50 Boxes' 10 Mats Jon] Z's ELT 1 Bag and 1 Box Sici ply to Tali DAY 100 Bags MUS' RAH now landing ex British I heffield, and LinColn, 24291 Ditto New 6 per c Pref., 7-16 9-16 p. Midland ritieh, 8 1146 8.13 16. North South Eastern and Dover, 3Vireastle, and _Berwick, 191 Midland, 28 281. Leeds Staffordshire, 6 the imm brilliantly heavily to the " new" co , the appn his wife! tvery available (pence of the sniallness of the court in which the prisoner was to be tried, as early as seven o'clock in the morning the various approadhes to the court, and the whole of the Old Bailey, were closely packed with thousincli, who were anxious either to obtain admission for themselves, or desirou.4 of seeing the approach of the judges and other officials connected with the case. The intense interest excited by the extraordinary nature of the charges against the prisoner was not confined to the humbler classes; on the contrary, ense body of spectators this morning assembled in the Old Bailey consisted alike of professiOnal gentlemen, tradesmen, and members of the various grades of society, regate gross receipts I from the highest to the lowest: The morning opened beautifully fine, the sun shining ; but, about eight o'clock, a change took place, and from that hour to nearly noon, the rain descended very In addition to the alterations mad special arrange' elite which had been made in the interior of the old court separate entrances for the judges, the nobility, the general public, and the witnesses, had also been provided. The judges, nobility, magistrates, barristers, &c., were, of course, admitted through the court yard at the'north end of the Old Bailey, the general public by one of the centre doors leading whilst the south door entrance was specially reserved for the exclusive admission of witnesses. The scene presented in the Old Bailey as the various par- ties arrived at the court, partook more of the character of a civic procession doing honour to some distinguished man; or of the arrivals at a carnival, than of what it really was, ach of a succession of individuals from amongst the different ranks of society, who were about to be the spectators of the trial of an educated man, charged with the cool and insidious double murder of his friend, and— oat in the court was occupied long before th e hour for the commencement of the trial arrived ; and hundreds,_who considered themselves fortunate as being the ,holders of tickets, were met at the door, on their arrival, by the ominous announcement, in large characters, The court is full," and were consequently unable to obtain admission. The police were inexorable in strictly refusing admission to all who had no tickets, irrespective of persons, profession, or position ; and not the least ludicrous of the scenes about the approaches to the court, was the appearance of some half dozen robed barristers, %he, with umbrella in hand. peremptorily demanded admission as gentlemen of the long robe, but not presenting tickets, the " horse hair" had no talismanic effect on the officers; and, at length, after running from door to door, much to the amusement of the bystanders, and to their own mortification and disappointment, Messrs. Bridles; in order to avoid the jeers of the multitude, precipitately rushed into a coffee shop opposite ! Amongst the earliest arrivals at the court was the Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, who came about a quarter past eight o'clock, in a splendid equipage, in company with Lord William Lennox. They were followed in succession by the Earl of Denbigh, the Earl of Derby, Marquis of An glesea, Lord George Lennox, Earl Grey, Lord A2fred Lennox, and several other noblemen and gentlemen. The most intense interest was manifested by the populace when any of the parties connected with the case, as witnesses or otherwise, made their appearance at the door of the court. Thus; when Mr- George Palmer, solicitor, brother of the prisoner, drove up to the entrance in company with Mr. John Smith, of Birmingham, the prisoner's solicitor, the parties were recognised, and there was a tremendous rush to have a view of them, especially the former. Mr. George Palmer, on entering the court along with Mr. Smith, carried a very large bag, filled with an immense number of documents. Amongst the other witnesses who attracted much attention as they drove up to -the door of the court were the medical men, more pat:- ticularly Drs. Monckton and Bamford, of Rugeley, and Dr. Knight, of Stafford. Mr. George Bate; whose name has been so prominently before the public, as Palmer's occasional groom, was also the object of especial' curiosity on the part, of the public. Mr. Baron Alderson and Mr. Justice Cresswell arrived about half-past nine, immediately followed by the Lord Mayor and the Recorder, in the state carriage of the former, and succeeded by several,of th e aldermen. Lord Campbell arrived at ten minutes to ten o'clock. Precisely at ten o'clock their lordships entered the court (which was then densely crowded), when an unusually impressive silence prevailed am ,ng the spectators. Oa the bench, also, were the illustrious and distinguished noblemen before named, and in addition to the Lord fayor, the ,sheriffs, and the Recorder, we also noticed the following aldermen : Sir R. Carden, Sir W. Magnay, Sir F. G. Moon, Sidney, and Lawrence. The crowd outside the court remained during the the whole of the day, anxiously listening to any details of what was going forward inside, and " enterprising" tradesmen were not slow in endeavouring to make capital of the trial which will, perhaps, for some days, be the subject of conversation in every class of society. THE TRIAL A few seconls after ten o'clock the prisoner was brought -0-- into court and placed in the dock. The personal appear ance of Palmer has been repeatedly before described in the public press, and his portraits in the illUstrated papers have made his features familiar to all who take an interest in the strange circumstances of the crimes with which he stands charged. His features and head are of a very ordinary common-place character, and on being placed at the bar he exhibited no emotion whatever, and looked round the court quietly, and with little apparent interest in the occasion which brought that crowded assembly together, or sense of the dangerous position in which he stood. He was plaqtly dressed in a black frock coat and black silk neckerchief. lie appeared in good health and very stout, and no signs of care or anxiety were visible on his face. The brother of the prisoner stood near the dock. The Attorney-General, Mr. James, Q.C., Mr. Weisby, Mr. Bodkin, and Mr. Hnddieston, appeared for the prosecution. The prisoner was defended by Mr. Serjeant Shee, Mr. Greave, Q.C., Mr. Gray, and Mr. Kennealy. On being arraigned by the clerk of the arraignments, for the wilful murder of John Parsons Cook, of Rugeley, in November last, the prisoner pleaded "not guilty," in a low but distinct voice. When twelve jurymen had been called, Mr. Sergeant Shee, on behalf of the prisoner, expressed a hope that no gentleman would act on the jury who was connected with either of the three insurance companies involved in this trial, namely—the Prince of Wales, the Solicitors, and General and Midland. Mr. Mason, a juryman, said he felt so strong a pre judice in the case that he did not feel competent to act, and he begged to be excused. Lord CainpbPll said he had heard enough. man must be discharged. The jury- The following gentlemen were then sworn of THE JURY, Thomas Knight, Richard Tumbril, William Newman, George Miller, William Mayor, George Okshaw, Charles Bates, William Ecclesston, Samuel Mullen, John Over, William Nash, William Fletcher, and George Miller. The jurors were, it appears, all taken from the panels of the counties of Surrey, Essex, and Middlesex. The Attorney-General, in opening the case, said that the duty which devolved upon the jury was one of a most important character, the issue being the life or death of the prisoner at the bar. It was a case of the most painful interest, and one which, from the publicity it had gained through the press, he did not think there was any man who had not come to some conclusion upon the facts which had thus been made known. lie begged most earnestly that the jury would dismiss from their minds all that they had heard from that semen, and be en tirely guided by the evidence which would be laid before them. The prisoner was by profession a surgeon, and had carried on business at Rugeley, in Staffordshire, but becoming engaged in turf pursuits, of which he was a victim, he, about three years ago, gave up that business to an assistant, Mr. Burby, who now carried on the busi ness as chemist ; but the name of Palmer, was, he believed, kept up. The deceased was of a respectable family, and had been articled to a solicitor, but coming into the pos session of property had taken up the pursuits of the turf, and became acquainted, by those pursuits, with the man now charged with having caused his death. There could be no doubt from the evidence that had to be laid before the jury, and which they must hear to understand the case in all its bearings, that at the time of Palmer's acquaintance with Cook he was a an with ruin and disgrace staring him in the face, and it would be the better course for him, the Attorney-general, to take the events of the case chronologically. The jury would have to consider the motives, sad if they found the prisoner's were strong, there would be more proba bility of his guilt. In 1853 the prisoner was in difficulties, which in 1854 became greater; and it now became his duty to lay before them evidence of acts, upon the part of the prisoner of forgery, but he did not wish them to infer from that that the prisoner must be guilty of the parti cular offence which they sought to bring home to him] 1.11P00L,, THUBSDAY, MAY 1 1.814 In 1854 Palmer raised money upon a )3111 purporting to be the acceptance of his mother (a lady cf property) for £2,000. That bill was forged, and that was the Pest of those transactions which eventually involved him in such peril, that he had had recourse to the pacts which subsequently followed. Upon the 29th offSeptem her, 1853, his wife, upon whose life he had a policy for £13,000, which atnount he received, and paid with that money a part of his liabilities—a"B,ooo—to a bill discounter named Pratt, whose name was mixed up in these matters, and X 5,0,0 to another person at Birmingham ; and this left him further liabilities due, and amongst them the bill of .e 2.000 of his mother, in 154. Prisoner insured the life of his brother. Walter Palmer, for £13,000, which was placed in the hands of Pratt, and from time to time bills were discounted to him, and renewed at a most ruinous discount. Out of this, prisoner had bought two race horses, Nettle and Chicken. In Nov. last prisoner owed about £11,500, and then his pressure became the more pressing. and unless he could meet those payments, and also the bills purporting to be his mother's, the forgeries would b 3 discovered. The prisoner's brother died. The first transaction with deceased, was a bill of £2OO. which Palmer got discounted and failed to meet, and Cook paid it. Palmer represented Cook as a man of respectability, and Pratt not being inclined to lend any more money, Cook assigned to Pratt two horses, Pole star and Cornelius, and a bill for three month, upon which £5OO was advanced to Cook. This was paid in a cheque for £375, and a wine warrant for £65, and the other was charged for discount and other expenses. Palmer got the cheque and wine warrant, which should have reached Cook, and forged the name of Cook upon the back of the cheque, it being drawn by Mr. Pratt upon his bankers in London. Prisoner never intended the pro ceeds of this cheque should find its way into the hands of Cook, and Cook never got the money ; and about the time Cook came to his end, his bill would be due in ten days, and that when it became due to Palmer he had no money to meet it. The learned counsel then went on to state that the insurance upon the life of his brother not having been paid, Palmer, who had raised money upon the policy, in order to raise farther sums, induced Cook to represent Bates, who was a helper in Palmer's stables at Rugeley, as a man of substance and resneet^' • and thereby to get Bates to it- - Palmer proposed this, to which Bates o Palmer pressed him, and Cook stating that he would be all rt attested it, Palmer beina re his life for X 2,509. teal, but also pi aaraed as sur ,O.ed )n, and t 'as sent to the Solicitor's sent a propo assistant as referee. This policy office and refused, and they then similar character to the Midland for .e 16,000, also rejected. This failing, and it being fina that the policy upon the brother's life would the prisoner was reduced to the most desp The learned Attorney-General then read a letters, written by Pratt to Palmer, to show th was under the utmost pressure to meet his and also the bills bearing his mother's He had the postmaster of itugeley most completely under his control, and the letters to his mother were intercepted, which accounted for these acceptances being unknown to her, and enabled him to keep them from her. The learned Attorney-General then read a letter, dated 10th of Oct., relative to those insurance applications, and the enquiries making by the office, and which stated that the accep tances then becoming due, " must be met," which was underlined in the letter in question. On the Bth of November two writs were issued—one against Palmer, and another against his mother ; but before doing so, Palmer continued to send to Pratt, and to pay his £2OO, £250, and 4'300, from which two months discount was deducted, leaving a balance of about .4700 on the £1,500 bill. On the 13th of November a letter passed between them, referring to the Prince of Wales's Office and the insurance of Palmer's brother's life, and in which Pratt asked him to make up the balance on the bills. At that time Pratt held bills amounting to 4'12,500, of which but .4'loo or 4'Boo had been paid off. These bills had the forged accptances of his mother, and he was, of course, pecuniarily and criminally responsible for them. At the Shrewsbury races Mr. Cook's mare, Pole Star, ran for the handicap, and there was every reason to believe she would win, and Palmer betted heavily. The result was, that Cook was entitled to the stakes, which, after certain deductions, amounted to £3Bl 19s. His (Cook's) winning altogether, including the stakes, was 4'2,050, and he had in his pockets between 4'700 and £BOO in notes. He would receive the stakes through Messrs. Weatherby, the agents, and he would draw on them an acceptance; and, on the en suing Monday, he would have received his bets at Tatter sall's, amounting to .£1.,060, but within a week after he died, at the age of 28 years. Cook was slightly disposed to pulmonary complaints, and he had been in the habit of consulting Dr. Savage, of London, who saw him in May, 1855. At that time Cook was anxious about his throat, and he had some eruption about his mouth. He had been taking:mercury, by mistake, for his 'complaint. Dr. Savage prescribed for him, and it had the effect of benefitting him. He continued after that to see Dr. Savage, and did so about a fortnight before his death, and Dr. Savage would say that at that time the deceased had nothing the matter with his general health. Dr. Savage took an interest in him, and, at the request of his friends, wished him to leave the turf, and advised him to go abroad. His friends also wished him to leave the turf, for there was reason to believe that then Palmer premeditated his death. At the Shrewsbury races Mr. Cook was naturally excited, and partook of some wine with Palmer and others, but he was generally an abstemious man. He went to bed perfectly well that night, and on the following morning he went on the course. On that day, 14th Nov., a remark able incident happened. A friend of deceased, Mr. !Terries, occupied a room in the hotel near him, and Mr. Fisher, .deceased's agent. Fisher in the course of' the 'hom Palm. into the st A man na. came up am: riot be circus differe am and hirn fter P signaturc and enter Brassin evening went into the room of the hotel at Shrewsbury, where Palmer and Cook were drinking. Fisher was asked to partake of some refreshment, and Cook said to Palmer " You'll have something more." Palmer replied, " Not unless you finish your glass." Cook said, " that's easily done," and took up the glass and tossed it off, leaving a tea-spoonful in the glass. Immediately after drinking he said, " Good God, there is something in it." Palmer said, " nonsense," and tasted it, and then asked Fisher, and also a Mr. Reed, who had come in, to do so ; but they said it was impossible, as there was none left in the glass. Cook, however, left the room, and was very ill. He continued ill, and a medical man was sent for, and attended to him. He got better, and gave Fisher his money, amounting to between .4700 and £BOO in notes. Cook on Thursday morning was better, had his money from Fisher, and went on the course. Pal mer had no money that day, having to borrow 4'25. His horse, Chicken, ran there, and lost, and Palmer,. consequently, lost some heavy bets. On Thursday night Palmer and Cook returned to the Raven, at Huge. ley. The previous night a woman called at the hotel at Shrewsbury, to • see Palmer. 'She was a remarkable of Pa woman, having connection with the turf. She went i. and in the lobby upstairs she saw Palmer looking at a glass he had in his hand, and which he was holding up to the gas, and he afterwards went back Cook drank the brandy and water, of plained. The learned Attorney -General the,. to say that from that time up to Cook's death Palmer constantly,with him, and gave him things , to take. learned gentleman then proceeded to state the death of Cook, the post morteni examination, and the poison found in the body, and in doing so said that strychnine was a most subtle poison, the most minute quantity being fatal to human life—from half a grain to three-quarters of a grain_ destroying life, and it had thi s pecu li ar e ff ec t, th a t i t acted immediately on the nervous muscles of the human body. It affected voluntarily the muscles of the • body, leaving unimpaired consciousness, whilst at the same time it produced intense excitement of the muscular system. The learned counsel proceeded to point out the effect of strychnine on the system, producing warms, but of a different character to that tetanus produced from other causes. He should be able to lay before them abundance of evidence on this point, and that the' symptoms and appearances that were produced by strych nine have distinctive characteristics from any other poison. After referring to the prisoner being a medical man, and having a knowledge of poison, he referred to •Palmer and the deceased being at Rugeley, Cook's dining with Palmer, his return to his inn sober, and his retiring to bed with nothing the matter with him to Al appear ances. On the following day and Sunday Palmer was with Cook. On the Saturday morning Palmer was with him early, and in the morning asked for some coffee, and gave it to Cook. From that time Cook dis played similar symptoms to those at Shrewsbury. Palmer sent him from his house toast and water and soup, but there might be nothing in that. Palmer's servant, however, put the soup on the fire to warm; but while she left the room Palmer poured it- into the basin and desired the servant to take it to Cook at the Talbot. She did so. It was given to him, and he ate a spoonful, but it produced sickness, and he refused to take more. Palmer afterwards came in and asked if Cook had eaten the soup. He was told no, on which he said he must, and it was given to him, and produced great suffering. Before Palmer came to the inn the soup had been taken down to the hotel kitchen, and one of the servants, thinking it looked like good soup, ate a spoonful, which caused vomiting, and she had to go to bed, and in the course of the afternoon she vomited at least twenty times. In the afternoon a medical man was called in : and Palmer represented to him, as he had to others on other occasions, that Cook was suffering from bilious diarrhoea, and that he had drank freely the pre- Violas night, having dined with him. The medical man found none of those symptoms in his patient, and on his asking him if he had taken an excess Of champagne the previous day, Cook said he had not, but had taken only two glasses. The medical man saw him again that day, and he was still ill. He had coffee and arrowroot and barley water in the course of the day, and when the' deceased took anything when Palmer was present he vomited after it. That might not be a singular coincidence, but so it was. At the close of Saturday, deceased suffered from vomiting. He had taken medicine prescribed by the medical man, and on the Sunlavimornirig he saw deceased again, who was still suffering from sickness, but no fever, and the skin was moist, and the secretions were natural. The vomitings were not at all like those of a person suffering from bile. The medical man then changed the medicine, and from that time the deceased improved, and on Monday Palmer was absent from Rugeley, having gone to London. Deceased was so much better that he got up compara tively well, and was visited by his trainer and two jockeys. He continued well during that day, but Palmer returned again on Monday evening to .Rugeley. In following up Palmer's motions he must refer to Herring's meeting Palmer this day at a house in Beaufort buildings, where a female resided whom Palmer visited. On his first seeing Palmer, he asked " how Cook was." Pahnerrepliedhe was well enough ; his doctor at Rugelev hal given him a dose of calomel, and as it was wet he could not come out. He had came to settle his account. Palmer was a defaulter, and could not show at Tattersall's ; and Herring, knowing Fisher was Cook's agent, was surprised he should have to settle Cook's accounts. Palmer produced a paper purpovieg to be the account. Herring wished to take it, but Palm r refused to give it up, and at his desire Herring made out the list, and said it amounted to £1,020, and after some further conversation Herring made up the account to a certain amouht, after deducting £0 for himself, and other matters, Palmer saying the balance was the same as that which Cook had made it. Out of the proceeds of Cook's debts Palmer paid two debts of his own. That was the way the money was disposed of received by Palmer at 'Fat'ersall's on Monday. Palmer also sent letters to the different persons owing Cook money, request • ting to have the amount sent to himself, saying that it was all the same whether he or Cook received the amount. He should also prove that Cook's letters were intercepted by Cheshire, the postinester. Palmer received several sums of money due to Cook, which he disposed of, so as to stop for a moment the pressure that was being made upon him. On Palmer's return to Itugeley, he went to a surgeon's at Rugeley, and asked the man to give labn some strychnine. Newton gave him the strychnine, attaching no importance to the fact, as he (Palmer) was a medical man. Same pills were also sent by Cook's medical attendant, Mr. Bam ford, and they were placed in the usual place where Mr. Cook's medicine was found. It would be for the jury to say whether Cook took those pills or some other concoction by Palmer. On the next morning, after the pills had been taken, the servants were alarmed by hearing loud screaming proceeding from Cook's room. Cook was beating the bed, an .l calling out for Christ to save his soul. Palmer was sent for, and on his arr val Cook told him he would die. Palmer said, " No, my boy. you Won't." Some time after, medicine was adminis tered, and Cook became more composed, but certain symptoms showed, which the medical witness would prove were the effects produced by strychnine. On Tuesday, the 20th, Cook died, and on that morning a circumstance occurred to which he directed particular attention. Palmer went to Mr. Hawkie's who was not in the habit of provid ing him with anything in consequence of some difference. He purchased some prussic acid, which wee served to him by the assistant. While in the -' en came in ;hop, a know, named Newton, and Palmer took him into souse triflinz con u. a friend of Newton's, the :I entered into eonvereation with Newton, and r that time prisoner left and returned iuto the shop, The of strychnine and some opium. entering the shop after the ention of Newton, and hop and and was to, and sl A couversa- 21Z 21 7-16. York 191. York and N Capital Stoc ). Date Luxembourg, F The follow-in rest Western Railway of Canada, by pas enger and goods trains, for the week ending the 25th of April, 1856, and for the corresponding Ali April, 1856—total receipts, 1855—d0.; 12,405114 4d: 15,308/ 15s. 5d ; 27th Apr Increase, 2,9031 is id. A from the commencement of the current half-year to 139,867/ Rs 11d sterling; do., for the corre -.riod last year, 98,3261 is 9d, do. spondi was issued to-day by iNtessrs I Sons, announcing the Opening of list for t subserip une new loan. Every Eaton must be accompanied by a deposit in money f ten per cent on the amount, and if the amount applied for be not allot 1, the proportion of the thwith ,t not required will be returned fok- The Funds continue to exhibit decided firmness, a fresh rise of per cent was, attained to-day, and was well maintained to the close, when prices were unotedcat g The 'advance is chiefly I to 9 the _ position prompted by the smallness of the generally satisfactory loan, by of th© national finances, and by the hope that . the steady influx of gold will" occasion a gradual improvement in the position of the Money Market. There was no pressure in the Money Market to-day, but it is thought that the demand to-morrow will be more active- to meet the, deposit of ten per cent o n th e l oan . At Paris to-day the Three per Cent Rentes closed at an advance of per cent. FRANCE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS; TUESDAY EVENING. As I was able to inform you, on Sunday, would be the case (another proof to be added to the many of the priority and exactriess'of my information), the Moniteur of this morning contains an 'article on the Belgian press question, which clearly indi cates that it is not the intention of the government to carry the matter to any serious length. The article compliments the Belgian government on _the pains it has taken (by its article in the. Moniteur Beige), not to alloW its language to be misrepresented, or its intentions mistaken ; and it says that, "as to the French government, it had to confine itself to signalise the evil, and its consequences ; but it is for Cabinet of Brussels alone to seek, find, and apply the remedy. What the government of the Emperor is anxious about is, the efficacity of its remedy, and not its nature." To all people who know how to interpret diplomatic language, this article says plaihly—" The French government feels that it has got itself into a scrape, and will go no farther. lest worse should come of it. But Belgium, on its part, should show some little consideration for Frar. co I find that doubts are expressed in diplomatic qu'arters, of the truth of the statement of the Daily News of London, of Count Orloff having called on the Einperor for explanations about the Austro-Franco-English treaty, for the protection of Turkey; also of the statement of the Times of London; of the Emperor having written an auto gragh letter of explanations on the subject to the Czar Alexander. The French goVeriament has not published the treaty, nor made the existence of it known in any way ; so that, according to diplomatic etiquette, Count Orloff had no right to ask for explanations, and it is said by some per sons that in point of fact he has asked for none, though (as I told you many days back), he was both surprised and indignant at finding 'that the treaty existed. It will be, it appears, from England that explanations will be asked for- It is said that the French government is very angry at the treaty being published, as it was meant to, be kept secret. _ _ A decree reduces the contingent to be demanded for 1857 from 140,000 to 100,000 young men. The government is about to present bills to the Legislative Body for preventing the innumerable frauds in connection with partnership societies, whether en conanandite or anonynzes. I am told that the Emperor has received infor mation by telegraph, that in consequence of the serious indisposition of the Dowager Queen of Sweden, she will not be able to be in Paris before the end of July, and consequently not in time for the baptism of the Emperor's child. Prince Oscar, however, has already set out for this city. - - The King of Wurtemburg left Paris this morning to return home. H 3 yesterday visited the Hotel des Invalides and the Grand Opera. He expresses himself highly pleased with his visit, and of course speaks in the highest terms of the Emperor. In the course of a set speech addressed by him to his Majesty, he, I am told, expressed the hope that his visit would have the effect of removing much of the which has hitherto existed between France and the minor States of Germany, and would cause the latter to look with more con fidence to the former. The Austrian Ambassador, Baron Hubner, left this city this morning for Strasburg, to meet the Austrian Archduke, Maximilian, who is to arrive there this evening. A Marseilles despatch says that at Malta, on the sth, a violent conflict took place between a portion of the Anglo-Italian Legion and the police, and the English troops, the latter aided by the inhabitants. A police inspector was killed, and an officer of marines was wounded. Several Italians and Maltese were arrested. On the Bth the legion wis in full revolt, and had entrenched themselves in a fort, but troops were to be employee against them. PENINSULAR MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY The Peninsular and Oriental company's steamship Sultan, Captain Niel Cook, with the usual Peninsular mail, arrived here this morning at seven o'clock. Her dates are—Gibraltar, May 5 ; Cadiz, May 6; Lisbon, May 9; Oporto, May 10; avid Vigo, May 11. The Sultan brings 39 passengers, and her freight con sists of 8 packages specie value £1,567, 37 cases of eggs, 1,616 half chests oranges, 792 elephants' teeth, and 42 packages sundries. - By this mail there is no news of importance from. Lis bon. The weather had improved, and after seven months of continual rain, there appeared some chance of summer. The cutter Spicier, belonging to the Royal Yacht Club, arrived from Cork on the 7th instant. The Royal mail steamer Avon, expected with the Brazil mails, had not reached Lisbon when the Sultan left, nor the French steamer Cadiz, also expected from Brazil. The Lisbon exchanges for three months are quoted this mail at 541 on London ; Paris, ;520; Amsterdam, 434; Hamburgh, 491; and Genoa, 517. Transactions are limited to Paris, Hamburg, and London, and upon the latter bills remained over at 54i, takers requiring 541. The Stock Market was very dulrat 401 to 404 ex div., for Three per Cents.; Bank of Portugal shares, 500 to 502 ; Oporto Bank Shares, 18 to 20 per cent. premium. Intelligence from Gibraltar reports that the American barque Elizabeth, of New York, in attempting to boat out of the Straits, had got ashore on the rock off Cabrita Point, but was afterwards released with the loss of a por tion of her cargo. from Z- 7 1 . 11:Z:r A ( 1 ..), 7 . 'flys ARRIVALS AT GiT l i= In Liverpool. April 3e — Karnak (s.), from Malts, for Liverpool- Bonnie Dur,dee, A. Muir, 26 7 clays Girgenti, with sulphur, for Liverpool. Afav 1 —4111, , ,, ' 7, 4 ) frni 13,,,, e , 51 clays from Marseilles, 1 day from Malaga, witi,‘ . -. •' • .......,... utadd,r ..- C. , THE TIPPERARY BANK—Yesterday, the enquiry p r o_ days from' for Liverpool—French s e h oo:.er Alphousine .l Liverpool, with coals, fo r T ou l on. May 2.f\ii‘illTr%46 seeded before the Master in Chancery (Mr. Murphy)>- A. S evens, 15 days from Liverpool, with coa l s — Scam , nder (s.) , Folet, 6 days from Llverpoo , , with grne ra l cargo, for Gem, when Mr. Deasy, Q.C., was heard at great l eng th on .i7l : eSsina, and Palermo. tiny 3.—Arno (3.), 21 days from Genoa, behalf of the official manager, against the English share- 18 from Leghorn, fi 13 from Napes, . from e P l a y ie lnay g s e 7r e o l'i holders. it is expected that the Master will give ju _ tai cargo, verp forc, with e 1 it y h rP cOals—Pactolas (s.), C. Mills, 14 days from Alex ''' _ andrla, with general cargo, for Livcrpcol. meat this day. -Boxes LAYERS, ex Calpe, Is Val. ALMONDS, ex Iris, ALMONDS, and 15 B LMONDS. THOMAS PARRY, Broker, 13, North John-stret h instant, at Twelve o'clock, T ARD SEED, 1 SEED, 3ornbay.—Apply to MOLYNEUX, TAYLOR & CO.:l3—r4ers On account of R 0 W TO-MORROW, the 16th inst at Golding and N.:sh's sa wick-street, m it may concern t. at 8.i.1f-past One o'clock, -nom, Corn Exchange, Bruns About 400 Barrels Western Canal FLOUR, par particulars apply to _ _ J. & M. HARNETT, Brokers NEXT WEEK MONDAY Postponed from This Day (Thursday), the 15:,h instant, to MONDAY next, the 19th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' office, Exchange-buildings, 70 Tons MOTHER OF PEARL SHELLS, landing ex Tickler, from Mazatlan, in George's Dock.— Apply to : S. DUTTON & NEPHEW, Brokers. TUESDAY On account of whom it may concern On TUESDAY next, the 20th inst., at Half-past One o'clock, at Golding and Nash's saleroom, Corn Exchange, Bruns wick-street, - About 1000 Sacks Coarse English Manufactuied FLOUR. 100 Sacks Damaged WHEAT. For particulars apply to J. & M. HARNETT, Brokers, TO CORRESPONDENTS SMOKB ?REV EXTION.-We have received a letter from Mr. Williams on this subject, but the pressure cn our columns to-day compels tt!e postponement of its publication. C'~~re l'''rttAl 4 7! ;&11ilt THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1856 THE Borough Gaol land job was warmly and fully debated in the Council Chamber yesterday, and the result shows what may be done by timely and well directed opposition. There is yet, in fact, sufficient morality left in the public mind to render the administration of local affairs honest, if nothing more. The popular voice has its weight in Liverpool, and it would be well for the Council to make a special note of the fact. Had no notice been taken of the summonses issued for the ordinary quarterly meeting, the great imposture would, in all probability, have been carried without even an enquiry. The Finance Committee's recom mendation has, however, been indefinitely with drawn, and although we can well understand the extreme mortification its supporters must feel at - - their first signal defeat, we can scarcely venture to estimate the importance of such a triumph. This Borough has been long abanloned to the Therq of Finance Cominitte men, who seem to 'think they have a right to do as they please with 'the property of the Burgesses, so long as they can intimidate, or persuade, the Council to Breaking this spell designs adopt their is a matter of no trifling signification. It will open the eyes of those who will not see, to the change for which they have to prepare. We feel assured that we only express the firm resolve of the Ratepayers, when we state that, apart from all party and political considerations, the property of the Borough must be economised, and the Cor- porate income administered, so as to hold out some hope of a reduction in the municipal rates, which bear so heavily on all classes of the community. For ourselves, we can have no personal interest in such matters, beyond what the public generally must feel. The little we have to say on subjects of the kind are frequently re echoed by our leading men, and in this way Mr. SAMUEL HOLME may have been led to believe that our humble honours are due to the intelligence of our neighbours; but iu order to prevent the possibility of mistake, we beg to assure our readers that the worthy Alderman is not a contributor to the editorial columns of the NORTHERN TIMES, and that he is the last man in the Council, whose literary services we should think of accepting, even supposing we required assistance. There are a variety of transactions in which we have had reason to admire his public spirit and liberal conduct, and it may be that he will find us, ere long, as strongly supporting his cause as wo have condemned it on this occasion. Among the leaders in the debate, we would direct attention to Mr. ROBERTSON GLADSTONE, whose expose of the whole scheme will amply repay those who read it attentively. When men of such an unquestionable stamp take a prominent part in opposition to- the proposal of any recognised body, we need hardly seek a more perfect justifi cation for the course pursued by a public journal. W e do not say this to give any force to Mr. SAMUEL HOLME'S insinuation that Mr. ROBERTSON GLADSTONE was the author of the appeared in this paper before us, as we claim credit of being quite capable of conducting an independent newspaper without the aid of a n y Town Councillor. With the rey)rt of the meeting we shall deal in detail at the earliest opportunity, but in the mean time we would have all parties rejoice over the fall of jobbery, and the dawn of a articles which have on the subject new era in municipal government ! The facts brought forward to decorate the funeral pile of corruption are really startling, and we shall not fail to make use of them for the amusement of those who delight in gorgeous imbellishments. MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY EVENING . . The demand for Cotton to-day has been rather more briBk, and the business done amounts to 8,000 bales, 2,000 a which have been taken for specula tion and export. Prices continue steady The Liverpool Share Market has been quie and prices closed as under :—Aberdeen, 121 13,-}. Chester and Birkenhead, 151 15k. Caledonian, 298 30k. Chester and Holyhead, 15 16. Eastern Counties, 915-1010; East Lancashire, 194- 191 Great Northern, 231 231,-. Ditto A, 04 98. Great Western, Lancashire and Yori - shire S Liverpool, Oro and North Western Steel and Soutt M ort ; 16 17k. London 100 k. Manchester, Ditto Pref., 114 12. mu; NORTig E ,1 THE T;HES,-LIV RUGELLY POISONINGS. TRIAL OF PALMER AT THE CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT (FROM OUR' OWN REPORTER.) LONDON, WEDNESDAY NIGHT, One of the most extraordinary and remarkable trials in the criminal annals of, this country commenced this morning in• the Central Criminal Court, before the Lord 'Chief Justice of gn g land, Mr. Baron Alderson, and Mr. Justice Cresswell, the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, and a host of the city magistrates. . Notwithstanding that the authorities had rigidly preven ted the indiscriminate adm;ssion of the public, in conse- Buffalo and Lake 5 16 13e. Great Western 15k 15 Huron, la, 26 11-16 26 13-16. Ditto New Shares, b. Ditto 2nd issue, 3.9-16 32p. Great is a statement of Traffic Receipts and had six grai which was known to e attract d the att 'a!tner - hd left, Newton went into enquired what Palmer had purchased, and song )1 strychnine that purchase had bean made by would be for the jury to say whit importance they would attach to the evidence of Newton. He should now return to some circumstances previo s to the death of Cook. On Sunday Palmer was with a person named Jones, a medical man, in whose house, when at home, Cook resided. On Sunday, the ISth, Palmer wrote a letter to him stating that Cook had been taken ill with diarrhoea, and wishing Jones to collie and see him. Jones being a medical man might be the strongest proof of the prisoner's innocence, but whether the prisoner had taken such a step to disarm suspicion, it would be for the jury to decide. On the arrival of Jones he made an examination of Cook, in the presence of Palmer. On seeing Cook he remarked that he apparently was not suffering the usual effects of a billions attack. Dr. Bamford arrived, and then a consultation took place with Dr. Jones, Dr. Bam ford, and Palmer. Palmer insisted that pills should be taken, but Cook said that he would not take any more physic that night. It was arranged that Cook should have some pills, and Dr. Bamford made some at his sur g ery, and gave them to Palmer. Oa rec e i v i ng th e pills by the desire of Palmer, he, but not without some surprise, as Palmer was a medical man, he . (Dr. Bam ford) wrote the directions how the pills were to be taken, but Palmer did not arrive home until half an hour after the time he should have done, and on his arrival there he particularly directed the attention of Jones to the fact.of the handwriting of Dr. Bamford, the prisoner evidently wishing to have the pill-box identified. lie remarked that the handwriting was particularly firm for a person of the age of Dr. Bamford. Co dt eventually took the pills, and Jones, as he was a friend of Cook's, said he would sleep in the same room. After he had been in bed but a short time Cook jumped up and said " For God's sake send for the doctor, I am going to be ill." Palmer was sent for from the opposite side of the way, and his arrival was so quiet that it was simply impossible for him to have dressed himself in the time. On his arrival Cook prayed him to give the same medicine as hsd before relieved him. Palmer said he would, and he made up some pills which he said were composed of smmonia. Cook swallowed the pills, and immediately the stiffening of the body commenced, and it was impossible to move Cook, although he implored them to do so. On being told it was impossible, he then asked to be turned over on his other side; this was done, and shortly after Cook breathed his last. The medical evidence he should call would prose that the death was ceased by strychnine. The breath was hardly out of Cook's body, when Palmer took steps for the burial. Two women were sent for to lay out the body. When the women went in the room they saw Palmer searching Cook's pockets, and also turning over the bed. He also took some papers from Cook, and it was supposed the betting book was amongst those papers. That book had never been found. He should be able to preve that the betting book was in the possession of Cook a day or two before he died. On the day following Cook's death a letter was written by Palmer to Mr. Pratt, stating that Mr. Cook was dead, and making arrangements about Cook's horses, but particularly stating that he (Palmer) must have Pole Star, and directing him to ahswer no money questions about the affairs of Cook. A communication took place between Palmer and the Messrs. Wetherby, but in conse quence of certain directions they refused to pay the moneys of Cook to Palmer. Tio;-tly after, on the 24th of Nov., Palmer paid upwards of .ElOO to Pratt, although the priso ner a short time before was in embarrassed circumstances. Two days afterwards Palmer wished Cheshire to write Cook's signature to a certain document respecting a large amount of bills which Palmer said had been in circulation for Cook's benefit, but Cheshire declined to do so, as Palmer said it was no matter. Mr. Stevens, and the father-in-law of Cook arriving in a day or two after r, Cook died the death, was very much dissatisfied with the appearanc, of the body. He enquired of Palmer whether he knew anything of Cook's affairs. Palmer stated that bills wer f £4,000, and that as he (Palmer) wa the sum, he should look to Cook's est Dut to the amoun ;sponsible f yens told him h .uld not zot not get it from the Court of Chancery to for it—if tion then ensued as to the burial of Cook, and Palmer said he could be huried at Rugeley, and he thought it would he better to have him screwed down as soon as possible. In this arrangement Mr. Stevens did not consent, and on his asking if an undertaker could be found, Palmer said he had already 'ordered a shell and a strong oak coffin. Stevens expressed bis surprise, but afterwards he gave directions that his son-in-law's betting-book and papers should be given up to him. Palmer said it could not be found, but Mr. Stevens said it must be found, but Palmer again slid it would be of no use as the bets were paid by the death of Cook. A short time before Mr. Stevens left Rugeley he went to take a last look at his unfortunate relative, but , instead of finding the corpse in the state he expected, he found it in such a state that he immediately determined to have a post mortem examination, at which the prisoner seemed annoyed. Palmer afterwards applied to Dr. Bam ford for his certificate as to the death of Cook, but Dr. Bamford refused, stating that Cook was his patient. Eventually Dr. Bambord gave the required • certificate, which stated that Cook died of apoplexy. On the day before the post mortem examination of Cook, Palmer sent for Newton, and after some drinking Palmer asked Newton how mueh strychnine would kill a. dog, and Newton told him about, half a grain. Palmer saw several medical persons before the post mortem examination took place, and gave to each of them different accounts of the causes of the death of Cook. The post mortem examination was thea proceeded with, and the result was that, from all the natward appearandes, death had been caused by strychnine. The stomach and intestines were also perfectly healthy, and at this part of the examination Palmer turned round to Dr. Bramford and said, " They will not hang us yet." Other pOrtions of the intestines w ere pl ace d i n a jar, and it was removed by some party from its place, but on enquiring far it Palmer said, "I have it," and on its being returned two slits were found cut in the cover. When it was decided to take the jar away, Palmer said to Dr. Bamford, " I don't think we ought to let them take that jar away, as we don't know what they might put in it." The prisoner was exceed ingly anxious that the jar should not leave Rugeley, and when he discovered that a fly was engaged to convey the medical men to Stafford, he told the post boy they had no right to take the jar away. Palmer then said to the post-boy, " don't you think you could upset the carriage and break the jar." The man instantly refused to do anything calcu lated to effect such an object. Palmer tried to persuade him to cause an accident to the conveyance, stating that he would " make it all right with him" but the man refused, and that man he propos e d t o ca ll before the jury. The examination took place in London, and the prisoner was extremely anxious to learn the result of the examination. The jury would be told that no strychnine, could be found in the body, but it would - be for the jury to decide that point. He had explained the effects of a small quantity of strychnine upon the human frame; they would also have the tests which had been applied for the discovery of this poison laid before them, which would show that when the same quantity of poison was administered to animals those animals had expired with the same effect as that produced on the human being. That poison had been administered to the unfortunate man was evid en t, an d the question would be, how did it get there ? It was not administered by any of the medical men who attended Cook, and it would 1)..1 for the jury to decide, from the evidence that would be placed before them, whether it was administered by the prisoner. The prisoner would be defended by one cf the most eminent men of the bar; and if the evidence which he (the Attorney General) should place before them would not convince the jury of the prisoner's guilt ,then, in God's name, they would acquit him; but, on the other hand, if it should be deemed conclusive, then they lIIINIUMOM would, as a duty they owed to society, return a ve ! """ guilty. ta ha an The Attorney• General then resumed his seat, Court adjonrned for a short time. after the The learned judges again took their seats, ; welt, adjournment, exactly at twenty minutes to ,three o des when the examination of witnesseswas procce with. Mr. r" Ishmael Fisher was called and examined by re. James, QC —He said he was a wine merchant, the sided at 4, Victoria-street, Holborn. F e kne vie $ O5 deceased John Parsons Cook about two years. reu the at Shrewsbury races in 1855, and remembevibtob Shrewsbury Handicap on Tuesday, November 1 ( ' coolf• was won by Pole Star, a mare, belongings t ° CO I ! Witness stoped at the Raven Hotel, SErewburPeopieD and Palmer were stopping at the Raven , an, I ne sclaP the adjoining room. On the night of r n e(- It, between eleven and twelve o'clock at.,. -L ioa ' Isle" went into that room, and found Mr. Cook, d g rog' and Mr. Myatt, a friend of Palmer's. Each 011°,,' bore belore him, Cook asked Palmer to have seu t have brandy and water, and Palmer replied, Shall i!O4 n, Cook ` g ass any more until you have drunk yours." I will drink mine," and thereupon he took tiP t:';:rhere' s and drank it off. Within a minute Cook sai d ' ~ Pal met something in it ; it burns my throat dreadfullywhat, sos got up and took the glass, and sippe d ih left in it, and said, " There's nothing in it- 00 time s Mr. Read, a wine merchant, had entered the tber he t Palmer handed him the ass and asked biro wh s e •61 thought there was anything . in ' it. Both of 0 01 31 the , the quantity of liquid in the glass was so sio 3ll ,. t ,, h . a r t e could not, tell by the taste. He remarked that there it. a rather strong smell from the glass. Cook retir d the room, and soon afterwards returned and - caile r, 7 3 ness out. Cook told him that he had been vel e - t hccg: asked witness to take his money. He said etW ee Palmer had "done him." Cook 'gave with ac tes- X7OO and £BOO to take care of. It was all in bank 0 45 Cook went with witness to his sitting room, ands s cle r; °111 : seized with sickness. He then retired to his 0vf,„. 0 w ore" whither Mr, Jones and witness followed him. l ie bibs° rh so ill, that witness thought it right to send for Alr. W hich a surgeon. After he had taken. some medleilled, 03 ose r o ot Mr. Gibson sent him, he became more comp the following morning, about ten o'clock , P 3 , lln h e ad into witnesses sitting-room. He said that Co s ° ool ;t h hi t tl r l ic i, stating that he (Palmer) had been putting his brandy he added that he never played stle"o nt with people. Cook was not affected by litionr --° ,, t ing way approaching to drunkenness. On' the folio d ar he saw him on the Shrewsbury Race Course, a t ,T l s od peared very ill. Cook used a small betting b ° , ; ° ';' L ' the 17th witness paid Air. Pratt £2OO for Mr• no t knew that Cook won considerably at Shrecvsk,itl'i'dd tha t Cross-examined Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant Shee : or know that Palmer and Cook were ever Pln tliers' oP ertr. they had any horses which were their .1 ,4 q .t r as 1 : 01ell After the race which Pole Star won easily, COCO' wittly elated. He did not hear of many persons connalare tba' the races having been taken ill at persons be ill time, ass s. Mr. Thomas Jones said he was a law sla""--eafor' Carey-street, He was at Shrewsbury. races la st cio ,, n igh!' and lodged at the Raven. He got there on Me,, a ,,,s fis ll ,„ e s . : Cook supped there with him, Mr. Herring, Ini l at u7 s s and Mr. Gravatt. He appeared ' suite we ll en . 1 4 ` fitn e''' Tuesday, and Wednesday. On if ec i, sdaY Meted th il l'; went to the Raven with Fisher, and . ..ses 2 . k inli VV herl i li e into his room. Other persons were thee., alll• "Tait' party broke up, he went to Cook's ire as ... pmplained of a burning in his throat, and "„,`";;Cel'ig ing. Some pills and a draught were brought, easoetofi refused to take the pills, and witness went to th it bier and got some more liquid medicine. He brough h t n o aft, a er and gave it to him, and in about a quartemorn an " - sl ate"' that he took the pills. On the following ing ' saw him again, when he looked pale. . _ st reet! George Read said he kept a house in I/leave/0 fal Holborn, which was frequented by sporting nlen'esalt g a s at Shrewsbury races last November, and saw Cot eve s Palmer there. On the Wednesda night, belw ee s; ile v ri and twelve o'clock, he went into the room of t „,""hrar v h ' where Cook and Palmer were, and had setecl, he and water. Almost immediately after au . C here ,s e s s ,.. sa. observed that Mr. Cook was in pain, and he Old e i. tbe l/ : something in the brandy and water. s al e„ , eo o, 9 0 whether they thought there was anything ill Palmerthe r., ' v lbe° witness said, Cook What is the use of handing US the P i 6 ",,et 66 r ibis empty. eamgapitny.untilthelefoftllotwheingroommo,rnainndg.vrilitn:scsoradpil;fiecl e'' being very ill. s o' Mr W. Skaife Gibson, assistant to Mr. Ileatbe e , te i te OS geon, of Shrewsbury—on the 14th November las' c s oli t : was sent for to the Raven Hotel, where he saW Af t . holl b ,i He complained of pains in his stomach, and said he tongue Or he had been poisoned. Witness looked at his it a s h it found that it was perfectly clean. He recsnlille.aietvit'' a w em a ar e m tic, rhubarbclear a an s d tat a e a a lo s m w e h l e p n il h la e , took it: water,and Cook said he could make himself sicked ie which was brought. The water ret nr i 0 0 0 . ° i a t n W ord it i n n e a s r s y P By Sergeant Shee • He ; ss nea• ~ss treated Cook as p„,,e' - hr i 0 " had been ' . drinking, and was a little excited. ill s - 3 2 stimulated with brandy and water. ,r e lbs - Elizabeth Mills said she was chambermaid at t it h e ""csoP' Arms, Rugeley, in November last. She lam?! fi r , C° t etl , bre:011)4:001ot. who died there. He arrived there between nin e ° -- 1,310; o'clock on the evening of Thursday, November l''' f bete and he came together in a fly. Cook cornnlaine3 01100: ill, and shortly afterwards retired to rest. On th e P. ll. l ie morning he said he felt no worse, but he was not T o vile went out, and returned about ten o'clock. and in 11 01 ; 0 5 50: afterwards went to bed. "Witness asked whether he,. i e g P worse. He said, " No," and that be had bees 01 , 13 , for 16 Mr. Palmer's He was perfectly sober, and askel,aneef piece of candle to read by. On Saturday Iner n s i i ng a. St' s ° came over, and ordeted a cup of coffee for Mr. u ri c/ e ve besi gave it to Mr. Cook in Palmer's presence , .111 ' Gin a° Ic li room. She placed it in Cook's hands. When an e tas' i up stairs again the coffee had been vomited into an si de 0 which had been placed on a table by the rig ht a „ iet ti . the bed.. During that day she saw PAlDier ~tie r tell Cook'. room four or five times. She heard r eini 1 0 011 Subseg s tie Cook he would send him some broth. she saw some broth in Cook's room wh ich w (l ll3rtef t made in the hotel. Abut ten minutes or a, e po o Palmern hour after the broth was sent over . .t . csolr 1 . on the stairs, and he asked her whether I % o ' go t tad had his broth. While this conversation .w, r aoll 19 ; on Lavinia Barnes came out of the commerel,,, i t , bey and said she had given . the broth to Mr. L'",f i d al he had refused to take it because it we%) and dstiaryecotend his sitss stomach.to fetch it w s h a i i c d h h s e he niti d sitd ' t3l; b 3 re l t e i ltiliT; afterwards she went up stairs and found that the ford, sat. been vomited. On Saturday evening, Mr. Bs t in ,.„ e are e, l ‘; goon of Rugeley, was called in. On Sunda)! ra t , l3 l ` l 7, e r's ',ea st cup of broth was brought over from -L' a ja the s a p 0 o a n s s i s u b i i e . t l oo a k ab i a t at roolo ss te sts Witness took it up to Cook's ane cup in which it was brought. twoWitne tables orok alle nt reis ru u h p a . lf anShheourtoan hour a1,. 0 t i r ae- -- she was very sick, and vomito i violently, from afterthelaoeli; twelve or one o'clock—until five o'clock in the Vad a t She saw Cook several times on Sunday , an d en hreak fas r morning she took him up a cup of coffee for „, tia rte Cook did not vomit that. Palmer was there aboUt 3 8 4 ar edl past seven. When Cook got up on Monday he a / P lie ~sf ia l f . great deal better, and washed, dressed, and shave,ijoll',.' he felt better but was exceedingly weak. Ashman, tl i , t clsii and Mr. Saunders, the trainer, called to see hi t s that se'clee Witness gave him some arrowroot about env o i ail: that day, and he retained it on his stomach. 13°t : ralniu„, inand ten o'clock on the Monday night she agaia sa 2 , 1 ,t fr -31 Cook's room. On that night a pill box was br64l ;is d ress ; Mr. Bamford's fir Co ,k, and witness placed it 0 0 . 0 9 00 ing table. Shortly afterwards Palmer came. WitneiginiPS to bed, and about twelve o'clock heard violent ser a s he twics, proceeding from Cook's room. As Saun a. 0 :0 entered, he desired her to fetch Mr. Palmer clire%3o. the was at that time sittfng up and best'sti7stsl374 bethelothes with both his hands and arra s o ffoea t i , g if I lie down. out. He said, i , I can't lie down. I shall h o e : tir os l' o - Oh, fetch Mr. Palmer." S taand th e t would throw back his head upon the pillovr, br a, an d t raise himself up again. His breathing was vtl l o g oate e po_ balls of his eyes very much prejoted. k , ' ‘,„ r ooal; ltently three or four times, while witness was 11 1 n.'" o ri ale o e, He was moving and rocking about all the time. one ,_! h aloud " murder" twice. He asked witness to rub wa s in is hands. She did so, and found it stiff. ra ltne s t s• ° l e he n—. g,. the room while witness was rubbing Cook's i e heer' ll ... recognised Palmer, and was quite conscious ahuisaitaer! He said to Palmer, " Oh, Doctor, I shall die." palmer the!! reply went and fetched two pills, and some mixture, ?''..,illsg thin kind, in a wineglass. C Cook tried het .... I;_ art . ytals' a was, "Oh no my lad, you w Ol r ' _7 a data but said they stuck fast in his throat. iim, and ordered some toast and water to be g iven a fi teasP a l: that washed the pills down. It was given hirn in,. in ou_,t at which he snapped every time it came near Os t. 1 - 0 Palmer then gave him the draught, which he dranD l at the snapped at the glass as he had previously den e s ,ited i!" spoon. As soon as he swallowed the draught he vow m ite' up immediately. She held the basin into Whic h be h l :t s the draught, which smelt like 'opium. 13 / i t h i,s W l. ' he appeared ,Palmer how it beat. Palmer went to him and said it was! s oy) or something of that sort. On the following dal (' -ii s li the re easy. He desired Palmer to tee ii ig ht, she saw Cook again; Palmer having been with hira env, 000 night. Cook lied - ' suffer such agony as she had last night. and she reP ~ re fer asked her whether she had ever see n a "' salt she never bad. He said he should think she woX e u a h im like to see any one like that again. Witn ess it es and b° 4 what he thought was the cause of all that arty winless said " The pills Palmer gave me at half past ten. „ jest Proceeded to describe the renewal of the syr apto e es - r , be e before he died, and said that Mr. Palmer came over '' minutes after he was called. nd n til At ten minutes to six o'clock , th e court adjourne ten o'clock to-morrow morning. attendance during the whole of the day, incluenn, ole There was a formidable body of medical s m . e s n ; Benjamin Brodie, and Dr. Paris, President ° ~.' . to od ti n de.- t he College of Physicians, both of whom it is have been supbcened to give evidence in reference t c) t he testimony given by Dr. Taylor. It is believed tha t t or, medical evidence, which is looked to with an inter bole ol parallelled, will not be proceeded with until the .", t he the general testimony has been given, the object %jot prosecution being, if possible, to establish the case 14 the:prisoner without the medicallevidence.