The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-14 00:00:00

TITE RUG ELEY CASES. V.ZEDICT OF WILFUL M OUR OWN REPORTER The adjourned inati 'Vas resumed to rim vt croxviled de of Ann he to o k Dr. TA . (run) b. rum 1) Nhole of the si m r in the same s rofessor Taylor, of ( Collea trire e of ttem were label _ - received six j 1 the 1 Palmer aehls were unhrol tion Wi first ev! etmts Were firm Sftcen months hn I locked well prese 1 In ja kir NI d. confider Palme each ; on th ---.... ~a „ elapsed since d on its coin greater end an d outside titer, greater streak, which, when examined wits, Ing glass, presented the appearance of mineral mater, it was such an appearance as I have never seen within Twenty. five year; except when th ere was mineral po•son in the stamach ; we opened, th e stomach, and found I'neither liquid nor solid contents, but a thin pasty ,01iing substan ce o f a b rownish co'our spread over the lining membrane; the full quantity of this amounted about half a teasinonful ; the lining brute presented slight patches of rednes s 'n'fac e was examined by a magnifying •ite f ree from perforation, ulceration, or any organic; • ase. The small intestines were next examined •v were empty, but covered on the inside in parts with it brownish substance. The large intestines were examined. There was a fetid matter; the inner ee of the rectum or lower bowels was coloured with en orange -red coloured substance :. -- -id examining the lower bowel, ` , nee of. disea se; S the intestin es were, comparatively ;•Aking, well p reserved, like the stomach. On e o f t h e kl`ltn-ys examined, which was enclosed in one of the jars, was cut ripen, and fottod to be perfectly healthy We thin examined tae; j 'ar N. 3, containing the liver, lungs, eart,nd s;pleeta; they had undergone some changes ten. P ul refaetion, but were in a healthy condition. The l bk.dicler.was especially examined, and it contained , 1401 .1.. c the usual quantity of gall found in the dead; that IVile. Was thickened, owing to tre long interment, to the tonsistency of a brown paste ; the cavities of the heat 'Were empty, all the valves were free from putrefaction, `firm, and healthy ; the lungs and spleen were softened, •owin g to pu'refaction, but perfeet:y free from disease, as fir as we could jtpige. We then proceeded to make An analysis of the different parts. Tee first we took was larown pasty matter found on the surface of the stomach. in these contents, about half a tea spoonful, we found a large proportion of a preparation of antimony ; we also fuunil a minute proportion of arsenic, but as arsenic was not found deposited in ape of the viscera, and is occa sion fly an impurity in ordinary tartar emetic, we con sider that arsenic in this. case was o.ving to such impurity and not to its having been ad - w mini e d ; r Poisons were simoh t f or, but there were nteorne ;ot thhee second analysis was dire , ctei to th.t coats of the stomach, and they yielded antimony. Thirdly, the large and small intestine, were examined, and fou n d . to contiin antimony in all parts. Fourthly, vie orang e red deposit fonnd on the surface of the reeturn, was removed, separately examined : antimony wa s ro un d i n •' larger proportioo s than in any other "-- zed colour of this mateti..) portion of 1 . 1 . 111 p h uret , ns fl contAi Imony was a yellowish nagni ry- mem— Its glass? it was , on removing this s, there h had wag no arpear ; the 1 from th w, pill of the shron•i,. tad it yicl,l •,1 no trace nerid listanPe ail of the bnwel; he C ironpr rl given of he s zave my evidence tention Coroner pi, I,l'l nt arla!v y, Slil len anti in leHrinc; heard th. r with P I Am:ix last nimht 19'h of January, ring Ii Ind in I w►th i Lotition, HT )r y promise from him 'hat i yen hi , t appear In b.:tt envoy or t h it after Henry I,V stated by whose I flay that if evi- adm{nister Mn rtler." n accord denial of jlstice so by ant icmatio and expUti not be -nr (jlldieed uld have :t1 ag faith on . the part of the t , ) return t cr.o to co venom I gave it, that on lw it to be poblished until after I and he receive:! it from me after ' * 1-t appear unless I his conduct in publishing r by her 1 to b Nno we . ', exam . . POISONING- ng by antimony was not generally attended by con— have heard outside the court, but that the evidende alone which had been given would guide them in their decision. Be then went over the main points in the evidence, and generally directed the jury as to their duties. The jury retired for about twenty minutes, and on t returriug into court, they found the following verdict : "We find that the deceased, Ann Palmer, died from the of tartarised antimony, which_ was designedly Tipl Coroner: Thai,gentlemen, is a verdict of " \Ufa The court then adjourned at seven o'clock, an I on Monday morni.,z the iuq lest on the body of W4lttr Palmer will THE LATEST PARTICULARS IJGELEY, SUNDAY. The• verdict of wilful murder found by the coroner's itiry in the 'eAse of William Palmer, for poisoning his wife With what seem 4 to be the T 1 this neighbourhood. Prom the evidence clay an imp7ession certainly prevailed thai nd it appeared that the hosti!e expe tathmq of the inh3hi , ants were not likely to be rea'ized Had this been so it is q site clear, from a alight acqaan- [tit the people of R•igeley, Sr:iflnd, and the neigh- bourhood, that a verdict of anything short of murde wou'd hate been regarded by them as tantamount to a my are they persuaded of Palmer'; guilt in reference to the fearful catalogue of crimes wit e)arged. The mo ent, however, a iat Pro I fessor Taylor had given is conclusive evidence yesterday antimony in the deceased ie immense quantity of a as to the result of the NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 185 g. of ritabeth Tharme, the servant trirl, and appeared foe • the first time affeCted at hiS situation. Tie then bid her debt, and was in the eustody of the officers of the sheriff before the finding' of the coroner's jury. After his arrek, Palmer rave Eliza Tharine a £5O note, whi-h B:tes found in the drawer of the dressing-glass, and told her to say it was in payMent of her wages, if anything was said to her on the subject. I.te Lora (1 inort th, C ph in II i t ton). but If Not t Pal Mhr Sirlerp(l hiq deaff or the to unriti lan (Oh( iflo ha 10. 0 D in ii on~mi»tit I that he eon. of, soma swir 500. 4100 distance of why being I saw him six or seven hours before. Tto s nt in the lays we 3. t the la. boiv alkin , l, q the c Innlrontly m, sir, dour's 111 P halls it ttnil t g, and shutter, lndg Jan. 11 d fa iti r re kill TI E. RIVER PLATE. (mom A CORRESPONDENT.) MONTE VIDEO, 28th Nov You will perhaps wonder what I am doing com mencing a letter eight days before the packet's Railing; and you would wonder still more were I • ••11 you that I am writing it amidst musket and which are whizzing overin the last three days v every e been i 1w a wine merchant in the town the midst of a :44y bloody revolution, °Or oh rmed him that he had seen friend Orihe havino. enterPd the town at-the hen others 1,000, trIO d ()V tiz s (our late president) P I,IS2CPQC;rirI of the 1 prnotie sPerfnci nV ter(IHV, we had ;Ia 11 the ietian blind room window (riot five the . co anti rnr the siihqai. this yielded examined th e h Were tilettl; I ves tested _ . _ rlie result.; ()i of the body comainert anti ily in ti ant iMony Wah heart, kidneys, spleen as the result of ansorption any 4nvutit9 of ant many v antimony its contents; text to the s then in the bile taken from ti ..e l smallest quant i ty was found in. gal the lungbl s adder, and t . Thirly, th presen ce o f antimony in the rectum or lower bowels proved that the discharges of the bowels of the de it she was ing * c e ased contain e d antimony ih up to th e t i me of her death ; kited. pass antimony, by purging, wh en s h e We came to th at conclusion before, of course, ,:14,1 heard the evidence of yesterday, and t h e preserk. •of this m i neral is su ffi cient to acco unt for th e vomiting ,or diarrheza, or both, from which the deceased is said to have suffered. Fourthly, the conclusion from covery of anti mony in the stomach, wis e info ther that a preparatio n O f antimony must have been tak en by the d - ceased within a few hours before her death. Fifthly, - 0 n the discovery of antimony in the intestines, as rectum or lower bowels, we infer that the antitnonial •per, if not taken by the deceased, was not the result series of accidents, but improperly administered to pitirer by ignorance or design. ,_.4ixtlily, it is our :on that the antimony found by us in the body of le,eased was not the result of one dose, but of. everal • s !aken at intervals, some days before her death, and a few hours before her death. Seventhly, that the i,nonial preparation taken by the deceased is what is 'oonly called tartar emetic, and this may or may not toted as poison, according to circumstances. It may not have been the cause of deceased's death - at of the absence of any natural cause for the death, it may have accelerated death b" pro ng great. d epression and exhaustion of the bowels. ,iethly, on examination of the stomach, bowels, and other organs of the deceased, we eaold not detect any oh loges as the result of natural disease ; there was no . ning to account for that; on the other hand, there w ; ,3 nothi ng i n tho e appearances itaconsistent with the death of the decease I from tartar emetic. By Mr. Deane : I have no reason to alter these conclu si.ni 4 from any evi eace I have heard —nut in anyone in stance; I do not think that tartar emetic could have been given th . deceased by Dr. Bamford in mistake for tartar 'of potash, breattse if so more severe symptoms would have shown Ihemselves than I have heard described ; I must add to that, that in my opinion she was suffering from tartar emetic before Mr. Bamford li. st stw her on the Sunday ; tartar emetic administer e d in small quanti ties in wine or usher liquid would not be perceptible to q taste iy Mr : The striallestd.,se of tartar emetic I have 'jr known taken at once is ten grains ; a 11:..rson would of recoverin. rroin rejecting. a larire and a better chance o n a t i-nce thing. he would if taken in F perco n by ;ultim o y dose or poisun to small quantities ; th depends more upon th the quantity given quantities with safety, person could live with system that We niurid C manner or ail ininistei:in g it th a n Anti-Icily way he ta-en in snial hut I do not heln,v e that any ait antiwouy in the ileeeased'A burly ; it was when I found antimony in all parts of t form is ti vomitium Was Sail cat CO 1).,d r dep..sed to discovery of antimony in all par • • the gro ~Rlith~ N Work onVp, tintimonyls"i reations f ru " 110 w of sh it which o ,.'e (h.OlO , ok, and ti given n ni or Erie o, d s b d 00, r og les, w , ref thA L I ~Alplldose .evealed *find wont lit in front of tit ITT wherf cannon in the mi , 1.110 of tho eitv. rtml hi;sl,tr d the M;rodor. I , B,Tvatory. The day brfove thPre w union). thBt they i ritt:p•lc the Custom-house (which is my winl the U S. Consul, sent down a couple of marines, and we luld to take refuge in his house. How long it will last, (hod only knows: hut. meanwhile. of ten Nnt s dist - am:0) so Menalton Is suspended, and a blow r. -• to trade. from wilie's it will take months to recover even if things, finally, are anything approaching to being satisfactorily arranged God help us. say I. Every man, woman, and child suffers, except the ruffians mixed up in it, who ha ve nothinn• to lose. Will you believ e it, we hive not an English man of-war in port, and, consequently, even our minister has to accept a French anato, or do, without. My house is in a very exposed situation, but thanks to my friendship with the U.S. Congul, and ac quaintance with their marine, offi c er, I have an eye k pt on it by their guard. A fe* days ago, when things looked very had, we h a d a brig of war here. the Star, Capt. Boyle, but he NverlttO sea, (on a efuise!) two days before (.tribe's troops entered the town, and notwithstanding the request of the Consul, and others, to remain. Ido hope a proper repre sentation of his desertion of us will go home to the Admiralty, and at any rate he will t esteemed on his return here. -So far as a e bi,2lllv we luny alt have our throats cut to.thorrow— , not so the French, or Spanish, or American. who have earth landed men for the protection of the bonQes of their country men, and conjointly have teat::: Custom muse where their countrymen's prom-, is. We Englishmen are utterly unrepresented and unnrotected_ , nvsevßi , n of the 4TH DECEMBEit.— Every thing quiet for the pre. sent, but even if all march straight it will of course require some time for confi fence to be restored. Patience ! perhaps after till it is better to have a burst, an,l the atmosphere eleaVed, than a con tinual cloud hanging over. Some people at`e in great hopes of the country going ahead under Oribe—we shall see !—nobody can pronounce a judgment. HOARY OLD ST' HERS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERV TIMER. Sir,—This town is nettin g like the metropoiis. The quiet streets in the ontsliirts are infeetod by libidinous old fellows, who do not hesitate to stop I:idies, and this with a hopless fatuity that smaelcS of insanity. An o'd Silet'zuB followed my wit the middle of the day, and actually Etiont Orov6-sif e et, ie , sumarl to add hut her indignation' at his shameless inqolence, Was so nnexneeted and energetic, that he slank away down Oamhridge-street. Ten minutes later, and the emphatic application of a" Mal3cca," on his old shoulders, would have tauzlit him a lesson, as I was, at the time, coming. up from A description of the fellow is in the hands of the =~ATURDA~, shrnil y improper and reprehensible ege of Physicianß of the Royal Society, and also Professor of materia medica, at Gay's Hospital, who was associated with Pro fessor Taylor in making the analysis confirmed the evidence of the last named gentleman in every respect. Dr. Knight, of Stafford, was here recalled and examined by Mr. Deane. He said : My opinion as to the cantle of the death of Mrs. Ann Palmer, has been eontiderably modified and altered, since I have heard the evidence of Professors Taylor and Rees, and I am inclined to think that have been mittall n in the opinion which I gave ,yesterday under the circumstances stated to me by Mr. Palmer on my visit to the deceased Mrs. Palmer, and I am now disposed to think that the true cause of death has been assigned by Professors Taylor and Rees ; having heard those opinions, I now believe, that when I saw Mrs. Palmer, she n by antimony; Mr. Palmer did was stir lot tell me what me if any, he bad preset-tot, Dr. Bamford was called in; after hearing the statements of Professors Taylor and flees, and the description Riven yesterday by Dr. Monckton, of the condition of the body there is nothing inconsistent with Mrs. natural , vet I don't b e li eve that.,otnitin she om did ; from causes the the appearancl of the viscera, as described by Dr. Monck ton, my opinion is that vomiting was not the cause of death ; I found Mrs. Palmer in so exhansted a state that I coal(' not g-t from her a statement as to her feelings ; I b-lieve that it is impossible to form an accurate opinion as to the nature of a disease unless the patient suffering is able to describe his feelings ; I consider that tartar emetic was certainly not a proper medicine to administer to her. An adjournment of half an hour here took place. On the proceedings being resumed, Mr. Benjamin Miller, surgeon, of B irton-under-Need wood, was called, and said, that in January and February, 1854, he examined Mrs, Primer, on a proposal made by her hu-band to insure her lire for £5,000, in the Scottish Equitable Insnrance Citritkinv ; subsequently, he examined after d g died molthe of Jin Fehrurv, 1851, on , in the Liverpool ter healthy. ye a geennd , anti the A•lna o r fices' he found d not sufferi; from or cnttish Ecud . ab ed him t, i oivA 's stite or h.alth, in th e ovie t the req , iest of Mr. Palmer, ertifilate without a2aln exam ! so recently ex mined her ; and .s. nmer was preErnant when the k it anvi r to insure Did you ever her of a c Jt slow poisoning No, nPver jqry w;sh to know your onininn leo of D-. , i _ ht Alr. ltarnforl for nod R to by Dr. ('R, th. pnst tonektnn. 4;) the post, morteot of Staff Tl, Rutted that ::mined lira_ P.lmAr life fnr £3OO, 'arl another examination on a ter, to in,iore his wiff-'i life e certified that Mrs. Palmer es% of T ner,) m (eon of Mr. it the New Equit We Life On the 13th of January, the cate of a , oposal for £3OO o n th e lif e of Mrs. Palmer, cert b ifi y her bus iand ; on the 19th it was :accepted; ou ;he 26,h 4 January, 1854, a further oronosal for £3,000 on the life of Mrs. Palmer was received by the office and accepted the same day, but afterwards, on further investigation, it was lecliped, A Juror wished to know why the proposal was declined ? sted that such a question was not nent to the inqui r y, and be called upon the corone r to exer cise some discretion in allowing these irrevalent questions to be answered. The Coroner : This is' a preliminary enquiry, and I should he very sorry to prevent any question which 'be jury may think it necessary to ask from being answered and put mt the last wi'n Mr. Smith proti on the note... A Juror : Will you state why tharproposal was declined? Witness : It was declined in consequence of some infor mation we received from one of the other offices, and because we heard that proposals had been made by Mr. Palmer on the life of his wife at other offices, and declined. Mr. S nith : Whr, this is no evidence es affecting the nresent enquiry. We have heard that Mr. Palmer poisoned Lord Gorge Bentinck; I will have that on the notes soon. (L ngh er ) ry Mr. John Goddar toga actuary to the Rock Life Insurance .reposed 26 - h of January, 1854. by W. Palmer. for the assurance of his wif,'s life for £5OOO, for six yfars ; after the propnsal was made the directors wished to know the interest which Mr. Palmer had his wife's life, the amount which he was going to insure in their office;the amount he was about to borrow, and why the proposal waq made for six years only ; the proposal was ultimately declined. Mr. Thomas Michael St - awbridge, manner of the National Provinci a l B ranc h B ink at Ruzeley, and a l so agent at 11f4.; ley to the Scottish Equitable Insurance Company, depo•ed to a p licy being effected in January, 1854, for £5OOO, by W. Palmer, on the life of his wife, Mrs. Ann P Onier, and also to the amount of the policy hein; paid to Palmer in March. 1355, after Mrs. Palmer's death. Mr. Alfred Bishop Butterfifli. of London, a clerk in the Sun Life Insurance Company, produced a proposal made by W. P:Ome r on the life of his wire. for £5OOO, dated the 10th tv.as silned by uoma on the of Fob• n rv , 1 John Amicable Trlstir tiy maid, tht a made to to that (Ace • on omp the 3r,1, .TAnaa,w, a 1 854, by • le, for £3OO ; the proposal, , lamer, on the lir 1, and produced a bottle which the superintend en t of police at r's house, the clay on wh;eh geley to Stafford, on the 913th the blttle were cornlosed of t.• • ^ • Y, in P • .._ ; t h e I ant; AO ; II h t _ • 'ntents estinz it niony ; it was better known to een the Smith, r Taylor, gal l : Is not this of in this country of slo w 'At on record p ace re.pectinz Pro've:nr s analYsis of the contents is he (Professor Tay'lo►) night. Mr. Deane and be cenveniant. n which g the reit l 't of his of those ith ob n that case they had better the cause of Palmer',s. The G er then pr s remar d to address the jury. He Tyin^ that many statements he hoped alight InYtaino * 0 1.1101? lt, In reference to the case of Mr. James Parsons Cook, a book has been found in Palmer's library which treats of poisoning by strychnine, and in one pate of this book there are a number of marginal notes in Palmer's hand writinr, descriptive of the symptoms and effects of strychnine, which exactly, in every particular, correspond with the symptoms exhibited by the late Mr. Cook imme diately before his death. This hook is in the possession of the police, and will he produced at the trial. The charge against Mr. Samuel Cheshire, the postmas nen preg- I ter of Rurel y, of opening the letter from Professor Tay- nUrnonv in la-g. qualtitim in the body the continuance of life ? presence of antimony, as we s body, depsit'A in the diff ith the contiiitytric )f life ; it i t the b)(iv, antinior ; it is what I lady's body, all doubt inquiry wai removed, nd the spectators in thi densely crowded coiirt looked for a verdict of wilfu ier as a matter of course, aril when it was given their ekpressionS of satisfaction were frequent and undisguised. In the case of Walter Palmer it is idle to deny that a similar verdict is looked for, although it is understood that no traces of poison have been found. There are no less than forty-seven witnesses to be examined, some of whom it is said will be brought forward to prove that strychnine was administered to the deceased by the prisoner, William Palmer. Since the verdict last night, Palmier has been visited by some of his friends; and when the result of the inquest wa§ communicated to him, he is said to have received the verdict in the coolest manner, remarking, "Oh I it is just what I expected; they would hang me there [ltugeley] if they had a chance." It is mnderstood that in consequence of the large amount of prejudice against the prisoner here, an application will be made to have the case removed from Staffordshire, and tried in some other county. I learn that theie will be no objection to such an application on the part of the drOwil. The case that will be opened to-morrow is likely to lead to disclosures implicating several parties in the insurance transactions. Not withstanding the denial in the London papers by Mr. Prat, solicitor, of Mayfair, London, that he had'anything to' do with the insurance; but, in a bond fide: manner, evidence Will be produced before the inquiry is over, that Mr. Pratt actually made the proposals on behalf of William Palmer, for the insurance of Walter Palmer's life, in the Gresham for £l5 000 ; the Indisput able for £14.000; the Universal for £13,000; and the Prince of Wales for 4:13000, whiCh was the only proposal ultimately accepted. The whole of the proposaN on be half of the life of Walter Palmer amounted to £82,000, and had they all been accepted, the annual premiums upon them, calculating at the rate charged by the Prince of Wales office, would have been £l5OO a year ! The whole of the proposals made on the life of Mrs. Palmer, amounted to £34,000, e 13,000 only of which was accepted, and paid by the different offices. Gardner, the solicitor, an'l which contained his report on the analysis made of the contents of the lor to NI stomach of M Cook, is exciting an amount of interest tittle short of that created by the alleged poisoner himself. It is 1:n awn now that Cheshire was one of the referees in nearly all he p"npnsals made to the insurance offices by er. and he is supposed to have been cl ,, sely mixed up •imer in many of his mysterious and 4ionable trangaet ion.. What adds to the importance attracted to this ice robbery, is t being sum of his receiving a present of game from Palmer, together with two letters which the man Geo. Bates conveyed from a• circumstances of much secrecy. Gr.ssip is very busy respecting those two letters, and the alleged acy between Palmer and the Corm hut it would be unfair to give currency to any rumours at present, or until the coroner has given evidence on the subject which he will do at the adjourned hearing of the case ,on Thursday next There is no truth in the report that Sergeant Wilkins is yet engaged on behalf of the prisoner ; and Mr. Huddle ston, instead of being retained for him, has been secured for the prosecution. A host of representatives from the insurance offices arrived to-day. FURTFIF,TZ SUSPICIONS Among the persons who have pith - enefir;(l;uddenly at, or disappeared mysteriously from. Tingeley, y; as the mother: of Mrs. Palmer, who had formerly sprung from a very humble origin. She was a person of eccentric habits, living at Stafford, and not keeping any servants, although possessed of considerable pronerty. Shortly before her death in the year 1818 or 1849. Palmer called upon her at Stafford, and she refused to admit himalleg. ing that she was afraid of him, as he had once given her something to drink which had made "her sick. Palmer, finding he entail not get admission, Induced the wife of her next door neighbour to go to 'her to prevail upon her to admit hlm, alleging that she was ill, and that as he was her son-in-law. and a medical man, he must see her. She refused for a long time. but at length consented to see him, not in her own house, but in thp next house. and in the presence of a witness. At the interview. Palmer en to lend him some money, and also ask requested h her to go and live at his house, stating that she would he far more comfortable with her daughter. She refused to give him the money, and he left her much incensed. The poor woman afterwards, fearing that Palmer world ill-treat her daughter on his • return home if she did not give him 'some money, went to the bank, and, having procured £29, forwarded it to him. She also said that, i f she were to go and reside under the same roof with hltn. she would not live a fortok , h.. Her forebodings proved to he true. as, notwithstanding her dread of personal vio lence, she afterwards went to reside with her daughter (ITrs. Palmer), and died in four days of erwards. An other person who disappeared mysterionsly a few ye Ira ago was a commercial traveller, named Duffy, who annears to have been on terms of intimacy, not only with Palmer's mother, but with her sans. This person was known to have some misunderstanding with the Palmers, and to have abruptly left the house, repairing to a small inn in Rugeley. He ordered his dinner and went nut, hut has never since been heard of. The only luggage he brought with him was a Carpet hag, and this has since been found to contain a number of letters from Mrs. Palmer, sen., and from Willi^m Palmer, which leave no doubt as to the nature of the intimacy between the former and Dawn, and of the fact of William Palmer being cognisant of it. It is now stated that. shortly after the di sappearance of Duffy. a well in Palmer's garden w vs filled up and another sunk 9 its supply of water. A gentleman named at a short distance, it being alleged that, the fi rs t well was deficient i Stevens, who married the deceased Cook's mother, is dour everything in his power to serye,the ends of justice. The coolness of Palmer with respect to the death of Cook al most exceeds belief. He himself proposed to Mr. Stevens to conduct the cost-mort-m examination on the body of Cook, and in his diary, now in the hands of the police, is an entry in the following words :—" Attended pest-mortem examination upon poor Cook." Mr. Henry A, Deane. of Gray's Tnn, the solieltor engaged by the assurance offices for the prose cu ti on , h as been indefatigabl e in hieexertions to collect i n f orma ti on . an d has most imnnrtant obtained evidence relation. to the deaths of Mrs. Wm, Palmer and o f. Mr. Walter Palmer. The diaries and private papers of William Palmer contain entries of those persons, and in the search which took place Mr. Deane Was enabled to make some discoveries tending to throw light „ non other matters enonected with the personal history of the Reused. Duringthe inquest, on the body of Conk, P a l mer ex cused himself from attending,on the ground t h at he was unwell. After the jury had returned their verdict, Cant. Batton, the c hi e f consta b le o f th e county, requested Mr. Monckton, su rgeon, o f R uge l e y. to accomecan— y him to Palmer's house to ascertain the state of his health before he took him into custody on the charge. Palmer was found in bed. He had three feather beds under him, and eight b lankets over him, and was ev i dently what is called i n snorting phraseology, " sweat i ng himself clown." Captain 'Hatton having informed him of the finding of th e jury, t o ld him that be arrested him for the wilful mur d er of Mr. Cook, Palmier said, with great composure, " V ery well," and then cotnpiained of great weakness. Captain Hatton said that if he required any assistance in d-essing himself, the police who were in the house would assist him. - Palmer then prepared to leave the house, but subsequently to doing go t threw his arms round the nook GARDENER, O the subject of Palmer's conduct and rl Stafford craol, we learn that he is watehe I nicht neanmir in ni d t The turnkey twing ways wi' The room Iv (1. in h matted, and .1111 Thorn h 4 ref , 11,7 soda wat qiiPnQe of thr, uld he emnin .v fool. Into I znla.rly, anti gePnis to All that. he has is m vent atri fotil p!;) unon the prerulge§, SO as to ON tTe hil Converses ft nil is jneular with the 1 is a T Ruzeley) very fitly. in the r f the deputy= fzovernor, bat at pre , •ent nothing has transoired het, them rel'ive to Cook. The conversation related to their family afftirs, which are in some c - mfusion. No oth.r persons have seen him, except solicitors or their clerks, who have called to serve him with writs, several of which he has had since his incarceration. He walks daily in the yard, accompanied by one turnkey, and attends chapel every morning, and twice on Sunday. accompanied by his companion, and unless parties knew who he was, it would he thoualit that he was a risitni, or connected with the rani. Be converses ?reel) , izoinf?, to and returninft from chapel, and has a smile upon his countenance: he is dressed in black, and always carries a Bible and Prayer honk in his hand I At chapel he and the turnkey use the pew appropriated for convicts, at the end of which there is a table like a communion table, whereat both sit. THE CHARGE AGAINST THE RUGELEY POSTAtASTEII We mentinned on Saturday that in conneetinn with the (4 1:Ir v ; and suspicions brought againsi the accused Wil liam . Balmer, a complaint had been lodged against Mr. Cheshire, the postnhster of Rug! , ley, for haying opened and disclosed the contents of a letter ts, office, to the accused. The circumstanees, as they were disclosed at the hearing before the magistrates, were these:—When the contents of the stomach of Mr. 'Cook were forwarded to London for analysis, Mr. Gard-mer, the solicitor acting in the ease, Was desirous of aseertain;• ing P9ssible from Dr. T ay l or , whet h er any traces a s speed ily epois a onl s iad been detect - el. ,The written reply of Dr. Taylor was, however, Opened by the postmaster of Regeley. and its contents made known to P timer. Palmer had, it appears, called mien the postmaster, and requested him if he heard !anything, to let hint know. The postmaster believing, as he says, that this request might refer to the correspondenco between Dr. Taylor and Mr. Gardener, replied, " I dare net open anything." To this Palmer made answer, "Oh I don't let mu persuade you to do anything to injure yonr self." What took place subsequently is best told in the postmaster's own words--a statement he signed when before the magistrates. The statement was as follows : I went to Palmer's house at about half-past eight o'clock in the morning, of the sth of December, with his letters. He was in bed. I went to his bedroom, when he said, " Well, have you seen or heard anything?" I told him that I had, hut that it would he wrong of me to tell him. Tie said, " What have von heard ?" and T told him that I had seen a letter, and that they had found no poison. He said he "knew they would not," and that "he •yas as innocent as a baby" I saw Palmer on the Sunday evening previous to the sth of December last : he came to -the office for packet of envelopes, anti, I believe, the 'words he used to me, were, " If you see or hear anything let me know ;" it was then well known in Rueelev that the stomach of the deceased John Parsons Cook had been Sent to Dr. Taylor, in 'London, for examination, and I thought. Palmer's observation might refer to the correspondence between Dr. Taylor and Mr. CI wr iener. the' solicitor. I said " T dare not Open anything;" I believe he said very conlly, " Oh, don't let, me purs u ad e y ou t o d o anything to • sr . " I he9eve that was all the conversatiatt bout. five injure von oak placf o'clock in the evening; he came to the front door of , house; on the following; morning, Monday. th e 3rd Der,.went to . Palmer's hq nso afrer breakfast between eight and nine o'clock with his letters; there might not have been more than one or two; he asked me if I had heard anythino , 'fresh ; I told him I had not ; :he was in bed, and said he was unwell ; I did not see him on the Tnesda.v at ail ; on the Wedne.dav morninu. the sth. r went to him about, hdr-n'tSt eizht o'clo , dc. as I have already stated; I h-lieve [ have repeated all that occurred between us on that morning; if I us el any ot!',er words, I cannot rem!_ lee' them ; on th e morning of Weilnesialevitetrhaedd s r f h ess p ed ee t . n I found. on openin g th e London bag, a `l ,- . Gardner in an envelope which was °non, anti my walled to it more Particularly by observing' words " cause of death "; I then took the encbeorre helieve those were the from the envelope eves over it. an , lthp siznl tention ; I r,t ,- 1..r, at the bottom Ire to t ted th gum on the seal and secured .it ; I then put the lettor into 11 - r. Girdnlr's letters are 1, and slibiecpiently it was on forthl think I lentioned the word " strvnhoi to Mr. Palmer; I don't recollee naming prucsic acid - After a short conversation, in the Course of which Dr. Taylor repeated that he was certain of having securely fastened the envelope of his letter, the proceedings were adjourned until Thursday next, and the bail of the accused was enlarged until that day. THE AMERICAN COTTON CROP. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES. ' beg' to hand you a copy o f a N ew York circu lar that should have been published in time for the last steamer, the information it contains being highly interesting at the present moment, and deserving more general publication.—Yours, JONATHAN. NEW YORK, Dec. 26, 1855. We have very great pl , •asure in informing our Man chester friends that the crop is likely to be exceedingly large. It is true, however, that the evidence of receipts as compared with the large crop-year, 1852-53, is against such an opinion, but we will state our reasons for think ing that the crop will be nearly 3,750.000,ba1es ; but before: doing so, we will remark that it is something nithough at l east 200,000 hales of the old crop was left last summer on the banks of the Mi=sissippi for want of water to enable the steamboats to bring it down ; - and although the crop this year has been the largest ever grown, yet, in spite of all this, the receipts at New Orleans are 80,000 bales less than in 18.12; this would stagger our belief; but when we give our reasons for believing in a large crop the whole matter will be eas ily understood, and we shill shortly see the most enormous receipts that will reduce prices to such a point that we can orrice with perfect safety to ourselves. In the fir.t place, we learn from correspon ients, in whom we have the most implicit gunfidence, that a v er y large crop has been made these ',last two years on the land cashed by the Uppe7 Mississippi, above the falls of st. Anthony; but the great difficulty that the steamboats have hith rto mq with in passing those falls being now overcome by American ingenuity and enterprise, this large supply of cotton that has been waiting shipment will soon be bro:.glit to 'market. In addition to this well ascertained fact, we leain,, on the best authority, 'santity of Sea Island cotton has been grown tat, curious that that a la )f Ohio, and it is now in course of Southern markets. We have yet being' another piece of news to report favourable to a large crop, and although we cannot quite give full evidence yet we feel ourselves justified' in laying it before nr Manchester friends, with - a remark that it comes from a highly intalizent correspondent in whom we have great confidence. It is said that the Creek(lndians, a most industrious body of men, have set about planting Mastodon cotton on the banks of MisSouri river, above Jefferson city, and we have no doubt that the result will I:P_liighly profitable. _ _ e h ve now stated our reasins for believing in a large crop. It is true that the receipts ought to be much greater than they have been, and all we can say further is, that if they do not increase shortly, to prevent disan- intend to ascribe as the cause of the small receipts that planters are holding their crops back and so explain the discrepancy ;. we shall also state, as we did last year, that the rivers are low, and, therefore, the crops cannot be got down.—Yours, - AND CO, THEATRICAL HOSPITALITY. —A perfect furor attended the opening of the theatrical carnival season at Rolle on the 26th ult., and the ticket office of the Apollo Theatre was assailed by a mob of ferocious dilettanti. On the evening of the first performance the Governor of Rome made his stare entry into the opera house, and his appearance in the offiqial box. was the signal for the 'Dern, the " Trovatnre, " to commence. After the second act the ancient custom was revived, of sending refresh ments at the governor's expense to the occupants of the - _ the season by the ambassadors and nobility At the sa. - tn Onen, and a hundred a I forty sPrvants appeared, two at bearing ices, bisciats, and wax nannies. extremely brilliant, and the rev, prelate was mud for his liberality.—Letter from Rome (Den. 511.1 The effect was I lauded roudE dot BLACK PIIDD•NOR, A. well-known thief, named Jane stPalintr nine black pliddinvl , Cleveland square. The "viands," availed her:ell I from the stall of M rs . K e ll zirl hallos/ eyed the c.mottna of an opp)rtonity, and darted off with them, hut was eapttited. She *as sent to gaol for two mnn.hs. Srp.m.ivo a PORT-OFFICR OariP:a.-4 man, named Thomas Gannon. was char!. ; •ed with stealinz order for .5s , which bclon ,, ed to a youth, n Garrity. The complain 11 Martin le wac workinz in a ie priconer wl9 there :Owl The order Wits in the complainant's pocket. ont of which it was stolen, and was pres.pted for payment by the prisoner. hut was stopped. The prisoner was remanded for a week. `• TFTII J iLt . Y BUTCH , ;II." —A voting- man, named Frerleriek Lawn'nee, who said he was formerly a butcher an board the Great Britain, and now holding a similar tuatien on hoard the Royal Charter, charged an artless 'vit.! named Catherine Fitzpatrick, with having .os. in gold from him. The parties met In and after a short conversation, the girl took the " jolly butcher's" pnrse, containing the money. Two remarkable features attached to the cote. The first was, that the money was all recovered safe in the girl's pocket; and the second (though not the least), was, that the prosecutor sent a person to the reporters' table, stating that he (the prosecutor), would pay the gentlemen handsomely if they vvould just he good enough not to publish his ease in the papers. How the latter was met the present report will tell. The prisoner was sent to gaol for two months. The money was r-stored to the owner, who received a who'esome le.:ture from his worship, which made him look very sheepish, even for a butcher. inking CHARGE OF OBTAINING MONEY BY. FRAUD. On Saturday. at the morning sitting at 'the court, before Mr. Charles Chaloner, Laurence Rorke was brought un in enstndy, 'charged by a young woman named Margaret Callaghan. under the fella% ine stranea circumstances. Mr. Campbell appeared for the pro. secution, and stated that a woman named Margaret. Callaghan, a native of the provihee of Connaught. in Ireland, came to reside in Liverpool some years ago About three weeks since she died. bet some time before her death she had deposited a snm of £BO in the Saving's Rank. When from illness she was not able to leave her house, in Spitalfields, she retained her bank Iwk, and in order to keep it safe, tied it round her body with a silk handkerchief. The person who attended her, had a conversation with her, and the deceased said she would certainly leave all her money to her child (the present complainant). After the decease of the woman, the complainant could not find the hank hook, and she accordingly applied at the Saving's Bank, where she ascertained that the money had been drawn, when the whole case was laid in evidence before the bench, he, Mr. Campbell. should ask for a remand, in order to have it perfected. The prisoner he must mention, had been living with the deceased as her husband, and it would be shewn that whilst the woman was in a state of insensibility, the prisoner took the book from her body, and had entered into a conspiracy with another woman to draw the money from the bank. Mr. Bluck, who appeared for the prisoner, said he had listened with great attention to the statement of his learned friend, but he could not find out what the charge realty was. Mr. Wvbergh, said as far as he saw, it was a charge for obtaining money by fraud and fake preten ces. Mr. Campbell then, i n support of his case , called the following witnesses. Anne Callahan. the daughter of the deceased, proved that her mother died three weeks ago. The prisoner lived with the deceased. Her mother had money, and saw the handkerchief round her waist, but did not see the banking book. Cross-examinnl by Mr. Muck lived with my mother a fortnight before her death. I am twenty-two years of age now, and was al•andoned by my mother in Ireland, when she ran off with the I have been in Liverpool six years: I kne ter was not married prisimer to die t soner, she said before her death she should h easy if he because married her. Some one wanted then to go to a clergyman at copperas hill, but the prisoner refused. Eliza Smith, a woman who attended the deceased as norQe, was examined, and corroborated the onening part of Mr. Csmpbell's statement. relative to the hook. Mr. Charles James Leeders, a gentleman from the savings hank, proved the payment of the money to a woman, hut he said he had never seen the prisoner to his knowledge. Mr, Campbell asked for a remand, to procure additional evidence. •• innutt (mimeo, and said there was not a partical of evidence against his client, who was therefore entitled to his discharge ; and contended that the nrisnner ouebt been given into custody at all facie case •• •••.• ••4 , 4 111 tJUI The enquiry 'cr. - kg nriered by the bank as the only means or ascertaining the facts. The bench did not think, in the present state o f the case, that the evids;nce was sufficient, and the pr isoner TRADE TIEPORT.—SATurtatY Correll : There is no char re rather irre at 62-d to-61 70 Bah Martnham, aC 6d ; 100 kg t Ito 4d—are reported 6,000 b, iu soPeolation and for exoort. ge to report in the market fo -f the demand, and -including 140 53 I to GI 1 ; 70 1; 300 Siirat, iich 1,000 are .611 to 7 r, closing for Warrants m and. b, and 77s 83 for three months open a every description in la A onrao of 200 also sold at I arrive, c 3rds, at £5 ss, advance f at £5O; TALLfitv ANT) PALM rrive, and on the spot, at The stock of rahly reduced, and much less than it me for the 1 neraPv st two years. 1:Alt ['ARID ACID, if anything, firmer, at is 41 , 1 to Is 51 .etru l g s FI LI, t.A `SEED: A k scarcely WIIITg held f6r for 12 e e Japan, IN ITRATE ( SODA : yfg, st , and deliveries, for export and hnme con.umpl December, 1846, to 1855, it years ending 31st IMPORT 1846 1847 1848 18 . 9 1850 1851. 1852 1851 T 854 1855 Vp -W.. 6917 9610 7760 6830 7b60 8 70 9140 8585 13455 12890 London 827 3117 1265 5588 3894 3050 2467 6882 68 7 262 Hu 1 889 ' N'ea:Ve 562 650 nlnsgow Leith .. 289 1261 1782 LO4 1283 .. 749 822 .. 241 43) • Tons 8306 14746 9477 1:936 127J4 11409 13607 18071 2 16 17466 constlmp bon and} 12253 8909 13393 14034 14145 15173 14830 16805 19971 Expo.t STACKS 106 18 , 7 1843 1849 1850 18'1 1852 1853 1 5, 4 1855 Livprpool.,.. 3814 5651 689. 4430 3 - n0 195 ) nor) 300 58'5 5400 London .... 955 1622 101) 2450 2030 1191 78 296) 3485 .195 Hub .......: 280 NetveasCe Leith Tons.... 4779 7272 7810 7183 5680 3144 1578 481 g 9.30 7023 .. d s. s. r Prices Dec. 31 17 f, 11 11 9 13 9 14 14 315 9 18 :s is AST LINEN ODE 0.77 C 'P BY A CONINT =BB OF TFIE tts:rx TRADII, aersilur au AD reproved demand , are very scarce TF,LLIGE.NCE London bn,if .A ' of the lung BELF APPOIN nm UNDER N OF THE EZLFAST wenina 11th jannarv, 1866 FLAX: During the past week the supplies In tuc markets hare been good ; the demand brisk, principally for the better qualities. Prices same as last week. In Armatrh, Cootehil', Afonaghan, Billcbav, and Tandragee. about 120 tons were brought to market, which waq bou , ht at prices ranging from 63 to 8s for handscutched, and 7s 9.1 to 14s for milled per stone of 161bs. In Magbera, Cookstown, Coleraine, Kilrea, and Belfast, about 70 tons appeared, for wHch there was a good demand, and prices without change. tt Derry, of flax brought to market was mode being shown there and in country he supply ate, about 60 or 70 t Strabane. Pri q without change, and quality, for the part, of le rune . YARNS he demand for yarns during the week has been .h doing, as was anticipated, at the Some anxious sellers of wefts have r, and not so mucl f the year. conceded lid per bun LINENS IN COUNTRY MA esupply in eek. er than on prey low good, and a consider- At Armagh, At average supply, a good demand, and prices ,t Lurgan, there was a large supply of damasks and s; a dull demand, prices having a downward tendency. y changed hand prev;oas rates Igo in lawns, ITIgH AND FOREIGN rather mo )C. £43 d at £46 per tnn ; NIT. £47 12-heads, .£45 153; Memel 350 10s; R, G, £57. No d prices for medium t in the demand for tow, all but nominal, for want of sales. At Hull there is a little more inquiry, which has not, however, led to much business, spinners seeking a nerbiction of 30s per ton nn present quota t'ons of £5O for WC M, £4B PLCM, £47 PCM, which holders are not inclined to accede to. For two months past s been little variation in the p hat pric, ten years past. h of mill- Some trials been only -There have 1 with fl ►a of coa and line mulatin?, and ra ows are manufacturers exper Scotch Heavy and coarse goods, suited to t SHIPPING n LIVERPOOL. JANUARY 14. WIND YESTERDAY—We.t South-west. HIGH WATER—Morn.. 3 36 —F v . o. 4 24—Height, 15 ft. 11 in. AttRIVED. Jnn. 11—Thomas anri William, Cape Hayti Jan. 12—George Gotdon, Africa. Jun. 13.—Witch of the Wave, Patiambuco and Plymouth—Mimosa, Mauritius —Pillow Queen. S . ED. Jan. IL—Dlligenee, ur L fleTemplar Havre—Kinz of T v re, Gibraltar. Jan. 12.—William Wahertee, ' William Wirt. Zenobia„ and !oseph Howe New Orleans—Baltic (s.), New York—Wyoming . Phi'ale'phla —Tr bone. S a ya nra Lanereost. Lima Gondar, Charleston—Thomas Ridley. N,wt aindland —Rita (s.s.), %wander —Belus, St. Mioaels—Coyenatver, Mobile—Cypress, Const-. • nople —Competitor, Yarmouth. e , izP—Wnlfretoli, Africa. Jan. _ _ . 'gerateian, —"AdLniral 'Pzius Philadelphia. Plymouth, Jto. HarElPur. Crookhaven. Jan. 13 anima —Adventure. Attica 10.—Arrive Grce ocLe. Jag., 13. N 13.—I.usit 'nig, Villa MARITINIR EXTRA iverwl, Jan. 13.—William Wirt. fur 3 es t,cl ‘Vatertor la. put ba k OVTPORTS. I—St. Saviour, from Liverpool for —A rrived Delrany, Callao—Reaper. Alex- Pal, rmo. Jai. II .1. G. flail. S Johns, I—Breams, ew Hamp- w Orleans, which sailed n. t.choo..sr He!ett, if Dartmouth from GI stow t h s put into Dunaioro, with lo*s of bowsprit. . _ r .remit , t nran apronv, an nnW strive, havinc hen in contac► with a harqn, on the 9 h iwt., at 2 a.m.—The barque Thor, or Wester wick. frnm Atexa dria and F ilm , ruth to Liverpool was in contact ^ ^"` ----- morning of the 9th inst., and shortly after 'ith a schooner o Crew arrived her The To p'ar, from Carriff o Maranham, was totally lost enter- Inn the latter port. Crew %area. 11f iranham. Dee. 3.—One of the col t.,n presses. with 5400 hale %of cot•oo, took fire. Nov. 21, and shoot 40)0 hal-s were destroyed. Londonderry, J in. 9.—The Elizsbei h. of Whi , ehaven, from Liver. pool to thii put, with salt, ran on 111• Kinney's Bank to-nay, and remains. FOREIGN PORTS. Town of Liverpool, Lord Hardinge, Westmoreland, Contest, Eli a Hands, and EnthuOast—all hence at Pernamliuco. Express. Borer, from Mar eio ; and Queen of the Teign, from Rio 'aneiro—both at Pernambuco. Ministrel Boy, fri.-rt Cape Verds st Pernambuco, and sailed for Janeiro— Go'c mda, from Loudon at Pernanrauco, and sailed for Calcutta, ec. 4. eron, Cross, from Va'parai=o at PariarribUeo, I sailed foe ... •-• Conquest, from St. .I,lm t-elina. mod Icon', both for Pgraibo. Pernambuco, and sailed crescent, from St Meteor, Phu' 1. and Balled for Rfo Grande. 'rom St. John at Pernambuco hoc° for Liverpw,i, ..ec. 1 Ann Hall, from the Clyde, wn.Trta G:bbs, from Liverpool nte Video for England, Nov. 6; Orkney Hercvlia, Livernool. Nov. 25. !anuel to Cuthbertson ; ,Ipswich, hence at Buenos Ayres. j e, fr,,m London, Maim P. , “ - from Cape de Verds a iro Lass tor Honolulu,'lS I,).u.e'ess of Lelnster. 0v.7 : and Piddotk: hnn Risk, Kyd M'lntyr from Cuffs; d Daring, from Toneriffe—all at Buenos Hermath sal ed from Buenos Apes for Liverpool. Nov. 14: South Esk, 0 t. SI, and lan'he Nov. PI. both for England; Gazelle Nov. 24, and Neptu^e, Nov. 28, both for Mauritius; and Ann Hall, Nov. 17 .n.l ri7,—.l ror Ensenida. Anna Elizabet, ..onge. hence at Trieste. Ci , c sssia, Tom, hence sit Christiana. , Qu.en of th e b xe sa i led from Bahia, Nov. 19; Dfi'daY. N or. 271 and Rosamond , Nov. 30—all f or Liver 001. NeTh•rtnn, Nov. 28 ; and Ale,ander. D ee. 7—b oth for s h e Channi; Dante Dec. 7 the Clyde; Orio n , N ov . 20, f or Gibraltar; and Allen for Nov.. 28, for %den. , , T; Afisi, Thar' ""w. Kayoer 1). De J Maria Leaman; Zee fr,eltP. Grornwa.(l: 'hibbs; Pence , s A '1 from it H. P 4 ov. 30, for N ov , 9, fur ( Vallasey, by the Rev, On th John To Births, U Xriages, and Deg Hants, to Alice ifarioire7,-Clagh u ter of the ' E sq. , Paymaster, l R.N., of this town. Robert congestion ~ aged 37 years. ted NOM Wit tt