The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-08-23 00:00:00

LANCASHIRE ASSIZES.-YESTERDAY CROWN COURT. BEFORE MR. JUSTICE WILLES. precisel y at nin e oo'cl I ts Lordshi took his seat on the bench this morning, ock. l'e -. 2 nOLTON POISONING CASE.—A WIFE AD ,.. M1 ,.... N15_TE . R ...: a a QUIETNESS" TO HER HUSBAND.—Betsey Al ANIRLL . f e e, , th e ;`,',,e of about thirty years of age, stood charged with . tie Wilful murder of her husband, Daniel M'Mullen, by The eamisterine to him repeated doses of antimony._ P ri loner, sebbo was dressed in the deepest mourning, _and ,aPPeared an exceedingly respectable person, ,, on the Indic - ' e at being read over to her, pleaded not guilty" in a lea, t?sQ . ' an d firm voice. During the progress of the trial she pa- accommodated with a seat in the dock, but during the n or rtrdajeated enquiry never evinced . the slightest uneasiness,. sh e Was she see appear to consider the awful position in which as placed. Mr. Overend, e 'llduct e b Q C., and Mr.. Sowle a r a def e I e case for the prosecution, and the prisoner was The b.y Mr. Sergeant Wilkins and Mr. Duggan. th e leading counsel of the prosecution, with the in opening Wilfulease, said that the prisoner stood charged the 2,, flaunter of her own husband, on Wednesday, 43 ° f July last. The deceased was an operative fE cotton olton-le eCener) and also a shopkeeper, in the town o t ttd r s. The prisoner had been married to him several dn y a e ll ar o s f , vil the issue of the marriage was four children, all might be ealj e n d i W ere dead. The deceased was not what I very intern pe,at an entirely temperate man, but el eep e t e lie- He had sometimes drunken no outbreaks, but tea ou the occasion of these . outbreaks, he was a Was to man. The last occasion on which he had one Nee Saturday, the 7th of June, a d that continued th e t he 11th of June. From that day u to Saturday, oe e ;,,''t 4 ne, he was perfectly well. At the time that the ien-":rence took place, into which they were now going to heltahlrehe Prisoner, the deceased, and a servant, resided la a ho lse 1.1 had already told the jury that from the -e to t b ' e deceased was perfectly well.. 04 the e 21st of June the der ant 1"t named day he began to . complain of a consi -0 e Pain, and a burning about the pit of the stomach. to complain °F a this he o llo ! win . g day, Sunday, he continued the humming pain at . his stomach, and on that he ru ing of that day the p le e Was unable to sit up, ain was so intense and remained in bed. the eon Was of the deceased thus complaining, eat° Prisoner sent for a medical man ohf him m th a e s thoeT,_borrien, who saw the deceased, and treated . ass's was suffering from . . indigestion. On the following still gL-ver• Dorrien again visited the deceased, who was suffer ing from the same symptoms and gradually the - ' l ,ng worse and worse. The symptoms continued . during av e ,woole o f day, made_ t day, and also on the following ' 4ll tlcl a that day the maid servant Se e ay, the 24th. On bt. ilocroritieuln,unication to Mr. Mactaggart, the assistant of et in .., the surgeon,. by reason of which another etsi i n ee, in addition to Mr. Dorrien, was called in, themaid erisequence of the information communicated by tor teservant, it was arranged that neither the serva n nt fo o d 'e Prisoner should either prepare or adminis o te m r any %ti4the deceased; and he should prove that f Berea„,"Y uP to the day of the decease . d s deat neither the feed '' nor th e u. Th e prisoner could have given the deceased any for a deceased continued to suffer from these symptoms the 20Week onger, and on the morning of Wednesday, 'lea% ie °f OY, his death ultimately took place. Before his b een ee'" ar e Were all the symptoms of antimony having at Caliaistered, including the continued burning iseella-iitoetiach, there was also constant rambling, general tzh_au_.B,etiioliny, and at length the deceased sunk from sheer arme e , After the death of the deceased a poet mortem the du o the of the body was made, when it was found that flai ee ° .;elia, the small intestines, and the rectum were very lir, iv...._ Subsequently the contents were . ha . nded over to The Dau'ell, a skilful analytical chemist, residing at . Bolton. e lartile' ve e r, the spleen, and the intestines, were minutely Pel en "„ e4 bY Mr. Watson and in all of them he found the Wo rds eielof antimony. Watson, to use Mr. Watson s t own aa re j a . e found these parts saturated with antimony, bu h on d adse le the stomach no antimony was found. Ile a lireji stated that from Saturday the 28th of June, to Posaii4l 4 Y, the day of his death, there was no .the deceasedl of the prisoner or the servant giving 'Qum ~ any food, and that the antimony ie hi s p the retest; es must have been given to the deceased_ Iteee3;lo,od before that time. All the post mortem appear f otei tn "Wed that the deceased had died from the effects . o bi a 1 (41 Y, and he (the learned counsel) did not think that attritielareed friend would deny that his death was to be he a at 9 t ed to that cause. If, then, the jury should -the neat that antimony had caused the deceased's death, ho w .:t question they would have to determine was, pav e F t a s t it administered, and who was the person t that o t r osecer ° him- It was suggested, on the . part of . the 0 1 10 ...lon, that the prisoner at the bar administered it to ea ti, "" ' n , 4 the evidence which would be brought before them o u t th e t` l 'illt would he euppeeted by a variety of statements; state eis %ant part of the case would depend upon the the e ,„ e lit ef the young woman, the servant girl, who made Wornavi'llolinication to the medical man. This young inoe t b e had been in the service of the deceased about nine chsra shy Was a girl of a totally irreproachable je ll , 9 41 ', and could have no motive for misdirecting the de cett ill a at l way. This girl would tell them that the thr ee 8 4 .!- sonaetimes got drunk, and that he had been drunk t ime u ni t es since she went to reside in the house, the last 1%2 1 _ Which he was drunk being from the 7tb to the 11th eat ti t , t e. The girl would speak to these three occcsions, te_ tu. ere e 1 ee e• i i ?illY, as having occurred since she had lived with t)eeeaia She would also tell them that after the last Vell and viz., the 11th of June, the deceased was perfectly It*hell attended to his business ' up to the 21st of June, tvehtieldfirtstt complained of the burnings . at his stomach. ' 1 ; 111 ,!. the PPear that late in the evening of the 7th of i ' 'lle b dece ased, the prisoner, and the servant, were te\e eineB-01), when the deceased, seeing a man outside Iltislne;r'and h anging about the shop, said to the Doe , 0 ,, , "what is that man about, is he come after e at _ . after her (the servant) ?" The girl said, "He is Th re oraei to look after me," The deceased then went t ) the hoe,eeas public house, and afterwards to another public beee'etiaKtiewm by the name of the Archduke. After he had to th e :re for some time the prisoner and the servant went relled b4rehdulee, when tha prisoner and the deceased quer the r ia : e rY much until three o'clock in the morning. During , h e set e ,: i lei the prisoner fell and hurt her face, either in 4he cons of being intoxicated or from some other cause. to attee_esequence of this was, that the prisoner was unable korni a `Kl to the shop for some days. The deceased that Aren,,,,,R went borne before the prisoner, and when the Zsitti s 'er and the servant came .home the deceased was ee Wasg on the door step. When the prisoner came home . he Wa la and the maid servant, for reasons which he t ~ cid afterwards explain, thought it right to examine itpall';'eckets, cind on making this examination she found Ilia h r . i n the prisoner's pocket containing a white powder. Peee e ti"Per and its contents she took out of the prisoner's . t ° 4, V gave it to Mr. Mactaggart, who afterwards gave it e°ll %iat , at son- This gentleman analysed it, and found it to very ~a'olost entirely of antimony. Now, it would be a rrl, if na l ) ,io ous circumstance as regarded the servant ‘akee- it were not explained, that she should have :hthe .. a parcel out of her mistresses pocket. .But e i t', would tell them that, on several occasions, ' c 'od , a ,`, 4 Seen the prisoner put a powder into the of "` the deceased, and that the deceased had ae ree'l ue ntly taken it. On one occasion she"saw him drink ald er into which the prisoner had previously put some lt ral a r h' o a nd after he had taken it he complained of sickness e. lle easi r ," rn e f q" Pain at the pit of his stomach. On another 4`lotti her°- sue aavr the prisoner take some of the powder ~ _ p o , a __, , 'l'Let and put it on a late, on which there was 110'4 °f feat and gravy, Thadeca a sed afterwards partook of ho me d the meat and gravy, and, in a few minutes,. cora (); h of the burning pain in his stomach. .figa . in, the se ° f hue, when the deceased was lying ill in bed, p o cket rVant Ram the prisoner take the powder out of her t and put soof it into the medicine, and then give o f e , me th e 2`,,,°e deceased. Again, on the following day, Friday, 4girl ' th---the Friday before he died —the prisoner sent the r ou for some tripe, and w h en she returned she found Th e laistress engaged in the business of the shop. liante„Riri went through the house, and into the 0 01 4, and there she found a glass containing a he al ve _re This was given to Mr. Watson, and, on being kltilBoen%. Was found to consist almost entirely of , ar ternoon, the prisons same day, about four o'clock in the lo take it u )stair er made some tea, and told the servant ba t l_ eshlocilt.he deceased. He drank a part of it, iii_, not sediment . which re at the bottom of the cup he 4 ot drink. This ~ 1 14 found to contain almost Was preserved and analysed ,Z‘l' the jur y should believe alle tiellusively antimony. .Now, a . t_ ii dayaft . after day the prisoner he . was afraid giving the deceased 1 41 7 of annleoney,:iteasbefyac.ta, and be satisfied (I occasion to awllhwould find it would ch ar ' n eir duty to convict her of the crime of which she etood - in se uence of these ;the hpefacts : it w sr h eo i ff e e r h rt he h de e shed ged• It was con related, that on the main i st id-servant went and examined the ,Her, and gave the contents to . n_ r. Maetagg art. Now, v. I ‘ed them to believe the evidence °els b 4 tl4B gin ) , who evidence of ivi tn e confirmed by the . " v ersa other person de, ea ses, as to the terms upon which the prisoner and the *seemed lived, and amongst ethers a th at VerY material witness. This witness d h oe e heard prisoner say that she won ered how she could *is: Married the deceased, and that she had consulted a av eat rin for the purpose of learning how soon bar husband coent,iidie. Referring to the question of motive the learued er th e i was an import an ac d aic said tf t f tin support of the ca . se of s.. Prosecution, that the deceased had effecte This Vir e, I , r ance for , ElOO, on the joint lives of himself and st hisT that on this policy she would be entitled to £lOO . 'thee t hat ee , ea , th• Mr. Dorrien, the surgeon, would tell them 'thee the very occasion of which the servant girl spoke, antimony was first administered in the food, the oft h : V was in the habit of coming to him and complainine i s th e 'n l -fling pain at his stomach. All the symptoms, up a i 4 ti th , Qe n i, eof his death, were those of antimony. The ''e faei;(e'n appearances were those of antimony, and all it.Peeted,went strongly in support of the prisoner having t j l % lea"Y administered it to the deceased. Probably fieeteacednieddiA friend would not contest the point that the b eer that , e die from the effects of antimony nor the sae 4, the • '- .4 already. er tin, prisoner administered it, because the pre admitted when before the coroner THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, SAT URDAY. that she had given her husband a certain powder to cure his drunkenness, which she called " quietness," and that contained a considerable quantity of antimony. He regretted to say that this mixture was sold to a considerable extent by druggists in the town of Bolton. The prisoner stated that she obtained it from a druggist of the name of Simpson, in Bolton, and Mr. Simpson himself would tell them, how- ever much they might reprehend his conduct, that he had sold this mixture to the prisoner, but be would also tell them that, what he had sold her contained only four grains of antimony and fifteen grains of cream of tartar, whereas what was taken out of her pocket contained considerably more than four grains of antimony. On Saturday, the 28th of June, the medical men asked the prisoner if she had given her husband any medicine, when she replied "No, except what Mr. Dorrien had sent him." After that she was told that a powder containing a considerable quantity of antimony had been found in her pocket, and then it was that, for the first time, she admitted that she had given him a powder for " quietness." The jury would have to consider for what purpose the prisoner gave the deceased this powder. If it was simply for the purpose of making the deceased sober, they would take that into their considera tion. If they believed that she gave her husband these small doses of antimony, time after time, to cause his death, then they would be bound to find her guilty of wilful murder. The first witness called was James Lowe, surveyor, who produced a ground plan of the dwelling house, and also a photographic representation of the kitchen. By Mr. Sergeant Wilkins : I have heard of " quietness," and by women in Bolton. I have beard for what it was used—tosober drunk3n men. Mary Ann Hutton said : lam 19 years of age, and a native of Ireland. I had been in the service of the deceased, Daniel M'Mullen, about nine months. He was a shopkeeper and cotton spinner. My master and mistress attended to the shop. The deceased was of a quiet disposition, but in the habit of getting drunk— he got intoxicated three times while I was there—the first time soon after I went, and kept drunk about three days on the last occasion, which was on the 7th of June. He attended to the shop for three days after the last fit of drunkenness. His wife was in the house. On the Saturday before his death the prisoner told me to fetch a surgeon. The doctor attended him until he died. Mr. Dorrien was called in first, and then Dr. Chadwick. The prisoner and h3r husband lived very uncomfortable together and often quarelled. The last time he got drunk was on a Saturday. A man came and looked in at the shop window. The deceased and the prisoner were in the shop at the time, and coming into the room, the prisoner said to me, Is that man after you ? I said perhaps he is. The prisoner said if he was after me I should have asked him in. The de ceased stayed a short time, and then went to the beerhouse. I have frequently seen the man with my mistress on other occasions, and when he has been there she has sent me out. The deceased returned home about ten o'clock, and went ont again. The prisoner then went out, and she said she would go to " Peter's," but, if the deceased returned, I was to say that she was gone out for a loaf of bread. She was out for about half an hour. The deceased came home shortly afterwards, and again went out. When prisoner came home, I told her the deceased was out. She then asked me to go and find him, but I declined. After that the prisoner and myself went to the Archduke public house, and enquired for the deceased, and was told that he had gone to bed. He was called, and when he came down, the prisoner and he quarrelled and fought. After they became cruet, the prisoner threw a knife at the deceased, and cut him on the wrist. They remained at the inn until three o'clock in the morning. They were both drunk, and a police officer assisted them home, where they again fought : the prisoner fell and cut her face. The deceased proceeded home, and when the prisoner arrived he was sitting upon the step of the door. Both went into the house. I put the prisoner to bed. After that I took a paper parcel out of the prisoner's pocket, which contained a white powder. I took half of it and put it into a white piece of paper, and kept it. At about this time the prisoner was very drunk. The powder I kept I gave to a girl named Fitzgerald, who returned it to me about a fortnight since. Elizabeth Hilton, also, had the paper of powder, and it was then handed to Mr. ataetageart, assistant to Mr. Derrien. Before this I had seen the prisoner put some powder into a basin with some broth, and left it where the deceased used to sit. The de ceased drank it. At that time he was well, and not drinking. I do not recollect whether he was sick or not. This was about th:ee months before his death. Auer that I saw her mix some white powder with meat, of which the deceased partook and was sick. I have also seen her mix powder with buttermilk, porridge, and gravy, and when the deceased drank of it he was sick. On another day I saw her put some powder on his dinner. " lobscouse," but he would not eat it, and they quarrelled. After the deceased left the table the prisoner took his plate away, but I don't know what she did with it, but I know she told me not to mix any of the meat with the other food. I did not see her throw the meat away, but she must have done so, as I afterwards saw the plate clean. On the 'Wednesday before the deceased died I saw the prisoner put some white powder into a glass, then pour water to it, and then poured it into the medicine bottle, shaking the whole well. The prisoner then put some of it into a glass, upstairs, and then came down with an empty glass. At that time the deceased was ill, and confined to his bed. When the prisoner put the powder into the' lob scouse" it was about a month before he died. On the Friday after the Wednesday that I saw her with the physic she put some white powder into a cup, and told me to take it up stairs and give it to my master. I did take it np stairs, but I only let him drink the top of it—the rest I kept. On another occasion the prisoner sent me out, and on my return the prisoner was in the shop attending to a customer. I walked then into the kitchen, where I saw some white Tymder, like flour, in a glass near to the medicine. I knew it was not the time for the defendant to take his medicine. I put the glass with the powder into my pocket. On the occasion when the prisoner fell and cut her face, the deceased attended to the shop: this was after he got sober. On the Sunday before the deceased died, I had instructions not to give him any food. The prisoner was also told not to do so. She stayed with him on that night, but not afterwards. The next day a person came to nurse him. I never had any quarrel with the prisoner. Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant Wilkins : I came from Kildare. I resided with my aunt, in Dublin, for three weeks. I lived with a broker, as servant, for ten months. Before that I lived with a gentleman named Dunn. In the month of January I recollect the prisoner sending me to a chemist's for some "quietness" to give to the deceased. She told me his mother used always to give it to him in his drunken fits. I was told to go to the druggist's in Deansgate, but I went into Newport street. Simpson resided in Deansgate, and Redcliffe in Newport street. Mr. Simpson would not let me have it, as there was antimony in it. I do not know but that I have always lived on good terms with the prisoner. I am a Roman Catholic. I don't know whether the prisoner is a Protestant. We have con versed on religious matters. I don't know that I have said to the prisoner, " My party will be masters yet." The deceased had only been drunk three times while I lived there. When the prisoner threw the knife at the deceased it cut his wrist. I saw the wrist afterwards. The prisoner shrieked when she got out at the door, but I can't say whether or not the deceased struck her; her face was cut when she reached home. The prisoner was so drunk that she could not undress herself, and I put her to bed. I took the powder from the prisoner's pocket and what I took from it I placed in a piece of paper. Pefore I went to reside with the prisoner, I lived with an engineer named Balfour. The girl Fitzgerald has not a husband. It was about three months before the deceased died that I saw the prisoner with the powder in the kitchen. I can't exactly say for a month or piss weeks when I next saw her with the powder; On the day that the deceased had the "lobscouse" for dinner, he was in a huff about it. • I cannot say whether, before to-day, that I said a word about " the prisoner telling me not to mix that with the meat on the dish." I did put the glass with the powder into my pocket—it was a wine glass, but I cannot tell what size the hole in my pocket was. When the prisoner ordered me to get any drup, I generally went to Whinpenny's. I cannot tell any others. It was in consequence of Ratcliffe telling me that it was not pro per medicine to give any person that my suspicions were aroused. I cannot name the vessel in which I put the sediment from the tea, after I poured off the top. [The witness was pressed hard, hut she adhered to her statement.] Re-examined ; Eliza Fitzgerald is a distant relation of mine ; and the reason I gave her the powder was that she might find it out. The powder remained with her a fortnight. I cannot say whether the deceased had any drink when he was up stairs. Eliza Fitzgerald, a single young woman, residing at Bolton, said she knew the last witness. In June she received some powder frora ber—something like carbonate of soda, I kept it in my possession a fortnight. I sheweel it to Mrs. Cunningham, and asked her to show it to a chemist. Cross-examined : The powder was kept in a paper, and deposited in a work-box in my window. No person had access to it. Mary Cumming corroborated the last witness, and added that she had taken the powder to Mr. Parkinson, who had examined it. Cross-examined : She told the druggist that she had picked it up in the street. I did not know why Fitzgerrald did not take it herself. Ann Marshall, of Bolton, said a powder was brought to my daughter (Mary Cumming), by Fizgerald, to ascertain what it was. The powder remained in our house on the table some time. There were nine persons excepte my daughter, who tasted the powder. sai nn M‘Gill, of the Archduke public-house, Bolton, have was at on Saturday night, the 7th of June, the deceased he would nee. re u a be y d tvese about a quarter to twelve. He asked to and her servant, veleethilal I advised him to go home; but be said e rent up stairs to bed. The house was closed at twelve. The witness then corroborated f-past twelve I saw the prisonei come to look after the deceased. Anne uuttoonrated the evidence of the first t witness, Mary prisoner some whiskey, b e i I Cross-examined ; I gave the Johnhree none don't know that she was gunk . the deceased had leer, Bolton, said—l saw deceased•Whitehead,o r four monthspoli c `unday night; heat d a ,nd was let into his house by him" e . r a's4e o nocked at the door, prisoner was there; and as soon as I entered ns unk. The she screamed " murder." I asked her what was the mattr abused me, and said he was ‘. a d--1:1 murdering g h r 1 511 , e , 1 She was very drunk ? and threw flour at the decesied evwll.ho in return threw a flour bag at her. Both were drunk ; an d they quarrelled a good deal. After they were quiet, I left. William Taggart, druggist's assistant, received a powder from Mary Ann Hutton, and showed it to Mr. Dorrien, telling whence he obtained it. On the Friday following I got a small pot of liquid from Hutton at Mrs. Marshall's, which I also gave to Mr. Dorrien, and a bottle containing liquid. I delivered all to Mr. Watson, analytical chemist. Cross-examined : I was assistant to Mr. Stewart, at Bolton some time. I have heard of " quietness ;" it means tar tartised antimony. I don't know that it is recommended in medical works. I have heard of Dr. Gilbert, but I don't know anything of him. Dr. Dorrien accused prisoner of having given her husband antimony in his medicine and food. She said she wished God might take the life from her if she did. She said that she had given him " quietness," on account of his having been drunk, to get ' him out of it (drunkenness). She said that she obtained the " quietness" from Mr. Simpson's, adding that she would get another from the same place, which she did, and that powder was also analysed. The witness Hatton handed me a powder in a piece of a newspaper. Antimony is sometimes given, in small doses, as a medicine. R e-examined : M'Mullen (the &ceased) was a tall thin man, not robust, notwithstanding healthy. " Qaietncss " is tartar emetic, and given to drunken men to cure them —to make them sick. Mr. Dorrien, surgeon, said : I have known the deceased four or five years, and have prescribed for him. He was a spare man, about forty years of age. I prescribed for indigestion—he complained of a burning sensation in the stomach. On a Sunday in June I was called to see him again. He did not t- -y he had been chinking at first, nor complained as beLfe. I again prescribed for him, and saw him daily up to his death except on one day. On Saturday, the '2Bth, he complained very much, and said he thought he was dying. He said they had given him some tea that had made him sick—he felt a burning pain in his stomach. His pulse was quicker, and lie complained of thirst ; his tongue was foul. I felt alarmed, and suggestel, to send for an other medical man. The prisoner and the deceased said they were quite satisfied with me. On the 24th of June I received a small paper parcel from Mactaggart, containing a white powder, which was handed to Mr. Watson; I also received a bottle from the witness Hutton, at Mrs. Mars den's, and a small pot containing a fluid. Dr. Chadwick was called in, a nurse was procured for the husband, who had directions as to the preparation of food for him ; and the nurse continued with him up to the time of his death. I had a conversation with the deceased, when I asked him if he thought if there was any foul play ? He said, " No." I saw the prisoner on Tuesday morning with his father, when I accused the prisoner with having given the deceased something. She replied, " What inducement was there for me to do so ? " I said there might be many inducements. Subsequently I saw her at my house, and told her I had a serious charge against her. I then told her of the powder that had been taken from her pocket, and that she had been in the habit of giving her husband drugs for the last three months. I also informed her that I had given it and other things to Mr. Watson ; that all had been analysed, and found to contain antimony. The prisoner said, " Antimony, I don't know what it is." I then told her that in consequence of suspicions she had been requested not to give her husbaad any food. She said she had not given him any antimony, because she did not know what it was. I then asked her how it could get into the physic and the tea ? She said she could not tell. I then told her I had stated the facts to the inspector of police, and that antimony had been found in the powder and the tea. The witness then described the symptoms, which were such as would be produced by antimony. Mr. Overend : Were the symptoms of M'Mullen's death consistent with death from natural causes ? Witness : They might have been. From the first I looked upon the case as one of indigestion. I suspected nothing until I got the powder. Mr. Overend : Were the symptoms at the end consistent with death from natural causes ? Wit ness : At the latest part of my attending him, I considered that I was attendin g him for dyspepsia. Mr. O veren d : I mean at the end ? itness :At the end, I never before saw a person die so suddenly as he died, from natural causes. Mr. Overend : Did the symptoms, evinced by the deceased, correspond with those of death from antimony ? Witness I consider that they were consistent with death from antimony. The witness then went on to state the result of the post mortem examination, and, after describ ing the various parts connected with the stomach, and its contingent parts, said that he had found in each part a large portion of antimony. This witness, perhaps decidedly the worst, even for a surgeon, that ever appeared in a witness box, judging from the display he made on this occasion, was then cross-examined by the learned sergeant at considerable length, as to the difference of the symptoms—those caused from antimony, and those produced by dyspepsia, brought on by excessive drinking; but from the inability of the learned counsel to get the witness to give a straitforward answer to the question, the rambling remarks he made on each point, the obstruction of his voice by placing his hand before his mouth, his general affectation, combined with the interior acoustic qualities of St. George's Hall, he rendered him self perfectly inaudible, and therefore unintelligible, in the "cockloft " appropriated for the accommodation of the press. He was, however, understood to say that, taking all the points of the case, the deceased died from the effects of antimony, and not from dyspepsia brought on by excessive drinking, although the symptoms closely resembled each other. Samuel Taylor Chadwick, a physician practising as a surgeon, at Bolton, was called in to attend the deceased. This medical gentleman also so mumbled and stumbled over what he had to say, that it was utterly impossible for any person, beyond his lordship and the counsel who had his statement in writing, to understand one single word of what he said. It was understood that he had been called in to attend upon the deceased, and attributed his death to .the effects of antimony. He minutely explained the symptoms under:which the deceased laboured, but as they were purely of a scientific character, and perfectly unin teresting to any but the profession, we could not, had we even heard them, have occupied our space with the details. Suffice it to say, that he stated, although there was no doubt but that the man had been intemperate, there was no doubt but that he died from inflammation of the stomach, produced, as he thought, from the effects of antimony. In answer to the Sergeant, he said that the same appearance might have been manifested from intense excitement, which, of course, would have the same effect upon all the organs of the body. Mr. 11, Watson exam amined : He was a friend of Mr. Dorrien, and assistant to Mr. Mactaggart. He analysed the powder, the tea, and the sediment found in the glass. He found that they all contained antimony in different proportions. A gentleman (whose name did not reach the ears of our reporter) was then called, who said that after hearing all the evidence in the case, he attributed the death of the deceased to antimony, administered in large and con tinued doses. Since this case had occurred he had tried experiments on animals, but had never seen a death arising from antimony. Dr. Cameron attributed the death to small but repeated doses of antimony. Cases of poison by antimony were very infrequent.—The assistant who sold the " quietness " was next examined. He said he did not know what it was sold for, only that it was sold to wives for their husbands. He knew that "quietness " contained antimony, but he did not know that it was poison. On the Ist of July he sold one of the powders to the prisoner. He always cautioned the per sons who bought them. He did not know what the powders were given for.—Mr. Simpson, a druggist and grocer, of Bolton : I have never sold the prisofier any powder called "quietness." I do sell a powder of that name when it is asked for. It contains fourteen grains of cream of tartar and four grains of antimony. To the best of my belief I never sold the prisoner any. The powders are commonly sold in the town by the druggists.—A. witness named Lee was then called who had been intimate with the deceased, and said that ho had heard the prisoner say that she had been to a fortune-teller. Cross examined : He had been asked to give evidence on Wed nesday last.—John Thornton, the agent of the Prince of Wales Life Insurance, proved that the deceased had insured his own and his wife's life jointly in that office for .ElOO, and had made all the payments good up to the time of his decease. This was the case for the prosecution. His Lordship, after asking whether it was necessary to adjourn, and being informed by the learned sergeant that he could not possibly proceed, assented. The case for the defence;will be proceeded with this morning, at nine &clock. without any consideration, inasmuch as the plaintiff was only contracting to do what he was previously bound to do; and, thirdly, that the captain had no authority to alter the original agreement and make a fresh one. A verdict was given for the plaintiff for £l9 15s, with leave to defendants to move to enter a nonsuit. LAURIE V. THE MERCHANT AND TRADESSIkN'E MUTUAL ASSURANCE SOCIETY. — This was an action on a policy of insurance for £5OO. Mr, Attorney• General Knowles and Mr. Hutton appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Ather on, QC. 'with Mr. Manesty, for the defendant s . Th e plain tiff, Yaffe Laurie, sued, as the administratrix of her late husband, Thomas Laurie, formerly of Church-street, Liverpool, and the defendants were an insurance com pany, a society not very long in existence, having its principal place of business in London, but also having a branch and a local hoard in this town. The action was brought to recover £5OO, under a policy of insurance on the life of the late Thomas Laurie. The policy of insurance was executed on the 25th of August, 1854, and the insured party died in October, 1855. The grounds on which the action was defended were, that in the pro posal by which Thomas Laurie obtained the policy, there were suppressions of truth, as well as actually untrue averments. The burthen of proof fell, of course, upon the defendants. In answering questions put to Laurie before the policy was granted, such as are usually put to parties applying to be insured, it was stated that he suppressed the fact that his mother died of consumption, and that a brother and sister died of the same disease, and that he stated that all his brothers and sisters then living were in good health, whereas one was actually at the time dying of consumption, and died seven weeks after the answer was given ; besides other suppressions and misrepresentations of a less important character. The deceased, Lanrie, died of consumption, and it was contended, on the part of the company, that at the time he applied for insurance he was well aware that that disease was hereditary in his family. Several witnesses having heen called to prove the facts on which the defence was founded, the jury returned a verdict for the defendants. FIRTH Y. GOODWIN. —This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a banker, at Norwich, against Mr. Goodwin, proprietor of the pottery works at Seacombe, to decide a question of right of way. The land over which the alleged obstruction took place was an extent of ground at Seacombe near the end of Wallasey Pool, and having a river frontage. A. line of rails laid down by the defendant crossed a road at the end of Wallasey Pool, and formed the obstruction in reference to which the action was brought. Mr. Atherton and Mr. Millward appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Manesty and Mr. Fearnley for the defence. A verdict was entered for plaintiff, with leave to the defendant to move to enter verdict for him. GREENWOOD AND OTHERS V. THE EAST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY.—This was an action brought by Messrs. Greenwood and Co., manufacturers of cotton goods, residing at Burnley, and who, at the time the circumstances which led to the action took place, were living at Colne in Lancashire. Mr. Manesty opened the pleadings, and Mr. Pickering, Q.C., stated the case. From the statements of the learned counsel, it appeared that the plaintiffs had been for some time in the habit of sending goods to Manchester, con signed to a person named Hodgin, since dead, who sold them upon commission. When they sent the goodsto Hodgin, they also sent a delivery order, which Hodgin presented at the railway office before receiving the goods. Subsequently Hodgin became in embarassed circumstances, and, therefore, about March last, the plaintiff's did not think it prudent to send their goods to him any more. On the 27th of March the plaintiffs sent the goods, which were the subject of the action -26 bundles of broadcloth and 128 bundles of narrow cloth, from the Colne station to the Salford station. They were sent without any direction, but with a note saying that they were to be kept until called for at the Salford station. The receipt given by the company set forth that the consignees of the goods were the plaintiffs themselves. The goods were taken to the Salford station by the company on the same day, Thursday, the 27th of March. On the following Monday, the 31st, a porter belonging to Hodgin called at the Silford station to enquire if there were any goods there from Messrs. Greenwood and Co. He was told that there were, but that the company had no orders to deliver up the goods to anybody, Messrs. Greenwood themselves being the consignees, and that they must, therefore, be kept until some order was received. A telegraphic message was sent up by the railway clerk to Colne to enquire whether the goods were to be given to Hokin. No answer was received for some time, and the clerk at Salford station told Elodgin's porter that be need not wait ! as they would forward the goods to Hodgin, if an order to that effect arrived. No such order did arrive, but, in fact, an intimation was given by Messrs. Greenwood that the goods were not to be given to Hodgin. Notwithstanding that fact, the goods ivete, owing to some mistake, given up abent five or six o'clock the same evening to Hodgin. Subsequently, Hodgin became bankrupt, and the goods were lost to the plaintiffs. The action was accordingly brought to recover £326 7s. Id., the value of the goods. Mr. Hugh Hill and Mr. Seager appeared, for the defence. The plaintiffs' case had not concluded when the court rose. FACTS ABOUT THE QUEEN OF OUDE AND HER SUITE EASTERN ATTENDANTS.—Amongst the company attending the Queen of Oude, is a curious_looking creature of gigantic statute, dressed partly in male and partly in feminine attire. His fingers are adorned with massive rings, and in his hand ho holds a large walking-cane. His head dress differs from all the others. This is the Queen's or chief eunuch, the cruel guardian of the harem, reputed to be exceedingly wealthy. There are eight eunuchs in the Queen's suite, one of whom is a Nubian, immensely tall, and dressed in blue velvet adorned with gold. They are the Provost marshals of the party, and chastise with great severity any ono who quarrel or cause disturbance. COOE.ERY ON THE VoVAGE.—The party consumed usually two sheep or lambs a day, about three dozen of fowls, besides large quantities of rice and other Eastern grains, ghee, and spices. They killel their own animals. The killing appeared to be conducted as a religious ceremony. One read from the sacred book while the butcher, with a knife in his hand, held back the head of the animal, and, at a giving point of the reading, the head of the beast was cut off. Poultry were kilted by cutting the throat of the bird and letting it bleed to death, when the skin, with the feathers, were torn off. The bird was then quartered and the entrails taken out, and the quarters were spitted and scorched over a charcoal fire. They were then choppel up and curried. The Oudeaus made their own bread, which was unleavened. A coarse flour was mixed with ghee ; the dough was then flattened very thin with the had and baked. THE RoTar. F.aytt.T.— The heir-apparent is a youth about five feet six inches in height, with a thin lithe figure, and looking not certainly more than eighteen years of age. His face is of a pale brown colour, and his eye bright and intelli gent. His uncle, the heir - presumptive, is a handsome stout built man, regal in appearance. They are both gorgeously dressed, their head dresses being in the shape of a helrqet, and glittering with the lustre of precious stones. Their appearance seemed to strike the crowd who witnessed their landing with astonishment, and an involuntary burst of admiration, in the shape of a hurrah, took place. The young prince did not great di gn i ty. H is uncle lifted the back of know what to make of the appl ause, and paused and looked a with h foletiead and sm il e d . hie of: h t an him' init to his FUNERAL CEREsioNrEs.—The Moonshee, who died on the passage, was ill wnen he came on board at Alexandria ; but he lived until the Indus reached Gibraltar. His corpse was washed and anointed several times, and then weighted and thrown into the kea, a religious ceremony being performed at his burial by reading or praying out of some Hindoo sacred book. No European on board had anything to do with the ceremony. THE 'CAPITAL OP OIIIIE is Lucknow, about six hundred miles from Calcutta. It is now six months since the royal family of Oude and their suite left their own country, and they have travelled nearly 10,000 miles to reach England. THE ROYAL SUITE.—The following are the names of the royal family of Oude, and the chief personages of their suite, which have come to England in the Indus—viz : Her Majesty Jenab Allur, Quee❑ Dowager of Oude ; his Highness Mirza Wallee Hyder Bahadoor, heir apparent to the throne of Oude ; his Highness Mirza Secundra Hushmut Bahedoor, heir presumptive to the throne of Oude ; Moolee .14Iusseordeen Khan Bahadoor, equerry to the ex-king of Nile ; Moonshee Mahomed Rufee, secretary to the ex-king; Jalleesod Dowlah Syed Allah Kahn Bahadoor, aide-de-camp to the ex-king; and Neeval Nazier Mahomed, Jooreet Allee Khan, Meer Turzaud Allee Khan, Meer Baltah Allee Khan, and Han rnussiee Berzerjee Moodes, principal officers and ladies in attendance on .the Queen and Princes. WRECKS AND LOSS OF LIFE The severe gales of Wednesday appears to have been of such a boisterous nature as to create considerable damage to the fishing vessels, &c., along the south coast. At Brighton, amongst other disasters, we regret to say that to fishing v esse l s were d ashe d on to the cliffs by the f ur , of the elements, and portions of the crews, consisting of e i ght persons, met with a watery grave. At South ampton, on Wednesday afternoon, it blew a fearful hurricane and when the Indus arrived, at six p.m. on that day, with the Indian mail, she was obliged to drop anchor oft - Netley Abbey. No boat or steamer could get near her to get out her passengers or mails. Such a sea at that part of the stream was never w it ness ed before. Th e waves were eight feet in height and thirty feet in length. Boaapj AT AN HOTEL—One of the large and fashion able hotels in the locality of Lime Street was robbed, a night or two, Since, of a considerable sum of money, in bank of England and Australian notes, and also gold, gold rings, and other jewellery, gold watch, chain, &c. And we have heard that a second robbery, of even a More serious character, has been committed in the same house since the above. The police are on the " alert." 1 POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY (BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD.) AN " OUED " PARIPHAN !—Three persons, named George James Cliffe, Henry Lynch, and Margaret Kittoe, (the latter, a fictitious name,) all dressed in superior style, were charged by constable 747, who said about half-past four o'clock in the morning, he was on duty in Whitemill-street, w:ten he heard a furious noise in Copperas hill. He went forward, and saw the prisoners, who were acting in a disorderly manner. Mr. Mansfield : What were they doing ? Policeman : The female was drunk, and the other two were disorderly. The female said I was not drunk. I only went out to get some drink for captain (I won't tell his name,) who has been stopping in our house for the last week. I saw these gentlemen, but they were not drunk. One of the male prisoners denied that either of them were drunk. They saw a man cowing down with an old umbrella--and that was all ! He denied that they were drunk, and said the constable took them to Honiara street bridewell, where the keeper refused to "book them," and then they were brought to the main bridewell, where he insisted on their being received. Mr. Campbell, the keeper of the main bridewell, said he did not know that the prisoners had been refused at another bridewell, if he had, he would not have "booked " them, as there was an order not to do so. The officer said he did not offer to book 1 hem at Hotham street; he only went in to see if the keeper was there, for at that hour in the morning, the keepers of out bridewells were generally gone away. He saw the men jumping up to pull down a blind from a window, with an old umbrella. This was stoutly denied. His Worship ordered the keeper to be sent for, and when he came, in reply to his Worship, he said the prisoners were not taken to the bridewell at all. Mr. Mansfield said that was satisfac tory, so far as the policeman was concerned. The female was fined ss, the other two were discharged. How DID IT HAPPEN ?—A young woman, of consider able personal attractions, who gave her name as Anne Watson, was brought up for being found in a state of insensible drunkenness, in Leece-street, early in the morning. She wore a splendid dress of valuable material, but with this exception she was minus the following articles of female apparel :—boots, stockings, bonnet, shawl, and other neck clothes, and she looked rather comical, under the circumstances. The police officer said he found her in her present state in Leece-street, and, at the time, she was in a helpless state of stupidity. The girl said she had been over at Rock Ferry, spending the evening with a gentleman. They drank champagne to the "mast head." She remembered coming across the ferry, but more than that she could not tell. Her bonnet was worth 10s., her mantle or shawl was worth four or five pounds, her boots were new. She lost, beside, some rings of value off her fingers, her purse, and a " smart sum of money ; and she would very much like to know how it did happen ? Several persons in court expressed a very decided opinion on the point. She was discharged. SHOPLIFTING.—A young fellow named William Jones was brought up by detective officer Scaife, who said he saw him conceal something in his bosom. and on searching him he found three new silk handkerchiefs. On subse quent enquiry, it was ascertained that the handkerchiefs were stolen lrom the shop of Mr. Gunnyon, Lord-street, and were valued at 12s. The prisoner being an old offender, was sent for trial. STEALING TYPE.—John Callahan and !Joseph Kendall, late in the employment of Mr. Edgar, printer, Duke. street, were charged with stealing .e 6 worth of stereotype plates from his printing office. It appeared that the prisoners were in Mr. Edgar's employment, and that a day or two since one of the prisoners went to Mr. Carbett, type-founder, and offered the metal for sale. He suspected that it was not got fairly, and he gave, him a shilling on account, and told him to come again. The two prisoners subsequently called with more property, when they were arrested by Inspector Horn. They were fully committed for trial. How VENUS CONQUERED MANS !—Thomas Rutter, the keeger of a public-house in Spitalfields, was brought up by detective Astic, on a charge of having stolen a Crimean medal, belonging to Patrick Wm. Marson, of the 56th Regiment. Mr. Block defended the prisoner. It appeared that on Saturday last the soldier came from the Crimea, and being so long away he went on a " battering spree," and of course lost the medal for which he had fought and bled, " far away from his true love." Astic went in search of the missing trophy, and on asking the prisoner, he at first denied that he had it, but after that he admitted having it, saying he got it from a girl named Daly, and again that he had it from " Dublin Fanny," who left it in pledge for drink. Mr. 131uck said there was no stealing in the case. He cross-examined the owner of the medal, and elicited the fact that he was so " notoriously drunk that he knew nothing "at all, at all " about it. Mr. Block : Do you know how you got it? Witness : Dim me soul I do, and so does some of the Rushins too I—that is, if they could spake now ! This was considered conclusive on the point of ownership. Mr. Bluck then addressed the court, and produced two females, who swore positively that the soldier wanted them to pledge the medal, but they refused. They then took him to the house of the prisoner, who took the medal in pledge for half a pint of whiskey, and two quarts of ale. Mr. Mansfield said it was the old story of Mars, Bacchus, and Venus, and this ended in the conquering of Mars, by the allied forces of Venus and Bacchus. (Laughter.) He ordered the medal to be restored to the owner, and discharged the prisoner. (BEFORE MR. HEYWoOD) PunwcANs' CASES.—Martha Price, publican, Scotland Road, was charged for doing business on Sunday last, at illegal hours, but the evidence failed, and she was dis missed. James Scarisbrick, Castle Street, Kirkdale, was summoned for Sunday trading. In this case the evidence was not sufficient, and an acquittal was entered. BEERHOUSE CASES.—Charles Reed, Bond street, fined 2s 6d and costs, for Sunday trading. William Kelly, Woodstock street, was charged with Sunday trading; dismissed. William Pitt, Burlington street, for Sunday trading, fined 5s and costs. James Bairstow, New Blenheim street, charged with a like offence, dismissed. Thomas Dutton, Boundary place, fined 5s and costs for a like offence. John Pritchard, Bevington hill, charged with a like offence, was defended by Mr. Bluck, and the case was dismissed. Caleb Walker, Burlington street, was charged with Sunday trading; acquitted. (BEFORE MR MANSFIELD.)—THURSDAY. STEALING A WATCH.—A man, named Thomas Norton, was charged with stealing a watch from a fellow lodger, on the 6th of July, and pledging it for 1. lie was ordered to pay a fine of £l, or in default, to be im prisoned for two months. - GOOD DIGESTION.—A young woman, named Sarah Nicholson, one of the unfortunates who walk the streets, was charged with stealing two sovereigns and a Crimean medal, from Charles Crawford, a discharged member of the Land Transport Corps. He arrived from London at the Lime-street station, on Wednesday, and falling in with the prisoner, he accompanied her to a house of ill fame, in North-street. They had there some ale and whiskey to drink, and when the Crimean hero had suc- cutibed to Bacchus and Morpheus, his fair friend plun dered him of his money and medal. She swallowed the sovereigns, but being unable to do the same with the medal, it w,;s discovered upon her, and the theft clearly brought home to her. She was committed for two months, with hard labour. VIOLENT ASSAULT.—Thomas Coldwell, a well dressed young man, was charged with having assaulted a young married woman, named Maria Reed, in the house of her sister-in-law, in Hampden-street. From what transpired, it would appear that the complainant's husband is the master'of a vessel, and is at present from home on a voyage. Thq prisoner would seem to have paid much attention to Mrs. Reed, and, in consequence, he was for bidden the house. He had borrowed some money, some time since, from the complainant, but had recently paid it. On Wednesday he went to the house, and created a disturbance, demanding the !money. He traduced the character of the complainant, and nc,t content with that, he assaulted her. Mr. Mansfield censured the conduct of the prisoner, and sentenced him to pay a fine of £lO, or to be imprisoned for six months. ASSAULT ON ♦ WIFE. —James Carroll, a coal heaver, was charged with having violently assaulted his wife, Ann Carroll. The parties reside in a court off New Bird-street, and, from the evidence, it appeared that he was in the habit of ill-using his wife, and recently he gave her a terrible beating, and Dr. Wall, from the Northern Hospital., stated that the woman had several contused wounds on various parts of her body. It was proved that the injuries were inflicted by the prisoner, and he was sent to gaol for three months with had labour. MORE STABBING —We may get this head stereotyped, for , the crime is now become more common than "drunk and disorderly." A sailor_like looking fellow, named James Smith, was charged with having stabbed James Dillon, a sailor. Mr. Bluck defended. It appeared that about 12 o'clock the previous night the prosecutor and a comrade were walking down William street, where there were two persons fighting. The complainant attempted to separate them, when the prisoner struck him on the nose, and the complainant returned the blow, wheri the prisoner drew a kn s ife and stabbed him in several places. He was ably cross-examined by Mr. Muck, but the facts were not shaken. Several witnesses were examined, and corroborated the statement, and Dr, Wall said he examined the prosecutor's person, and found . six wou n d s in all on hi m , th e most serious being on the shoulder, over four inches long, and dividing the muscle ; there were other of the wounds four and five inches long, and the chief wound would not heal for some weeks. Mr. Black said after the evidence ha would use his own dis. cretion and not prothice any witnesses, although he was instructed to do so. Mr. Mansfield sa id i t was very proper discretion, as he had quite made up his mind on the case. He fully committed him for trial at the sessions. (navoaE 11111.. HEYWOOD.) CAUTION To 'Bus DRIVERS. —John Gosson, the driver of Mr. George Gan non ' s Old Swan 'bus, was summoned for furious driving on the Bth inst., coming into Edge Hill, to the danger of the public. Police. off 17 5 stated that be saw the defendant driving the 'bus furiously on the day in question ; the inside horses were gallopitg furiously, and it was dangerous to the public. A person who said he was a passenger on the day in question said he did not see the horses gallop on the Journey alluded to, but on cross-examination he said he did not see the policeman at the time he took the number for galloping. Mr. Heywood said he had seen these 'busses galloping himself, and it was very danger ous. He fined the defendant 55., and costs, and hoped it would warn drivers in future, NISI PRIUS COURT. Mr. Baron Bramwell entered the court at nine o'clock, yesterday morning, and proceeded with the hearing of civil cases. SEDDON v. MATHER.--ThiS case was concluded, after several witnesses had been examined, by the parties consenting to a verdict for the defendant, on the agree-. meat that defendant should convey to the plaintiff the land in dispute, for £5O. FRAZER v. HATTON AND ANOTHER.—This was an action to recover £l9 15s, above a sum of £67 6s 9d paid into court. Mr. James, Q.C. and Mr. Millwa r d, appeared for the plaintiff; an d Mr. Brett, for the defence. The case for the plaintiff was, that he shipped on board the Custos, a vessel belonging to the defen dants, Messrs. Hatton and Cookson, African mer chants, of this town, as cook, on the 29th of March 1854, at £3 month wages, to proceed on a voyage, to the coast of Africa. It was usual for vessels to be detained a considerable time on that coast, and some times when a vessel, on arriving out, found another vessel belonging to the same owners, ready to return, but requiring portions of a crew, part of the crew of the vessel just arrived, transferred their services to the vessel about to return. In this instance, when the Custos arrived out, she found another vessel belonging to the defendants, called the Dauntless, ready to return. As she wanted a captain and some of the crew, the captain of the Custos transferred himself to the former. He required a steward, and accordingly applied to the plaintiff to ship for the return voyage in the Dauntless. To induce him to return, he offered him £1 a month increase of wages, and the plaintiff acc ordingly shipped in the Dauntl ess as steward, having previously signed articles at £4 a month wages. He was eighteen months f , n board the Dauntless, and, on his return, applied for the wages, 1 2nt the defendants refused to pay more than £3 a month, and the action was ateordingly brought. Mr. Ltrett, for the defendant, contended that the action must fail upon these grounds—first, that the articles were of no legal value, because not 'signed before any public officer ; secondly, that according to the articles which the plaintiff signed, on shipping in the Custos, he agreed to give his services to defendant for three yeara,they to have, in the meanwhile, the power of transferring his services to any other of their vessels, and that, therefore, assuming the captain did make the altered agreement, it was not valid, being an agreement 11111111 I HORRIBLE MURDER OF AN OLD WOMAN. The Tehsildar, who in the Madras Presidency is also head of the Talook police. accompanied by a number of native underlings, stayed for some days in Rudravarum, and, consequent upon fixing the actual amount to be levied on the village crops, winnowing baskets were re quired by the Tehsildar's people. A number were furnished by some of the ryots of the place, in the habit of making up such articles for sale. No payment how ever was given for this first supply of baskets, and on a further number being demanded, the price of those already delivered was asked for. The ryots pleaded inability to make them until their male relatives arrived with the material, for which they had gone to the jungles, and as it was a period of great scarcity, the deceased asked for money in advance .o provide themselves with food. which being considered an impertinent proceeding, the first prisoner gave orders to strike, which the third prisoner did, giving the deceased two blows on the temple,and appears nev er to have spol on which enafterwards s , h w e it fel ht l he exception of one exclama tion ; as she did not rise, the second prisoner considered she must have been shaming, and gave her a kick on the abdomen, which he repeated, and the fourth pri soner then took her by the arm to lift and remove her to the pial close by, from which the first, second, third, and fourth witnesses removed her gently to one a little f .r -ther off, but finding her unable to proceed, they left her there and went to await the arrival of their male relatives. The son of the deceased, the prosecutor, returning about this time to the village, and hearing what had happened, went immediately to the house of the landholder where the Tehsildar was staying, and there accused the latter of having caused his mother to be ill-treated. He was " turned away "by the followers of the Tehsildar. The next day the old woman died. Her body was taken by her son, and laid before the door of the he use where the injuries had been inflicted ; and from thence, in spite of all that the 'Tehsildar and his myrmidons could do, the exasperated relatives refused to remove it. One of them in the mean time lodged a complaint before the Joint Magistrate of Cuddapah, who gave orders that the Tehsildar should report on the circumstances connected with the old woman's death ; the accused holding an inquest on the body of the woman he was charged with having murdered ! The result of such a proceeding was that " no marks of violence were visible on the body of the deceased." The truth was, that the cloth w hi c h covered the corpse had never been removed during the examination, and thus, it being impossible to see the marks it concealed from view, the village authorities under the influence of fear or bribery, returned a verdict implying a natural death, and forthwith ordered the body to be disposed of, i.e , buried. The sub police officer, however, next in rank to the Tehsildar, refused to sign the inquest papers, as untruthful, and out of this circumstance arose further investigations, which ended in the committal of the Tehsildar and the three worthies who had obeyed his orders and beaten the old woman. But even in the Sessions Court, to obtain redress was no easy matter. Notwithstandin g that there was the evidence of numerous bystanders, the prisoners were well nigh acquitted. The nahornedan law officers were for allowing them to escape, and discrepancies and contradictions in the evidence for the prosecution were found out, and declared such that a conviction could not stand. Mr. Elliott, the Session Judge of Cuddapah, however, thought differently. To his thinking the discrepancies alluded to were trifling and unimportant, He thought such a statement as that the Tehsildar was "sitting in the house," perfectly reconcileable with one which described him " sitting within the entrance to the house," and did not, with the law officers, think that it was impossible for an assailant using his right hand, to strike the person he was attacking on the left temple, The prisoners were therefore convicted, the man who actually struck the woman to eight years' imprisonment. the Tehsildar and another person to two years' similar punishment, a fourth prisoner, who was the foremost amongst the assailants, and who would probably have also been awarded eight years' imprisonment, having died in jail before his trial.—Calcutta _Englishman. TRADE AND NAVIGATION - RETURNS OF CANADA, 1855. We have received the trade and navigation returns of the province of Canada for the year 1855, of which the following will be found a general summary. Taking them in the order in which they are presented in the official returns, the first principal feature is the traffic of the canals. They are the Welland, the St. Lawrence, the Chambly, and Burlington Bay (including the St. Our's Lock), and the St. Ann's Locks. Through these canals 20,900 vessels and steamers passed during the year 1855, having an aggregate capacity of 2.358,014 tons, being 17,447 British, with 1,765,175 tons burden, and 3,462 Foreign, with 592,839 tons burden. The total amount of tolls paid was £8,348 7s 91. The average annual increase of the movement of property over these canals in 1856 over 1854 is 8,9 per cent, whilst the annual average in crease of 1855 over 1852 is 18 , 4 per cent. The increase per cent of 1855 over 1852 on the Welland Canal is 14.3; on the Chambly, 34 . 2 ; on the Burlington Bay, 63, and on the St. Ann's Lock, 27.5; and on the St. Lawrence, 9.8. The increase per cent of 1855 over 1854 on the Welland, is 6.53 ; on the Chambly, 41.1 ; on the Burlington Bay, 31„ fr',4,814; and on the St. Ann's Lock, 5.2; whilst on the St. Law. rence, there is a decrease per cent of 18.4. The gross receipt of tolls for the last six years has £65,772; 1851, £76,216; 185 £84,602 ; 1853, 1854, £82,765; and 1856, £81,172, tb 1- t y ear' g the fines, the gross receipt . " 48 ear los. The exPenses £58,221, are £84,570 including 419,737 for salaries, Sco., and 437,945 for r .pairs, lea ving a ne t revenue of £26,289 lls 4d. The e next head is that in articles entered for consumption. the value of which, in 1855, was £9,022,542, against £10,132,331 in 1854, being a decrease of 41,110,789. The amount of duties collected in 1855 was 4881,445, being 4343,306 loss than in 1854. This result is partly to be attributed to the effect of the Reciprocity Treaty with the United States ; for the value of the free goods has risen in 1855 to 42,596,383 from 4703,435 in 1854. The imports by sea, via the St. Lawrence, amounted in 1854 to £5.292,938; in 1855 they were but 4 2,873,507, showing a decrease of £2,419,431 or nearly one-half. The imports from the United States amounted in 1854 to 43,883,274; and in 1855 to 45,207,1694 showing an increase of £1.323,895, or about one third. The imports from the United States of free gebas under the reciprocity treaty were valued, in 1855, at €1,931,393. The total exports from Canada amounted, in 1854, to £5,754,797; in 1855 they 'were 47,047,115; showing an increase of .€1,292,318. The export of wheat was, in 1854, 1 .442,677 bushels, valued at £524,534; and in 1855, 3,193,748 bushels, valued at £1,482,216; showing an increase in quantity of 1,751,071 bush., and of 4957,682 in value. The export of flour, shows a decrease of 7,464 brls, accompanied by an increase in the value of £251,306. The total produce of the mines, exported dur..,. ing 1855, was 431,458; of the .na, 4 114,980; of t.te forest„ 41,986,980 ; animals and their products, 4398,796 ; agri culture, 43,257,599,; manufactures, 4 119,019 ; other articles, 417,140; making the total exports, exclusive of shipping manufactures, 4 5,956,975. The shipping being valued at 4304,886, gives the aggregate exports at £6,230,861, against an import trade of 49,021,542. During the year 1855, Canada exported 3,193,748 bushels of wheat, and 543,936 barrels of flour, against 1,442,677 bushels of wheat, and 651,400 barrels of flour in 1854. In comparing the value of exports and imports at each port for 1854 and 1855, we find some sin gular results. The exports at Quebec have fallen off £923,065; the imports, 4 1,021,773. At Montreal, the exports have declined 496.865; the imports, 4752,021. At Hamilton; the exports have increased ll'om 4148.121 to, 4454,586, nr .006,465; the imports have decreased to the extent of 4:35,342. At Toronto, the exports have increased , from 4273,049, to £404,105, or €131,056 ; the imports have. increased from €1,362,706 to 1,401,453, or €38,747. That it appears that Toronto is the only important port which , shows an increase in '1853 on both exports and imports., The decrease in duties collected at Hamilton is 42,8,19 k and at Toronto 419,991. COUNTY COURT.—YEsTERDAT WALSH.—This was a n action for the rEAE ( g B O E N rO v R I E OSIEPH roLLocx, ESQ.) 7tIDOR.) recovery of £2, an alleged balance due on a promissory note. Mr. Grocott, for the "defendant, raised a legal objection to the suit, and said the note was bad in law. His Honour on looking at the note agreed with the objec tion. The note was made payable at certain times by , instalments, extending over a long time, whereas promis sory notes should be made yable, according to law, at twenty-one days. Verdict for a the defendant. HARRIET GIBBONS V. CHARLES ROWCLIFFE.—Mr. lime was for the plaintiff, and Mr. Campbell for the defendant. It was an action to recover 3 155., for damage done to a dress and other articles. On the Ju the and her moth er were at the Aintree r th aces. ly The plaint moth iff e a , ked d e f en d ant for some money, but instead of giving her The r any, her gave her a blow and knocked her dow n p l aintiff interfered, w h en the defendant threw her on s stove and h er s i lk dress took fire, and wasd e s troyed . k Verdict for the plaintiff. THE LONDON GAZETTE fc) rifellesdon. Norwich i B IIe A r. NKRIT . PT si t 1371 Wax D J ON ES, grocer and general dealer. BANKRUPTS.—EDWARD A E R D WA R D C 0 ,1 0 , r eagar, Monmouthshire `ALTER ROBERT JOHNSDN Adelaide Chambers, Gracechurch-street, merchant,. under writer, and insurance broker, JAMES BLENKARE, Tctney Lincolnshire, grocer and draper. JAMES HAwlarrs; Wool with, c ore dealer. ALFRED EVES Judd-place West, New , road, Dour factor and corn dealer. ' FRED. BURT WDONALIN. late of Newport, Monmouthshire, but now of Bridgewater,, Somersetshire, corn dealer and general merchant. FRANCIS LoWLE and HENRY GARDNER, Wellington' Sorn,ereet shire, manufacturers. MARY ANNE AETLETREE, Stew en-the-Wold, Gloucestershire, innkeeper. ROBERT E LLIOTT BLYTZ, Northumberland, draper. ' SAMUEL BLACKBURNE. and EDWIN . BLACICRIORNE, Little .Dernersal, York• shim, cloth manufacturers. SARAH BARLOW, Maccles field, licensed victualler and innkeeper. FRED. WHILEY. Brighton, printer and stationer. CHARLES EDWARD DAVIN, late of Upper Thomas -street, City, wholesale grocer, but now of Woodbine Cottages, Kingsland, out of business. ALFRED SIDNEY SMITH, Walsall, Staffordshire, iron founder.