The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-02-04 00:00:00

AUSTRALIA ARRIVAL OF THE SHALIMAR ay the Shali mar , w hi c h arr i ve d o ff t hi s port at a late hou r l as t n i g h t we have received our files of Papers up to the date of the 10th Nov. The Shalimar left Port Philip head on the 13th_ 1 ' , and wrings 100 passengers and 73.126 0 .• o gold, besides a general carg o o f 15,007 b a l es wool, 4 111141 s. coals, 124 hags bone-, 1 c ase o f machinery 5 - h ags rags, 3 hl i d e . 145 b ags ti n ore , 2 b a l es ether, 47 b ags bl ac k sand, 44 tons scrap i ron, 5 es brandy, tic. br n rh e E ssex, from London, had arrived at Mel tirne, a s a l so t h e Africa, the Persian. and the • e ° l rwall. When off Port Philip head she passed Queen of the E as t, Captain Gama, also from Londo n . The J ames Baines was announced to sail for Lir pool on the •25111 Nov. , T vehe journals con t a i n b u t littl e a dditi ona l i nte l • ii gence t o th at we have recently published. tube Th e Melbourne Age - referring to the new Consti says : w " Su roe of the knowing o nes i n our rttle polit . ?rlll have ma d e a di scovery w hi c h , if, c in'ght ha ve t h e effect of throwing the er confusion for the next six month constitution must be proclaimed a f ter the official c o py o f th e ne t h as come i nto tat nds of the Governor, thereupon the repeal o the land sales act takes effect; and no provision it made for the enactment of a new law till the net% C ouncil has met, which may be for six months, baring the interval between the repeal of the Old p law and the i nauauration of the new one, there it is DI , P -ur ned, be no land law at all, and, therefore, lits 1 0 Power to sell land. The Crown will have renounced elairn as owner of the soil, while the existing legislature has, it is alleged, no power to deal if t he question. 'Some go so far as to say that,there lf th ere be no land-law during that period, 1:v111 ' 130 far as crown land is concerned, be no_ l_and -111.4; and that, if the land bel on g t o a . nybody, it — „ Il l Y be claimed by anybody ! Such are the beauti reeults of Downing-street legislation! . Nor is ,:i 4 s all. Th e new parliament °Pullet meet till the !t'resent council has passed an electoral act for the ,1, 111.13 °5e. The proclamation of the new Con s tituti on -Ag• e ing have been made contingent on the electoral 'et bei ng passed; but, as it is, the Constitution m ust he proclaimed in a month ; the p resen t legis tllre reay decline to pass any Electo r al A c t; an d, With that M case, we sh a ll h ave no par li ament at all ! i, respect to burking the Constitution, it would the icaPossible to do so without a coalition between squatters and the government. The governor ~,‘▪ 11 . 11 defeat any manoeuvre of this kind by whip 'ciiiinTin h is nominees—by dissolution of the coun re: ` f t beY are refractory—or by postponing the 488erabling of the council till the twelve repre .ll.tatives for the Gold Fields are ready to take a tir o ir R „ 1 .„ -e , a atas The last expedient will, ho doubt, be Portio r at any rate, as an act of ;justice to that 11 11, Al Of the community; and if this be secured, s i ng ,u furi )- on the part of the squatters, will be as e would be foolish." ChamberAt Melbourne, on the sth November, the eta° of Commerce suspended business by v til ° ll consent, to hold a festive meeting in 4a 43 1 -°11r °f Mr. G. F. Train, who is about to make ,ieeng,tbened visit to Europe and America, pre- To i r / 13 ' „„ t ° his permanently settling in this colony. t ee - "r• Train's active merits as a member of the meZantile community, during his residence in it ,„ urne we have already borne testimony, and ex -11'Y remains for us to add, that the cordial Jt e resion of friendly regard towards him exhib qtr b Y his , commercial brethren must have proved T i e l li telY gratifying to his feelings. h aqt 8 election of chief magistrate of Melbourne n ut a kea place, when Mr. J. T. Smith was re-elected bil 3 r for the fifth time, by a large majority over 41501:lent, Mr. CIONVQB. re presentative in the Legislative Assembly, over x a g e had been elected by a majority of 1,129 Cruikshank, the rival ca n did a t e . .01. A. destructive fire to o k pl ace on O cto b er 30, on t h e ise e of Mr. Mayfield, situate in Bourke-street w e ,7 a nd had the wind been blowing from the entir e 71 , 1 „ . ° i h utlian agency could have avoided the fid e enf-issimiction of ev e ry building on the northern pro perty -0 market. A B it wag, the de3truction of but har, p‘eeasioned by the calamity was extensive, Th e not 'Unattended with loss of life. pally liot o rions bank-robber Garret, had been " evid al tined before the magistrates, and the io froth-lee having closed, in reply to a question he - a,, tu .k ece urt, Garrett lang,h3(l and declared i a tt( ( i i "ling to say why he should not be comm tted, 111; committed he was accordingly. Ae e +l , ° Ming to advices from Ballarat,. dated Nov 11:" S corning election was the topic of the day Re es piing events had given it a greater interest, road. 15roba bitterly contested election morn ahi ehad • • Messrs Humffray L., eip announced their inte n ti on t o stand „, and '''sequence of Mr. Lalor having in his address ti et ,',Peeches at public meetings declared his in ten and f t° support the national system of education, th e / 1" ) °PPose state aid to religion, a meeting of 811 Vrian Catholics was held after a.rvice on Port evening, when it was resolved that all sup- Afr_°,_Ut b y evening, Catholic body should be withdrawn ztototincatiiaoM°.ounting, in point of fact, to a public From this step there is every reason 41,43113ect f t hat some ne w candid a t e w ill b e started, re i ll .B. o , all th e b itterness and rancour found only e ,^ t first I°ll s hostili ty, will be man i fested at th i s our e et i v „ • dietri Ceectuence of the small police force in this robb c , almost' n i r lee and cases of sticking up are . of ghti v no lea s th an ; o ccurrence. On Saturday night ' w ere robb s ' l2c n r seven stores on the main road Unless them' 8°1" " them pretty extensively.. alithe hp also 4_, Present n e 'there thsunain 4'so some attention paid during to the er roads between here . • ' will be impassable during the th e r , is 1, eq. 4 1 unwever to be hoped that when Iltb e ll ,, re nb small body of men are repairing, or that rernaking the main road, have finished, di r t'ere will be some little attention paid in that oetio n . uwi n ere e t. g to the numbers returning here from Fiery b egi ' and other recent rushes, Ballarat proper is 'and to assume again quite a lively aspect; thre the main road having been during the last ti ro : or four days more frequented than for some duly e a st, promises (though business is at present k ) Peedy reaction. o t y l e ase of peculiar hardship arising out of an 'Publi c in the Gold Export Duty Act is exciting trahle attention. The bill appears to have been cas e Without any provision for allowance in anth o o t, quart z or alloy, and the Custom House in j:, t ies interpret the laws as justifying . them gold ° J,,:ng duty upon the mass which contains o matter how much of quartz it may e ch rl-41 " As we understand it, the duty is argeable on gold, and can be enforced only upon It- "le actual quantity of precious metal contained in efutuLget, the d etermination of which can safely be afford. B'll°oll a ppliances as sci ence i s a t h an d to theone in stance, th e IMaryborough nugget— :° wgch raised th e question—has been found fl_ scientific eittnination to contain a b ou t 200 ozs. ,01_ , can bquartz, which, resolved by n o proces s th at we are aware e into gold, and yet, after the c.,Xact quantity of gold in the nu gget has been eer nonstrated, the collector of customs has u e rnanded the duty on the mass. With the con !eideration, however, which characterises the col ctor of customs, he referred the final interpreta ttrn of the law to the executive government, who vi e tow waiting the advice of the law officers to t a decision. thore Geelong, under date of Nov. 0, we learn a melancholy accident occurred at Steiglitz. t ve 3 ',?ung Germ to named, Saur, belonging to M'ln d ri tt. and Thompson s party, was engaged in '' lB 4 at a depth of thirty-five feet,when suddenly 'unnense quantity of earth gav e way. and bur ied him beneath it. Efforts were immediately "4a(1,, ti Q ""I get the body out, and the strenuous exer_ h eb " e of a di gger , name d M organ, are said to b e tta," all praise ; but all wa s w ith ou t avail, for fresh fast us tho se engage d got d own near the spot, a C eliP took place. The body had not been ni 2 s4- h e , el enf.); had been visit e d d ur i ng th e pas t fort are by extraordinary flights of insects. These an t " l ineipally mot h s, small flies, and large flying shelf The l a t ter are to be found in myriads on the di etil te [ed portion s o f gar d ens, and, on being ears-4:ued, ris e an d b uzz a b out the ' disturber ' s l ~i lu thousands. They are furnished with a Ise an d Powerful sting, which they know how to Tlie ne within a montl and t tlor NORTHERN TIMES. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4., 1856. commenced reaping barley. Some, of the wheat crops at Strathalbyn have proved so " heavy , ' that it has been deemed advisable to cut them for During the quarter ended Sept. 30, eight ships chartered by the Colonial Land and Emigration CommisSioners arrived, bringing to the colony an aggregate number of ‘:.t460 souls. The Oriental ha's arrived after a very protracted passage, bringing 261 Government emigrants, being for the most part English. The vessel is in a very fair state of cleanliness and order, and from their appearance the emigrants appear to be better selected than usual. Four deathS and two births occurred on the passage, and no sickness of any serious nature made its appearance, The national and industrial elassiA , tation are as follows : English, 212; Irish, 40. Married couples, 88; angle men, 31 ; single female, 81. Female servants, 81; farm labourers, 47 : carpenters, 8 ; sawyers, 2 ; gardeners. 5 ; shoemaker, 1 1; carman, 1 ; wheelwrights, 2 ; shepherds, 3 currier enItMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Gold at Melbourne on the 10th November WAR sellinc at 15s 34 the ounce. Duty hal been paid on 4289 ounceS at the custom-house, the principal part of which was for Calcutta. The total quantity of gold by the Shalimar was as mentioned above. of which the banks shipped a follows Rink of Australasia . • • • 15,000 ozs. Bank of New Smith Wales • 13.000 „ London Chartered Bank • - 10,000 „ Oriental Bank • 5.91 ~ /link of Victoria English, Scottish, and Australian Chartered 52.691 ozs, The receipts of gold during the week, from the 2d to the 9th November, amounted to 43,710 ounces; and the exnorts to 7302 ounces.. - The bill of enti'v for the week ending 3d November has been issued. The imports For that period amounted to the declared wilue of £216,789. and the exports to £122,572, the balance being against the port to the amount of £94,217. The imports for the current week have been small, and the exports above the average. COUNTY COURT.-SATURDAY (BEFORE JOSEPH POLLOCK, ESQ., JUDGE.) FAnQunAn. E. BAINES AND Co.—This case was before the court a short time since, and his Honour gave a verdict for the plaintiff, who was a seaman on hoard the Lightning, and brought the actiod to iccoier from Messrs. James Baines & Co., on the order of Captain Forbes, £l3 19s ld, being the amount of wages due to him from the period of his leaving Liverpool in the Lip,htning, on her first voyage to Australia to the date of his volunteering on hoard her Majesty's ship Phantom. Mr. Forshaw appeared this day dti behalf of the defen dant•, and applied that the judgment might be stayed until the arrival of Captain Forbes, when the circuit- warices under which the plaintiff left the Lightning, and the order given, would be fully explained. He based the application on the affidavit of Mr. Jas. tiatneS,*hicli set forth the substance of the communications made to him by Captain Forbes and the other officers of the ship on the subject, and which were to the effect that, when the Lightning reached Port Philip; a boat from the Phan 3 otn t with an officer and forty Mariners, came on heard ;; that on their leaving, the plaintiff was " induced " to go with them, and, that it was only on a threat from the captain of the Pl.nntom to fire into the Lightning, that Captain Forbes gave the order on which the defendants were subsequently sued. Mr. Forshaw continued to say that there were many other eirenmstances connected with the case which he Watt un*illing to introduce into the matter, but which,. it stated, would make the affidavit much stronger. Mr. Parr, who opposed the application on behalf of the plaintiff, said that he, on the other hand, was aware of, ir.ctinistarices which gave the story an alto ;ether different complexion. The fact Was, that when the Lightning reached Port Philip, Capt. Forbes flew a pennant from her mast-head, and when this viola tion of naval etiquette was observed, a boat was despatched from the Phantom, ordering him to pull it down. Captain Forbes sent back word, that if it were to be pulled down, the captain of the Phantom might come and do it; whereupon the boat returned with an officer and forty mariners, and the flag was then hauled down (Laughter.) On the return of the Lightning, Captain Forbes was impounded by him (Mr. Parr) as Queen's Proctor, hut, on apologiSing for the act, and alleging that he had hoisted the flag,ncit in, disie,spect of, but out of loyalty to her Majesty, he was let off on pay ment of costs. (Laughter.) His Honour said it was clear that, when a seaman volunteered into one of her Majesty's ships, the captain was bound by the act to give him an order on his owners, for the amount of wages then due to him. The affidavit stated that the officer came on board with forty men—no doubt a large number of persuaders, (laughter), but it did not state, that the plaintiff did not leave of his own accord, and, therefore, as Captain Forbes was bound to give the order, the application of force in compelling him to do So, would not vititate it. He gave no opinion as to the validity of an order obtained under such circumstances, in the case of a seaman taken by force from his ship, hut as that was not the case in this instance, the verdict should stand. Mr. Forshaw observed, that on a future occasion, they would have to discuss the 4uestion referred to by his Honour, eta there were six other cases to come before the court. CHARGE OF EXTORTION AGAINST SOME OF THE BAILIFFS OF THE COURT.—After disposing of the above application, his Honour proceeded with the inquiry, which he had fixed for that morning, into the charge of extortion against certain of the bailiffs of the court, and the cir cums:ances connected with which we detailed in our impression of Friday. For the proper understanding of the matter, and because it is of importance to the poor and working classes, that they should for their own protection, thoroughly know their legal obligation, we re-publish the statement of the circumstances, out of which the charge, the subject of the present inquiry, arose :—On the Ist of May, 1855, a person named Martin M•Mahon, brought an action against a person named Bromilaw, in the court for I7s 6d. He got a verdict for that amount, with 2s 11d costs, making £1 Os sd. It appeared that three weeks after Mr. IVl'Mahon was paid by the son of Bromilaw 2s 6d. Mrs. Bromilaw, on the 30th of May, paid him 15s, so that he had been paid the whole of the 17s 6d, and there .was left due 2s lld for costs, and nothing more. Nothing was heard of the matter until the week before Christmas, when he asked Mrs: Bromilaw for that amount, which she was not able to pay him. On the Ist of January he ordered an execution to issue for the whole original amount. The execution was issued on the 2nd of Janu ary, and on the 7tla of January, a man named Kinehan, one of the bailiffs of that court, with Lloyd, an assistant baliff, and a person named David, a carter, came about twelve o'clock to her, and required £1 4s Id, being the amount of the original sum, with 2s 9d costs, and is possession fee. She subsequently went out herself to get it, and in her absence, a neighbour came, and offered it to the bailiffs, who refused it unless they were paid £1 8s ld, being 4s additional for waiting an hour or more in possession. She was obliged to send out and borrow the additional 4s. and paid it over to the bailiffs. They had told her previous to this that unless they got the additional 4s they would keep the worth of it from her Roods on the cart. She gave them the 4s, and Mrs. Bromilaw asked for a receipt, saying that this trouble had come on her, because she had not got a receipt from M'Mahon when she paid him the 15s and 2s 6d, upon which the bailiff's told her they would give her the trouble of coming down to the County Court office next day for a receipt. She came down the same even ing and got a receipt from Mr. Jackson for £1 4s 1 d, not £1 Ss ld. She now brought an action against M'lllahon for the amount, and obtained a judgment against him for the money she had overpaid. On these facts being made known to him, his Honour directed that an inquiry should take place into the conduct of the bailiffs, and fixed Saturday for it. The point to which the inquiry was naturally directed was very simple, namely, whether or not the bailiffs extorted the fee of 4s for waiting until eleven or twelve o'clock until three o'clock ? Be cause, though the warrant should not have issued for the amount stated in it, still that impropriety was M'lllahon's, not theirs. Mrs. Bromilaw and her hus band were examined on oath, and they very positively denied that they had made any agreement with Kine han or Lloyd, to pay 4s or any other sum, as one day's wages for the man remaining in possession, until they had been enabled to borrow the amount of the warrant from their neighbours. Not a word was said about any such charge, until the LI 4s Id had been handed over, and then it was demanded by and paid to Kinehan, under threat of a portion of the goods being detained in case of refusal. Mrs. Stivens, who was present at the time, awl Mrs. Guy, who paid the money. also deposed an oath to the charge of 4s being demanded by Kinehan, and paid to him under the above threat. It early appeared that neither Lloyd, who is not an officer of the court, but was merely out, to use his own expression, " on spec," to be employed in any seizure, nor David, who both were present when the charge was made, took any part in the extortion, and that the matter solely rested with Kinehan, and they were accordingly at once re lieved from the inquiry. So also was Mr. Jackson, who was bound and would be justified in giving a receipt only for the a mount mentioned in the warrant, and who was led to believe that the charge of 3s 6d or 4s (for the amount was also disputed) was a matter of arrangement between Kinehan and Bromilaw. On the other hand, Kinehan maintained an oath that the Bromilaws agreed when possession was taken, to pay 3s 6d to the bailiffs who would remain in charge if the goods were not re moved until the evening, by which time they hoped to have borrowed the money, and that he had received only 3s 6d,not 4s as stated by the other side, which he in the evening paid unto Mr. Jackson, who handed it over to Lloyd, the bailiff, who remained for the day. It is just to Kinehan also to state that Mr. Jackson asked Bromilaw if he did not say at the time they were disputing about the receipt, "never mind, Mr... Jackson, these women will talk, but I arranged it with the bailiff." Bromilaw replied that he did not remember the remark, and then repeated in the same positive terms as before that he had made no arrangement whatsoever with the bailiff. Mr. Hime, who appeared to watch the proceedings on the part of the high bailiff, then proceeded, with the per mission of the court, to comment on the case as laid before it. It was plain, he said, that Mr. Jackson had not profited one farthing by th; overcharge which had been made, and that on giving the receipt for the a mount of the warrant he had fully discharged his duty. As to the high bailiff his instructions were that all parties against whom executions were issued should he dealt with as leniently as possible, and with that view he adopted a rule which prevailed in Birmingham and other that the goods seized should not be immediately re move d if th e parties were willing to jurisdictions, namely, pay the charge of having a bailiff in possession, and there were reasonable grounds that in a short time they will be able to raise the amount of the levy. That was a great boon to the poor in many instances, for the act gave the power of instant removal, and he was prepared with a return to: shew that the result of that system bad been a very material decrease in the amount of fees which the high bailiff received in three months in 1854 he had received only £8 14s, when in the same period of previous years he bad received £l5 6s 3d, and within the same time the appraisement fees had fallen from £9 13s Id to £4 10s, being a loss of 50 per cent. As to the legality of the possession fee of 6d in the pound, charged in the warrant he confessed that he had great doubt. His Honour : I do not see any thing about possession money in the act. On what do you rest your claim to this fee? Mr. Good (clerk in the high bailiff's office) replied that it was charged in every court in England_ His Honour : It is not in the act, and the sooner every court in England goes back to the law the better. Mr. Hime said that he was informed it was sanctioned in the Treasury orders, hut as it was not the subject then before it. rethe H e i o s ii urt, o h no is ur H s o ai n d h out ra m ight wa ta s k p e er ti f m ec e tly to con sider satis fied in the case, w hich had become a ver y unfortunate one to the Bromilaws, that a sum of mone y had been extorted by the officer Kinehan, emp lo y ed unde r the High Bailiff, and that sum was 4s, and not 3s 6d, as sworn to by him. The case clearly showed what arrangements of the kind as that attempted to be set np were liable to, and that when they departed from the: Clear legal rights of par4es, there was no end to the imposition that might he practised under pretence of priiate arrangement. Poor people, no' doubt, would often be anxious not to hive their goods taken away, and would rather pay a man's wages for the day, to gain time to collect the money than have them removed. He did not say there would be anything illegal, and cer tainly nothing harsh, in such an arrangement, but here it was denied, and he believed it, that any such arrange. ment had been made with the bailiff, but that the money had been extorted by compulsion, and under threat of retaining It portion of the goods. That the bailiff—he spoke only of Kinehan—had no right whatsoever to do and he (Ills Honour), wat Convinced that he received the 4s, and having handed, over 3s 6d to Lloyd, pocketd, himself, the other 6d.. With regard to the possession money, he entertained great doubt whether any Well claim could legally be put for Ward ivy the High Bailiff; but as he was told it was a custom in ail ether courts in Vinland, he would give it his attention, and see Whether or not the claim was right in point of law. As then advised, however; he saw no right to the possession money when the goods were not renioied, though he had no doubt that the High Bailiff belteved himself entitled to it under the sanction of the Treasury circlets. As regarded Mr. Jackson, he merely received 7s 7d, which showed that be knew nothing of Kinehan's bar gain, and gave a receipt for £1 4s ld, having handed over the b alance to the man who remain e d i n p o ssession. He Would have acted more wisely if he had given a full explanation of the foots to the parties, in the first instance, but still he (His Honour), did not see any reason to attach blame to him. As regarded Lloyd, he was not an officer of the court, and he could not deal with him; but being satisfied that the money had been extorted, and that Kinehan had told him a falsehood on oath in the matter, he should direct that he be dis charged from all employment under the court at the end df ofie fortnight from that date ; that an order be made upon him to repay the 4s extorted by him. and all costs of the inquiry—(and he Should enforce it, if neces sary, by commitment to prison for the longest period the law allowed him to intlict)—and that he be never igain employed in any execution, or in anything by meang of which he could obtain money from peoole on whom hb exeCtited the process of the court. His Honour further directed that, for the future; no bailiff should act without a written order from Mr. Stone, of be, appointed until he (His Honour), was first informed of the char acter and description of the persons to be employed, and that a list of all the bailiffs so appointed be always kept in Mr. Stone's office for the court's inspection. This concluded the inquiry. POLICE COIJET.gaTt OMAR MR. T. BOLTON.) THE CHARGE AGAINST A. Baokatt. '--zi:Patriek Burns, who keeps a broker's shop in Greetham-street, and who had been remanded on a charge of having stolen batter in his house (a repOrt of which appeared in Saturday's paper), was again brOught up. Mr. Chilton appeared for the prisoner, and offered the same defence as urged by him on Friday. His worship said he was not satisfied with the account given of the butter, and fined the prisoner £l, which was paid. CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT.—A respectable looking person, named Richard Egan, was brought up by bride well-keeper Campbell on a charge of having embezzled d sum of 14s 11 d, the monies of Messrs. George king and CO , 'Water-street. Mi. Shaw, from the office of Messrs. King, appeared td sustain the complaint, and in reply to Mr. Bolton, he said " If you look at the cash book kept by the prisoner, you will see he has em bezzled £37 14s I Id, and in another entry he says he received Hie money but did not account for it with us." Mr. Bolton: What was he in the employment? Wit ness: He was quay clerk to George king and Co.- in the Newry department of the Dublin and Liverpool (screw) Steam Packet Company. Mr. Bolton : What proof have you that he embezzled the money ? Witness : His own statement—he confesses that he received it. Mr. Wybergh : lie confesses having received money and did not account to you for it ? Witness : Yes. Mr. Wybergh : That is not embezzlement, there is no charge of that nature. Mr. Shaw : We want to deal as lightly as possible. lie is a very good wan, but he has a very bad wife. Mr. Bolton : The fact is, ' he owes you the money; lie was not your servant, he received money for you, and did not pay it over. Will any of the parties who paid him on your account, be here on Monday Mr. Shaw : I presume they will. The prisoner, in reply to the charge, said there was an entry of upwards of £23, but he had only received £l3 of that sum. lie had entered the first sum, although £lO of it was due by a man named James Campbell, who would not pay till Tuesday. Mr. Bolton : Why should you enter money before you received it ? Prisoner : lam in the habit of entering money before I receive it, for the sake of the head book-keeper, to show as little outstanding as pos sible. Mr. Shaw : We should be glad to give him every indulgence. That LlO will reduce the sum • we do not wish to press the charge of felony against ? him. Mr. Bolton : You must take your course for recovery of the money in the County-court; there is no embezzlement here. Discharge the prisoner. MYSTERIOUS SUICIDE IN LIVERPOOL CORONER'S INQUESTS. On Saturday the coroner held an inquest on the body of a person apparently about 28 years of age, whose name was supposed to be iVilliam or William Henry Moffatt, a native of Newry or Drogheda. The case at present is involved in some mystery, but it is supposed that the publication of the following facts may reach some of the unfortunate man's friends, so that the affair may in some measure be cleared up. It appeared that on Thursday night the deceased arrived in this town, but from what place no one at this moment can tell. He went to lodge for the night at a boarding-house in the neighbourhood of Queen-square. lle talked mildly and seemed to be labouring under some strong excite ment; he said he was about going to America or Aus tralia, but he could not tell which. He accused himself of being a bad man. He had not much luggage, but was well dressed, and even in his excited state, his manners and language were those of a gentleman. He left on Friday, and took lodgings at the house of Mr. Hallwell, No. 1, Bridport street, saying he was about going to Australia, but he could not tell when. In a conversa tion which he had with Mrs. Hallwell, he said he came from Newry, and was a very wicked man and had been spoiled by his parents; that he had left a young woman in a state soon to be a mother; and that his conduct generally had broken his mother's heart, and he could not bear it any longer, so he ran from there and was now on his way to America or Australia. Mrs. Hall well tried to compose him ; and he went to bed about half-past nine o'clock much quieter in his deport ment. He requested to be called at an early hour in the morning, (Saturday), for the purpose of going to Man chester by the train, to do some business there. He was called and got out of bed, but he was excited and said he was ill, and not able t o go out. He was advised to get into bed again, and he did so, an d Mrs. Ha ll we ll sent him some tea. He requested to be called again. The lady of the house went to call him again, when she found him lying on the floor in a pool of blood, and his throat cut with a razor, which was also on the floor. She raised an alarm, and sent for a surgeon and the police. Police-constable William Ward, 248, arrived very soon, and raised up the deceased, who was then alive. He asked him " who did this ?"and the deceased said, " I did it myself," " why did you do it ? " inquired the °Neer. " I don't know," was the answer, and he died immediately after. His trunk was found to con tain some respectable clothes, and in his pocket there was a copy of " Punch's Almanac," and his name with some figures. In the pocket of the book were three letters, two black envelopes, and a bill of the Australian ship Mermaid. One of the letters was a testimonial, signed by several gentlemen in Drogheda, and amongst these, the rector and curate of the Established Church. The document spoke strongly in his favour, and expressed a wish that he should obtain the appointment he was seeking. It was a general testimonial, not addressed to any one. The next was a letter from the secretary, or some official belonging to the Drogheda railway company, referring to some inclosed testimonials which were . returned to the deceased, and regretting there w as not a vacancy in the office that he could fill at the time. The third letter had some unintelligible (at present) reference to the Canada railroad, and the sappers and miners. A small brass plate, such as would be found on a hat ease. was discovered, on which the following was engraved— " The Rev. C. J. Moffatt, navy." There was no money found about the deceased. These were all the f ac t s th at could be collected at the inquest, and the jury returned a verdict that deceased died from the effects of wounds inflicted by himself, whilst labouring under temporary insanity. The Coroner held the following inquests also -- On the body of a child, named S amue l Hulm. e that was accidentally smothered in b e d . V er di ct accord. ' ingly. On the body of John Curry, a labourer, twenty eight years of age, who died I n consequence of injuries received, by falling into the hold of the ship Plymouth, while he was at work on Thursday. Verdict accidental death. On the body of a boy, named Edward Ow e ns, eight years old, wh o di e d suddenly. The child had not been in good health for some time past. Death was the result of natural causes. Verdict accordingly. On the body of a child, named John Nyland, three and a-half years uld, who died from injuries received by his clothes having accidentally caught fire. Verdict the same as in the previous case. On the body of Michael Grady, a labourer, thirty-four years old, who was killed on board the ship John Cottle, by a bale of cotton falling on him. Verdict accidental death. use to advantage. The moths are supposed by some to have sptung from the caterpillers which, in the earlier part of the season, were so numer ous, and committed such havoc among the young crops. A man of the name of itemble, Who bets himself off as a descendant of the celebrated actor of that name, hut who had too many friends here who Urn in Sydney," has been paying Geelong with a view of giving a public dramatic entertainment. He succeeded in disposing of a larce number of tickets, at prices varying from five shillings each to eight shillings a dozen ! and on Wednesday evening last, that being the evening fixed on for the entertainment, an immense num bin. of people who had heard of Mr. Kemble's (or Mr. Tom Hardie's) previous history, went out to " have a lark, " the cool effrontery and impudence of the fellow having completely " sold" them. Accordingly a " lark" they had to their heart's con tent ; the long room of the Crown Hotel being an indescribable scene of confusion from beginning to what may be called the end of the perforthanee, Ott'. l'emble (hem 1) being ejected DLit of the a visit TA.SI\tANTA We have of papers to the Ist Nov. The zovernor had returned to Hobart Town, and re knmed his official duties, having recovered from his late attaek of fever. Sir Henry Young's proclamation is published at last, having appeared in Tuesday's Gazette. The new constitution is now the law of the land, and Nressrs Champ, Smith, and Fraser, May take Aleir choice of either a bon'tts or a pension. riling to the act h now remains for the council atel governor to determine the elec -1 districts, the number of members for each, and to make whatever 'provision is necessary for the orderly and impartial conduct of the elections : this done, " the existing legislative council shall ipso facto he dissolved, and the powers And idnc tions thereof shall cease." The Courier sliggebtts, as a compromise between the council and the executive, that the former should be summoned, and that a declaratory act should be passed, affirming in its favour the powers contended for. On Tuesday last the inhabitants• ; and those interested in Port Frederick, Met at a dinner at the Mersev-inn, Torquay. for the purpose of present ing Mr. Zephaniah Williams with a silver cup, for his perrieVeranee and industry in opening the coal fields in that port. About thirty sat down to dinner, Rev. John Bishton occupying the chair, and B. W. Thomas, Esq., the vice-chair. The Nonpariel, from Melbourne, laden with sheep and cattle, lost thirty head of the latter, out of sixty on board, on her passage to Hobart Town last week. The weather has been propitious to the crops in Australia this season, and there is the prospect of an abundant harvest. It is the opinion of some conversant with rural affairs across the straits, that the Victorians will grow enough wheat to supply their own wants. In New South Wales, we believe, the breadth of land in cultivation has slightly diminished, but in Tasmania the increase is said to be about 50 per cent. Last year there were 116,000 acres under the plough : this year there are about 170,000. But not only is the season favourable, and the breadth of land under tillage increased :—the produce will be materially aug mented by the rather extensive application of guano. We think it may be fairly conjectured that the farmers will have a large yield, and obtain a remunerating figure, and that the consumer will enjoy a large loaf at a medium price, which is about the best state of things that could exist in any community. Sir Henry Young has declined to name a day to receive the petition of certain inhabitants of Hobart Town, requesting him to dismiss his present advisers. His Excellency mentions ill health as the cause. SOUTH AUSTRALIA We have received the Adelaide papers to the 3d November last. The Governor opened the session of the Legis lative Council on the Ist November, in a speech which vies in length with an American President's messtwe. His Excellency hints that the session must be a long one, and that a snpnlementary session will be found necessary. Mr. Jas Hurtle Fisher was unanimously elected speaker. His Excellency alludes to some measures, "requiring. as it were. a federal action for the promotion of the ereat objects common to the Australian colonies" He then enumerates three bills connected with important measures of that class. to be submitted for early consideration. "The first gives certain civil remedies here to creditors against debtors absconding from the neighbouring colonies. The second concerns a question of vital importance to the commercial interests of the province, and is intended to contribute towards the establishment Of it direct steam communication between South Ans. tralia and Great Britain. The colony of Victoria has already invested the governor and executive council with anti to assist in defrayinv, to a. certain extent, the cost of any contract by her Majesty's Government for the above purpose. The bill to be laid before you is similar in its object, but limits the expense to be incurred by this colony to 12,0001. per annum. The third question of general interest to these colonies is, the adoption of a gene. ral tariff on goods passed up the Murray, and the emancipation of traders on that river from the vexatious and annoying restrictions imposed by a different Tariff and different Customs Regulations on the opposite banks of the navigable stream, traversing not foreign countries but British colonies. I have directed some correspondence which has taken place on this subject between this Government and New South Wales and Victoria, to be lain before you. You will thence learn that I have not hesitated to disclaim on the part of South Australia, all desire to appropriate duties derived from goods Int intended for con sumption here ; whilst I have offered to pay over to New South Wales and Victoria all duties levied on goods destined for consumption in those colo nies. This arrangement is now actually in force, and is, moreover, greatly facilitated by those colo nies having from this very day adopted is their common Tariff on the Murray, that of South Aus tralia, and having agreed that the amount collected on their account by the Customs Officers of this province shall be equally divided between them. I have, therefore, directed a bill to be laid before you, not merely legalising the above arrangement, but giving to it even a more comprehensive and permanent character, by enabling this colony under all circumstances, to act for the other two, as their agent in collecting Murray revenue duties, irrespective of future changes in the existing tariff. I foresee from this date an immense expansion to the Murray trade, beneficial to all these colonies, but more especially to South Australia, as owning the entrance of the Murray." The new Constitution is published, but neither of the Adelaide papers consider it free from grave objections, and both of them hint that it must be considerably altered. THE ESTIMATES.—The estimates were laid on the table of the Legislative Council on the 2nd Nov and comprise supplementary estimates for 1855, and general estimates for 1856, supple mentary Lind taxi (('in) ttos for 1855 And general Land Fund estimates for 1856. The additional provision required for the service of 1855, after deducting the amount of the unexpended balance of votes in hand, is 27,1871 is 6d. The unexpended balances them selves amount to 03,5851 7s 6d. For the service of 1856, the estimated revenue is 349,940/. and the estimated axpenditure 348 9931 18s. Of this esti mated expenditure, 41.5001 is required for the police. 17 3651 for the military, 24,490/ for works and buildings, and 101.2001 for roads, stre'tts, bridges, and public works. Towards meeting this large expenditure of 848,993/ 18% 109,0001 is to be supplied from the Land fund. For the supplementary land fund estimates of 1855 the additional amount required, after de ducting, the unexpended balances of votes, is ' £32,838 12s. 2d. The unexpended balances them • selves are £4O 525 18s. The estimated land fund revenue of 1856 is £264 100. Of this, £122.703 is to ao to emigration, X 109,000 to ordinary revenue, and the rest to establishments supported out of the land fund. The copsc in th e S out h-E as t ern Di s t r ict are in a state forwardness, and are looking first-rate. A. much larger breadth of land is under cultivation than ther e propitious last year, and owing to the extra ordinarily season there is a prospect of a most abunda n t of Langhorne's Crerr, a st In the neighbourhood few of the farmers have MELBO URNE MARIt ETS. Wool.—. Tho news per Sussex that the prices at the London wool sales had gone a shade easier, caused less spirit at the public sale on Thursday, and prices realised were not quite so firm. Some large parcels were knocked down for the owners ; and out of the whole lot offered, say abet 300 hales, only a small quantity changed hands. TALLOW.—Prices still remain at about our late quota tions. We have this week sold mutton tallow, a fine sample, at 451., and inferior at 401. per ton. HipEs.—We have no transactions to note. HAY MARILET.—The quantity of hay sent into the mar ket since our last retort, has been rather in excess of' that furnished during the two previous weeks, and prices have, in consequence, declined full 40s per ton. The early expectation 'of a plentiful supply of new hay quite :sets aside the prospect of any improvement, permanent or of consequence, on to-day's quotations, and were it not for the certainty that the season of harvesting just at hand will principally occupy both men and cattle on the farms. and thus, to a certain extent, keeP the market limited for a few weeks, a Speedy reduction on even present prices, must inevitably have taken place. Quotations for the past week are as follows : Best hay, well trussed, 131. per ton ; second quality, do., 121. do. ; new hay, 101. to 11/. do. ; straw, 61. do. GRAIN AN) FLOUR.—Fine flour is firm at £45. There will, however, be a considerable reduction, as our harvest and that of Tasmania and South Australia are gathered in, and supplies arrive. OATS AND BARLEY.—Without animation, very few samples showing, and prices just the same as last week. TRADE.—The general busintiS of the week has been limited. The country storekeepers are only ordering for imniediate wants, and the shopkeepers in the city are pru dently running off their stock, and only incurring new liabilities for goods which are absolutely required. There is an increasing confidence with old and established houses, and the commercial transactions have been greater than previous to our last report. The impression is, that im ported goods, both hard and soft, will very soon take a rise, and that early in the year there will be a deficiency of some important articles. EXCHANGE ON LONDON—The banks at present sell their drafts on London at 1 per cent. premium, and buy at one per cent. discount. Freight on gold delivered in London, 4id per ounce. Insurance on ditto two guineas, exclusive of war risk. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE MELISOURNE.—Arrived. Oct. 2g: Caractacus, London. Nov. 1 : Blackwall, London ; Africa, for Liverpool. Nov. 5 : Queen of the East, for Liverpool ; Persian. Liverpool. Clared. Nov. 9 : Shalimar, with 3 cabin, and 86 second cabin, passengers. ADELAIDE.--Arrived, Nov. 1: Theodore, from Liver pool. SYDNEY.—Cleared, Oct. 31 : Granite City, for London. SOCIETY OF FRIENDS OF FOREIGNERS IN DISTRESS The public are more indebted to the operations of this soc'ety, than many, nrob ably. are aware of. Like all really well-conducted, benevolent associations, its utility scarcely consists more in relieving genuine want, than in detecting imposition and fraudulent claims. Liver pool, from its position, is naturally the resort of numbers of the idle and undeserving of all nations, as well as the really honest and deserving objects of charity. The Society of Friends of Foreigners in Distress, interposes i'self between the public and imposture, as well as dis pen;es pnblic rharity, in a manner necessarily far more effective and judie;ous, than private benevolence could attain. Numerous cases of imposture still, however, continue to deceive individuals. These evils are only to be checked, by leaving the distribution of charity altogether in the hands of the society. Every individual appealed to for relief by a foreigner, should at once refer him to the officers of the society, and leave to them the decision as to how far the claimant may be entitled to relief. The society themselves, have already, indeed, made frequent appeals to the public to this effact. We have had an opportunity of observing the system upon which relief is administered by the sub-committee of the society who meet three days in every week in the German Church, Sir Thomas's-buildings, for the pur pose. Every case is registered, by the secretary, and the name and description of every applicant forwarded to every society of the same kind in the principal towns of Great Britain, by whom the information is reciprocated; and a perfect check thus kept upon vagrancy and itiner ant imposition. Every applicant is personally an d closely examined, and every case in which idleness or dissolute conduct appears to be the source of want is re jected. Out of a very few cases, not more than six or seven, which were inquired into while we were present, two were rejected on this account. Several very audacious attempts at imposition which lately came to the society's knowledge, rendered them particularly anxious that the public should be warned against indiscriminate and unregulated bestowals of individual charity. All cases of real want caused by sickness, or temporary inability to procure work though want of clothes or such causes, are promptly and kindly relieved by the society. T he public would, therefore, do well to place the charity which they devote for the relief of foreigners entirely at the disposal of the society in whose committee, officers, and assistant secretary, Mr. Hartmann, they will find more efficient almoners than individual benevolence can supply. GRAND BANQUET TO THE NEW COMMANDER-Tv-CHIEF OP THE MADRAS PRESIDENCY.—On Saturday the Directors of the East India Company gave a grand banquet at the London Tavern to Lieutenant-General Patrick Grant, C. 8., the newly-appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Madras Presidency. The gallant general is the first officer of the Company's service who has attained the high command in India, the invariable rule having 1 - .itherto been to appoint only officers from the Queen's forces. This innovation upon a time-honoured, but:very unwise and unjust, custom, made by the noble lord at the head of the Government, affords another proof of his determination to show himself unfettered by routine, and to devote himself to the carrying nut of all necessary reforms in the military not less than in the civil service. The promotion of Lieut.-General Grant is an event which will give the greatest satisfaction to our Indian army, not less than to the Queen's forces, who cannot but feel a satisfaction in seeing that justice has at length been done to the claims of their Indian brothers in arms. THE WEATHER IN THE METROPOLIS.—The frost has set in again. for the third time during the present season, and on Friday the various ornamental rivers in the Royal Parks became frozen over, and had it not been for the services rendered by the icemen in the employ of the Royal Humane Society it is quite probable that a tearful loss of life would have taken place, as many persons proceeded to the parks in spite of the dangerous state of ice, for the purpose of enjoying a few hours' skating or sliding. 'rhe thermometer at the Royal Humane Society's receiving-house in Hyde Park during Thursday night indicated by Zambra and Negretti's patent glass, 25, being 7 degrees below freezing point. At nine on Friday morning morning the mercury rose to 29, being only three degrees below freezing point. tAt noon the glass indexed 35 ; hut towards evening the mercury began to descend. The barometer stood at 30.14. The wind was at the same time N.W. The ice, in some part. of St. James's Park, is nearly two inches thick. About 100 boys risked their lives by strolling upon the fr“zen surface, but they were quickly driven off by the An elderly f ema l e a l so went on, and when told to come off by the m en , defied them, and said tnat being tired of her life she wanted to commit suicide by drown ing herself, She was, however, prevented from carrying her intention into effect. Only a few persons had the hardihoodge i mmediate l y to g o u o p r o d n er t e h d e o ie ff e . in the Regent's - park , and icemen LIVERPOOL COTTON for Cotton to-day, t supply moderate 700 Pernambuco, 51( 1 . to 614 60 Bahia, 6(1; 100 Egyptian reported 8,000 bale i for export INEN AND PLAT TRAD exports of lit 1855, month of December. in the year abl Bove those - for the sam TRADE REPOItT.-?ATIIIIDAY has been a rather quicker lemand has been fair, the !Ay. The sales, including 3 Marnham, 5Td to 64 ; I to 94 • 700 Surat, 3/d of which 2,000 are on en cloth for the re very consider period of 1854, being , e proportional are not lark say bri imparted when the inqusir , sere +bl are uric althouzh at the et the tarn w 16wer for rough browns a fair ba iad for all kinds Of buyers w to 3s 1 given way t for the a uo tat int e tone v ipercer in the s' s in first hands of ihipments F bleached and the demand is active, but not to a that a livelier tone for the American mir- generally speaking. 3 last Armagh mar-, There is and the export of Yarnw • . inquired for, without any alteration in terms ing the week was 191 bales, and the import reported to have fallen off both in demand he several markets of the week. At Derry shown ; the attendance 1 the demand inactive ; prices were ,r inferior and middling qualities per —Coarse milled, 50s to 53s ; and fine, 67s 6d onlimavady and have nee Lange in the Itible. The imparts 300'• n the country markets this I demand not so active. lragee, about 6 ileraine, and Cookstown, demand in these markets was driller, but prices without change, except for coarse qualities which were cheaper. In the Derry district the supplies have been abouttan average. The demand has been rialto inactive, and prices hive given Is to 2s per cwt for coarse, whilst good and fine cannot be quoted lower.—Belfast Daily Mercury. shown. The THE RUGELEY CASES -----,.5y..-....- Mr. John Smith, acting on the part of William Palmer, has addressed Dr. Taylor tbrough Messrs. Chubb, Deane, and Chubb, of Gray's-inn, Lotdon, the solicitors engaged in Anne Palmer's case, in reference to the professor's opinion regard— cinal doses," and his n by antimony i f during life in fifteen or twenty days. " Mr. Smith informs him that several men of high standing deny both propositions," and that " as he considers it bat fair that Professor Taylor's reasons should be given to those gentlemen, he requests to be furnished with a fail report of the case, and Dr. Taylor's reasons for arriving at his conclusions already given." Messrs. Chubb, Deane, and Chubb have replied, that they Lave forwarded Mr. Smith's letter to Dr. Taylor, but have, at the same time, advised him not to comply with Mr. Smith's request, which appears to be an unreasonable one. The Writs of certiorari granted by the Court of Queen's Bench to bring np the depositions and inquisitions in the cases of John Parsons Cook, Ann Palmer, and Walter Palmer are made returnable on the 15th of April, the first day of next (Easter) term. By that period the indictments will have been returned to this court, and am application will be made to remove the venue. From what transpired at the recent issuing of the writs, there is little doubt that their lordships will grant the removal of the trial from Stafford; and as its taking place in some other county town would involve a further delay of a few months until the Autumn Assizes, and as the rela tives and friends of the accused have expressed a desire that the case should be taken in London, it is anticipated that the trial will be fixed to be heard at the May sittings of the Central Criminal Court. It is stated that Lord Campbell or the Lord Chief Baron will preside; the Attorney-general, Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., and Mr. Hud dlestone twill conduct the prosecution ; and Sir F. Thesiger and Mr. Sergeant Wilkins have been entrusted with the defence. It has been mentioned that the body of Mr. J. Parsons Cook had been exhumed in order to make a more minute examination of some portions of the remains. That was proceeded with by Dr. Harland, Dr. Monckton, and Mr. Dawford, and in the presence of the two medical gewle men named by Mr. Geo. Palmer, brother of Wm. Palmer, viz., Professor Bolton and Mr. Pemberton, of Birming ham. Both the body and coffin exhibited symptoms of decomposition; but we understand that the spinal cord (which was alone the object of investigation, and not the brain, which had been previously examined) was in a state of preservation, which allowed a full and proper examination of its whole length. The spine was entirely free from disease. We believe that the healthy appear ance presented by the hair and upper part of the spinal marrow on the first examination, was the reason which led the medical gentlemen to deem it necessary to examine the :whole of the spinal cord on that occasion. After the examination had closed, the body, which had been left in charge of the police, was replaced in the grave. The medical gentlemen drew up a report, which they signed, and which, we believe, has been transmitted to Professor Taylor, at Guy's Hospital. It is considered probable that William Palmer will undergo an examination before the magistrates, before the trial comes on. It appears that Captain Hatton, the chief superintendent of the Staffordshire constabulary, has collected some further evidence bearing upon the cases charged against Palmer, and as it is deemed desirable that he should be put in possession of all additional facts, he will have to be taken before the magistrates, in order that they may be received as evidence, the coroner's inquiries having closed. The examination will ti4ke place in Stafford gaol. Another attempt to, declare Palmer a bankrupt is likely to be made. His liabilities are stated to be 15.0001. The following communication froml Professor Taylor appears in the columns of the Lancet of Saturday last. It is addressed to the editor of that medical journal, and if; in these terms : Sir,--I have great pleasure in replying to the inquiries contained in your leading article of January 19. 1. I stated that I had never known antiroonial powder, when given in a medical doses (i.e., from five to eight grains at a dose), to produce violent vomiting and purging. I am aware that experience differs on this point; that some have found this substance inert, while others have found it very active. From some recent experiments on antimonal pr.parations, I think it not unlikely that the powder may sometimes con t a i n arsen i a t e o f li me . D r . Pereira mentions that in the large dose of halt a teaspoon -1111, it, on one occasion, produced violent vomitine, purg ing, and sweating ; while in still larger doses (120 grains at a dose), prescribed by Dr. Elliotson, it occasioned in some instances only nausea. I have never met with any ease in which serious symptoms could be referred to its operation ; and, in the case of Ann Palmer, this medicinal preparation would not account for the antimony found in her body. 2. My statement as to the cause of death was that the deceased died from the effects of tartar emetic, and from no other cause. That is the opinion which Dr. Rees and I formed from the result of our examination, and from the description of the symptoms under which the deceased laboured during the eight days which preceded his death. It is an opinion which I believe is now equally shared by the two medical attendants of the deceased. We are quite prepared to maintain this opinion on the trial. You will excuse me from not entering into our reasons for this opi nion on the present occasion, as this may form a very fair and proper subject for cross-examination at the trial. Possibly the defence may be that tartar emetic in small dosess is not a poison ; that it cannot, under any circum stances destroy life, and that it was the very best remedy for the disease (English cholera) under which it was stated the deceased was labouring. One other point connected with this inquiry may be here adverted to. The examination of the organs was made fifteen months, not "fifteen weeks," after death, and the viscera examined were as well preserved as I have seen them in many cases of arsenical poisoning. They were in a better state of, preservation than the viscera of Walter Palmer, whose body had been buried for a period of three months only, in a leaden coffin. The viscera in Ann Palmer's case were in such a state of preservation as to allow us to form an opinion of their condition. 3. This enquiry refers to the elimin a ti on o f antimony from the body. According to my ex p er i ence, antimony is analogous to arsenic in the rapidity with which it enters into the blood and passes out of the system. Those two metals are Nvholly different in this respect from mercury and lead, probably from copper. I shall be most happy, after the trial, to furnish you with facts and authorities. so far as I can, in reference to those interesting points. In the meantime, as the question may also form a fair sub ject for cross-examinat iou, a detailed answer to it may be for the present reserved. 4. The fourth inquiry involves, as you have justly sus pected, an error of the press. What I said was to the effect, that if there were symptoms of fever, antimontal medicines might be fairly prescribed. In concluding this letter, I would observe that during a quarter of a c en t ury w hi c h I h ave now spec i a lty devoted to toxicological inquiries, I have never met ,with any cases like these suspected cases of poisoning at Rugeley. The mode in which they will affect the person accused is of minor importance compared with their probable influence on society. I have no hesitation in saying that the future security of life in this country will mainly depend on the judge, the jury, and the counsel, who may have to dispose of the charges of murder which have arisen out of these investizations.—l um, Sir, your obedient servant, ALFRED S. TAYLOR, M.D., F.R.S St. James's Terrace, Regent's Park, Jan. 1856. In reference to the statement of William Palmer, in respect of the evidence given by Whyman, the druggist's assistant, a letter has been addressed to Mr. Smith by Mr. I.lancox, a surgeon of Bilston, in which he states that he saw William Palmer and a friend going out of the Swan aotel yard, in a gig, on the afternoon of August 14. ed in pric ash, her Qualities of 'material exnorts during t have been smaller than u In Armagh, Cootehill, tons at In Ma k are 98 tons,