The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-06-18 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.-TUESDAY The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack at five o'clock, Iu reply to the Earl of SHAFTESBURY, The Earl of HARROWBY refused to produced the corres- P° Menee between the Government and certain individuals 8; 4 dyed in factories on the subject of the Factories' 11 , Oh the ground that it might compromise those persons with their employers. The LORD CHANCELLOR referred to the case of a man 'Who had been imprisoned for 40 years for contempt of e t prt, and s t a t e d t h at t h e reason o f th e i m p r isonment w a s Is refusal to state to his creditors the amount of his pro -1)e Et'. That man di e d a f ew months ago without making ;Ile required statement. The noble and learned lord itniated that the Government would be willing to enter_ 41 '1 1 allY Proposition for the amendment of the law relating 1.0 rrnprisonment for debt. ad a second lino The Excise Bill was r The Refortt F• Williams' Annuity Bill went through committee In reply to Viscount DUNGANNON, rho Duke of ARGYLE stated that t► ,ry and Industri e question of 1133 the mail c ommun i ca tio n between London and Dublin 11 11 4IYhead and Kingstown had occupied the anxious attention of the Government_ and they had come to a decision on the subject That dec ad been eommn- Ili eated to the Railway and Steamboat Companies cot ee . ri led, but no answer had as yet been received. The C ommons ' Amendments to t h e O x f or d U n i versit till Were considered and agreed to. kTheir LOrdships rose at half-past six o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-TuE T he Speake r en t er ed at twelve o'clock, nut it was ten min utesJ Past before there were sufficien` - make a house. This was the sittings, which are usually held se ssion : ..; members present - Ant of the morning awards the close of the , PRITATF , sr stms. T he Lewes, Eastbour reaA . an, and Railsham Road Bill was ~ a th ird time an'' .. I le following ...I passed. third reading Ails were considered, and ordered for lin d , Abe 0 ' . .— Denny •y Junction Railway, Inverness b... r """alway, Jaen Junction,, ,Railway, Scottish Central 'FACE PRESERVATION (IRELAND) BILL.) du the order for going into committee on this bill, til 44 . 111 , 111 Anoy sa id th a t th e bill had been altered by eice F ight hon. gentleman the Chief Secretary for Ireland it came down from the House of Lords, making it f act the Crime and Outrage Bill of 1847. There was tilt leh less crime in Ireland than there was in England, t he judges of assize had substantially nothing to do. t4 "aleasure was entirely uncalled for, he should pro -I"`'se t.tiat the house go into committee on the bill this day I% Months. "tr. BRADY seconded the amendment. Sir G. G REY said the hon. and learned gentleman was 11, !er a m i stake, as the b il l was i n prec i se l y th e s t a t e i n which it left the House of Lords. co lonel GREVILLS ob j ecte d to th e bill, on th e groun d , :at it did not explain what it meant to do, an d he rea ll y 1, (1 , 4 , i ' t not understand its object. While the people of and were so free from crime as at present, he thought e wo uld be very imprudent to bring in such a bill, el tending int over five years. He should not object to going . "'ornniittee on the bill, provided it should only be enacted for one year- DRVERE did not see anything in the present state of Ireland to justify such a bill. By this measure the t° rd-Lie u t enant wou ld b e ena bl e d t o i m p ose a dditi ona l i taxa tion aen any district in Ireland, and to send down a r e Police force upon a representation from any source. 2 11 BERNARD approved of the bill, and thought it was intely necessary in consequence of the disturbed ate o f , some districts in Ireland. If the people kept 4:1 1 : 1 `et- the bill would not do them any harm, for it l d never in that case come into operation. (Lau ghter.) Colonel DONNE opposed the bill; as a clumsy piece of gislation. NanEa approved of the general principles of the 72 , and thought they should go into committee, where should propose some alterations. % lir ' IsAlio BUTT took the same view of the case, and :ght it was highly desirable to give the Lord Lieuten pro3e Power of checking the acquisition of arms as 411 twaed by the bill. At the same he thought this power 1: 14 riot be given for so long a period as five yrars. He given notice of his intention of proposing it i e that its operation should be confined to two years er haps one year would be better. Mr ' MAGI:1111E said that nothing was more unconstitu nal than to arm the Lord Lieutenant with such powers d con templated by this bill, which smacked more of the , _ BPot ie character of foreign nations than of the free Z atitu tions of this. In the House of Lords it was pro- s e hto make the measure perpetual—a proposition _ li was defeated by a suggestion of a noble lord to It to five years. t " 0 amendment w as negatived without a division, and he, ,„ ll°ll se went into committee on the bill. the clause c lause 2 a discussion arose as to the assimilation by clause of the measure to those of the Crime and Out st,,A-ct• Ultimately, on a division, the clause as it was retained by a majority of 45. Clause 3 was agreed to. 14'11 c lause 4, which limits the operations of the bill to e Year Mr. BUT T proposed to reduce the limitation to two • ears. I commit- The G overnmentcl ause acceded to the amendment, and the Was altered accordingly. The rem a i n i ng clauses were then agreed to, an d t h e bill Was reported. 4e ti me. Lunatic Asylum (Ireland) Bill was read a second A The • .` 4 rand Juries Bill was read a third time, and —s e d the In s e veningsittino Marriage Law Amendment Bill was read a second In an . POSTAGE STAMPS. , th answer to Mr, WHITESIDE, e e r CR ANCELLOII. of the EXCHEQUER stated that the c oat "lent had given orders for the renewal of the 1;114:let With Messrs Bacon and Petch, for printing and tiling postal labels. Ci r TROOPS FROM THE CRIMEA. to h. —n ARLEs Woo]) gave some explanations in addition troops fr form statements respecting the return of the fo r - ,,0m the Crimea, and added that the arrangements di4 "le service were such, that he should be extremely ZOt a i, Pl3 r ° in t n ed, if one man remained in the Crimea on the " °aee. ans wer MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS' BILL. qtly er -BWe r to Mr. WISE, it was stated on the part of the be pro ll e l ent, that, the Medical Practitioners' Bill would Sir e eded with in the present session. e it Wa 44 RLES WO OD , in answer to Mr. STAFFORD, said tra il S "t intended to pension the widows of officers o f Iva: 13°11 vess e l s , who lost their lives during the late vi r EDUCATION (IRELAND). • " 'tLr'oLE moved that an humble address be pre t° directpraying Majesty, that her Majesty be pleased e • th et titerat such m o difi c ations may be made in the rules Will nati°ll4. schools system of education in Ireland as Sch oo e i l s t t e M the advantages now enjoyed by non-vested here af . ° a ny other than vested schools now existing or kay b L e er t o be establi s h e d, w h a tever their regulations deni ed a s to the mo d e o f re li g i ous instructions. He eatee is th at child ren shall b e compe ll e d t o l ear n gguardian''guardian'' creed, or formulary, which their parents any or s hall ma y' object to, and prcr,ided that the patron the l b: wi lling to pl ace t h e i r schoo l s i n con nection with 11 44 to permit the board control over books to be vi sit .. gen eral instruction and to receive officially the tow!, "the government inspectors. The object of the cell$;11 h e explained to be to disallow in non-vested schools chid re t eaching i n a part i cu l ar cree d to b e f orce d upon each n „,,, "use parents were not of that creed to bring th e - "° 0 1a under th e contro l o f th e b oar d t o su bj ect ta to government inspection, and under these provisions Sir W them a s h are in the grant. Whieh:7l. lIEA THCoTE seconded the motion, the effect of the le s aid, would b e t o co nciliate to the support of the nation system o f e d ucat i on t h e c l erg y an d laity of hi e l l urch of I reland. fran:'ecl tx:i N eny apprehended th a t the motion, as then p r es would rather encourage proselytising, and ex sed all opinion that sufficient ground had not been THE shown to justify interference with the system under which about five thousand schools were at present working. Mr. HoasMAN, on the part of the Government, at some length opposed the proposition, observing that the Derby party three years ago had expressed themselves against the views set forth by the right hon. and learned mem ber, and that the Bishop of Ossory, the chief patron of the Church Education Society, had said that the rules of that society were incompatible with the rules of the national system. He also denied that the schools in ques tion required any assistance from the grant, as their funds had been increasing, while the number of schools was decreasing. Mr. G. B. HAMILTON and Mr. NAPIER supported, and Mr. Humus and Mr. DEASY opposed the motion. A. division then took place, upon a motion made by Sir JOHN FIT4OERALD to adjourn the debate. The numbers were : For the adjournment Against it Majority The House immediately afterwards divided upon the main question, the numbers being, , r the motion Against it Majority The announcement o t was loudly cheered. The other bus posed of, and the House ad- a ourne THE SOUND DUES. (FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.) .110IISE OF COMMONS, TUESDAY. The select committee appointed to enquire into the operation of the Sound Dues, as affecting the shipping interest of England and other countries, met to-day for the first time for the purpose of receiving evidence. The members of the committee present were—Mr. Villiers in the chair ; also the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr- Cardwell, Mr. J. Bramley-Moore, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Disraeli, Mr. Milner Gibson, and Mr. Hutt. The first witness examined was Mr. Bowring, registrar at the Board of Trade. He commenced by referring to the first treaty for the payment of Sound Dues, which was in 1544, and was called the Treaty of Holland. By the Chairman : By that treaty one per cent. was paid to Denmark on the value of all goods imported, and a similar amount was paid on the tonnage of the ship. The next treaty was effected in 1655, and the following treaty, which was concluded in 1670, and which was called the Treaty of Copenhagen, applied for the first time to this country. The Chancellor of the Exchequer : That, I think, was a special treaty between this country and Denmark? Witness : Yes. The Chancellor of the Exchequer : And that treaty applied to the treaty of 1544, which you say was called the Treaty of Holland ? Witness : It did. Examination continued : All kinds of dues paid to Denmark on shipping were included in Sound Dues, whether they might be light dues or anything else. Mr. Ilutt : I think you will find that originally the Sound Dues were only one per cent., and that it was never contemplated that the dues should amount to more than that, but now you will find that as far as this country is concerned they practically amount to much more. Examination continued : Up to the year 1815, the Sound Dues were paid into the King's private coffers, and it was not until the year 1825 that they were made state monies. When the treaty of 1841 was effected, the Danish govern ment reduced the amount of the dues. Mr. Hutt : That reduction was in consequence of an alteration in the value of produce, and the principle of it was to reduce everything to the standard of one per cent. Witness: The reduction was made on this principle. The Danish government took the average price of ship ments for the previous ten years, and made the reduction on that principle. The amount now levied by Denmark on tonnage and merchandise will be much more than two and a half per cent. By Mr. Mitchell: I am well aware that what are called the fees paid on all vessels entering the Sound, amount to nearly as much as the dues themselves. By Mr. Bramley-Moore : These extra dues or fees are imposed on vessels exclusive of the dues paid on cargo. The Chancellor of the Exchequer: Now, if England were to give notice to put an end to the treaty of )841, and that was done, would she be in a better position regards Denmark than she is now. That is, if we were reduced to the same state cf 'things that we were in be- fore the treaty of 1841, should .ve be in a better position than we are in now? Witness . No, I think we should be in a worse position, The C ha! Then I understand you to say, that th, treaty of which you are speaking, places us in a better position than we were in before? Witness : I do. The Chairman: Do you think there has been any thin: t of the Danish Government in carrying out the treaty ? Witness : No, I du not think that they unfair on tir have ever changed more than appears on Ihe face of the treaty itself. the practical effect of the treaty, in conse quence of its complicated character, is to make the amount actually paid more than one per cent. I find from a return made by the Prussian Government, which has a treaty with Denmark similar to ours, that the amount of daty paid to Denmark, taking the shipping and the value of the cargo, is two and a half per cent. The Chancellor of the Exchequer : You say that practically, under the treaty of 1841, a higher duty than one per cent is imposed on all vessels passing through the Sound ? Witness : Yes. The Chancellor of the Exch:quer : Then England admits the principle of paying the higher duty, whilst Denmark levies the duty, but denies the correctness of the principle ? Witness: It does not appear on the face of the treaty The Chairman : Have any commercial or other bodies complained of the operation of the Sound Dues as now levied ? Witness : Yes, in 1848 there was a complaint to the Board of Trade from Hull, and in 1853 these was a me morial from the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce com plaining of their operation. The Chairman : What was the complaint made in the memorial from Liverpool. Witness : It was to the effect that the amount of duties levied by Denmark on shipping and goods, was more than one per cent., as provided by the treaty of 1841. In further examination the witness said that the dues were paid in one sum on vessels and cargo, and he thought that the consequence Was that the charges fell unduly on freight. He considered the effect was that it fell on the producer and consumer in the Baltic. It would operate to increase the price of the article exported and imported into England, and would affect the export, inasmuch as it would to some extent diminish the demand. The witness was next examined on the question of this country being a party to capitalising the Sound Dues. Mr. Brainley-Moore de,ired to know what the effect of the repeal of the navigation laws had been on the Sound Dues. He asked the question for the purpose of ascertain ing whether it would be dEsirabie to agree to the proposal to capitalise the dues. It it could be shown that there had been a restriction in the number of vessels, and the tonnage passing the Sound, since 1849, that wauld be an argument against capitalising them, but if there had beeu an increase, then it was quite clear that their capitalisation would be an advantage. The witness showed, that since 1849, there bad been a decrease both in the number of vessels and the tonnage which had passed the Sound. He read a statement to that Mr. Bramley-Moore : Tiose statement ;how that 1849 .ximual, and that :hey have fallen off every year was the the committee here adjmi o'clock :till Friday next at one THE KARS HERO CAPTAIN THOMPSON.—ThI remains of Captida Henry Larigh,m3 Thompson were conveyed to Brompton Cemetery yesterday marring, accompanied, be sides his immedi..te relariv( s, by his gallant chief, Sir William Williams of.. Kars, as well as Lord. Panmure, Colonel T,,k4r, and other officers. SOCIETY FOR THE PROPuGATION OF THE i.IOSPEL.—The 155th anniversary of this YtnerDble society was celebrated yesterday, St. Paul's Cathedral, which was crowded with a fashionable conl.r.regati9n. Under the direwion of Mr. GAS, the organist, there was a very effective musical service, in which the choirs of her Majesty's Chapel Royal, St. Paul's, and Westminster Abbey, assisted. An eloquent sermon was preached by the Lord Bishop of Chester. NORTHERN CASE or MANSLAUGHTER iW A At the now-street police-court on Monday, Mr. Charles Suape, the resident surgeon of the County Lunatic Asylum at Wandsworth, appeared before Mr. Henry, upon a summons, to answer the charge of having unlawfully killed and slain Daniel Dolley, aged 65, an inmate of the establishment. The proceedings were taken by the Commissioners or Lunacy, and Mr. R. Gordon, Mr. John Foster (the secre— tary to the commission), Mr. Paget, &cc., were present upon the bench. Mr. Clarkson appeared for the defendant. Mr. Bodkin, the counsel for the prosecution, said he rose with much pain to state the afflicting circumstances under which the Commissioners of Lunacy had felt it their duty to prefer that serious charge . against a gentleman who had for many years borne an irreproachable charac ter in the responsible situation which he occupied. It '3 not to necessary to state :that the commissioners ,re actuated by to other desire than to afford protection to a numerous and deeply-afflicted class, and whether the result of that enquiry should be favourable or otherwise to the defendant he apprehended it was a question which a jury must eventually determine. Mr. Snape, it ap peared was the mediCal superintendent of the male inmates of the Surrey Lunatic Asylum, and the charge against him was that he had caused the death of a lunatic named Daniel Dolley, by subjecting him to harsh and improper treatment in the month of April last. Dolley was an old man, and occasionally excitable and trouble some, not only to the officers, but also to - the other inmates of the asylum. Now there appeared to be a system in that establishment of having recourse to the cold shower bath whenever a patient became excitable. Of the pro priety or humanity of that system he wished to offer no opinion at present, for doubtless the publ; y which. t r, facts of the case would definitely settle the question )uld be giien to the distre,si Id to ample diset as to whether it was faulty or otherwise. The practice, however, was admitted, and early in the morning of the 9th of April, the patient Dolley, having been reported as excitable, Mr. Snare came to the spot where he was, and directed the attendant to put him into the shower bath. Dolley had been punished in a similar way about a week before, and that may account for the repugnance mani festedby him on this occasion to that sort of treatment ; for on ;seeing Mr. Snape with the key in his hand, pro ceeding towards the bath door, Dolley struck him a violent blow on the head, and attempted to escape. He was followed, and brought back to the bath room by force. Mr. Snape desired the attendants to strip him. They did so. Dolley then went into the bath. The cold water was turned upon him. He was kept there tw( n'y eight minutes, and within fifteen or sixteen minutes atter he was taken out he died. Now it was necessary that he (Mr. Bodkin) should describe what that bath was. The commissioners had directed the fullest enquiry upon the subject, and two gentlemen' were appointed to make they requisite examination. They reported that the bath was so constructed as to form a closed box. There was no aperture for air or light, and the door was secured by a bar outside. Whenever a patient was placed within that box, he was utterly defenceless. If the symptoms of illness or death came upon him, the attendant outside would remain ignorant of it while the door was kept closed. By a calculation which had been made by the two fientlemen referred to, it was ascertained that the water descended in a continuous stream in the proportion of 20 gallons per minute upon the head of the patient barred within that box. The orifices _through which the water ran were unusually large, and assuming the bath to be conducted in the ordinary wa3 on the morning in question, there must have been nearly 600 gallons of cold water poured down upon the head of the deceased, during the 28 minutes he was confined in the box. The question naturally arose, why was the patient (an old man, 65 years of age,) sub jected to that unusual severity of treatment ? And here he (Mr. Bodkin) was bound to direct attention to a very remarkable observation which was made by Mr. Snape, and which, he feared, evinced the sort of animus that influenced his mind at the moment. He said to one of the attendant, " I have never been struck by a patient brfore. Keep him in half-an-hour, and then give him a dose of the light-coloured mixture." It seemed to be part of the system to follow up the bath by administering to the lunatic certain doses of tartar emetic, which were kept close to the bath, so as to be readily accessible to the attendants, without their having to go to Mr. Snape for them. Following out the directions of Mr. Snape, the attendant gave Dolley an extra quantity directly he had got him out of the bath, having placed him upon a seat for that purpose: but, while the unfortunate patient was being dried and dressed, the attendant became alarmed by a sudden change in his appearance, by the pale agonised look, the intense shivering of the body, the crouching of the limbs, and the loss of speech. He was hastily removed to a bed, the doctor was sent for, but before Mr. Snape could arrive, the man was dead. It would be for a jury to say whether his death resulted from the treatment to which he was exposed. An inquest was held upon the body, as was usual in cases of sudden death, but the enquiry took place under peculiar circum stances, which it was important to explain. The attendant who placed Dolley in the bath, by Mr. Snape's order, not being actually present at the man's death, was not asked any further questions ; and neither Mr. Snape, nor any other person, appears to have informed the coroner of what had taken place. Mr. Snape stated a post mortem examination had taken place, and that death was caused by " disease of the heart ;" and consequently the jury were direct ed to find a verdict of "natural death." About this time, however, a letter was received — Mr. Clarkson (satirically) : From whom ? . . . is not: a subject, for my Mr. Bodkin (warmly) friend to treat with jocularity Mr. Clarkson indignantly repelled the imputation Mr. Bodkin understood the meaning of his friend's sneer. The letter received by the Commissioners of Lunacy was an anonymous letter. That was perfectly -- Mr. Clarkson Where is it ? Produce it. Mr. Bodkin had never read the letter. He had never seen it, nor cared to see it, for it would not alter the facts I to matters duty bound to pursue that enquiry—to sift it to the bottom. ineil a great number of with empowered to do, and sent a copy of the evidence to the visiting justices of the county, at the same time sending nother cony, very fairly, to Mr. Snape himself, that he night be fully informed of eveey statement elicited to his &mom; other circumstances it transpired, as xdurlice he J was proceeding to observe, that a post mortem examination had taken place, as reported to the coroner ; but it was made by Mr. Stripe and his colleagues in the establishment, Dr. Dimond, (the medical superintendent of the female patients), and Mr. Dimond, jun., who were naturally influenced by a friendly feeling towards a daily associate and brother officer at the institution. The examination was conducted by young Mr. Dimond, who had just passed the College of Surgeons, his father and Mr. Snape being both present. On the chest being opened, Mr. Snape pointed to some thickening matter about the heart, which, he said, denoted disease ; but Dr. Dimond did not agree with him, and, being unable to discover any disease of the heart, or any other natural cause of death, he abstained from attending the inquest. But the inquiry proceeded, and Dr. Dimond, anticipating the probability of his being examined by the Commissioners of Lunacy, thought it desirable to have his opinion confirmed by some eminent medical authorities. He therefore took out the heart, and submitted it to Messrs. Hancock and Paget, who concurred with him in opinion. There was one circumstance which, although not absolutely material, was nevertheless to be regretted—namely, the destruction of the heart after this examination; for, it having become offensive, and there being no apparent object in preserving it, it was deposited in the ashes of Dr. Dimond's sur gery. Still it was a matter of regret, because when the friends of Mr. Snape expressed a wish to have the body exhumt , ,l, and an order to that effect was obtained from the Home ~ 3 eoretary, it having come out that the heart was no longer in the body, but had been destroyed, it of course appeared useless to carry that order into effect, and the exhumation did not take place. At the same time he (Mr. Bodkin) maintained that the circumstance was not material, either way, to the present enquiry, for even if it could be shown that there was some slight indication of disease of the heart, it would only prove how ter that very reason, this unfortunate lunatic ought not to have been exposed to such severe treatment. If disease existed, and anything was done or directed to be done by Mr. Snape which would tend to accelerate the death of the patient, he would be equally answerable for the conse quences—equally liable to the charge of manslaughter. The jury would have to consider whether the order to pour a continuous stream of cold water for half an hour without cessation, upon the bare head and body of an old man, 65 years of age, did not manifest a reckless disregard of life, not to say humanity, such as to make him fairly amenable to the criminal law, fol lowing, as that order did, upon an act of violence towards himself, and, considering the language by which it was accompanied, bearing all the aspect of revenge on the part of the defendant. The commissioners might have proceeded in this case by indictment before the grand jury, but thought it fairer to the accused to have the matter first investigated before a magistrate. Mr. Henry: And better for the judge, as it will be the means of furnishing him with depositions. Mr. Bodkin theft examined the following witnesses : John 0. Barnett, sworn—l h,ve been an attendant in the Surrey Lunatic Asylum, at Wandsworth, between four and five years. My ward, No. 5, contains about 40 patients. I was acquainted with Daniel Dolley, who be• came an inmate in September last. He had been in and out of the asylum several times previously. He was a very excitable patient at intervals. About a week before his death I gave him a shower bath, by order of Mr. Snape. I gave him no medicine after it on that occasion. On the 9th of April I saw Dolley -in a very excited state, at a quarter past six in the morning. He had struck another patient, who had caused this excitement. Dolley had his breakfast at eight o'clock. Mr. Snape came round, and I reported to him what Dolley had done. Mr. Snape spoke to him. Ido not know what he said, but Dailey turned a deaf ear to him. Mr. Snape n said " Come this way, Polley," and walked towards the bath-room. Mr. Snape had the key of the bath-room in his hand, aid WaS in the act of opening the door when Dolley struck him a " strongish blow on tile head with his list. Dolley made to got away. but I followed him, with another attendant named Davies. He turrJ d round and kicked us. I lew my whistle, upon which Ibbetson, a third attendant, came to our assistance. Mr. Snape was waiting at the bath - room door. We all went in, Polley being still greatly excited. Mr. Snape desired us to put him into the bath. Polley said, with an " Let me go to the farm to work," or words to that effect. Mr. Snape said, "Go into the bath quietly, Polley," which he did. After he was in we fastened the bath door by letting down the bar, and turned the water on. A patient has no means of opening the door. There is no bell to ring, nor any window., LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY. was desired by Mr. Snape to keep him in half an hour. Mr. Snape said, " Pall the string, keep him in half an hour, and then give him a good dose of the light-coloured mixture, and look to him several times." After this, Mr. Snape stood talking to me two or three minutes. He told me that he had never been struck before by a patient since he had been in the institution. He said this before he directed me to keep Dolly in the bath half an hour, and give hin as , rung dose. I asked him to tell Davies when the time was up, as I had not got a watch. Mr. Snape also said, " let him have a gruel diet. Some of the patients are allowed tea sometimes, as au indulgence, to encourage them to work and employ themselves. Dolley had been allowed tea a month previously, before he became excited, ant since then he had been kept on gruel night and morning. I looked at him five times while he was in the bath. He held his hands over the top of his head while the water wag pouring down upon him. I saw Davies coming towards the bath; I considered the half hour must be up, so I opened the door and let him out. He had been in 28 minutes. I took hold of him, and he walked to the end of the hip-bath, which he leaned against while I dried him and dressed him. I assisted in dressing him. I put his shirt on, and helped him on with his trousers. He walked with me into the next room—the day room — where there was a fire, and there I gave him four table spoonfuls of the medicine (tartar emetic), as I was desired to do. He swallowed part of it, and spat part of it out. He was shivering, I went to find his shoes, and not seeing:any in the cupboard, I went to the shoemakers for a pair of slippers. I left him stooping to put on his socks. Pinnegar, another attendant, came to me while I was at the shoemaker's, and in consequence of what he said to me, 1 went direct to Mr. Snape. When I returned Dolley was in No. 3 - room, lying dead upon a bed. The body was then taken to the dead-house. This was about 15 or 20 minutes after he had left the bath. Cross-examined by Mr. Clarkson : It is a common thing to give excited patients a cold shower bath. Dolley had had one for a quarter of an hour or 20 minutes, a month previously. He was a strong hale man for his age. I saw no symptoms of distress either of the five times that I opened the bath and looked in. It is a common thing for the patients to hold their hands upon their heads. I was examined on oath before the commissioners. They asked me the question, " Don't you believe that this bath was given as a punishment, rather than to allay the excitement ? " and I replied, "I believe it was given to allay excitement." - (Some objection being here raised to this mode of examination, Mr. Clarkson stated that his object was to show that the commissioners had no right, under the statute, to put such questions to the witnesses before them—questions which invited to certain conclusions, instead of eliciting facts.) Witness : I stated then, and I state now, that I do not believe the bath was ordered as a punishment. Mr. Henrx : The witness should not be asked his opinion. That is matter for observation. Mr. Clarkson : Ido not wish to press the point. Mr. Snape is as anxious as the commissioners can possibly be that this enquiry should go elsewhere, therefore, I do not propose to make many observations here upon a charge which I solemnly believe has not the remotest shadow of a foundation in fact. Mr. Henry : Really, Mr. Clarkson, nothing, can be more irregular than for a counsel to express his own belief as to the guilt or innocence of his client. It is highly impro per, and wholly uncalled for. Cross-examination continued: All persons shiver when they come out of a cold bath, and I did not see that Dolley shivered more than usual. Mr. Snape was not excited at all when he gave the order for the half-hour's bath arid extra dose. He is never an irritable man, but always kind-hearted and attentive to the patients. He spoke very calmly, when he said, "I was never struck by a patient before," and a minute elapsed before he gave the order afterwards. We might have heard Dolley in the bath, if he called out very loud. The pressure of the water is not so strong, after the first eight minutes. It takes about that time to exhaust the cylinder, and then the water pours in from the tap, with 'only the ordinary pressure. I have often put excitable patients into the bath, and once or twice for 20 minutes with great advan tage to them. The commissioners asked me if I did not force the mixture down Dolley's throat, and I said I did not. Re-examined : Mr. Snape told me that he was nearly stunned by the blow which Dolley gave him. I never knew of an instance, before this, of a patient being ordered in the bath for hall an hour. I have known cases of fifteen and twenty minutes. I know one case of twenty minutes. It was Gebrge Gale, and he was between 60 and 70, and is still in the institution. The emetic is part of the system. Mt. Henry : Do you mean to say that a patient benefits by being kept in the bath twenty minutes ? Witness : Yes ; judging from their appearance after wards. 1 have alsb heard them say so themselves. Henry Pinnegar, another attendant in the Asylum, gave some confirmatory evidence, and stated that when he entered the room where Dolley was placed, after he came out of the bath, he found the deceased conversing with another patient. The patient offered Dolley a piece of bread. He refused to take it, saying " am too cold," or something to that effect. Observing him turn pale and draw up his legs and arms, and that his mouth opened, witness called to one of the attendants (Ibbetson) to look to him. Witness went away to two other patients who who were grumbling, and when he returned Dolley was dead. Cross-examined : Dolley had been several times in the Asylum, and he escaped from it once. - . _ John Ibbetson also an attendant , stated that he first went to assist Barnett, on hearing his signal whistle, in putting Dolley into the bath. After Dolley was taken out he heard the signal whistle again, and on going into the room saw the deceased, who seemed to be struggling in a fit. He lifted him to a bed white Pinnegar went for the surgeon, but he died in four or five minutes—before they returned, ;—examined : I have often given a bath of twenty minutes, with an emetic afterwards, and consider the patient benefited by the treatment. Re-examined : I gave one of 20 minutes to a man named Barnett, between 30 and 40, and once to an older patient, s felt in I aged 65. _ _ • At this period of the examination it was arranged that an adjournment should take place for two or three weeks for the convenience of counsel, it being impossible to complete the case in time for the present sessions at the Old Bailey. The defendant, who had appeared to the summons, was not required to give bail for his future attendance. THE PALMER PAMPHLET THE AUTHORSHIP Early last week, when the pamphlet on Palmer's trial, addressed to Lord Campbell, and purporting to have been written by the Rev. Thomas Palmer, made its appearance, the public generally were astonished at the violence of its tone, more particularly as the alleged author was a clergy man. It has now transpired that the pamphlet in question was not written by the Rev. Mr. Palmer, and it appears that he knew nothing whatever abaut it until he saw it in print, with his name attached as the author. We are also informed that the reputed authorship was a source of considerable annoyance to the rev, gentleman, and that he was much pained at his name being paraded before the world in connection with a publication contain ing such grave and sweeping charges against the Lord Chief Justice, as well as against the witnesses and others concerned for the prosecution in the late trial. It would seem that the publication of the pamphlet was a bookseller's speculation, and that advantage was taken of the unprece dented excitement existing in the public mind, to issue it, under the impression that a publication appearing under such peculiar circumstances would be rapidly bought up. The authorship of the pamphlet is imputed to a gentleman who some years ago, wrote a series of letters in a morning paper against the corn laws during the height of that agitation, but who has more recently published a work i m pugning the motives and conduct of the anti-corn law and financial reform leaders. As regards the belief, or otherwise, in the prisoner's guilt, we have it on authority, which admits of little or no doubt, that Palmer contemplated addressing the public on the scaffold respecting his innocence, and was only induced to forego doing so at the earnest solicitation of his brother, the clergyman, who implored him to save the feelings of his family, by abstaining from such a declaration at that awful moment. THE RECRUITING QUESTION WITH THE UNITEIS STATES. Mr. Baillie's notice of a resolution to be moved to morrow evening, was altered again on Monday, after Lord Palmerston's explanations, and now stands in these terms : " That this house has heard with satisfaction that her Majesty has not found it necessary to suspend di2lomatic relations with the United States, but at the same time feels bound to express its regret that the conduct of her Majesty's late Env() at Washington, directed and sanctioned by her Majesty's government, has led to his dismissal by the President of the United States ;" on which Mr. Baxter has given notice of an amendment, to leave out all the words after " United States," to the end, in order to insert the following words, "and approving of the moderate and conciliatory spirit in which the cor respondence on the subject has been conducted by the ministry of this country, but without feeling itself called upon in the present posture of affairs to express any opin;on as to the difficult and delicate questions which may have been under discussion, begs to assure her Majesty of its sincere desire to maintain a good understanding with the United States of America, and of its earnest hope that her Mej,:sty's government will be able, with due regard to the right-, and dignity of the Crown, to bring the questions pending between the two governments to a peaceful and satisfactory issue." ME EMPRESS OF TILE FRENCH.—We read in the Paris correspondence of the Independence .Beige—" It is said that the state of her Majesty (the Empress of France) is such as to justify fresh hopes. I say no more , and readers will understand the reserve inspired by such a subject." (BEF3RE MR. ALDERMAN TURNER AND MR. LAWRENCE.) A BAD CHARACTER.—WiIIiam Wilkstead, alias Wag staff, was charged by constable 764. who said he got him " loitering" about Gloucester-street after one o'clock in the morning. Mr. Bluck, for the prisoner, asked the witness why he arrested the prisoner ? and he replied because he knew him to be a suspicious perion, and " a bad character." Mr. Block: flow do you know that? Witness : Because he is only out of gaol a short time. Mr. Wybergh : Why he is returned on the books as'not known to the police, so there must be some mistake about him. Policeman : That is because he has given another name, and he is not known by the name he now gives. Mr. Muck : I trust the policeman will prove what he says, as the prisoner denies that he was ever here before. Detective officer Carlyle said the prisoner was a notorious thief, and well known to the police ; he knew him to be imprisoned nine months for felony. Smith, another officer, said he knew the pri soner to be a convicted thief. Mr. Bluck contended, that even if the prisoner was as described by the police, yet he was entitled to his discharge now, for he had not done anything wrong. The prisoner was discharged, with a strong caution as to his future conduct. THE COTTON Ronneay.—John Feeney, John Barlow, and William Bradbury, were brought up on remand, the two first charged with stealing six bales of cotton and the last named with receiving it, knowing it to be siolen. Mr. Almond appeared for Bradbur Block was for Barlow. In addition to ti already published in this case, a boy, wine _ warehouse in Cooper's-row, from which the cotton w stolen, stated that he saw Feeney and Barlow take the cotton from the warehouse. The cotton bdonged to Mr. A. E. Byrne, and Feeney was a porter in the place. It was proved by a carter that Barlow employed him to carry the cotton, which he did, to the stores of Brad bury, in Frederick-s`reet. A girl in the employment of Mr. Bradbury proved that the cotton was delivered at his stores. Carlyle, one of the detectives, said be asked Bradbury if he had purchased any cotton from Barlow and Feeney, and he utterly denied all knowledge of it. The officer then took up a book from the counter, in which he saw there was an entry of four bags, as purchased from Barlow, and then Bradbury snatched it away ; the prisoner then took down a file, and produced a receipt for the cotton. This witness was examined at some length by Mr. Almond, who attempted to show that his client was deaf. He said the cotton was not concealed in the warehouse of Mr. Bradbury ; the receipt for the cotton was over £ll, and purported to be—for some, 4d per lb., and for more, 2-Ad per lb. Mr. Bluck asked the bench if they thought there was sufficient identity of Barlow with the cotton bags, and the reply was that they were finite satisfies. Mr Bluck said in that case, using his own discretion, he would not, in the present stage of the proceedings, offer any observations for his client. Mr. Almond addressed the court for Mr. Bradbury, and said his client must have misunderstood the police when he denied the receipt of the cotton at first. He argued that the conduct of his client was Wiest, and he proved so by the entry in his book and the production of the receipt for the , payment of the cotton, for which he had given marketable value. Mr. Alderman Turner said although the conduct of Mr. Bradbury had been reprehensible and most incautious, and such as to cause great suspicion, yet, from the price he had given for the cotton, he did not think the evidence sufficient to send him for trial, and he would therefore discharge him. Mr. Bradbury was then admitted as a witness, and stated that he purchased the cotton from Barlow and paid him for it, and took the receipt for it, which he signed. The prisoners were then sent for trial. INDUSTRY IN INDUSTRIOUS. TERRACE:—SataIi Spooner was charged with entering the house of Mary Ormandale, at Industrious-terrace, Park, and stealing therefrom £2 15s and a quantity of linen. Mr. Pemberton and Mr. Chilton appeared for the prisoner. The evidence for the prosecution was to the effect that in the absence of the prosecutrix, on Wednesday last, the prisoner entered the house, and the allegation was that she took the money out of a box, but it was not missed until Saturday. The learned gentlemen for the prisoner elicited the fact that there were three keys in the terrace that opened the door of Mrs. Ormandale's house, and on this they argued that some one else might have gone into the house as well as the prisoner. The evidence was not deemed sufficient, and the prisoner was discharged. (BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD.) A BLACKGUARD.—A young ruffian, named Joseph Ball, who resides in Milton-street, and who drives a donkey cart, was charged by Inspector Chew, under tilt follow ing circumstances said he saw the prisoner and another donkey driver, in Mann-street, Park, they had two donkeys and carts, and they locked the wheels together and made a wager as to which ass was the strongest, to pull away from the other ; this caused a crowd, and the two fellows began lashing the beasts as hard as they could, and in the most brutal manner ; the prisoner having lost his wager, he transferred his whip from the ass to some boys, whom he beat unmercifully, and hurt one boy severely, but the lad could not come forward to prosecute. Mr. Mansfield said the prisoner was a gre it blackguard, and fined him 10s, or to be im prisoned for one month. DANGEROUS ASSAULT BY A FEMALE.—JuIia 111 4 DeTTBOtt, a well dressed young woman, was charged with having stabbed Emma Jones in the eye. It appeared that the parties resided in the same house in AI ason's-row, and it appeared that the prisoner was the landlady of the complainant ; the latter became indebted to the prisoner, and on Monday, she went to pay, when a dis pute arose about the amount, and the prisoner stabbed her in the eye with a small penknife. A surgeon stated that the veins about the eye were cut, and that the wound was a dangerous one, but he ultimately did not think she would Jose the eye. The prisoner was com mitted for trial. A CURIOUS FREAK.—Jarnes I'Vfardock, a youth, whose personal appearance indicated both idleness and dissipa• Lion, was placed in the dock on a charge of having wil fully destroyed the roofs of several houses, in Newsham street, off Scotland-road. From the evidence of the police constables on duty, in Scotland-road, on the pre vious afternoon, it appeared that they received informa tion that a man was on the top of some houses in the above street, and that he was taking the bricks off the chimney, and the slates oil' the roofs and throwing them into the street. much to the injury of some of the many individuals assembled to witness the sight. Before the police got to the spot, a shout was raised by the people, " the polke are after you," upon which the man left off his strap amusement, and made his escape, but, upon his going into his house, from whence lie had got into the roof, he was met by the police, when he shouted out, " Oh, give me my knife." A fearful struggle ensued, in the course of which the policeman's finger was birtten. The prisoner was committed for two months' imprisonment. A Lists-STREET SMASHER.-A ycrang lady, of rather questionable reputation, who rejowes in several aliases, but who, on the present occasion, gave her name as Mary Berry, and who was dressed according to the fashions of the present month, was charged with wilfully breaking a pane of plate, glass in the Lime street supper rooms, occupied by a. person tinned Deary, and doing damage to the amount of 50s. The com plainant stated that at about four o'clock on that morn ing, the young lady visited his establishment, being in a state of intoxication. She insulted a gentleman who was then partaking of his supper, and when she was ejected from the premises, she deliberately took her little foot, and after several unsuccessful attempts, succeeded in breaking the plate glass window. A waiter fully cor roborated the above statement. The young lady, with great volubility, addressed the bench, denying the charge in toto, and stating that she had been at the establish ment all night with a gentleman, and got drunk on brandy, when she was turned out, and, in the course of the struggle, the window was broken. Besides that, lie (the complainant) had forgiven her, and had taken her over to Blezard's house, and treated. her, and would not have given her in charge at all, had it not been for his wife, who was jealous of her (the defendant), and had slapped his face while they were Ln Blezard's, and made him make the charge. These assertions the complainant denied, and the boy said he saw the young lady kick at the window three times before she broke it. Mr. Mans field ordered her to pay the damages, or go to prison for two months. A correspondence between the Danish, British, and American governments on the subject of the Sound dues was published yesterday with the parliamentary papers. A supplementary army estimate of £1,500 was issued yesterday for the gratuitous education of 20 Queen's cadets, the sons of officers who have died on service, and have left their families in reduced cticumitances. Her Majesty the Queen has signified her gracious inten tion of honouring the Marquis and Marchioness of West minster with her presence at Grosvenor-house, on the occasion of a fete to be given by the Marchioness on the 26th inst. A copy of the convention between her Majesty and the King of Sardinia (respecting the £1,000,000 loan) has been presented to Parliament and printed with the votes. It was signed at Turin on the 3rd instant by Sir James Hud son and Count Cavour. Yesterday morning were issued returns of the number of proprietors in each railway company in the United Kingdom, incorporated by act of parliament on December 31,1855 ; of the number of general and special general meetings of proprietors of each company held in the three preceding years ; and of the number of stamped proxy papers deposited with the secretary by the pro prietors for use at each of such meetings ; with the exception of eighteen companies, which are specified at the end of the document, all the companies have made returns. EMES.-- SURGEON POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY. SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS ST. Stems' SCHOOL.—Yesterday afternoon the children belonging to this school were examined, in the spacious school-room in connection with the above chireh, In Pembroke-place, the Rev. R. M. Woleslev questioned the children on the various subjects taught, and their quick and ready answers did great credit to their instruc tors. After the examination, the rev, gentleman con gratulated Miss Lake, the schoolmistress, on th e efficiency the female children had displayed, and passed a deserved enconium upon Air. Robinson, the school master, for the attention he had paid to the education of the boj,s. Indeed, the rev, gentleman concluded by saying, that the children were a credit to the teachers, and showed the assidious attention they had evinced for their welfare. Several of the parents of the children were present on the occasion. CRESCENT CHAPEL DAY ScnooLs.—ln the evening, the children receiving education at these schools, under went their annual examination in the schoolroom, William Henry-street, Ever on, which on this occasion was most tastefully decorated with evergreens and banners. There was a very large attendance of boys present. The Rev. J. Kelly presided, and amongst the ladies and gentlemen present, were Messrs. J. Stitt, E. Habershaw, he'ger, Baxter, Jort, Smith, &c. The children were examined in all the branches of education taught at the schools, and their answers reflected the highest credit on Mr. J. White, the head teacher, and at once showed that he had accomplished his difficult, but arduous task, in training the pn tilq, which reflected the highest credit on himself, and must have given satisfac tion to the parents, (many of whom were present,) and testified.their approbation at the progreis their children had made. The scholars receiving education at the other school within the borough were also examined yesterday, when at each the same satisfactory result was Mauifested: 4 This day all the schools will assemble at St. Peter's Church, when a sermon will be preached by the Vela,: Archdeacon Jones in aid of the funds of the National' School Society. ARREST OF BRITISH SEAMEN AT D'ANZIO. PORTO Romp, June 10.—The jealous surveillance by the Papal authorities along the sea•cost has been inereised. This has just Proved a source of inconvelience to some of our countrymen returning from the Crimea in the transport shili Lady Franklin, 480 tons, of Liverpool, who were desirous of proceeding direct to England via France, by one of the Mediterranean steamers which touch at Civita Vecchia, instead of performing - the more circiiitods ratite through the straits of Gibraltar. The Lady Franklid arrived off Porto D'AniiO on the .eiening of ,tlie when Mr. Evans, part proprletdr of the vessel, the niatei and three men, went on shore to make enquiries, and were about to return to their vessel, when they wef arrested by the customhouse soldiers for having tande without due authorisation. The British Vice-Conte immediately despatched a report of the occurrence to the British Consul at Rome, through whose representa tion orders were forwarded for the release of the prison ers. Their ship had meanwhile sailed in search of safer anchorage. _ . June 12.—The sailors of the Lady Franklin were kept without food for eighteen hours, and unierwent four days' incarceration. - The vessel herself has not been heard of yet, and Mr. trans has started for Civita Vecchia in search of her. STEAM COMMUNICATION WITH AUSTRALIA.. Under this title a pamphlet, published in the shape of a letter to the Lord Mayor of London, has just made its appearance from the pen of Mr. James Laming. This gentleman summarises as follows his propositions for the mail route, viz.:— _ _ Summary of the proposed route for the Australian and Cape mails. OtawAnns.—Australian Mails. England to Melbourne with mails direct in ships of 3,000 tons in 50 days. Cape of Good Hope Mails. _ _ _ The Mauritius and Cape mails to leave London 64 Marseilles, on the 10th of every month To A.den............ Aden to Mauritius Mauritius to Cape 15 days. 10 ~ 10 „ England to the Cape of Good Hope 35 days, HOMEiYARD3.—MaiI Route, Melbourne to Mauritius Branch from Mauritius to Aden Aden via Mauritius to London 20 days 10 ~ 15 „ Melbourne to England by mail ronte ..... 45 days Main Route 'elbourne to Mauritius 20 days. Coati n Mauritius to Cape with outward Cape mail )0 ~ Time to reply to correspondence Passage home with the homeward Cape mail 30 lelbourne to England by direct over sea 64 days route For thi .rrangement—combinMg the most rapid steam postal service at all points, with the least expen sive, most convenient and quickest conveyance of those preponderating classes of passengers, that, frequently accompanied by their families, cannot afford the enorm ous cost inseparable from the Red Sea route—every possible advantage may be fairly claimed. It provides for the utmost acceleration of the mails, out and home s that experience, nautical skill, and constructive science . can accomplish ; it leaves a choice of homeward con• veyanee to passenge:s from the Mauritius ; and outward and homeward it presents the most appropriate means for freightage of whatever kind, without transhipment —to Australia for British and European exports, and from Australia, for gold and other colonial productions. Whilst the ships employed in the main line may be docked and refitted on their return, and thus add the assurance of greater certainty and regularity in the per formance of their duty. _ Further advantages will be perceptible to commercial ists and others who examine the subject from different points of view ; but I prefer confining myself to what I believe to be the most prominent, because I would rather understate my case than overrate it ; and thus submitting it to the judgment of the public through the influential medium of your lordship's name, for the reason assigned at the commencement of this letter, I respectfully assume that my proposition contains all the essential elements of " the most eligible route" to and from our Australian colonies.—. Daily News. THE LONDON GAZETTE. BANKRUPTS,—ALEXANDER PAINE, Croydon, Surrey, innkeeper. FRANCISCO DE SALVO, Leadenhall-street. merchant. JOHN STAN DA.NOUGHT, Liverpool, licensed ictualler. WILLIAM BENSON STOREY, Liverpool, draper. WILLIAM SMITH, late of Leslie-street, Mile-end ; and JAMES REDDER, late of Jubilee-street, Mile-end, and both now of Church-street, Shoreditch, grocers. SAMUEL POUND, the younger, Dartmouth, Devonshire, ropemaker. JAMES CHAPMAN, King's Norton, Worcestershire, licensed victualler. WILLIAM ADAMS MANNING, Totness, dealer in corn and grass and clover seeds. ROBERT THOMAS RIPPINGALE, Newark-upon-Trent, Nottinghamshire, frock manufacturer and draper. The Glasgow Herald is given to understand that Sir Cohn Campbell has fixed Monlay, the 30th June curt. as the day of his arrival in Glasgow. M. de Lamartine has, it is said, set apart f:r the sufferers by the floods, the entire amount of the sub=criptian to his " Familiar Course of Literature," the subscribers numbering 60,000, at 20f. each per annum. TRIAL OF WILLIAM DOVE.—The commission of the York summer assizes will be opened on Monday, the . 7th of July. The trial of William Dove, charged with psusol ing his wife, Harriet Dove, at Leeds, by stryehnineos fixed for Wednesday, the 16th July.—Leeds Mercury. TURIN, June 15.—T0-day, on the distribution of medals to.the troops returned from the Crimea, the King de livered to the soldiers a speech, of which the following are the principal passages :—" You have worthily answered my expectations and the hope of your country ; and you have justified the confidence of the Allied Powers, who to-day give you a solemn testimonial of it. I take back your victorious flags, quite certain that if the interest and honour of our native land compelled me to return them to you, you would b e a bl e to d efen d t h em everywhere, and in all circumstances, and cover them with a renewed glory." These words, which produced an interest impressing, were rece ivedwith e nthusiastic vivats. TILE GREAT ROBBERY OF GOLD—CAPTURR OF THR T ilIEvEs : —A few days since a discovery of a most exten zold and silver (amountiug to nearly t the Bank of England, Several save robbery of £ll,OOOl was n boxes, suppsed to contain specie had arrived from Southem a t on, b y t h e S i l en t, West India steamer, and were cousigned for security to the custody of the Bank authori ties. On undergoing examination the discovery was made that the whole of the precious metal bad been abstracted, and that shot and lumps of lead had been substituted. The boxes were from different merchants at New Grenada, and appeared to have been shipped at Carthagena on board the steam ship above-named for England. Yesterday notice was posted at Lloyd's, for the information of the under writers, that the police at Carthagena, after the departure of the steamer, had received information of the robbtry, and had taken into custody the thieves, with about 120 lbs. weight of gold (£5,000) in their possession, a portion of the plunder. The parties implicated are said to be the carriers who brought the boxes to Carthagena from the interior of the country. Other parties were also suspected, whose apprehension, up to the last advices, Lad not been accomplished.