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last seen in perfect health with Palmer on a Satur.
day, is taken ill that night, dies suddenly, and is
buried on the Monday before his friends have time
to arrive. On their endeavouring to ascertain the
position of his affairs, no satisfactory conclusion
could be arrived at, as his betting book, papers, and
the money he was supposed to have been possessed
of, had unaccountaJly disappeared.
THE LUNATIC ASYLUM SHOWER BATH CASE Was
again brought before Mr. Henry at Bow-street on
Monday, when the whole case was heard, and Mr.
Snapp, the resident medical surgeon of the lunatic
asylum at Wandsworth, fully committed for trial for
causing the death of the patient Do:ley. The facts
detailed were precisely similar to those stated in
THE PRESS of the 21st ult. Dr. H. W. Dimond
deposed to the fact of Dolley's death. Knew a patient
named Daniel Dolley. He was not exactly a violent,
but an excited and foolish patient. His health was
very good :
Witness first heard of his death on the 9th of April, from
Mr. Snape, the defendant, who came to the surgery and
informed him of the occurence. About au hour previously
Mr. Snape had asked witness to do duty far him fur the
day, as he wanted to go to the Crystal Palace, and con-
sequently when witness saw him he asked how it was he
had not gone. The defendant replied, I have had a very
unpleasant occurence. Polley was very excited, and came
behind me and struck me a blow." Witness said, " Did
he hurt yon?" Mr. Snipe said, "It was a good sharp blow.
I ordered him a half hour shower.bath. He came out
not much the worse for it, hut he died directly after."
Witness said, " Did he die directly?" He replied, "He
had put on his stockings and partly dressed himself." Wit.
ness said, "How came you to give him a shower•bath
of such long duration?" Mr. Snape answered, " I never
did so before. I was never struck before by a patient."
Some conversation took place on the subject, and witness
said, " If you could avoid a coroner's inquest it would be
desirable, for it would be an unpleasant business. Under
any circumstances, you must write to the chairman,
and treat it as a case of sudden death," meaning the
chairman of the visiting justices, it being usual to apprise
them of all sudden deaths. Witness said, "In all pro-
bability the man died of disease of the heart." Mr. Swipe
made no reply. Witness did not know at this time that
Dolley had been placed in the narrow shower bath. The
others are milder. Something was said about a post
mortem examination, but witness could not remember who
commenced the conversation. Witness agreed to be present
if one took place.
At the post-mortem examination on the 10th, said
the witness :

The body was lying on the table, and I saw that the head
and chest had been opened. Mr. Snape remarked that
Sandy (one of the attendants at the dead-house) had done
more than he was told to do. It was no part of Sandy's
duty to open any part of the body, although Mr. Snape
said he had frequently done so before. I had made an
observation about the head being opened, seeing that a
portion of fluid had drained out of it. My son proceeded '
with the examination. I saw nothing in the state of the
brain to account for death. The spinal cord was examined
and looked healthy. The chest had been opened pre-
viously, but no part of its contents had been removed.
My son cut through the pericardium, upon which Mr.
Snape said, " There is evident disease of the heart." I
said that I saw none. He replied "It is larger than it
ought to be." I said, for a man of his years, it was much
what I should have expected to see. There was nothing
in the condition of the heart to denote disease. There
was nothing unusual in any other part of the body. Mr.
Snape left the dead-house with me. He said, "I suppose
we may safely say that the man died of disease of the
heart." I replied " In my opinion, there was nothing there
to shorten a man's life." This took place the day after
Dolley's death (the 10th of April ), and the inquest was
held on the following Shtnrday, the 12th. On that day
Mr. Snape came to me. He said the inquest was about
to take place that afternoon—l cannot remember his exact
words, but he said something about the heart, and ex•
pressed a wish that. I should attend the inquest. I said,
" Now, do you not think that if the man had not had the
shower-bath, and emetic afterwards, he would be alive
now ? " He replied, " I cannot say that." I said,
" That is my belief," and we parted. I did not go the
inquest.
In reply to Mr. Bodkin witness said," I attribute
the death of Dolley to the treatment he received on
the day of his death—to the shower bath and emetic,"
Dr. Elliotson, who was examined, gave it also as his
opinion that the bath and emetic killed Dolley. Mr.
Paget and Mr. Hancock, both eminent surgeons, had
examined the heart, but could find no trace of disease
in it. The prisoner reserved his defence, but was
admitted to bail in two sureties of 1001. each.
A TRADESMAN, at Bolton-le Moors, has been
poisoned by his wife. The man (McMullen, a flour
dealer), was taken ill ten days ago, and died on Wed-
nesday. The medical attendants suspected poison.
The wife was arrested, and admitted that she had
given her husband a dose of a powder called
" quietness," sold by a neighbouring chemist, and
warranted to cure husbands of vicious habits. The
powder contained five grains of tartarised t nti nony
and fifteen of cream of tartar. The cbemi t a limits
the sale. A joint life policy of 1001. is said to have
been lately effected by McMullen.
MR. GRAHAM, SOD of Sir James Graham,
was stopped by a Windsor policeman, last Satur-

day evening, on Windsor. bride, charged with
' uttering counterfeit coin, knocked down, knelt upon,
and subjected to having the policeman's fingers
thrust half way down his throat, on suspicion of
swallowing sixpences. The case, of course, was
one of mistaken identity, and, when brought before
the magistrates on Thursday, the policeman was only
fined 1/. 'Ts. 6d., Mr. Graham kindly interceding for
the man on account of his family.
LORD REDESDILE'S STEWARD, • Mr. C. Hunt,
poisoned himself with a dose of prussic acid, on
Thursday, at Evesham, Worcester.
A CRUEL MURDER was committed by a miler,
Phipson, at Lyewash, Worcestershire, last Friday.
During work-time Phipson drank some water b -
longing to the woman Elizabeth Millward, Ship
threw at him a handful of coals, whereupon he are!
from the furnace a piece of redhot iron, and thrust
it through her side. The poor woman fell and died
almost immediately.
•
Jons Wrixsos, the prisoner in the ClerkenweV
House of Correction who lately stabbed one of the
wrrders, has been committed fur trial.
A MURDER BY TWO BROTHERS, ANDREW *ND
JAMES BRACKEN, was committed at Manchester ot;
Saturday night. The two prisoners cried out, "We
are two brothers, who will fac'e u- .; tall in
came up, and they knocked him down. He got up an
went into the middle of the street. They fol!owe.
him, and knocked him down again. When be was
down the prisoner Andrew kicked him on the head,
and blood came out of both ears. The injured max
never spoke a word, and died about half-past eleven
o'eiuek that night. Committed.

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THE EARL OF CORK
Sunday evening last at
in his eighty-ninth yr
the time of his death,
in the army, and, we
ceptions, the oldest
He was also the senior
Patrick. Though he
1785, his lordship does
service until 1793, when
was present at the sieges
kirk, and formed one of '
former place. In 1794
sent out under Lord 7"
of Alost, and made a
Bergen-op Zoom. In
Colonel in the 11th or
of Foot. He served
1799, subsequently
the East under Sir
the Ist Battalion of
and was present at
lastly in the sevetal
under the late General
ward of Alexandria,
never actively employed,
'timid in the south -
strange to think that
the death of one whL
before the Peninsula
actually incapacitated
from serving in that
took an active part ;-
tented himself with
measures during the I,
that he occupied a seat .
right of his English title of Lord Boyle of ?derston.
in the county of Somerset. He is succeeded in hy
title and estates by Viscount Dungarvan, M.P. for

Frame.
VICE •ADMIRAL WARD died on the 26th ult., aged
seventy four. This gallant officer entered the navy is
1793, and was present in severd actions in the We*
Indies; in the actions off the Ile de Groix and Cape
St. Vincent, in 1797 ; at the cutting out of three
French men-of-war from Tunis Bay; and at the
blockade and bombardment of Cadiz; in 1803, at
the taking of Aux Cases and Cape Francois, St. Do.
mingo, and at the capture, in 1804-5, of Le Terreur,
French cutter; and of the Spanish ships of war,
Diligentia and Orquigo, besides several other gallant
actions. In 1810 he retired on half pay, and w
never again employed. Admiral Ward was one
the first projectors of the South• Western Ilailwa
and also of the construction of Southampton Dock
CHARLES YOUNG, the weir-known actor of the Be
ble and Siddone period, and whose reputation
rivalled, died last Sunday at Brighton. Mr. Yo
had for many years retired from the stage.
THE COUNTESS OF ST. GERMANS died unex-
pectedly on Wednesday, a her residence in Dover-
street, after a month's illness. ---


RE AND ORRERY, K.P., died on
at his house in Hamilton-place,
year. The noble deceased, at
i, was the senior general officer
believe, with but one or two ex-
member of the House of Peers:
ior Knight of the Order of St;
a entered the army in August,
)es not appear to have seen active
hen he served in Flanders, and
ieges of Valenciennes and DIM,
a of those who took part in the
94 he accompanied the expedition
Moira, was present at. the hattl
i prisoner at the capitulation of
In 1795 he became Lieutenant.
or North Devonshire Regimen
I with the Guards in Holland i
accompanied the expedition t
Ralph Abercromby, commanded
' the Guards in Egypt in 1604
the taking of Alexandria, and
al engagements with the army
nral Sir Eyre Coote, to the weric
a, for since that time he wan
yed, except in a subsequent Qom:
i of Ireland. It is not a little
it we have only now to chroniqle
io was a general officer some tim
ular war broke out, and who w
ed by his rank as a field °file
let war. The late peer nevet
in the political world, but cotlo
giving a silent support to liberal
e long period of fifty eight yeart
;eat in the House of Lords in