The Express.
London, England, 1852-09-29 00:00:00

PROORF,BB OF NEW SOUTH WALES.

The Sydney herald of May Bth lut publishes the
following statistic' on the prods.* of the diggings, as well
aeon the revenues and general movenniat of population in
the colony :
Ounces. Ounces.
Gold @sported up to this date 303,794
Lying is harbour
In the beaks and private hands
in town
And at the nines say

Total
Deduct from quantity received
from Victoria
Leaving produce of our mines
Exported trout Melbourne up to
April 23
Estimated quantity in banks and
private hands in Melbourne
And on the mines any 60,000
Making a total of 768,682
And showing a grand total of 1,124,416
Which, at 665. per ounce, gives a valise of £3,664 348 Li 0
The licenses for gold digging yielded up
to Marsh 3 1:
New South Wales £46,171 13 0
Victoria
Escort fees up to March 31 :
New South Wales 4,310 12 0
Victoria
The immigration at New Soutk Wales up to May loot
was aa follows:
From England
California 2,219
Australian Colonies
Foreign parts

14,915
The emigration from New South Wales up to May last
was—
To England
To California BOB
To Port Phillip and Australian co-
Ironies
To Foreign ports
Making a total of 6,733
Increase of population in New South Wales ---
from external sources
Amount of gold In the Adelaide Assay-
office up to 20th April was £222,678 18 7
Number of persona who had left Adelaide
fur the gold mines up to May last was lB,OOO
The crown revenue in New South Wales and the adjacent
eoloity was expected to reach a million sterling per annum.
During the week ending the Bth May last, 6,000 ounces
of gold had reached Sydney.

TREATMENT OF MR. PAGET AT DRESDEN.
The documents and papers belonging to Mr. Paget
which were seised have not been returned. Mr. Forbes, the
British minister at Brenton, has meeived an answer from
the tdelon minister, stating u the reason for searching Mr.
John Paget, and seizing upon his papers, the belief that he
was a "medium of communication between Kossuth and
the malcontents of Hungary, and that he had had inter-
views with Kossuth ; " whereas he (Mr. Paget)—we quote
from his Utter of the 13th inst., to his brother, Mr. Arthur
Pnet—" had been living quietly all the time at Dresden,
and it mot have been known front his letters, which bad
bees that he had held no communication with
K MP the ' malcontents' of Hungary ;" and that his
writings and *pushes had invariably been in opposition to
Mir
Tim mgeliraseiegaireiii in Leicester in June, 1851, to receive
Nand Masessek tbs. se a visit to Mr. John Paget, and
the Maroterm, lie tries, at the time of their residence in
Laossew, Y illMaktless is the recollection of our readers.
On that oceasies Mr. John Paget, in • speech of some
length, thus d himself:—" Now I fear that what I
am about to add will scarcely agree with the opinion* of
many of those who bear me, but I think I owe it both to
you and emit, to speak openly and without reserve, and
I leg soured you will give me a fair hearing. I do not
wee with a harm speaker ow revoltrion and war. I hate
revelation, tag I know how little it has contributed to the
treeless et happiness of mankind. I abhor war, for I
have sees eseeethiag of the crimes it gives rise to, of
the miseries it en the innocent and unoffonding ;
and yet, so anravaiel was the conduct of the Austrian go-
verment, that, ia eseseaoa with every man of honour in
the country, I wee seemly obliged to gird on my sword for
the defence of property and life, as wen is for the pre-
servation of the rights and privileges which had stood the
tut of annulse of opposition. (Loud applause.) I am
not, nor was, an adherent of Kaaauth. While I fully
admit the brillianry of his talenM, and the disinterestedness
'of his patriotism, I neither admired his policy nor shared
in his opinions. The Act of Independence, of which Kos-
oath was the author, I held to be unwise and injurious to
Uungary."—Lekesferallor• Chronicle.

SPORTING.
FIRST OCTOBER MEETING.

TUEBDAY.
BVCXIINHAIt STAIM of 300 eon. each, h ft, for 2-yr-
olds ; colts, Bit 7lb ; fillip, Set 41b. Ono to the post. (3
subs.)
Mr. Payne's Estrells (Flatman) 1
Mr. Mare's fby Touchstone out of Kitty of Cole-
raine (Chariton) 2
Lord Eglinton's Vanderiecken (C. Marlow) 3
Betting: Even on Estrella, and 2to 1 art each of the
others. Estrella waited upon the Kitty of Coleraine filly
until half way up the cords and won easily by a length, a
length and a half between mond and third. Run in 1 min.
27 efts.

8w AAAAAA ILES of 10 son. each ; for 2 yr-olds, Est 71b ;
three, Sat 71b; flor and upwerds, At. The winner to be
sold for 60 son. if demanded, &e. T. Y. C.
Duke of Bedford's Petrel, 2 yrs, Sat 7th (S. Steggles) 1
Mr. J. D. Shafto's The Moor, aged, 9st ..(Rogers) 2
Mr. Stephenson's Renaming, 3 yes, 6st 7Jb
(F. Butler) 3
Mr. Morris's Youthful Days, 2 yrs, 6st 71b..(Eliett) 4
Mr. Armstrong's :I' by Thiatiewhipper out of Sister
to Aria. 2 yes, 6st 71b (T. Chberne)
Betting : 6to 4 apt The Moor, and 3to 1 sgst R •
wing. The race was entirely between Petrel and The
Moor, Petrel °Manias the lead at the cords, won cleverly
by a length, and was eialsed. This rap woo not timed.

• MATCH 200 h ft

T. Y. C.

motber:

°OONFIDENTIAL" REPORT ON BETH-
LEHEM HOSPITAL.

MINUTES OF EVIDENCE.

The following is au extract from the Report of the
Commissioners in Lunacy to the Secretary of State
on Bethlehem Hospital, printed March 8, 1832 :

• - -
MINUTE/ or Paocuitorttoe taken at the office of the
Metropolitan Commissioner. i■ Lunacy, 19, New-street,
Spring-gardens, July 10, 1851, the Earl of Shaftesbury in
the chair.

Dr. ioare, Sir Aluander Morison, and Peter Northall
Laurie having given evidence,
MR. THOMAS JOSHI'II MYRON was called in, and,
having been sworn, examined u follows:
Where do you live ?—At 44. Hill-street, Walwortb.
Wu your daughter an inmate of Bethlehem Hospital?
—Yes _

When was she admitted a patient in Bethlehem Hospital?
—Upon the 4tb of April last.
What was her bodily state of health at that time ?—ller
bodily state of health was what I considered to be pretty
good. I will give you an idea of her Awe of health. Upon
the evening I got her into Bethlehem Ilo.pital, I asked
my doctor if he thought her system would stand the treat-
ment. He asked me what I meant. I said, "Do you con-
sider that she is strong enough?" Ho said, " Sho never
we. in better health."
Your own doctor ?—Yes.

Who is he?—Hr. Taylor. He said, "As far as that
goes, I will bet you • guinea that they will give your
dauslater no medicine for any bodily ailment."
Was she bad in her mind at that time ?—Yes.
Did you take her to the hospital?-1
To whom did you deliver her ?—I delivered her into the
hands of Elizabeth CEIEn, and another nurse of the name
of Oott.

(lots or Code?—No; there are two nurses who took in
the patient..
Did they say anything when you delivered her to them ?
—When they came hack to minion
.her clothes, they said,
r
" She is of dirty habits, is she not " ller mother insole
sneerer, and mid, " Nu, only withio the last day or twu."
Did her mother go with you ?—Ycs.
What occurred then I—We left the hospital.
Did you see Mr.. Hunter, the matron?—They took my
daughter to a private door apparently, and some lady came
out, who, I afterwards knew, was Mrs. Hunter, but she
merely looked at my daughter as they took her helure the
door. They then took my daughter away, and I saw no
more of her.

Did Mrs. Hunter any anything to you ?—No.
Did she examine your daughter at 611?—No.
What occurred next I—l felt •. y unhappy. I Rood
when I could see my daughter, and I was told I could sot
see her under a munch.

Who toll you that I—The porter at the gate, and the
parties inside.
What parties 7—The nurse.
CHILI I—No, another nurse. I believe Cliffin did men-
tion it. I salted when the clothes were being examined,
and they told me I might inquire after her health in eight
or nine days.
They said you could not see her for a month, but that
you might inquire after her health in eight or nine days ?
Yes, in eight or nine days after her admission.
That would be upon the 12th of April?—Yes. When I
went I saw Dr. Wood, and bkewise the nurse Cliffin. I
asked after my daughter, and they both stated that she was
somewhat better, that she was eating her :ood better.
Did you know before that time tha she would not take
her food well 7—She took sufficient; occasionally she would
refuse it, but at other times she tack quite sufficient.
What did Dr. Wood or Cliffin say 7—Dr. Wood said my
daughter was somewhat letter; that she was very had
when she came in, but was somewhat better now ; she took
her food better. I asked Cliffin about her, and she said she
took quite sufficient food.
Was that in the presence of Dr. Wood I—No. tilie far-
ther said, " There is one thing I have found out, that if she
chooses to take it I let her, if not, I leave it," which I
thought a very strange observation to make ; " but," says
she, "she takes sufficient."
Did you see her on that occasion ?—No.
Did you ask to see her I—lt was against the rules, I did
not oak.

How did you know it was against tl a rule ?—I was
told it.

Did anybody say anything to you about the rule* ?—I
begged wirilon of Dr. Wood, I said I hoped he would not
deem me troublesome, but how often might I call to in-
quire after my daughter, and ho said, " Well, Mr. Hymn,
you can call when you like, and we will let you know how
she is."

Wu anything said upon that day about your seeing her?
—Nothing at all.
...

Wu it • positive refusal to see her ?—I think it was
against the rule.
That was upon the 12th t—Yes.
Did you make some application about flee days after
that ?—en the Thursday night I heard that she had called
for her mother.

Five days afterwards, in feet, would be about thirteen
days after she had been placed in the hospital P—Yes
What did ,on hear P—l heard that she had called for has

From whom did you hear that t—From one of the male
attendants.

Did you then write to Dr. Wood ?—I felt very uneasy,
and could not rest ; and when 1 retched my office whero I
am employed, I wrote a letter to him.
You were uneasy, and you wrote a letter to Dr. Wood ;
what was the effect of that letter ?—The effect of the letter
was, that if any bad symptomsoccurred, I begged Dr. Wood
to inform me, in order that her mother might be present in
case anything happened.
Did you deliver that letter at the hospital ?—I did.
What part of the day—in the middle of the day
at sir o'clock in the morning.
When did you hear from Dr. Wood ?—At half-past two
in the afternoon I received this letter from Dr. Wood:
" Bethlehem Hospital, April 18.—Dr. Wood regrets to
inform Mr. Hymn that his daughter is in a very precarious
state of health, with such symptoms of paralysis that it has
been thought better to discharge her there being very
little hope of her recovery; and it being presumed, from
Mr. Hyson's note, that her parents would her to be
with them in the of a fatal termination, which it is
feared there is every reason to anticipate."
That is the letter you received from Dr. Wood ?—Yes.
What did yon do thereupon ?—I immediately took that
letter to my medical man, Mr. Taylor, and showed it to
him, and he asked me what I intended doing, and I asia
decidedly to bring her awe., "
Did you then go tiv.e f—Yea, myself awl her mother
took a cab, and the eub was kept waiting an hour hetet.
my daughter was brought
i up.
Whattime of the day was t ? It was 20 minutes after
four when I went to fetch the cab, and it was halt-past
live when we left.
Did you and your wife take your daughter hem* that
evening ?—We did. Upon my daughter being brought up
from her ward, we heard her cry, "Oh ! dear me," mid
when she came up her nose was bleeding,
Was it bleeding freely, or a scratch I—No, It was ant a
scratch ; the blood wee coming from one of her nostrils.
Bo es to trickle down es far as her chin I—lt was down to
her mouth.

In what =Mina did she appear ?-131to was act able tO
stand.

' Wu she otherwise altered ?—Yea, she had a eat upon her
left or right cheek, I am not positive whic.is, estd likewise a
wound upon her upper lip.
Was she able to stand ?—No.
Did she know you or her mother ?—Yea, she put her arm
' mend bet mother's reek, and said,' This is my dear
another," and looked at the keeper in a way which I WC_
strued into a look of defiance. She said, " This is my dear
mother," and she kissed her.
Did you take her home t—Yes.
Did she bear the jonmey very well ?—She smiled, and I
asked her if she was glad Out she wee going home, and she
said, " Very glad ;" and she put her feet into my lap as I
sat opposite to her, and she said, " This is my dear father.'•
When you got home did you put her to bed, or did her
mother examine her person 2—Her mother, with other
parties, undreamed her.
Some females ?—Yes. I would also mention that we
were obliged to carry her to the cab and from the cab, and
when she got in doors she knew everybody.
Your wife and some females rut her to bed ?—Yee.
And examined her body I—They undressed her, and I
was Galled up stairs, and I saw her as far se here (describ-
ing it). Her stays were not off, but her arms had several
punctured wounds, and her elbows; her bones were nearly
through her akin.
Was she far thinner than when she went ?-81r, she was
an object as to flesh. She was gaining flesh when she weal
to the hospital.
Was she gaining flesh ?—Yes, the remark made was, that
her frock would not come to.
Wee she in fair flesh?—She was in fair flesh. She was
a very small-boned young woman, but what you call fleshy
for so small a size.

Not at all emaciated ?-06 ! dear no; that I believe I
can prove by several witnesses.
The change for the worse, then, was very great?-90
perceptible, that I set it down that she was a dead girl.
Did you call in may medical advice?—lmmediately.
Whom did you cal in ?—Mr. Taylor, and likewise his
partner, Mr. Frederick Crisp.
What did they do? Did they examine her?—Yeas, aad
they expressed deep regret and surprise to see her so very
much reduced, and so emaciated. They said they never
could have thought it.
Did they express any opinion ?—Yes, that she had been
ill treated ; that she had never been fairly dealt with.
' Did they order medicine (or her ?—No, they did not order
medicine at fine. The first thing they ordered au a new
laid rim in brandy, which the ate with great relish.
Did they apply anything to her body ?—Not then the
went to sleep, and slept for five hours, and snored like •
babe.

When she awoke was any application made to the sores ?
—I believe she had a dove of medicine, which was sent by
Mr. Taylor, but I cannot speak to that. After that I went
to my ottlee. The next day, Saturday, when I cams home,
she was shown more to me—her elbows, arms, and legs. I
immediately went off to the Bethlehem Hospital, and inked
to see the matron. I saw her, and I told her the state of
the poor girl's body. Sh• seemed to express great surprise,
and asked m• whit I thought the wound.s were don* with.
I mid they looked as if dune with a whip ur until thong, or
• series of thongs.
What did she say ?—Sho said such a thing was not pos-
sible—that she never saw such a thing. She left me for
half 1111 hour by myself, en long that I th tight she was not
coming back. She then came with Cliffin, and they both
stated the cause of the wounds.
What cause did they state I—That the wound' on the el•

Vow and woe, ..d over t►e ►ody, wore awed by the knots
eat wen is the any. _ _

—bath the mama a Chills stated that?—They both
stated that I then spoke about her clothes, and I asked
Zr Ulm. They said I could sot have thent—l could have
a Nitta, but sane weft wet. I said I had every
eonvesitoce at home fur drying them. They said, if I
imisted upon it, 1 mid have the clothes; bat if I
t sought prolog to leave 10111 E titer., I could have then ea
lloeday dry.
Did you take the clothes hone ?—Tae; a potties of them
were wet.
Did your daughter talk rationally at all times after she
tame home ? —Yes, she rammed a with on Sunday to see
the miniver du had sat seder.
Did she lawny. talk rationally after she CUM home?—
Ye., what little she did talk.
Dal she ever when in th.,t condition, complain of having
be.. ill-treated or beaten ?—Ye.. she did.
What did she say I—That she had been beaten by •

Did she specify the woman's name ?—No.
Did she say they had called her bad name' ?-I'pon Mon-
day monsing her rodher was serer tired, and I was lying
down by the side of the bed, and I had a couvereatioa with
my poor girl. She eels said that elan had had very bad lon-
gamete used towards her. I asked her what, and she said,
" Father. I din% like to tell you."
SIM did ant say who used the bad language?—No, she
mid a woman.
What did her doctor do daring this time'—The doctor
came on Saturday night, and asked me what I intended
doing. as he considered my daughter had evidently beta
eery badly treated.
Was that Mr. Taylor I—Yes; that was at half-past eight
o'clock. Ile asked me if I thought we could see any one if
we went to Bethlehem. I told bins that Dr. Wood was out
of town.
Did hr go to Bethlehem did, and 1 west with him.
Ile asked me.
When was that?—Upon the Saturday night, at nine
o'clock.
Whom did you we ?—ile told me be saw the matron. I
mold hear them talk. 1 knew the voice, because 1 was
merely outside the door. The door was open.
Did he state to yon the result of the conversation I—That
he was very mutt disaatistied with the reasons that were
given. He wished to know when he could ace Dr. Wood,
or if he could we any medical man; and he was told that
there was no medical man upon the premises. When we
went to the gate we leaked to ice the medical man, sad we
verve told there MO wine upon the premise*.
Did you then some home ?—Yes. Mr. Taylor was nearly
an hour wits the matron. We were told that there was an
medical men upon the panties, and had not beta since 2
o'clnek that day. Mr. Taylor observed that he thought it
was very wrong. lle alwap understood that it was the
medical man's duty to be upon the premises.
Did your daughter get gradually worm ?—Ye*.
lhd she die upon the Monde/ ?—Yea, upon Monday night
at 9 o'clock, and she espreme herself in these very words,
that she bed hems smartly beaten by a woman—not only to
WA and my wife, but bkewiae to four or five different par-
tiers whom I produced beam the authorities of Bethlehem,
and they sp dee to the fan.
In th.• meantime. upon the Sunday and Monday, did
Mr. Taylor direct you to give her aouruhing things ?—Mr.
Tayl. r atte nil. it her up to her death.
Did hr direct you to give her what nourishing thiago you
could ?—Yea.
Did lar express any opinion as to her condition I—He
felt very 'BMA diwauol, d altogether.
A. to her treatment in /3ettilebesi I—Ye..

After her death wsTin;;;;;•tiO• of body made
by Mr. Taylor and his per ?—Yee.
A poet sre.rfrot esasautatios • what we rail • sedieol
examination of the body was mar;de by Mr. Taylor sad his
=
'W T—Yeo ; Ned just so they were ping to eoessasee
ood hawked at the door.
What did he ray ? did be apply to be pmeat at the res-
ubmiq l—No, he did not ; when be came in 1 opened
the dm, myself. mid Mr. Taylor amid Good morning,
sir." I told Mr. Taylor who be was, sad Mr. Taylor in-
formed his that be ow jest goir g n make • poet orrefaser
earualostios of the body, sod be invited Doctor Wood to
come is. He did**, awl the post 'sorrow cumulation ors
performed.
la Donor Wood's reenter ?—Yes; dots they came
down stairs, sail Dr. Wood salted no if I would liars the
poem!, for they wanted to write something.
Wllio wanted is wr.te 000rthiss• ?—lksetor Wood sad
Dotter Taylor. They did so, but they may read • portion
of It t• me.
. _ _

ieiewTere easel La again, sad they reed appetite to you ?
—Yee.

Did Doctor Wood .ay asythieg to you about the nee ?
Tee. _ _ _

%Imo did he my i—Doetse Woad ease down sad tried
ta peaty me.
• what way ?—By swiss that he was very entry that I
had made a complaint swiss the authorities of Bethlehem.
I tell Imo l bad sot dame so withost a new. and I was
determined to follow it up let the swinge. be what it
wawa
. _

Wirt complaint had yea am& at that time ?—I bad
written that truer to da Peter Laurie [bawling it in).
Wheel Md yoo make a tomplanat M Sir Peter Laurie ?
ries Ma Monday melons to my daughter'. death.
As to her twoMmest is CU hospital t—Yea. askiag Air
Peter barrio w seademosd he call at nay humble ends.
De yea ~somber the day alma the pad neorrem
uaami-
sack was ea* ?-1"..

What day was it ?-1 think it was err the Wednesday,
as she died apes Monday.
Hew lose did she live after Irv* the hospital h—Oely
two as trite days.
Oe what day did site die ?-1 reneht her set es the
Friday, sad sh• died at air o'clock ia the mare of
Monday.
That word he the 21st of April ?—Yes.
I; pea Weireedey Doctor Wood suer ?—Tes ; I wrote
eir Pere Laurie ea the Monday, sad epee the Tuesday
1 nerved a 'tidy. I thee redo it ay hoarse to watt
epee the Meson, at Braswell Morita, sod I stated to
kir the ease. I talk it was apse the Tuesday ; sad he
said that be word seedlisero medical was to @rare the

Ihd dos Maim my se t—Yea, Melt wee imsdiately
dem ; ie feet, by the time I get Mae I sew • gab at the
dew, whirl wes my ewe dettees, awl while be wee talkie'
with ow Sir Altimeter Marine emir.

Ina.
Did &r Aleaseder Maims are Ur body t—Yea, Air
&alb.
Irs see it Were Neter Word raw it t—Yes.

What ilad Alearuider Mimeos may ec do I—He treated
the sue i• a very •'rapt way indeed.
la what way ?—Why ra • way that I Mt •isclf in•
salted.

--WiSt did he say er do? —la feet, he did not look at the
body altogether. He said, " Oh, that is smiting bet na-
tural, the patient has knocked herself about." -
Did you say he did not me the whole of the body ?—He
dad sot wait to look at it.
Were you with his the whole of the time ?—Yes, and
Mr. Taylor.
How long was be in the MOM Onl y three minutes.
Wlteo you my he did not we the whole of the body, why
Woe say so ?-11e scented to treat the thiogoery call-
.
HoYw did you know be did not see the whole of the body?
—1 was at the foot of the bed. I sow everything he did.
Did be turn the body over I—No.
Did he see the back at all ?—The mother showed him the
beck, but he did not turn the body over.
Was the body turned over for his i • I—Yes, it
was, but he scarcely looked at it. ifs treated me so
abruptly that I threatened I would have so toqumt I felt
myself hart.
What did he may when you spoke of an inquest?-11s
" Well, sir, you can do that if you like."
Did earthing further occur?—Not between roe and Sir
Aksasider Morison. .

Whet -I;ap—pros---dOss the next dey, when the post Reorient
examination took place ?—Then another doctor came.
From Bethlehem Hospital?—Yee, Mr. Lawrence.
When WY this?—The lame day.
tpes the Tuesday '-11 think it was the Tuesday, but I
hay, hod so much trpolde sine*, that I do not recollect.
Whet did he say or do ? —lle pointed out two bruises upon
the ankle. I said I thought she had been bound. He said,
well she might have been, but he did not think so.
What else ?—lie did not express to me his opinion about
it say further than that it wee possible the patient might
have done it hervlf, but he did net say positively whether
she had sr had not.

Mr. Lumina *Mtn in a letter that boo been handed in
at the conclusion, that she had been in • violent state for
two or three week. before her death.—That 1 deny.
While she wu is Bethlehem Hospital, was she Sir Alex-
ander Morison'. patient ? —Yes, so 1 anderstout.
The following documents were referred to in the
esami-
•etoa of t►is witness

Bethlehem Hospital, 18th April.—Dr. Wood regrets to
Worm Mr. Ilyson that his daughter is M • ver.y
state et health, with seek symptoms of paralyses =
Me. thought better to discharge her, there being very little
haps et her reenvery ; and it being presumed. from Mr.
Nysion's note, that her parents would wish bar so be with
them is the event of a fatal termination, which it is feared
there is every reams to anticipate."
" 44. Hill•street, Walwarth, April 21, IN3l.—Worshipful
Sir,—Meowing from my boyhood your kindness and orbs-'
silty, sad your ever ready wish to redress abase or wrong
is any tape, indicted, more particularly, in say establish-1
meat in which you have soy control, 1 think 1 am only
doled my duty es a parent in the lint place, and in the
emend to the heads of an estahlialtment who, I am care,
would aim tolerate cruelty in say shape to be practised
towards • poor lunatic, sod thirdly to Ma public. I now,
Mr, briag to your entice a cam of tidier smelly or wanton
waalser. ia which my poor girl (our only child) has faller
• elleMlise, Mused by or through the neglect of one of the
tamale amuse or hoewrs belonging to Bethlehem Hospital.
Now, sir. for the hem which Ma be verified by very';
ceepeittable witseesm. *On Fnday, April It my daughter
we admitted a palmed into Bethlehem Hospital. Oa 'I
leaving her, I we. iefenied I might call in eight or nine
days, sad *squire bow she we.. I called sa April 21,
which was eight days. 1 saw both the dotter sad to
sad was told she we somewhat better ; that do amok bar
food batter. I Teat away walled. Oa Oa Ibilowbay
Tbanday I could eat not ; sawstliag soma W bond my
Lad tam aty_daaftiar was warn. mega
a sot, I. Dr. Weed,sinsay ha" sad bia. W
nay bad Is amba/ow.
West b:721875r. . and was Mad IMO
_Si OAP
Mord aseaaallskaillaaleulass,faidamigawbaa
was bad appoirsdousi_ Mad paar died was
Me and he mime lassaMaisa4 wind* M basgewl. saw
DT. Woad. wbe *my istaibler. Mba ins bens*
spas as; abet war Mims me.l *Om OIL My paw ,
yid scold aal MIA asad was a m Juts is,

what was my b:rror when called up stairs by her mother
aid ahem, when they had undressed her to put her to hod!
lice body, her legs, and herein) has above twenty wounds
sod lacerations nn them; two also cm her face; her boats
!mid, to start through the skin;—how caused or inflicted
Mess who heaven her but wish and desire to know. Her
medisal attendant can speak as to her condition both before
her admission and ..rose her return. And if, Sir Peter, you
wewM easileseend to pay my humid* abode • strait, you
witablthere see I bate sot made the cam one iota worse
than it redly is; in fact, my pea but feebly tells the sad
I have no doubt ens these lines reach you, my poor
girl will he in her coffin, bet that shall not prevent veer
satisfying yourself sa to the tenth of my statement. —.Per-
mit me. tor Peter, to subscribe myself your most obedient
servant, J. J. Hs sox."
"t Sir Peter Laurie pretests hie compliments to Mr. Hymn,
and begs to my that he has forwarded his letter to Dr.
Wood, sod begged of him to report about the cue as sues
SS possible to the treasurer or himself. Sir Peter Laurie is
estremely sorry to hear of the distresaing state of Mr. 11.'s
thewOter.-7, Park-square, April 22, 1861."
"Triday, April 4. MlL—Hannah Hylton, who had bees
wake gay ears • hoot three weeks, with symptonta of eerie-
had fflomee tending to mania, left her home, being ad-
mitted a patient of 11.thlebent Hospital. At this time,
although spare, her face end hints were firm, and had sa
average amount of flesh, she being bat little thinner this
dm*, aedivary state of health. Bhe had es two or
Olds lleasleas heels violent, but was restrained by amea-
daelea use the INC of • strait-jacket bring bad immerse
Mb There was then no wound or abeeekmdf skin about
tti
April 18. 18,51.—1 was remaseled again to me
her, amdentanding she was 'beau& bias Inn Bethlehem
Hospital. Her state at this was se Pillows:—Her
appearance is much altered, being very emaciated ; her
hones almost protruding through the skin. On the
body are several wounds. One small one on the right ate
sum, one on the right aide of the upper lip (these I wee beid
by the matron had been produced by an accident, the pa-
that having been fed out of a map or • saucer, which had a
small triangular piece broken out of it). These wounds
were seabb'd, and bad no surioundingiofistetnation. There
was smother wound, similar to • scratch, on the right
cheek, about two-thirds of an inch in length, of the same
character as the former. On the outer side of the right
elbow were several small wounds or abrasions ; *elution et
continuity of the skin bad scarcely taken place. Oa both
hips there were the same appearances, tamely, mineral
small wounds. varying in sine from half the sine of a pea to
nearly that of • fourpenny puce. being *hessian.; tome
were covered with a small scab; the surrounding skin was
red, end slightly inflamed, having an appearance not tin.
like that produced by pressure on a bedridden patient.
Oa the knees, over the patella, and as the outer side, were
some small wounds of the same character; alto on each
amble, on the outer side, there was in particular one
wound, about one-third of an inch long, by one-eighth is
width. There had somewhat the appearance as if pe-
ened by the pressure of something hound round the ankles.
The several wends were accounted tor variously; thaw of
doe ha lam bass already abided tn. The matron eon-
diesel they bed been caused by the eat cads and rough
=this straw on which the patient bed lain. Sir
r Munson, whom I had the honour of mettles at
the patina's residence, considered they were produced by
the patient km:eking herself about. Dr. Wood, who was
preseat at the 'mat marten inspection, wan of opinion that
May meow salhanflicted by picking. The patient's navel at
the int um collected. Bhe answered quietism dodo
pet het Waive out, and held Der Mad out to shake mime.
sad said. M Good night." She moved all her limbs.
although lbehly. The left eye wee more prominent than the
right, sad W of the latter not brio, readily raised. The
right pima largely dilated ; the left one contracted. She
was solissing from constant diankces.—Cnakte.s Taiton.
M.B.C.S. & L A.C., 4, Bethel-plate, Camberwell, Aptil
2.5, 1861."
Bridewell Hospital, April 22, 18.51. 1 o'clock. p.m.—
By desire of the treuuter of Bridewell and isitklehees
Hospitals, I have just examined the body of Mammal Hy-
mn, late a patient in Ilathlelunn Hospital. 1 heal mewed
superficial bruises oa different parts of her body. ea& di&
nem and teudeaey to eneoriatios about the nate*. awe ell
them at all connected with the cause of her death, which
was occasioned by general paralysis. The causes I consider
Is he amislental, and in so way to be attributed to want of
nee aid kinsineis.—A AAAAA Monison, M.D."
m Whitehall-place, April 22ad, 1661.—llear, Sar,—l have
'depleted the body of the young mimeo lately discharged
Aim Bethlehem, now lying, at 44, Hill-street, Walwortb,
Mid mil ore nothing leading to the conclusion, or even
tbaldllibldn. that she had met with ill usage before death ;
toms bal bees no open sore at the time of death; the but-
ts** were red and slightly excoriated from having beta
wetted with urine, as generally happens in dirty patients,
ad the hips were in a nearly similar state, the bones having
Imesaie very prominent, in eassequenee of the patient's
eilmadera`sle entariato,n, and the skin having cesawquently
beta fretted by the position of the body, and probably by
the restlessitem of the patient; there were 4 or 6 brownish
sad quite dry marks where the skin had been probably
escormtcil, principally on the leg.; and there was • very
hist bruise mark near one of these. The surrounding 'Lim
Isom these situations, was of its natural pale colour. Such
apperrances, and probably to • greater retest, would almost
I Inev4tably be found on the body of • patient who bad teen
be s violent state for two or three weeks before death.—l
diesaie, my dear sir, yam very faithfully, Wu. Law-
maisca.—.l. Z. Johnson, Esq.'
m April

" lismadealea of the body of Hassah Hymn.
Prif anadalaL Sows esperaci,l abrasions oa the
suillso d w- }sole entaninitiee, probably owing to the
Ilit d the skis ; alight 'calmest! ender
"Ma Waste &brow la the stags-
Nialitie die 4100. oppareatly connected with
andAwasset race easeaf ailll tam obvious, but rant
bays Is,. bealed cams arsertlbe. Oa removing the sap
varies, the arschnoid was lewd ssivetsally opaque; the
pia meter loaded with serum ; the ventricles considerably
distraded with fluid capable of holding from two
to three ounces each. Noshing farther morbid ob-
served in the brain, which was of average firm.
sem. Some fluid remained is the ease of the
shell after the brain was removed. The lungs were healthy;
some old aill•esion exited is the left pleura; heart rather
lahby ; abdominal Matra healthy. We are of opinion that
Use death of the deceased was clearly referable to the dis-
ease observed within the skull, which had existed some
seneths, and there wan no evidence to show that she had
esstaised say injury, which could is any way have bar
tamed her death.

„Wm. Woo°, M.D., Licentiate of the Royal
College of Physietame.
AUGUST:7S Cmr, M.R.C.S.
Sod L.A.C.
CH•RLIIII TAYLOR, M.R.C.S. sad L A.C.”
The witness withdrew.

ANOTHER WITNESS.
Nov, 18.—Mr. SAMUEL HAWES sworn and ex

imined

Yoe had a brother a patknt in Bethlehem ?—Yes.
Whets was he sent there ?—lle went on the 26th of Sep-
tember, and was removed on the sth of November.
Why was be removed so moos P—Because we were dis-
satisfied with the treatment be received by his appearance.
I went to see him on the Moaday and be was moved on the
Wediseeday, sad be bad two black eyes.
Did you observe anything elm ?—Aboat one inch of skin
was off the bridge of the ease
Did it appear m if caused bye blow /—Yes, as if be had
received a blow.
. _ .

What inquiries did you make upon the subject P—l in.
quired of Dr. Wood bow he same to bare those black eyes,
and he stated that upon one of the keepers taking him out
of his cell another patient pacing slammed the door to and
struck him across the face. I said I was surprised that he
should have blackened both Ms eyes, and hi- nose, and
bruised and diapered his temples. He said that he would
not eat, and he was compelled to feed him with a stomach
pump.
Did you make any farther inquiry P—Not at that time. I I
wished to know if I could have him removed to my house.
Dr. Wood said, not till the following Wednesday, as the
' treasurer was out of town. On the following Wednesday
' I went and found that he had a fresh wound on the back of
his head, sufficiently large to put the point of your small
finger in. Dr. Wood said that he had fallen down against
the screen that regorge the fire-place.
Was he paralysed i—Not at all.
Had he Ate ? No. They said that he was too weak to rit
up in a chair. On taking him home be ate throe parts of •
boiled sole, but eaperienced great difficulty in swallowing.
I asked him the reason, and he whispered that be had his
throat squeezed, and he could not eat the beef and potatoes
they gave him, and on account of his not eating the beef,
they turned him out and put him in the heck yard.
Did be appear to he tolerably rational at this time ?—On
Friday morning, at two o'clock, his reams returned, and
speech also. H- said that,on going to bed, he struck one of
the keepers. The keeper said We do not how any of thus
nonsinsio Acre. /mare in a n'iadAotio• now. And my bro-
ther 'made reply sad said, " OA, 'squaw seife." The keeper
said that she And another one, and did soot lona Aim nor.
That was untrue, was it not ?—Yee, perfectly so.
How long did he live after he left the asylum ?—He died
at ten minuted past sin on the Saturday morning after he
left.

-Was there any examination by a surgeon T—No, his father
obit eted to hays his throat opened.
Did there appear to be MS @UMW mark i —Yes, the skin
of the throat hung very flabby and very dark.
Was it discoloured ?—Purple. Ile told me that a sun
squeezed his throat.:
Did he describe !tow it was squeezed ?-7.40, he did not ;
they put something over his head and squeezed his throat.
Dal he my that this was done often ?--It was so frequent
that he could not swallow. The only thing he ate was a
boiled •ole, with the exception of calves feet Jelly and beef
tea, that I fed him with with with • spoon.
Did you 'gamine his body after his death ?—Yee, the
part of his back was very black indeed ; the back-
bon projected oat and was very black, and round his
=rails it wee purple, and his knees were very much
Judaea, sad right down to the ankle.
On bosh ings P—Oa the right leg.
la momposoo of what you maw, di I you make any
egimpialw:Linot his treatment at the hospital I—it
of mine went to get a certificate of his
=lnn Dr. Wood, and he mentioned all ulate to
ho dooler.onl MWM his to impress upon the mind of his
kierip *NW had IN. imp kindly treated. He told me
lima dad se tairsaird tell what he suffered when he
um them. la On they took him oat of hie cell
NA men WI walk, as In was, to the place where
prand eater Ids kr tee or a quarter
Was base ; sad Ono sow
frequeatly him as es his book on
the add name, he as he was, beano tbsy droned his.
Did she, wadi NB oft the Nam molar That