The Express.
London, England, 1866-09-21 00:00:00

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THI ixI'liESS, FRIDAY EVE G; SEPTEMBER

How came you to get 10a. more than your brother
Oh, Robert lel out of town at the time, so he mimed
it. (Laughter.)
And you had as much drink as you could hold, too, I
suppose?
No • I'm temperance.
Then you do the book department of the Arm? (Laughter.)
No, I don't.
floe. Marshall received 121. for his vote, and 11. for his
expense, and had 14s. Gd. from the other side also.
Maaluter had 51. paid by Thomas Garnett.
Mr. Coupland produced the voucher showing that
Garnett had received 81. on account of this witness's vote.

Commissioner i4;;I:o; (to witness)—l'm afraid he has
done you out of 32. When you catch him put him into the
County Court. (Laughter.)
William Maslnter had 5/. • John 'Miller 101. for his vote
and 31. for expenses ; William Powell 10/. for his vote and
21. be. for services on the committee ; William Shaw 61.
for his vote for Lawrence, and 30s. for his vote and ser-
I vices for Fencrick ; Edward Smith 81. for his vote which
he gave for Fermi& and Schneider, and 61. or 61. in addi-
tion before the election. He also had 30s. weekly for
three weeks for being upon the liberal committee. Had •
great deal of drink, in fact he was always drinking while
the election was about. (Laughter.)
Did you committee men do anything except drink ?
Not much. (Laughter.)
Now how much did you get from the conservative side ?
—I got 12/.—(laughter)--and I also had 20s. from Law-
rence's committee, and perhaps about a pound more for
drink. I meant to vote for Lawrence, and Mr. Coupland
paid me before I voted, but I was brought round to Fen-
wick and Schneider in the end. (Laughter.)
You were serving on both the liberal and conservative
committees?—Yes. (Laughter.)
How many other voters were serving on both sides ?
Very nearly all the men I knew. The main part of them
were drawing money from both aides.
Then from liberals and conservatives together you got
about 28/. , beeides eating and drinking ?—Nay, I had
nowt to eat. (Laughter.)
But you made up by drinking. At whose expense did
yon drink ?—Both aides. (Laughter.) I wasn't particular.
John Powell Swainson received 20/. for his vote . • Septi-
mus Hodgson received the same amount ; and Henry
Wilson the same. They were all three butchers, and had
agreed to go together, and to get 20/. each. Wilson also
received 31. fromthe liberals for drink.

TheloWury*-- ---wS;p;;;Sediei when our parcel was de-
spatched.

Tilt RIVER MEDWAY.

Yesterday afternoon an influential public meet-
ing of landowners and other inhabitants of West Kent
was held at the Town-hall, Maidstone, to take into con-
sideration the propriety of adopting measures for stocking
the river Medway with salmon and other fish, and for the
general improvement of the river. The chair was occupied
by the mayor of Maidstone (Mr. Lawrence), who had con-
vened the meeting, in compliance with the request of en
association recently formed at Tunbridge. Amongst those
present were Mr. Frank Buckland and Mr. J. W.
Fennell, one of the government inspectors of fisheries.
Mr. Frank Buckland said in that county they bad three
good rivers—the Thames, the Medway, and the Stour;
but they were at present comparatively useless, so far as
the production of fish was concerned. He believed that
no valid reason existed why this should continue to be the
case, and that by adopting the proper means it was as
easy to grow fish as it was to grow hops. The annual
value of the salmon fisheries amounted in Scotland to
500,0001. ; in Ireland, to 300,0001. ; but in England, to
10,0001. only. The Medway, in consequence of its tribu-
taries, was well adapted for the cultivation of salmon ;
and it was stated in ancient records that 1,300 salmon
from the Medway were supplied to the monks at Roches-
ter. He was not yet fully acquainted with the
river and all its sources ; he knew, however,
that some of its tributaries were from 15 to 20 miles in
length, and it was to these streams that the salmon would
go to lay its eggs, if allowed to do so. There were a num-
ber of locks on the Medway, which would prevent the
fish from going up the river, but this difficulty might be
overcome ny the use of ladders, which had been proved by
repeated experiments. Of course it would be impossible
to breed salmon in polluted water, and the refuse of gas
works and similar matter was particularlyl destructive. He
presumed, however, that for the sake of their own health
and that of their families, they wished to keep the river
pure, and if that wasdone he felt confident that the
object he advocated might soon be attained. Mr. Fennell
referred to the commission appointed in 1860 to investi-
gate the subject of the salmon hsheries, and its subsequent
labours, which had been attended with a large amount of
success. In Derbyshire the produce of the salmon fish-
eries had increased tenfold. The Medway was not
one of the rivers which Lad yet been officially
considered with respect to the salmon fisheries ;
but he felt much encouraged from what he had heard
that morning from the man in charge of the lock near
Maidstone, who said that within two months he bad
caught two salmon, weighing about 12Ibs. each. The
length of the Medway from its rise to the Nora was 69
miles ; and there were now many rivers in this country of
not one-fourth the extent which produced abundance of
good salmon. In that locality the.existenoe lof numerous
paper mills was no doubt considered • great obstacle to
the breedingof salmon in the river ; but the refuse which
came from these mills ought not to be allowed to pollute
the stream, and it was quite unnecessary that such should
be the case, as by a small expenditure a reservoir might be
constructed to receive the refuse, which could all
be sold, to the advantage of the manufacturer.
He should in theexercise of his duties as a public officer
occupy several days in making a complete inspection of the
Medway and its tributaries, so that he might be in a
position at a future time to give more definite information,
and be hoped in the prosecution of his work to receive the
valuable assistance of Mr. Buckland. Other gentlemen
supported the objects of the association, and the meeting
was then adjourned to enable Mr. Fennell to inspect the
river and its tributaries, and present a report on the whole
subject.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

THE ST. GILES'S MURDER.

After our report left yesterday the following evidence
was adduced for the defence: _

Mr. G. C. Itarwell said he had known the prisoner two
years and a half, and frequently saw him. Witness was •
carpenter and joiner by trade, but he preached occasionally,
and he had several conversations with the prisoner upon
the subject of religion. The prisoner upon one occasion
told him that he was a Jew by birth, and that he was of
Jewish extraction. Sometimes he would talk rationally
for a time, and then suddenly become incoherent and ab-
struse, and rise up from his seat and exclaim that he was •
lout man, and he was sure to go to bell. Upon some ooca-
"ions the prisoner, in the middle of a serious conversation,
would exclaim, " Harwell, you are • rum fellow."
When he acted in this way witness observed • peculiar
glistening of the eyes, and the prisoner appeared to be
agitated all over his body. At other times the prisoner
would burst into tears, and he frequently said how mise-
rable he was, and that he wished he was dead. The pri-
soner frequently brought the deceased child to his house,
and he always appeared to be remarkably fond of him, and
upon one occasion he offered witness 501. as a premium if
he would take the child as an apprentice. He also told
him that there was money in the funds for the benefit of
the child, and that he was determined to take care of it
for him, end prevent his mother from getting hold of it.
Cross-examined—Witnees used to preach in the open
air, and the prisoner spoke to him upon one occasion after
he had bean so engaged. When the prisoner said he was
miserable, they had been talking about his wife, and
witness was aware that she was living with another man.
Mr. John Frazer, who described himself as a Gospel
preacher, said he had known the prisoner five years, and
he had visited the prisoner's wife and her mother upon
some occasions. Ible had read the Bible and prayed
with the grandmother, and he remembered that one day
be told her that he was anxious to effect • reconciliation

between her and the prisoner and his wife. The latter
was present, and she said that she hated him and the
grandmother said the same, and added that she would
hunt him to death. Upon one occasion while the prisoner
was in his room, he suddenly seized the ppooker and bran-
dished it about, and was very violent, excisiming "There
they go, there they go," and witness had him watched for
nearly a day. He could not say that the prisoner was
drunk at this time, and he did not look like a drunken man
when he came into his room. He always oonaidered the
prisoner was not right in his mind, and he appeared espe-
cially excited when the subject of his wife having had a
child was mentioned. He had heard from the wife that
she had this child when she was only fourteen years and
three months old, sad that it was in the Foundling
Hospital.
Cross-examined—Witness had never seen any pence
under the influence of delirium tremens, and be was
unable to say whether the prisoner was suffering from that
malady when he brandished the poker. He would not say
that the prisoner had not been drinking at the time, but he
walked like a sober man.

Mr. Daly having summed up the cue for the prisoner,
Mr. Poland briefly replied, and in the course of his
observations he said it appeared to him that if the defence
of insanity were allowed to prevail in the present use, no
eharge of murder could ever be made against any man in
which the same defence might not be set up. A man
might aot foolishly ; he might be under delu-
sions, arising from the effects of drink, but this
was no answer to such a charge as the present,
and before the jury would be justified in acquitting the
prisoner on the ground of insanity, they must be satisfied
that at the time the act was committed the prisoner was
incapable of distinguishing between right and wrong, or
not aware of what he was doing.

Mr. Justice Wiles then proceeded to sum up, observing
that he thought the jury would not entertain any doubt
that a murder bad, in point of fact, been committed, and
the only question for them to answer was, whether it was
established bT the evidence that the prisoner's was the
hand by which that murder had been committed. He
then referred to all the material points in the ease, and
said that the defence of the prisoner appeared to rest upon
the assumption that at the time the offence was committed
he was of unsound mind and on that fround was not re-
sponsible. The learned judge then explained the laws upon
this subject, and concluded by leaving the case in the
hands of the jury.
The jury commenced their deliberations at five minutes
past six o'clock, and in ten minutes they found • verdict
of Guilty.
Mr. Justice Willes at once assumed the black cap, and,
addressing the prisoner, said he bad been convicted upon
evidence that had satisfied the jury, and which undoubt-
edly satisfied his own mind, of the murder of his son,
Arthur Richard Jeffery. It was needless to dwell upon
the circumstances under which the crime was committed,
but they were undoubtedly circumstances of great bruta-
lity. The only hope that could have existed for him as •
defence was the question that had been raised
by his counsel whether he was in such a state
of mind as to be responsible for his actions, and
the jury were of opinion that there was not
sufficient evidence to support that suggestion, and he en-
tirely concurred with them in that opinion. There could
be no doubt that he had allowed a feeling of jealousy to
prey upon his mind, and that under the influence of that
feeling he had committed the dreadful crime of which he
had been found guilty. The learned judge then exhorted
the prisoner to prepare for the fate which, he said, inevi-
tably awaited him, and concluded by passing sentence of
death in the usual form.
The prisoner, when the sentence was pronounced, bested
to be allowed to say a few words, and he then turned
the jury, and said is • clear, calm tone, " I declare as I
stand here before God that I did not know what I was
about when I did it. I admit that I have had a fair trial,
and I thank you, my lord and the jury. lam guilty."
The prisoner was then removed.

NEW COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice Lush.)

Emily Bradbury, a decently-attired woman, with an
infant in her arms, surrendered in discharge of her bail, to
answer an indictment charging her with the manslaughter
of Jane Edwards on the 3rd of August last. She was also
charged on the coroner's inquisition.
Mr. R. N. Philiips conducted the prosecution ; and Mr.
Montagu Williams (instructed by Mr. Ricketts) defended.
The evidence on the part of the prosecution disclosed
that the deceased was a married woman, and resided with
her family at No. 38, Langford-road, Camden-town ; and
the prisoner, also a married woman, lodged at her house.
On the day in question the clothes belonging to both were
hanging up to dry on the lines in the yard, and a quarrel
ensued in consequence, as is alleged, of the prisoner pall-
ing down two counterpanes belonging to the deceased,
and throwing them to the ground, by which they were
considerably soiled. The deceased expostulated with
the prisoner, who instantly took down the clothes-
prop suppoKing the line, and aiming it lance-like,
she thrust, or " jammed" (as the witnesses de-
scribed it) the sharp, or forked end into the left
eye of the deceased with great violence, the result being
that the deceased fell to the ground insensible. She was
ultimately removed to the hospital, where after lingering
some times he died from the effects of the injuries she had
sustained. The evidence of Mr. H. S. Shaw, the house-
surgeon of the hospital, established the fact that death had
ensued from tetanus, or lock-jaw, produced by the injury
inflicted upon the eye, end further, that on a post-mortem
examination of the body, be discovered in the region
of the eye, an ulcer which on being opened was found
to contain several splints of wood? one of them
three-quarters of an inch long. Those splints he had found
to correspond with the sharp end of the clothes prop which
he had examined.

Mr. M. Williams addressed an eloquent appeal to the
jury on behalf of the prisoner, but called no witnesses.
The jury, after some consultation, returned a verdict of
Guilty, accompanied with a strong recommendation to
_ _

Mr: Justice Lush deferred passing sentence, and the
prisoner was removed from the bar.
At the rising of the court the prisoner was brought up
for judgment, when
Mr. Justice Lush, addressing her, said that be had taken
time to consider her case with a view to ascertain what
sentence be ought to pronounce. He entirely concurred
with the verdict which the jury had pronounced, and he
should give effect to their recommendation. But for that
recommendation the sentence would have been made more
severe ; as it was the sentence was that she be imprisoned
with hard labour for three calendar months.

Barbara Brown, a forbidding-looking young woman,
was indicted for throwing a quantity of oil of vitriol at
Frederick Waddell, with intent to burn or disfigure him,
or to do him grievous bodily harm.
Mr. R. P. Wood prosecuted.
The evidence established the facts that the prosecutor,
who is barman at the Duke of York tavern, York-road,
Lambeth, had cohabited with the prisoner for two years,
but had separated from her in consequence of her drunken
habits. About 8 o'clock on the evening of the 11th
September instant she entered the tavern, and deliberately
threw the contents of a cup she brought with her in the
direction of his face, but by accidentally turning his head
the liquid missed his face, but fell on his vest and shirt,
which were burned and stained. It was proved that the
prisoner had purchased the vitriol half an hour before the
occurrence, and when taken into custody seemed to rejoice
in the act, stating that she would do it again if she had
the opportunity.
The jury found her Guilty on the minor count of the
indictment, and she was sentenced to 18 months' impri-
sonment with hard labour.

On the amlication of Mr. F. H. Lewis, the trial of Ed-
ward Gran Mid, the late manager of the Leeds Banking
Company, for fraud, was again postponed by Mr. Justice
Lash to the next sessions, the learned judge declining to
Ex • day when it should come on.

Thomas Crippe, a labourer, was indicted for ravishing
and carnally knowing Martha Ann Herbert, a young girl
14 years of age, at Hatton, near Bedfont.
Mr. Collins, instructed by Messrs. Sheen and Roscoe, on
behalf of the Society for the Protection of Women and
Children, prosecuted, and Mr. Pater defended the prisoner.
After a long inquiry,
The jury found the prisoner Guilty of an assault with
intent to commit a rape, and
Mr. Justice Lush sentenced him to 18 months' impri-
sonment with bard labour.

THIRD DOUBT.
(Before Xr. Thomas Chambers, Q.C., Common Serjeant.)
Edward Eheen was indicted for feloniously assaulting
Robert Simone, with intent to do grievous bodily harm.
The indictment had been found at the July seastone, but
had been adjourned, in consequence of the inability of the
prosecutor to attend as a witness, by reason of the injury
he bad snotained. _ _ .

The prisonerTal in the meantime been admitted to bail,
and now surrendered to take hie trial. _ _ .

Mr. Begley (instructed by Mr. Pook) appeared for the
prosecution, and Mr. Cooper defended the prisoner.
The prosecutor was foreman in the service of Messrs.
Wilkie and Soames, soap manufacturers at East Green-
wich, and the prisoner was a labourer employed by that
firm. One day in the month of July last the prisoner was
told by the prosecutor to do certain work, which he seemed
disinclined to perform, on which the prosecutor told him
that if he would not work he had better leave the service,
on which the prisoner replied that he would do so, and
asked where he could get his money. The prosecutor re-
plied, he could receive it where be had always been paid.
The prisonerthen went out of the workshop, but returned in
• few minutes, and seizing the prosecutor, him from
the desk stool at which he was sitting at his duties, and
threw him violently on the ground, the result being that
his leg was fractured by the fall, and from the fracture
he had not reeovered, but, on the contrary, he now ap-
peared before the court on crutches.
Mr. Cooper interposed, and said that his client had ex-
pressed deep contrition for what had happened, and would
pleadty to the count in the indictment for unlawfully
woun
That p ea having been recorded,
The Oommon Serjeant sentenced the prisoner to three
months' imprisonment with hard labour.
Ann Lander, 29, married, and Charles Fudge, were in-
dicted for a robbery with violence on Thomas Caper, and
stealing fromPLis person 11/., his monies.
Mr. Cooper (instructed by Mr. Croker, from the office
of Mr. Few) appeared for the prosecution ; and Mr.
Montagu Williams defended the male prisoner.
The prosecutor is a cabinet maker, living in Bethnal-
green, and on the night of the 14th August was crossing
Finsbury awe, on his way home, when the female pri-
soner accosted him and asked him for sixpence. He put
his hand into his pocket to comply with the request, when
• man suddenly seized him from behind by the throat and
pressed him so tightly that he could not speak, the female
prisoner taking the whole of his money out of his pocket.
The man (not the prisoner) then tripped him and be fell
heavily on theground, but on reooverinir himself he followed
and by the aid of a constable succeeded in taking the female
prisoner and • man (who died the same night at the polioe-
station) into custody.
Mr. M. Williams submitted that there was no case
against Fudge.
The Common Serjeant COIMUTtId, and directed his ac-
quittal.
The jury found the female prisoner Lander Guilty, and
she wassentenced to be kept in penal servitude for the term
of seven years.

THE POLICE COURTS.
GUILDHALL

Maria Mayhew, residing at No. 2, Vernon-place,
Bloomsbury, surrendered in discharge of his recognisance'
on the charge of having committed perjury in an affidavit
before the deputy-registrar of the Lord Mayor's court. Be
was further charged not only with having committed per-
jury, but also with forgery and impersonation.
Evidence in support of both cases was taken, and the
prisoner was further remanded.

THE EXTRAORDINARY IMPUTATIONS UPON
A MEDICAL MAN.

Mr. James Part, on being sworn at the inquest yester-
day, said—l am a member of the Royal College of
Surgeons, and a graduate of medicine at St. An-
drew's. I reside at 89, Camden-road. I was called
to see the deceased, Mr. Golding, on the 26th De-
cember, by Miss Southgate. I was told he was ill, but
that he also wished to see me on other business. That was
in the morning. I went to see him about three o'clock,
and when I went into the room where deceased was we
were alone, and on the door being closed, Mr. Golding said
" Phave sent for you to be my executor. lam very ill,
and feel that I have not long to live. I went out some
ten or twelve days ago, and got my clothes wet. I have
a bad cough, and my breathing is very troublesome. I
have become so much weaker these last few days that I
cannot get up and down stairs." I desired him to take
off his coat and waistcoat, and examined his chest.
There was both large and small mucous bronchi, with
difficult respiration. His pulse was at 100, and healthy,
but his expectoration copious. His countenance was
dusky. He was in the second floor of the house, which
was
i exceedingly dirty and cold, and there was scarcely a
handful of fire n the grate. I considered, looking at his
age, that he was beyond all human aid ' • but I prescribed
for him. Dr. Part here read his prescription from his day-
book. The rills were composed off of a grain of ipe-
cacuanba, 4of a grain of squills, of a grain of sulphate of
zinc, and 2 grains of extract of henbane. These were to pro-
duce expectoration. Dr. Partalso read the prescription foe the
liquid medicine he had given to his assistant to be made
up for the deceased. He read it in Latin, and translated
it into English, for the information of the jury thus :
"Solution of acetate of ammonia, 2 oz. ; oxymel of
squills, 2 drachms ; compound tincture of camphor, 2
drachius ; aniseed water, b oz. A sixth part every four
hours."

By Mr. Beard—He told me he wanted to make his will,
and I said, "You had better have • solicitor to do so."
Mr. Golding said, " No, you can take the instructions and
do it." He said, " You get some paper, and I will dictate
it to you." I got some paper, and he then said, " I leave
Ito Frances Southgate 1001., and Frances Southgate, jun.,
IDOL" He then said, " I give you all my prints and
proofs, and I leave you my residuary legatee, and appoint
you my sole executor. Yon will find in my house 2J01.,
or thereabouts, in gold and silver, 901. in notes, and stind•
ing in my name in Three per Cent. Consols, 1,200/." I
then said, " Have you any relations, Mr. Golding ?" He
replied, " I have some, but I have not seen them for many
years, and I don't care for them. In fact, I had thou3ht
of leaving my money to a friend, an artist, but there are
circumstances in his family that make me think it will
soon be squandered away, and I have resolved to leave it
to you." I said, " Have you any other wishes ?" to which
he replied, " I should like you to give the landlady the
furniture or 101. in money, which you please." I said,
" I suppose you wish to give the Southgate' their legacies
free of duty?" He replied , " Well, no ; I have been
thinking of that, and if you do, your share will not be a
thousand pounds, what I intend it should." He said,
" You had better describe me of 45, Upper Seymour-
street, for I resided there when I bought that stock in."
I sent him a bottle of wine and some boiled turkey, and
Mrs. Part made him some beef tea. The day I first saw
him he said, " There is a 501. note in the drawer, and you
may as well take that with you." When I left, the first
thing I did was to go and try to find a nurse who lived in
the same street as be did, but she was out. I then called
upon Mr. Wehnert's brother, and I asked him to tell
his brother to come that evening as I wanted him to make
deceased's will. It told Mr. Wehnert to make the
will quickly, se I did not think the gentleman would
live. He appointed one o'clock next day, and
Mr. Wehnert and Captain Brookes went with me
to Mr. Golding, and I introduced them. I went out and
got some ink, and on my return I saw the will executed.
On receiving the will from Mr. Wehnert, Mr. Golding
rose up from his chair, and handing it to me said, " I give
this to your charge," and turning to the solicitor he said,
" Now, sir, what is your compliment ?" I said, " Never
mind that, Mr. Golding, I will settle that." I pre-
scribed for him after that. When I saw the dirty state of
the place on my first visit, I directed it to be cleaned and
a fire lighted, and the place warmed. I left him on the
afternoon he signed the will, about half-put three. I
gave him some sherry and water. I never showed Miss
Southgate a paper or papers on the day I went there, or
told her, so far as I recolleet, that on the death of her
mother the whole would come to her. On the follow.
ing day (Thursday) so soon as I heard deceased was worse
—that was about ten o'clock—l went directly,
and when my carriage came to the door I requested m
wife to follow me. When I went he was sensible, and I
did not find him at all convulsed. I left about half-past
twelve. I went into the sitting-room, and saw • drawer
open, and Miss Southgate was there. Thislwu the drawer
from which Mr. Golding had taken the &W. to give me on
the previous day, and I saws sovereign loose in the drawer,
and some of the bags with money gone. Miss Southgate
left deceased's room a second time, and when I went in I
missed the sovereign, and told Miss Southgate that I had
missed it, and she said, " Oh, I have got that," and she
gave it up. It is perfectly untrue that I ransacked the
place while the deceased was dying. It is also untrue that
I ever took any watches away. N% hat I took was in the
evening after the death of Mr. Golding. After his death,
when I returned, I said to Mile Southgate, "I must
request you to remain in the house till we have
searched the place. You have aroused some very
disagreeable impressions in my mind, and I cannot
allow you to go till we have found all the money."
That night we found 001. The next morning we found an
old-fashioned leaden inkstand, and • box in which there
were 30 sovereigns rolled up. That made altogether 901
found in the house.

Mr. Beard—Now a great deal has been said about the
hurried manner in which you got rid of the body. Tell us
what took place.
Witnees—l asked the deceased if he had any request to
make about his body. He said, " No," that I might take
it to the dissecting-room if I liked. After some other de-
tailed statements oontradictory to what had been stated as
to witness's refusing the body to be seen, he stated that he
had been in practice 36 years, and had been surgeon to the
Artists' Benevolent Fund 20 Tears.
By the Coroner—l cannot in any way account for arsenic
being found. I wrote the prescription and left my moistent
to make it up.
By Mr. Winckworth—Tbe deceased's complaint was
bronchitis. I know Mr. Cameron. He is a solicitor. He
was never m solicitor. Miss Southgate never told me
that Mr. Goly ding was her friend. I never told any one
that the deceased was a peer man: 901. 3s. was the aggre-
gate amount that I found in the house. I knew Mr. Tay-
lor, of Agar-town. I believe he was drowned at Southend.
I attended him formerly. I discharged his account oe
condition that I should have his prints when he died.
They are a Tiny fine collection. I cannot swear that I did

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sot say that the whole would go to Mies Southgate at her
mother's death. _ ..

idWtitlßriertion, examined by Mr. Beard—l reside
at Tetherington Vicarage, in Gloucestenhire. I was an
assistant to Dr. Part in December last. I remember
making up the prescription strictly and correctly.
By the Coroner—l made up the mixture, but the pills
were kept made up in stock.
By Mr. Winkworth.—l have never seen the book of pre.
scriptious since I left Dr. Part's. _ .

Captain Edward Wolf frooksr deposed—l reside at 66,
Pa ull-street, Kentish-town. lam son-in-law of Dr.
Part. I was on a visit at Dr. Part's hone' in December
last. I remember going with the doctor to the house of
the deceased. He told me he wanted me to attest the will.
Mr. Wehnert, the solicitor, was present. The doctor left
the room to get some ink, and then the will was read to the
deceased, who remarked that it was exactly 'what he
wanted.

[The will of the deceased was handed in and read by the
witness.;
Examination continued—The deceased was . perfectly
sensible when the will was read. I know nothing about
the residuary property left to Dr. Part. I was there on
the Wednesday. I was alio there the next day about half.
put 2 o'clock. I went there because I knew that Mrs.
Part was alone. The deceased appeared to me to breathe with
great difficulty. Mies Southgate was in the room some
part of the time. I did not ask her if she knew Golding's
handwriting. I did not ask her if be was capable of
menacing his own affairs. After the attestation of the
will, it was handed to Dr. Part, with the words, "You take
this and keep it." Miss Southgate was not in the room
when the will wee read over.

Caroline Part deposed—l am the wife of James Part, of
Camden-road. I remember on the 28th December last
going to the house of the deceased. I went because no one
else was there. I saw the deceased upon arriving. Dr.
Part and Mrs. and Miss Southgate were there. My son Jamas
came soon after I got there. He brought some sandwiches
with him at my request. Directly the doctor left Mrs. South-
gate suggested that Miss Southgate should go home, bat I
told her if she did the old gentleman might die tither absence.
He died about 3 o'clock in the presence of Mrs. and Misa South-
gate, my son, and myself. Mrs. Southgate said she was
very glad I was there, as she could not touch a °°When the man died I seat down to Mrs. Todd, the landladye
of the house, to assist me in laying hint out,but she said she
could not touch a dead body. I then suggested that they
should send for the charwoman, but they said she would
not touch a dead body any more than they would. I
waited there for my husband, who said that his sons would
lay him out. I never told Miss or Mrs. Southgate that
they might go home. I never told them that they should
not hear the will read. I observed a great deal of whis-
pering going on between Mrs. and Miss Southgate. They
did not leave the house till the evening on the day Mr.
Golding died. lam quite Bare that I never spoke to Mrs.
Southgate. I took the part I did solely out of philan-
thropy because no one could be found to do it.
By the Coroner—l never attended any one in this way
before.

Thomas Vincent Part deposed—l am the son of Dr.
Part. I assist my father in his profession. I took some
turkey and medicine to the house of Mr. Golding on the
night before he died. I went upstairs and knocked at his
door, but the deceased would not let me in, and I left the
things outside the door. On the day after the death I
went to the house, and assisted my brother to put on a
clean shirt, and subsequent) I assisted to put him in the
coffin. My mother augges that she should go out of the
room, and that the trousers of the deceased should be
taken off, but I and my brother did not think it necessary.
There were numerous persons in the house, and as there
were no friends of the deceased we thought it advisable to
have the coffin screwed down.

The foreman of the jury said It appears to me strange,
gentlemen, that she son of a doctor should go to the house
of his father's patient to lay out a dead body.
Witness—l went there to assist my mother to lay out a
dead body.
Foreman—You were aware, I suppose, that your mother
went to lay out the body
Witness—My mother did not go to lay out the body.
Then what made you go?—I went out to see my mother.
Juryman—Do you always Fo where your mother goes?
The Coroner—l think this is really unfair. I think the
fact of their father having been made the executor of the
deceased, and he having left them a fortune, it is very
reasonable to suppose that they would take an unusual
interest in their father's patient.
James Part deposed that he was the second son of Dr.
Part. He went to the house on the day the deceased
died, and was there an hour and a half before Mr. Golding
died. Witness then went on to corroborate in detail pre-
vious evidence as to the sending for some person to lay the
body out.
By Mr. Winckworth—l swear that Mrs. Todd was asked
to assist to lay the dead body out.
Mr. Booth, the undertaker, examined by Mr. Winck-
worth—He deposed that the funeral was highly respec-
table. He did not remember ever burying any one with
his trousers on. He did not conceive that there was any
slur in burying a man with his trousers on.
The foreman of the jury said there was a great discre-
pancy between the evidence of Mr. Part and that of MIL
Pat.

Mr. Beard here wished to call Mr. G. W. Rose, the super-
intendent of the Highgate Cemetery, to prove that the
funeral was a highly respectable one, and that the de-
ceased was buried in a private grave, but the evidence
was deemed by the jury unnecessary.
There being no further witnesses on either aide,
The Coroner, in summing up the evidence, wished, in
the first place, to explain that a misapprehension had
occurred in stating that he had ordered the exhumation of
the body by direction of the Secretary of State. He had
full power to order the exhumation of a body on his own
account, but as the magistrates would not allow the
coroner their expenses in such cases, he had applied to the
Secretary of State on that point only. The Secretary of
State said he could not interfere, and therefore, seeing the
importance of this investigation, be had felt it his duty to
order these proceedings at his own expense. He should
consider himself incompetent to discharge the duties per
twining to the office of coroner unless he had done so, after
the letter he had received containing the allegations of
neglect against Dr. Part. So far as the charge of neglect
was concerned, he thought the jury must see that it was
not made out. Then came that which was without doubt
a singular feature, that the medical evidence showed that
although there was no evidence of strychnine or any
poison calculated to produce convulsions, still there were
slight traces of morphia and arsenic, but in neither clue
were such traces sufficient to produce death. Wite
to the will, no doubt the accusers were actuated trd
feel.
ings of jealousy.
The room having been cleared, the jury proceeded to
consider, and after about three quarters of an hour, the
court being reopened, the following verdict was recorded :
" That on the 2th day of December, 1865, Richard Gold-
ing was found dying, and did die, at 17, Stebbington-street,
in the parish of St. Pancras, from the mortal effects of bron-
chitis; and the said jurors further say that, although a
small quantity of arsenic and morphia were found in the
stomach of deceased, the said death arose from natural
causes."

Applause followed the announcement of the verdict,
and the proceedings closed.

STRANGE SCENE AT WAILIFTELD.—On Wednes-
day afternoon the Old Market Cross at Wakefield was
offered for sale by public auction. A large crowd col-
lected, and the proceedings were of a very disorderly
character. Sometime ago the shopkeepers in Crose-equare,
at the entrance to which the old cross stood, memo-
rialised the town council, as the local board of health,
to remove it, and, after a warm discussion, it was re-
solved to comply with the request, although the ratepayer
were nearly all in favour of its remaining. On Wed-
nesday, after Mr. C. Dixon, who officiated as auctioneer,
had read the advertisement for the sale, Mr. Councillor
Burton, who strongly opposed the removal of the old relic,
asked the auctioneer who had authorised him to sell. Mr.
Dixon replied that he bad received his instructions from
Mr. Whitham, the town clerk. As Mr. Whitham was
not present, Mr. Burton then asked the deputy town
clerk (Mr. H. Morgan), who authorised Mr. 'Whitham to
instruct Mr. Dixon to sell. The deputy town-clerk de-
clined to answer the question. Mr. Burton then proceeded
to say that the sale was illegal, and addressed the crowd,
who hurrahed and cheered most vociferously. At the
conclusion of his remarks, the auctioneer, who war
mounted upon a soap box at the Cross was about to
address the crowd, but Mr. Burton called for a show of
hands on the subject. On asking whether the crowd were
in favour of the building remaining or for its removal,
nearly every hand was held up for it to remain, there
being only about half a damn amongst the large crowd
who held up their hands for its removal. Owing to the
very disorderly nature of the proceeding however, it was
impossible for the crowd to have heard s,
what Mr. Burton
had said. Notwithstanding this manifestation on the part
of the public, the conditions of sale were pi °duped by Mr.
Beil, clerk to Mr. Whitham. He proceeded to read them,
but immediately yelling, booli..g, and other discordant
noises were made, and before he had concluded he was
pushed off his post, the auctioneer being also dismounted.
They regained their position, and Mr. Dixon was about to
address the crowd, but found it impossible to do so, and
therefore asked for bids, his appeal being received with
booting, &o. Mr. Burton hoped that not a shilling would
be bid, and said that he offered 300/. for the place on the
previous Monday, and it was refused. The auctioneer
said the place must be sold, and, after much perseverance,
he obtained a bid of 201., which was increased by U. bids
until 35/. was offered by Mr. Thomas Armitage, of
street, to whom it was knocked down. The lead was sold
to Mr. Craven, plumber, 'Westgate, for 19e. 6d. per cwt.
The mayor, the vicar, and nearly the whole of the mem-
bers of the council, and many of the principal inhabitants
of the town were present. The Cross is to be removed at
once, and it is stated by those who have advocated its
clearance that it will be a great public improvement.
Prior to the sale the bell on the top of the Cross, which
has remained silent for a great number of years, was
tolled, which was probably a means of bringing a large
crowd.—Leeds Mercury.

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ALEXANDRA PALACE AND Pisa.—The structure
now in tonne of erection on the very top of Mnewell-hill
is fast approaching completion, the contractors, Vern.
Kelk and Lucas, having 1,200 men engaged upon it. The
works were commenced in September, 1865, and have been
carried on with unabated energy. The Great Northern
Akenpany have already purchased the Edgware and High-
gate Railway, by means of which they will obtain • second
line to the palace.