The Express.
London, England, 1856-06-02 00:00:00

TO Tlll =ITO' OP TIII ITP/PAL

Bir,—Notwithatsading On tons of your mast snick
upon the ems of my unhappy client, Wm. Palmer, I still
trust to your kaowu spirit of jaetice and fair play that you
will Masa this sewununitutiou for me.

I as sot going to weary you with • mislaid° disquisition,
nor to Wpm& the judge's charge, nor the verdict which
was founded upon it. I am about to state facts sdaMtMl
by the crown upon the trial, and upon these powerful and
all importune features of the case I sonfidently look for the
support of the public generally.

In the first place, the theory of perfect absorption, u
propounded by Dr. Taylor, is new sad hypothetical, not in
uy way warranted by saperince.
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fiscoaly, as tba theory ham not been proved by any re
Rabbi esperimat, it may be false.
Thirdly, if etrychnia ia aorabsorbed and decomposed,
cad can be totted under similar circumstances as to thew
which existed and now exist in the ease of the lets Joha
Parsons Cook, then my client will hays been the victim of
an erroneous conviction if strychnia esitaot now be disco-
vered in the remains of the body of the deceased. Hoar
after hour I receive commannieetions from professional
gentlemen of the first mimeses in dieset antagonism
'to Professor Taylor's doctrine; and, as the re-
cital of the ease has travelled over various parts
of the world, this novel sad strange notion of
absorption is strongly combated. Remember the life of a
human being is at stake ! The prerogative of mercy has
lately ban exorcised la two was of murder, and the spirit
of the age, sembiaed with year powerful approbation, made
the mortise oldest prerogative popular. I do not seek for
pardon, nay not eves a commutation of the sestinas ; I
only ask that William Palmer's We should be spared until
a conunissioa of iaquiry should test, in such meaner as
be thought most median, the madame or fallacy of Dr.
Taylor's theory.

Sub a comMolost, I Ira Watt , ought to be sppointod by
government, for U Penner be guilty, and shown to be so,
the snetieal and odentille doubt will bays been solved,
and science beweated, but it he be innoosnt, then would
every honest Mart rejoice that lib had not been sacrificed
to an apparent stdentifio dogma.

She Id PIIMW So in a felon's gram and the whole theory
of absorption tiara out to be the veriest imagination, what
would be the public indignation upon the tuition ? What
the feeling of kis Judges and the j wore ? If the larger taste
and experiments eondested by impartial men, unprejudiced
by professional jealousy, be confirmatory of his guilt, is
God's num let the law take its marse,and a felon's grave be
his final ratio' place. Time, then, for the sake of Oath, for
the elucidation of science, for the security of the public,
not only for this generation, bet of generation" to some,
ought to be granted for the purpose of farther inquiry.
Let not Palmer live Mr hie own sake, nor yet foe his lost
child, trashed by early sorrow and dishonour, but for the
larger (although not deem) and more comprehensive
oh=ham stated.—l &a., JOHN SMITH.
's Hotel, Great Queen-street, May 31.

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these of the inseam and other base trades, which bad bees languid
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the flesesof erporteers all anwarabla as be the fatale of the home
Minh The Iran tram nestind are Asia hating up, and no. that
mom thaw* beeome there plentiful, there Is every reason to to.
VOWS iIIMINIOD seambre a greater freedom of
mellow. lbe Iliethes Wade seselesse tow Nimbi, rend; the hoed-
ma aims la sew areessideesbie ; the aides lately runnel from
Athena; me asseenalisi sad the West bible trade I. steady—tee
athleth being Awl op loft inange. The ken trade to Galt rather
6111.11 the biseriwthems Swift alter sleets as well Ild for rads ;
PR y wardrat af Ist brads there Is se brisk • demand
se ewe meet ipieththdeg, seal setae With then doctored. Tor in.
knee thisseedlassw OM soft sesslS sitar at ndaced quota-
tion. Us omit of awl Is *ma st. prier have a downward
tallere.