The Express.
London, England, 1856-05-21 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(TROY OUR OWN CORRISPONDENT
PARIS, TUESDAY Evamixes.
Count Orloff and Bunn Brunnow had audience of
the Emperor at St. Cioud on Sunday.
Prince Oscar of Sweden is grandson of the late
King Bernadotte, and the third born eon of the five
children the issue of the marriage of King Oscar I.
(Joseph Francis) with the Princess Josephine Maxi-
=Winne Eugenia, daughter of Prince Eugene de
Leuchtenburg and the Princess Amelia of Ba•aris.
It is the mother of this prince, the present Queen of
Sweden, who is the godmother of the Prince Impe-
rial of France. Prince Oscar, Duke of Ostrogothia,
captain in the navy, was born on the 21st January,
1829. His elder brother, the t sir presumptive, was
born on the 3rd May, 1826, and married on the 19th
June, 1850, the Princess Wilbelmina of Orange, born
the Sth August, 1828, daughter of Prince William of
the Netherlands.

It appears now to be scarcely beyond a doubt that
the only reform to be hoped for in Italy is that scanty
measure which France and Austria, now intimate
allies, are agreed to ask tor. It is repeated in many
quarters that an identical note has been, or at least is
on the point of being, sent by France and Austria to
the Pope, demanding a certain degree of secularisa-
tion in the administration. Letters from Vienna
state that Count Duo! has recently had
several interviews with the Pope's nuncio,
Monsignor Vials-Preta, on the subject, and that the
interviews have not been satisfactory, the court of
Rome showing little disposition to concede what is
,asked.

The Patrie has a correspondence from Naples,
stating that Austria, fearing to compromise its newly.
formed warm relations with the Tuileries, will bo
the first to advise reforms, but the Petrie judiciously
adds that the " smallest, amelioration will be thank-
folly received."
I hear it said that Count de Moray will go to
Russia with the title of Prince Arch-Chancellor of

the Empire, and • salary of 600,000 fr. It is, how-
ever, asserted in some quarters that the Count (or
Prince, as the case may be) disdains to accept aLy
salary. It is rather a vulgar word, and • good round
sum down in • lump—say a million and a half of
francs—under the head of frail is represtnlaiio•,
would answer every purpose, besides being so meth
more genteel. But in tact the count has just realised
such an enormous sum—very many Wiliam, awed-
ing to the lowest osleulation—by the transaction be-
tween the Orleans and Ors•d Central railways, that
he may well afford to do the m•gnanimouss in money
matters.

The Pays, alluding to an insinuation in a London
journal that the so called "scientific expedition"
about to bo sent from Helsingfors to Lapland, is in

fact a hostile demonstration of Russia against Swe•
den, says it has reason to know that the object of
the expedition, the programme of which was pre-
pared by the Academy of Sciences of St. Petersburg,
is purely scientific.
At the Bourse to-day the predominant feature wes
a disposition to realise profits wade by the rise of the
last few days. In consequence there was a fail in
almost all securities. The Rents fell 20c. for cash,
and 10c. for account, closing at 76fr. 20c., end 75fr.
55c. Credit Mubilier maintained yesterday's quota-
tions. The Orleans, Lyons, and Northern railways
fell 10fr. each, and most of the other lines from
2fr. 500. to 6fr.

If USIC.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.

Alboni hscl another triumph last night, in the
Saginaw'beite. The pert of Amine is one which, in former
dam wo 1113rld not have dreamed of her taking. It would
not have been deemed ruitsble either to her voice or her
style of perform 'ace. But of late she is much changed both
sea singer and use actress; her changes, however, Niel
all in the way of addit on. Elie has gained much and lost
nothing. Her contralto is as rich end beautiful en
ever, while she has formed for herself a soprano voice,
not quite so extensive In commies as soma of those voices
which are pare sopranos by nature; but quite soprano in its
timbre, its brilliancy, sod its flexibility. She is the only
singer since Atalibran to whose voice the term sof rano con-
tralto Coy whic Viet gm.t slopes voice used to be distin-
guished) can be applied. Styr has, consequently, extended
her repertoire ►y the addition of soprano parte, is some of
which, moreover, she has shown a great accession of dra-
matic power.

Her Amine—a soprano part—is not cnly a piece of most
exquisite singing, but alto of Teat, fine and pathetic acting.
Her repreuentatiou, last night, of the simple country girl
was truthful, natural, and full of fine touches of feeling.
Her Innocent cheerfulners—her agony of terror and shame
—her patient grief—and her final waking to l Are and hap-
piness—were charmingly painted ; and her sinning was u
sweeties as it war beautiful. The music, being written
for • pure soprano, was of course "stoked" • little
to suit her voice; and the finals "/eh, non giunge,"
her great vocal achievement, was sung a third
lower than its original key; but such charges did
Oct Ia the least diminish the wonderful brilliancy of
her performance. She first sang It simply, with the
florid pinups as the eompo•er wrote them; and
then in•roduced variations full of o•iginality and fancy,
embraciog tbo united extent of her n prano and contralto
scales. Toe curtain fell amid thunders of applause ; the
fair singer appear 4, honed in acknowledgment, end
retired. The applause grew Lauder and louder; spin she
came forward, and again retired. But this was not what the
audierce wanted ; cries of er cora row rose from all sides, till
at length the curtain rca•, and the finale was repeated, with
• profusion of new vitiations, even more fanciful and bril-
liant than before, t►rowing the house into a tumult of
incitement.

Cala°lari wee an excellent Eleino. He sang admirably,
and wee especially happy in the air " Ah, perct e non posso
odierti," which he gale with pastioiate exprereon.
Be tano did great justice to the part of Count Hodolfo.
He acted with case aid dignity ; and in the air "Vi
ravviso" hie tine baritone wire and pure style appeared to
great advantage. Mdlie. It'azi, a seconds donna, of re-
markable merit, tome more than tt,tial eff,ct to the little
put ..f Lies. Her air at the tegtaning of the third act wee
warmly applauded and encored.

The theatre was crowded in every part, and the boxes and
malls presented a very brilliant appearance.

SADLER'S WELLS.
Mr. Howard Glover's performances of English
Opera at this theatre have ensile a good beginning. The
announcement cf Bslfe's Ikhetniun Girl, conducted by
the composer in p,rsoce, drew, au Monday, en immense
audience; bones Mr, and gallery being literally full to
°we'd taring. It was, morecver, a must enthusisnie
anthems. Dille, when be appeared in the orchestra,
w.a received with see smut ora from all parts of the house,
and Reeves bed a rec. liven equally warm. The applause
during the performance was loud and incessant ; the prin-
cipal mega were vs 'Homily encored, and at the end of
he °pariahs composer end chief performers were &eve
rally celled before the curtain ; in short, the success of the
performance was complete.
And it deserved iu success. I, wu the best performanee
of this favourite opera that has been given since the days
when it run at Drury lane te whole 111.0111., when its elm
were arena,' on every street men, sod sung in society by
every vocal amet-ur of English music. The Bohemian Girl,
if not the beet of works, is the most ceculeted to be
popular. The indite; is let-resting, and so clear and lim-
p!, (Miter foucded en a bail.,), that it is understrod with
little aid from Vie dialogue ( • huh, in to Mt, is of the baldest
kind), whale the music as of that tuneful sort which
catches the ear and dwells on the memory. The
melodies are grae fail, with no small originality ; there
is great animation in the conc. tted pieces, end
the iustrumcat ton is light, varied, and elegant. The
merit ut the wok is peeved by its reception, not only in
Eogland, but in the most mused parts of the con-
tinent. The public of Berlin and Vienea have ap-
plauded the Bohemian Girl as funnily es the public of
London.

The piece wig strongly east. Revere, in the part
of Thaddeus, exerted binipell to tie utmost, shd we
have bestir heard km tiro with greats, ffect. The favour-
ite air, Rem cuter oe, ' we. rapturou,ly received. Mrs.
Rims, as Arline, sated wi h grace and simplicity, and
sang like an accomplished musician. The yam us .1
dreamt that I lay in male hthr," a higily original and
beautiful melody, was charmingly sung and applauded to
the echo. A recitative and air, introduced for the first
time, at the beginning of the second act, wore given by her
with great effect. Mr. WeiSR, as Count Anaheim, acted
with fhelirg, and son superbly ; and, though last cot leas ,
Mies Poole, ever intelligent and sataleactory, gave greater
importance to the Gipsy Queen than we ever sew given to
that pert before.

laits minable the Or era etas c Irefully and well gc.t op in
r•g el to to Imam erente atf.c:s, and decorations. The
ch, res was respectable, and the orchestra excellent, cos-
taiaing malty well-knewo eminent performers..

Ida U 6 vs.r has sor,o.anesd these performances" for seven
nights or ly ;" hut, trots this cure idol beginning, we may
presume that they will prat ab!y be carried on for a longer
period.

MADAME Puzzt'a CONCEET.—This lady has always
one of the mo.t fashionable concerts of the gees'''. On Mon-
day mweing Willis's Ito ime were crowded t the doors
with elegant company, of whom the greatcst part consisted
of the fair sex. Tee csocert was almint entirely weal, and
cmsisted chiefly of tt,e most favourite opera sirs ant duets
of the day, performed by a host of eminent male and
female singers—to use a common phrase," too amercing to
mention." We must mention, h. waver, that rischek was
amongst them, this great an grr having re appeared among
us after an absence of three yebre.

MR. BODDA'n CONCERT.—This entertainment,
'bias took place on Monday sight at Eseter-1 ail, b,l inns
to the elssiot .msoost,r co nct rte," The programme consisted
of some five and thirty mines of music, and contained the
mums cf thirty-eight artists, including Mesdames Clara
Novell°, Visrdlit Garcia, Itudersclorff, Amadei, Weise, En-
dens dit ,Mise dby, Mira Arabella Goddurd,hlr 131agrove,
Herr Fiomes, and othi r musical cclebratim, Inside. seven
emductors. The selection wis generally of a popular and
agreeable character; and both in variety and quantity woo
cake' .ted to please the vs ry large audience which was ax-
rambled.

A young French painter, named Sorieul, of Rouen,
has bran charred to sceompany Count di hlurny in his em•
bang to Bt. Petersburg. _ _

-
We read in Galignanl, " Before the departure of 1
the court for Saiht Cloud, ht. E. Oiratid, portrait painter.
was pro itted to take a likeness of toe Prince Imperial.
The artist is said to love succeeded perfectly in seising the
resemblance, and the floe blue eyes of the imperial infant in
the retire are precisely similar to those of the Empress."
The French Journal and the Diario of Madrid I
assert that N. O'cralga, tte Spanish ambassador at Paris,
bus become os bed terms with the French goer raiment, and
is to to recalled; but the Epocs declares that the govern-
ment has not for a moment entertained the idea of recalling
▪ bat is quite ratisfled with his services.
The Echo de Feaonne states that a violent chock of
ma earthquake wee F. ;t three nights back in the village of
Wand-Code re (DorJo:ne). A mountain, it says, at fire
raiautes' distance trout the village, was precipitated into a
ravine, tearing with it above 900 creel of cultivated ground
aid vineyards. 111. on the foregoing Galignani quietly oh-
ewes We find nothing of this occurreLcs in any of the
loud j rurnals."

The Bishop of Montpellier ham ordered that prayer.
shall be offered up in all churches and chapels of hi. dicorse
for a Negation of rein. which for not lees than two months
has cootietted there with hula iourrap•ion. At Nosey a
wereaine for the same object bee been commenced la the
cathedral, and the relics of St. Sliebert are carried in pro-
cession In it. At Lyon., oho, messes for more favourable
weat►er ►ave bees celebrated in all the churches.

TRIAL OF WILLIAM PALMER.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

SEVENTH DAY.
The demands for admission into the court this
morning eurpaesed anything of the kiud that bed beer. wit-
neaten before in the coarse of this extraordinary and tacit.
Mg trial. The yard and entrances were comp:etely blocked
up even after it had been announced that the court was full,
and the anxiety to learn the nature cf the defence extended
itself to the very street'. All day loog the precincts of the
Old Bailey were croeseled,and, es the proceedings advanced,
, the excitement increased rather than diminished.
The Lord Chief Justice Campbt 11, Mr. Baron Alderson,
and Mr. Justice Cresswell took their seats on the bench
a few minutes before tin o'clock, and immediately after-
wards the prisoner was pat forward in the eo.k. There
was no observable cheese in his appearance whatever ; he
looked anxious, nothing mote. The jury bad already .:a.
tared the box.
Mr. Henry Chicle, Weatherby examined by Mr. Wel,by
—I am a ra.ing agent. I received a letter from the pri-
soner, dated November 22, 1555, which I Low proluce-
[The letter requested payment of the stake, tab .c 5 Cook's
h roe, Polestar, had won at Shrewsbury.] I replied te that
letter that we had net sufficient funds to meet the demand.
Subsequently we wrote to tell him that Mr. Frail had in-
formed us that he paid Mr. Cook the stakes on teas course.
Afterwards we received another letter from the prisoner,
telling us not to pay any money on Cook's account until
they had satisfied the cheque he had &ready sent. I wrote
a letter to Mr. J. P. Cock at nage ley about the matter, but
I never received an an,wer. The let•er wea
afterwards returned to me Irma the dead letter office. I
think the c'leque was in Co Ilea handwriting, bat my atten-
tion was not particularly directed to it. On the 23rd of
November, 1855, I received a letter from Palmer directing
me to pty lOU out of Cook's stakes to Mr. Earwaker, but
I did not do se.

Cress examined by Mr. 13e,j, ant Shec—l casino: say that
the stakes ought to have beau in our pmession when pay-
ment WA demanded, but such os-.tters are usually settled
through our house. The primmer gar.) uv a formal mice
not to pay the atakos over t any one but himself.

Mr. Francis Butler examined by the Attorney•Geteral—•
I am in the. habit 01 attending races and betting on them.
I was at the Shrewsbury ria.tre in Nov.:mber taut year when
I had an amount to settle with Palmer. I had 7001. and
odd to reek,. (ruin him, on account et bets I bad made for
him et Liverpool. I had no acroant with him in connection
with the Shrewsbury races. I tried to get my money from
him, and he paid me 401. on account, laying that he would
ply the balance son afterwards, as he had come large bats
to receive. SubsequeaVy, the day afterwards, in foot, be
gave me a cheque tor 2501. I knew Mr. Cook's horse Pole-
star. The bone wee worth at least 7091, but at all events
she was worth more than that before de race, co the horse
hid steers' valuable engagements.
Crass-ex-mined by Mr. Groves, Q.C.—I won 2101. on
Polestar fir Palm r, and kept it on &moat of the money
he owed me.

Mr. Stevens was recalled, and proved that P(..le,tar was
sold at Tattersall's for 720 guinea..
This was the cue fur the proucution.

THE DEFENCE.

Mr. &rime Shes then roes :o address the jury for the
define., and he commenced by expressing the deep sense of
the respeenbeity which cow devolved up in him. Once
only before had it fallen to his lir. to &fen t a prisoner upon
a eberge of life and death, and be could not conceal from
himself now that any slight error of judgment on his part
mightgo far to damege the vital interests of the prisoner. This
was an ea•raordioary case; when it first burst 1. rth span
the pubic mind, the alarm it acestioned was increased by
dark hints of alleged former de c,:s of blood committed by the
prisoner, and the prejudice egccst him became so literally
overwhelming that it was feared st first he could
not p weibly have • fair trial. The crown, hew-
ever, came to his thecae, and, finding that the
Case exited so =eh p-ejudice, they determined
that it should not remain in private bands. It
was due t, the prisoner Vett he should have • fair and im-
partial trial, and it wcull ever redruhd to the honour of
the legal advisers of the crown that they had done all that
in them lay to secure it. Hsveng paid this just tribute to
his 1 d frieediron the other side, he c said net help re-
csiliog to re collection that the eminent m►n whom the pri-
soner at first selected fur his counsel had been stria ken down
by illness, and thereby prevented from conducting his de-
fence, and that it was in these circumstances that he was
solicited to take his place. At first he hesitated, feeling
the immense responsibility it il.volved, bat having well
and carefully read the papers laid before him, and
closely examined all the fact. of the case, he could not help
arriving at the solemn conviction that the prisoner wasinns-
cet tof the charge imputed to him. He believed never bad
truer words been uttered than when the prisoner at the bar
pleaded "Net Guilty," and if the jury would bear patiently
with him, he woula grapple every point in the case for the
piosecueon, and meet them step by step. The prosecution
asserted, and attempted to frowe ttais—that the orisoner had
deliberately male up his mind, for purposes of his owe, to
get rid of John Parsons Cook, and he had prepared the body
web, a minor poison for the rapid and deadly action of a
more potent peison. Here was the agent of the alleged
murder, the cent thing to discover was the motive for the
set; this, the prosecution had endeavoured to trace to the
pecuniary emberraismeots of the prisoner, and, haviog
du-
peeed of tea, p ant, ihey bad gone on to attribute death to
relying f, r the pre f of that allegation open the
alcoptonse presented before the Cecesse, and the of pearances
of tne hotly eft rw stela Here, then, he had three distinct
and esp +rate matters to duel with; bed, the motive for the
crime; secondly, the intermediate preparation of the pa-
, tient for the deadly poison, and lastly, the agent itself.
All these he flu old d:sems in detail, and tom-
nerneiog with the lest, ti e jury should tear in
mind that it was contended by the pet:am:titles that
Co-•k's ditch was produced by a strong dose o: strych-
nine. No trace of th t poison, t owev. r, bad been found is
the bedy: The death it was insisted hail oecurred within
two hours alter its administration ; hut, although every
search was made tor it, no: • particle could be found. Bat
it was contended that when rtrythaia had once done its
fatal work it becomes absorbed into the *went, and mei
taus s o longer susceptible of oeiog discovered by torts. The
medic al evidence of Dr. Taylor %eat to ertabliah this theory,
that the poison immediately after death no longer existed,
but became part of the blood, from which no human power
coula dissolve or extract. it; and upon this medical basis the
ease fa r the prosecution re,ted. He should, however,
call medical men of equal eminence to those for
the prosecution, who att. rly re;ectod that eon-
: non as oae which practice dsatisctly proved to
be untenable. These distiegaisbed toxicological winsome
would embrace Dr. Nuoneley, who etseoded the Leeds case;
Dr. Wilkinson, of the Delwin Hospital ; Dr. Lstt.eby, Dr.
I N. Parker, of the London Hospitel; Dr. Rehisace, of
Othrge's Sub ol; sod lastly, Dr. Herepai h, et Brutal ; and all
' these smiaent mad eat and scientific met, would tell the jury
that even the smallest pos.ible does of strychnine that could
be infused law the human frame could arterwares be de-
tected and extracted from the system. They would state
their opinion list ao amount of decomposition could pre-
vent the twain& from respendit e to known sad proper scien-
tific tests; and if t' at reitron should be satssfectorily
made out, what became of the hypetliesis of the prawn-
tion that Cook', death was pr.•cuced by strychnine
lie now approached t►e se cend polar, and here he came tO
the discussion without any niffideuce whatever, for be was
satisfied that if any wo•.ives could have influenced the ?tie
saner in this miter of file and death, it must have had lust
the a oatrary effect to that which the proracation wished to
impute to It No man could have been wore interested in
ion of Cook's 'ester ce than the prisoner him-
self; 113:e dea:h, in Let, was tic r mat c •6mity that could
bay, betillea,hian.sicceet c sold not have done otberwitietban
lead to hie en:ire ruin. Just lst the jury look at the con-
nection which existed between Cook and the prisoaer ; they
ws re the closest friends), j sine, interested in the same
horses, keeping their studs with the same trainer,
at .ppiog together at the same hotels, and inva-
riably specutariag span the same events together. The
evidence for the prosecution established this. It proved
that their relations for the last to o or three years had been
of the most intimate character, and it remained (or
him to show that during this con (eon they lost
together large some of nia nay on the turf. In
August last year Palmer applied to his agent Pratt
to assist his friend Cook with a loan. Cook's
eir-
eumstances were not au well known as to make it easy for
him is get advances without r fereeces ; pet pie in such
transactions were not likely to know what Doctors' Com-
mons could disclose ; they were not like'y to knew that he
bad • large 'were.% in his grandfather's will, while, per-
haps, they wo.ld be leis likely to give credit to a
person upon the turf. Although Lying in an a-
pses:us st,:e and keeping a stud at Lut,erworth, the
jury therefore would perceive that the comparatively
I noisome position of Cook could not command the same
Mlthei ce and advantages as the better understood position
of Palmer; and hence, when the;iwo coated, rotes came into
**discount mat kens besrowers, the pets err a!aays bad
to swum the leading character. Those could be no doubt
that Cook had been as much Of sot more) concerned in the
I tells ceg misted by Mr. Pratt as the ;droner ; the corres-
pondence between Palmer one Pratt almost peeved this to
demonstration On the day lsnles•s'. woo at Shrewseurf.
Pratt wrote to Palmer, urging him to matte up a ram
of
1,0001. by tee end el the weak. or the coosequences might
this. seriouse w rasa regardedm rr, i
yeeodmeo thatf t
from indiap sealant, but the neat day Palmer'
intimated as ne was in his life, got him back to Kugtlei.
lheetterru,nLoingic bwilasis.eoffAstritob:

I

its 11;th Cook dire w th end es this very doy
et tte jury remember what was Mine: Wty this—Palmer
e tete to Pratt, te.lieg him that 2001 wool t be paid en the
.tardy by a blend, and that sa he should have to he up
ia 1. adus to att. id the te•t,ing et TM errall's on Alnuday,
to would then Mum 340/. Now that woe
what Palmer did. Let them Nat see what Cook
• • e is the •ame ton. Perhaps it had
. wisp d tae mind of the ;my, but os this eery day, via., the
a Noss nah. r, • : in !*. w .sratil Pa.e/tr was losoalsg
IM die. am I wrote to hi. tittles agrat, Fisher, to
pop:s3y the earistracf nf 'lOOl, so " it a. uf talent tence"tito
leiter mid," to me and Mr Veinier that Mr Pi att, of Mee-
t, r. ph 6nid t olio • be rot 6001.. sod with Mel
tiot ap to sight. sour advance of COW. will nuke
no the aseuot." Now did ni..t this show that the
!war Wen them acting in pelf et POr.Clft t.gatherT Sot
?telex that the deu mad was wt interested is stop-
p. st l'istl'e moult, rarely Co k man sow have been
ertotst e.i.taere. aed tee wet ainvenient frond
ht, h 4. Yet the logy were waked to !whew that the process
of p teeniest waegused oe et this very rime. Weil. to coatis's*
P.e emit of meats, Fisher paid the 2CO/. io Pratt on the Se-
tups ey, and on the Watley, Pelisse burred to London to
+fur the Unlimber, soittiag. He. however, did not
i i u;oes Futter, who was Can.lie "gent, but epos Herring,
ale was hi. taco; and great etre,. was leid upon this fact
by its pruecutioe, hut the joy should mark the 'itemises
t the two principal ralt•rs id this drama of teal life.
Tbey were bring pushed to make sp payments
es modes b 11., and running hither and thither
to scrape together the means to it. so. They had g t 2001.
out of Fisher, sad the teas • that preteens:l wee not em-
ployed t. negotiate the "'Tem. nt •as simply this. that,
bed they done so, this VOL wouid b .ve teen deducted from
the amsesit recess.. at the Ccru.r, and the deemed' of
Pratt could not have bees mat. By t-i. change th•re lore of
/mote, PMI'S beads IMO stayed far de moment, and
Talon tetarsod to Rog. ley to attend the bedside of his
freed. Toe neat day Cook .11.4, and wl.at ha-meted then?
Why, Palmer writes an impl rag letter to Pr ti, telltale
ban of the death of Cc k, and Miami that be might
net be treaded agnin for someday. Pt. ti's mews rto that was
Now toot Coot is dead you meet 1 • k abimt you to provide
for the 3001. bill e mine ese." Now whet wee the inf
to be dedsaid tram that ? Was it aid that Cook had bees
directly concerned in the hill ? bet whether it was or not,
he should be prepared with direct and rookies evidence to
show that he w... Pauing now to it • kill of sale transac-
tion, wt 'rely Co k re.matereed P lever and Sirius to Pratt
se security tor a 6001. hill, stir that loan had been
u•gstiated. Pratt wee urged to mad the amount
on moray to Do:muter, as Cook was very meek
missed for if. Invited of doing N. however,
Transmit 3141. Ia essb, sod a cheque, for 373/., toge'her
odes wine wartam, sad the inure. Co to be drawn from
what followed was simply that the ea-h was headed to Cook,
and Palmer reseived is /stern the cheque for 3761. This
was rasideired mach et by the lever of Palmer seknow-
lodging the nail t of the utter containing the retain ince,
for le. that kite" Palmer ray P... I la' tit ham to gi.e Cook
the seam., end take the wise myself; " while according
to Pelmet 's banking Soak it items sot op .ere that the 3131.
was paid late his account, bet that the 3731. w. e. 1 hers
condi hardly b• a question shout it, then, particularly +.a'
at?* was act att. mot at entrails's' in the handwriting,
that Cook was quits aware of the endowment on the
clime", and that there meld be no reams ft r his corn-
roaming of it, wh cis he count have done any
num within the seat three months, if he hid
lute so minded. What then b. c.rne of the motive
of forgery imputed to toe primmer? Like the otters,
it was either wittiout foundation, or suss ptible of •
good deal of ezplaustioo. Bat there eat the Marque which
it was said the prim nor y resented to the Meson. Weatherby
for the St rewebery ; tills we• drawn ra the Tuesday, and
use it ly that he wield r ave c tined it to be presented
withia the very time that it was said he was mu-
d Win potting Cok to death. Why, he mast
ha.. known that Mitre the cheque could be
paid Cook's death would be published to the
world, and the mosey would he et ipped. So much,
then, for the mosey traneactioas of the prisoner and
the deceased ; so far Irma *bowies a solve or the crime
imputed to the priumer, they directly established that it
would be more lot his isterca that Cie k should base lived,
bemuse the death of Cook had brought down upon him
sew demands, and is order to meet thou demands he was
driven Mt o ses which hie rouneel were not there to defend.
Poising for awhile t aturher festers in the ease, let him
jet advert both. evidence of Newton, who said the prisoner
had questioned him se to the operati in of strychnine. Now
see it likely that it medical man like the prisoner would
set know that wituout oink ne inquiries tithe pupil of •
local practitioner; but it was said there had been 6 manual
of poisons found is lb. t ratoner's possessios, and in this
took there were notes in the prisoner's handwriting
umistkieg upon the rt germ and eff es of strychoia poison-
ing. Uses notes were quite sefficient to stow that the pri-
mmer was aware teat myeloid' poison induce t severs tatslit;C
CO4rlalliOSS of a marked and easily distinguishable cha-
racter. Was it 'flirty, then, that a man knowing this
would have the temerity to resort to such • poison, sup.
puleg he meditated murder P Bat it bed bees attempted
to be iesisuated that terse nous bad r.fereooe to this
cue; he Muesli show that they were mad* and that the
book wea used when the prisoner was atiendieg hia medical
studies in London. To revert aow to the position of the
premier before the death of Cook. Hie antis then veers
almost deeperste. Nothing could have ratricated him from
his difficulties hat the forgiveness et his mother, • lady of
precise, who bat througnout ddematenansed her son'.
gambling transactions, or the rat very of the 13 0001.
on the policy of isserenee effected oa the life of Walter
Palmer. The gee lion of the looney had bey.. to lie actively
agitated. The Primo of Wales Insurance C mpesy had
offered to reload the premium. paid on the polity, ant the
promo, relying upon the validity of hie claim to the wk. le
13,1001.. refuted them loci rmem, althouth the treminnat
moment to a considerable of money, and wool I have
bets very acmpiable to him at the time. Upon
his refusal, limpet or Field wts vet to w irk by the office to
sake intrairiee into the haters of life of Walter Palmer, and
already theta were whiaperirgs abroad which mum 'have
mode the pre air step eiro .mspert is hie condom. NOr
was it probable that is this state of things*e prisoner mold
have desired the suddis death of Cook; .r was it likely, if
be did, that be would hare resorted to an .g' no to ace omplish
be purpose which muchlve pre sated sea mrailesrators
to Dr. Joon, the Ilitlll3lt* frond of the degraded, as
to hem left so doubt upoo his mind as to the prozimats, if
sot, the lionsuliate ems* of death. Sir roue ded, however,
by these tircumateeses of seep . ion, arising net of the dis-
puted pol ey, the death of ('ouk eases upon the prisoner Ike
a thunder clap, and then wont the great imp-Ilimit cameo(
this estraordisitry prim ration. The Insurance Office saw
en opportesisy toe getting rid of their liability, sad
through their aid its agitation ocess ourd by Cook's
death wee swelled into a nerfrat Vivra moot the prisoner.
Haag Palmer, it wee pother thought, there would be as
end of the cam, but he hel eras the prisoner's lira would in
the end helmet, and the 13 o+ol. have yet to be paid. FA-
beteg up the history of this cam, be mast sew gimes at
the bodily heath et Cook j.et before death, as well as at
some of hie ratecedrats ; and bete he meat I'll the jury
that hie fuller, his mother, and hie plater, had all Cul
Pug. and it was supposed of pulmonary &ghet-
toes,. Cook bluetit wee • mau of feeble health;
In some Use before Ma Mai% be had raven
seder tte Impression that he was suffering from syphilis.
Be tad taken got Aral of nitricury, and had frequently
essulaised of str.asis of ihe mooth while there were mbar
Mselools and antetedente, such, for invitees, as the de.
tolled oats heeler/ broken cost all OWN his Pm in spots of a
engin crater, which. Lad the body lees tramnined at a
camas dead-hoot,' la London, wield easily have
toes • dear Moe to the tree cause of death.
Out the pan morem emininatio• wee made Is
a smell Dowry town, and, as was probably to be
imported, in a very c:usiey
body where the real disease was likely to be found, was not
ettietly resumed. The stomach, Legume, wee taken out
o+d for•arded to L^nden, where it was analysed by Dr.
Taylor, dad a conflation arrived at on the pan of that ow
those that dole's hat bite cured by resealed doses of an
tunny. Cireemitesms Or a come to light which caused trio
Motor to alter hi. opinion, sow/this, is the mean time had
*lse out about Me primmer hawing purchased strychnine
Surd, before the deer. ; aad than the doeten went down to
Regaley and stave the orison that bad prorated all this
dreadful excitemest, and had rendered it amemery that the
trial should take place in London.. The dottier stated
opealy sad upon oat's before the coroner's jury
teat he belie tr. d the pills edininiaterul to
the deceased in the Moseley and Tuesday nMhts
sustained strychnine. Th et ttttt must was published by
the peon through tat the length sod breadth of the land ;
it prefaced the utmost alarm and the wildest excitement is
the pistil's mind, and this excitement it was which
fishily lead to the ease bias taken up by the Crows. Had
there bees so ouch suite:sent, hod the insures's diem
bees net of the question, t eve would Lave f. Domed the
era nay coon,. it would have Men prmeeuted by Mr.
Steens, bad any been necessary, aad the trial would have
been divested of all that Intonate pubic ieterest which
has sow given it so much importance in the
Mos of the world. But whit 'fused had Dr.
Taylor for raying that !strychnine was given in the pill. He
lied feud no tree,. of it in the body, or the bowels, Or the
iatestiece, or any of the amens of the body, and, in the
absence of ouch • d 'comity, he must be a bold man who
Mali tees., r po.itir.:y that the pills had cestaitmd prime.
The Chit f all•tit• her. latimated to the I d serjeant
that he meld Moose hie own time for the adjournment of
the court fm rehear mere.
Mr. &Utast shut rep' ed that he weell prefer an Mm- 'I
diets adjoiremenit.
,art then adjourned.
I We shall mato., the report in a later edition.]

IMPERIAL P.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(TiIs DAT.)
Tits SPEALIR tick the c"sir et 12 o'cl-ek.
The report c f the Sligo Election Committee was brought
up by Mr. 1. Bum Teey retorted that the Right Hon
Juba Wynne was duly rimed to serve in parliament for the
borough of Sligo; that the petition of 1 ,ho Pstr:ek Somers
wert frivolous and vezatinus, sod that two of tee witnesses,
wed Rillores and Ward, io giving their 'midst ce bad
bow guilty of wilful sod corrupt perjury
no Judges sad Cktateellwa Bill was brought in by Mr.
J. 0. PiattLileolla and reads first time.

ADVOWBONS HILL.
Mr. CHILD, in movie" the second reeding if this
measure, explained thst it was not a compulsory bill, and
that Its object was to enable patrol of livings to dispose of
edvowsons held by this—the money to be applied to
the segmentation of heists and to whet charitable
purposes, sad to /cable patrons to borrow money
kr such purposes where there was addle cue,.
Mr. KENDALL wooded the motion.
The bill was then • woad time.
CHURCH RATES.

Mr. I'ACKE moved the sec Hid reading of thie bill, and
referred to the nroceedirgs on this euliret since the year
1837. lie alluded to tho speech of Sir W. Clay, publiebel
by R mtledge, and ezpresud surprise that the right hon.
baronet should, after using the rapres.ioes therein con-
tained, give his must to the amendu.ents suggested by the
government.
(The debate upon the bill was continuing arisen our re-
pat Lit.]

THE POLICE COURTS.
THIS DAY.

WORSH I P-STREET.
111116/10111 or IXPANTICIDIL

Emily Phillips, about 35 y,ar. of years, wan charged be-
fore Mr. D'Eynawart, wit't attempting to commit suicide
by throwing herself Usti the Regent's Canal.
Thorne, 2I MS, deposed t r hating been on duty at three
o'clrck tit. morning near the Danstan-road, Kingsland,
and to DlA:mg the prisoner walking hurriedly up and
down the towing•path. Oa questioning her she admitted
an intention to commit We:de by drowning. At the station
house she ezpressrd s desire to make a cmfeseion of murder,
ashes mind was distracted with the reeollection of it. The
following statement was con.equently taken down in
writing from her diestien :

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et.
so

"Oa the 14th of Nov caber, 1319, I I:dgsd at a house In
D .ggett's.court, &icor& Id.. That tight I was confined of
as sllegitimats male child, born afire. Not any one was
with am, or knew of it. I placed a pillow oa the child's
lead and sordhered it. I then tied the body in an old
shawl and put it sad* r the bed. The teat day my mother
went to the holm aid cleaned the room out. I was taken
to St. Thomas's Hospitil, sod placed antler the charge of
Dr Barker. I have often since salmi my mother whet she
did with the baby, but she would act tell me."
Officer—She told me, sir, that shortly after the
murder she sent for some poison to kill hermit with, bat'
the messenger deceived her and brought a harmless
draught.

Mr. D. Eyneourt—Did she appear sober and quite right
in her mind when yon fosod her by the canal ?
Odle. r—Oh yes, sir, perVetly.
Prisoner—What I have witted is quite true, air. I have
no knowledge where my moats, is now, bat her brother is
employed at the India upereboaaes in His ,rprerate-street.
I have been used very cruelly by both of them. I have no
home, and aten walk the streets all night.
The prisoner, who appesred to have moved at one time in
a respectable sphere, was remanded, that a searehieg inquiry
might be instituted.

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His Excellency Count Rudolph d'Appony, the
"'Or appointed sinister from Anstrie to this Court of St.
Jews s, sesoap.nied by the Cortese d'ArittoDY log
hod?, artiste at Cheers Hoar at the close of the pant
week (r>m Vann., to enter oe his diplonteur fisectioas.
Hie Eseelltary .1 I he preeeard b the ()urea by the Earl
of chordal sr 0,00 n her Majesty retinas to town from
Hie Excellency Seller 000Z1100. the Spanish
Hlol,rr, he. re•urerd aft. r a lenetberd cord from
Madrid, to more hi. rboloostie duties.
FIRE IN HL 4EIOEIRWL—tut night a fire broke
eve oa the preawt ttn.nied by Mr. Ellie, berm(' vie-
hither, flittel!..treer, Stanford and berm as the
13.140.'f Wan.mb.re ta•ern The bu.ldug Wee mama,
donmereli and esiverel ieal, teareents in the visiaity Wire
sum ly deasiged. ILL Ulm was Wend.

THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 21, 1856.

SHARE LISTS.-THIS DAY.

WU I 1 AT

Two (Moos.

The railway share market to day- rasietidy, and
on the whole rather firmer than at the ekes 'of
yesterday afternoon. The three o'clock quotations
of yeetetday are generally well supported. Lon-
don
and North-Western stock is quoted 1014 to
1021; Great Western, 61 to +; Midland, 771 to
and Lincashire and Yorkshire, 90k to 91. Berwick'
and Caledonians are dull.

Great Luxembourg shares show a farther iid-
TIMM

ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOD.

lales. tad,'