The Express.
London, England, 1856-05-28 00:00:00

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oven modes. Hues, then Is net an adequate motive fa
eon to divots themselves to this special study, swept ia a
fur instances when &professorship may be obtaiud. Hones,
'gala, the want of knowledge by many of inch subjects,
and the diffusers' of opinion of which the late trial has
afforded sub a lamentable illustration.

It as never be espected that an ordinary medical man
as pumas the acquiremeuts required in these eases ; and
for the repressioa of Grime it is as essential that provision
should be made for the Gallivan** of medical jarispradeace
as for the mainteauses of judges.
In support of what I have end with regard to the re-
muneration, ornate., non-reanuseratioa, ofmedicalwitaesses

is these trials, I shall quote one or two cases with regard
to which I am well qualified to speak; sad I shall
include an issaident which will show how judges vary
is their estimation of the vase sad function of medical
encloses. It must be premised that ow one occasion
Hiroo Aldermen clucked a medical witness for giving
as opinion au the evidasce. The °picks was an answer
to a quietism ; and why did his lordship allow the counsel
to pat an improper question ? But on another occasion,
when a man was tried for polearng his father by arsenic,
two medical mew were brought into court, es medical men
have bee. brought late court os the trial of Palmer, lot
to give a/ideate, hat as ',Wise ea Ow irriaansai sod
Kr. Juties Coleridge stated I. hY chugs to t►e jury
that, as regarded that opinion, these medial men were
the judges. He also added that one of them appeared to
hays devoted himself much to inch subjects, sad that
he understood that there was s alas of medical man who
made a spatiality of such subjoins. He added—but this
may appear too absurd—that he understood they made
their living by it!—the fact being that these two
judges—for judges they were to all Juliette and purposes,
and the man was hanged on their °pinks—received one
pikes sash for their attendance that day !

Bat I shall give another case mon flagrant still—perhaps
the meat lyrist that ever occurred la this onstry, and
certaialy is say other.
♦ medical man was ordered, in usordene with a con
air's warrant, to ezbume the body of a man sesiected of
hung bees penned twelve peen before. In ae-
ronaut's with this wuraat he travelled a dietaries
of lisp or sixty miles, exhumed the remains,
brought them to his residence, and succeeded in detecting
ereenia after the Ingest interval at which it has
yet been detected Is this country. As such the case is
recorded is Dr. Taylr's work OA medical jurisprudence.
The Coroner, from the want of other seinen, did not
think proper to hold an neatest. A second husband of the
same wmasa, however, had died of symptoms of arsenical
;alienist, and it was during the inquiet on him that
mantel= was aroused with regard to the ant husband's
death. The law is so framed that se an inquest
was held on the second husband, the medical inquirer was
paid the trifling fee which the law allows, via., two
guineas for Merolla)g twee a distance of forty miles, and
performing aa =sluts requiring great labour and some
expense, and as the CYO was brought to court, the judge
ordered somethiag more adequate; bat la the case
in which arsenic was found after twelve years,
11 for travailing full fifty mils*, three days' absence
from home, exhuming the remains, and a most la-
boriou investigation of a week, plumed slant sight and
day, the investigator sever received a ['rating, not Ina
his ninon.
If it is worth while to have a pollee—to have judges
sad lawyer', it is math w►ile to provide some &de-
viate endowment or inducement foe t►e cultivation
of medical jurisprudence. A medical winless is not
as ordinary witnees—be is an investigator. Oaths strength
of his professional skill depends the value cf his testimony;
' sod as t►e labourer Is worthy of his hire, the attention of
11 the public is seriouly called to the importance of a subject
inserted closely with the safety of property end of life.

TBB FIREWORKS-TO-MORROW.

The preparations for the magnificent pyrotechnic
display of to-sorrow evening to which the lahabitants of the
metropolis and of the neighbooriag towns and district. for
miles round are losking forward with se mach interest, ars
now rapidly approaching completion., sad It promises beyond
all question wholly to eellpee the only inhibition of the
kind, with which It can be osnapaard, and which In London
commemorated s kindred event upwards of 40 years ago.
The porta of the Orson and Hyde parks, from which the
/reworks will be inhibited are completely inclined,
in that it may be reasonably exported the spectators, will
be in no dearer from standing is too close prosinity
to them ; sad in the Orem park • further precaution
hail been takes to prevent socideat, by opening az addi-
flood entrances at salient points la the enclosure, of at
least 100 het la width, to facilitate the ingress and egrem
of the crowd. This le • most commendable arrangemeat,
became it is .!must impossible to anticipate the fall amount
of the pressure on that pesticides. point; and, in the scant
of nay panic or overwhelming crowd within the eselamere,
the ehaaole of disaster will be greatly homed by maltiplys
lug the mesas of snit. Two of these additional *atrium
are cn the Pirradilly tide; one immediately in front cf
Devonahiri-how, sad the other about midway be-
tween that paint sod Hyde-park-corai r. Two others
are made la the immediate vieiaity of the Welling-
toa statue; one in foot of Apeley-lsoue, and another
at the top of Constitution-hill. A fifth occurs at the

end of the Nall, (soprani, Backlashes' Palace, arid
the ressaisiag ose at the corner of Btafford•boace. The
*leading, too, which fungal Piccadilly as the northers
side of the esalcieure, has bees 'bend " tip e• the park
side, throughout it. while length, to 'sable it to nein the
eriwd that will doubtless he collected is that pan of Picca-
dilly. Is HyT►park additvaal eatrazion do not seem to
he

on account of the vastly greater eatent
1 of the eselesure, which precludes the apprehension of any
mime reran, and also because the existing outlets, ups-
*Melte Perk-lane and oa the Knightsbridge Bide, an
limadyesfileleatly austerene.
Omit a/ are the kcal advantages for witnessing the epee-
bele whit* the houses immediately facing the Green-park
end Hyde-park puffin. the owners of them is many in-
Masses are mastering then still more available by the ores-
Men et tesporazy balconies and booths as the roofs sod
elllereommandlrg palms of view for the amommodstimi of
irk families and visitors. Benches and awnings the being
mostraated oa the roof sad among the shimmy-pots of
Ittalt.rd house and as several other d the reebiesoee of the
ithatherecy overlooking the Green-pest. The path of the
Omen perk hem which the Blew/eke will proceed le situated
os the Mein ground abutting upon Piccadilly sad ism.
diately frontless Buckingham Palest, 90 that the view of the
exhibition which her Majesty sad the Prince Consort, with
!their distingaithed claws, will eonunsad will be 'thaw-
Mesabi*, sad soueely less eo will it be in the Craftiest of
Hyde-perk.
It maim be too generally known, se it will tend to lemon
the attraction of the Inhabitants to any one particular point,
sad eo Mathias the Idalkolll of theideat, that the display of
&seethe is the Gll4lll, Hyde, aid Vietoria-parks will
be precisely similar in all respects, and that it will take
place is these differeailoodities, and also as Priarese-bill,
within precisely the oaths houre—aaathly, between half peat
9 and 11 o'clock in the evening. TM ealilbitio• ea Prim-
rose-kill will differ froth the rest, be that it will coedit
almost wholly of whet are called aerial fireworks, whisk
will he Roth asunerou and of a larger deseriptisa than
those in **pocks, Melodies tie psrathate shell, whisk will
those he displayed as Primrose-WI.

Is seanetioa with the ezbibities es Primrose-hill, the
essay of UN sad property seriatim seem soave to be takes
of Mese fasts. Oa the south-west sale of ate hill is situated
Me reservoir OW West Middlesex Company's waterworks,
which is covered Is by a series of Grohs% about as acre sad
• half is eatest. The arshiag, Haag °sly a brick tbbk,
sot stress *Hoes to Her • moerissombest mw, such as •
crowd would presoak should the people be permitted Mtn,-
pass ou the waterworks Samorrow sight. In Nee of assidest
serious less of life mast mese. that. being, we usderstaad.
some 20 feet deptitetwater is the reservoir. Is COUS4 woos
el the Sasser appleksaded, Sir P.. Mayas has requited the
employmest oat spatial sonstablss to so-eperate with the
regular police es hie spot in premeds( say eserosekment
spot the walseweeks You the preesst sestinaokay
de good.

IMPERIAL P.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—Tur.sDAT, MAT 27.

Th. LORD CIAXOILLOA took his alit OR the woolsack at
tho anal boar.

The Earl of EOLINTON presented • petition from
Glasgow, praying for the mull of the Scotch Sale of Spirits
Let.
The LORD CHANCELLOR read • letter from Lord
Brougham, stating that he could not attend in his place,
In consequence of illness, and requesting him (the Lord
Chancellor) to take charge of the bills which stood in hie
(Lord Brougham's) nem•.
OXFORD UNIVERSITY BILL.

TWe bill paw
FIRE INSURANCE BILL.

Lord STANLEY of ALDEELEY stored the second
readiest of this bill.
The Earl of MALMESSURY said that if this bill eta
from his side of the house, it would be considered an inear-
nation of pr motion. (Hear, hear.)
Lord MONTEAOLE could mot coseere hew the bill
could be considered a imamate of protection, except inso-
much se it pratectod then . It was not a protection
of inning./ interests, bat of the Kate. (neer, beer.)
The Earl of DONOUGHIIO/tE esuld not ere any
dlf-
foresee between Free& esp4al and Freneb eora.
Lord STANLEY of ALDEELBY said there was so eh-
jostles to French sehjsot to the sme conditions se
English capital. (Hear.) But it would be absusd to sub-
ject English capital to a duty of Se., and to exempt French
capital.
The Earl of MALMESBURY said tha duty could be
done away with or leesenod.
The bill was then reed a mood time.