The Northern Daily Times.
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NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1856.

shores of Nicaragua, as though they had been
abandoned by treaty ! The British Government
take, it appears, precisely the opposite view as to
the real meaning of the convention, and where
opinions differ so widely, there is certainly ample
room for discussion, if nothing more.
With reference to the question of enlistment of
recruits in the States for the service of this
country, we cannot conceive what wrong has been
done. If England endeavoured to entice
American citizens into her service, then, indeed,
she would be committing a breach of the
municipal laws of the States. But, where she
asks those who are foreigners and aliens, according
to the constitutional law of the Union, to give
their services for a certain consideration, we
certainly cannot see anything in such a transaction
which calls for reparation. Men who have not
become naturalised, or do not enjoy the full rights
of citizenship, are not, surely, bound not to
dispose of their services, or not to leave the States
to employ their time as they may think proper.
An Englishman, an Irishman, or a Scotchman, an
Hungarian, a Pole, or a German, to whom the
Constitution denies the rights of citizenship
enjoyed .by native Americans, could scarcely be
guilty of a violation of the law by simply entering
into an engagement to leave the States to embark

in the military service of any other country.
Still, we hold it to be mean and contemptible in
great Powers going about from country to country
seeking for men to fight their battles, when the
money expended in such abortive pursuits, if
judiciously applied, would secure at home
the best raw material to be found in
the world for an army. The American
Government may feel morally aggrieved on this

subject ; but we do not see how any legal wrong
can have been committed, considering how chary
the citizens of the Union are in sharing with the
subjects of other countries the municipal and inter

national privileges their constitution confers upon
themselves. The subject is one, however, on
which displomacy may fairly bestow all its leisure
hours, and ingenious arguments ! It will keep alive
those wilder passions of an excitable people which
must be fed as well as the cool and reflective por-
tions of a nation. While the latter are busying
themselves about tariffs, and taxation assuming
the formidable proportion of three to one when
compared with the actual financial wants of a
Government, the filibusters may enjoy to their
hearts' content the prospect of an irruption with

" them Britishers." There is, however, in the moral
and solid side of the American people a large pre-
ponderance to be found in favour of peace : and it
would take something more than the diplomatic
construction put on a treaty, or Ministerial quibbling

) disturb the relations between two nations who,

though they profess to be rivals, cannot forget
that their interests are identical.

But, passing from the political to the material
phases of the message, we must congratulate the
American Government on their most astounding
financial condition. We predicted last year that a
season of repletion was close at hand, and that the
Cabinet would find themselves constrained
not only to modify their tariff but to
make very large reductions in their internal
taxation. And we have now the satisfac•
tion of finding the PRESIDENT using these
words :—" The principle that all monies not
" required for the current expenses of the govern-
" ment should remain for active employment in
the hands of the people, and the conspicuous

" fact that the annual revenue from all sources
" exceeds, by millions of dollars, the amount
" needed for a prudent and economical adminis-
tration of public affairs, [cannot fail to suggest
" the -propriety of an early revision and reduction
"of the tariff of duties on imports. It is now so
generally conceded that the purpose of revenue
alone can justify the imposition of duties on

import

that in readjusting the impost tables

" and schedules, which unquestionably require
" essential modifications, a departure from the
"principles of the present tariff is not anticipated."
As for regarding the principles of the tariff as
inviolable, we know full well the value of such a
Ministerial assurance.

The message shows us that while the expendi-
ture for the fiscal year amounted to 56,365,393
dollars, the receipts reached 65,003,930 dollars
which added to the balance in the Government
coffers at the beginning of the year, swelled the
amount at the disposal of the Cabinet to
86,856,710 dols. which will leave at the close of
the year, after paying all estimated disbursements,
an unemployed balance in the Treasury of
15,623,863 dollars. Such an absorption of the
available means of a commercial country, cannot
be long tolerated by any enlightened Legislature.
PRESIDENT PIERCE tells us that the American
revenue is derived, for most part, from duties on
imported articles. He then goes on to lay it
down, as a sound axiom in political economy,
" that the principle that all monies not required
" for the current expenses of Government
"should remain for active employment in the
"hands of the ;people." Wow, if this be the
PRESIDENT'S conviction, and if the American
revenue is mainly derived from import duties. we
are at a loss to understand how the existing high
tariff can be modified, without departing from its
present principles ? If the States must curtail
taxation, so as to leave in the hands of the public
those large sums of money which are not required
to meet the current expenditure, they will be
compelled to reduce their tariff; and their success
in trade and commerce' will increase that
necessity, until they will find themselves con-
strained to adopt Free Trade, or throw aside the
a of the present Cabinet, as regards the

convie

impropriety of exacting from the citizen more
money than is really required to meet the expenses
of government. Free Trade is the offspring Of
necessity. No nation will pass voluntarily from

prohibition, with all its concomitant sluggish-
ness, to unbridled enterprise, with all its bustle

and toil, until some great accumulation of wrongs
forces it on them.
,England was driven into Free
ersity, and America will assuredly be

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.

LIVERPOOL,

MONDAY EVENING,

There has been rather a better feeling in the
Liverpool Cotton Market to-day, and a slight
increase in the amount of business done, the sales
reaching 7,000 bales, of which 1,500 have been
taken for speculation and export. Prices remain
without change from Friday.
The Liverpool Share Market opened with con-
siderable steadiness, notwithstanding the decline
in Consols at the opening, and improved during
the day with the advance in Consols, closing a
shade below the highest point :—Aberdeen, 11 111-.
Chester and Birkenhead, 121 13. Caledonian, 261
27. Chester and Holyhead, 1111;. Eastern Coun-
ties, 81, 81. East Lancashire, 17/ 171. Great
Northern, 211 221. Ditto A, 9 9/. Great Western,
514 521. Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 76 761,
Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 13$- 14. Lon_
don and North Western Stock, 931- 931. Manches-
ter, Sheffield and Lincoln, 23 231. Ditto Prefer-
ence, 131 131. Ditto New 6 per cent Pref., 7-16 tp.
Midland Stock, 62i 63. North British, 7 3-16 71.
North Staffordshire, 81 8!d. South Eastern,
16 15-16 17 1-16. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 161
16f. York and North Midland, 22! 221. Dutch
Rhenish, `!d. Great Western of Canada, 241 24
Ditto New Shares, 2 3-16 2 5-16 p. Great Luxem-
bourg, 101 10d.
The steamer Asia has arrived here from Boston
with dates from New York to the Ist inst., but she
has not brought any specie, and her commercial
advices are more than usually devoid of interest.
Exchange on London is again quoted lower, the
outside rates being 108 Q. The long-delayed
Annual Message of the President was read to the
Senate on the 31st ult., and will be found in the
present number of our paper. Its tone on the
subject of Foreign Relations, about which so much
anxiety had been felt in financial circles, is digni
fied and unexceptionable, and certainly not more
emphatic in language, or less friendly in temper,
than the nature of pending diplomatic differences
with one or two of the European States would
seem to call for. The Message also affords a
gratifying summary of the very flourishing con-
dition of the revenues of the Government,
and the rapid reduction of the Public Debt.
The official weekly Banking Averages to Saturday,
December 29, made up for five days only—Christ.
mas intervening—show the following changes:—
Increase of Loans ...... . , . . $733,573
Loss of Gold
Increase of Circulation .. 63,053
Apparent Gain in Deposits..
Gross Deposits, average six days, December 22... 77,241,096
Less Clearances
.... 20,685,007

Actual Deposits
Gross Deposits, average five days, December 29 80,438,627
Less Clearances

Actual Deposits, December 29 556,736,775
Actual Increase only
The English Stock Market to-day was almost
exclusively influenced by the intelligence from
Vienna. In the morning, chief stress was laid
upon the reported rejection by Russia. The
Funds consequently shewed cohsidcrable flatness,
at a fall of 4 per cent. At a late hour, however,

ro was more disposition to hope that Russia is
really desirous of retiring from the contest, and
that diplomacy will make renewed attempts to
effect an adjustment of the points still in dispute,
and the Funds suddenly rallied. The recovery
was fairly maintained to the close, the final
quotations being 4 per cent. higher than those of
Saturday, namely, 861 862. At Paris, the news of
the day has evidently been received with satisfac-
tion. The French Funds were reported by tele
graph as being this afternoon about one per
cent. higher than on Saturday. Money maintains
full rates in Lombard-street, but no pressure
is observible. In the Stock Exchange there
was a moderate demand, at 5 to 52 per cent.
on Government Securities. Business in the
Railway Share Market continues very quiet, but
prices to-day were firmly supported. The
last quotations were as follows :—Cale-
donian, 541. Eastern Counties, 8 3.16 8 5-16. East
Lancashire, 681 692. Great Northern, 881 894.
Ditto A, ,74 75. Great Western, 514 52. Lan-
cashire and Yorkshire, 761. Leeds Northern,
124. London and North Western, 911 911. Man-
chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 221 231
Midland Stock, 63 634. North British, 28 29.
South Eastern and Dover 561 57. York, Newcastle,
and Berwick, 66 67. York and North Midland,
441 441. North Stafford, 9e 9k.

CORONER'S Irmunsrs.—Yesterday, the coroner held the
following inquests :—On the body of a shoemaker named
Edward Brennan, who resided in Circus-street. The
deceased was sitiing at home on Saturday evening, appa-
rently in his usual health, when he dropped, and died
instantly,. Verdict, "died by the visitation of God, from
natural causes."—On the body of a child named John E.
Blackburn, aged seven, which died in Upper Mann-street, in
consequence of the injuries received by its clothes catching
fire. Verdict, " accidental death."--On the body of a child
horn on beard the steamer Royal William, from Dublin, on
Thursday night last. An account of this appeared in our
paper of Saturday. The death of the child was caused by
want of proper attendance at the time of the birth. Verdict
accordingly.

WAvERTIVEE COTarTSSIONERS.—The monthly meeting of
the Wavertree Board of Health, was held last night, at the
public office, Wavertree, the Rev. W. Bmlnall in the Chair.
The following members were present : Messrs.Rishton, Chaf-
fers, Gore, Bradburn, Hill, Clarke; Halhead and Anderton.
The Chairman had two letters, one from the Marquis of
Salisbury, and one from Mr. Hornby. In reference to the
letter of Mr. H. Hornby, complaining of great inconve-
nience to his house from a sewer; it was agreed that on the
change of weather within a week, the complaint would be
remedied. A complaint from certain ratepayers, complaining
of a nuisance, in Sandown-lane, was referred to the
Surveyor. The chairt;nan then read the letter from the
Marquis of Salisbury, in regard to certain drainage which
his lordship required; a report of which has already
appeared in our paper.. In-reply to Mr. Chaffers, the engi-
neer said the present contemplated drain by the board would
benefit the Marquis of Salisbury's land, but he could not tell
to what extent until he could make a report on the subject.
After a discussion it was resolved, on the motion of Mr.
Chaffers, seconded by Mr. Rishton, to send a reply to the
Marquis of Salisbury of the question, as soon as Mr. Newland
could have finished his report on the whole point. It was
then ordered that Mr. Newland furnish a detailed report, as
to the sewerage, 4irc., of the whole district. The board,
having to transact the nsu4l routine business, adjourned.
LIST OP PASSENGEIIS.—The following is a list of pas-
sengers per Asia, E. G. Lott, commander, from Boston
and Halifax. From Boston : Mr. Hollensworth and lady,
Miss Thayer, Mrs. Hurd, Messrs. J. and A. B. Posters,
Mr. J. Aughton, lady, and three children, Madame Guess
Messrs. Beryls and lady, H. March, R. Nixon, Person, J.
West, G. Sly, J. B. Brayer, R. M. Luckie, Chadbourne,
G. Mellor, G. and C. Hamilton, Henderson and servant,
Capt Short, Messrs. Hickey, J. P. Roe, W. A. Murray, J.
H. Winn, Hugh Fraser, M.,ollendoff, Winks, A. Urquhart,
J. Gordon, J. Swinburn.: 3. 7:Stovel, W. A. Ballard,
R. S. Fay, jun., W. Lambert. J. M. Jones, Stainton
Blake, E. W. Forbush, Geo. B. Symons, A. Kirkland,
John Stirling, Leckie and lady, W. Watson, John Kerry,
John Christmas, Hughes, Thomas Grigg,- H. Vande-
water, G. A. Gale, A. Roy, L. S. Oliver, Claxton, Dr.
Douglas, Messrs. J. Outcliffe, J. Duncan, W.
Prescott, P. Lachaisi, W. J. Forbes, W. Dixon,
Dr. Bellot, Messrs. H. Burns, J. 1 Hayles,
lady and child,: Mr. Nathan and lady,
Messrs. M. Nathan, A.. E. Smith, NiSS Leavett, Messrs.
P. Stevenson, Peter Jobbing, Charles Wade, J. H. Blake,
Charles Freeman, J. Cairnes, M. Jones, S. F. Stone, E.
Powell and lady, J. Sander, Crowther, Tyre. . White
horn, T. Gardiner, Birch, Swanwick,!Miss Wollenwebber,
Messrs Fick, Henry Born, Pedro de Silva, Francisco
Gomez, Mr. J. Robinson lady and child. From Halifax :
Messrs Bliss, J. Bliss Tobin, Combs and child, Brown,
Crane,: Mons. Michel, Hon. Mr. Feely, Messrs. Thomas,
Roberts, Cormick, Lewis, Simmonds, Andrews, and
Baines.

LIVERPOOL POLY TECHNIC SOCIETY. —The annual meeting
of this society was held yesterday evening, at the Royal
Institute, Colquitt-street. Mr. H. Dawson occupied the
chair. Prior to the public meeting, the following gentle-
men, on the recommendation of the retiring council, were
elected as officers and council for the ensuing year :
President—Mr. Edward Jones. Vic3-presidents—Messrs.
Thomas Edwards and Joules Newlands. Treasurer—Mr.
F. Horner. Secretary—Mr. C. F. Salt. Council—Mr.
Alderman Bennett, Messrs. G. F. Chantrell, Henry Dawson,
John Grantham, H. P. Homer, William Milner, Joseph
Mondel, Maxwell Scott, R. Whinerey, and J. Woore. The
Secretary announced that he had that evening received a
note from Mr. C. Wye Williams, accompanied by a number
of copies of his "Letter on the Operation of the Smoke
Nuisance, with remarks on the formation and prevention of
smoke, and the remedy against the continuance of the
nnigince." Mr. Smith then explained an apparatus for
giving an instantaneous alarm in case of fire, and also for
extinguishing fires, whenever they may occur, in warehouses,
shins, and dwelling-houses. A vote of thanks was passed
to Mr. Smith for bringing the invention under their notice,
the society thinking it was well worthy the attention of
merchants having combustible mat !rials in their warehouses,
Mr. Jackson then read a paper on " the increase of light to
be obtained from gas when deteriorated with atmospherics
air." This paper was illustrated by experiments, which
were highly successful. The meeting then separated.

FRANCE.

(FROM ODR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING

We have two telegraphic despatches to-clay, one
from Berlin, the other from Vienna, which say that
Russia has partially accepted the propositions of
Austria, with, however, certain modifications ; but
one despatch says that she has consented to the
abandonment of the tract of territory on the
Danube demanded by the Allies, and the other
that she positively refuses it. This contradiction
naturally throws doubt on the portions of the two
despatches in which they agree. My own informa-
tion, obtained, as usual, from a good source, leads
me to believe that the despatch writers knew
nothing whatever of the real state of
things. I am positively assured that the reply
of Russia to the Austrian proposition is perfectly
unsatisfactory, and that, in consequence, Sir
Hamilton Seymour and Baron Bourqueney, the
English and French Ambassadors in Vienna,
have been authorised to reject any counter propositions
she may make, without even taking the trouble of
consulting their government on the subject.

The Cionstitutionnel has information which coin-
cides substantially with my own. It publishes a
letter from Vienna, which, it says, " in conjunction
with the information it has received from Berlin,
dissipates the last hope that could be entertained
with respect to the early establishment of peace.
Such a declaration from the semi•ofiicial organ of
the government may be considered as decisive,
especially as that organ has always heretofore been
rather disposed to believe in peace than otherwise.
What the Vienna letter says is, that if the reply
of Russia to the Austrian propositions had been
a favourable one, there was no reason why it
should not have been given to Count Esterhazy,
'instead of being sent direct to Vienna,
as it has been; and that as it contains
counter-propositions, it is equivalent to a refusal,
inasmuch, as the Allies, having presented the
minimum of their demands, required a direct
answer, Yes or No, to them. The letter adds, t'aat
Bavaria and Saxony, in spite of their engagements
to the Western Powers. and particularly to France,
did not support the Austrian propositions cor-
dially—they simply recommended the adoption of
them, but did not adopt them themselves; whereby
they made the Czar believe, that even if Austria
broke off with him, the rest of Germany would
stand by him.

The Oonstitutionnel also publishes a letter from
St. Petersburg, which tends to show the impossi-
bility of peace. The dominating party, it
says, was in favour of the continuance
of the war. The Grand Duke Constantine;
who is a greater man than the Emperor, was
highly indignant at the Allies, and especially at
Austria, for having addressed the propositions to
Russia. " What right have they," he is stated to
have cried, " to attempt to impose on us conditions
which would cause us. even temporarily, to be no
more in our sea than the Turk ? But let them go to
Nicolaieff—it is stronger far than Sebastopol !"
The Moniteur announces that on Tuesday the
Emperor will pass in review, in the Courtyard of
the Tuileries, the regiment recently returned from
the Crimea, and that his Royal Highness the
Duke of Cambridge will distribute on the occasion,
in the name of the Queen of England, medals to
all the officers, non-commissioned officers, and
soldiers. All ! Never assuredly was such a whole-
sale distribution of honours witnessed ,in France,
and for my part I greatly fear it will be turned into
derision. The French, both civil and military,
are eager for decorations that are, or may be sup-
posed to be, the reward of merit; but decorations
delivered en masse to a crowd—decorations which
fall to the skulking coward as well as to the brave
man—to the cook who made the broth as to the
hero who wars maimed at the Malakoff—can pos-
sess no value in their eyes.
You will perhaps look to me for some information
respecting the Council of War which is now sitting
at the Tuileries, under the presidency• of the
Emperor; but its deliberations are kept strictly
secret. I hear, however, that Prince Napoleon,
one of its members, has revealed to his intimate
circle, that in the first sitting the question whether
the Crimea should or should not be abandoned,
with the exception of -the points actually held by
the Allies, was discussed, and that the general
opinion seemed to be in favour of transferring the
war elsewhere. In the second sitting the question
debated was whether it would be desirable to make
what is called la grande guerre against Russia,
that is to say, excite a revolution in Poland, in
Finland, and wherever she keeps nations in thral-
dom—compel all powers, great or small, to declare
for or against her, and to treat them accordingly—
and to carry on the war with ruthless severity, and
with all the tremendous means of destruction
which science has created and can create : or,
instead thereof, to wake la petite guerre—that is to
say, to attack her in her southern and northern
provinces as heretofore, and with the same means
as heretofore. No formal decision on this
subject was come to. The Emperor, you
know, never takes part in any discussion
—he listens profoundly to every thing that
is said pre and eon, but opens not his lips, and
scarcely ever makes a sign of approval or dissent.
It is asserted that he acts precisely in this way in
the council of war. But, though I transmit these
details to you, as what is said in well informed
quarters, I cannot take on myself to guarantee
their truth.

PARIS, SATURDAT EVENINQ,

The curious article in the Ilioniteur noticed yes-
terday, has been placarded on all the walls--a proof
that the government desires to attract the atten-
tion of the public especially to it. Its precise
object remains for the moment an enigma, but in
well informed quarters, it is believed to be what I
stated yesterday, namely—a preparation of public
opinion for the proposition by the Senate of certain
unpalatable measures which the Emperor, from the
fear of losing his popularity, does not wish to assume
the responsibility of bringing forward. Certain
zealous Bonapartists, however, poo.h! pooh! this
view, and pretend that the article is nothing more
than a hint to the senate, to exercise the rights
conferred on it and the Constitution, of proposing,
or as the French phrase is, taking the initiative of
measures of public utility. According to these
worthies, it is quite a mistake to suppose that the
Empire is a despotic government; it is a govern-
ment of two branches—one the Emperor, and
the other the Senate—and both are bound to
bring forward all useful -measures. But as the
Emperor, absorbed by the daily details of the
government, and with the conduct of foreign
affairs, has not time to inquire into what is useful
or desirable, the Constitution leaves the Senate to
do it. lilt hitherto the Senate has entirely
neglected this part of its duty, and so the Illoniteur
has aroused it from its sloth. In support of this
view, I am referred to the various publications of
M. Louis Couture, the eminent Bonapartist
author, who has gained celebrity by having
done more than any man to explain the
philosophy
of Bonapartism. He has always insis-
ted that the Senate is not a mere asylum for
invalids, as is generally thought; but is, to use
his own words, the guide to the initiative of
public opinion."
A. telegraphic despatch from Berlin announces
that Baron de Seebach, the Saxon Minister, had
arrived in that city, on his way from St. Peters-
burg, and, " it was said" that he was authorised
to continue the negociations for peace, at Paris.
This is an on dit which requires confirmation.

We are pleased to call the attention of our numerous
readers to one of the course of lectures, to be delivered this
evening, in connection with the Sunday-school and Literary
Institute, in the Concert-hall, by the Rev. Mr. Ilarcus,
who, a short time since, gave a course of instructive lec`ures
to the workmen of the Mersey Iron Works, at the close of
which, they made the rev. gentleman a presentation of
plate, as a token of esteem and respect for the highly
valuable course delivered.
Tars SANINGs BANK.—We are glad to learn that con
siderable improvements have recently been made in our
Local Savings Bank. The object of the managers is to
afford to depositors as many facilities as possible, and we
confidently believe that the present order of business is
eminently calculated to produce that end. The nature of
the changes made will be sufficiently understood, when we
state that the bank is now open for receipt and payment of
money, every day in the week, except Thursday, from
half-past ten to half-past two, and on Saturday evening
from six to eight o'clock. Any sum, from Is. to .£3O is
received at one time. The notice required previous to the
withdrawal of money is seven days, if the sum do not exceed
15, and fourteen days for larger amounts.

THE RUGELEY POISONING

CASES.

INQUEST ON THE BODY
OF MR. WALTER

PALMER

RIIGELEY, MONDAY,

This morning the jury, empannelled to enquire into the
causes of the deaths of Annie Palmer, wife of Mr. Palmer,
surgeon, of Rugeley, and Walter Palmer, his brother,
again assembled at the Town-hall, Rug:eley, Mrs. Palmer's
case having been disposed of, the jury proceeded to
enquire into the case of Walter Palmer.
Mr. Deane, as before, appeared for the prosecution,
and Mr. John Smith, of Birmingham, watched the case
on behalf of William Palmer, Mr. Kenealey, barrister,
and Mr. Pemberton, surgeon, of Birmingham, also
attended with Mr. Smith. Professors Taylor and Rees
were likewise in attendance. The following insurance
offices were also represented, viz. :—Mr. Hornby, of the
Prince of Wales ; Mr. Brigg, of the Medical, Legal, and
General; Mr. Lawton, of the Universal; Mr. Farren, of
the Gresham ; and Mr. Robertson, of the Indisputable.

The first witness called was Mr. Henry Day, who said :
I am a surgeon, and reside at Stafford; I knew the
deceased Walter Palmer and was his medical attendant
about six weeks previous to his death ; when first I was
called in, on the 7th July last, he was suffering from
chronic inflammation of the lungs, and also symp-
toms of affection of his liver and kidneys ; I
prescribed for him; I did not make up the
medicine, but Mr. Masters, the druggist, of Stafford, dis-
pensed my medicines for me; I attended him at first
very nearly every day, up to the 31st of July; I also
attended him from the 10th of August up to the day of
his death; I saw him on the 10th, 11th, and 12th August;
I called on the 13th and 14th, bnt did not see him; I next
saw him on the 16th; he was then in articulo mortis;
virtually, though not actually, dead ; there was a con-
♦ulsive twitching of the muscle from the left side of the
face, and the left arm, which showed that the body had
either fallen down by its own weight, or it was a move-
ment of the body itself, not voluntarily, because there was
no consciousness; the features looked a little swollen ;
there was no more than an ordinary colour in the face—a
little bluish, if anything; I believe he had died from
apoplexy, and I certified to that effect ; the head was a
little turned on the left side, and there was a little fluid
running from the mouth, which smelled of brandy and
water; he was lying 'on the' sofa when I found him,
dressed, but without a handkerchief to his neck, and his
shirt collar unbuttoned ; I did not notice anything else.

By Mr. Deane: I examined him some months before
for insurance ; I did not discover any particular disease
except the want of rhythm in the heart. (The certificate
given by Mr. Day, in April last, was read.) It was as
follows :—" From a careful examination for the Universal
office, I consider his life to be one perfectly safe for insu-
rance." That certificate is dated the 7th of April; at the
time I made that examination, Walter Palmer was a per-
fect stranger; he was introduced to me by his brother,
Mr. William Palmer ; I have heard his (Wm. Palmer's)
name, but never before to my knowledge had seen him ;
not having known him before, there was only one way
that I could judge of his habits, and that was by his own
and his brother's representations; from circumstances
that afterwards came toi my knowledge, I was induced to
write a letter to the office—the substance of which was,
that I had discovered that Mr. Walter Palmer was not a
temperate man; I attended Walter Palmer professionally
at the request of Mr. William Palmer, on the 7th July.
He called upon me at my residence in Stafford. He
said that his brother was so ill, and that he was so much
occupied that he could not attend to him, and that he
(Walter Palmer) had been drinking largely ; that his doing
so was then, and had been before, a deep source of regret
to himself, his mother, and, indeed, to all the family, and
that if I could but get him well, and break him of his
habits, he (William Palmer) and the family would be ever-
lastingly obliged to me. That I was to see him as often
as I possibly could, not to spare either trouble or expense,
and that whatever the cost might be, he would defray it.
I replied that I would attend to him, and do all in my
power for him, but as for payment I should not think of
taking any, considering that he was the brother of a medi-
cal man. Mr. Wm. Palmer then said that he would not
allow me to see him upon any such terms, and that if I
would not attend, and be paid as in ordinary case, he
should employ some other medical man. I then answered,
that if nothing would satisfy him but parting with
his money, I would take all he chose to give me.
I cannot state precisely what the prescriptions were;
they were principally addressed to his liver ' • all the pre-
scriptions I gave Mr. Marsden has • the most of them con-
tain blue pill, opium, henbane, hemlock, and benzoic acid ;
then there was a little mixture of antimonial wine ; another
mixture was some carbonate of potash, some gum water,
spirit of sweet nitre, and an infusion of gentian ; from
the Ist of July I don't think I saw him until the 10th of
August; Mr. William Palmer called at my house on that
day; he saw my wife, and wished me to see his brother,
for he had returned from Rugeley, and had been drinking
a great deal too much ; I called on the morning of the
12th, and by appointment went in the afternoon ; his
brother William opened the door; and he said that Walter
was asleep on the sofa, and that it was no use disturbing
him; there were two days of Wolverhampton races, but I
cannot tell whether they were on the Monday and Tues-
day, the 13th and 14th of August; I saw a person named
Walthendine when I called during his illness ; I saw
him, and an irregular conversation took place, in
which he said "Doctor, those pills last night were
twisters.'" I asked him, "What pills ? " he replied, " those
you sent last night ;" I said, " I sent you none ;" when
he replica," you must have done; Will must have had them
either from you or from Manson, for he gave them to me
out of your box" In consequence of that conversation, I
occasioned the inquiry to he made by Mr. Marson ; I don't
think I could state precisely the hour I saw him on the day
of his death, the 10th of August, but it would be some-
where between eleven and twelve o'clock in the forenoon ;
he was lying on the sofa in the sitting-room, dressed; as
no post mortem examination was made, I formed my opinion
on the previous knowledge I had ; at that time I did no:,
know that his life was insured; I did not suggest the pro..
priety of a post marten; examination ; I described the cause
of death as apoplexy, and general viscera disease ; in my
opinion, apoplexy was the cause of death; Mr. William
Palmer, the person named Walthenden, and Mrs.
Walthenden, whom I understood to be the wife of Walth.
enden, were present at the time of death ; I only heard of the
attempted administration of brandy, or brandy
and water, and that I am told he could not swallow ; it
would depend very much upon the state of the person at the
time whether I should administer brandy to a person in a
state of apoplexy ; I consider, taking his previous habits
into account, it might have been the only thing William
Palmer could give him ; I did not notice any other
smell whatever, but that of brandy and water; I felt for the
pulse, and felt what I believed to be them distinctly beat-
ing ; the eyes were open, and I looked at their pupils ;
they were dilated; narcotic poisons produce, in my opinion,
a state bordering upon apoplexy ; I am not prepared to say
that a dose of morphia would, or would not, produce
apoplexy; the eyes were dilated, and I should rather
suppose that morphia would contract them ; there was no
breathing when I saw him; I thought it highly probable that
a dose of narcotic poison would produce ta )re rapid effects
upon a person in Mr. Walter Palmer's state of health, than
upon a healthy person.
By Mr. Smith : I did not deem a sedative or narcotio,
properly applied, not to be a proper remedy a few days
before his death ; it is impossible for any one having to
examine for an insurance office to make such strict investi-
gations as you have in an ordinary case of disease; it is not
practicable ; if they were submitted to a more rigid exami-
nation, you might detect a state of disease which in
,usual
cases are not under the ordinary examination ; I examined
Walter Palmer in a state indicative of disease of the kidneys;
assuredly there ware indications of disease of the liver,
enlargement ; a pain underneath his shoulder blade, and his
cough ; that was accompanied by expectoration, and which
occurred principally in the morning when first getting up ;
he occasion'illy vomited large quantities of bile ; I was
informed by his brother William that he died from delfriam
tremens; I repeatedly cautioned him as to his course of life,
referring to his habits of drunkenness; he gave me a volley
of abuse for my advice; 1 never saw him thoroughly sober;
I think his mode of life was such as tended to
promote apoplexy. It depends very much upon
the natural constitution of the man, but drink-
ing more generally produces apoplexy. Taking into ,
consideration the state. in which I saw him, I cannot say

whether the dropping of the arm I previously described was
or was not a state of apoplexy; on the 10th of August,
when I saw him; I told him It was but of little use my send.
ing him medicine, and that if he did not at once stop his
then course of life, he would shut up as rapidly and as
securely as the penknife which I then shut before his eyes,
to which he replied that I was a methodist parson, and that
I had better get nut of the house ; he was then in a state
of drunkenness ; he did not tell me in what way the pills
I had sent him no pills for some days

were "twisters

previous

By a Juror: He did not complain to me before of the
first pills ; he always talked in a wild delirious way of giving
me money and horses.

By M. Smith : From his conversation, and my inter-
course with him, I found that I never could be certain
whether ho was telling the truth or not; I thought
it strange if his brother had given him pills
out I thought little of it, and that what he said night not
be trite; I mentioned it to his brother afterwards, and be
denied it, and said "it was all bosh" ; I mentioned it to
his brother again, the next time I saw him, and before
Walter's death ; I have stated in my certificate, that the
cause of death was apoplexy.

By the Coroner : I never, said I thought Walter Palmer
was poisoned. _

By Mr. Smith : The skin was merely moist ; a mere
pumidity of the skin ; I don't know that there was much
heat about the head ; his hands, throat, face, and the upper
part of the chest I felt, and they were cold, clammy, and
moist; I never saw a case of poisoning by Morphia; Dr.
Taylor, in his book on poisoning by Morphia, page 614,
says : " The pupils of the eye are strongly contracted, and
quite inactive, the heat of the head increased, and the scalp
and lice covered with a copious perspiration." No
symptoms of this kind were apparent.

By a Juror : I did not notice any" particular change in
the deceased, on the morning after he said he had take 4
the pills, which were " twisters."
By Mr. Deane : During the time I caw him, he was
suffering fromdeliritem tremens.

By Mr. Smith : When I first saw Walter P4lmer,

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told me that he drunk a qnart bottle, to a bottle and a
half, of gin a night. I told him 1 wanted to reduce him
to a halt bottle. which I thought a good descent. Previous
to his leaving for Liverpool, he told me he had so reduced
himself ; but on his return from Liverpool he was as bad
as ever.

Mr. Marson examined : I am a chemist, and made up
medicine for Mr. Day (the last witness) ; I produce the
prescriptions which were given to me by Mr. D:ty, and
made up for Mr. Walter Palmer ; they bear date tb
and 9th of July, and the lath of August,
mixture of the 7th was only made once, b,
were repeated several times; the press,
the 9th was made up on that da .
mixture was repeated, with a small 4
every two or three days, up to the 31st July ; that v
list time it was dispensed by us ; the pills of July 7th
repeated four times I think between the 7th and the
July ; from the 10th of August two composing pills v
made up ; they consisted of 31 grains of blue pill, and
grains of Dovers powder, to be taken at bed time ; that v
all the medicine I supplied.
By Mr. Deane : I believe Mr. Day enquired o'
between the sth and 10th of August about the pi 11...
By the Coroner : The enquiry was mad' by M
personally ; I recollect, on referring to
no medicine had been supplied for severa' days p.
By a Juror : I did not supply any pills or medic
Mr. William Palmer ; I don't think that any body
establishment would supply him ; they would not
him personally ; he would not be supplied with pr,
acid, as that is only supplied to medical men, and
young men, not knowing him, would not have sold it
him.

my boo

At this stage of the proceedings the Court adjourned for
half an hour. On resuming,
•
Mrs. Lucy Walkerdine, of Stafford, was examined. She
stated that the deceased, Walter Palmer, lodged with her
and her husband for some time before his death, and that
daring that time he drunk very hard, and witness was of
opinion he died from apoplexy.
Thomas Walkerdine, husband to the last witness, was
next examined, and deposed to attending Wolverhampton
Races along with the deceased on the 13th and 14th of
August, during which time deceased was drunk ; he was
drunk when he went to Wolverhampton Races, and drunk
on his return; he was taken ill on his return home, and
died on the 16th of August. Deceased was in the habit of
drinking a quart of gin a night ; he was of opinion that he
died from apoplexy; William Palmer frequently came to,
see him.

Mrs. Philips, an attendant on the deceased during his last
illness, was of opinion that be died from apoplexy.
Professor Taylor was next examined. He stated that in
conjunction with Dr. Rees, he had made an analysis of the
several parts of the body of the deceased, and had not been
able!to find any trace of either mineral or veg,table poison ;
the liver and other parts of tho body were diseased; after
fi►e days consultation they had been unable to discover the
cause of death, but after the evidence which he had now
heard. he was of opinion that it was the result of anoolea
caused by excessive drinking

b•
Harland, of Stafford, deposed to making an examin-
ation of the deceased last year, for a life insurance in the
Gresham Insurance Company, and reporting him a hFalthy
life, on the representations made of deceased by William.
Palmer.

The enquiry, at seven o'clock, was adjourned till to-Tnor-
row, when witnesses will be produced to prove that William.
Palmer administered medicine to the deceased.

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