The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-07 00:00:00

Brandy • •
Gin.
• • ..... ••
Whisky
••••
Rum
Cordials
Perfumed 5pirit5...........
Wine containing more than 25 per
cent. of alchohol of a specific,
gravity of 823, at the temperature)
of 509 of Fahrenheit's thermo.
meter....
All other wine..........
Tea, per lb
Refined sugar, per cwt
Unrefined ditto
Mo'aeses, ditto
Coffee, per lb
Chicory
Cigars, per 1b....
Manufactured tobacco, ditto
Unmanufactured dit o, ditto
Snuff
Ale and beer in wood, per gal.
Ale and beer in bottle

s.
d.
s.
d.
s. d.
6 0 9 0 10 0
6 0 9 0 to 0
406 0 7 0
406 0 7 0
6 0 9 0 10 0
406 o 7 0

1) 0
10 2 0
0 1} 0 3
34 6 8
26 5 0
18 3 4
0 0i 0 2

O 0
2 0
1 0
O 8
2 0
O 1
0 2

O 2
3 0
2 0
2 0
2 0
O 1
O 2

By this change it is said G oveznment will gain
an increased revenue on tea of 27,000/, and on
sugar of 35,000/ per annum. The commercial
record of the Empire of the 15th of September
states that—

A further rise in the price of flour has taken place, and
stocks are so low that fresh arrivals will meet with
immediate sales. Firsts are quoted at 35! per ton, seconds
at 331. Mr. Breillart reports that the rapid manner in
which the late importations of wheat and flour have
moved off has induced a rise in the market. Wheat is
now selling for 14s a bushel.

Exchange, 3 per cent premium.

THE RUGELEY POISONING CASES

Every day brings forth new information in relation to
those mysterious affairs. It has also been mentioned,
although the particulars have not been given in detail,
that a person, the agent of a brewer, was on a visit to
Palmer about five years since, and that he died there.
That person was a Mr. Bladen, who was a collector in
Charrington's firm. Mr. Bladen had been staying with
Palmer about six days, and during that period he was
taken suddenly ill. Palmer attended him, and in a letter
to his wife stated that her husband was dangerously ill,
'ld requested her to come to Rugeley without delay. On
arrival the same night, she was shown into Mr.
're she found Mr. Palmer and Mr.
As at the time insensible, and dying
showed her to -- in

Bladen'
ThirlbN

's bed-room, wh
Bladen

fast. Palmer _ remain _.... the
bedroom but a few minutes, and in an hour or two after-
wards Bladen ceased to exist. Subsequently she requested
to see her husband's dead body, but Palmer would not
allow her to do so, alleging that the body was decom-
posing very fast, and that the sight would be too much for
her. Palmer's wife (the subject of the pending inquiry) was
greatly agitated when she heard of Bladen's death, and
exclaimed, " My poor mother died when on a visit here
last year, and now this man. What will people say ?"
Palmer afterwards searched Bladen's pockets, and
brought, as he stated, the contents to Mrs. Bladen,
namely, 151. Mrs. Bladen was 'surprised at the small-
ness of the amount, her husband having left London, as
she believed, with 2001. in his pocket. Palmer replied
that since Bladen had been in Rugeley, he had been
betting heavily, and had been very unfortunate. Mrs.
Bladen desired to have the body removed to London, but
Palmer persuaded her not to do so, as the expense would
be so great. She afterwards ascertained that the sum
could not have been nearly so large as he represented. In
addition to the persons who have been already referred to
as supposed victims of Palmer, another has been recently
named. Information has just been given to Capt. Hatton,
the chief of the Staffordshire constabulary, that a gentle-
man connected with the Turf, who was accompanied by
Palmer to the races at Leicester not a great while
since, whose horse won there, and who was said
to have realised a large sum of money by his bet-
ting on the race, became dangerously ill immediately
afterwards, and was attended professionally by
Palmer. Before his death the poor fellow's wife had
arrived at his bedside, summoned there by the dying
man. He had strength sufficient to tell that he had won
a large sum from Palmer, and in a day or so afterwards
he expired. As soon after death as was compatible with
the melancholy position which the widow occupied, she
told Palmer what her husband had said to her, and
as there was scarcely any money found in the deceased's
pockets, asked him for a portion of the money which
her deceased husband had won from him in betting.
Palmer, it is said, replied that she was greatly misled ;
that, on the contrary, her husband was largely
indebted to him. In consequence of Palmer's refusal
to pay her any money, she had to borrow money
to bury her husband, and to enable her to return to her
home. On Friday next Professor Taylor will be present
to give evidence as to the poisonous contents of the
stomachs of Mrs. Anne, and Mr. Walter Palmer.
The case of the late Mr. Cook is still the engrossing topic
of conversation in sporting circles, and the revelations
which are daily made deepens the sensation of horror
and disgust which all persons feel. All attempts to dis-
cover poor Cook's betting-book :have failed, and a sug-
gestion has therefore been made to apply to the memben
of the Ring, to ascertain, if possible, what money was
paid to or received from the deceased at Shrewsbury,
Palmer's racing stud, comprising The Chicken, Nettle,
Rip Van Winkle, the Seaweed filly, Lurley, Staffordshire
Nan, and eleven others, is advertised to be sold by Messrs.
Tattersall, on Monday, January 14th. The sale of the
household effects of Palmer commenced on Friday, and
continued on Saturday. Towards the close of the sale in
the evening one of the bailiffs, who had been put in posses-
sion, discovered a kind of private drawer, in a chest of
drawers, which, on being opened, was found to contain a
bundle of papers belonging to Palmer, and an old diary
which had been kept by him, and all which are stated to
furnish information of an important character. They have
been taken possession of by the police.

THE LATE EXPLOS'ON IN WOOLWICH AESENAL.—The
Government has directed that the widows and families of
the three men who died from the injuries resulting from the
late explosion shall continue to receive a 'sum equal to the
amount of wages formerly paid to the deceased. The same
payment is also to be paid to the families of the sufferers now
at the Royal Ordnance Hospital.
THE LATE TRAGEDY IN THE MINORIES.--The wretched
man Corrigan awaits in Newzate his trial at the sessions of
the Central Criminal Court, which commence this day. The
funeral of the murderedfemale took place yesterday afternoon,
at two o'clock, and from what can be gleaned, it seems that
the fonr helpless children will be removed to the workhouse
of St. Matthew, Bethnal-green, Bonner's-fields, Victoria-
park. It appears that Corrigan belonged to a Foresters'
Society, and was a free member, but the committee con-
nected • with the club have refused to allow the £6 which
was expected for the deceased's funeral ! On Friday, the
prisoner was occupied in writing several letters, which
were forwarded by post to the various parties to whom
they were directed,