The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-12 00:00:00

iven a certificate

CHARGE AGAINST THE POST MASTER OF OPENING A LETTER

THE BRAZILIAN MAIL.

FROM OT

JR OWN CORRESPONDENT

SOUTHAMPTON, FAiDAY

The Royal Mail steam-ship Tay, Captain
Thomas W. Sawyer, arrived here this morning at
11 o'clock a.m. 'Her dates are Buenos Ayres,
Dec. 2 ; Monte Video, Dec. 5 ; Rio do Janeiro,
Dec. 15 ; Bahia, Dec. 19 ; Pernambuco, Dec. 21;
St. Vincent, Dec. 29 : and Lisbon, January 7.

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The Tay brings £OOO in specie and diamonds on
freight to the value of £28.700

4mong her
passengers, 35 in number, is his Excellency F.
Potesdad, Minister of Spain to the Brazils. She
also brings home bills on Loudon and Liverpool to
the amount of X 700,000.
From Rio de Janeiro we learn that cholera has
disappeared from that city, and only eight cases
are noted in the vicinity.
We take the following from the Oorreo Mercantile
of the Bth December

Let some people say what they will in disparagement
of the treatment received on board the Southampton
Line of Steamers, again the press is publishing- votes of
thanks from the passengers. Here is the Tay, with
her worthy commander, Captain Sawyer, to whom on
these two voyages his passengers have shewn great
sympathy and gratitude, and have given him a public
dinner. On this day is the worthy captain and his
officers again invited to a sumptuous dinner at the
Cluh Fluminenses, to receive expressions of the above
feelings.

It is currently rumoured that Admiral Grenfel is
-sent for ;- the-disturbed state of the Banda Oriental
and the Uratt:Tuay, have no doubt caused this
report. These frequent disturbances in those
provinces lead to the wish that they should become
subject to the Brazilian government.
Several persons of high standing have been
imprisoned by order of the Brazilian government
for being connected with the late attempt to laud
slaves on the coast.

BAnu.---The cholera has disappeared from the
city, but has shown itself in the country districts.
The President of the province of Bahia, accom-
panied by his staff, and attended by H M. Consul,
J. Morgan, Esq., paid Rear-admiral Hope John-
stone an official visit, on board the flag-ship
Indefatigable. His Excellency was received with
yards manned, and on leaving, was saluted with
seventeen guns.

MONTE VIDEO.—The only new features in the
revolution are, that Generals Flores and Oribe
have ultimately agreed to uphold Bustamente and
his government, to preserve law and order pending
the election. It is generally believed that Oribe
will be elected. A fatal colliSion took place in the
Calla del Re-union and Pocton, between the
adherents of General Flores, and those of Colonel
Mitnoz, in which the latter were defeated, and
obliged to fly. Colonel Munoz, and his remaining
party, succeeded, with great difficulty, in getting
on board the steamer, and subsequently landing
at Buenos, where he was received with much
enthusiasm. The loss of both parties was thirty
killed and 100 wounded, and many of the latter
have since died of their wounds.
BUENOS AYREs.;—The repeated Indian invasions
on the-Southern frontier have damped the spirit
of mercantile adventure, and plunged many fami-
lies abject and hopeless indigence. According to
theesin
latest accounts, there is the prospect of an
immediate rupture between.. Paraguay on the one
hand, and the Confederate provinces, and Brazil,
on the other.
The prospects of the crops, owing to an almost
unprecedented succession of heavy rains, are
extremely uncertain.
Monetary matters are far from satisfactory.
Transactions in metallic are liquidated at a great
sacrifice to the local dealer. Several failures have
been
declared, though not to a very large amount.
PERA,llnneo.7—There, unhappily, the cholera
made its appearance.
At St. Vincent, and St. Antonio, the population
Ivere still suffering from drought, and were entirely
living on supplies furniohed by the Portuguese
government, and from charitable sources.

;TILE INTELLIGENCE

• wo, an avera:2;t: amount.of business was transacted
during the month. Of articles of import, the arrivals
were, with the exception of flour and salt, moderate;
but the market was amply supplied with most descrip-
tions, the transactions having been generally limited.
The sales of coffee were important. Nothing was done
for export in sugar or hides. Freights are very active,
Money continues in full demand. A vast amount of
Exchange has been negotiated ; 271 at sixty, and 27i to
28 at ninety days, were the first rates quoted upon
London.

?it BATIIA the sugar market has been much excited, and
prices have gone up to 2r 400 m to 2r 900 m for good new
sugars. The stock consists of 3226 cases, 253 boxes, 367
barrels, and 12,253 bags, or about 3040 tons net. Coffee
is cheaper; cocoa has advanced immensely. Cotton is
flatter, and 5r 200 m (offering at the date of the last
advices) no longer obtainable. Freights have advanced.
Exchange again rallied for ready cash, and a first-rate
house drew 2000/. at 28d. This rate, however, could not
'be sustained, and business has been done at 27i to 272 at
60 days.

BUENOS AvitEs.--Tn articles of daily consumption the
arrivals have been considerably above a fair average.
Wholesale prices have given way, and a further reduction
appears inevitable. Of, building materials the . stock on
hand is unusually large, and there is no prospect of an
active demand. Grain and flour are the only articles in
which it is safe to speculate. In, export produce, with
the exception of wools, there are no stocks on hand of any
kind, and the prospects for the future are bleak and dreary.

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'At Rio de Janiero.—H.M.S. Madagascar, Syren, Sharp.
SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
shooter, and Tyne. French ships of war, Ifteaurnonoir,
1 the voyage,
Poursuirant, Amer, and Savannah.
At Bahia.—ll.M.S. Indefatigable.
lA,hte-PTerany whichbuea
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spoke the French war steamer c
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Lisbon,

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gment

Mr. Thirlby, assistant to Mr. Palmer, deposed that he
made up the prescription recommended by Dr. Knight,
and that it was administered to Mrs. Palmer.
Mr. Deane said he now proposed to put in the diary
kept by William Palmer, from the 21st of Sept., 1854, to
the Bth of October.

The Coroner read the entries in the diary from the 21st
of September to the Bth of October. The entries recorded,
amongst other things, the illness of Mrs. Palmer, and the
visits of medical men. On the 29th of September, there
was the follovving entry--" My poor Annie expired," and
on the following Tuesday there was the following entry--
" Poor Annie was buried." The succeeding entries to the
Bth of October, were "at home."

Dr. Monekton, physician, of Rugeley, was next
examined. He explained, at great length, the particulars
connected with the post mortem examination of the body
whi-lh he made on the 20th of December, in conjunction
with Mr. Kaye, of Birmingham. Dr. Monckton gave it,
as his opinion, that Mrs. Palmer did not die of cholera
or diarrhoea. The appearance of the alimentary canal,
and other parts of the body, led him to that conclusion.
At seven o'clock the inquest was adjourned until to.
morrow morning (Saturday), at ten o'clock, when
Dr. Taylor will be examined first. The feeling against
Palmer in Rugeley is intense, but the evidence given to-
day is considered to be in his favour, and the impression
prevails that he will be acquitted, should Dr. Taylor's
report be in his favour, it is stated that it is not so,
but the reverse. t believe the report says in words that
' the body is saturated with antimony." On the termina-
tion of the inquest on Mrs. Palmer, that on the body of
Walter Palmer will be proceeded with.

FROM DR. TAYLOR.
To-day at the police court Samuel Cheshire, the post-
master, was charged with opening a letter addressed to
Mr. Gardiner, ,the prosecuting solicitor in Cook's case,
which was from Dr. Taylor, and containing the particu-
lars of his analysis of Cook's stomach. It is supposed that
he communicated the particulars contained in the letter to
Palmer. It is said t hat Cheshire has admitted the offence,
and has been discharged I
The case was adjourned to Thursday next.

Yesterday the Court resumed its sitting, at St. George's
Hall, at nine o'clock, before E. James, Esq., Assessor.
FENELY v. Sruna.—ln this case the plaintiff was Patrick
Penely, of 39, Clement-street, and the defendant was Mr.
George Spurr, auctioneer. In September last the plaintiff
was in arrear for taxes, when a Mr. Ravenshaw, collector,
seized some articles of furniture, with a valuable parrot and
cage. The sum due was £4 Os 10d. The property wa. -
at the defendant's sale room, as the plaintiff eller-- -
under the value. While the goods were in the possessto

of the defendant, the plaintiff to
but he refused to receive it.

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