The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-05-19 00:00:00

CENTRAL AMERICA

It is very difficult among the various partial. prejadices,
, co o
interested, imperfect and exaggerated accounts whica / the
from Central, America to form any correct co
the real facts as they exist on the sot The n 195 meat
language of the mongrel S •infects' state.-
paniard, every stated to,
on his si le • l mongrel
wie t e desire to reach s mpathies tor
highencourage aid in the United States, induces the sole s; by
the colouring on the other. A few hundred Ira nrsioto
stroke of a pen or a figure of speech, multiPl!ecinsions
thousands, just as their dreadful sufferings and Pr'l,7,(ras
areAdepreciated into the common casualties of a nlll/1:0- itn''
person who had direct access to authenti.,ith
whole ofofreethnatithfi
form and sthe
his formation who communicated with Walker
brontofficers, after the battle of Rivas, states that Thes;
scratch, and manyne„lstio:nity jog
but 0n l y the nguwhmhtibeehwr
400,anwsamoblekoderrne
leftby 02.b5rsOnadnbattenue•rteoesithel;i
them, and came oo could be brought so
command
such stern
fff themu badh t o b
Walkere urged nakedfrearB:s
sword. appeals as the application of the Generars,ebina
backs Ila d The rest sought shelter in the houses er,,_°d h
nscat ed.-ea oa their„
with but two days provisions married c°°"
con
, n without mules w s, or other moue out the
veyance. Ile was on horseback himself throtigb.: iti
t 9
st.heeivrenexihfotohseteyd aperior!
to,
en gag with no distinguishing mark of s
ot to heldrecruit R i
v a
Being withiut suppli(s, his troops could n°Lvoter
wsetrreen
gi nt chl ionoeudl
obtainec welle.
in the
0 four miles, from a neighbouring lake, that
f the town being poisonous and fasted. isaer
Walker is said to have discovered a considerable consP their
amoag the Chamorro party, and had taken measures forie the
arrest. A drum-head court-martial will probably es tt
vol
fate of fifteen or twenty of them, with the seine sum] iv°
activitywaT hsce arr
:aces
rt
uywi
toasls: o exhibitedawbeodu ti
3tnooo inf
os
strong,
therhoni g casep, t
oh yaetor fsw. pooren t
to Cor r a r
sicararb:
by the Charles Morgan from New Orleans, and
en2,,,,s
.d
ilivesides, noi
sbort
Orizaba, were met going up to Walker, by Pgs twig'
coming down, and aro represented as being of better tn_siee f
than the run of ragamuffins composing his army. s;e, iii
Tennwere young men attached to respectable faln!'be ia
essee, Kentucky, and Louisiana, and seemed t(' „,„se-
earnest for an enterprise of magnitude, rather than .
strolling adventurers directed by the ca pt ices of for•ta,
The discipline of the army is much reduced, ovlstli
efficient,
woo,
sickness and to the loss of some of the most
officers Walker is taciturn and impassive ; occuPies ~..i,i9
of his time in writing and directing or dictating, in siir, of
room, having no guard mounted, and no paraPhreLlfitarl
authority about him. He consults no one as to his
u'"
plans, and is equally loved and feared by his soldiers.
viliep
Those who remember the tactics of Sam IlonsteriV,,ited
he W 11.4 plotting for the annexation of Texas to theta„' icho
Stales, will remember the man with " the white hwo
figured like the man with the iron mask. The game that
to excite the spirit of inquisition in us, by pretending
negotiations were pending with Great Britain. and eve
were constantly made. The fulminations of Walker ag:_c...n.lev
this government two months ago, and the rumours of F°
intrigues with England, were only repetitions a the
stale farce, with a new application.

THE
RUGELEY POISONINGS.

TRIAL OF PALMER AT THE CENTRAL

CRIMINAL COURT

FOURTH DAY.
;LONDON, SATURDAY.
The interest evinced in the progress of this remarkable
trial increases each day. The interior of the court was
Mere
e crowded than upon any previous day, it having been
'erY generally understood that the chemical evidence
°aid be opened up in the course of the day. There was
Ua tar ge array of medical and scientific men present,
"'llfnelent of themselves to fill a very large portion of the
court, and the galleries were densely crowded.
4 few minutes before ten, the jury came into court. On
pr
i'laY evening and Saturday morning they were taken
out fora Promenade in the Temple Gardens. The box in
huh they sit during the day has been widened, and made
store
°re eslumodious and comfortable.
The learned judges took their seats on the bench at
:rif a'clock. Mr. Dallas, the American minister, arrived
ew minutes before the judges ; Earl Grey shortly after
tin:11101e
s ee, and occupied the same seat as OR the previous
writ'
of the trial. The prisoner was looking remarkably
~"°l' and appeared more cheerful than on the previons
uae
J, and had a smile on his face. On arriving at the
front of the dock, he bowed to the judges, and almost
itamediately afterwards entered into conversatien with
nis solicitor.
The names of the jurors having been called over,
dames,
Bates was called and examined by Mr. Edwin
September,
QC. : I have known Palmer eight or nine years.
Cs'3ePternber, October, and November of last year, I was
nI3 employ, and used to look after the stud, and see
1181 the boys who had care of the horses, did their duty.
si'ad no fixed salary. I used to receive money. Some
kirks 1 received two sovereigns, sometimes one. I knew
pa, Cook, and remember about September seeing him at
laer s house. It was about the Bth, but I cannot
exactly fix the day. I dined with Cook at Palmer's ; I
Sat at table with them. I remember that after dinner
aee4letbing was said in Palmer's and Cook's presence
413-"Ilt an insurance on my life. Either Cook or Palmer
egan the conversation, I don't know which.
rAir• Sergeant Shee objected to the question, on the
°and that it referred to events which took place at
two months before the death of Cook, and could
?re no possible bearing on the case.
putihe Attorney-General explained that the object in
the tag the question, was to show a fraudulent attempt on
part of Palmer.
Lora
Campbell decided that thequestion could not be
but,q
as it did not appear to be relevant to the case.
teT he examination was resumed by Mr. James, and wit-
Neil s!
8441: I remember the death of Cook and the inquest
e 'en was held upon his body. I know Mr. Ward, the
eeeone
r• I saw Palmer on the evening of the first day,
when the inquest was being held. Palmer gave me this
se,tter (the letter handed to witness), and told me to go to
Franz,
with it, and give it to a person of the name of
aaz, who was a dealer in game in that town. Palmer
told
me when I gave Franz the letter, that I was to receive
ar:ekage of game, which was to be directed to Mr. Ward,
and sent
to him. I received the game from Mr. Franz
43.15 n the order which Palmer gave me, and sent it to Mr.
°earl. The package was directed, "Mr. Ward, coroner
' solicitor "(I do not remember which), Stafford. I
directed it myself. I afterwards delivered to Mr. Ward
this
letter (the letter handed to witness.) When I went
0 give Ward the letter he was sitting in the smoking-
-0,,
Wisr, of the Dolphin Inn, at Stafford. I told him I
'LI to speak to him, and called him out into the yard,
seirici gave the letter to him there. There were other
°Ple in the roam at tin time. I had no directions
et°l3l the prisoner to do so. I saw Palmer at Rugeley
night, and told him that I had delivered the
'letter, and sent the game as he had desired me.
remember Thursday, the 13th December. I
wasthink
sent for on that day to Palmer's house. I should
lak about twelve o'clock. I went to his house, and
;land Palmer in bed, and he asked me to go to Stafford,
t°4 take to Mr. Ward a letter, and he told me to take care
at no one saw me give the letter to him. On Saturday
ere*,
Coenvias had taken some money to him. Palmer told med
"en to go
IlOte
to "Ben," and tell him he wanted a five pound
„e' as he had no small change. " Ben "is Mr. Thirlby,
;le assistant of Palmer. I was told by Palmer to look in
drawer under his glass in the room, and tell him the
aeeee
II . told ;' of a bank bill which was there. I looked in and
11 the amount. It was a £5O Bank of England
the
_ I left the bill there. This was before he gave me
roll° letter to take to Ward. Afterwards I went to Thirlby
no t the £5 note, as I was desired, which I got. It was a
ehe an the Bridgenorth Bank. I took it to Palmer. I
spa went down stairs. Palmer was sitting up in bed,
the writing materials were at the bottom of the bed.
4„relnained down stairs about half an hour, when I went
av again, and Palmer asked me again what was the
thraannt of the bill in the drawer. I looked, and it was
171'3,81,1'11e bill which I had previously seen and left there,
reess'"ea gave me the letter to take to Stafford. I de-
alt.' fi'ed that letter to Ward, near the railway statior.
he esn I gave the letter to Ward he crumpled it up in his
Des.' and put it in his pocket. He did not read it in my
leres-el I told Ward whom I had brought it from.
hektit went back to Rugeley I saw Palmer, and I told
tete that I had given the letter to Ward. He made no
earlt to me on the subject.
les :4°Bs-examined by Mr. Sergeant Shee : Palmer had in
Lts- "'ad four brood mares and four yearlings, and some
ier horses. I cannot tell the value of the stud, but I
C. 4 that one of them sold for 800 guineas. Some of the
stables Were in foal at the beginning of November. The
e.
theere at a short distance from the house of Palmer,
st le back of it, and the paddocks were adjoining the
Passabses' There were about twenty acres of land in the
s--6eks• They were enclosed by hawthorn hedges.
raber a mare, called the Duchess of. Kent, being ill.
enci'.uPPosed she had slipped her foal, but we could never
1104,4' Goldfinder's dam had not slipped her foal that I
the of. I saw the turf cut up by what I supposed to be
hae horses' feet. I never saw any dogs with them. I
beloe agedoB%ll a gun at the paddocks. I don't know who it
d ' to- I never saw it used, and never examined it.
I el:s"e know Inspector Field. I have seen a person who
ted
sh heard is of that name. He came to mein the latter
" November. I do not know that lee had seen
Iteeweer • Ile was a stranger to me at Rugeley. I don't
at all Where he put up. I don't know whether he put up
110 I did not see him more than once, When I went
te:' stairs about the £5 note, I saw Gillet stantling in
is3'eard• Ile was a sheriff's officer, I think.
tees
e'earnitied by the Attorney-general: When I saw the
Ives atitt 1111. it was after hay harvest. I should think it
tie. oat the latter end of September.
Reues,',lllemas Blizard Curling examined by the Attorney-
tee,: •jam a surgeon at the London Hospital. I have
and 117 aIY attention particularly to the subject of tetanus,
epee tve Published a work on that subject. Tetanus is a
ther.4die affection of the muscle. Of the true disease
tetesesare two kinds only—idiopathic tetanus and traumatic
treetB* There are other diseases in which we see con-
Idiel°llB of the muscles which I should not call tetanus.
tetas.vathic tetanus is self-generating, and traumatic
is produced by a wound or injury.
4taee Attorney-general: From what cause does idiopathic
fretll,e! aria'e ? Witness • From exposure to damp or cold ;
'le irritation of worms in the alimentary canal.
Attorney-general : In what proportion are the cases
est which end fatally to those which occur ? Witness lam
idsmable to answer, for I have never seen a case of
Ileseaethie tetanus. I have been surgeon to the London
velte' for 22
years,
and never saw a case of tlsat kind.
seul:etlit Attorney-gene;al : Cases of traumatic tetanus are
More frequent