Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-03-28 00:00:00

the Panama route, so long and earnestly maintained
here to be the best and most economical, as well as
the shortest.

MONEY AND SHARE MARKET : Since our last summary a
moderate amount of business has been transacted in the
share market. Money is pretty plentiful for good invest-
ments, and prices consequently remain firm. The fluctua-
tions that have taken place in the different securities have
not, however, been to any great extent ; and, as the half-
yearly dividends of the following companies—Australian
Joint Stock Bank, Newcastle Coal and Copper Company,
and Australian Steam Navigation Company, are about to be
declared at the •end of the month, holders in the mean time
are not disposed to sell, except at full rates. Commercial
Bank Shares are very firm, and have been sold as
high as £52 lOs per share, cum. div. and right to
new shares, which is an advance of £2 lOs per
share on the highest price ruling last month,
General Assurance Company's shares have advanced 5s per
share, and Bank of New South Wales lOs per share. Union
Bank shares have improved 20s per share. In Australian
Steam Navigation shares some large sales were effected in
the beginning of the month at from £l4 lOs to £l4 Iss per
share, but they have since rallied, and are now worth £l5
per share. New South Wales Marine Assurance Company's
shares have declined from 5s to 7s 6d per share.

Government debentures continue firm, and meet with a
ready sale at fall quotations. The Pyrmont Bridge Com-
pany's debentures are going off pretty steadily at par.
The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Com-
mercial Banking Company was held on the 18th of. January.
The resolution passed at the last meeting to increase the
capital from £240,000 to £320,000 was confirmed. A
dividend at the rate of 20 -per cent. per annum was
d.clared. The reserved fund was increased to £50,000,
and £4,924 is 5d was carried to the credit of next half
year's account.

The half-yearly general meeting of the shareholders of the
Australian General Assurance Company was held on the 22nd
of January. A dividend at the rate of 20 per cent. per annum
was declared. The amount to the credit of profit and loss
account on the 31st December, 1858, was £18,378 is 11d.
Messrs. J. L. Montefiore and A. Campbell were elected
directors in the room of Messrs. W. Fanning and T. W.
Smith, resigned. _

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WIRRALL WATER WORKS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES

Sir,—A letter under the above heading appeared
in the Daily Post a day or two since, signed by a
Mr. Richard Lee, honorary secretary to the com-
mittee for the adoption of the Local Government Act
for Tranmere, which calls for a few remarks, and I
venture to claim a space in your columns for a reply
—not, however, for the purpose of interfering with
that gentleman's complacency, both as to his judg-
ment of the law of Mr. Hope Scott (which may
fairly be left to take care of itself, notwithstanding
so eminent a decision against it), and as to his
avowed determination to oppose the bill, now passed
the House of Commons, in its progress through the
Lords, but in order to say a word to the ratepayers
of Birkenhead, out of whose pockets it is to be feared
the opposition will eventually come, for it is well
known that, notwithstanding the free use of such
names as Mr. Brocklebank's and Major Orred's, and
others As large subscribers to the opposition fund.
(whom it is quite certain will not contribute one
penny, if their own word is to be believed), that
there is no one of any means
,in Tranmere who will
be likely to find the money requisite (a very large
sum) to carry on this opposition through Parliament.
Where, then, are the funds to be found ? Perhaps a
placard, of whose authorship I am ignorant, which
is very numerously posted about Tranmere may
exhibit some clue. Those learned in the localities
will not be slow to discover who are meant by the
names placarded; and if there is any truth in what
is there stated, I would ask the ratepayers of Birken-
head, is it for this that they congratulated themselves
a short time back in having at such heavy cost shaken
off the alleged incubus of a family clique who. had
enriched themselves at the expense of the townships,
only to hand themselves over bound hand and foot to
another dominant family ? Are all the affairs of
that important and rising township to be at the will
and dictation of a single individual, and have not the
Commissioners the spirit, or the ratepayers the sense
to free themselves from such expensive and ruinous
thraldom? The sum now spending by the Parlia-
mentary Committee (consisting of Mr. John Laird
and two lawyers) in opposing the Liverpool Dock Bill
and the Wirral Water Works Scheme are perfectly
frightful to contemplate, when it is known how
deeply the township is already in debt, and will tell
heavily upon the ratepayers when the rate-in-aid
I comes to be discussed. Let me ask them, will they
be parties to paying the Tranmere expenses as well
as their own in the further opposition to this Bill,
and have them smuggled through their accounts by
that hocus-pocus sort of management coming under
the head of Parliamentary expenses. Will they
suffer this ? If they do it shall not be blindfolded,
as I will once for all state very shortly the objects of
the bill in question, and what they oppose.
Several outlying townships, numbering 20,000
and 30,000 inhabitants, have suffered severely with
increasing years and population from the want of
water, a want that the Birkenhead Commissioners
neither would nor could supply. One township,
especially—that of Tranmere—containing, amongst a
very respectable population, a class of inhabitants
and houses redolent of filth and abominations that
would disgrace an Irish village, especially needed,
from motives of health and cleanliness, this most
important necessary of life ; and at last a number
of gentlemen determined, if possible, to provide for
this demand, and to go to Parliament for water
works for this end, well-knowing that, if not success-
ful, they must lose their money, and have the bless-
ing deferred to an indefinite period. In doing so they
desired to interfere with no rights, and trenched.
upon no privileges, and with special reference to dis-
arming all opposition from Birkenhead, they placed
their wells at such a distance (and with the well of
Oxton between the works of the Birkenhead Com-
missioners and their own) as would effectually pre-
clude opposition from this quarter. They ima-
gined they had succeeded in this laudable endea-
vour, and were assured over and over again by
various members of the Birkenhead Commissioners
that no opposition was intended. At the last moment,
however, they were undeceived. A meddling indi-
vidual in Tranmere, whose antecedents it were well
to bury, in oblivion, who thought a good opportunity
was slipping by, suddenly influenced a number of
the unwashed, who rejoiced in the filth before
described, to start another scheme, and, along with
the Birkenhead Commissioners, threatened opposi-
tion in Parliament. Who shall pourtray the schemes
then concocted, and the prime movers therein ?
Not I. Imagination will do it far better than I can
do. Suffice it to say, they took the matter to Parlia-
ment ; and though the lawyer in question, as can be
proved, schemed and wrote for letters of introduction
to Mr. Ker Seymour, the chairman of the committee,
(supposing in his gross ignorance, and. worse, that
the judge in this case would listen to his backstairs
representation). Yet the Wirral Water Works
scheme passed the House of Commons with flying
colours, while the schemer himself sneaked out of
the committee room when witnesses were called, a
thing he will not be allowed to do when the question
comes before the Lords. Perhaps then, ratepayers
of Birkenhead, you may hear of more disclosures
which may astonish you ; should you again have to
question the propriety of leaving your affairs to be
arranged by one man, while you pay the piper.
This, however, is the truth as regards the Wirral
Water Works Company and their bill ; and I trust,
having brought the matter thus plainly before you,
you will take it into your own hands, and decide for
yourselves. Apologising Mr. Editor for the length
of this communication,—l am, sir,

doing

Ordinary

Middlink

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE JURA.

COMMERCIAL

Middling Fair 13

CHARLESTON, March 12.
bales.

121 to 121 121--

A LOVER OF CLEAN WATER AND PLENTY OF IT.

TAE ASSIZE CAUSE LIST.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES.

Sir,—ln the printed list of causes for the present
assizes, there is a case " Towers v. Cobb." The
defendant appears in person, and it is generally sup-
posed I am the defendant.

I am not the defendant, nor am I connected with
him either professionally or otherwise.
By inserting this you will oblige.---I am, sir,
yours very obediently, JOHN COBB.
26, Castle-street, Liverpool, 26th March, 1859.

GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION.—Her Majesty's Emigratio
Commissioners have given notice of their intention to receive
tenders next. Thursday, the 31st inst., for a ship to proceed
to Melbourne, Victoria, to be ready for the reception of
passengers on such day as the commissioners may appoint
between the 7th and 14th of May.

ehayges.

The Cunard screw-steamer Jura, Captain Moodie,
arrived here yesterday from New York, with dates
to the 15th instant. She brought specie valued at
$180,573.
The Cabinet was to meet on the 15th instant, and
consider the expediency of an extra session of Con-
gress. The President, it was said, was averse to an
extra session.

In our advices from Washington, we are told that
both England and France disclaim any other inten-
tion in sending naval forces to the coast of Mexico,
than to procure due reparation for wrongs to British
and French subjects, and that the forces of their
governments will not take sides with, or favour
either of the contending Mexican governments.
The new Postmaster-General entered on his duties
on the 14th instant.

At New York, on the 14th instant, there was an
enthusiastic mass meeting in favour of the acquisi-
tion of the Island of Cuba.

The schooner Wanderer, of slaver notoriety, was
sold at Savannah on the 12th inst., for $4,000. ,
A despatch from New Orleans furnishes us with
intelligence from Mexico of a highly important
character. There has been still another turn in the
wheel of Mexican revolution, and General Miramon,
who at the date of the former news was on the top
of the wheel, seems according to this latest intelli-
gence of March 9th, from Vera Cruz, to have had a
twirl near the bottom. The left wing of Miramon's
army has encountered a complete defeat near Cor-
dova, and although the. loss of life was inconsidera-
ble, the Liberals are reported to have captured three
cannon, several hundred muskets, and a large quan-
tity of ammunition. It is also reported that the
Liberals had captured Guanajuata and Aguacalientes,
and that Degollado was preparing to march upon
the City of Mexico at the head of ten thousand men.

The -deficiency in the postal revenue of the United
States is stated to be $6,g00,000. The bill which
was defeated by the factious Senators provided
$3,800,000 for the deficit of the current year. It,
therefore, appears that vast as was the system of
extravagance and recklessness in this department
disclosed to Congress, more than one third of the
truth was concealed.

The. New York papers of the 14th announced the
arrival of the Curacoa, having Lord Lyons, the new
British Minister, on board, but the papers of the fol-
lowing day contradicted the report.
There had been no important change in commer-
cial affairs. In the money market call loans were
readily obtained, with prime collaterals, at 4 to 5
per cent. Prime business paper, 3to 4 months, was
taken at 54 to 6. The Sub-Treasury during the
week absorbed about $1,500,000 in gold from the
banks, which would be re-instated shortly through
the ordinary payments to government creditors. The
balance on hand was $8,600,000.
- The Stock market was feeble, with very little

We have advices from the Sandwich Islands to
the 20th January. The Honolulu Advertiser "pre-
faces the following communication with remarks
implying that the course pursued by the Russian
cruiser is in violation of treaty stipulations :
" Ayan, Ochotsk Sea, October 1, 1858: There has
been some difficulty this season between the French
whale ships and the Russian brig Constantine. It
originated in an attempt on the part of the captain
of the brig to force the ship Vile de Rennes from
the harbour of Yan, and prevent his whaling there.
The captains of the brig Constantine and also of the
Graefer Berg, have been very zealous in their
endeavours to frighten American and other ships
from Ochotsk sea whaling. Whether they have
succeeded in intimidating many American
shipmasters from going there another season (by
mere threats of armed cruisers), yet remains to be
seen. The brig took possession of Ayan, and has
been here all the season until the difficulty with the
French ship. The Russian captain balled upon the
Governor to assist, but that worthy individual had
the good sense to mind his own business, and let the
Emperor of Russia alone ; consequently the captain
left the bay in high dudgeon. Captain Enberg took
possession of Tavisk Bay, and held it without moles-
tation ; but thoro iu we nay. It is
reported that absolute possession has been taken of
Johnson's Island by a force from San Francisco,
acting for the Pacific Guano Company, and improve-
ments were in progress, with a view to the
convenience of shipping off guano.

NEW YORK, March 15. The Money market remains
quiet at previous .rates of discount. There has been a fair
business done in Foreign Exchange for the, Jura.
COTTON : Since the departure of the City of
Baltimore the market has been steady. Yesterday
the sales were 1,500 bales, and the sales for the
week ending the 12th instant, were 8,500 bales, including
3,300 bales in transit. We quote :

Uplands. Fla. & Mobile. N. 0. & Texas
10* 101 101
4
9

BREADSTUFFS : The market for State and Western flour
is ►holly unchanged and quite inactive. Good fresh flour
of all grades sells fairly to the trade at full prices, but the
large and increasing stock of unsound or inferior flour
depressing the market, causes great irregularity and a wide
range in prices. Southern flour remains quite steady under
arrivals, fully meeting the wants of the market. Wheat
was very quiet for prime qualities of Winter, although full
prices are understood to have been offered ; in Chicago Spring
we notice sales at $1 to $1 10e--at the higher figures for
milling—and a small lot of inferior Southern White at $1
30c. Corn is firmer for Western Mixed.

PROVISIONS.—The pork market was less active to-day,
with an advance in prices. The transactions comprise 800
brls at $lB 31c to $lB 45c for new mess, holders generally
asking $lB 50c, $l7 75c to $lB, for old do, $l7 to $l7
121 c for thin do, $l7 25c for soft do, $9 40c for heads, and
$l3 25c to $l3 371,c for prime, closing firmly at the latter
rate. Lard was dull and drooping, with a very limited
demand. We have to notice sales of 450 brls at 1110 to
12c, for city and prime Western. Cutmeats are firm, and
there is less doing. Sales 150 hhds at 61c to 61c for
shoulders, and 81c to to 9tc for hams. Bacon is quiet and
unchanged. Beef is in very moderate request, and prices
are firm, with sales of 375 brls at prices within the range of
our quotations. Prime beef is quiet, but very firmly held.
Beef hams are steady, with sales of 140 brls at $l4 50c to
$l7 50c. Butter and cheese are unchanged.
HOPS : New hops are in moderate request, and prices
are firm, with sales of 60 bales at 12c to 20c for Ist sorts to
prime, and 9c to 11c for second sorts. Old are in steady
demand and firm, with sales of 100 bales at 6c. The range
of prices is from 4c to 7c, as to quality.
FREIGHTS : To Liverpool, 500 bales cotton, 3-16 d ; 50
boxes bacon, 15s ; 600 boxes cheese, 20s. To London, 300
brls. rosin, 2s 3d per 280 lbs • 100 tierces beef and 50 do.
pork, 4s 6d ; 150 brls. pork, and 75 bales bacon, P. T.
To Glasgow, 50 tierces beef, P. T. A brig of 2,800 brls.
to Galveston and back, P. T. ; a Schr of 112 tons, to St.
Domingo and back, $l,OOO, pot charges paid.

Cotton unchanged ; sales 1,000

SAVANNAH, March 12.—Cotton has advanced s ; sales
to-day 2,700 bales, at 11-ac to 12c for middling to good
middling. -

AUGUSTA, March 11.—There is a better feeling in the
cotton market; sales of 3,000 bales.

MOBILE, March 12.—Cotton : Sales to-day 2,500 bales,
at 11Ic to 11Ic for middling; market firm.
NEW ORLEANS, March 12.—Cotton a trifle higher. Sales
to-day 3,500 bales. Middling 111,c to 111-c. Sugar quiet.
Fair to fully fair 53 to 61,c. Coffee firm at 11ic for
prime Rio. Sales of the week 7,750 bags. Imports of the
week 8,000 bags. Stock in port 10,500 bags. Freight :
Cotton to Liverpool firmer.

THE ITALIAN CONFERENCE. —The Star has reason to
believe that Lord Malmesbury has been appointed to
represent England at the approaching Congress.

The screw steamer Omeoiailed from Plymouth on Friday,
with the electric cable which is to connect Victoria with
Tasmania.

The Great Western Railway Company have withdrawn
the bill under which they were attempting to gain power to
raise all their rates and charges.
,The Times states that the Great Western Railway Com-
pany have withdrawn the bill under cover which they
were attempting to gain power to raise all their rates and

THE GREAT EASTERN.-- Active measures are now in pro-
gress for the completion of this noble vessel, 400 workmen,
in various branches, having been en,Faged during the pre-
sent week, and will commence operations on board in a few
days. It is expected that the vessel wilt be ready for a trial
trip du: in; the month of July.

THE NORTHERN TIMES, MONDAY, MARCH_ 28, 1859

THE REFORM BILL AND THE
MINISTRY.

It seems to be understood that, on Friday night, the poli-
tical crisis underwent a change.
The Daily News ascribes to Lord Palmerston the working
out of the manoeuvres. He avowed his intention of voting
both for the amendment and the second reading. On the
whole, he thought the measure by no means a bad one ; it
might be amended a little, no doubt, in committee, perhaps
a good deal, but that could only be a matter of detail. As
for the notion that Lord J. Russell's resolution was to be
called a vote of censure he had never admitted that. Let
them pass the amendment as a direction to the committee.
Her Majesty's Ministers were the men to keep until some
sort of a bill was passed, whose passing, no matter what it
contained, would have the effect of liberating himself and
others on his side of the House, from their pledges long
since repented of in favour of some sort of Reform, and so
put an end to their only remaining difficulty as to their
future. Thus the heavy battalion who follow Lord Pal-
merston's lead have got the order to ground their arms. As
a party move the interest of the debate is at an end.

The Morning Star says that the Commons- had scarcely
begun to assemble on Friday night, when there was an
intimation most secret, most whispering, most confidential
It was that Lord Palmerston would catch the speak(

about ten, and play a part likely to save the government
and cheat the country of a liberal measure of reform. Sure
enough at ten o'clock he did rise. No, said the noble lord,
—speaking as the self-appointed leader of the opposition—
ministers must not, they will not resign. Neither must
they dissolve. Rather must they abandon their bill. What
then ? Why, alter it, to be sure, in accordance with the
resolutions of the noble lord the member for London. It
is Lord Palmerston's time now; it was Lord John's twelve
months ago. Not easy, indeed, is it to forget who it was
last year that proposed the house should proceed by reso-
lution, and not by bill ; who it was that then saved the
government, and destroyed the hopes of Lord Palmerston.
You proceeded once by resolution ; you proceed by reso-
lution now : you will now have the resolution of the house
to guide you in altering the Reform Bill.
The Times admits that, in the present complete confusion
of parties, no one can tell the immediate consequences of
the almost inevitable ministerial defeat.

The Morning Post points out that, after the division
expected on Tuesday, there will stand affirmed the two
great principles involved in the resolution, and the rest of
the measure, with the exception of mere matters of detail
and the machinery, will be a piece of blank paper.

A gentleman of Exmouth, named Rayne, has recently
died, leaving the Devon and Exeter Hospital a legacy of
£15,000, and large sums to the Blind and Deaf and Dumb
Institutions of Exeter.
FURTHER DISCOVERIES OF ROMAN REMAINS AT DOR-
CHESTER.—In clearing out the foundations for the site of the
County Police Barracks, intermediate to the South Western
Railway Station, and the Roman Amphitheatre, known as
Malmesbury Rings, Mr. Gregory, the builder, came a few
days ago upon five human skeletons deposited together in an
an upright position in a pit, with three cinerary urns super-
imposed upon them. The urns, two of which had necks
and one was cup-shaped, were broken by the excavation,
but have been pieced together again by Mr. Gregory for
presentation to the County Museum. The handle which
had been attached to one of the urns was broken off and
lost. The site is doubtless that of a Roman cemetery. The
preservation of the teeth in the heads of the skeletons was
remarkable as usual. Probably the skeletons were those of
malefactors slain in the cruel sports of the circus, to whom
cinerary funeral honours were not accorded
WHAT IT COSTS TO BE A MINISTER.—There has been
some discussion in the columns of a contemporary as to the
necessity of a minister paying the fee of £2OO a second time
on appointment as, a minister. We believe the second pay-
ment has been resisted by all, although invariably claimed
by the persevering officials of the Stamp-office. This is
rather a heavy tax, and 'once is surely enough. It is not
generally known that the Chancellor of the Exchequer has
to lay down £lOO for his robe ' • but, to lighten this burden,
rt is an understood thing that the outgoing Chancellor of
the Exchequer shall sell the robes for £lO less to the
incoming minister, and that the new recipient is to act in
like fashion. Mr. Disraeli, on his first exit, however,
retained the robes, muchito the mortification of his successor,
who had to pay £lOO for new ones. Of course, the clever
Chancellor of the Exchequer forsesaw the day was not far
distant when he would want them again, and the price he
paid for them was only about no.—Court Journal.
WHAT CAN A NOR. GIRL Do ? At the Mansion-
house, London, on Saturday, a poorly clad, but clean and
good-looking girl, was charged with obstructing the foot-
way in Cornhill by offering combs for sale. The Lord
Mayor : You must not come into the city to sell your
combs, for you are liable to 405., or one month's imprison-
ment, for so doing. Why do you not try to get an honest
living rrisoner :\ V hy, Ido try, and you stop me.
often stay about the streets all day to sell my combs, and
only gain a few pence. I cannot take a shop, and yet if I
sell in the streets you say I am liable to 405., or a month ;
if I beg, you will give me three months, perhaps ; and if I
steal, I don't know what will become of me ; so tell me, if
you can, what a poor girl can do ? I suppose you think
I might go upon the streets ; but that I'll never do as long
as I live. The Lord Mayor : There is no occasion for that.
There are many ways of getting an honest living. At all
events, you must keep out of the city. As you have been
here before for the same offence, I must send you to prison
for fourteen days Committed accordingly.
BARON BRAMWELL AND A WELSH JURY.—At the
Merionethshire Assizes the following scene took place at the
close of a trial :—The clerk of court asked : Do you find the
prisoner, David Williams, guilty or not guilty ? Foreman :
Not guilty. (Great cheering, which was at once suppressed.)
The judge requested the officers of the court to bring any
one before him whom they saw joining in the applause, and
he would send them to prison. His lordship then addressed
the jury as follows : Gentlemen, you have said that you
find the prisoner not guilty. Do you understand the case ?
Do you understand that it is your duty to say whether or
not this man received his employers' moneys, and applied
them to his own purposes ? Do you say he is not guilty of
so doing ? Foreman : Yes, sir. The Judge (emphatically) :
Then I am thankful it is your verdict and not mine.
(Sensation.) Addressing Mr. Mathew, hi Lordship said :
Are you an Englishman, sir ? Mr. Mathews : I am, my,,
lord. Judge : And your firm is English, I suppose ? Mr.
Mathew : Yes, my lord. Judge : This should be a warning
to Englishmen not to invest their capital in Wales.

THs POWER or CONSCIENCE.—WhiIe a trader was in
charge of a fort in New Caledonia, which is situated south
of the Columbia River, he had a carat of tobacco, or three
pounds, stolen from him. It was all he had at the time,
and of course it was a serious loss. Supposing it to have
been taken by some of the Indians, who were trading in
large numbers about the establishment at that time, he re-
quested the chief to call a council of all the tribe, as he
had something to say to them. On this they all assem-
bled and squatted down, leaving an open space in the
centre, into which he walked with his fowling piece.
This he loaded with two balls in the presence of the
assembly ; after which he related the circumstances of his
loss, and stated his belief that some one of the Indians
then present had taken it. lie then told them that he
wished that that every one present would place his mouth
to the muzzle of the gun and blow into it, assuring them
that it would injure no one innocent of the theft ; but,
on the other hand, if the guilty party should attempt to
do so, it would inevitably kill him. He himself set the
example of blowing into the piece, standing muzzle up-
wards on the ground, the chief followed, as well as the
whole tribe, with the exception of one man who sat
hanging down his head, and when called upon by the
chief to follow the example of the rest, refused, saying
that he would not tempt the great spirit, for that he had
taken the tobacco, and would return it, which he accord-
ingly did.—Bane's North American Indians.
EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE. —Au inquest was held at
Norwich on Thursday evening, by Mr. Wilde, coroner, on
the body of a young woman, named Harriet Hostler, who
had committed suicide under very melancholy and extraor-
dinary circumstances. It appeared from the evidence, that
a tender correspondence had passed between the deceased
and a man named Nicholas Kaven, her uncle ! A bundle
of letters was handed to this person, when he was under
examination, and the coroner read the concluding words of
one of them as follows :—" So no more at present from your
affectionate lover, Nicholas Kaven." The witness said he
had got them written for him, and did not know what was
in them. The coroner read other passages as follows
" You are first in my thoughts in the morning and the
last at night. My dearest girl, you must not keep me
long waiting ; I think you are very long. You shall
not be long before you hear from me again, and if you
will favour me with one of your kind letters, you will
oblige your affectionate lover," &c.
" I hope you will meet me at the station at six o'clock on
Monday night. I shall be sure to come then. The greatest
pleasure I have now is to hope to see your sweet face, my
dearest ; so no more at present from your affectionate lover,
Nicholas Kaven." The witness declared that he did not
write the letters produced himself, and that he had not pro-
mised marriage to the girl, although he admitted that he
had told her she could come and stop with him a week or
two if she thought proper. The medical evidence showed
that the death of the deceased had resulted from an over- ,
dose of laudanum. The Coroner remarked that if Kaven
had really promised to marry his niece, and then had re-
fused to do so, she would naturally have fallen into great
mental distress. The Jury returned the following verdict :
" That the deceased's death was caused by an overdose of
laudanum, which was taken in an unsound state Of
mind
produced by the villianotu§ conduct of her uncle, Nicholas
Kaven."