The Sun.
London, England, 1864-02-10 00:00:00

The Case of Alleged Poisoning in Cornwall.

HAILE
(Cornwall), Saturday.
The protracted inquiry into the charge against Mr.
Richard Oke Millett, a surgeon, residing at Penpol, was re-
sumed yesterday, for the purpose of having the result of the
analysis of the contents of the body of the deceased.
Mr. Cornish, the magistrates' clerk, read a lengthened
report from Dr. Alfred S. Taylor.
Dr. Taylor, in another elaborate report in reference to the
probable cause of the death of the deceased, attributed his
demise to an attack of serious apoplexy, to which he was
predisposed by the chronic hydrocephalus (water on the
brain) under which the deceased was labouring, Dr.
Taylor further said that the symptoms, as detailed to him,
the death under the circumstances as stated, and the result
of the post mortem examination, were not consistent with
any form of poisoning within his knowledge.
The Chairman of the Bench (the Rev. Uriah Tonkin),
addressing the accused, said—Mr. Millett, we are extremely
sorry that we have been obliged to keep you so long in cus-
tody, but, sitting hero us magistrates, we had no other alter-
native. lam now very happy in having to say, Mr. Mil-
lett, as the organ of the Bench, that you are released from
all further custody ; and having investigated the case most
minutely, and, I am sure, most fairly, and with the strictes t
anxiety to do justice, we have no longer anything to do
with the matter but to say that we aro extremely happy
that you are released from this charge.
Mr. Millet was warmly congratulated by numerous
friends, and was accompanied to his residence by a large
concourse of persons; and the band of the Hayle Foundry-
men, to which establishment he was surgeon, met in the
evening in front of his house and performed various pieces
of music.

HERR MOLIQUE, besides the Trio mentioned no
long ago, is occupied on a Mass.

HOUSE OF LORDS— Last Evening,
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the woolsack
at five o'clock.

HER MAJESTY'S ANSWER, TO THE ADDRESS.
Lord SYDN EY brought up and read her Majesty's answer
to the address on the occasion of the assembling of Parlia-
ment. Her Majesty thanked their lordships for their
affectionate expressions with respect to her family, and
assured them her most ardent wish was the prosperity of
her people.
THE DAN& GERMAN DIFFICULTY.

The Earl of MALMESbUItY said he had given notice to,
the noble earl the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, by private
pote, of his intention of putting some questions relative tot
the state of affairs in Denmark. The noble earl having
referred to the state of affairs of this nature when he waa,
in office, went on to remark upon the arrange-
ment which had been entered into some years ago with.
the Doke of Augustenburg by which he received e
sum of money amounting to about £350,000 English,
on the understanding that he would never interfere with tho
succession in Denmark. The instalments had been regularly,
paid, and he had never heard the arrangement called into,
question. As the arrangement was entered into with the,
father of the present Duke of Augustenburg—when he (rher
son) was 24 years of age he did not see that it could
be said that he was not aware of the stipulation. Had he
protested or objected, the arrangement could never have
been carried out, and he (the noble earl) did not see on what,.
point of honour the present Duke of Augustenburg cou'ai
justify the present proceedings that were being carried
on in his name. The questions he wished to ask was
whether her Majesty's Government had obtained
any material guarantee from Austria and Prussia,
that as soon as the November Constitution was 'with-
drawn they would consent to evacuate Schleswig, and
whether the parties to that treaty considered their obliga-
tions invalidated by the outbreak of the war.

Earl RUSSELL said her Majesty's Government had re-
ceived no such guarantee from either Austria or Prussia,
and with reference to the second question he could not
consider that the treaty could be in any way abrogated
by the outbreak of the war, so far as regards the different.
Powers. It was quite impossible that the treaty
made with France, Great Britain, Russia, and Swecion
could be abrogated, as regards those Powers, by a state
of war between Austria and Prussia on the one aide
and Denmark on the other. (Hear, hear.) Every ana-
logy and principle militated against that doctrine, ay.d an
illustration of its invalidity was supported by what took
place with regard to the treaty between the Porte and the
European Powers in 1841 as to the closing of the Darda-
nelles, That treaty was not held to bo abrogated because
the Porte and one of those Powers had gone to war, and the
case was precisely analogous with the present. As, how-
ever, he underswod the answer given by Austria and.
Prussia to representations on the subject, that answer ad-
mitted the obligations of the treaty on all the PowQrs:
When that answer was given no act of war had occurred,
but it was well known that the Danes were prepared to
resist the entrance of the Austrian and Prussian troops into
Schleswig, and it would be frivolous to say that a state of
war, which was foreseen when the admissions was made
one day, should, when it broke out the next day, invalidate
and set aside that admission. (Hear, hear.) It was saki
that if Denmark should refuse acquiescence in the just de-
mands of Austria and Prussia, those Powers would then be
released from their obligations; but he did not admit that
view. Even in the contingency referred to, Austria and
Prussia would be bound by the engagements of the Treaty
of London— bound to respect and maintain the integrity of
the Danish kingdom, (Hear, hear.) That he considered
the real sena:: of the declarations of Austria and Prussia,.
and those were the opinions of her Majesty's Government
with respect to that treaty.
The Earl of DERBY considered the answer of the noble,
earl to be so far satisfactory. No guarantee had, it appeared,.
been obtained from Austria and Prussia ; but nothing had
been said as to our Government having pressed for such a.
guarantee.