The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-30 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 30, 1864.

after which they repaired to the cathedral, and
were conducted round the building by Professor
Willis, who pointed out its architectural features
and illustrated his remarks of the morning. He
showed how the pointed architecture of more mo•
dera dates had been engrafted on the original
Norman. The central or rood spire having been
thrown down in the civil war by the artillery of the
besiegers was rebuilt in the time of Bishop Hackett
or his successor. The open screen by Skidmore, of
Coventry, was of similar character to that placed
last year in Hereford Cathedral, and which was
shown at the Exhibition of 1862. The restorations
at Lichfield were completed in 1861, and the cathed-
dral reopened on the 22d of October in that year.
Having spent some time in inspecting the cathed-
ral the party retired and returned to Warwick at
5.30. In the evening there was a meeting at the
Courthouse, Warwick, for the reading of papers.
To-day will be devoted to Will Shakespere•
After a morning meeting at Warwick there will be
an excursion to Charlecote-park and Stratford.on-
Avon.

death. I was sent for on Friday, the 18th of March, and
found her dead. After her death a post-mortem examination
was held. On opening the chest we discovered three of the
ribs on the right side slightly fractured, but not displaced.
Those ribs were immediately under the severe contusion.
The immediate cause of death was, in my opinion, seven
spasmodic seizure interfering with the function of all the
organs, especially with that of the heart. There was great
distension of the large bowels arising from the spasmodic
seizure, and the heart was slightly diseased. She had had
spasms on her heart before, and I attended her for six days
in February for it. I think the injuries she had received
would predispose her to such attacks, and would impede
recovery. The effect on her nervous system of the injuries
was very marked.
Dr Green stated he was called in to see Mrs Hunt a little
before 9 on the Sunday evening, and corroborated Mr Car-
ter's evidence, speaking more especially to the severe nature
of the wound on the back of her head and to her prostrated
condition. Such a shock to her nervous system, coupled
with loss of blood, made her recovery a matter of doubt.
Mr Knowles, surgeon, stated he was called in at half-past
8 to see Mrs Hunt, and gave the same evidence with respect
to her state.

Dr Charles Murray Humphrey, who was also present at
the post mortem examination,after confirming the evidence
of the previous witnesses, was of opinion that the attack of
spasms would be in all probability more easily produced in
a person of the age and somewhat diseased organisation of
Mrs Hunt after suchlan attack as she had been exposed to,
and that the injuries she had received would render her less
likely to resist a spasmodic seizure.
The last piece of evidence produced was the deposition of
Mrs Hunt, taken before the Mayor of Cambridge a few days
before her death ; and as an objection to its admissibility
was urged by Mr Naylor, on the ground that the words of
the statute 11 and 12 Vic., c. 42, a. 17, were against the re-
ception of a deposition taken upon another charge than the
one immediately before the jury, his Lordship cited and
relied upon R. Beeston (Dearsley's C. C., 405), which, as
he said, was exactly analogous to the present case, remov-
ing therefore any difficulty the section of the Act appealed
to by Mr Naylor might have presented.
Before addressidg the jury Mr Naylor cited from 1
Lewin's C. C., 164 (Johnson's case), contending, on the
strength of it, that if the cause of death be partly traceable
to injuries and partly to natural or other causes, a prisoner
is entitled to an acquittal,
The learned counsel's objection was overruled, the case
cited being, in his lordship's opinion, bad law in the face
of recent decisions.

Mr Naylor had not finished his address to the jury oa
behalf of the prisoner at the time our parcel was despatched.

MIDLAND CIRCUIT—LnrcoLN, July 29.

Mr Justice Blackburn, having finished all the civil busi-
ness yesterday afternoon, this moruing tried the following
case, which is curiously illustrative of the rural simplicity
prevailing in the northern parts of this country.
William Jones, Joseph Harris, and John Snuffiebottom
were tried upon a indictment, four counts of which charged
them with obtaining money by false pretences, and the re-
maining three with conspiring together by certain false
pretences and indirect means to defraud certain persons
therein named of their money.
Mr Vincent Thompson conducted the prosecution; Mr
Sergeant O'Brien defended Jones; and I,lr Cave appeared
for Harris and Shuffle.bottom.
Tho evidence was the prisoners were seen in a light cart
driving into Brigg market on the morning of the 21st April.
When they got to the market-place the cart stopped, and
Jones soon began to sell half-crowns for 25., florins for
is 6d, and shillings for 6d, the coins offered being in all
instances good ones. He then began to offer scarf pins for
sale at is apiece, stating that those who bought them would
receive back their money, and a reward of 6d for making
the purchase. This was done accordingly, the purchasers
getting back is 6d for their shilling, and being also per-
mitted to keep their pins. When by these and similar
means a large crowd had been collected the prisoner Jones
produced a watch, which he opened, and into the case of
which he appeared to have put several half-crowns and two
sovereigns. He then offered the watch and its contents for
£3 10s., reducing the price gradually to £2, when a pur-
chaser appeared, paid hie £2 and had the watch and its
contents handed over to him. It was rumoured in the
crowd that this man had got £3 with the watch, and several
purchasers immediately came forward who bought watches,
into which the prisoner Jones had appeared to put gold and
silver coins, at prices varying from £1 to £2. Of course
when the purchasers examined their purchases, they found
no gold or silver coins, but only pence, in the watchcase.
Murmurs then arose in the crowd, and the prisoner Jones
ordered Harris to drive on. This was attempted to be done,
but the crowd surrounded the cart and stopped it, and the
prisoners wero all taken into custody. Neither Harris, who
was sitting in the cart, nor Shuffiebottom, who was walking
about, took any active part in the sale.
Mr Sergeant O'Brien submitted that there was no case on
the counts for Wee pretence, and
His Lordship suggested that the casehad batter be confined
to the counts for the conspiracy, on the ground that no per-
son in his senses could have believed that the prisoners were
selling £2 lOs and a watch for £2.
Mr Sergeant O'Brien then addressed the jury in a very
humorous speech, which set the court in roars of laughter.
Mr Cave having declined to add anything to what the
learned sergeant had said,
His Lordship summed up, and after a short deliberation
the jury acquitted all the prisoners.
(Before Mr Justice Keating.)
_ _ _

Martha Essom was indicted for the wilful murder of her
female child at Whaplode.
After a short deliberation the jury returned a verdict of
not guilty, apparently much to the surprise of a ctowded
court.

David Bloy was indicted for the wilful murder of Simon
Cote, at Fleet, on the 3d December, 1860.

Mr Rime prosecuted. The prisoner was undefended.
The facts of this case were very simple. The prisoner
and the deceased were sleeping in the same ward in the
workhouse at Fleet, when the prisoner, who appears to have
previously secreted a knife in his bed, went to Cote's bed-
side and cut his throat, falling down himself immediately
after in an epileptic fit. There was no provocation for the
act, and no previous quarrel. The prisoner had been for
some time under medical care. He was subject to epileptic
fits, and although regarded as mad and so returned to the
Lunacy Commissioners, was considered harmless and not
put under any restraint. About three weeks before the at-
tack upon Cote the prisoner had exhibited the first symptoms
of violence in tearing his bedclothes upon his recovery from
an epileptic fit. After cutting Cote's throat, the prisoner
became decidedly mad, and had only recovered sufficiently
to be put upon his trial now. Coto's wound wont on well
for a short time, but erysipelas supervened and caused his
death.
The jury acquitted the prisoner on the ground of insanity,
and he was ordered to be detained in confinement during
her Majesty's pleasure.

should not be passed upon her, she rose and exclaimed with
some vehemence, "I did not intend to hurt her. I turned
the pistol on one side so that it should not hit her. Her
falling down had nothing to do with the shot ; she had
crossed the road before she fell. The pistol was loaded with
powder, shot, and a bullet, but the shot and bullet had
fallen out, and were found in my pocket. I will swear there
was no ball in the pistol when I fired it. Her face was
opposite to mine. I heard her say, ' Don't shoot,' and my
heart retracted. I could not shoot her, and turned the pistol
suddenly from her. This is the truth and the whole truth,
so help me God."
His Lordship, in passing sentence, observed that her
offence was one which was punishable with penal servitude
for life. Still, the circumstances of tho case induced him
to look leniently upon it. He could not give credit to her
assertion that she turned the pistol aside. That assertion
was inconsistent with the mark of fire on Miss Johnson's
forehead. [The prisoner (interrupting)—We were so near
together, my lord.] Nor was the assertion that the pistol
had no ball consistent with her statement made at the time
that she had loaded it with shot and bullet. [The pri-
soner (again interrupting)—l had only two balls; one I
put in the pistol, but it must have fallen out, for both were
found in my pocket,] He should believe the statement
made at the time rather than that made then. Her attorney
had not given that idea to her counsel, or, if he had, her
counsel, with that skill, ability, and experience which dis-
tinguished him, had rejected it as not likely to find favour
with the jury. One circumstance of mitigation which had
been urged was the inadequate motive of her act. Expe-
rience, however, showed that the most atrocious crimes had
often been committed from inadequate motives, and, in-
deed, it was by no means clear that her real motive had
been discovered. She had been convicted of shooting at the
prosecutrix with intent to do her grievous bodily harm, and
the sentence of the Court upon her was that sho be kept in
penal servitude for four years.
This case concluded the business at Lincoln.

The Emperor Maximilian. in Mexico,

(From the Times Correspondent.)
MEXICO, June 28.

Their Majesties have certainly met with a glorious
reception from the inhabitants of the capital, and
this strikes one the more forcibly, as never upon
any previous occasion have Mexicans shown them-
selves either demonstrative or enthusiastic. On the
morning of Saturday, the 11th, 150 carriages filled
with well dreesed ladies, the first families in Mexico,
accompanied by 500 gentlemen on horseback, left
the city in full procession, to greet the Royal couple
a league on the other side of Guadalupe, the village
where they were to pass the night previous to their
entry into the capital. Speeches were made, ad•
dresses presented, and the procession then fell in
with the Royal cortege. The road was lined with
carriages three and four deep, and the Emperor and
Empress made their entry into the village of
Guadalupe amid the most enthusiastic " Vivas" of
their new subjects, and, I am happy to add, a hearty
cheer from some of her INlajesty's subjects. On the
following morning the 12th of June, a day for ever
memorable in the annals of Mexican history, their
Majesties made their entry (and it may truly be said
to have been a triumphal one) into the city of
Montezuma. The streets through which they passed
had been tastefully decorated, the windows and bal-
conies were crowded with spectators, and the plaza,
said to be the largest in the world, was so crammed
that you might literally have walked from one side
to the other upon the heads of the people. Never
was such a scene witnessed in Mexico; the enthu-
siasm was intense, and the inhabitants, for once at
least, have forfeited all claim to be considered any
longer an undemonstrative race.

Their Majesties, after hearing Te Deunt at the
cathedral, at once proceeded to the Palace. In
the afternoon they drove out in an open carriage
unaccompanied by a single soldier—a thing unheard
of among Presidents—and were received everywhere
with the utmost demonstrations of joy. The re-
joicings were kept up for three days, and during
the nights of Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday the
whole town was brilliantly illuminated. On Sun-
day, the 19th, a grand ball was given by the corpo-
ration, at which upwards of 3,000 persons were pre-
sent, their Mejesties, if possible, adding to the popu-
larity they had already acquired by walking about
the room between the dances, and entering into
conversation with the different guests without the
formality of any previous introduction. The fol-
lowing anecdote, for the truth of which I can vouch,
will go further to prove their popularity among the
lower class than whole peges of assertions :—On the
day after their arrival their Majesties, having gone
on foot and alone to visit the cathedral, were rather
surprised, when about to return, to find their pro-
gress very considerably impeded by a large crowd
which had collected round the doors of the church
and in the pleze to greet them upon their coming
out. An officer present suggested that a guard
should be sent for to clear the way, but this his
Majesty peremptorily declined, and the royal couple
were amply repaid for any little inconvenience they
might have been put to by hearing from all sides—
" These are true Princes ! How unlike those wretched
Presidents, who could never move out unless ac-
companied by an escort of soldiers to write down
those who came in their way 1" I have seen larger
gatherings of people and heard louder cheering, but
I have never witnessed a more cordial reception
than their Majesties met with from the inhabitants
of Mexico.

The Emperor is employed from morning to night

n making himeelf acqu_.inted with 'menus and

things, and has already infused a degree of energy
into the different public offices which, to those ac-
customed to old Mexican routine, appears perfectly
marvellous. Several objectionable appointments
made by the Regency have been cancelled. Ilis
great desire is evidently to rally round the Throne

the moderate and respectable men of all parties, to
discountenance all extremes, and to avail himself
of talent and honesty wherever they can be found.
Already have two commissions been named—the
one to report upon the finances of the country, its
resources, probable revenues, and the mode of taxa-
tion that ought to be adopted; the other, to re•
organise the army and decide upon the means
best calculated to effect the speedy pacification
of the country; in fact, the quiet, methodical
and business-like manner in which he has set
to work has inspired every ono with confidence,
and many who at one time were inclined to believe
that it was almost beyond the power of man to pro-
duce order out of such a state of chaos are now
sanguine of success.

From the interior we have no news of importance
A small French expedition has been sent to the city
of Duranza, but whether permanently to occupy it
is not known. At Matamoras, Cortina has been
committing the most unheard-of atrocities. Three
or four Frenchmen had been shot by his orders, and
so little security was there for persons or property
that foreigners generally were making their escape
as fast as they could, Why this port has not been
occupied by a French force is inexplicable, more
especially as Juarez and his party cannot derive less
than from 300,000 to 400,000 dole. a month from
the revenues there collected.
Rumours are afloat, but which require confirma-
tion that Uraga has sent in his adhesion. He is the
only man of the least respectability who still adheres
to the Juarez party. It is well known that his sym-
pathies have always been in favour of intervention !
what he feared was conquest, and it is pretty certain
thao he only waits a favourable opportunity to
abandon a cause which no good or honest man can
any longer conscientiously support.
The cultivation of cotton is attracting much at-
tention in the State of Yucatan. In 1862 the
amount exported was only 240,0001 b. The prices
obtained in the Havannah and elsewhere, however,
were so remunerative that several landed proprietors
determined to turn their attention to the subject,
and the consequence was, in the following year
1,200,0001 b. was exported, and this year it is ex-
pected that tho produce would be nearly 3,00,00001 b
On the 20th a conducta started for the coast with
ever 4,000,000 dole, and the branch bank of the
Londo❑ and South American Banking Company
will open for business. All this shows a revival of
confidence. Trade has never been so brisk, and
altogether I think it may be safely affirmed that
Mexico has at length got to tho turning of the
long lane,' and that a brighter future may be very
safely predicted.

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