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THE bl3l/, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENIING, APRIL 21, 1865.

The Royal Dublin Society's Spring Cattle

Show.

DUBLIN, April 20.
Although the weather yesterday was of a very
unfavourable character, the show-yards of the Royal
Dublin Societe, were crowded with visitors, and
every ?section of the show attracted general atten-
tion. The Lord Lieutenant, accompanied by Lady
Wodehouse, and several members of his staff, visited
it at three o'clock, and spent a considerable time
inspecting the various departments. He expressed
himself highly pleased with the exhibition generally.
The meedxsg for the distribution—or rather the
official awarding—of prizes was held last evening in
the lecture theatre of the society's house. Amongst
those present were, the Earl of Longford, theßight
Hon. the Lord Mayor, Mr. Francis Macdonogh,
Q.C., M.P. ; Dr. Owens, Mr. Longfield, M.P. ; R.
J. T. Orpen ; W. J. Fitzgerald, J.P. ; James
Cathrew ; the Hon. C. Trench, G. W. Maunsell ;
J. H. Greene, Sir Percy Nugent, &c.
About nine o'clock, his Excellency, accompanied
by Mr. F. R. Wodehouse, and the Hon. John
Wodehouse, aides-de-camp in waiting arrived.
His Excellency having taken his seat on the dais,
Lord DUNLO opened the proceedings with a speech
in which he gave the history of the society, describ-
ing the objects for which it was established, its
progress down to the present time, and the various
alterations and improvements which had taken place
in its management. The prize list was then read
by the secretary, after which a vote of thanks was
Pad to the judges, who, in returning thanks, said
that the show was in general highly creditable, and
that there was a very remarkable improvement in
the stock.

The Earl of CLANCARTY then ruturned thanks to
his Excellency for having presided at the meeting,
and for the interest he had taken in the show.
He observed that he considered the breeding
and rearing of cattle to be the most important de-
partment of husbandry in Ireland. It was said a
large portion of the population had been thrown
out of employment by the conversion of tillage
land into pasture, but it was a great mistake to
think so. At the time of the Devon COMMiSSiaI it
was shown that a large number of the people were
unemployed, and that those who were employed
received miserable wages. The rate of wages was
now three times as large, and a large number of
people were employed all over the country. The
condition of the labouring classes was greatly im-
proved. That, no doubt, arose in a great measure
from the extensive emigration that was still going
on. Should they lament that emigration ? De-
cidedly not. Would not the population have emi-
grated 20 or 30 years ago if theyhad had the means?
Now there were the means of emigrating, and the
labourer was enabled to carry his labour to the most
remunerative market. It was not incidental to the
rearing sad fattening of cattle that there should be
4 diminution of employment. He did not think the
people were emigrating from want of manufactures.
Neither those who were emigrating, nor the Celtic
population generally of the South and West, were a
manufacturing people like the Northerners, who
were many otthein the descendants of the Huguenots.
The germ of manufactures was not in this country.
In the order of Providence it appeared to be ordained
that the soil of Ireland should be turned into account
as an agricultural country.

The LORD LIEUTENANT them addressed the
assembly in the following terms have witnessed
the show which we have seen this day with the
greatest satisfaction ; but I should not be led into
inferring from that that the country is making any
satisfactory progress ; because, if I were to do so,
no doubt I should be met by the declaration that the
whole country is absolutely ruined, and that these
who would infer from progress in the breeding of
cattle that any improvement has taken place in the
general condition of the country would overlook a
variety of other questions, and that if they had any
knowledge of human affairs at all, they would
come to a different conclusion. (Laughter.) I can
only say this, that in so far as your show is con-
cerned, and restricting myself to those animals
which we have seen today, I think the society at
least hasreason to congratulate itself on the improve-
ment which has been shown. The show of short-
horns was very good ; but the show of Herefords,
of Devons, and of some other breeds of cattle,
although there may have been some animals that
were far from bad, was not such as to prove that
there has been any very great attention paid to those
breeds in this country. Those who have been ac-
customed to see the beautiful Herefords and the
magnificent Devons that are to be seen at our great
shows in England would without hesitation say that
to those particular classes of cattle there has not
been any particular attention paid in this country.
But, at the same time, I am convinced that you
have begun at the right end ; for all men are of
opinion, without exception, that the principal breed
of cattle in the United Kingdom is the shorthorns ;
and, beginning with shorthorns, I have no doubt if
you find other parte of the country are adapted to
other classes of cattle, you will introduce the best
blood from England, and attain that eminence in
those classes of animals that you have attained in
the shorthorned breed. (Hear, hear.) As regards
flax cultivation, I will only make this observation,
that it appears to me to be of great importance to
this country, not only because a ready market can
be obtained for flax, owing to the extensive linen
markets in the North, but because I think flax culti-

vation is exceedingly well suited for small cultiva-
tors. The problem you have to solve in Ireland is

this, you have not merely to establish a system of
large farms, where the circumstances of the country
will permit, with large capital, the use of machinery,
the fattening of cattle, and other improvements,
but also, as far as you can, to take care that the

very small farmers, who predominate so largely in
this country, shall, if possible, find the means to
live. (Hear, hear.) Now, the small farmer, I be-
lieve, can cultivate the flax with considerable advan-

tage. It, is the case in the North of Ireland, of
Belgium, and other continental countries; and there-

fore, I think, the Irish proprietors and the Irish Go

vernment have done well to turn their attention to
flax. (Hear.) I hope you pay attention to the dairy
qualities of your cattle, because it strikes me that
there is a large field open to Ireland in dairy pro-
duce. For whilst you send animals to us which are

ag good, and in some respects better, for fattening
purposes than cattle we can buy for store stock in
England, I trust you will not forget that we can
consume in England any amount of dairy produce
you can send us ; and that in some parts of Eng-

land we cannot attain that excellence in dairy pro-
duce which we do in cattle, and that those who will
supply us with dairy produce will have a large field
open to them. (Hear, hear.) It has bees observed
that this is not the time for judging sheep. Indeed,
to my unpractised eye, a deep in the wool is an
animal that entirely puzzles me. (Laughter.) One
looks very like the other, and I think an experienced
judge would find it very difficult to say which of
any two animals was the more meritorious. As re-
gards Pigs, I was glad to see that the white and
black factions have both their partisans, and I am
sure each is equally persuaded that his favourite
animal is the best. (Applause and laughter.) I
confess my prejutliee is in favour of white, because
in that part of the country where I live such is the
gross obstinacy of the people that a black pig they
will not buy. (Laughtez.) You may bring the
most beautiful aninral to market, but the remark
will be, " That is a very pretty pig, sir, but I don't
like black pigs." There is no arguing against that.
There are other parts where precisely the opposite
feeling prevails, and where no white pig sells. (Re-
newed laughter.) lam glad that both white and
black are produced in this country in great perfec-
tion ; so that whether you hit high or hit low, you
are likely to hit to our satisfaction. (Applause and
laughter.) I think I may say that those shows'

are a great feature in the present progress in Ire_

land, because you have, at least, shown. this--
that bearing in mind the great advantages that
Ireland possesses in producing cattle, you have
known how to take advantage of the qualities of
Your soil and climate ; you have produced animals
which, in the opinion of the best judges, are
qualified to compete with any which we can pro-
duce in England ; all who visit our market
must observe that Irish beaat4 will be as highly

prized as English beasts, and a man buying for
profit would as soon bring home a cross between a
shorthorn and an Irish beast, for storing purposes
for the Irish market, as any other beast. I hope
you will not be led away by the arguna..nt, that by
sending away cattle from Ireland y I are destroy-
ing the capital of the country, for I aprrehend when
you send those animals away you receive something
in return. At the same time, every one must be
perfectly aware that owing to the very bad seasons
which followed one another during the three years
before 1864 there was a considerable and marked
diminution in the stock in possession of the Irish far-
mers. In fact, in order to meet this difficulty our
farmers were obliged to trench on their capital.
Without saying that one or two more favourable
seasons can replace losses so considerable as this
country has experienced, yet we have seen that
these losses are in process of being replaced. You
have seen in the show to-day the large. number" of
yearling animals, promising a fair season. I infer
from this, which fact has been used, for other pur-
poses, a different state of things. The railway
companies have not carried as much cattle to our
ports for exportation as formerly, and I infer this,
that more cattle having been in the country there
is an inorease of stock, and I account for the circum-
stance of a less number of cattle being exported by
the fact that during the last year there has been in
England an extraordinary deficiency of " keep."
It has afforded me great pleasure to attend your
show this day and your meeting this evening, and I
think when we look for the proofs that Ireland is
improving, and is likely to improve, the best thing
we can do is to look to the results of the practical
exertions made by practical men, working for profit,
and showing that profit can be obtained asthe result
of that exertion. (Applause.) That you have
shown, and I think you have a right to be congra-
tulated upon it. (Great applause.)
The proceedings then terminated.

The Duppel Monument.

BERLIN, April 18.
The eeremony of laying the first stone of the
monument intended to commemorate the capture of
the Danish entrenchments at Duppel took place to-
day, as the first anniversary of the exploit. At
eleven o'clock three cannon-shots gave the sign to
the troops and deputations from regiments who had
been present at the theatre of war, with the visi-
tors invited to view the ceremony, to take up the
positions assigned to them. Inside the square
formed by the troops, and opposite the pavilion,
were the clergy invited to take part in the ceremo-
nial. Behind them stood the band of the 2d regi-
ment of the Guard, the cathedral choir, and on
both sides of the latter deputations from invalided
veterans and such invalids from last year's cam-
paign as were able to be present. To the left of
the pavilion were stationed the State ministers,
the privy councillors, the presidents of both
Chambers, the deputies from the city of Berlin,
and the Austrian Ambassador, Count Karolyi,
with the staff of his embassy. To the right of the
pavilion were ranged, according to seniority, all
officers who had been invited. As soon as
the troops had taken up the above posi-
tions the flags and standards were brought
forward to the foundation stone. They were fol-
lowed by the Generals among the deputations, the
Knights of the Order pour le Merite, and the Gene-
rals of the troops in garrison.
At half-past eleven, the King, Queen, and Queen
Dowager, their Royal Highnesses, the Crown Prince.
and Princess, with the Princes and Princesses of the
Royal family, followed by their respective suites,
entered the square. As soon as the King was per-
ceived ,the troops immediately presented arms. The
King rode round the lines, while the Queen and the
Princesses entered the pavilion, and the Queen
Dowager drove to the right side of the pavilion,
whence she viewed the solemnity from her carriage.
When his Majesty had made the circuit of the lines
and approached the pavilion, the President of the
Council, Herr von Bismarck, gave the signal for
the commencement of the ceremony, which began
with a chant from the cathedral choir. When this
was completed Count von Itzenplitz, the Minister
for Commerce and Public Works, advanced to the
stone and read the following document :

" We, William, by God's grace, King of Prussia,
&c., hereby proclaim that, for the lasting memory
of the exploits of our army in the war waged
against Denmark during the past year, we have de-
termined to cause a monument to be erected out of

the trophies of that campaign in our capital city of
Berlin. We undertook that war in conjunction
with our illustrious ally the Emperor of Austria,
mindful of our mission to protect German right
and German honour. God has graciously assisted
us in the fulfilment of our duty ; He has aroused
the spirit of our people to remembrance of their
fathers' heroic deeds. Through the victories of our
army the northern marches of Germany have again
become German, and guarantee the future of our
young fleet, which has honourably sustained its
baptism of fire. That which Prussia's sword has
freed, Prussia's sword will, with God's help, also
protect. We render thanks to God in common
with our people to-day, and lay our vows before
the Most High this 18th of April in the year
of salvation 1865, upon the day and at the
hour when a year ago, under the chief command of
our trusty and valiant General Field-Marshal Count
von Wrangel, and under the immediate conduct of
the commanding general, Cavalry General Prince
Frederick Charles of Prussia, and in presence of the
princes of our royal house, our army carried by
courageous storm the last ramparts of the enemy on
the German continent, and Prussia's sons, follow-
ing the summons of their King, sealed their fidelity
with their blood. We shall have memorials of their
heroism erected to the fallen upon the theatre of
their fame, upon the ground they helped to conquer
with their blood ; but here to-day, in conjunction
with the Queen our consort, surrounded by our nu-
merous royal house, by our generals who led the
army and set it the example of bravery, by officers
and men of all divisions of the troops who took part
in the war, and by the advisers of our crown, we
lay the foundation stone of a monument which shall
testify to future generations how, even after long
peace, the spirit of their fathers lived among our
people ; how our army—the people in arms—cou-
rageous and well disciplined, preserving its inherited
warlike excellence in training and order, overcame
the brave resistance of the enemy, and the hostility
of the elements en land and by sea, retaining fide-
lity to its sovereign even unto death. The present
document has been executed in duplicate, with our
royal signature, and furnished with our chief royal
seal, and we order that one copy shall be deposited
in the foundation-stone, and the other preserved
among our state archives.

" Given at our capital city of Berlin, this 18th
day of April, 1865. (Signed) WILLIAM."
Acoompanied by a copy of the treaty of peace of
Oct. 30, 1864, the war medals for 1864, the Dup -
pel storm cross, the Alsen cross, the coinage of 1865
and 1864, and military reports and documents, the
paper just read was placed in a casket and depo-
sited in the cavity, of the foundation-stone, which
his Majesty immediately closed with mortar. The
stone was then lowered into its appointed place by
the pioneers and master masons, while the cathe-
dral choir sang, " Christ is the resurrection and
the life," " I know that my Redeemer liveth,"
&c. After the chant was ended, Herr von Roon, the
Minister of War, handed his Majesty the hammer,
and the customary three strokes were given, the
King exclaiming, " To the memory of the fallen,
the recognition of the living, and for the emulation
of future generations !" Meanwhile the troops
presented arms, the bands played the National An-
them, " Heil Dir im Siegerkranz," and the batteries
of the field artillery of the Guard, which had taken
part in the campaign, fired salvoes. The hammer
was next handed in succession to the Queen, the
Crown Prince, and the other Royal Princes and
Princesses, Field-Marshal Count von Wrangel,
Prince Schwarzenberg, the Austrian General of
Cavalry, Count Karolyi, the Austrian Ambassador,
General of Infantry Rerwarth von Bittenfeld, the
other generals of the active army, the Ministers, the
Presidents of both Chambers, the chief burgomaster
of Berlin, and other persons of the mobile army
specially appointed by the King, particularly the
Knights of the Order pour le Mirite, and one man

from each regiment, battalion, ship, and division of
the fleet.

This portion of the ceremony being terminated,
the drums and trumpets sounded to prayers. After
another chant Field-chaplain Thielen advanced to
the foundation-stone and delivered the consecration
sermon, taking for his text Ps. 1, v. 14—" Offer
unto God thanksgiving ; and pay thy vows unto
the Most High." When the blessing was spoken
fifty guns were again fired, while the whole assembly
joined in singing " Now let all praise God." The
troops thereupon again presented arms and formed
for the march past, which took place in the chesnut
avenue before the King, and at its conclusion the
Royal party returned to the capital.

The St, Giles's Union and the Poor Law

Board,

Yesterday Mr. Fantail, the Poor Law Board Commis-
sioner, continued and concluded the inquiry into the case of
Richard Gibson, the pauper inmate of the above union,
whose death a coroner's jury had stated had been greatly
accelerated by the neglect the said Richard Gibson received
at the hands of the whole of the officials-connected with
St. Giles's workhouse.
Mr. Bennett, the medical resident officer, was now re-
called. He was examined on the second day's sitting of the
inquiry, and his evidence was then interrupted in order
that Dr. Craig should be examined. On that occasion he
stated that Gibson went from the body of the house into
No. 47 ward of the infirmary, on Oct. 27th, with a bad leg,
and was then able to help himself. On Dec. 17th deceased
passed from his care to Dr. Craig's, witness having been
attaoked by typhus fever, and Dr. Craig had charge of the
deceased until his death on Feb. 10. Gibson was not bed-
ridden while under_ witness's care, but could walk about,
aid was under treatment for skin disease. Mr. Bennett now
said—The statement made by Dr. Craig yesterday that I
told him not tokeep the books is hardly correct. I think
the fact is he found that I had not kept them and he did not
keep them. I do not think any conversation took place on
the matter, and it should be remembered he only acted for
me while I was away ill. The reason I did not keep the
book according to the form prescribed by the Poor Law
Board is that I thought the cards would do as well.
Mr. FARNALL here asked Mr. Robinson, the vestry clerk,
if the Poor-law Board had not issued regulations for the
governance of this workhouse, and which had been after-
wards withdrawn under peculiar circumstances.
Mr. Robinson replied that the Poor-law Board had twice
issued for this workhouse rules and regulations which had
been successfully resisted in the Court of Queen's Bench.
Mr. FARNALL--Then, in point of fact, the rules and regu-
lations of the Poor-law Board have been twice refined to
suit this house, or the authorities of this parish: The court
of law decided, I suppose, that the local Act superseded the
rules of the Poor-law Board where the guardians did not
care to act up io them.
Mr. Robinson assented that it was so.
Mr. FARNALL went on to say that he believed many
parishes acted under a local Act, and that where such local
Acts existed the rules of the Poor-law Board and the Act
Parliament often clashed together. There was in this
parish a double authority, the vestry and the Board of
Guardians ; the vestrymen were elected by the ratepayers,
and the guardians were elected by the vestrymen from their
own body.
Mr. Bennett resumed—l have had nothing to do with
the rules of the Poor-law Board, and I really do not know
what the rules awl regulations of the Poor-law Board are
with regard to my duties as medical office; so I cannot say
whether or not I have carried out my duties in coinci-
dence with those rules. I heard the report of the
policeman Manners with regard to the state in which he
found Gibson, and I cannot say that it was intentionally
exaggerated. If he had gone into the ward and seen Gib-
son himself, with no one to point him out, he would not
have noticed anything wrong. The report Manners made
is substantially correct, for Gibson was very dirty. It is the
nurse's duty to see that the patients are kept clean. I
do not think the master had anything to do with this. We
consider the nurses are under the matron. I can say that
the present master is the first master who eve; as a matter
of duty, has gone into the wards of the infirmary. He has
been here since 1839, so that the rules and regulations of the
Poor Law Board ordering the masters of workhouses to
inspect the infirmaries was not acted up to until that time.
I saw Gibson the day before he died, when he was brought
from 47 ward to 42. He was being washed when I saw.
him. I saw his shirt, and it certainly was very dirty. It
had excrement and corruption upon it. When I saw the
shirt I did not notice any vermin upon it ; but I was not

close enough to see vermin. I saw Gibson's body the
Tuesday after death, and then there were vermin upon it.
Some had crawled down as far as the chest from the head.
Vermin may be generated after death both in rich and poor,
in certain forms of disease. I believe the patients get all
the food that is served out to them. I have heard Mrs. El-
som say that she has been several dinners short, but that
is her own fault ; she ought to have gone to the kitchen.
A Guardian here said he wished Mr. Farnall to ask
whether the 42 cases of typhus fever referred to as having
been in the infirmary of the workhouse at one time were
brought in, or had been generated in the house.
The question was asked, and the answer was that the cases
were brought in.
The Guardian then requested Mr. Farnall to ask for some
returns showing the percentages of deaths in those treated
in the Fever Hospital as compared with the same of those
treated in the infirmary of the workhouse.
Mr. FARNALL—Why do you want to have this ?
The Guardian—Just to show how successfully the fever
oa.ses,have been treated.
Mr. FAnxALL—What will you get by that ? Youarenow
sending fever cases away from here to the Fever Hospital,
and what will it benefit you to show that you are sending
them to where you "say they are less successfully treated ?
The Guardian—Well, we are sendingxem away now
because we have no room for them.
Mr. FARNALL--Well, I only hope that when you have
room you will not keep them here.
The Guardian—But Our treatment has been very good.
Mr. FARNALL—But you find that you have had people
catch it here. Your two doctors, your matron, your nurses
and }patients—that is all against your keeping the fever
cases in this house.
The Guardian—But our average percentage of deaths
has been only 6f, while the Fever Hospital is about 15.
Mr. FARNALL then referred to a written comparative re-
turn of the cases in the Fever Hospital during several years
with those in the infirmary. This showed that the num-
bers in the Fever Hospital during the years 1861,1862, and
1863 were respectively 86, 1,778, and 1,267, and the mor-
tality, decucting the deaths 48 hours after admission, was
15.8, 17.3, and 12.5. There was no return for 1864 from the

hospital. The infirmary return showed that in 1861 there
were 24 cases and an average mortality of 16.6 ; in 1862, 359
cases and mortality of 7.5; in 1863, 141 cases and a mortality
of 7-1 ; and in 1864, 346 cases with a mortality of 12.13.
M'Gee made some remarks to the effect that he believed
more died of typhus in the infirmary than was supposed.
The remark was not noticed at the time.

Mr. FARNALL, addressing the directors of the poor, said
—You must remember that the Fever Hospital is the place
for fever, and the workhouses are the domiciles• for the
poor, and you should not bring fever into your workhouse
among the pc.or. I can only advise you not to bring fever
into the workhouse, and I do most earnestly advise you not
to do so. I can assure you that the workhouses of London
have become the homes for the sick poor. They are filled
from the top to the bottom with the aged, sick, and infirm,
for the system of giving outdoor relief has so operated as
to keep out of the workhouse nearly all the able-bodied
poor. There is a certain class of women who come into
the workhouse to be delivered, and this class and that large
class of persons who only come into the workhouse to end
their days form the inmates of all the workhouses, and it
does seem to me to show a want of judgment to bring fever
cases among these people. We have the Fever Hospital,
where you can have your cases taken in at a merely nominal
charge—at something like a shilling a day—and this can
only be done by the assistance of the charitable public. I
cannot see why, under these circumstances, youshould wish
to keep the fever cases here.

Mr. Bennett was then cross-examined by different guar-
dians, and he stated, in answer to different questions—We
were compelled in 1863 to keep smallpox cases here, as the
hospital was full, and our percentage of deaths was very
low. The typhus fever was not generated in No. 47 ward.
The nurse caught it, but she was about the house. I con-
sidered Gibson's case was one more for nursing than for
active medical treatment. With respect to Gibson having
two dinners occasionally, I do not think that did him any
harm ; but Ido think the gin ho had did. When he went
under Dr. Craig's treatment he had a very extensive ulcer
on the left leg ; but it had been so reduced that it was only
of a small size when he died. The patients having more diet
than was ordered would sometimes do harm, as it misled
the doctor.

Mr. Farnall remarked that Gibson's extra dinners, which
he bought, did him no harm.
In answer to Mr. Farnall, Mr. Bennett said that he could
state most distinctly that he could have any medical com-
forts for the sick poor which he chose to apply for.
A Guardian (to Mr. Bennett)—How did you first hear of
Gsbson having gin given him the Sunday night before he
died ?

M'Gee—lt would not have been known at all but for me.
I was seen by the paid nurse, Mrs. Elsom, writing on the
back of Gibson's card, and she ran at me and took the card
away. When the card was seen by Mr. Bennett I was
called on for an explanation, and I told him. My object in
writing that was to prevent any other poor fellow from
falling into the hands of drunken nurses.

Mr. Famell—How are the spirits brought into .the
house ?

Mr. Bennett—Well, the Roman Catholics and other Dis-
senters go out on Sundays, and then bring these things in.

Mr. FAitsaLL—ln many of the workhouses I know the
people are searched, and so they should be here.
M'Gee said—l want to ask Mr. Bennett if a person comes
into the infirmarywith one disease and catchts the fever, if
his death is not put down to the disease with whichhecams
in. There have been many I could name who have gone
into the infirmary with a disease like mice, for instance,

and have caught the fever and died. How are their deaths
entered ?
Mr. Bennett replied, " Death from fever."
Mr. FARNALL asked if any patients had so caught the
fever and died, and received an answer in the affirmative ;
but the number of persons who had so died the witness
could not tell.
M'Gee—l wish to draw your attention, Mr. Farnall, to
the fact which has been shown, that Dr. Craig, though
attending on Gibson from day to day, as he says, did not
know that the man had had any gin until after death had
taken place, and that he did not order him any beef tea or
wine, or any other stimulant to sustain him.
Mr. FARNALL—I have taken a note of that. Do you know
how much gin was given to Gibson—was the cup full ?
M'Gee—Ah, that I cannot tell. I don't know about the
cup being full; you see, they are very fond of it them-
selves. (A laugh.) To Mr. Bennett—Did you not express
indignation when you saw the shirt of the man Gibson the
day before his death ?—I did.
M'Gee—l know you did, and 1 give you credit for it.
Did you not indignantly ask the nurses why they hadn't
changed it ?—I did ; I was quite taken by surprise.
M'Gee—You say you didn't see vermin, but when you
came in they had nearly done washing him—was it not so ?
—Well, he was very dirty when I saw him. Some dirt
might have been removed from his person.
M'Gee—Did you not say that the corner where his bed
was stunk like the Black Hole of Calcutta ?—I do not re-
member saying that, but I was very much annoyed at find-
ing the man in such a state.
M'Gee—Did you see any vermin on Gibson when he was
removed to No. 42 ?—No ; but there might have been
vermin on him.
M'Gee—Perhaps you will tell Mr. Farnall whether you
did not discharge a nurse from 42 ward on my proving
that she had been cruel to a patient there ?—Well, I have
an impression on my mind that I did so.
Mr. FARNALL—Now, M'Gee, let me ask you a question.
You saw the state of Gibson from day to day, and you have

told us that the nurses smoothed down his bed when the
master Came—why did you not complain earlier?—Dr. Craig
answered you yesterday, sir. He told you that when a
complaint was being made to him he said he would not
have one patient speak about another.
Mr. FARNALL—Bta why did you not speak to the master ;
you seemed to have had confidence in hid humanity?—
Well, sir, we were all afraid, and then I thought that the
whole of the infirmary was under the doctor, like inn mili-

;ary hospital. I should not have written to Sir Thomas

Henry if Dr. Craig had taken notice of me when I reported
the nurse for taking a patient's beef-tea and giving it to
another. I should have told him instead of writing.
A pauper named Morris, who during Gibson's illness
slept in No. 47 ward, next to M‘Gee, was then called. His
evidence in chief substantiated all that had been advanced
by M'Gee as to the want of attention on the part of Dr.
Craig and the nurses, and he went so far as to say that he
did not see Gibson's bed made for a fortnight together. He
stated that Gibson frequently and bitterly complained of his
treatment, and that he never saw the leg of deceased dressed
by any of the nurses, but that it used to be done by M'Gee,
who used also to wash the man.
The witness, in cross-examination by M'Gee, stated—On
the Sunday night before Gibson died I remember the nurse
coming in tipsy and giving Gibson gin. Ido not remember
that she said, " Here, Gibson, old fellow, you shall have

some gin though there are spies here," but I saw her give
him the gin. I know that you were once sick after washing
him. I remember your coming to 47 from 42 ward, and
that two boys had to be put into one bed so as to make
room for you. Ido not remember the nurse saying that
there had been " something very unpleasant in ward 42,"

thereby referring to your having got a nurse dismissed for
cruelty; but I know that the nurses of 47 said something
like, " We must look out, we've got a spy among us."
M'Gee—l am going to ask a question, 31. r. Farnall : I do
not know whether you will take it (to witness). Do you
think on the Monday morning, when you called Dr. Craig's
attention to Gibson being delirious, that if there had been
a chump of wood in the bed and a nightcap upon it, instead
of the man, that Dr. Craig would have seen that Gibson
was not there ?—Well, Dr. Craig mostly passed by.

M'Gee wanted then to cross-examine the witnesss to show

that Gibson was a good-natured man and of a jocular turn,
and that, though he used a low expression habitually in his
conversation, that he was not a blackguard.
Mr. FARNALIy however, urged that it was unnecessary,
and expressed his deep regret that, Gibson's state had not
been reported earlier, and before he got into the state in
which it was proved he had. He (Mr. Farnall) hoped that
inmates would write to some authorities, as M‘Gee had done,
if they saw anything wrong, but that they would write
earlier.

A pauper named Gregory, a printer, was then called, and
his evidence was to the effect that he was an inmate of 47
ward when Gibson was there, and that he was convinced
Gibson received every care, attention, and nourishment—
that, in fact, he was a favoured, or "good" patient, and
had more attention than the others. The witness also
stated that Gibson was a swearing man and irritable, and
a man that he did not at all like, and that the food was
plentiful and quite sufficient for any man.
11'Gee proceeded to cross-examine the witness, who be-
came very irritable and excited himself, and bad to be called
to order by the Commissioner. He said the statements he
had made he should "stick to." The following colloquy
then ensued :

M'Gee—ls your wife a nurse in the married ward ?—Yes,
she is.

M'Gee—When you were in 47 ward, did not your wife
bring you every night a good jug of tea and a plentiful
supply of bread and meat ?—Certainly not.
MGee—Please and just make a mark there, Mr. Fantail,
and I will call some one to prove that she used.
The witness here got into a passion, and said that M'Gee
wanted to catch him. In answer to Mr. Farnall, he ad-
mitted that his wife used of an evening to bring him a
"drop of soup and a bit of bread," which she had saved
from her dinner.

M'Gee—And some meat ?—Well, there might have been

some in the soup

M'Gee—And you don't know how mush? (Laughter.)
—Well, there were some bits?

31Gee—And did you ask her where she got it from ?
Not very likely. I supposed she saved it from her dinner.
APGee—And did you not think it improper to take the
food from a woman when you had had plenty, as you told
us just now ?

The witness again became excited, and would not answer,
but said, " You want to get at me ;" to which the reply was
given, "And I will, too."
3PGee then tried to elicit that the witness had tried "to
keep in with" the nurses in order that he might not be
sent out of the infirmary until the season when his trade as
a printer became busy, when he could go out altogether, and
not intu the body of the house. The witness gave evasive
answers, and allowed that he might have smoked a pipe in
the nurse's room after the inquest, but he did not remember
telling them, that he had not let out anything "concerning
the house," and he did not remember the nurses voting him
a good fellow for keeping back his evidence.

11‘Gee pronounced the man a " mallingerer"—i.e., one
who came into the house in the slack seasons, and schemed
to get into the infirmary.

Mr. Farnall here said the evidence, with respect to the
neglect of Gibson was very clear, and that nothing could be
clearer, so that it was not needful to prolong the inquiry.
He should report to the Poor Law Board, and would let the
guardians know his decision.
M 'Gee wanted to have another witness called to show how
Mrs. Elsom let the pauper nurses do as they liked in return
for favours which they did for her, but

Mr. Farnall said he had seen and heard quite enough.

The inquiry then closed.

In reply to Mr. Farnall, M‘Gee, who was always racked
with a terrible cough, and presented -the appearance of a
man in the last stage of decline, said that he should be glad
to get into St. Bartholomew's Hospital, for which institu-
tion the Commissioner had been promised a ticket for tho
man by some charitable lady. He also said that he had been
well treated in the workhouse since Gibson's death, and had
had meat every day.

HORSEWHIPPING A CLERGYMAN.—At the Leices-
ter county court, on Wednesday, the Rev. Mr.
Roberts, officiating minister of Frowlesworth, sought to
recover from Mr. J. Spencer, of the firm of Messrs. J. and
T. Spencer, booksellers, Leicester, the sum of £5O, as
damages for a horsewhipping inflicted on the plaintiff by
the defendant at the Leicester railway station, on Saturday
evening, the 18th of February last. The defendant,• in
reply to the action, put in the plea, " served him right."
It appeared that the plaintiff, a clergyman of the Church
of England, is the author of some pamphlets reflecting
upon the public and private character of several Leicester-
shire gentlemen, one being entitled " Lutterwort, an Un-
fortunate Village in a Fortunate Age," and the other
"Frowlesworth, a Dark Village in an Enlightened Age,"
which were compiled from a diary of the plaintiff's while
he was curate in the latter village. In the latter appeared
a paragraph reflecting on the conduct of the defendant and
his brothers, and their "filthy, low, vulgar, and imperti-
nent language," &c., On the evening of the 18th Febru-
ary the defendant met the plaintiff at the railway station ;
asked whether he was the author of the pamphlet which
he held in his hand ; called him a villain, a slanderer, a
vagabond, &c. ; and then gave him a horsewhipping. The
learned judge, in putting the case to the jury before whom
it was tried, remarked that an anonymous letter had been
sent to him to prejudice his mind in reference to the mat-
ter. He promised to commit the author to prison for con-
tempt of court if he should be found ; regretted that the
plaintiff did not devote his time better than to the prepa-
ration of such pamphlets, and suggested to him the pro-
priety of discontinuing them for the future. The jury,
after a few minutes' deliberation out of court, returned a
verdict for the plaintiff—damages £5.
[AnvEnnsEmENT.l—Holloway's Ointment and Pills.--
Bad legs, bad breasts, ulcers, abscesses, wounds, and sores
of all kinds, may be thoroughly healed by the application
of this ointment, after they have been duly fomented with
warm water. The- discharge should not be checked at
once, but rather encouraged, for sudden check must of
course be always dangerous—nature is the noblest of
physicians, and must not be opposed, but seconded. All
sores are for a time the safety valve of the constitution,
and should not be closed or healed until they aasume a
healthier character. Under the action of this powerf‘d oint-
ment, together with the pills, the depraved humours of the
body will be quickly removed.

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

TIMES.-It would be nothing new in the history
of the American War if the proportions originally
ascribed to a Federal victory were reduced by later
and more accurate reports, but the disasters sus-
tained by the Confederates at Richmond could admit
only in a single respect of exaggerated colouring.
It is possible that Lee's army suffered less than was
supposed, and that the Southern General retired
with a force still capable of keeping the field against
his enemies. This, too, is a point of great Cmportance,
for it is mainly in conjunction with the destruction or
dispersion of the Confederate garrison that the capture
of Richmond would affect the war. Of this fact
the Northern people were perfectly aware. At the
commencement of Grant's campaign in May last,
the destruction of the Army of Virginia was spoken
of as its principal object, and no sooner was Rich-
mond occupied than the Federal journals entered
upon calculations of the losses which that army had
sustained. It was computed that if 25,000 prisoners
remained in Grant's hands, andls,ooo men had been
placed hors de combat by the three days' fighting,
the remnant could not represent a force competent
to renew the struggle upon a fresh scene. That this
estimate was excessive is by no means improbable,
but since that time Lee has suffered another defeat,
and the numbers of his army have been again dimi-
nished. It was even rumoured that he had capitulated,
and in this event the feeble force with which John-
ston was' confronting the victorious troops of Sher-
man would be the only Confederate army remaining
in the field. The capture of Richmond has been
rendered unexpectedly decisive by the events of last
year's campaign. Twelve months ago it would have
been regarded by the South without much alarm, as
a contingency which had been always in prospect,
and so imminent, indeed, was the danger thought
in May last that preparations were made for trans-
ferring the seat of Government to Columbia, in
South Carolina. But at that time " the interior" of
the Confederacy was an unknown or inaccessible
country. No Federal force had burst through
the frontier armies of the South, or penetrated
into the territories beyond. True, there were
men in the councils of the North who had re-
commended such tactics, and who had described
the Confederacy as an egg, hard only in its
shell or circumference, and utterly unsubstantial
within. But until Sherman proved the truth of
these views they passed only for speculations, and
nobody knew how an invading army might fare.
The great States of Georgia and South Carolina had
never felt the war, Alabama had been scarcely
touched by it, and this immense territory offered
a secure retreat to the Confederates if they should
determine to abandon Virginia and retire upon the
resources of the interior. In those days, if we had
been told, as we are told now, that Augusta would
take the place of Richmond as the capital of
the Confederacy, we should have regarded the
statement not only as indicating the unbroken
resolution of the Southern people, but as portend-
ing the indefinite prolongation of the war. Now,
however, all this is changed. Before Grant took
Richmond Sherman had accounted for all the
country behind it, and had dissipated the illusions
prevailing on the subject. He had marched through
these remote regions from end to end, without en-
countering resistance or falling short of supplies,
and had led his victorious army by a prodigious cir-
cuit from the borders of Tennessee through the heart
of Georgia up to the southern frontier of Virginia
itself. The Confederates, therefore, have now no
" interior" to retire upon. Sherman is there before
them at this minute, and just as he marched from
Savannah to Goldsborough, so Grant might march
at his pleasure from Petersburg to Savannah. There
is no point of Southern territory which may not be
reached by a Northern army, and the North has
armies at its disposal for any enterprise suggesting
itself. president Davis asserted some time since that
the Confederacy had no vital point, and that its
existence was independent of any regular capital
or fortified position. These words were true when
they were spoken, and they might be thought true

even now but for the evidence given by Sherman's
campaign. It certainly did not signify on what
line the great Confederate armies were fighting, or
from what town the orders of Government were
issued ; but if there are no Confederate armies to
fight anywhere, and no resistance is offered any-
where to the march of a Federal army, the vitality
of the Confederacy will be sorely tried. Still, the
Southern people have it undoubtedly in their power
to make their country a Mexico or a Poland, and
thus to ruin all the hopes of the North in prose-
cuting the war. This was the stage of the contest to
which all political observers looked forward as
charged with elements of greater trouble than the
mere struggle in the field. If it should actually fol-
low, a work infinitely more difficult than even the

capture of Richmond may now be at hand to try
the patience and test the policy of the North. We

can hardly suppose, after the fate intelligence, that
the resistance of the South by means of organised

armies can be protracted much longer ; but Southern

resistance may easily take other forms, and the
course of events in this respect will probably soon
be shown. It appears to have been hoped, we might
perhaps say anticipated, by the Northern people
that the South might be willing to bury in oblivion
the whole of this desperate war, or to think of it
only as a memorable incident of national life.
On its own side the North would be ready with
a complete amnesty and with open arms, asking
nothing from the South but a return to that Union
and those institutions which it had for a time
unhappily repudiated. Bygones should be bygones.
The Civil War need only live in national memory
as a grand struggle in which the heroism and en-
durance of all classes of Americans astonished the
world. Neither belligerent need be ashamed of the
retrospect. Federals and Confederates alike had
maintained larger armies, and fought more desperate
battles than any other people. If the South had
done more with smaller means, the North had borne,
up with incredible tenacity against discomfiture and
discouragement, and had outstripped imagination by
the magnitude of its efforts. Let both parties forget
and forgive. If the South will banish from its mind
this vision of an independent Confederacy, and forego
an idea which it has been found impossible to realise,
the North will forget the trial of its resources and its
strength, and both sections of the Union may live
together as before. These seem to be the hopes of
the North, and extraordinary as such expectations
may appear, we believe them to express the only
basis on which peace can be really established.
Unless the south does consent to re-enter the Union,
the end is as far off as ever. But will this phenome- I
non occur? We can only say that it is, perhaps, less
improbable among Americans than among any other
people in the world. It appears as if the North,
which, though actually victorious, has as much to
forget as the South, is not unwilling to perform its
own part in the reconciliation. Its triumph has made
it jubilant, and brought out the good nature of the
people. They are proud even of the achievements of
their Southern brethren. They forget their moun-
tain of debt and all the terrible sufferings of the
four years' war. They are urging their Govern-
nAlat to offer the most liberal terms to their late
enemies on the single condition of submission
and agreement, and in this they are guided pro-
bably more by feeling than by any deep political
calculation. What the Government, however, may
ultimately do, or how the South may accept such
overtures as are made, remains to be seen. Slavery
need no longer be any stumbling-block in the way of
union. This fatal institution is already half extinct,
and is verging on its final doom. But there are the
passions of desperate men, inflamed by the recol-
lections of the war, there is the conflict of interests
out of which the war arose, and there are questions
of the deepest significance which the war has created.
For the issue we can only wait, as we waited for
the event of the struggle, with the steady forbear-
ance of neutrals, and with an earnest wish for
speedy and lasting peace.
POST.--The prosecution of the manager and of the
' secretary of the Unity Bank has resulted in their ac-
quittal ; but the refusal of the jury to stop the case on
Monday afternoon, when the presiding judge inti-
mated that the counsel for the Crown had failed to
establish the charges advanced against the accused,
furnishes an indication of the unwillingness with
which they regarded the prospect of a great fraud
going unpunished. A deceit was practised, and was
successful; a trap was laid, and the victim entered
it unhesitatingly; and it is therefore not surprising
that twelve hardheaded men should have found it
very much against their grain to pronounce by their
verdict that the only persons apparently responsible
for, and cognisant of, the deceptiod should go un-
scathed. But as it appeared in the course of the
case that two auditors were appointed by the share-
holders—both men of the highest respectability, and
one of them a professional accountant—the issue vir-
tually became whether it was the intention of the de-
fendants to deceive the auditors as well as the share-
holders. That the balance-sheet issued in the month
of June, 1862, did not faithfully represent the condi-
tion of the bank at that time there can be no doubt,
since it showed a surplus at the disposal of the share-
holders • whereas, in fact, the back was at the time
hopelessly insolvent. The deception was manifest ;
the only point on which doubt could exist was re-
specting the persons who were chargeable with the
deceit. The secretary and manager were prosecuted,
but they replied to the charge by showing that they
were only instruments in the hands of others, ani
that the directors and auditors, if they understood
their business, must have seen that the results set
forth on the balance-sheet were entirely fallacious.
If they entered as assets securities which were en-
tirely worthless, it was absurd to charge them with
an attempt to deceive when the bank books were
submitted to the inspection of persons whose busi-
ness it was to test the accuracy of their report, and

who might easily have detected either the errors
into which they had fallen or the misrepresenta-
tions they had made ; and so the prosecution
fell to the ground. The saddle was put upon
the wrong horse. Whether the right horse could be
found, or still can be found, is a different matter.
The jury acquitted the defendants, but at the same
time expressed the opinion that the accounts of the
bank had been kept on a very vicious principle, and
that the directors had neglected their duty in not
more carefully investigating the statements sub-
mitted to them by their servants. In this opinion
every one will readily concur. The history of the
rise, decline, and fall of the Unity Bank is not un-
interesting and is certainly not uninstructive. It
was established at the beginning of the year 1856,
but on the very threshold of its career met with
obstacles, which it needed not only time, but a
large outlay of capital, to overcome. Some
difficulties arose in respect to the confirmation
of the charter of the bank, and it was not until
nearly the middle of 1856 that the establish-
ment commenced operations. The manager of
the bank when first opened was a gentleman
named Chambers, but after a short time he was re-
placed by Mr. Terry, one of the defendants, whilst
the office of secretary was filled by Mr. Burch, the
other defendant. Some twelve months after the
opening of the bank its business would seem to have
been in a condition far from satisfactory, its losses
having amounted to some £38,000 ; and a state-
ment made about this time by one of the directors
was relied on by the prosecution, as showing that
• the state of the bank was not so sound as its
balance-sheet would seem to imply. Everything,
however, went tolerably smooth until June, 1862,
when the balance-sheet which furnished the subject
matter of the recent prosecution was published.
From this report it appeared that the current ac-
counts open amounted to the sum of £159,392,
whereas, in truth, they were £170,000 ; that the
cash in hand was £38,715, instead of being only
£29,000 ; and that the bills under discount were
£207,600, instead of being about £160,000. The
net result shown being a sum of about £l,OOO in
favour of the shareholders, whereas, in truth, the
bank was deeply in debt. Bills which, as stated in
evidence by Mr. Howell, the accountant of the
liquidators of the bank, were utterly worthless, and
I in some instances which had been proved to be for-
geries, were brought forward in the balance-sheet
as assets, the entries referring to these securities
being shown to be in the handwriting of one or other
of the defendants. Two balance-sheets were pro-
duced in evidence which were in the handwriting of
the secretary, one of them being a precise copy of
the balance-sheet of June, 1862. Several bills which
had been dishonoured previous to this date, and dis-
honoured loans to the amount of £50,000, had been
included in the good assets as set forth in the
balance-sheet. When the liquidation of the Unity
Bank was ultimately effected, no less than £170,000
had been called up out of a nominal capital of
£300,000, and of this sum as much as nine-tenths
were totally lost. Each shareholder paid up £6O
per share, of which sum he finally recovered only £6.
It is, however, so far as it illustrates the func-
tions of the directors of joint-stock banks, and the
mode in which the business of those banks is occa-
sionally conducted, that the evidence adduced on
the recent trial will speedily rivet attention. Mr.
Alderman Mechi, who at one time held the office of
chairman of the board of directors, gave some very
curious testimony on both of these points. In com-
pany with his brother directors he heard the weekly
statements made by the manager and secretary, but
he does not seem to have considered it any part of
his duty to test their accuracy. Directors, as he
told the jury, are not clerks ; and in banking, as in
every other commercial pursuit, implicit reliance
must be placed on confidential servants. It also
I appeared that Mr. Mechi and his partner, Mr. Bazin,
kept accounts at the West-end branch f the Unity
Bank, as well as in the City branch, and that when
their accounts in the latter were overdrawn, money
was withdrawn from the former and placed to their
credit, so as to make their accounts, as Alderman
Mechi stated, " look a little better ;" or as Sergeant
Ballantine, in less euphuistic language, expressed it,
" for the purpose of falsely representing a balance
which did not exist." In fact, from the day when
the Unity Bank opened its doors to that on which
they were finally closed, all the ingenuity of the
directors and the manager appears to have been
exercised to make things " look a little better." A
new bank has, as Mr. Mechi tells us, great difficul-
ties to contend with—a vast quantity of doubtful
paper is offered to it, and the manager, however
efficient, must purchase his experience at a cost
I which is paid out of the pockets of the shareholders.
The manager of the Unity Bank, unfortunately,
seems to have allowed his desire to increase the
business of the bank to overstep his discretion in
testing the character and means of his customers,
and the result was what might have been antici-
pated. But the question which interests the public
is not whether the Unity Bank was well or badly
conducted with a view to the interests of the
shareholders, but whether the latter were made
aware from time to time of the position in
which they stood. The balance-sheet of June,
1862, it is now abundantly clear, created a delusive
opinion in the minds of the shareholders and of the
public on this important point, and it follows almost
as a matter of course that some persons must have
been to blame for the erroneous impression which
was thus created. The manager and secretary have
been acquitted of the criminal offence with which
they were charged ; but it will reflect little credit
on the present condition of the law if none of the
persons connected with the management of the
Unity Bank can be made responsible for the pub-
lication of such a balance-sheet as that which
furnished the basis of the recent prosecution.

Shocking Death through being Refused
Medical Attendance.

Yesterday afternooon an inquest was resumed by Dr.
Lankester, -at the Royal Oak, St. John's-road, near High-
gate Archway, relative to the death of Mary Green, aged
31 years, who died as alleged from being refused the at-
tendance of a medfcal man while she was on the verge of
confinement.

John Green, the husband of deceased, said he was a car-
penter, and that they had five children. His wife was con-
fined of the sixth child at eleven o'clock in the morning of
last Friday week, and died about half-past one on the same
day. Witness thought she died through the neglect of
Mr. Butler, the medical man.
Mr. Thomas John Bake; M.R.C.S., deposed to being
called to deceased at eleven o'clock on the day in question.
He found her in a state of collapse. She was in great pain,
and on examination he found an irregular birth. He suc-
cessfully delivered her, but the child was dead. She never
rallied, and died at half-past one. He had made a post
mortem examination, and found that the posterior wall of
the uterus was softened and ruptured. The contents had
escaped into the cavity of the abdomen. The cause of
death was rupture of the uterus.

John Green, recalled, said his wife spoke to Dr.
Gardiner` six weeks before. Mr. Butler was his partner.
The labour came on on the Thursday evening, and wit-
ness went for the doctor at half-past twelve at night.
Mr. Butler arrived about 1 o'clock. He went away almost
as soon as he came. He sent for him again about 7 o'clock,
but he refused to attend. He said they must go to the
parish. Witness went to Islington workhouse, and got
there about a quarter past 9. He saw a man at the gate.
He said that he (witness) could have no doctor, as he had
not brought his marriage certificate. He returned at half-
past 10, and then went for a midewife and also Mr. Baker,
who was passing at the time.
Mr. Bake; on being recalled, said he thought deceased
lost her life through not having earlier attendance. He
thought that if she had been delivered four hours earlier
her life would have been saved.

Mr. Alfred Butler, M.R.C.S. and M.D., said he was not
engaged to attend deceased, nor had he heard of any en-
gagement with his predecessor, Mr. Gardiner. He kept a
book for the purpose of entering such engagements. He
was sent for on Thursday night at half-past 12. He saw
her and found labour had commenced. She was quite in an
early stage, for the os uteri was not dilated. He asked the
woman if she was in a position to pay,when she said "No ;
she thought She could pay by instalments." He then de-
clined to attend, and recommended them to send to some
one else. They sent again about 9 o'clock on the Friday
morning. He was not then at home, but when he returned
at a quarter to 10 he understood from Mrs. Butler that Mr.
Baker had been sent for.
Mary Edwards said that she was with Mrs Green
when the doctor came. She was with her from the
first. The doctor after examination asked deceased if she
had engaged, and she replied. " Yes, with Mr. Gardiner
six weeks ago." He told her he could not attend her as she
could not pay, and that she ought to get assistance from
the parish. He said he would rather decline having any-
thing to do with her. She continued vory ill all night,
and at seven o'clock became very bad. Witness went to
Mr. Baker between seven and eight, and he recommended
her to go to Mr. Butler. She did so, and saw Mrs. Butler,
who said Mr. Butler would not come. She came back and
sent Green (the husband) to the parish. During the time
he was gone the poor woman was raving mad. She never
saw any one suffer so dreadfully.
Mr. Alfred Butler recalled, said he had seen Mr. Gar-
diner and asked him if he had been engaged to attend the
deceased. He said he had no recollection of it.

By a Juror—Mr. Gardiner had a book of engagements,
but witness had not got it. The engagements which his
predecessor had made were handed over to him, but he did
not feel bound by them. Witness had a copybook in which
he entered such engagements, but he could not find Mrs.
Green's name entered. He considered his responsibility to
attend M.S. Green when he left her on Friday morning at
1 o'clock. He should probably not have attended her at all
if Mr. Gardiner had made the engagement.
The copybook was passed round to the jury, when, one

of them said it appeared that those entries were all made
at one time.

The Coroner remarked that, when Mr. Butler gave uP
the, case, some hours elapsed before medical attendance was
again sought, so that Mr. Butler might not altogether be
blamed.

Mary Edwards said Mr. Butler gave them to understand
there was plenty of time.
The Coroner said no medical attendant was obliged to
attend without payment.
Mary Edwards then informed the court that Mr. Butler
was told that half a sovereign would be paid down, but as
the husband had been out of work the remaining ss. would
be paid at the end of the week. The engagement With
Dr. Gardiner was 15s.

A juror asked Mr. Butler if they (the jurors) were to
understand that he would let the woman die because be
did not get his fee.

The Coroner suppressed such a question. • He said there
was no apprehension of death when Mr. Butler left. Had
such been the case, it would be inhumanity and amount to
manslaughter ; but such was not the case.

The jury felt disappointment at Dr. Gardiner not aP"
pearing.

The Coroner said that he thought they might 110 v
revert to the case respecting the workhouse, when
William Trass, house porter of the Islington workhouse,
was examined—He recollected a man coming for an order
for a midwife. Having no marriage certificate he told him
he must go and fetch it.

William G. Leftley, relieving-officer at the Islington
workhouse, said that Trass was a doorkeeper recently er
pointed, and his duty was, in a case of emergency, to bring
the applicant to him instead of sending him away. There
was no book of rules.

Mary Edwards was recalled, and, in answer to the ill*
said that Mr. Butler did not positively decline to attend the
case, but he said he would rather not. Witness told him
she had been bad five or six hours. lie said it was a case
for the parish, and there would be plenty of time to apPli
at nine o'clock.

The Coroner then summed up, and the jury, after a short
deliberation with closed doors, returned the following ver-
dict—" That the deceased Mary Green was found dying,
and did die,from the mortal effect of a rupture of the womb
during childbirth. And the said jurors further say that
the said death was accelerated by the refusal of assistance
by the surgeon to the said Mary Green after having com-
menced his professional services."

Mr. Butler wished to make some remarks, which the
coroner disallowed. He concurred in the verdict, and the
proceedings terminated.