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Newcastle, to sail Jan. 16; and the Middlesex, to
sail Jan. 22.

and yet the faults :of the Court of Rome do
not prevent us from having a great interest in
protecting the person of the Holy Father, and in
assuring his independence—in the same manner
that certain points of difference from the Italian
Government do not hinder us from making the in-
dependence of Italy a point of honour. Catholic
and Liberal, let us repeat it, France knows so
well wh!lt sire requires in the Italian Peninsula—
title is so nobly disinterest:A, and so faithful to all
her great traditions--that she is not to render her-
self uneasy, either at the ingratitude of the one or
at the false interpretation of the other. We, never-
theless, expected more justice from a statesman so
intelligent as Lord Palmerston. This time the
noble lord appears to us to have been the victim of
an optical delusion, which has changed the propor li
-
tions of the different parts. He has not the less
expended some very fine language in favour of Italy,
and that is something. Will his lordship allow us
a final observation ? If, instead of criticising France,
the powerful Minister were to employ the influence
which is attributed to him over a certain Cabinet
to determine that Government to recognise the new
kingdom—it seems to us that he would render a
better service to Italy."

Orders have been received at Chatham directing
the following officers, attached to the West India
depots at that garrison, to be held in readiness to
embark to join the service companies of their re-
spective regiments :—Ensign A. H. Duthie, Ensign
W. S. P. Keene, Ensign M. Macgregor, and Ensign
N. T. C. Herbert, 2d West India Regiment ; and
Ensign C. A. Denny, 3d West India Regiment.
Languard Fort, Harwich, is again to in occupied
by a detachment from the camp at Colchester, who
are to proceed there for "ale purpose of rifle practice.
It was expected that the fort would have been gar-
risora by the Suffolk Artillery Militia, but that
regiment has been sent instead to Southtown bar-
racks, Great Yarmouth.

FRANCE AND ITALY-REPLY 20
LORD .PALMERSTOIV.

An article in reply to Lord Palmerston's recent
speech on Italian affairs appears in the Constitu-
tionnel, under the signature of Paulin Limayrac.
It is as follows :
" The debates which have just taken place in the
House of Commons have certainly thrown no light
whatever on the question of Italy in general and
of Rome in particular. On the question of Italy
the speakers of the English Government have re-
mained faithful to themselves, that is, they have
continued to talk as amateur politicians. On
the question of Rome, Lord Palmerston has
been merely playing on the surface of things,
and by no means touched the bottom of
the subject. Like a good parliamentary orator,
he has spoken above all with an eye to the public;
and if he had been content only with the applause
of the house—if he had not, at the end of his speech,
invoked thejudgment of posterity—we should gladly
have left the noble orator in the quiet enjoyment of
his triumph.
" But silence is not permitted in the presence of a
statesman who pretend° to have high aiD,E, who
counts with great confidence on the judgment of
future generations, and who, distorting the policy
of others, pays the compliment of high foresight,
wisdom, and generosity to his own political conduct.
" Moralists have long shown that the people most
severe upon others are, in general, those who are
most indulgent to themselves. It is an eternal
truth, the saying of the beam and the mote ; and the
noble lord has not given a new edition'of it when he
declares that the presence of a French garrison at
Rome is a violation of the principles of non-inter.
vention. The orator forgets that the reply is but
too easy, it 'being sufficient to place before his eyes
a despatch arrived from Corfu the very same even-
ing he made his speech. This despatch, which all
Europe has read, notices on incident which took
place at the opening of the lonian Parliament—and
an incident, too, which did not take place for the
first time. The Assembly, having replied to the
speech of the Lord High Commissioner in an ad-
dress in which the union of the lonian Islands with
Greece is earnestly demanded, his lordship peremp-
torily retorted :-6 In accepting the protectorate of
the lonian States, England has undertaken duties
and acquired rights. It only remains for me to
intimate to you that while she will discharge the
first with scrupulous fidelity, she will main-
tain the last inviolate." What a respect
for the principle of non-intervention and the rights
of nations !
"But let us say at once, we do not like this sort
of reply. We think that the wrong of our neigh-
bour does not justify ours. A Government which
obeys but the highest political principles in all its
acts has no need to be thus defended. Let us ex-
plain, then, why, notwithstanding the strange be-
haviour of the Court of Rome as regards France—
notwithstanding the insane obstinacy of the coun-
cillors of the Holy Father, and notwithstanding the
abuse and the hatred which we have received from
one of his advisers, we are still at Rome, occupied
both with the execution of our duties as a Catholic
Power, and as the nation which liberated Italy.
"At some future time the story of the long nego-
tiations•between the Imperial Government and the
Court of Rome will hold a noble place in the annals
of French diplomacy. On the one part so much
kind sympathy, so much inexhaustible patience ;
and on the other —, But we prefer not going
into the matter. The regret we feel has been suffi-
ciently expressed already by the great bodies of the
State, the Senate, and the Legislative Assembly,
for two consecutive sessions, and with almost una•
nimity this year.

TRIAL OF SAMUEL ROBINSON, OF
CUPAR, FOR FORGERY.

At the Perth Circuit on Thursday, before Lords
Ardmillan and Neaves, Samuel Robinson, late pro-
prietor and editor of the Fifeshire journal (whose
capture in London and subsequent attempt at escape
by leaping from an express train recently excited so
much attention), was placed at the bar charged with
the crime of forging and uttering forged promis-
sory notes and letter .of authority to a banker. The
case created considerable excitement in the district,
and the court was densely crowded during the pro-
gress of the trial, a nuteher of those present being
gentlemen connected with the various banks in
Scotland. Outside the court room a large crowd of
people lingered during the entire day, eager to ob-
tain the most recent information dieelncod by the
evidence.
The prisoner, who was brought from Perth to
Cupar on Tuesday, took his place in the dock about
11 o'clock. He was dressed in black, and appeared
to be little the worse for his Northallerton midnight
adventure, the only externally apparent result of
his daring and dangerous leap being a slight disco-
loration of the right temple: He bore in one hand a
written document of upwards of 150 foolscap pages.
This document, which was a prepared defence, was
written very carefully, and on its first page there
were written, in a bold and elegant style, the titles
of the subjects contained in the defence. The pri-
soner had also a notebook and pencil, and carefully
took memoranda of the important parts of the evi-
dence, and frequently added to and deleted from his
prepared defence, according as it was affected by the
evidence. He conducted his own defence, and was
assisted by Messrs. Scott and Brown, advocates;
Mr. A. B. Shand, advocate depute, and Mr. Kinnear
acting as prosecutors. 'Throughout the whole of the
trial the prisoner displayed the utmost coolness and
apparent confidence in his acquittal, and his cross-
examinations of witnesses were characterised by
considerable ability and shrewdness.
The charges against the prisoner consisted of no
fewer than 21 different cases of forgery in bills,
cheques, promissory notes, &c. The signatures
adopted were for the most part those of men with
whom he had formerly done business, and there ap-
peared in every case to be an intention on the part
of the prisoner to meet the forgeries before they be-
came due. In consequence of the number of counts
in the indictment a great many witnesses were
examined, and these were cross-examined some-
times by the counsel engaged for the defence, and
sometimes by the prisoner himself. At the con-
clusion of the evidence for the prosecution,
Mr. Scott stated that he had no witnesses to call
for the defence.
Mr. Shand then addressed the jury for the prose-
cution. He directed their attention to the various
bills. The signatures of these were certainly not
the signatures of any of the gentlemen. They had
seen them, one after another, deny that the signa-
tures were theirs, and their statements were cor-
roborated by others 'who knew their signatures.
Therefore, in the case of every one of them, it was
evident that they were forged. The prisoner might
have addueed a person to say that he signed these
bills, but it was remarkable, in the consideration
of this case, that there was not a single witness to
contradict the statements made by the witnesses
for the Crown, and consequently the jury must be
satisfied that the bills were forgeries. Everyone
must sympathise with a person in the position of
the prisoner, occupying a position of considerable
weight and influence; yet the jury had a duty to
discharge, and he felt that in discharging it they
could not do otherwise than return a verdict of
guilty.
At the conclusion of Mr. Shand's addrese the pri-
soner and his counsel retired to the gaol to hold a
consultation. On their returning,
Mr. Brown said he had been trying to induce the
prisoner to allow Mr. Scott, but he had declined to
do so, as he wished to defend himself.
The prisoner then rose with his written defence
in his hand, and proceeded to address the jury amid
perfect silence. In the course of his remarks he
said—The ancients of a famous court had a rule
that in cases beard before them, they were con-
ducted in darkness lest the appearance of the ad-
vocates should influence the decision, and eloquence
was forbidden lest it should bias the judgment. If
ever there was such a case in this country this was
one. They had on the one side her Majesty's Ad-
vocate Depute, stating his case with all the power
that his ability enabled him to do. On the other,
they had a poor indisposed criminal, broken down
to a feebleness by a calamity, with the labour of a
life lost, and a character yet unsullied, sullied to
very repulsiveness. But he had a better chance of
an independent verdict than had the Athenians
by the darkness of night. He had the intelligence,
the sense, and the independence of a British jury,
and he felt, standing there, with all the unfitness
of the task imposed upon him, that if he was able
to lay before the jury an outline of the case, he
would ask them, before he left the court, with great
confidence, to say that her Majesty's Advocate had
entirely failed to produce sufficient proof to show
why he (the prisoner) should be punished, and
that he had entirely failed to make out
the charges which he had so wantonly made and
so cruelly paraded before the public. The question
might be asked, why did he conduct his own de-
fence ; why did he take a course so hazardous in
a good cause when there were so many ornaments
of the bar who would have been too willing to have
lent their services ? His answer to that was that
her Majesty's advocate had, by the exercise of a bar-
barous power—he did not ask his pardon or modify
the word—by the exercise of a barbarous power put
into his hands when the thumb-screws were in
vogue, prevented him from having the possibility of
doing so. Since the first day that he heard of that
charge he had had no opportunity of getting evi-
dence or making preparation for standing before
the Court that day. After being in prison fora while
he was allowed to see an agent, and had the good
fortune to have the services of one who, if anything
could have made up for restrictions put upon him
by the prosecutor, his ability and zeal would have
done so. But he was satisfied that in the time al-
lowed, and with him shut up in a prison, it would
be physically and morally impossible to get up evi-
dence sufficient not only to repel the prosecutor's
charges, but to establish the facts which would be
required on his part in vindication of his conduct. ,
He therefore resolved to stand there simply on the
defensive, knowing that the charges against him
were false. He would not go back to prison to pre- I
pare a defence, for it would be to go back to death
—the madman's doom • and as he did not wish to
suffer the extreme penalty of the law, he preferred
to take the least of two evils—make the best de-
fence
ho could, and dare the prosecutor to his worst.
The prosecutor, knowing he had bound him hand
and foot, and prevented resistance, they had only to
look to the indictment before them how he had
pelted him (prisoner) with foul epithets of rotten
eggs. He, a British subject, chained like a dog to
carts and carriages, the ponderous irons filling the
passers-by with compassion and disgust, the police-
man himself ashamed of his work—was conveyed
to Cupar, ushered into a Star Chamber, where the
magistrate's office was prostituted to obtain from
the accused a declaration which might convict
himself. He was sent to prison, deprived of
everything he had save the clothes he had on, with
their pockets empty, shut up in a cell scarcely
sufficient to hold him, obliged to be his own cham-
bermaid and washerwoman, and let out as if from
the cage of a menagerie for three-quarters of an
hour a day. Another prisoner was enclosed with
him as a precaution for preventing his knocking
out his brains, or hanging, himself in his hammock.
He submitted, if his allc; ions were true, that he
ought not to be cunvir:tid of the crime he was
charged with. He now almost regretted that he
had not committed his observations in defence to a
gentleman more fitted to conduct his case; for to
come before their lordships, whose lives had been
spent in the practice and audience of formal argu-
ment, seemed a daring undertaking,:and one which
suspect that he was trifling with
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them t
ortantqouestion so far as his own ease was
concerned. After entreating from their lordships and
the jury a
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" France has never ceased to be guided by
two noble principles in her political conduct to-
wards Italy. Lord Palmerston cannot help
acknowledging that France, on account of her nis-
tory, has more causes than England to be inte-
rested in the fate of the Papal Government; and
more causes, too, than England to be interested
in the fate' of Italy after the days of Magenta
and Solferino. The policy of France has been
invariably to devote all her efforts to the recon-
ciliation of Rome with Italy. Unhappily, her
efforts have not been crowned with success ; and at
this hour there remains little hope for a reconcilia-
tion, to all who can appreciate facts, and who do
not like to misguido others after misguiding them-
selves. The despatch of our amba,,sador, dated
Jan. 18, could leave no doubt whatever on the sub-
ject, even if the article of the Usservatore .Romano
had not given a fresh confirmation of that blindness
which, from a political point of vi,w, must be called
a great mistake, and, from a religious point of view,
a great misfortune.

" ' The natural course of mundane affairs,' wrote
the Marquis de Lavalette, on the 11th January, to
oar Minister of Foreign Affairs, ' is to lead,
or later, that sentiment to reason ; and it is
sooner
ender
this last aspect that, in matters of politics, we are
compelled to look at them finally.' It is this mate-
rial view to which we have now come ; and, with
every succeeding day, the Roman question is more
stripped of its religious elements, and more drawn
into a purely political atmosphere. Indeed, after it
seemed that all had been said in respect to the tem-
-1 poral power, there came a voice more serious and
important than any preceding one, in the utterance
of Pio Nono himself on a recent occasion. ' The
temporal power,' the Holy Father says, 'is not a
dogma.' It is not a dogma, it may, perhaps, be dis-
cussed ; and therefore, when the Cardinal Secretary,
of State chooses to shut himself up in absolute im-
mobility—when he refuses obstinately the demand
of an allied and protecting Power to lend himself to
the discussion of a combination which would secure
p-rmanent conditions of dignity, security, and inde-
pendence to the Sovereign Pontiff—he carries faith
over into diplomacy, he lowers religion, and com-
promises the very cause he has undertaken to de-
fend.

" How was the temporal power established, and
how has it lasted so long ? By submitting to the
conditions necessary for the existence of all Go-
vernments. A poiA er created by the hand of man,
it has lived and developed itself by taking into ac-
count the essential elements which constitute hu-
man associations. There was a time when the

Pope was only suzerain, and then he had all the
advantages of a Sovereign without his burdens,

Later the Pope was not content with reigning, but
he really governed his subjects. He did not, how-

ever, then think of applying the immobility of mat-
_ . _

tors of faith to political affairs, and of suppressing
time and movement. For many years past it has

been no longer so, and the Roman States have been
governed and administered in such a manner that
a moral insurrection has been permanent, and social
order was no longer possible there but by means of
external assistance. In that painful situation two

lines of policy offered themselves to the Court of
Rome, the one, wise and prudent, counselling in-
dispensable. concessions, which were, at the same
lent nalerPatible with its dignity ; the other, vio-
and advising► endles3 obstinacy and
protests angry,
policy has
pro-
tected it for more ( that has forou. t limit. The first of these lines of
ralie.lts defender at Rome the same Power
up the Pontifical Throne, 'and pro-
than ten years with the sword.
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THE 4 SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 21, 1862.

ought not to be punished as the a prosecutor
asked, it will be for a few months, or weeks perhaps
—I will have a gaol-delivery, lei me hope to where
" the wicked cease from troubling, and the weary
are at rest." Referring to his capture in London,
and removal to Cupar, the prisoner said—On com-
ing on the Sunday night from London in custody
of Mr. Bell, he informed me that I had been declared
bankrupt. Maddened to desperation, and seeing
nothing but ruin before me, I rushed to throw my-
self out of the window, and, thanks to Mr. Bell, who
then caught me in the act, and to the miraculous
interposition of Divine Providence, I was saved
from death, and I stand here to-day to vindicate my
name from the contumely with which it has been
loaded, and the false charges which have been
brought against me. But yesterday I stood the
fearless defender of right, calling no man " mas-
ter," the earnest upholder of all that was wise, and
right, and of good report upon men, the unsparing
critic of all that was wrong and impolitic ; yet not
the less do I stand t )-day—sa true it is that
" conscience makes cowards of us all"—powering
to look at my fellow-men ; and, if I may say it with-
out profanity, " stricken, smitten of God, and
afflicted." The prisoner then proceeded to state
that he had been in possession of a newspaper pro-
perty worth between £4,000 and £5,000, from which
he received an annual income averaging £478, and
argued that he was enabled, by that position, with-
out being compelled to resort to forgery, to have the
confidence of the banks with which his business was
transacted. He then went on to denounce the system
of accommodation bills, maintaining that, notwith-
standing the other signatures on the bills, he was
solely responsible for them; and that, as nothing
beyond the mere names of the parties were attached
to these bills, without any address, the jury could
not hold that they were the signatures of any par-
ticular person.
The prisoner spoke upwards of three hours, con-
cluding
with a passionate appeal to the jury for the
favourable consideration of his case, hinting that
were this not accorded the result would be fatal
to him.
Lord Neaves then summed up, and in laying down
the law affecting the case, ho gave a most decided
opinion against the principle laid down by the pri-
soner in his address—that he was entitled to sign
these bills because he acted, or pretended to have
acted in good faith, to sign the names of other
persons to such documents as he had spoken of, and
he commented on the consequences that would result

were such practices to be carried on unchecked by
law. His lordship further reminded the jury that
here they had a duty to perform, from which they
were not to be deterred by any pity for the prisoner,
whose misery might be deserving of sincere sym-
pathy, but all the prisoners before the circuit might
be so, although they had not the power to express
their misery as this man had done. He warned them
that they owed a duty to society, which no such
considerations of sympathy should prevent them
from performing.

PAINFUL SCENE IN COURT.
During the early part of Lord Neaves's charge
to the jury the prisoner maintained a firm com-
posure, though his compressed lips, which might be
observed twitching occasionally, seemed to betray,
strong suppressed emotion. As his lordship pro-
ceeded, the prisoner, who had all the while been
gazing steadfastly and intently at the judge, began
to get apparently excited, but still kept his feelings
under. Before the charge was finished he became
very restless and uneasy. Occasionally he lifted his
hand to his forehead as if to quiet the throbbings
of the busy brain that beat beneath. Now too he
began to use his handkerchief to wipe the sweat
from his face, or to screen his nervousness from.
observation ; but again he seemed to get his feel-
ings more under control as the jury retired.
Lord Neaves's charge had occupied about an
hour, and the jury, immediately on its conclusion,
left the box at 17 minutes past 9. After they had
been out a few minutes Robinson evidently became
much more excited than he had yet shown himself
to be. He placed his hands firmly on the rail before
him, but could not keep them steady. Once he
made a spring as if he would jump out of the seat
altogether. The police sergeant and constables in
attendance kept a watchful eye on the unfortunate
man, but did not appear to be desirous of using
any unnecessary violence.
After an absence of 15 minutes, the jury returned
into court, and the foreman immediately read the
verdict, stating that they had unanimously found
the prisoner guilty as libelled on the Ist, 2d, 3d,
4th, 6th, 7th, and Bth charges, and with regard to
the 9th charge, they found him guilty as libelled so
far as related to the name of Bremner, but found
the charge not proved as regarded the forgery of
Reid's name. Scarcely had the words " unani-
mously find the prisoner guilty as libelled," been
uttered when Robinson made another sudden spring
as if he would throw himself from the box, and his
actions were such as to require four or five indivi-
duals to hold him in his place. He uttered an ex-
clamation or two, one heard distinctly over the
whole court--" There's the devil : there's the devil ;
he'll take me to hell." The poor man also moaned
piteously, murmuring lowly and indistinctly " Oh,
oh, oh."

Dr. Bannerman and Dr. Wallace, who were
in immediate attendance upon the prisoner,
and Dr. Thompson, of the General Prison, Perth,
who had only left a short time previously, was also
soon with the unfortunate man. These gentlemen
bathed the prisoner's face and head with cold water
and endeavoured to soothe him, but without much
effect, for he still made violent efforts to release
himself from the restraint of those surrounding him,
gnashing his teeth, and rolling his head from side
to side rapidly and vehemently. Once or twice he
tried an extra effort to get out of the hands of the
policemen beside him, but without success. Ten
minutes from the time of the jury returning into
court with their verdict elapsed ere sufficient quiet
could be got for the clerk to record, and when he
did so, Robinson again burst out in a fresh paroxysm
of excitement, muttering incoherently and rapidly.
After another five minutes had elapsed, and there
being no appearance of the prisoner becoming more
calm,

Lord Neaves adjourned the court till 10 o'clock
on Friday morning.
The prisoner was then removed.

During this 15 minutes the excitement amongst
the spectators was very great. All were on their
feet, and every eye was directed towards the pri-
soner, who seemed to feel keenly on that point,
judging from the rapid and questioning glances he
frequently threw round the court.

FRIDAY.

The prisoner was brought up to receive sentence.
He was in a much more composed state than on the
previous day, and listened respectfully and in silence
while Lord Neaves, in a feeling address, pronounced
the judgment of the court, that he be sent to penal
servitude for five years.

711 E 'SUICIDE IA 1
_BLACKBEATII

Tri

' lOn Saturday afternoon last Mr. C. J. Carttar,
coroner for West Kent, held an inquiry at the Free-
masons' Tavern, Woolwich, into the circumstances
attending the death of Mr. Henry Goodwin Miss-
ing, a draper, for many years residing at Tranquil.
vale, Blackheath, who committed suicide on Wed-
nesday last by shooting himself, in a third class
carriage, while passing through the Blackheath
tunnell on the North Kent Railway.
The following witnesses were examined :
Mr. F. Wade, of 208, Old-street, St. Luke's, de-
posed—On the previous Wednesday he was a pas-
senger in the same carriage with the deceased, by
the down train, which left London-bridge at noon.
When the train arrived about half way through the
Blackheath tunnel witness heard a loud report, but
as it was quite lark, he had no idea of what had
happened until the train emerged from the tunnel,
when himself and the other passengers were hurl.
fled to find the deceased reclining on the seat with
a frightful wound in his head, end holding a small
pistol in his right hand. On arriving at Woolwich
Dockyard station thedeceased, who was then living,
was removed and attended by several surgeons, but
he expired about three o'clock.
This evidence having been corroborated by other
passengers who were in the same carriage,
Mr. Johnson Brook, of Blackheath, deposed—On
the morning of Wednesday last he accompanied the
deceased, with whom he was on intimate terms,
from Blackheath to London by railway. They con-
versed on business affairs, and the deceased ap-
peared to be much depressed in spirits respecting
the manner in which he had been treated by some
wholesale firms in the City.
Mr. John Benjamin, brother-in-law to the de-
ceased, deposed—He is a musicseller, residing at
Birmingham. The deceased had for many years '
carried on business at Blackheath, as agent for the
firm of Hailing, Pearce, and Stone, of Oxford-street.
About three weeks since he received a letter from
the deceased, stating that the firm named had taken
away their stock, tut that he hoped to wade through
his difficulties, as several friends had promised to
receiving
cheque
raise him £5O each to recommence business. Wit-
this, immediately forwarded
for £5O, and also a letter of a
oncheering nature, with a view to raise his
lin s
deceased a

spirits.
A letter found on the person of the deceased, and
which was directed to the last witness, and stamped
ready for , Was then handed in and opened,
when
found to contain a cheque for the £5O
advanced,
with the following statement I send
you back this to use fur yourself. If anything
it
was pc s ta g e
shouldhldnme, I should like Rose and the
you in some cheap house. Good
bye till wo meet in a better world."
From other evidence it appeared that at the soli-
echildren
happent
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citation of the deceased Messrs. Halling, Pearce,
and Stone had consented to advance him a loan of
£4OO to recommence business, and a letter was
found in the of the deceased from Mr.
Chapple, attorney, of Great Carter-lane, Doctors'
Commons, to the following effect :—" There has
been some little delay about the £4OO, but I have
no doubt that it will be obtained within a fortnight."
Mr. Henry Tolkien, pianoforte maker, of King
William-street, London-bridge, deposed—He is
brother-in-law to the deceased, whose shop had
recently been closed, and who had been deceived at
the last moment by a person who had engaged to
enter into partnership with him. This and other
business
_matters had recently much affected his
mind.

Several letters found in the pocket-book of the
deceased were then read by the coroner, one being
adelressed to Messrs. Hailing, Pearce, and Stone,
thanking them for their noble conduct, but conclud-
ing with the statement, " My brain wastes so that
I shall be in an asylum, or with my God, to-
morrow."

The coroner having recapitulated and remarked
upon the evidence, the jury returned a verdict of
temporary insanity.