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N°. 17,737.] LONDON, TUESDAY
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. JULY 31, 1849.

AGENTS WANTED.
HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY LIVES ASSURED.
THE CATHOLIC. LAW and GENERAL
LIFE ASSURANCE CONIPANY. - Incorporated under the
7 and a Victoria, cap. 110. Established 1846,
No. 8, New Coventry-street, Leiccster•lquare, London.

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TRUSTEES.
The Riaht Rev. Nicholas Wiseman,GoldMiddlesex.
en-square.
The Right Rev. William Morris, D.D., Acton,
The Right Hon. the Lord Stafford, Cossey Hall, Norfolk.
Sir Henry Paston Bedingfield, Bart., Oxburgh, Norfolk.
Sir Richard Jenkins, G.C.8., Director of-the lion. East India
Company.
Thomas Barnewell, Esq., 15, Yerk-terrace, Itegent's-park,
Thomas Eyre, Esq., 62, Pultemy-street, Bath.
James 'Marshall, Esq„ 24, Carlton Villas, Maida-hill.

DIRECTORS,
The Right Roy. William Morrii, D.D., Acton, Middlesex—Chairman.
Michael Forristall, Esq., 13, West-square, Southwark—Deputy

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Chairman and Managing Director.
Sir Richard Jenkins, K.C.8., Director of the Hon. the East India

Company.
Rev. Thomas Doyle, London-road; Southwark.
Edmond Beales, Esq., Carlton Villas, Maida-hill.
Henry Clark Duppa, Esq., Malmain-hall, Stoke, near Rochester.
George Drew, Esq., Streatham, Surrey.
James Marshall, Erg., 24, Carlton Villas, Malta-MI.

BOARD OP MANAGEMENT FOR SCOTLAND.
Sir William Drummond Stewart, of Grand Tully, Bart.
John Arnott, Esq , W.S.
W. B. D. D. Turnbull,-Esq , Advocite. ,
Eaeas R. Maedennell, Esq., Advocate.
- AUDITOR—Edmund Jerningham,Esq.
CONSULTING PHYSICIAN.
Jama Copland, F.R.S., Old Burlington-street.
CONSULTING SURGEON.
William Tevan, Esq., 23, Bryanston-square.
-. STANDING COUNSEL., •

England—Mr. Sergeant Shee, Sergean!'s Inn.
Edmond Beales, Egg., Stene-buildings, Lincoln's Inn,
Ireland Sir Colman O'Loughlen, Bart., Merion-square, Dublin.

• SOLICITORS.
E,ngland7-Messrs. G. 11. Drew and A. H. Shadwell, 2S, Parliament-
• • street; Vestmtnster. •
Ireland .4- Messrs. If-and D:Mahony, 23, William-Street, Dublin.
BANKERS.
The Commercial Bank of London, Lothbury and #enrietta-street.,'
Oever,Lt-harden:• • • •
The LOndon JtOint Stock Bank. -
MAIFAotra Henry Arches;
SECRETARY—WiIitiM pTorris, Esti. . - •
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This Office assures no.. only Healthy ; but tif,uhstAthy
throughout the -United Kingdom and the Continent.
a Lites declined bv .other 0111ces ma.accepted at equitabltrateie.
Every description of Life Assurance business effected-with greater,
facility and Off morethodersit6 ternisi"than of most other Offices.
Peospettuses, Forms of •Proposal,%and every information to be
optainedoen applica•lon to th* MApfgirg Actuary or the Secretafy,,
at tl7p Chief Office, Vindon, or to any of the Company's Agents, •
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'• • • WILLIAM HENRY ARCHER,
I 0 ..• - • Managing Actuary. '
... • WILLIAIL NORRIS,. Se lretary,
First-rate 4gents 79quir.9,1 thropghdut Great-Britiin.and Ireland.

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Mt. ARCILER may. be consulted on all matters relative to LIFE
ASSIIR*NCE, the GUILDS, and MONETAUY QUES-
TIONS generallv,4Onnected with he Catholic body, between the
hhuM of tren'itind Tiv6ve O'Cloek, every morning eteellt.Satirday.
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THE ,L(0)(11st INDISPUTABLE . LIFEI
.- A •
. : POLICY COMPANY . , .4
INCORPORAAIY:RY -ACT OF PARLIAMENT:-
Nal 34., , LatdBARD-S TRE,ET, LONDON.. • :9,1
... TRursTEEs. - „`'
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.k. Cirnptell'ffentorf:Esq., M.P. I Richard Spooner,Escp, M.P. .
Richard Miami, E5q.,11.C.., f. James Fuller SladoX; 'Esq.
. ....a 2As .la#4llll,Wilberforce, Esq. ...A, !.
• • •• - ' , DIRECTORS. .
William Adams,*Eiq.' ~, Robert Henry Forman, Esq. '
-Joit Artkin..l, Esq- John 'Hamilton, Itsq. •
Henry Auof.tus,,Bevan, Esq. James Fuller Madox, Esq.
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John Tt omPion_BramweltrEsq. • John Matthew's, Esq.
Jelin linngegfleld, ggq. ... .Charles o,Parriell, Esq.
AUDITORS. .
• • I Samuel Field, Esq.
... . William Ohrimes Kell,---Esq.
MEDICAL ADVISSR.
Benjamin Phillips, Esq., F.lt.s.
1 - • • —•BANNERS. '
MessitAktooner, Attwood, and Co.
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,„,..4. ~ warren*. -1
.0 ... a A,yid Alison, Esq. o 1
• . ,M,, , ;„.., SOLICITORS. , ..
, • eiStS..74ltkinson and Andrew.
.. ... .. _ _ :.0 .11 f.1,-.4 MANAGER. , .
. ...., .4.lels*er Robertson, Esq. •
The POLICIES are ,I)TDEFEASIBLE and INDISPUTABLE,
the Cotenniny being prohibited; by the 34th clause of their Deed of
Constitution, which la,dulkkegistered in terms of the Act, from die -
puting a Policy upon an3r 4round whateyer.: • ,
The Rites of Premidmlare calculitted 'upon Carlisle mortality, and
are as low as a due regard, rbi complete security *ill justify. • -
HALF PRE vaum isysTEm. —By this plan only.one-half of the
prennufh?. with interest of the retained 'halves, is required to be p iid
for the first flu's • years-4too retained ,hiNes, being payable at the
convenience of the assured; or allowed to .continue, to form
a deduction from- the claim on - the -Policy-; and as the As-i
surance may be relinquiSited at any time without payment
of the• retained pferniums-: tins- seheme enables a party .to
assure for the first five_years at little more than 'half the usual rate,'
and to discontinue a Policy at.about one-half the 'Usual sacrifice. I
WHOLE WOItLD POLICIES etre granted, *hereby the security,
of a creditor, holder of a Policy, contlnties.tmimpaired, although the'
assured life'should go beyond the prescribed limits. I p
Sums are assured payable to the parties themselves an attaining a
specified age, or at their death, whichever shall firs; occur.
pAtitTNER4IIIP POLICIES are granted, whereby ajoint assurancei
effected by partnersOit the charge of the firm, secures the capital in-
vested. Oa the death of either, the survo,ror is benefited by retain-
ing the whole capitdl, and the representatives of the deceased obtain
their share without having to wait until it can be recovered from
outstanding debts. , ~
There is no extra charge for residence beyond 35 degrees of the
equator.
No Admission or Entrance Fees are required, nor is any charge
made fer the Policy beyond the amount of the Stamp.
Claims are payable within three months after proof of the death.of
the assured life. .
mn.....unkoommlailcin sillowca to Sblicitors, and also to persons,
approved by the Board, who extend tile-mrsme.anirzi& it.....,......i.
,nnexion with this Company.

George et:timing, Esq.
James Turner, Esq.,.

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ASSURANCE AGAINST CHOLERA.
ENGINEERS' MASONIC and UNIVERSAL MUTUAL
LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
Head Office, 345, Strand, London (opposite Waterloo Bridge).
The Directors, during the continuance of the prevailing Epidemic,
particularly call the attention of the public to the fact, that Three
Months' Policies (renewable, if required, at the expiration of that
period) are granted by this Society, covering the risk, not only of
Cholera, but all of other diseases. As no charge is made in this office
for policy stamp, the premium includes every expense. Thus a per-
son aged 30, by the single payment of 12s. Ild. may assure his life
for 1001. against every disease or accident. The number of policies
issued during the past year was upwards of 500.
Dy order of the Court,
FREDERICK LAWRANCE, Actuary and Secretary.

T FIE ItOY AL POLYTECHNIC
INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET.
Lectures on Chemistry, by Mr. J. M. Ashley, daily, at Half-past
Three, and on the Evenings of Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at
Nine o'clock.—A Lecture by Dr. Bachhoffnsr on Master's Patent
Process of Freezing Dessert Ices, SLc.—Lecture on Painting, by J.
Clark, Esq.. illustrated by examples from the Old Masters.—A Lec-
ture on Character, with Musical Illustrations, by J. Russell, Esq.,
every Evening at Eight o'clock.—The Microscope.—The Dissolving
Views include Scenes in Australia and Van Diemen's Land, from Ori-
ginal Drawings taken on the spot by J. Skinner Prout, Esq. ; also a
new . Series of Dioramic Effects, by Mr. Chilie.—New Chrome-
trope.—Diver and Diving-bell.
Open daily from Eleven to Five ' • and in the Evenings (Including
S tturday) from Seven till Half-past Ten.
Admission. ia,—Schools, Half-price.—The New Catalogue, Is.

praeti
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. BY ROYAL .LETTERS PATENT.
FUNERAL FINANCIAL REFORM
tically effected by the SBILLIBEER " PATENT FUNE-
RAL CARRIAGE, combining hearse and mourning coach lnoneveh vehicle.
The decided utility and economic convenience of this carriage is
manifested by universal approval.
The earnest attention of drapers, hotel-keepers, coach proprietors,
and undertakers in country districts is invited to these vehicles, as
particularly adapted fur provincial towns.
Price, with velvets, pole and shafts, and patent axles, 1501.
Exclusive licences, by which a monopoly is created, granted to
purchasers by the patentee, for a moderate consideration, regulated
by the population, for any place where they are not already esta-
blished.
MOURNING COACIIES, patent and old style, always on sale.
FUNERALS of every description, p,mpous or humble, completely
furnished, and conducted upon a graduated and much reduced scale
of charges, to meet the means and wishes of all classes.
CATHOLIC FITTINGS.
SIIILLIBEER'S FUNERAL ESTABLISHMENT, City-road,
near Finsbury-square. Originated in 1842,

TIIE MOST DURABLE OUT-DOOR PAINT EVER INVENTED
CARSON'S ORIGINAL ANTI-CORROSION
PAINT, specially patronised by the British and other Go-
vernments, the Hon. East India Company, the Principal Dock Com-
panies, and other public bodies, &c., is particularly recommended to
the Nobility, Gentry, Agriculturists, Manufacturers, West India Pro-
prietors, and others, it having been proved by the practical test of
more than sixty years to surpass all other paints as an out-door pre-
servative. It is extensively used for the protection of wooden houses,
farm and other out-buildings, farming implements, conservatories,
park-paling, gates, iron railings, iron hurdles, cop r er, zinc, lead, brick,
stone, old compo, and stucco fronts, and tiles to represent sating.
The superiority of the Anti-Corrosion to every ether paint for out-
doo- purposes may be easily inferred from the simple fact, that its
use has been always most strenuously opposed by colour manufac-
turers, painters, oil and colourmen, and others interested in the sale
of common paints. It is also very economical, any labourer being
able to ay it on.
Colours—White stone, light stone, drab or Portland stone. Bath
stone, light and dark yellow stone, light and dark oak, light and
dark lead, light and dark chocolate, bright and dark red, black, and
brown, 345. per cwt. ; invisible green, 505. , bright green, 60s. ; deep
green, 60-, ; and blue, 60s. per cwt. ; in casks 28 lbs., 56 lbs , and
112 lbs. each. Oil and Brushes.
The Original Anti-Corrosion Paint is only to be obtained of
WALTER CARSON (Successor to the Inventors), 15, TOKEN-
110USE-YARD (back of the Bank of England), who will show be-
tween 400 and 500 Testimonials received from the Nobility, Gentry,
and Clergy, who have used the Anti-Corrosion for many years at
their country seats.
A Copy of the Testimonials will be sent on application.
No Agents.—All orders are particularly requested to be sent direct

EYEBROWS, MOUSTACHIOS, and WHIS
KERS produced in a few weeks, and Baldness removed and
Tevented by the use of GRUMSTONE'S AROMATIC REGENE-
%A.TOR, an essential spirit, drawn from aromatic herbs and flowers,
a few drops of which cure headache in a few minutes ; it is also a
most delightful, fragrant toilet perfume. Sold only in triangular
bottles, protected by the Government stamp, at 4s. ; double the size,
is. ; and double this size, I Is. each ; enclosed in a Pamphlet, con-
taining testimonials of undsubted authority, entitled" Three Minutes'
Advice on the GroWth and Preservation of the Human Hair, &c."
By post, 4s. 6d., 75. Sd„ and 125., for money orders only.
Sold wholesale only at Grimstone's Herbary, Highgate, near
London; and by Messrs. Barclay and Son, Farringdon-street ; Sanger,
Messrs. Butler and Co.,Cheapside Fisher and T 11 o er,
and others For Edinburgh, J. and
Conduit-street ; Mr. Johnston, medicine warehouse, 68, Cornhill •
chester, eresehe and Son, Adver
init.dßbayimaells,CLherthi-swtsa,le;ilitoin; emrsan,
dser-office.

To THE LADIES.
This lady had the following letter inserted in the "Times" news.
paper on Aug. 7,1846 Reader, re
temember, this
matter was put Int
the paper by the lady herself, as a stimony to.
Mrs. Weekley, of No. 3. Swan-street, Borough, takes this oppor,
tunity of publicly thanking Mr. W. Grimstone, of the Herbary, High_
rate for the efficacy of his Aromatic Regenerator, in having corn.
pletely restored the hair on her head, after using itabout four months,
and the whole of her hair le much
earedstronger and more luxuriant than
I ever was before the baldness app.
"Mrs. Weekley inserts this testimony to-the virtues of
would gladly Mr. G.'s
Regenator, feeling assured that many ladies purchase
an lis. bottle if they were as certain of its virtues as she is, from ex-
perience, not only in the restoration and production of hair in
it abund-
ince, but as a cure of nervous headache ;as a toilet perfume i far
beyond any to her taste. She will feel a pleasure in answering any
lady of respectability to the above fact .-3, Swan-street, Borough."
In eases of the hair becoming thin, weak, or turning grey,i a
re-
fe w
imps on the crown of the head occasionally, every week, will p
vent the hair from coming away with the comb, maxe it strong, and
prevent it turning grey, rendering the hair luxuriant and curly. A
few drops en your hairbrush before brushing the hair, will give the
hair brilliancy, causing it to curl.
The most delicate ladies may use this delightful p
roduct of the
'nest aromatic herbs and flowers with confidence ; its refreshing
Odour removes headache and makes it a most necessary companion
t.,
the toilet. In cases of nevous headache, pour ten or twelve drops
as Buch
on the erown of the head; if very bad, repeat it every quarter of an
hair onfewli
nal:
influencepp 1 lcat io nos
n.
children'sn st cases relief is certain in tan minutes. It produces
peculiar inaracoo
heel, it h
VMS
convulsions, as well
oasaphlet of tesumoniaLs. thlle bacreaidnoansitnofdpnrtge:
as promoting the growth of hair.—See
Whetters addressed to William Grimstono, Herbary, Iltstbgate.

JELL GWYNNE TAVERN and CHOP-
-11 HOUSE, Bull Inn-court, Strand, for Luncheons, Dinners,
and Suppers, Three Doors Last of the Adelphi Theatre, and opposite
Adam- street.
3ie.,srs. ARCHER and HOLT most respectflilly invite their
friends and the public to patronise the Nell Gwynne Coffee room,,
which has been fitted up in the style of the period-in which she lived.
Visitors to the Theatres, Citizens, and Gentlemen connected with
Somerset House, arid the Banking Houses in the vicinity, will find
the Table d'lrote, which takes place at Plalf-pist Five precisely, the
most comfortable and reasonable in the metropolis.—Fish and
Joints, 2s. per head. Hot Joints until Eight, and Suppers untL One
o'clock. Private Dining-rooms, excellent Beds, superior Wines and
Spirits, fine Ales, and Barclay and Perkins's Stout.
N. 8., An Entr.nee also from Maiden lane.

OODWOOD AND BRIGHTON RACES
• 1849.
WILLIAM CARELESS, 13r;ghtom, begs to acquaint his Ntigh-
hours and the Public he will attend the above Races with Refresh-
ments of the same quality as suppliel by his father at the late Ascot
Races 115 the Royal party at the Queen's Stand, also -at the Grand
Stand and Marquee adjoining, at Epsom and other Races.
Moet'S best Iced Champagne Eight Shillings Per bottle, to pre-
vent the necessity of company in carriages taking their own.

OU-TH-EASTERN- RAILWAY.
k.--7 The SOUTH-EASTERN NQRTII KENT RAILWAY is now
OPEN from the London-bridga Terminus to Lewisham, Blackheath,
Charlton, Woolwich, Erith, Dartford, Greenhithe, Gravesend, and
Strood, for Rochester and Chatham.
• Down Trains from London-bridge, on Week days, every half-hour,
from 7 30 A m. 'to 9 30 P.M., for Lewisham, Blackheath, Charlton,
and Woolwich ; and 'every hour, from 7 30 A.M. to 9 30 P.M., for
Erith, Dartford, Greenhithe, Gravesend, and Strood, for Rochester
and Chatham.
Up Trains from Strood, Gravesend, Greenhithe, Dartford, and
Erith every hour, leaving Strood from 7 A.m. to 10 r.ist., and from
Woolwich, Charlton, Blackheath, and Lewisham every half-hour,
leaving Woolwich from 8 n.m. to 11 P.M.
FARES. ANNUAL TICKETS.
LONDON to Ist class. 21 class. 3d class. Ist class. 2d cl.,
Lewisham ••• • • ls. Od. , Os. 9d. Os. 6d. 13 gs. 10 gs.
Blackheath .. • • ls. Od. Os. 9d. Os. Gd. 14 gs. 11 gs.
Charl.on and Woolwich Is. M. Os. 9d. Os. 6d. 15 gs. 12 gs.
Erith ••• • • • 2s. Od. Is. Gd. Is. Od. 20 gs. 17 gs.
Orayesend., •. .
_Day Tickets
STROOD for
Rochester and Chatham 4s. 6d. • 3s: Od: Od. /35
gs. gs.
r Day- Tickets." Bs. Od. ss. 6d. 3s. Gd. j
Tittle bids and Automation may be Malted on application Ick- Abe
London-bildge terminus, and at all stations on the Soutb-Eatitilin
Railway. G. S. HERBERT, 'Secretarr,'
- London Termlnus,Alnly 30t 1849.

W ,ONDO.N. AND NORTH -,:_VVES'altl/411
RAILWAY COMPANY.
NOTICE OF TENTH CALL ON GRAND JUNCTION 401.
• SHARES:"
Notice is, hereby given, that the Directors, in execution of the
Acts of Parliament relating to the said Company, have, pursuant to
the provisions thereof, made a CALL of 51. in respect of each of the
401. SHARES which wore created by the Grand Junction Railway
Company, on the .24th of JULY, 1844, and have ordered that such
CALL be paid to one of the under-mentioned Bankers, namely:—
London—Messrs. Glyn, liali'ax, and Co.;
Birmingham—The Birmingham Banking Company ;
Liverpool —Messrs. Moss and Co., or the Bank of Liverpool ;
Manchester—Sir Benjamin Heywood and Co., or the Manchester
and Liverpool District Bank;
On-or before the 26th Auonstnext, and the several Proprietors of
such 401. SiI*RES are required to pay such CALL accorcHnily. • •
Sllj, order); •
• GEORGE CARR pLYN, Chairman.
- CHARLES LAWRENCE, Deputy-Chairman„
HENRY BOOTH,
• • ' CHARLES E. STEWART, Secretarle4.
Euston Stationi,London, July 30, 1849.

IkIORTGArIE LOANS.
r ANC ASHIRE and YORKSHIRE RAILWAY
• COMPANY,
The Directors of this Company are prepared to receive TENDERS.
LOANS on Mortgage, for periods of Thre t, Five, or Seven years,
tor which interest at the rate of four-and-a-half per cent. per annum
will be allowed, payable half-yearly.
Further particulars may be known on application to Mr. S. W.
flulteel, Finance Department,Company's Offices, Hunt's Bank, Man-
chester. 'By order,
J. S. HERON, Secretary.

CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.
LOANS ON DEBENTURES.
The Directors of this Comp my are prepared to receive (ander the
powe'rs of their Act of Parliament) Tenders for Loans of Money on
eeurity of Debenturesi,.bearing interest at the rate of Five per Cent.
per-Annum, the Interest payable half-yearly, viz., 10th. January and
Iotll July.
Tenders, stating `amount and term of years for which it is pro-
posed to be Lent, to be addressed to the Secretary, Euston Station,
London.
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By order,
ANDREW G. GIFFORD, Secretary.
Euston Station, June 14, 1849.

rIILIE BRIT'S-FT QUARTERLY REVIEW,
.L No. NIA., price 6v.,•for AUGUST,•contalns :
1. Thomas Carlyle.
- 2. JEstlietics of Gothic Architecture.
3. Letters—Chesterfield, Junius, Cowper.
4. Old Elope—Religion and Ethnology.
• 5. Benjamin Dis.raeli.•' •
' 6. Philosophy and Religion.
7. Recent French Historians:
. 8. Douglas Jeriord.
9. Poetry of Legendary Art.
10. Milton and the. Commonwealth. „ -
11. Criticisms on Books,
Loop: Jackson apd. Walford, 18. St. Paol.'s Churchyard
kin,arshall, and Co., Stationer's- Hall.-court:'

TAIT'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE,
fur AUGUST, price One Shilling,
CONTAINS :
Reorm of the Law—The Hungarian War—A. Shetland Lochinver
—The Modern Vassal : Continued —A Tale of the Mexican Gulf—
There and Back Again—Sketches from Etighland Tradition—The
Present State of Ihe•Unirersitr of Oxford—Poetry—Literary Re-
gist6r—Politicalltegister. 466' -•
-Suthiarland. Edinbi rgin 136plija,,Ittarsnall. and CO..
London.

ROBINSON ON THE TEETH.
Third Edition, now ready, containing 139 Illustrations, price 10s.,
TEALUEAL and ME-
DIC TREAMENT of the TEETH : with Rules for their
Preservation ; including a complete Treatise upon Dental Mechanics,
or the scientific method of constructing Artificial Teeth.
By J A.M ES ROBINSON,
Surgeon-Dentist to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and to the
Royal Free Hospital, &c.
Webster and Co., 60, Piccadily.

BA NV ARD' S true original PAINTING of tho
MISSISSIPPI and MISSOURI RIVERS, exhibited by com-
mand of her Majesty the Queen, and 11. RM. Prince Albert, and
Royal Family, at Windsor Castle, NOW OPEN, at the EGYPTIAN
HALL, PICCADILLY, every Morning, at Half-past Two, Even-
ing, at Half-past Seven.
Admission—Lower Seats, 2s. ; Gallery, is.
" That there was any other original painting of these rivers is an
impudent imposture."—Loulsville Democrat.

►IIHE REGISTERED SYRIAN PALETOT.
Of all the productions to which the title of PALETOT or
LIGHT OVERCOAT is applied, the trade and public have acknow-
ledged that none can compare for elegance of style, excellence of
make, or lightness of material with the REGISTERED SYRIAN
PALETOT, by Messrs. SWAIN and CO., Court Tailors, 379, Oxford-
street. Cloth faced, 21. 2s. ; Silk, extra. By the same accomplished
artistes, the SYRIAN LOUNGING JACKET, price 303., celebrated
from its neglige character as the masterpiece of its genre.

T 0 THE L ADIES.
The powerfUl influence of the sun on the skin at this period
of the year calls for increased attention in preserving Its delicacy and
beauty. The most pleasing and effectual specific for this desirable
object is _ _

ROWL ANDS' K ALYDOR
so deservedly established in Royal and Public favour and estima:tion.
Its application neutralizes the effects of atmosphere, and Induces
that healthy action of the microscopic vessels of the skin. by which
its delicacy and beauty are so essentially promoted. Freckles, Tan,
Spots, Pimples, and Discolorations by before the application of the
KALYDOII, and give place to a healthy smoothness and transpa-
rency of complexion. Ladies travelling or taking out-door exercise
will find it to diffuse a grateful and refreshing feeling. In cases of
Sunburn, or Stings of Insects, its virtues have long been acknow-
ledged. ?rice 4s. 6d. and 8s 6d. per Bottle.
ROWLANDS MA.CASSAR OIL,
A delightfully fragrant and transparent preparation ; and as an invi-
gorator and beautifier beyond all precedent. Price 3i. 6d.-7s.—
Family Bottles (equal to four small), 10s. 6d., and double that size,
21s. per Bottle.
ROWLANDS' ODONTO,

Olt PEARL DI:NTIFRICE,
A WHITE POWDER, composed of the rarest and most fragrant
exotica. It bestows on the teeth a Pearl-like Whiteness, frees them
from Tartar, and imparts so the Gums a healthy firmness, and to
the Breath a delightful fragrance,
Price 2s. 9d, per box.
BEWARE OF SPURIOUS IMITATIONS.
The only Genuine of each bears the name of " ROWLANDS' "
preceding that of the Article on the Wrapper or Label. Sold by
thorn at 20, Hatton-Garden, Londosi, and by Chemists and Per-
fumers,

Illustrated by 26 Anatomical C floured Engravings on Steel.
IN PHYSICAL DISQUALICATII INS, GENERATIVE INCAPA-
CITY, &ND 111 PEDIMESTS TO MARRIAGE.
New Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., or
by post, direct from the Establish] Dent, Bs. 6d. in postage stamps,
rrillE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on
A. the infirmities and decay of the generative system, from ex-
:essive indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury,
with remarks on Marriage, end the means of obviating certain dis-
amlifleatlons. Illustrated by 2; C cloure,l Engravings. By R. and
L. PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, la, Berners-street, Ox-
ford-street, London. Published by the Authors : Sold by Strange,
21, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street;
Starie, 23, Titchborne-street, Haym Irket ; and Gordon, 146, Leaden-
hall-street.
PAaT I. treats of the anatomy and. physiology of the re-productive
organs, and is illustrated by Six Col( inred Engravings.
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ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
HOME ClRCUlT.—Coventry, July 28.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.)
Mary Ball, aged 31, was indicted for the wilful mur-
der, on the 18th of May last, at Nuneaton, in this county,

of Thomas Ball, her husband.
Mr. Hayes and Mr. Mellor appeared as counsel for
the Crown ; Mr. Miller an.l Mr. Denison defended the

prisoner.
The prisoner had purchased of a Mr. Iliffe a penny-
worth of arsenic. The deceased person was her hus-
band. Ile went out a fishing at nine o'clock, and re-
turned at four, Joseph. Petty, and a man of the name of
Watts, being with him. He drank only cold water. He
was well when ho returned home. At six o'clock he
was very bad, and his wife went over to a neighbour
and said so. He, died at two on the Sunday morning.
A post mortem examination proved the presence of ar-
senic, through only two or three grains were reproduced.
The Learned Counsel engaged for the prisoner defended
her as ably as man could. her case was that she
purchased, with a friend, arsenic to kill bugs. There
were bugs. She said that she used it all for the pur-
pose for whioh she, had procured it. It seemed that the
unfortunate woman had formed an attachment to the

son of her husband's employer, then only nineteen
years old. For her defence it was said that the ar-e
senic was in the scu!lery in a paper, near to which, on,
the shelf,- was a paper containing salts. The defence,
admitting that the man was killed by arsenical-poison,
was that it was accidentally left, so that he took it
by misadventure,. To one witness she expressed' a
hope that they, would " not, cut him open." A witness
said, " Really, I couldn't have thought that you would
have done such a thing." She answered, I " have had
enough to make me do that and much more." The sur-
geon stated that 'without a suggestion about poison hav-
ing been administered, the appearances would have in-
duced that conclusion. Thete was inflammation caused
by metallic poison; and it clearly !--ts. arsenic. To one
she said,- ' • .r can I
rtpeaisealt I ttits•itiM enotigh,tial
mall eate,:eliC 'entyatinatati 'much." Tcethe 'chemise'
she itaid,,laiugalgly," Su • a -b4' as this "woulcknot poi-
7serti any, ene#4e7otticLjit?,,, werett. ," ros,k, palfi
that." - Prisoner laughe,d and said,-'," Good. God, sticlt*
bit as thisl"- One, time. she said,' poison you."!
AnOther time she • said " I wish the waggon train 614!
pass over.you." The Learned Judge' allowed that' the
arsenic was procured for a lawful purpose, bat expressed,
a fear that she' had, familiarised her mind With: such
things and such subjects, until she was brought to,
make deadly use, of the arsenic in question. • To the;
person—a woman of the. name of Nicholsone-who went
with, hen to bur the arsenic (an article ,not- sold; to a
person ,applying. singly for it), she said on -tieing asked,
" You don't want-;opoiStin yourself, do yen ?" - " No I
would rather .poilere Toro than myself." That he was by
arsenic poisoned bein seyotad all doubt, the only question'
rernainiag was, as tollae geilty intent of the prisoner.:
stielsitfeuithappity attid-that she had- mixed it with his,
gruel..:Theerned•jutige left the question tq the jury.
Was- the fadt done, aid' if done, was it the criminal in-;
tent of the prise-ee-? The motive - that appeared was,,
that she had acquired a dislike td him, and an attach-I
went ;to William Bacon. From the summing up of the
j
Leained Judge seemed that she had said, when bel
was going sourwhere by the railway, ".If he comes hackt
I'll poison him." "his sister Jane has been telling liesi
about me. I'll murder my husband if he says anvthingi
more about it." He called her a w—; and she said, 'lWell,l
if lam one, I will be pne." She had also said, " Before
he shall serve'methiat trick again, I'll poison him." De-
ceased had been asked,'" Why did you beat her?" and
he said, "I sew nil:iegh through a chink in the wall
with William Bacolo • The Judge enjoined the jury
notito imagine consequences, but answer the question—
did ,she use the7thifig,ivith a settled purpose to destroy
her husband or , not? ;It was quite clear that on the
husband's mind there was a suspicion with reference to
William -Bacon. One Abel Vernon, said to her,
" Mary, your husbs.nd'a__ gone 4 off very suddenly ;
it's very alarming. I have been informed you have
been buying some arsenic." She answered, "Yea, I
have; I bought it at Richardson's,' used it to'kill the
bugs, threw the'dup away, and burnt the paper." Twice
over to the constables she said (that she had used the
whole of the Poiionin the way designed, viz , about the
bedsteads. Then sbe said that ilia `took some out of it,
and laid it on the pantry shelf/where there was some
salts, and by.accident he took it.: . Then, again, she said
that " she had a bit, of arsenic,. and mixed it with some
salts, and put it, into some gruel, ;and gave it to the'
man, and it' they examined the stmastich it would be like!
a piece of beef:. She staid that: she was sorry that sbe
had not told Haddon (toe constable) the; truth. To one
witness, who said, " Mary, I understand they are going
to open yciur husband," she "If they do, I shall
be hanged." Witness said, "Good Lord, Mary, I hope
William Bacon lias nothing --td do with it," and she
answered. "He is as innocent as a lamb. He knows
nothing about it." • •
The defence -was that PO, !tnbappily told one lie
threugh:fear (the Judg.•"%, s,•;.i'tog that even the:stoutest
rasiatat.*./1.- ,Sail.firc.4.herself in of diffi-
culty, fell into .n labyrint .firs
tatselruut-pfaced-SeN
in her present predicament. She had loft the poison so
carelessly that when she knew that her husband had
taken it, terror arising from her own sense of misconduct
affected her with alarm, and made her unconscious.
The jury retired for nearly two hours, and then re-
turned a verdict of Guilty, with a recommendation to
mercy.
The JUDGE wished to know on what ground that re-
commendation was founded ?
The jury turned round and consulted, and the foreman
then said, " Guilty of murder."
Mr. Justice COLERIDGE put on. the black cap, and
passed sentence of death. He said that there had been
a long and patient hearing, and the jury had found the
prisoner guilty of killing by poison the man whom she
was bound to tend. If he thought that there were cir-
cumstances that would avert what impended ho should
not venture to say so. The kindest thing that he could
now do was to say that he could see no ground for ex-
tending mercy. It seemed that the poor man's life had
become an obstacle in the prisoner's way, and she
showed no mercy to him. He was willing to believe that
the poison was bought innocently, and that she had suf-
fered her mind to become familiarised with the idea of;
using so deadly an instrument. He besought her to
cast away all hopes in this life; and she is left for
execution.

OXFORD CIRCUIT.—Shrewsbury, July 28.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron ROLFE.)
CHARGE OP MURDER.—Mercy Catherine Newton
aged 30, was charged with having, on December 5,
1848, at the parish of St. Mary, Magdalene, in the bo-
rough of Bridgenorth, killed and murdered Anne New-
ton, her mother. Th© mode of killing was laid in eight
or nine different ways—strangulation, smothering. &c.
Mr. Whitmore and Mr. Pnillimore appeared for the
prosecution; and Mr. Iluddlestone and Mr. R. Kettle
for the prisoner.
On the prisoner being brought to the bar, and the
jury being about to be called,
Mr. HuDDLESTONE proposed to plead that the pri-
soner had been put on her trial at the last assizes for this
offence, and that the jury had been discharged without
having come to a verdict. The Learned Gentleman hav-
ing put in the plea, it was read, and then a long conver-
sation ensued as to what course should be pursued, but
as the record of the former trial and the discharge of
the jury and the reasons for it had been made up and
was in court, the Learned Gentleman ultimately with-
drew the plea, as he said he bad all the same advantages
by the way in which the record was made up as he would
have by pleading this plea, and the trial then proceeded
in the ordinary course. At half-past six o'clock only
one witness had been examined. The Court then
adjourned and met again this morning at nine.
The prisoner, who, though only 30 years of age, looks
40 or more, was dressed in black suitably to her station
in life, and conducted herself throughout the trial with
singular firmness and composure, repeatedly making
suggestions to her attorney. Sho has been for nine or
ten years housekeeper to an elderly gentleman, a Mr.
Dyer, who lived in a house in Bridgenorth, called
Severn House, and who was so paralysed that he could
not walk or speak, except to say, " Mary," "Aye," and
"No." By his will he left her a little house and 17
guineas. The deceased was 72 years of age, and was
very quick and acute for that time of life, and was rather
flighty. She was not as a medical witness described her
—insane; but at times she was much excited, and would
say very unreasonable things. She had the interest of
500/. settled on her life; after her death the prisoner was
to have 2001. absolutely at once, and the interest of the
remainder for life. For a long time before the death of
the old woman she and the prisoner had not been on
good terms, but for a fortnight before her death they
seemed more sociable than they had been. The old
swi
oo
nmaaini
ylivedto
oMr
Dyer's, lodgings
so
sometimes
tt
ihme e town, ww n, and came occa
his knowledge,
sometimes without it, as in consequence of her and the
prisoner's quarrelling ha did not like her corning there.
She used to drink, and so used the prisoner. The
latter repeatedly expressed a wish for her mother's
death, so that she might get the 2001., and com-
plained that " the old --" was living on her property
and keeping her out of it till her (prisoner's) hair was
become gray. A twelvemonth before the night in ques-
tion she beat her mother with a whip so shockingly that
pieces of flesh were completely cut out of her arms, and
on the servant, Mary Corfield, who attended always on
Mrs. Dyer, remonstrating with her, she replied "
her, let her die ; " and even when the surgeon who came
to dress the wounds complained to her of the cruelty of
her conduct, she said she was sorry she had not finished
her. Five months before the death she again beat the
old woman with a whip, and when Mary Corfield inter-
fered she threatened to treat her in the same manner.
She had recently gone on her knees to her mother,
and begged of her to commit suicide, and she would
supply her with the things necessary for the purpose.
When Dr. Newal twice remonstrated with her on beat-
ing the poor woman, she on each occasion answered, " I
am sure I shall kill her some day or other, and I know
I shall come to be hanged for it." When he could
not persuade her on his second application to
treat her mother better, he said, "You re-
member, your relation at Severn-hall was hanged for
killing his wife, and if you kill your mother you will
be the second hanged in the family." She was re-
peatedly heard to express regret that the old
woman had lived so long, and was keeping her out
of the money ; and to threaten that she would shorten

her mother's days, and to express fears that her mother
would be the cause of her cotning to an untimely end.
She frequently beat her mother, and when her pass' on
subsided she expressed regret sometimes for having done
so, sometimes for not having done more. She used to
apply the most horrible epithets to the old woman, and
was heard to wish her mother's legs cut off at the knees,
and to say she knew she should come to hang for her
mother. " She should never be happy so long as her
mother was above ground." " When her mother was
dead she would drive a stake through her heart."
" She will never die ; a cannon ball would not knock
her down." There was a thunder-storm on a
Sunday afternoon in the summer of last year, and
before it abated the other servant said to the prisoner,
" Kitty, there is a thunderbolt fallen somewhere," to
which she replied "Yes, and I hope it has fallen on that
old devil." She' was often heard to say she would wish
to see her mother cut into quarters, and broiled on a
gridiron. These expressions were used at various times
within a year of the 4th of December. Ear conduct
to the old woman was very cruel. The latter
Came one day to Mr. Dyer's, and, seeming faint from
hunger, the other servant, Mary Corfield, went to the
prisoner, and asked her to give some food to her mother,
as she was very faint, and the
,prisoner answered,
"The -- old --, let her clem (starve) to death."
She used to beat her so violently that the other
servant was frequently obliged to call in Mr. Dyer's
nephew to prevent her and ref tore quiet. On one occa-
sion when he was called in she continued abusing the
old woman, and gave her a push on the chest, which
would have thrown her back into the fire had he not run
forward and saved her. She once struck her across the
legs, at the knees, with a poker. She was once beating
her so cruelly in Mr. Dyer's parlour that the blood
flowed from the back of her head; and when the other
servant interposed and said, " Oh, Kitty, she will die," her
answer was, "-- her, let her die." She once threatened
to cut off the top of the poor woman's tongue with a razor,
and in order to prevent this the other servant was obliged
to throw the razor into the river Severn, evhich flowed I
near the house. About five months before the-4th of •
December she beat her severely, cut and blackened the
flesh-about her.knaes, and caused her to sprain her ankle.
She once tore- the flesh off the inside of her mother's
mouth, and.vvleete the. other servant discovered it by
seeing bleed on a plate, and went and remonstrated with
her, she replied " her, she haS told you that," and I
ran into the brewhouse where the old woman was, but!
the other servant followed and prevented her from doing
anything more. She once attempted to choke her, and •
the marks of her fingers outside the. old woman's nscir.4l
were visible fur a long time afterwards. When the old
woman was at Mr. Dyer's one.efiening, she threw a quan- I
tity of water over her clothes, And when the other servant!
wished to put some dry clothes on her, the prisoner would!
not allow her, saying, "Let her be in her wet ; I hope!
she will be dead before morning." Her conduct towards!
her mother generally was so violent and cruel, that the'
magistrates of the borough were frequently appealed to,
but they•could. only remonstrate with her, as the old
' woman would not appear against her. About eieht
months ago she pushed her mother into a chair in Mr.
Dyer's pat lour, and was endeavouring to choke her with;
-a handkerchief, which she was forcing down her throat,',
when Mary Corfield came and saved her, pulled the pri-1
away, and took out the handkerchief. The poori
woman's mouth was torn and bleeding, and blood alsoi
rushed from her ears. .The handkerchief wascovereilt
all over with spits of blood. The girl Corfield kept it
in her box in the same state in which she took it cut of
the poor woman's mouth, and produced it on the inquiry!
after her death, and on the last and present trial. 11l
appeared that the deceased was gene:ally very cold and,
chilly, and in the habit of going very near the fire; that;
in consequence of goingloo, near the fire she on one;
occasion burned her dress, and on another her apron;
on the latter occasion she had removed the fender in
order to get near the grate. That she used to smoke in
bed,.and to light her pipe with lucifer matches, and to;
put these on her chair by her bedside, and to carry them;
in a basket. Mary Corfield, who spoke to these circura-1,
stances, in cross examination, said she did not remember;
ever having seen her carrying them in her bosom or):
pocket; but she could not say that she did not sometimes;
take the matches ;rorn her bosom or pocket. There was.
no other evidence on this phint. On the night in ques-
tion she brought her pipe with her and it was found the
next morning in her basket. Three or four months,
before that night she had slept there on the • sofa:
in the kitchen, and when Mary Corfield observed!
the next day the corner of the sofa cushion hurried, eshei
said she had done it. On the evening of Monday,• thei
4th day of December,-she came to Mr. Dyer's batiste;
Her ankle was then still weak, and she had in her basket:
a bottle of liniment fora sprained ankle. In the ,course'
of the evening she handed the prisoner a card, saying,'
" Kitty, here is a card with the Lord's Prayer on it,"
but the prisoner flung it in the Gre, saying, " that will
not feed you." The old woman had a supper of bread
and cheese, with half a pint of beer. The prisoner after-
wards sent ant Mary Corfield for a quart of rum, and on
her bringing it treeted her to a little of it in a cup, as she
had a cold. The old woman did not get any of it. Be-
, ree. thfty nartiaantati for the night, .haif pint of it was
used. The deceased lay down to sleep on the sota in
the kitchen, and the prisoner prepared to undress. She
used to sleep up stairs, but was in the habit of undress-
ing in the kitchen. Her clothes were found on a chair
in the kitchen the next morning. Mary Corfield
went up stairs at half-past nine. Half an hour before
she went up she met the prisoner coming from the pan-
try towards the kitchen with a butterboat full of dripping.
Corfield lay down in her master's bed-room to attend on
him. She did not fall asleep. She heard the prisoner
shut the door leading out of the kitchen to the foot of
the stairs, and which used not to be shut at night. She
soon heard a " streak"—a sort of shriek or scream,
and ran down stairs, and heard the mother and
daughter talking. After a while they became quiet, and
she went up again, After some time she heard the de-
ceased say, " Don't, Kitty; don't!" but hearing no more
she soon dropped off to sleep, and did not wake till
twelve o'clock, when she had occasion to get up to at-
tend her matter. After doing all that was necessary
for him she again lay down to sleep, and did not awake
till he roused her up about two o'clock, when she felt a
smell of fire and a sense of suffocation, and found the
room full of smoke. She then ran down stairs into the
kitchen, and as she was going down saw a light in the
yard. She found the door between the kitchen and the
stairs still closed. The kitchen was very wet, particu-
larly near the fireplace. There was very little fire in the
grate, but the whole place was full of smoke. She ran
out at once by the front door to a Mr. Doughty's, a
nephew of her master, and aroused him and wife
with a cry that the house was on fire. Mr. Doughty
immediately ran back, and as ho was coining near the
place saw the prisoner in the yard, near the brewhouse.
lie tried to get in by the front, but found it fastened (it
fastened by a spring lock). He then ran to the back
door; that, too, was fastened. He ran back to the front
door; and, finding he could not get in there, ran again
to the back door, and had it opened to him by the pri-
soner. After attending to his uncle he came down
stairs and found the back door bolted and fas-
tened, and the girl Corfield waiting outside.
While she was waiting she thought she saw
a splashing of water in the brewhouse. He let her in.
He was sure that he had not fastened the door. They
both went into the kitchen, and found it very wet, and a
little fire smouldering on the sofa, which Mr. Douehty at
once pat out. They found a great deal of water on the
sofa and pillows. Part of the sofa and the pillows, and
the entire back of the sofa cover, were burned. They
found a quantity of water, rags,
,and tinder, and a piece
ef rag covered with spots of blood in the kitchen. The
fire is the grate was nearly out. While they were there
the prisoner came in from the back premises in her night-
dress. Mr. Doughty said to her, " You and your mether
have been near burning Mr. Dyer." She replied, " What
have I to do with my mother?" She was not sober then,
nor quite drunk. Site went to the cupboard—the sofa
lay between it and the firo—and took out the bottle of
rum which had been bought over night, and asked him
"If he would drink!" He said " Ile would not drink
with such a wretch." She then drank out of the bottle,
and it was after that she appeared drunk. About half a
pint was then remaining in it. No ruin was after wards
found in the stomech of the deceased. He said to her,
" You wretch, you are so drunk you cannot stand." She
replied that she was not drunk, but it was he that we;
drunk. She then lay down on the sofa. Mary Corfield
then said she would go and look for the old woman; and
the prisoner observed, " You will not find her."
While Corfield was away, and before the body was
found, she said, " Passion, passion ; but when the
passion is over I forgive." On which Mrs. Doughty,
who was in the kitchen with tier husband, re-
marked, " Passion sometimes makes people do
things that are very wrong." Corfield, on going out of
the kitchen towards the brewhouse, found the deceased
lying on her face across the steps of the brew house. The
girl then went out, and looking into the brewhouse found
her lying on her face, apparently burnt to death, upon
which she returned to the kitchen, anti cried out " Good
God, the old woman is dead ' • she is burnt to death !"
'rho prisoner made no remark. Mr. Doughty then said
" You wretch, you have murdered the old woman at last."
To this, too, she made no answer. Mrs. Doughty and a
Mr. and Mrs. Ridley had arrived by this time. Soon af-
terwards the prisoner said to Mr. Ridley, " Did he not
recollect a fire four or five years ago?" He replied,
" Perfectly well, but that was accidental, this was wil-
ful." She said nothing. She afterwards said, " Miss
Tomlies many times said the gentlemen would have a
consultation over me." All the witnesses agreed that
she was not sobte• then. On being asked how the fire
happened, she said she was in bed, and finding a smell
of fire, came down, and seeing the sofa burning,
took water out of the tub and " douted" (i. e quenched)
it. On Mr. Doughty remarking to the girl Corfield,
it was lucky she went for him, the prisoner said,
with a peculiar smile, "It was you, then, fetched
Mr. Doughty; you have done something." A policeman
named Evans was sent for and soon arrived. She after,-
wards made a signal to Mrs. Ridley to come to her,
nainitd
on her going to her put her hands round
hoenrl\nfers. Rid.
kissed her, and said, " Is her dead ?"_
d d and•Go and get her
ley saying she was, prisoner
into the parlour." She then peu atadan
Afterwards
ce,utbsihnigon.,,over her face,
and said, " Do not let me
she sat up, Observing that
hseshehe
l"aisdnoosvwn at
(es' hippyc as
it
she was in heaven, and t
was then so drunk. beenthatthoeneuporfoatrhewmasenstawnhdoinliga,blyher
brought to the house by
she put.her arras. round his neck aad kissed She'

never went or proposed to go to see the body from the
time it was discovered. On being charged by the po-
liceman, Evans, with murdering her mother, she made
no answer. He then ordered her to take off her clothes,
and she went with the girl Corfield into another room
and took them off and put on others. Whilst she was
doing so she shock her hands and said, " All! Mary—
Ah! Mary." Her hands were examined and fouud to be
slightly scorched and blistered. In the left sleeve of
her shift there was a hole burned, and on her left
elbow there was found a corresponding burn, and her
arm from wrist to elbow was all burned. Her dress
was also singed and wet from the knees down, and
very dirty. On searching her bed-room it was as•
certained that she had not been in bed. There was the
mark of some one having laid down on the
outside of the bed. She had lain down on
the Monday. The girl Corfield had not heard
her go upstairs that night, and her nightcap was where
the girl had placed it when making the bed on Monday,
but none of the witnesses had taken such particular no-
tice of the bed as to be able to say whether any ono had
been in the bed. On examining the kitchen they found
that it was the end of the sofa furthest from the fire
that was burned. They found further a stocking put
up to cover a crevice its the window-shutters, which
would prevent any one passing in the street from seeing
what was going on in the kitchen; and to anticipate the
suggestion that the deceased might have put it there to
keep out the cold, it was proved that the glass was not
yard broken.was The doorpost of the
kitchen leading into the
much burnt at the height of about three feet
from
the ground,
and even the ironwork was heated to
some extent. There were also some marks of blood on
standing, ihe Some
door-post
the door-posts, but these
anof the witnesses
were declared by the medical
witnesses to be of old d
thought that the burning
been effected while the deceased was in must have
posi-
tion, and the theory for the defence vea:rti7arteettheoldwoman, finding herself accidentally on fire, was
s
pro-
ceeding to the brewhouse, where she knew there wisa'barrel of water, and leaned in her way against•the doore
-post. The theory on the other side seemed to be, that the
prisoner, on dragging out the dead body, partially on
fire, might have, from fear, doubt, confusion design, or
weakness, rested for a short time at the doer,and the fresh
air, rushing on to the flames, might have suddenly raised
them to a blaze. On the doorpost of the brewhouse there
was also a mark of burning. The deceased was found
lying partly in the yard and partly in the brewhouse, her
lower limbs lying outside the steps of the hreseheteefe eau
the rest of her body inside. There were neither shoes
nor stockings on the body. On the following Sunday
marks of naked feet in oil were found leading from the
sofa towards the brewhouse. which had not been per-
ceived till the floor was washed, and were rendered dis-
tinct by the washing, and could not be erased by water.
Near the body was found a cotton bag, which seemed to
have been used indiscriminately as a bag or pillow. It
was besmeared with oil, and in the inside there were a •
great•many merks of blood. In the yard, near the feet
of the body, they found four pairs of sheets which lied
been in 'the. kitchen the night before. These were quite
wet and par:fatly burnt. There had been a heavy fall
of rain ;. that might have wetted them. It was sow
geeted that the deceased, being of a chilly nature, had
wrapped these around her, when she felt herself cold
'during the' night, and did not throw them off until she
-reached the yard. On the floor of the brewhouse
.they found a great quantity of water, and everything
on the body 'was quite wet, as if. a large quantity
of water had, been splashed upon it. They did nut dis-
turb the body, but at once took measures for summon-
ing a coroner's inquest, and sending the prisoner to gaol.
On her way to the gaol, as she was passing a house
called Severn Hall, where some of her family formerly
lived, she said to the policeman, "This will be a second
Severa-hell job. Passikep, 'session! When the passion
is over tforgive directly." -.On being told she was im-
prisoned 'on suspicion 'of ' murdering her Mother, she
said, " Oh, Lord!" and afterwards asked one of the
police it' it was true that her mother wts dead; and; on
being told it was, deeired him to go and make her mother
comfortable, and te- ctime again •to her. When the
coroner's jury Met, the deceased was found in the
eituation'alreedy mentioned, lying on her lace and belly,
with her hands joined across the upper part of her
breast, according to ono• witness, and across her mouth
according to another. Her nose, which had been a very
.prominent organ in life, was flattened down so as not to
raise alenvittluefightla of an inch over the level of the
face, and, as it never resumed its original appearance,
the medical-mad said it must have been so flattened for
some time before she died. The body was .fearfully
:burnt; so:burnt that the surface was completely charred.
The front of the thighs and body, from a little
above the knees to near the throat, and the tip of the
tongue and the lips were also burnt. The outside of
the mouth was quite livid. Her tongue was quite livid
and congested or swollen. One of her toes was bruised
as if some one had trodden on it, but there was no red.
ness or blood on it. The burning of the body was so
great that a medical man, on first seeing the body, and
before he made any internal examination, said that it
would account for the death. A minuter examination of
the place was then instituted, and it was found that the
ante Wii.a burnt to the width of than •ahoulders, lust as if,
she had been burnt upon it while reclining
upon it, with her shoulders resting high on the -
end ; and further, that the butterboat, which
had been full of dripping over night, and a pint bottle,
which had been also nearly full of lamp oil over night,
were both empty, and that marks of grease and
oil were on the pillowcase, the sheets, and the sofa.
The butterboat was found on the hob of the grate
slightly burned. Three medical men attended the post
mortem examination and before the coroner. These
were Mr. Coley, a general practitioner, and Mr. Thurs-
field, and Mr. Newel, surgeons. In addition to these,
two physicians, Dr. Strange, and Dr. 131-ker, saw the
body, and gave evidence before the coroner. The
inquiry before the coroner extended to ten
sittings, and, finally, the coroner's jury refused to find
an inquisition for even putting the prisoner on her trial.
The case was afterwards sent for trial by the magistrates.
Dr. Strange was not examined before the magistrates,
or on the last or the present trial, and from this the
prisoner's counsel contended it was obvious that Dr.
Strange differed from the other practitioners. Since the
last trial Mr. Coley died.
A question arose to-day as to bow proof might be
given of his evidence, and as his answers to questions
on cross-examination on the last trial had been more
favourable to the prisoner than those of the other me-.
dical men, and her counsel wished those answers to be
read, his Lordship said he would take it on himself to
read the note of the late Mr. Justice Coltman, who pre •
sided at the last trial, the coutisc; having tint ascer•
tained that the note contained a sufficient report of ,h,
answers. The n,ae was read accordingly. In addition
to the Bridgenorth medical witnesses, mere were on the
former and the present trial two gentlemen called for the
prosecution, who merely attended in court, heard the
evidence, and then expressed their opinions, as scientific
men, as to the cause of death. These were Dr. Samuel
Wright, Professor of Clinical Medicine, at Queen's
College, Birmingham, and author of a prize essay on
asphyxia by submersion; and Mr. David Bolton, Lecturer
ou Clinical A=natomy at the same college. All these
medical men were of opinion that the body could
not have been burnt as it was merely by the
clothes and sheets which were on it, but that it could
have been so burnt if the flames had been rendered
more intense by such a quantity of grease and oil
as those vessels contained being thrown upon it. At
first the impression was that the deceased had been thus
burnt to death, but on minuter external examination it
was observed that, with the exception of one small
blister, which contained straw-coloured serum, on k the
inner side of the right leg, four inches below
.the
com-
and far below the place where the great
menced, there was no blister on any other part o
burningf the
body, and no mark of redness at
the parts where the in
jured and uninjured tissues joined, or around that one
blister. Mr. Coley admitted, in conformity with a quo-
tation from " Taylor on Medical Jurisprudence," that in
eodrseand run
ran
the absence of these signs there was no certain data
whereon to decide whether the burning took place before
or after death; but the other three Bridgenorth practi
tioners and Dr. Wright agreed that there were ceitain
signs that the body had been burned after death. They
were further confirmed in this view by the colour of the
blood in the lungs. They were all four of opinion that
the burning took place alter death; arid with the excep •
tiou of Mr. Bolton, all said they had never seen or heard
of a case where a person had been burnt to death in
which the burnt parts, unless they were altogether
charred, were not blistered and did not exhibit a line of
redness where they adjoined the uninjured parts. Mr.
Bolton said he had himself seen a body destroyed in a
c ,Iliery explosion which was charred all over, except in
a few spots, and that in those few spots there were
marks of redness. Ho admitted that the only excep
fun he had known to the general rule was, where
persons were burnt to death in colliery explosions. In
that case there were generally no signs of blisters or red-
ness. On the night in question no witness had heard
the deceased scream or moan. Further, on an internal
examination of the body, it was found that there was
such a congestion of the lungs, heart, and brain, as to leave
no doubt that death was caused by suffocation. On this
point there was no difference of opinion. On the throat
there was no sign of strangulation. The queshteic:y
ton
was, how was the suffocation effected? d I by
and
the prosecution was, that the prisoner £1.13,T9he
putting something over her mouthhrees d
k and nitten her
pressing it so forcibly down as t
her. The theory
and when she was
accidentally
that her clotheshaving decdnose
immediately n t the an r
comm
bmo ; entionsd, nt
ricl) LT, di
g,
for the defence was, •
brewhouse and was suffocated
she was stup:fied and f:righteti.bil
either by the
taken fire,
theintookeor
by
the flames as she lay on the floor, Playing
imapmasemdiaeteflythe
in front of tier mouth and nostrils, and preventing the
glottis. Anoxio us
occasioning suffocation
vapour or any irritant would cause
bi ingress rwebs sa
to
if air,
termedaz and. so a
spasm of the glottis.
Mr. Coley had said that it was just possible that suffoca-
tion might be produced by flames so preventing the in-
gress of air to the lungs, but the others said they could
not conceive it possible that the deceased could in this
case have been suffocated by
the flames. One said such
an Effect eoeld not be produced except the body wits sur-
rounded by flames, weereae only one side of the body
was on fire. Another said it could not be produced
except the flames were restrained by mechanical means,
and the person were previously rendered insensible.
In
short all the witnesses were of opinion that the deceased