The Sun.
London, England, 1856-01-14 00:00:00

Deane for the assurance companies ; Mr. Smith for the
defence, assisted, in the examination of Dr. Taylor, by
Dr. Bemberton, physician, of Birmingham. Mr. Ks-
nealy, of the Oxford Circuit, was present to-day, as yes-
terday also.
Alfred Swaine Taylor deposed—l am a Fellow of the
Royal College of Physicians, Fellow of the Royal Society,
and Professor of Chemistry at Guy's Hospital. On
Monday, the 24th of last month, I received six jars from
the last witness. Three of them were labelled " Ann
Palmer, No. 1,2, and 3" outside. They were well se-
cured and sealed, and the seal was unbroken. I locked
them up until the 26th, keeping the key in my possession,
and then, in conjunction with Dr. Rees, I proceeded to
examine them. We first examined the stomach in jar No.
1. The coats were firm and very well preserved, consider-
ing that 15 months had elapsed since death. On the sto-
mach at its greater end, and on the outside, there was a
yellowish coloured streak which, when examined with a
magnifying glass presented the appearance of mineral
matter. It was such an appearance as I have never
seen in 25 years' experience, except when mineral
poison was in the stomach. Wa opened the stomach.
We found neither liquid nor solid contents, but a thin
pasty looking substance of a brownish colour spread
over the lining membrane. The whole quantity of this
substance spread over the membrane of the stomach
amounted to about half a teaspoonful. The lining mem-
brane presented slight patches of redness. Its surface
was examined by a magnifying glass. It was quite free
from ulceration, perforation, or any organic disease. The
small intestines were next examined. They were empty;
hut covered on the inside in parts with a thin brownish
coloured substance. The large intestines were then exa-
mined. There was faecal matter in the czecum, one portion
of the large intestines. The inner surface of the rectum,
or lower bowel, was covered with a deep red orange
coloured substance. On removing this and examining
the inner surface of the lower bowels, there was no ap-
pearance of ulceration or disease. The intestines
were comparatively thin and well preserved, like the
stomach. One of the kidneys, which was enclosed in •
this jar was cut and minutely examined, and found
to be perfectly healthy. We then examined the jar
marked No. 3, containing the liver, the heart, the
lung, and the spleen. They had undergone some changes
from putrefaction, but were in a healthy condition.
The gall bladder was especially examined. It contained
about the usual quantity of bile found in the dead. That
bile was thickened, from the result of long interment, to
the consistency of a brown paste. The heart was minutely
examined, and the cavities were healthy. All the valves
were free from putrefaction, pure, and healthy. The lungs
and spleen were softened, as the result of putrefaction,
but perfectly free from disease, as far as we could tell.
We then proceeded to make an analysis of the different
parts. The first that we took for examination was the
brown pasty matter found on the surface of the stomach.
I In these contents, amounting to about half a teaspoonful,
we found rather a large portion of preparation of anti-
mony. (The Doctor here displayed it.) We also found
a minute proportion of arsenic. But arsenic was not
found deposited in any of the viscera. And, as an occa-
sional impurity in ordinary tartar emetic, we consider
that arsenic in this case was owing to the tartar emetic
being impure, and not on account of its having been
separately administered. We then searched for other
poisons but found none. The second analysis was directed
to the coats of the stomach, and they yielded antimony.
Thirdly, the large and small intestines were examined,
and found to contain antimony in all parts. Fourthly,
the orange red found in the rectum was removed and
separately examined ; antimony was found in this sub-
stance in larger proportions than in the stomach or any
other parts of the system. "This," said the Doctor, "is
the antimony extracted." The orange red colour of this
material was found to be owing to a portion of antimony
which had become converted to sulphurnt, as the result
of putrefaction in a dead body. The coats of the rectum
were separately examined and also yielded antimony.
The chyle was separately examined and also yielded an-
timony in large proportions, nearly as large as that found
in the rectum. The liver, the spleen, the kidney, the
substance of the heart, and the substance of the lunge,
all yielded antimony. Here is antimony from all these
(produced specimens). The blood drained from the jars
in which these viscera were contained was also analysed,
and this yielded antimony. A. portion of the lining of
the shell and a part of the shroud were separately exa-
mined, but they yielded no trace of antimony or any
mineral substance. All the tests and vessels used in this
investigation were themselves tested and found to be per-
fectly pure. In this investigation 15 different analyses
were made of the body, occupying us from the 26th to
the 31st of Dec., and the conclusions at which we ar-
rived from the results of our investigations were these :
First, that all parts of the body of the deceased examined
lay us contained antimony. In the stomach and intestines
the antimony was partly in a soluble form, while in the
I liver, heart, spleen, kidney, and lungs, it ha I been the
I result of absorption during life. Secondly, the largest
quantity of antimony was found in the rectum and its
contents ; next, in the stomach and its contents ; then,
iin the bile taken Irons the gall bladder ; and the small-
est quantity was found in the lungs. Thirdly, the
presence of antimony in the contents of the rectum,
or lower bowel, proves that the discharges front the
bowels of the deceased contained antimony up to the
time of her death; that she was passing antimony by
purging when she died. We came to that conclusion, of
course, before we beard the evidence of yesterday. And
the presence of this mineral is sufficient to account for
the vomiting, or diarrhoea, or both, from which the de-
ceased was stated to have suffered. The fourth conclu-
elusion was this —from the presence of antimony in the
stomach of the deceased we infer that a preparation of
antimony must have been given to the deceased a few
hours before her decease. Fifthly, from the discovery
of antimony in the stomach and intestines, especially in
the rectum or lower bowel, we infer that the antimonial
copper, if not taken by the deceased as the result of a
series of accidents--not one accident, but a series—was
improperly administered to her, either by ignorance or
design. Sixthly, that, in our opinion, the antimony
found by us in the body of the deceased bas not been the
result of one large dose, but of several doses taken at in-
tervals some days before her death, and to within a few
hours of her death. Seventhly, that the antimonial pre-
paration taken by deceased was what is commonly called
tartar emetic (this white powder), and this may or may
not have acted as a poison, according to circumstances.
It may or may not have been the cause of deceased's
death. In the event of the existence of any natural cause
f,,r the illness of the deceased, it may have accelerated
her death by producing great depression and exhaustion
of the powers of life. Eighthly, in the examination cf
the stomach, bowels, and other organs of the deceased
we could not detect any changes as the result of natural
disease. There was nothing to account for death in the
shape of disease. On the other hand, there was nothine
in these appearances inconsistent with the death of the
deceased front frequent doses of tartar emetic. That is
all, sir.
By Mr. Deane—From the evidence that I have heard,
I have no reason to after the conclusions that I have
,Irewn in any one respect. I beard Mr. Bainfoiere evi-
dence with regard to the admixture of the medicine, and
I say that had tartar emetic been substituted by that
gentleman for tartarate of potash, other and more serious
symptoms would have shown themselves in the deceased
than those which I have heard described in evidence. I
must add one thing to that. It is my belief that she bad
had tartar emetic, and was suffering from its effects be-
fore Mr. Bamford saw her—that is to say, assuming
that he saw her on the Sunday. Tartar emetic may be
taken in small doses ; in ordinary articles of food it may
be taken without being perceptible to the taste.
By Mr. Smith—The smallest quantity of a dose of
antimony taken at once is 10 grains to produce death.
You have it there. [Mr. Smith bad in his hand Dr.
Taylor's work upon poisons.] Assuming that antimony
had been given in a liquid state, the symptoms after
taking antimony would have folloWed in proportion to
the dose. In "James's Powder" there are small doses
of antimony ; and in such a case as severe cold it would
or weuld not, according to circumstance!, do good ; but
I have never known it in a medicinal dose produce
vomiting and sickness. Ido not agree with Dr. James
when he Pays that its administration in such doses may
produce such effects. I never knew of a death from
antimony of such a description as this ; and yet the
death of this lady is quite conformable with her death
from poison, and at the same time death from any other
cause.

symptoms described by me in the book which I have
written upon poisons as attending the taking of anti-
mony relate to the taking of a vital dose.

Mr. Smith—Am I to understand that there may be
the administration of poison in some form or other with-
out any one of those symptoms
Dr. Taylor—Sir, what I have described in my book
relates to the administration of antimony in acute doses.
This is no such case. This is a case of the administration
of antimony in small doses. The antimony was given in
this case in small doses—medicinal doses probably—but
certainly small doses. Had it been administered in large
doses, my belief is that it would have produced the symp-
toms which are described in that book. I have compared
my observations here with what I have written in my
book, and with the appearance of the body as described
by those who made the post mortenz examination, and my
opinion is not affected.
By a Juror—Antimony would not have been a proper
medicine to administer in the state of weakness in which
she was said to have been found.
Cross examination continued—There was not sufficient
arsenic in the system to account for death. Dr. Rees and
myself examined some antimony, and, as is mostly the
Case in commercial antimony, we found arsenic there.
In the deceased it did not exist in the heart. If anti-
mony should be taken during life, and the system be-
comes saturated by it, it would require 14 or 15 days to
get rid of it. After 14 or 15 days, supposing a weak
lady, for instance, had strength to live so long, I should
not in life find traces of antimony taken before that
period. Bet if antimony should exist in the system at
the time of death we could discover it for any length of
ttuie after that event. The effects of poison upon the
system do not depend upon the quantity taken into the
stomach, but upon the quantity absorbed into the sys-
tem. It is not 5 or 50 grains in the stomach that are de-
cisive, but the quantity which impregnates the blood ; so
that a man may swallow 5 grains, and it may produce
severer effects upon him than 50 upon another. That
which we find in the stomach is only the sediment or
dregs of what has killed. From the medical evidence
given as to the state of the deceased during the last eight
days preceding her death, and from the discovery of
antimony in the stomach, bowels, rectum, and all parts
of her body, it is my opinion she died from the effects of
tartar emetic, and no other cause, after antimony.

George Owen Rees deposed—l am Fellow of the Royal
College of Physicians, and Fellow of the Royal Society,
and Professor of Materia Medina in Guy's Hospital. I
assilted Dr. Taylor in making the analysis described by
him, and also the state of the organs. I have heard the
evidence given by him, and I fully concur in it. lam
of the same opinion as to the cause of death.
By Mr. Deane—From the evidence I have heard here
I have no ctason to alter my opinion given in the report
read by Dr. Taylor. From the history of the illness of
the deceased, given by those who attended her in her
ill-
ness, and from the examination of the organs after death,
and from the fact that antimony was discovered, as de-
scribed in our conjoint report, I am decidedly of opinion
that deceased died from the effects of antimony adminis-
tered in small doses, repeated at intervals.
Mr. Deane (to the Coroner)— Do you intend to com-
plete the case of Anne Palmer before going on with that
of Walter Palmer

The Coroner—Oh yes ; I shall take a verdict from the
jury upon the cause of the death of Anne Palmer before
taking the evidence in the second case.
Mr. Smith also desired that this course should be
taken.

Dr. Taylor, however, requested that his evidence in
the second case might be taken before the hour at which
it would be necessary for him to leave Rugeley to catch
the express at Stafford, as both he and Dr. Rees were
absent from London at great sacrifice to themselves.
The Coroner consented to comply with his request.
Mr. Smith (to Dr. Rees)—Have you found poison in
the system of Waiter Palmer ?
Dr. Rees—We have not.
Dr. Knight re-examined—My opinion as to the cause
of the death of Anne Palmer has been considerably mo-
dified and altered since I have heard the opinions of Drs.
Taylor and Rees, and I am inclined to think that I must
hare been mistaken in the opinion which I gave yester-
day, under the circumstances stated to me on my visit
to the deceased Mrs. Palmer ; and I tend to the belief
that the opinion given by those gentlemen to-day de-
s, cribed the true cause of death.
By the foreman—l dii not perceive any symptoms of
I fever ; they were those of great exhaustion.
By Mr. Smith—To the best of my belief the skin was
heated and the tongue was 11301st. I agree with the
opinion as to the different effects of antimony upo❑ the
system, when administered in large or small doses. Dur-
ing my examination of the deceased, when I visited her
in her illness, I did not suspect poison. Having heard
the descriptions of Drs. Taylor and Rees as to the symp-
toms of poisoning from antimony, I still say that I did
not on that visit perceive symptoms of poisoning so de-
scribed by them as resulting from the taking of antimony.
Yet, having heard those opinions, I now believe that at
that time the deceased was suffering from the effect of
I antimony. Mr. Palmer did not tell me what medicine,
it any, ha had prescribed before Dr. Bamford was called
in ; at least I don't recollect that he did. After hearing
the statements of Drs. Taylor and Rees, and the descrip-
tion given yesterday by Dr. Monckton of the condition
of the body after death, there is nothing inconsistent
with Mrs. Palmer's having died from vomiting, from na-
tural causes, yet I don't believe that she did. The vomit-
ing might have been produced by a bilious attack, and
exhaustion produced by that been followed by death.
From the appearance of the viscera, as given by Dr.
Monckton, my opinion is that vomiting was not the
cause of death. I found Mrs. Palmer in so exhausted a
state that I could not get from her a statement as to her
I feelings. I believe that it is impossible t, form an ac-
curate opinion as to the nature of a disease, unless the
patient suffering is able to describe his feelings. Sup-
pose a man was suffering from an acute disease of the
brain, and he was rambling in his mind, and unable to
give a description of his symptoms, I could not form a
correct opinion of the existence of the organic disease, if
1 any, under which he was labouring.
1 By Mr. Deane—There was not fever in the deceased
when I saw her, and tartar emetic was certainly not a
proper medicine to administer to her.
Here tlae Court adjourned—it being 1 o'clock—for
half an hour,
1 Upon the return of the Court after the adjournment
the first witness called was
Benjamin Miller (he was examined by Mr. Deane)—
Upon being sworn he said—l am a surgeon, living at
Barton-untier-Needwood. I knew the deceased Anne
Palmer. I was formerly in practice at Rugeley. I ex-
amined Mrs. Palmer for the purposes of life assurance
is January or February, 1354. I examined her four or
fire times. These examinations were two for the Scottish
Equitable-office, and two or three for other offices. The
first two referred to one assurance. The Rock, the
Atlas, and the Liverpool Life Assurance Associations
were the other societies for which I examined Mrs.
Palmer. I am not certain whether I examined her for
the Norwich Uuion-office. I believe those examinations
I were shortly before her confinement. I found her to
be of perfectly sound constitution. I considered hers to
he a proper life for assurance. I do not remember pre-
cisely when she was confined. I saw her afterwards.
She was down stairs. I do not know whether she had
been out. I saw her for the Scottish Equitable-office
shortly after her confinement. I saw her in consequence
of a communication I received from the office. I was
requested by Mr. W. Palmer to give a certificate of Mrs.
Palmer's health after her confinement, and after I had
received the communication from the Scottish Equit-
able-office. Mr. Palmer gave me as a reason that I had
seen her so recently on the part of other offices that he
did not think it requisite, and that she would be alarmed.
He did not suggest any reason for alarm.
Mr. Deane—Did she express any alarm at your wish-
ing to examine her again ?
The witness did not reply to this question.
Mr. Smith—Was what she said said in the presence
of Mr. Palmer ?
Witness—No.
Mr. Smith—Then I object to the question. The an-
swer would not be evidence.
By Mr. Smith—All women pregnant are considered,
medically, to be in a state of disease. There is always
danger attending confinements. I believe there ars not
many assurance offices which refuse to insure what are
called diseased or appear to be diseased lives, as in this
(eve. I was the medical referee of the society.
[Mr. Smith read one of the certificates, in which the
witness bad made no entry, although he said he thought
that he had, of the pregnancy of the deceased.]
By iNlr. Smith—The policy was accepted. I consider
that a perso❑ who would lose property on the death of
his wife would not exercise more than reasonable caution
by insuring her life before her confinement. I meant by
a sound life that there was no organic disease. Mrs.
Palmer had no organic disease. I was employed by the
office to make the examination of Mrs. Palmer. - The

Mr. Smith—lf small quantitie4 of antimony should he
given in frequent doses, would there be constipation and
vomiting ?_

Dr. Taylor—Certainly not. Constipation may have
Arisen from some natural cause. It is not a natural
symptom from the taking of doses in small quantities.
My opinion is that constipation was an accidental cir-
cumstance in the illness of the dechased not connected
with the cause of death. I base known 500 cases of
death from pfrison, very few of which exhibited the same
aspects. Every case will be attended with its own symp-
toms, depending upon the circumstances under which the
poison is taken and the state of the body at the time.
There is a very frequent state of the stomach which pro-
duces vomiting—that is, ulceration ; but there was no
ulceration in this case. And when I saw antimony
throughout the whole system and no ulceration, I came
to no other conclusion than that she died from antimony.
We can detect from a five-hundredth or a thousandth
part of a grain of tartar emetic when it is present. In
the stomach there was found from three-quarters of a
to a grain of tartar emetic, and in the rectum pro-
bably a grain. There was antimony throughout the
what° body. In the whole of the tissues there could
not have been less than a grain and a-half or two grains.
From the results of our experiments upon two ounces
of the liver I was satisfied that the deceased was satu-
rated with antimony. I hays frequently found anti-
mony in the dead ; but I never found so much in absorp-
tion. The liver absorbs the poison very quickly. It
would contain a larger quantity from its being a large
organ and full of blood.
Mr. Smith—lf antimony had been administered three
weeks or a month before the death of the deceased, would
tha same results have been seen ?
Dr. Taylor—l think not ; but I should form my opi-
nion from the appearances of the body. Supposing the
antimony to have been given in one small dose and then
have stopped, I think I should not have found so much
if a period of three weeks had elapsed. Supposing it to
have been a fortnight or three weeks before her death,
the appearances would not have been preserved, because
the tendency of the lennen system is, that immediately
the poison ceases to be given it passes away from the
grime. Supposing there was fever, I should not recom-
mend the use of antimony.

111 r. Smith—Provided- it were taken in conjunction
with fever, I suppose it would not have been long in
being removed.

Dr. Taylor—l think it would have been longer, be.
cause of the rapid circulation. It is not necessary to a
case of poison that cramp should follow, because that
symptom depends- upon the effects-of poisou-upon the
diffet eat parts of the system. There might be cramp,
lut it would not necessarily fulL 7. The whaa of the

should be read, in order that it might be seen that they
were made before the confinement of the deceased.
By Mr. Smith—l never heard of a rep ,rted case or

knew a case of slow poison from antimony. Previously
to this I never heard of one in any part of the world.
By the Coroner—Having heard all the evidence, and
receiving the request of the jury that I would state my
opinion, I say that I should think that death was occa-
sioned by small doses of antimony.
By Mr. Smith—l mean by a " small dose," a medi-
cinal one. The dose of medicine, however, which would
be good to one might kill another.
Thomas Lomax, examined by Mr. Deane—l am a sur-
geon, living at Stafford. Early in the year 1854 I exa-
mined Mrs. Palmer on account of the Medical General
Legal Life-office, the New Equitable Life-office, and the
Kent Mutual. There was a fourth, but lam not quite
distinct upon that. That (a report handed to him) was
one of my reports.
The Coroner—Do you wish that to be evidence ?
Mr. Deane—Shortly ; the date of it.
Examination continued—The date Is the 12th January,
1854. It is the proposal to the New Equitable for the
sum of 3001. I reported favourably of the life. After-
wards I had a correspondence with the office upon the
subject.
Mr. Deane—Will you state shortly the result of that
correspondence ?
The Coroner—Oh, you must produce it.
Witness, after a pause, on examining his papers, said
that he had not the letters with him.
They were afterwards found by Mr. Deane, when Mr.
Smith objected to them as evidence.
Mr. Deane—Then I will make it evidence for you.
Witness—This proposal is one made by Mr. Palmer.
There was a mistake in the matter of the proposal in this
paper of 3001. for 3,0001.
[Several proposal papers were handed in to the coro-
ner. who read them to the jury. One was dated the 12th
of January, 1854, for 3001., to the New Equitable ;
another was dated January 25, 1854, for 5,0001., in the
same office, the latter being a correction of the previous
proposal. At the bottom of this last proposal the ac-
cused stated that this proposal was made to securo a
similar sum on some doubtful property in Stafford.]
Witness continued—ln each case in which I examined
Mrs. Palmer I considered that Mrs. Palmer wasa healthy
subject.

by Mr. Smith—ln one proposal it is stated that the
deceased, on the occasion of the death of the third child,
bad had a prolonged labour, when the infant (lied, from
the umbilical cord being twice round the neck. Such an
entry would tend to check the ready acceptance of the
proposal by the assurance society.
By Mr. Deane—Such an accident as that described
would be dangerous to the child, but not, I think, to the
mother.
Henry M. Wakley—l am at present the managing
director of the New Equitable Life-office. I received this
proposal from Mr. Lomax. (It was the first that was
put in for 3001.) That proposal was accepted. It was re-
ceived on the 13th of January, 1854, and it would be
accepted on the 19th of January in the same year. After
that proposal was accepted, and before the issuing of a
policy, I received a second proposal, in consequence of
a letter from Mr. Lotnax, stating there bad been a mis-
take. That second proposal was received on the 26th,

and accepted on the same day, that being a board day.
It wee, however, in a few days after wattle declined.
Mr. Deane—l have nothing further to ask this witness.
By Mr. Smith—Not in all cases the statement of a
prolonged labour would induce an office either to refuse
to grant a policy, or charge an increased premium Still
we might charge an extra premium. We might persue
this latter course in the case of a repetition of such ill-
ness. In the case of a protracted labour, and iu one in
which a proposal is made immediately before another
confinement we should not have accepted the pi oposal
until after the confinement. If there was a second long
labour, it would make us hesitate before we accepted.
Mr. Deane—Having accepted, and afterwards rejected
that proposal, wilt you say whether it was ultimately re-
jected because of a prolonged confinement I
Mr. Smith—l object to the question.
The Coroner—lf he makes a statement he may give
the reason of it.
Mr. Smith still objected.
Mr. Deane--I shad be perfectly satisfied if the coroner
will make a note of that question.
The Coroner—The jury wish to have the question
answered.
Witness—It was not rejected because of a prolonged
labour.
The Coroner—The jury also wish to know why it was
rejected ?
Mr. Smith—Oh, Mr. Coroner, you ought to exercise
your authority, and prevent such questions.
The Foreman—Why was it refused ?
Witness—Because of information which we received
from the manager of another assurance office to whom a
proposal bad been made.
John Goddard—l an actuary to the Rock Assurance
Society. I produce a proposal by Win. Palmer, surgeon,
of Rugeley, upon the life of his wife, Anne Palmer, for
5,0001. for six years ; dated Jan. 26, 1854, on the life of
Anne Palmer, aged 27, signed by Wm. and Anne Pal-
mer, and witnessed by Ann Bradshaw. Palmer, in this
proposal, stated that he had an interest in the life of his
wife to the amount to which he desired the office to se-
cure to him. Before granting that proposal the directors
wished to know the interest Palmer had in the life of his
wife ; the amount he was going to insure in other offices;
the amount and object of the loan, which it was stated
by Mr. Strawbridge (the agent of our office) Mr. Pal-
mer was about to borrow on the assurance.
Mr. Smith objected to anything being said by the wit-
ness which he had learnt from Mr. Strawbridge.
By the Coroner—The proposal was ultimately declined.
By Mr. Smith—Almost all I have stated I have learnt
from Mr. Strawbridge.
Witness—There are two other cases that I might men-
tion.
Coroner—Have they reference to your office
Witness—No.
Coroner—l suppose that the assurance offices have an
objection to state the reason why they refuse lives I
Mr. DeAne—They have not the slightest objection in
this caee.
Coroner—Because some offices have rejected my life.
Thomas M. Strawbridge, examined by Mr. Deane, at
the request of the Coroner—l am the manager of the
Rugeley Provincial Bank, and the agent of the Scottish
Equitable-office. I produce one proposal. It was signed
William and Anne Palmer. The proposal was accepted
for 5,0001., and the money was received in March, 1855.
The proposal was made on the 13th of January, 1854.
In addition to the above proposal I received one for the
Rock-officP, from which I received a letter; in conse-
quence of which letter I communicated with Mr. Pal-
mer, and then wrote to the Rock-office the letter which
I produce. I applied to him for certain particulars,
which he refused to give me, and then I wrote that let-
ter, making the statements which are in that letter.
The Coroner expressed some objection to receiving the
letter as evidence, when
Mr. Deane said—lf you don't think that that letter
ought to be put in I will nut press it.
The Coroner—l don't ihink it is necessary.
Alfred Bishop Butterfield deposed—l am clerk to the
Sun Life Assurance Society, London. This is a proposal
made to the office by Willia,in Palmer, surgeon, of Rug, -
ley, dated the 11th of Feb., 1854, to insure the life of his
wife for 5,0001. The certificate of health is signed by
Anne Palmer, and the declaration was signed by Wil-
liam Palmer upon the granting of the policy. The po-
licy is 12,738. The receipt is dated the 6th of February,
1855, signed " William Palmer." Money paid to Wm.
Pratt, solicitor, 5, Queen-street, Mayfair, London, in
pursuance of a written order.
John Edward Campbell Koch deposed--I am secre-
tary to the Scottish Amicable Life Assurance Society.
A proposal was made to our office on the life of Anne
Palmer by William Palmer, her husband, and it vein.;
dated the 3d of Jan., 1854. It was for the sane of 3,0001.,
but was declined.
Mr. Bergen, superintendent of police, examined yes-
terday, was recalled—l saw Dr. Monokton take a bottle
similar to this from William Palmer's surgery.
Mr. Smith—Oh, I'll admit all that. I will admit that
Dr. 31orickton took that and a hundred other bottles if
you like, all containing poison, from Mr. Palmer's surgery,
Dr. Monekton—l received this bottle from the hands of
Mr. Bergen, in Mr. Palmer's house, on, 1 think, the 17th
of Dec., the day on which Palmer was removed from
Rugeley. I believe that it contains tartarised antimony,
I received no other bottles besides that one. There were
atany other bottles. The surgery was complete with
bottles that one would expect to find inc,such a room. I
have satisfied myself, by tasting it, that the contents of
that bottle contain tartarised antimony, which is more
generally known to the public antler the name of tartar
emetic.
By Mr. Smith—The bottles were generally such as
one would find in a surgery, except that they-srere not
so fall as is commonly the case.
Mr. Deane—I have no other witnese to call with re-

I examinations were confined to the entire of January and ference to the death of Anne er.
a portion of February. Ido net know when Mrs. PA. Mr. Smith—l wish to ask Dr. Taylor whether this is
titer was expected to be confined. Ido not know how not the first case en record of a case of slow puisou by
many proposals were made. The examinations were antimony !
made concurrently—some before and some after Mrs. The Coroner—Is there any more evidence in the case
Palmer's confinement. of Anne Palmer?
By Mr. Deane—l cannot say whether I examined Mr. Doaue—No. •
Mrs. Palmer on the part of the Rock office before or f Mr. Smith—Mr. Coroner, I should like to say a few
after her confinement. words.
Mr. Deane, in reply to Mr. Smith, said that Mrs. The Coroner reminded Mr. Smith that Dre. Taylor
Palmer was confined on the 24th of January, 1854. and Rees were waiting to go to London.
By Mr. Smith—There were two examinations for the Mr. Smith—Oh, then, certainly I should much prefer
Scottish Equitable—one before and one after her con. that.
&Jewell t. Mr. Dwane—But there aro other witnesses that should
The diary which the accused kept in January in that be heard.
year was put in, from which was read : The Coroner—What witnesses, Dr. Taylor, do you
" Jan. 25.—Annie and baby going on we 11.3 wish to have called?
" Jan. 26.--Up with baby all night. Dr. Taylor—Why, I should like to hear the evidence
" Jan. 27.—At home all day ; baby worse. Mr. of those persons who were present with Walter Palmer
Bamford called to see baby, and sent mixture. Baby shortly before his death.
died at 10 p.m." Mr. Smith—Then in that case I think we had better
By Mr. Smith—l was requested by the Rock-office go to the jury at once as to the cause of the death of
and by Mr. Palmer to examine Mrs. Palmer. Sometimes 1 Anne Palmer,
Mr. Palmer applied to me before I heard from the office. This course was then determined upon, when,
The proposal to the Rock Assurance Society was then After considerable discussion as to the right of Mr.
handed in, the handwriting on which was admitted by ; Smith to address the jury, which ended in that body tie.
Mr, Smith to be that of the accused. All the proposals dining to hear that gentleman,
were afterwards given to the coroner, and read by him. l The Coroner, in order to put his notes together to
The following are the particulars of those documents : read them to the jury, adjourned the Court for a quarter
The Scottish Equiteble.offine accepted, on the 2d of of an hour.
February, 1854, a proposal upon the deceased's life for Upon the reassembling of the Court,
5,000/., made by her husband. The. New Equitable The Coroner said that he should not read that portion
3,0001., accepted on the Sth of December, 1853, on the of the evidence which did not immediately relate
Proposal of the accused upon the life of his deceased to. the question into which the jury had to inquire.
wife. A proposal to the Scottish Amicable for 3,0001., Their object was the inquiry into the death of the
made by the same upon the life of the same, declined on deceased Anne Palmer. In coming to that conclusion,
January 3, 1854, The amount named in the case was, he must remark that any statements which had been
by mistake, 300/. only, and it was declined till after the i made in the public prints respecting this matter should
confinement of. Mrs. Palmer. It was afterwards ae. not he allowed to influence their minds. Such state-
cepted, and again rejected by this office upon the die- i merits might, with men of less intelligence than the jury
every of the mistake. Two other proposals were made he was now addressing, have had some weight, but he
an.' accepted, dated January the 1-7th and 19th in the did not think that they would have weight with them.
above year. He must also remark that, although there were other •
Mr. Smith— I was desirous that hose acceptances cases pending, they had to consider only this one, and

should dismiss from their minds any knowledge that
they might have reloecting others. They had sworn to
come to a conclusion in accorda.,ce with the evide.ce iu
this case, and this only. The principal points they would
have to consider were, first, the cause of death ; secondly,
if the cause of death was poison ; thirdly, they must
consider by whom that poison was administered, if at
all administered—whether it was taken accidentally, or
whether it was given deliberately. And then, having sa-
tisfies themselves upon this point, it would be for them
to say under what circumstances it was so administered
The Coroner then read through those parts of the evi-
dence which he thought important, briefly remarking
upon portions of it.

_ .
At the conclusion of his remarks, at about 10 minutes
past 6 o'clock, the jury retired to consider their ♦erdict.
Upon the return of the jury, after an absence of 20
minutes,

The Coroner said—Gentlemen, have you considered
your verdict
The Foreman.—Yes.

The Coroner.—What is your verdict ?
The Foreman then, amid breathless silence of a
crowded and excited court, said— We find that Anne
Palmer died from the effects of tartarised antimony, and
that that was designedly administered by her husband,
William Palmer.

The announcement of the verdict was followed by de-
cided manifestations of satisfaction from a large number
of persons is the hall.

The Coroner, after a pause.—What do you mean by
its being "designedly" administered
The Foreman.—We mean that it was designedly ad.
ministered for the purpose of destroying life.
The Coroner—That, gentlemen, is a verdict of wilful
murder ?

The Foreman—That is our verdict.
The Coroner—Then, in that case the evidence must
be written upon parchment. That shall be done, and
the evidence in that form laid before you on Monday
morning, to which time I adjourn this Court, to inquire
into the cause of the death of Walter Palmer.
The court was then cleared.
During the progre=s of the case, and after Dr. Taylor
had completed his evidence,
Mr. Smith, addressing the coroner, remarked that he
understood that Dr. Taylor's report of the analyses upon
the remains of the deceased, which had been submitted
to bin*, appeared in the Times of that morning. He
should like to know by whom it bad been communicated
to the Times? I want to know, said Mr. Smith, by
whose consent it was published
Dr. Taylor—Not by mine, certainly.
Mr. Srnith—lf reports of this description are to get
abroad before they are properly givei4in evidence, there is
an end of all justice and all inquiry. Such a proceeding
is very likely to prejudice the case against Mr. William
Palmer.

of the lower &asses who were in the habit of continually
resorting to the park for similar purpose,. It WAR also
coo tended That there was no pressing necessity for the
change.

Dr Taylor.—The publication of it was very impro-
per. One of the reporters asked me whether I had ob-
jection to his t +king a copy before I delivered it, because
the hour was getting late ; and he would have to leave
train for London without being able to transcribe it in
time for publication in the paper which be represented
on the following morning, if I refused to permit a copy
to be taken before I delvered it. I replied that I c.)uld
permit a copy to be taken on no condition except the
one that it should not be published before I had given
it in evidence. Upon a protme to that effect being given
to me, I granted the request of the reporter.
Mr. Smith wished the coroner to require from the
correspondent of the Times how he became possessed of
the report.

The Coroner.—l cannot call the reporter of the 'Mmes
as a witness. Call on the next witness.
The reporter adds that, whatever promise might have
been required from the gentlemen to whom Dr. Taylor
referred, and given by them, the two gentlemen engaged
iu the inquiry by whose courtesy he was enabled to ob-
tain a copy of the learned Professor's report imposed no
such conditions upon him ; and that he consequently
made no promise respecting it. He further states tl*at,
until he heard the statement of Dr. Taylor to that effect
on Saturday, he did not know that the reporters alluded
to had obtained the report under any conditions.
The legal gentlemen who have been retained to con-
duct the case for the prosecution of Palmer are the At-
torney-General, Mr. Whateley, Q.O , and Mr. Huddle-
ston. The counsel for the defence have not yet been
selected. The solicitors who have hitherto had the
management of the case on behalf of the accused have
threes names before them, from which they will make a
selection. Those named are Sir Frederic Thesiger, Ser.
jeant Wilkins, and Mr. Edwin James, of the Home
Circuit.

From the commencement of the inquiry on Friday
in,rning to its close on Saturday night, the proceeilinfzi
were watched by Captain _Hatton, the chief of the Staf-
fordshire pollee.

STAFFORD, SUNDAY NIGHT.
It is said that evidence has been obtained of William
Palmer having purchased prussic acid at Wolverhamp-
ton, on the day before his brother, Walter Palmer, died,
There have been further disclosures male respecting
the death of Bladen, formerly collector for Messrs. Char-
rington, the brewers, of Mile End.

THE PROJECTED ROAD ACROSS ST.

JAMES'S- PARK.

Si B. HALL said all he could state was, that he could
decide on nothing. There were three parks, St. James's,
Hyde-park, and the Green-park, which were the property
of her Majesty, and under the authority of the rangers,
and in which he could not build a lodge, or make or
divert a footpath, without authoritative instructions.
It was otherwise in the case of the Victoria, Battersea,
and the Regent's Parks, which he might call the people's
parks. _ _

Mr. BEATING said they might conclude, then, that the
matter, as suggested by Mr. Hawes, wa-, as yet sub
judice. He bad come prepared to explain the grounds
on which he thought the project in question was objec-
tionable, but he felt it was unnecessary after what had
been said by Sir B. Hall.
Sir B. HALL said all he could say again was that he
was not at liberty to exercise any judgment in the mat-
ter, that he had prepared the plan which he had been
instructed to prepare, and which he would send to the
Secretary of State. The deputation might go if they
pleased, to Sir George Grey and state their objections
to him, or, as he had already said, Mr. Keating might
ask for information on the subject in his place in Parlia-
ment. But, in the meantime, they might rely that no-
thing would be done in the execution of the work with-
out the matter being brought under the consideration o
the House of Commons.

At the request of Mr. Heating, Sir Benjamin under-
took to mention the circumstance to Sir George Grey
of the deputation having waited upon him (Sir B. Hall)
to express their objections to the proposed alteration,
and the interview terminated.

PRICEAs tiARI?S
IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM-
PANIES' STOCK.

From the official Last.
PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING,
LONDON, FRIDAY, JAN. it, 1856.

GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES.

Dividend , Amount
Nanie of Company. per ' of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
- -
4 s. d. .4 s. d.
British • • • • ...... • • .. - i - - -
Ditto Provincial.... 71. J2O 0 9 20 0 0 23
Brighton . .... •• •• .. 51. 20 ? 0 2- 0 0 15
City of London ...... 41.,03. 10i, (, 0 150 I i -
Continental (4th Cap.) . - 10 0 0 20 0 4 -
Equitable •..... •... 2/. 105. 50 0 0 all 33%
Great Central ....... 81 per cent 10 0 0 all 11%
Imperial ...• ........ 10: & boiatui. 50 0 0 all -
Independent ....... •. 51. , 40 0 0 ~ -
L0nd0n.............. - 50 0 0 IP -
Do., PaG. Preference 61. per cent. ' 25 0 0 -
P. 03 IX ... ...... .... 41. per cent. 60 0 0 52 3 0 -
Ratcliff ..... ....... 5/. 100 0 0 16 0 0 16
United General ...... 21. 10s. 50 0 0 all 19%
Westminster Chartered 41 per cent. 50 0 0 .. .-
Ditto, New ........ - 50 0 0 10 0 10
WATER-WORKS.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. , per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
£ s. d. 4 s. d.
East London -
Grand Junction -
Kent-. - - 7814
Lambeth - 100 0 0 - _
New River Company - - -
Aouthwark & Vauxhall 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 89%
West Middlesex •• • • - 891%
• - BRIDGES.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid, Price.
Annum. Share.
X s. d. £ s. d.
Flungerford - .. • • .... - - - 12
Southwark .... ••• • • • - 110 0 0 - -
Ditto New of 7% p.c. 1/. per cent. a 0 0 - -
Waterloo ....... ••• • • • - 100 0 0 - -
Ditto Old Ann. of 8/. 11. 14s. Bd. 60 0 0 - -
Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 11. 105. 4d. 40 0 0 - -
Vauxhall ...... ••• • • • 965. 70 10 3 - 211
DOCKS.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
--- -
X s. d. X s. d.
Commercial .... .... • • 51. pr cent. Stock. Stock. -
East and West India.. 6i. pr lent. Stock. - -
East Country •• - - --
London ... . ... - 101
Ditto Bonds 4l. per cent. - - -
St. Katharine - -
outhampton -••• • • • 31. 08 per c. 50 0 01 50 0 5 -
Victoria .. •• .•
JOINT-S POCK BANKS.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. i Share.
--
Australasia-. - ..... . .201. per cent. 40 0 0 all 90
British North American 51. per cent. , 50 0 0 Of 65
Commercial of London. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 -
Colonial ...... •••• • • • • 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 -
61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
Lond. Char. Bk. of Aus. - 20 0 0 all 0 15%
London and County •• i 10'. per cent.i 50 0 3 20 0 0 -
Londn And Westminstr 1 141. percent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 -
London Joint• Stock-••• 121. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 -
Provincial of Ireland.. 181• per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 -
Ditto, New... ...... , 81. per cent. 10 0 0 all -
Nationr.l of Ireland.... ' 6!. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 -
Nat. Provincial of Eng. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 -
Ditto. New ........ 81. per cant. 20 0 0 10 0 0 --
Orientalllank Corpora. /I?.p. ct.icbs. 25 0 0 all 55
South Australia ...... ' 141 p.et.Bc. bs. 25 0 0 11 -
Union of Australia.... 30!. per zent. 25 0 0 73%
Ditto - ............ 301. per cent. - 210 0 -
Union of London ..... 20'. per cont. 50 0 0 10 0 0 -
Union of Madrid ..... , - 40 0 0 all

It will be in the recollection of the readers of this
journal that in the autumn of last year it became known
to the public that a project was in contemplation by the
Government for carrying a public road across the mid-
dle of St. James's-park,-from the B.rdcae-walk on the
south side to Pall-mall on the north, and that a consi-
derable amount of popular indignation followed the an-
nouncement of the proposition. From that time little or
nothing has been heard of the matter, no steps have
actually been taken for carrying the scheme into execu-
tion, and it was supposed that Sir Benjamin Hall, the
Minister of Public Works, who has hitherto had all the
credit of the proposal, had accepted the significant hint
of the public disapprobation, and consigned it to the
limbo of abortive and abandoned projects. But it will
be seen, from what transpired at an interview on Wed-
nesday last between the hon. baronet, and a deputation
of gentlemen who waited upon him on the subject, that
he sought to divest himself of the conception arid
responsibility of the scheme in question, with which the
inhabitants of the metropolis had begun to connect his
tenure of office, and that it cannot he said to be relin-
quished. The precise code in which the project is to be car-
ried out has never been divulged by theauthorities charged
with its contrivance. But there are good grounds for be-
lieving that it is to be a public carriage road, comment-
ing in Birdcage-walk, at the present entrance to the park
from Queen-square, and carried over the ornaments'
walks and water et the enclosure by a viaduct resting on
a series of arches to a landing place in the Mail on the
opposite side, and so opening up a direct communication
between Westminster and Pall-Mall, which it will enter
between Marlborough House and St. James's Palace.
The deputation to which reference has been made, con-
sisting of several gentlemen of great respectability, re-
siding in the immediate vicinity of the park—namely,
Mr. Keating, M.P., Q C. ; Mr. Benjamin Hawes, of the
department of the Secretary for War ; Mr. Whately,
Q.C. ; Mr. Tomlinson, barrister ; Mr. Lavie, an emi-
nent solicitor, and Mr. Tustin, had an interview, by ap-
pointment, on the subject of the proposed road, with Sir
B. Hall, on Wednesday last, at his official residence
Whitehall-place. The deputation would have been more
numerous, but several gentlemen who had expressed a
wish to take part in it were unavoidably out of town.
Mr. KEATING, M.P., addressing Sir Benjamin Hall,
said that the gentlemen accompanying him and himself,
all of whom resided in the immediate neighbourhood of
the park, had waited upon hips with the view of ascer-
taining what the intentions of the Government were
with reference to the road in question. They and many
others of the inhabitants felt considerable uneasiness in
respect of the proposed alteration, which they thought
was calculated materially-to impair the enjoyment of the
park by the general public, without affording them any
countervailing advantage.
Sir B. HALL said he would avail himself of that oppor-
tunity to state, while explaining how the matter in ques-
tion stood, that much apprehension had prevailed in the
public mind as to his position in respect to it. The public
had an erroneous idea that he was the author of the pro-
posed plan, and that he could do what he liked in the
parks. But that was not so. He was not a member of
the Cabinet ; he could only act in accordance with the
instructions be received from the Secretary of State fur
the Home Department ; and was but an executive officer
to direct any public works corning within the scope of
his department to be carried into execution which might
be determined upon by the Government, with the sanc-
tion of Parliament. All he had done in the matter in
question was this. Some short time since he, as Chief
Commissioner of Works, had received instructions from
the Secretary of State for the Rome Department to pre-
pare a plan for making a road across the park upon
certain data. That plan had been prepared, and it
would be his duty to submit to the consideration of the
Secretary of State, before the meeting of Parliament,
when it would be laid on the table of the House of
Commons. Nothing whatever had yet been done in the
matter except preparing the plan; certainly nothing
towards the execution of the work.
Mr. B. Helves said he apprehended the cost of the
proposed work would have to be included in the public
estimates, and asked if it had been so included, as, with•
out knowing the real state of the case, they (the depts.
tation) might be referred forward to a time when it
might be too late for the public to make any available
objection to the project ?
Sir B. HALL Wat 4 understood to say that the cost was
not yet included in the estimates, that the plan had only
been prepared, and that he had no power to do anything
further in the matter.
Mr. HAWES said he apprehended then they might
consider that the subject
was as yet only sub judice.
Sir B. HALL said that was so ; and Mr. Keatteg, or
any other member of Parliament, rnieht ask for infer-
mation on the subject at the proper time iu his place in
the House of Commons. Plank of '4,l..otland 7 :
per cent.
British Unen Company A.
Mr. WHATELEY suggested that it would be desirable
that the deputation should gb at once to Sir George Grey, I Caledonian Bank Si. pPeerrcceeLititt
' the Home Secretary, and state their objections to tee j (c,hts,riofd4.lasgow BE.ak U. per cent
i.me'erciral lia
ltnaknk p
cent
cent
71
proposal before it proceeded further. He, for himself, C.n
had not merely an objection t the road as a pUblle Eastern •;/. per
per cent.
grievance to the eeigenourbeod, but a personal dislike Edinb & p cent.
. °f
'lc°t•
to it as depriving himself and or hers of the pleasure and
advantage they enjoyed from the enclosure as it at pre- Norther -eo‘tlaknd..B.nit per cent.
sent existed. It would not only affect the view from Royal Bank of ,t. percent
cent
Alliancestr rice and • • • • • •
Union Bank of Scot. .. 8/. per cent.
house, which looked out upon the but by going
past Queen-square would be au annoyance to the inha-annu Life:
cent.
A in that quarter. British Guarantee4l. Per
A general conversation ensued, in which Mr. TOMLIN.. Caledonian Fire 'mar toeper cent.
871. per cent.at
SON, Mr. LAVIE, and other, members of the deputation C(:oit-ov c:f Lirefi!.. per eent..
Cl.
Lei; cceenntt•
took part, and in which it was pressd upon Sir Ben-
jamin Hall that the projected alteration would he preju- Eng. R. Scot, Lass Life Cl. ,ar cent.
dicial to the comfort of families in the vicinity, who acre I,Ke 3c01.4nd ca•percent.
aceusterned to walk in the enclosure and to send their 2!inmd.
rLi fe 61.
ppeerr
eeeenn.t..
children there for health and recreation, while it would Scottish Union insrnc. 7y41 prcent.
materially interfere with the enjoymenta of a large body
United Dep. Al6llll.llCe 6/. per cent.
standard Life 5/. per cent.

CANALS.
----
Names of g Dividend pri c c Names 0, ll Dividend
Annum.
Companies. A per Companies. ti r
Price.
4
ch Annum. rk
• - ---
.£
£
%shin &Oldh 93 7i p. et. 145 Nfacclesfleld. 100 2/. 10s. 51
BarnsiPy •• • • 160 Neatli .. —.. 100 16,
BrknkaAbrg 150 41. Oxford.. •• • • 100
Birmingham 140 41. j 90 Peak Forest. 78 51 Os 76
Coventry.... 100 25%. Regent's .• . 30 'l 144
Derby • •...1100 61. 15s. 84 Rochdale ... g 5 11. lOs. 76
Ellsrnre&Chs 69 2N p. ct. Somrset Coal 140
GrandJ,inctn 100 3 pr.ct. 36 Do. Lk Ftt.q 12
Do., 6 pr.Ct.' 10 61. pr. ct. 11%;,,tflrd &Wore 140 281 420
Grand surrey 100 41. i Shrewsbury.. 125:
Orand Union 100 11.0 s ,Stonrbride.... i 45 121. 290
Kennt & Avn 39 6s. Od. 6%lSevern and 1 2/, 28
Lancaster .. 100 t' - Wye Rail. j 26
Leeds &Livrp 100 251. 470 ;Warwick &7, i 2/. , 25
Leicester.... 100' Si. 49y4 I firming. j Lyui
Leicstr &Nth 83 'Warwick & 1
21. 10
Lought,orogh 142 701. 550 Napton.. S 100
Ntonmoutlish 100 Worcstr &I 781 21. 21
Nintginerysh 100 firming.
Niel tnMwbry 100: Wilts & Brks. —10 s. Od. 4.?.4

I STAURANCE COMPANIES.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
X s. d. X s. d.
klbion .... • • 3/. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 83
%Mance Brit. and For. 71. 143 6d.tos 100 0 0 11 0 0 I6N
Ditto Marine B3. p.c. & b 5. 100 0 0 25 0 0 42
knchor -
ktlas 158 0,1. 50 001 5 15 0 17
rgus I,ife ...
British Commercial .. 71. 10s. 150 0 0 5 0 1 6,y,
Clericl..ded.& Gen. Life .spr ct. & Os. 100 0 0 10 0 0 21 y 4
jounty .... • ........ 4/. 100 0 0 10 0 0 120
,Town ...... •• •• .. .. 17s. Od 50 0 3 5 0 18%
Eagle .. -
Equity and Law...... 4% per cent. 100 0 0 6 0 6 5%
European Life l/. 20 0 0 an 18!4
General
If
Globe .. •• ... .5/. per cent. Stock. 106
Guardian ............ 51 per cent, 100 0 0 47 5 0 5058
Imperial Fire .... 127. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 340
• I
Imperial Life
Indemnity Marine.... 1,3 s & 37. 100 0 0' 20 0 0 77
Law Fire ............ 2s. & 2s. hs. 100 0 0 210 0 -
Law Li!c............ - 100 0 10 0 0 59
Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 514
London
..
London Ship.... -
Marine......... •• • ... 18s.per share 100 0 0 28 0 o 40
Nied. 1r.711d& Gen. Life 4% 1. per ct. 50 0 9 2 0 0 34
Minerva ............ sp. ct. & bs. 20 0 0 2 II 0 6
Monarch -••.•- •• - 5 0 0 1 0 0 -
National Loan Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 n
Palladium Life
Pelican .. .. • •• •• •• - - - - 4514
Phcenix - -- - 180
Proi'ess-mnal Life ••• • •• 5/. per cent. 6 0 010 0 -
U. he & he. 100 0 0 10 0 0 giw
Provident Life.. .... •• , 1.. --.; 5 3 0 010 o g' ,4
Rock Life.... ••••• • •• ' Is'
Royal Exchange ...... 101. per cent. Stock. all 230
Sun Fire ...... • • .... •• 6/ 10s. -1, ...-
Ditto Life ••• j 1/ 145. -1, 65
United Kingdom •• •• 141. p. ct. & hs. 20 0 0 4 0 0 -
Universal Life .••• • • •• 151. per cent. 100 0 0 110 0 0 -
Victoria Life •••• •• •• I 51. per cent. - 412 6 5%
. _
MISCELLANEOUS.
Dividend 1 Amount
Name of Compar.y. per of I Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
----
---- -----
X 8. d. X s. d.
Assam Tea • ... •• .... 15/. 50 0 0 20 0 0 -
Auctien Mart•• •• •• •• 214 per ccnt.l 50 0 0 -
ii
Australian Aolculturi. 11. Is. 100 0 0 17 10 0 I 2614
Australian Trust •• .. 81. pet cent. - 25 0 0 -
Australian Royal Mall 51. 10 0 0 all -
Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 10s. 10 0 0 all -
British American Land 15s. - 40 0 0 -
Canada ... •... •••• . 61. percent. 100 0 0 32 10 9 1..334
Do. 5 per cent Bonds 151. per cent. - - _
Ditto, 6 per cent. .. 6l. per cent. - - 105;7
City N:.vigation Bonds - - - -
Electric Telegraph .. 6 per cent. 25 0 0 24 0 0
Ditto --.... .• - - - I
.._
Equitable Reversionry 71 pr. cent 100 ,' 0 100 0 p _
'Atte New ...... - 50 0 0 17 10 0 _
Gen. It ewers. & Invest. sp.c. & bs, 100 r' 0 ,100 0 0 -
Gen •AteamNavigation 10 pct 15 00;14 5 a 27
Hudson's 8ay........ - Stock. 1 -
Flungerford .......... 2/. 58. 100 00AO Ti 0 ....
London Institution ... -
- - -
London Reversionary 51'per cent. 15 00 1 all -
Russell Institution •• - - 12 10 0
Price's Patent Cand. Co 10/. per cent. 20 0 0 17 10
Reversionary Int. Soc. 4%1. pr cent. 100 0 0 101 0 -
Royal slail team.... p. I- 7share. Or 0 0 60 e 0 77
South .k ustralian Land , 67. per cent.; 25 0 0 all 31%
Trust and Loan Comp. I .
Upper Canada ..•• i2O n 1i ; 5 0 0 -

20 0 0

5 0 0

LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES.

I Dividend Amosint
Yam" of Company. 1 Per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
el. d. X 8. d.
ink of Scotland .... 7
per cent. 1000 101 1 182/ 0
ittsh Unen Company 8:
per cent 100 n o um ' . 219/10
,ledonlan Bank . •.. 8/. per cent 10 n 0 210 . 3,18 s
ty of lasgow Bank U. per cent 10 0 0 .0 1/105
cdesdale Bank . sy. p cent 20 1 1 Ifi ' . 2 14s
mmercial Bank 7/. per cent 5.0 ' I 'of. . 0 21911.1
Lstern :5ank........ 1 •1/ per cent. 25 if 2 10 0 Ii Os
Hob. & Glasgow.... Ni. p cent. 5 0' 0 5 0 "1 4/. .9s
:change link of Scot.. .......
Ltional Bank .. .16 per cent. 100 0 0 • 0 0 0 171/0s
~.tla of -cotland Bank 5/ per cent 20 0 0 210 0 I . 16s
yal Bank of ..cotl. .. ,/, per cent 100 0 0 100 0 0 132110
Lion Bank of Scot. .. Si. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 921 Os .
.sterr, flank •....... 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 73115 s
lance Fire and Life.. By4l.pr cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 16/153
Itish Guarantee ... 41. per cent. 10 0 0 2 0 0 11. 85 ;
ledenlan Fire in, Lir . 10:. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 251 Os
yof .11asgow Life - fil. per cent. 0 0 2 0 0 It 8• .
onial Lift ........, 51. per cent. ,11 0 0 i 0 0 .il. 5s
Inlugh Ltfe Insur. 1;1, oercent. IN, 0 0 15 0 0 26/10s
r'. & Scot, Law Life 51. +cr cent. SO 0 0 3 5 0 1/. is
5 tssac. o .Icc,,and 6/. per cent. 10 0 0 110 oif 10s
11..nai Tire and Life 61. per sent. 10 0 0 I 1 0 0 27. 's
rth British ;nsur... 71 per cent. 200 0 0 120 0 0 35! Os
ttish Union Insrnc. 7y41. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 . lOs
ndard Life •• ....•. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 1 7 0 0 '2O/ N ,
.ted Dep. A 1154111105 64 per cont.. 10 0 0 1 1 0 0 ..