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London, England, 1856-01-25 00:00:00

at bar. It is also stated that the corpse of Blades, which
has been interred more than five years, will be exhumed.

THE PALMER FAMILY AND THEIR CON.

NECTION WITH LIVERPOOL.
It appears that Mr. Joseph Palmer, the father of the
accused, was .e. large timber merchant, and supplied
many of the Liverpool shipbuilders. His eldest son,
Joseph, was placed as an apprentice to the firm of
Messrs. Halhead, Fletcher, and Co., timber merchants,
of Liverpool, in whose establishment he remained for
five or six years. He then went to Rugeley, and com-
menced business there ; afterwards married the eldest
daughter of Mr. Milcrest, of Liverpool ; aid in a few
years retired altogether from business, having a fortune
with his wife. He now resides with his wife and family
in Liverpool. William Palmer, the accused,lis about
35 years of age. After finishing his education he was
placed as an apprentice with Messrs. Evans and Sons, of
Liverpool, chemists. Owing to some cause or other,
however, he did not remain in this establishment for the
who;e term of his apprenticeship, but left the employ
after being in it about three years. Subsequently he
studied for a surgeon, and after some time spent in
London he commenced practice in Rugeley, in which
place he has remained up to the present time ; though
it appears that he has never from the first devoted him.
self to his profession with anything like attention or
practical earnestness. His wife, whom he is now ac-
cused of poisoning, he married soon after commencing
practice in Rugeley. She was the natural child of Colo.
nel Brooks, who settled a handsome fortune upon her.
Six children have been the issue of the marriage, but
only one, a boy about seven years old, survives.—
George, the next brother, is an attorney at Rugeley.
He is also, by marriage, connected with a Liverpool
family, having married Miss Clarke, a daughter of Mr.
Clarke, of Seacombe, formerly an iron merchant in
Liverpool.—Walter Palmer, the next brother, whose
melancholy history forms such a prominent part of
the tragedy, was also sent to Liverpool to basimen.
He selected for his occupation that of a corn mer-
chant, and when about 16 years of age he was placed
with Messrs. Procter, and Ce., of Brunswick-street, and
after remaining with that firm for some years left Liver-
pool for Stafford, and entered into business in the
latter town as a corn factor. He was at this time a Sae,
handsome young man, and was a great favourite amongst
the members of the trade both in Stafford and Liver-
pool. He married, in Liverpool, Miss Milcrest, a
younger sister of his brother Joseph's wife, but a nfor-
tunateiy they did not long reside together, in conse-
quence of her husband's intemperate habits. Soon after
the marriage Mr. Walter Palmer became unfortunate in
business, and his subsequent career is shown in the evi-
dence which has already been given at the inquest held
on his body. Mrs. Walter Palmer, his widow, now re-
sides in Chatham-street, Liverpool. The youngest son,
Thomas, who is now a clergyman of the Established
Church, was identified with Liverpool in his more youth-
ful days. On his brother William leaving the employ of
Messrs. Evans and Sons, the chemists, Thomas suc-
ceeded him as an apprentice there and he soon became
a great favourite with them. Whilst in the employ of
Messrs. Evans and Sons he formed a determination to
enter the church as his profession, and accordingly he
placed himself under the tuition, for that purpose, of
one of the leading masters in Liverpool, and in 184 8
ultimately left Messrs. Evans and Son, and entered him.
self as a divinity student at St. Bees College. Here he:
remained for two years, and at the expiration of that
time he entered into holy orders, and is now residing at
Coton Elms, Derbyshire.— Courier.