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to know whether this witness had not a pistol in his
hand at the time he came .up with him ?
The witne,.a said ha had, but it was not loaded,
and had no flint in. , _
Edwards, one of the Herts constabulary, depostd
that he took charge of the prisoner, and reciiivtid
the bludgeon from the witness Carter.. There was
blood on it at the time. The irisoner said he was
tbirsly, and be gave bim some water. He thew said
that he had been in a lunatic asylum for twelve
months and that they had discharged him the day
before, and they gave him stxpencs.when they let
him out. He said that he had purchaSed a cigar for
three. halfpence, and fourpeuee-halfpenny were
found upon-him, -which he said was the change. Be
at firei_gaye the name of Thomas Hardin,g,__but on
the following day he said that his name -fits Henry
Arnold.
Cross- =mined h a conduct of the prisoner was
very strange, but at tines. he appeared to know.
perfee..ly well what he was about. A doctor .
sent fort ► see the prisoner at the station, and he
directed that the prisoner • should be treated like
any o' her person under a similar charge, and he
was aco:rdiugly locked up in the usual way.
The me lica! gentlemen, Dr. Asbury and Dr.
Dixon, were thin examined, and it appeared from
their testim ny and the untortuuate lady had re-
ceived no less than five s were lacerated and con-
tused wounds upon the seilp, that her skull was
fractured ou the left. side, and that there was a
general effusion of blood over thy brain. Theme
injuries were the -cause of death, arid they were
such as woad have beer) by WP.puU strca
as the heavy stiolt- tle-t had bo,o pryouced.
Mr. Dashwood then briefly addressed the jury for
the prisoner. He said he could not for a moment
deny that it was by his hand the unfortunate young
iito had-met her death ; but he urged that it was
perfctly clear from the evidence, that at the time
the *retched -man at the bar committed the fatal
act, he was not in a state of mind to be responsible
for his actions.
Dr. Ellis, medical (Ricer of the Barton asylum,
was examined, and he stated that the prisoner was
confined in that establishment from the month of
'March to the 14th of June, when ho made Lis
escape. He said that he was ade 'Wed lunatic and
at certain periods his mind was in such a state that
he lost all memory and consciousness of what wilt
going on around him. The way in which he con-
trived to get out of the asylum was by getting into
a coal-cellar and forcing his way through the hole
by which the coals were delivered. The -witness.
added that in his opinion the prisoner at the time
he committed the act in question, was quite Macon•
scions of the character of that act, or that he was
doing anything wrong.
The learned Judge then briefly summed up, and
after, observing that although it was no doubt a
moat melancholy occurrence that this young lady
should have lost her life under such circumstances,
the only question for the jury was, whether the
prisoner was in such a state of mind at the time he
committed the act as to be criminally responsible
for it.

The jury immediately acquitted the prisoner, on
the ground of insanity, and he was ordered to be
de,ained in custody during her Majesty's pleasure.

Mr. Clark said that the witness Cat ter hid exhi-
bited a good deal of courage in apprehending a
person in the condition of the prisoner, armed with
such a dangerous weapon, and he suggested that it
was a case in which his lordship' might exercise the
discretion vested in him by the statute, of ordering
him a reward.

Baron Bramwell said he thought the witness re-
ferred to bad acted very well, and he therefore
should make an order that 101. should be paid to
him, in addition to leis expenses.
George Kemp, 43, pleaded guilty to four charges
of burglary.
The prisoner, it appeared, was convicted of a
similar offence in 1854, and sentenced to 12 months'
imprisonment, and upon a subsequent occasion-he
was confined in Ilford gaol, where he made a des-
perate attempt to cut his throat
HO was sentenced to ten years' penal servitude.

From the London Gazette of Last Night.

WAIL OFFICE, JULY 9.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for
the appointment of Andrew Smith, Esq., M.D., late Di-
rector-General of the Army Medical Department, to be
an Ordinary Member of the Civil Division of the Second
Class, or Knights Commanders, of the Most Honourable
Order of the Bath.

WAR OFFICE, JULY 9.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint
The most Honourable the Marquess of Saliabury,t.G.l
.

Lord President of the Council and Colonel of tlui Hart:
ford Militia,
His Grace the Duke of Richmond, 8.G., Colonel of the
Royal Sussex Artillery Militia A.D.C. to the Qaeen,
His Grace the Duke of Buocleuch, LG., Colonel of the
Edinbnigh or Queen's Regiment of Light Infantry Mill-

tia, A.D.C. to the Queen,
The Most Honourable the Marquess of Downshire, Colonel

of the Royal South Down Militia,
The Right Hon. Viscount Palmerston, LG.,
War,
Major Viscount H•trdinge, Under Secretary of state for War,
Major of the Kent Artillery Militia,
The Lord Methuen, Lieutenant-Colonel of the Royal

1174ltsliiro Militia,
Lieutenant• General Sir Fretlwrick Stoviri, B.C. B. ,

K. C. M.G.,
Colonel Robert Percy Douglas, Inspector of Militia,
Colonel James Kennard Pzpon, Assistant-Adjutant-Gene-
ral to the Forces,
Colonel John 'Wilson Patten, Colonel of the 31 Royal
Lancashire Militia, A.D.C. to the Queen,
Colonel Richard Thomas Gilpin, Colonel of the Bedford

Militia, and
Colonel Robert Alexander Sbafto Adair, Lieutenant.
Colonel-Commandant of the Suffolk Artillery Militia,
A.D.C. to the Queen,
to be her Majesty's Commissioners for the purpose of in-
quiring into the Establishment, Organisation, Govern-
ment, and Direction of the Militia Force of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
CROWN-OFFICE, JULY 7.
MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT •
PARLIAMENT.
County of Cornwall—Western Division—John Saint
Aubyn, of No. 6, Stratford-place,
.London, Esq., in the
room of Michael Williams, Esq., deceased.
ADMIRALTY, JULY 3.
Corp&of Royal Marines-- -First Lieutenant Ed ward Ralph
Iloisey, of the Artillery Companies, to be Cptsin,
vice Gray, deceased ; Second Lieutenant Clement Win-
stanley Carlyon, of the Plymouth Division, to be First
Lieutenant, vice Horsey, promoted; Gentleman Cadet
William Repton Friend Hopkins to be a Second Lieu-
tenant.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT.
Warwickshire Militia, 2d Regiment—Lieut. Matthew
William Furness to be Captain, vice John Wingheld
Digby, resigned ; Ensign Malcolm Ronalds to bo Lieute-
nant, vice M. W. Furness, promoted.
Highland Borderers Light Infantry (Stirlingshire
Militia)—Arthur Fawkes, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Thou.
Anderson, deceased.
WHITEHALL, JULY 7.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed William Matthew
Mills Whitehouse, of No, 26, Charles-street, St. James's-
square, Gentleman, to be a London Commissioner to
administer oaths in the High Court of Chancery.