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London, England, 1857-07-27 00:00:00

rHE suNo LONIJON, MONDAY EV:CNING, JULY t 72 18#7

THE PANAMA POUTE.

naval and Military intelligence.

(From the Sydney Morning _Herald)
The treatment of the Panama qtr son by the
Melbourne Chamber of Commerce at its first meet-
ing to consider it, does not certainly promise very
well for a hearty co-operation, hut we do not des-
pair of seeing the question considered in a more sa-
tisfactory manner. In bringing about co-opera
amongst colonies which, wilst in many respects
united by common interest, are still in some respects
rivals, comparisons, though they may be +odious,
are unavoidatle. We are prepared to hear
a good deal about the respective merits of
Sydney and Melbourne, and their relative
claims to precedence and supremacy. But
we are not prepared to see the great que,rtion which
is proposed for consideration, and which requires
from us a prompt and practical answer, smothered
up by other considerations, of far less importance.
We are not prepared to believe that the immense
advantages which will accrue to Australia from
opening at one and the same time a regular and
swift communication both with America and Grsat
Britain, will have to be surrendered because the
citizens of Sydney and Melbourne cannot agree as
to the exact share of the advantage which they
should respectively gain, and for which they should
pay. However strong the spirit of rivalry may be,
good sense, not to say self-interest, will assuredly
prove stronger.
The Melbourne Chamber of Commerce del not
discuss the real question at issue. Thee owing to
the production of gold, the value of the export
from the port of Melbourne has reached the value
of. twelve millions sterling in a year, while the
value of the New South Wales export does not
reach one-third of that amount, is a fact which is
not in dispute, and which no one denies, but which
dues no& touch the core of the matter under con-
sideraion. The point to be dwermined in Mel-
boure is, whether it is worth the while of Victoria
as a colony to make a contribution from the public
funds in aid of the Panama service, and if so, what
would be the equitable amount of such contribution.
There is nothing vague or uncertain about the
nature of the offer made by Mr. Wetton. It is as
clear and definite as such a proposal can be. There
is to be a trunk line to Sydney, with a branch line
fume New Zealand to Melbourne. A certain rate
of speed is guaranteed, a fortnightly mail with
England will be secured, and a fresh highway
opened up to commerce and immigration. It
is for the Melbourne people, knowing as they
do their own position and wants, to consider
how far such an enterprise will forward their
interests, and how far, therefore, . it is worth
their while to contribute to establish it. Instead
of discussing this point, which is really the only
thing to be discussed, the Chamber of Commerce
appears o have diverged into a consideration of
the poss.ble modification of the conditions of the
proposal. Now these conditions are for the pre-
sent unalterable. They are not arbitrary, but are
founded on facts. Sydney is the first port of
arrival, because of its geographical position, and it
is the terminus, because of its harboure accommoda-
tion. These are facts which cannot be ignored, and
which must be taken into consideration side by side
with estimates of relative commerce. All the
speechifying in the world would not alter them.
When all is said, Sydney is still to the east of Mel-
bourne, and the diy dock is at Waterview Bay,
and not at Williamstown. In course of time a
dock may be constructed at Port Philiip, which
will offer all necessary accommodation to the largest
class of steamers. When that is the case, if the
relative productiveness of the gold fields remains
the same as it is now, the course of mail communi-
cation will be at liberty to follow that of commerce.
But at present the con-ideration of harbour con-
veniences has a constraining force which cannot be
resisted. It is said, indeed, that in two years'
time a large patent slip will be built at William-
stown. But every one who is acquainted with the
management of large steamboats knows that the
owners of vessels of two thousand tons burden,
would never trust them on a patent slip, except as
a last resort, and certainly not if the convenience
of a dry dock could be obtained within a short dis-
tance. That Port Jackson must inevitably be the
terminus of the Panama line for the present
is sufficiently proved by the fact that it is pro-
posed to make it so. The Directors of the Royal
Mail Company know where the gold fields are as
well as the members of the Melbourne Chamber
of Commerce do. And they have no special
affection for Sydney over Melbourne, or any desire
whatever to favour it. But they know the relative
accommodation the two harbours afford, and they
know theref..re that their vessels must rrfit at Port
Jaeks,,n. Coeteris paribus, they would just as s,,on
make one port their terminus as the other. With
the emulous patriotism of the Sydneyite, anxious
for the supremacy of his native or adopted city,
they have no sympathy or concern. They are
biassed only by obvious facts, and by unbending
calculations of pounds, shillings, and pence. Does
any man in his senses suppose that the company
would not gladly carry their steamers on to Mel-
bourne if they could conveniently do so ? The yes-
seliare to stop short at Sydney, not because it is
the oldest capital, nor because the Governor-Gene-
ral lives her-, but simply because there is a splendid
harbour and a commodiousdock, and every facility
for repairing vessels.
We are not without hopes that our neighbours
in Melbourne will come round gradually to see the
matter in this light, and that though everything
may not be as they would like it, they will be con-
tent to do the best with things as they are. If they
sannot get everything, they can get a great deal,
and certainly what they receive will be well worth
what they are expected to give.
Victoria has been the loudest to blame the con-
duct of South Australia, in refusing to co-operate in
the existing mail service, because the main ocean
ieretraer does not call at a South Australian port.
It is to be hoped that the censure of such conduct
is not the preliminary t') its imitation. We notice
with regret that the Legislative Assembly of S ruth
Australia hae, like the Council which preceded it,
rejected a bill to vote a contribution to the postal
subsidy. Hitherto the Adelaide mails have beenput
on board the steame-s only in consequence of, apro-
mise made by the Colonial Treasurer of that colony
to the Victorian Government that every exertion
should be used to induce the recalcitrant l.gislature
to yield. To dothemernbers of the CabinetinAdelaide
justice, they seem honestly to have fulfilled the pro-
mi-e of their colleague, and, short of making it a
Ministerial question, they did their best to pass the
bill. As, however, the South Australian Legisla-
ture has for the second time deliberately and posi-
tively refused to subscribe towards the subsidy of
the European and Australian Alta Company, it re-
mains for those colonies which do contribute to con-
sider what measures should be adopted to meet the
refusal cf co-operation. The Adelaide people t ,lk
as if _th-y had nothing to do but to fetch their let-
ters from Melbourne, but it is obvious that if they
will not pay the fractional cost of their carriage be-
tween London and Melbourne, they cannot expect
to receive them. It appears that Mr. Rowland
Hill has mitten out to say that as the contract was
made without the express assent of South Austra-
lia, the old division of postal receipts will have to
be adhered to if that assent should be refused. And
upon the basis of this statement it is assumed that
the British Postmaster-General approves of the
Adelaide mail being landed at Melbourne, just the
same as if the colony contributed. But in the first
place, Mr. Rowland Hill's words will not bear the
construction put upon them, and if they would that
gentleman has no power to dictate on the question.
The Home Government isnot the only party to the
contract. The joint colonies of New South Wales'
and Victoria, who have become equally responsible
for the Australian half of the subsidy, have a voice
in the matter, and are entitled to forbid any such
comfortable arrangement as that which the South
Australians hope to enjoy. A conference of dele-
gates from each colony is to meet in Melbourne on
the Ist of June to open the tenders for the inter-
colonial branch service. Whether South Austra-
lia will send a delegate to this conference may be
doubt° I, seeing that it has detached itself from co-
operation, but the delegates from the remaining
colonies may consult together as t) what is best to
be done with the refractory fmeteber of the confe-
deration.

The Aliquis freight-ship, Captain Pain, embarked
at Portsmeuch, on Saturday morning, the remain_
iug p: r son of the 3d Batt:lion of the Rifle Brigade
for India, comprising Lieutenant-Colonel Macdon-
aA, C.B. ; Captains Lindsay Stephens, Deedee,
and Egerton ; Lieutenants Whalley, Fortescue,
Cragg, and ascelles ; Ensigns Broadbent and
Hook ; 22 sergeauts, 3 drummers, 352 rank and,
file, 21 women, and 17 children. Lieutenant-
Colonel Wright, Assistant-Quartermaster-General
of the south-west district, superintended the em-
barkation. The berths for the troops and women
are admirable, and the accommodation for the offi-
cers first-class. His Royal Highness the Prince
Consort being the Colonel-in-Chief of the Rifle
Brigade, her Majesty notified to Major-General
Breton, the Commander-in-Chief of the south-
west district, on Friday night, her wish that the
ship might be detained in port, to enable the
Prince to inspect her and the battalion before leav-
ing, which of course was done ; and at a quarter
to 6 o'clock on Saturday evening the Fairy, with
her Majesty, the Prince Consort, and Prince
Alfred on board, entered Portsmouth harbour
under salutes from the garrison battery and flag-
ships. Her Majesty did not leave the yacht, which
remained in the harbour channel. The Prince
Consort and Prince Alfred landed from the Royal
barge at the Queen's stairs of the dockyard, where
the Port Admiral, Sir George Seymour, Colonel
Wright, and the dockyard guard on duty for the
day, improvised for a guard of honour, under Cap-
tain Stuckley Buck, of the Royal Marine Artillery,
were in waiting to receive them. Their Royal
I:l,ghnesses were conducted to the Aliquis along-
side the jetty, where General Breton met them
and escorted them on board, when Colonel Mac-
donnell was presented to the Princes, and, accom-
panied by the commanding officers before men-
tioned; paraded the Rifles under his command
for the Royal inspection. The Prince examined
the cabins for the officn.s, and the quarters
of the men, women, and children, and also
the new improved rifle wish which the battalion
is armed at the suggestion of his Royal High-
ness. After a minute inspection of the men and
ship the Prince warmlyshook handswith Col. Mac-
donnell and took leave, wishing him and his officers,
non-commissioned officers, and men a safe and pros-
perous voyage and fursher disfnction. On quitting
the ship the Prince was greeted with a general burst
of cheers from the troops and ship's company, who
also vociferously cheered the Queen on first disco-
vering her Majesty viewing them from the deck of
r the Royal yacht, which at about 7 returned to Os-
borne. Prince Albert's standard was hoisted at
the dockyard during his visit. The Aliquis was
towed to Spithead at 11 o'clock yesterday morning
and her gallant freight were loudly cheered from
the shore as they passed out of harbour. She sailed
forthwith for Calcutta, wind and weather very fair.
On ThnrsdaY next the 42d Highlanders, about
786 men, from Dover ; the no, about 829, from
Aldershot ; and one wing of the 20th Foot, about
450. also from the camp, proceed to Portsmouth to
embark for India in the great clipper sailing ships
James Baines and Champion of the Seas, of 2,515
and 2,470 tens respectively, and the Whirl-
wind freight ship, appropriated as follows :
In the Whirlwind as many officers and men of the
42d Foot (including one assistant-surgeon) as may
be requ;re.l—with the detachment of the 19th Foot
—to till that vessel. In the James Baines the re-
mainder of ire 42d Foot, with medical officers, and
the vessel ti be filled up with a portion of the 97th
Foot, including a med o officer. In the Champion
of the Seas the remainder of the 97th Foot, with
medical officers, and the vessel in like manner to
be filled up with the wing of the 20th, including a
medical officer.
The Deputy-Adjutant-General Col. W. F. Fors-
ter, K.H., arrived at Chatham Garrison on Satur-
day tor the purpose of inspecting the troops at St.
Mary's Barracks who have recently returned to
this country from India, and claimed their free
discharge. Several hundred men belonging to the
cavalry,and infantry regiments serving in India have
arrived at Chatham in the past month, the whole
of whom have applied for their free discharge ac-
cording to the regulations of the service. Owing,
however, to the aspect of affairs in India, the au-
thorities at the war-office are anxious to retain the
troops in the service, and with this view the Deputy-
Adjutant-General on Saturday assembled the men
claiming their discharge, informing them thit the
Government was desirous of retaining them, and
that each non-commissioned officer and private who
would w.thdraw his application to be discharged
could remain in the service, and wo.ild be allowed
three mouth,' furlough before be would be required
f,.r duty. It is expected that a very few cf toe meu
will recall their application for discharge. Among
those claiming to be discharged are some of the
finest troops lately in the Indian army.
The authorities at the Horse Guards intend raising
immediately 12 second battalions, for the purpose
of takiug the place of those corps now at home who
are ordered to embark for India.
The Royal Artillery force proceeding fo India is
to be stationed ie three divisional districts,—
namely, Madras, the head-quarters, in command
of Col. Barker, C. B. ; Bombay, in command of
Lieut.-Col. Phillpotts ; and Calcutta in command
of Lieut.-Col. Faddy.,
On Saturday reinforcements for the 32d and 75th
Regiments, to the number of 240 men, under the
command of Brevet-Major W. C. Mollan, 75th
Regiment, left the Provisional Battalion, Chatham,
and embarked on beard the Oetavia for the purpose
of joining head-quarters in India. On the same day
detachments for the Bth, 10th, 32d, 35th (Royal
Sussex), and 60th Rifles from Chatham, also em-
barked on board the Monarch at Gravesend for
Calcutta. The First Division of the 2d (the Queen's
Dragoon Guards., from Maidstone, also arrived at
Gravesend on Saturday, and embarked on board
the East India Company's ships Blenheim and
Monarch for India.
The Ist Battalion Rifle Brigade will leave Alder-
shot to-day for Edinburgh, and the 2Cth and 79th
Regiments for India via Portsmouth on Wednes-
day.
The 2d Battalion of the Rifle Brigade arrived at
Portsmouth on Sa urday evening from Winchester,
and embarked in the Irish steamer yesterday for
Dublin, to join the service companies.
The Caledonia transport has arrived in Kings-
town herb ,ue, and the let Battalion of the Ist Foot
emb irked in her on Saturday morning. The troops
consist of 371 rank and file, and about 17 officers.
The Robert Lowe, screw transport, arrived in
Kingstown harbour on Friday morning.
Nur Malta corresp indent's edvices reach to the
21st July. He states that the Scamander, screw
steamer, arrived from Alexandria with a general
cargo, having on board the Australian mails, des-
patched from Sydney on the 25th of May by the
Simla, which reached Suez on the 12th and Alex-
andria on the 14th of July, from which latter port
lfrGre en jor wLhoiverpool on continuedtthies
they were sent on by her Majesty's Consul in charge
of his son, Mr. A.el
voyage in the Scamander
sam;day, having only landed the portion of the
mad intended for the overland route. The Jura,
steamer, with the outward Australian mail from
Southampton, reached Malta at 1 p.m., on the
20th, and the Cambria, from Marseilles, with the
overland portion of the same mail at 8 p.m. The
Jute left for Alexandria at 6 a.m. on the 21st, and
the Cambria at noon on the same day for Marseil-
les with the overland mail brought by the Scam-
mender. Her Majesty's steam-sloop Desperate ar-
rived from Rhodes on the 20th. The Thessalia
screw steamer, with a general cargo, arrived from
Constantinople and Smyrna on the 18th, and left
for Liverpool on the same day.
is being fitted out at Portsmouth
JoThnheseVecuolmcabne,, steam troop-frigate, Commander
to carry troops to India.
The Royal, yacht Victoria and Albert, Captain
the Hon. Joseph Denman, embarked H.R.H.
the Prince Consort and suite, yesterday noon, at
Osborne, and weighed at half-past 12, with his
one of Green's
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ngeewrssahnipci stack at Ports-
mouth on Saturday, and sailed yesterday for Bom-
bay, calling on the Malabar coast.
The new screw corvette Pelorue, 21, which was
commissioned at Devonport on the 18th instant,
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from the Thames, to have her oompasses adjested.
An accident, attended with disastrous results, oc-
curred when the ship's company were about to
heave anchor from Cnapman s head, where she lay
for the night on her course from Greenwich to
Sheerness. It appears that the caution to lay en
the check, termed the " pawl," had been disre-
garded. The steam having been turned on the
vessel went ahead to ease the anchor, when the
capstan overpowered the men at the bars and
they were dashed about the deck, and 16 of
them sustained severe injuries. Cots were promptly
provided, in which five of the most severe cases
were conveyed on board her Majesty's steamer
Widgeon (tender to the flagship Waterlol), and
were despatched to Woolwich. On being admitted
to the Royal Marine Infirmary there some of the
sufferers were found in an almost lifeless condition,
having been maimed in the skull, ribs, arms, and
legs. One poor fellow had suffered a fracture of an
arm, and a double fracture of a leg. The Agamem-
non completed adjusting her compasses yesterday,
and will leave this day at three-quarter flood, so as
to clear the Sheerness Middle Ground. She is in
pilot charge of Mr. Barnes, Queen's pilot.
Tee following appointments were made on Satur-
day at the Admiralty :
Lieut. A. H. W. Battiscon3be, to the Pelorus ;
Lieut. J. C. Purvis, to the PylAdes ; C. J. Brown-
rip, mate, to the Chesapeake; S. Bowden, surgeon,
to the Pelorus ; W. Ross, surgeon, to the Assur-
ance • F. Leonard, assistant-surgeon, to the Ganges;
A. B. Woodifielti, assistant-surgeon, to the Ajax;
J. Heath, clerk, to the Pelorus; J. E. Evans, clerk,
t 3 the Royal William ; and G. Wooldridge, assis-
tant7clerk, to the Pelorus.

during the day. She died at 11 o'clock en tues.
day night. The prisoner was there, but not Ifs
wife. On the Monday before her death the prisoner
told me he hid taken the rent book. He tild me
that be bad taken it "as it would be his right."
In Vie course of Tuesday William Bacon asked for
the b.)ok, and I said Thomas had got it. Whilst
we were talking Thomas came in, and William told
him he should not have taken the book, when
Thomas replied " I have taken it." The vomits
were thrown away. After her death I laid her
out and placed her in the coffin. In the spring of
this year I attended at Great Casterton church-
yard and saw Ann Bacon's Boly exhumed. The
coroner, Dr. Taylor, and Mr. Jackson were pre-
sent.

Cross-examined—l thought the attack of which
she died was very much like the one she had in
March. The prisoner appeared very kind and at-
tentive to his mother.
By the Court—l never saw the bottle that Mrs.
Bacon spoke of.
Ann Bacon recalled and cross-examined by Mr.
Stevens—First mentioned about the bottles when
she heard a suspicion of Mrs. Bacon's death.
By the Court—On the night of his fire, he was
accused of having caused it, and also with having
poisoned bis mother. That was the first she heard
of it. The prisoner appeared extremely kind and
attentive.
Elizabeth Blacker—l am a widow, residing in
Stamford. I went to nurse Ann Bacon on the
Monday before her death. I found her in bed.
She complained of pains, and said she had been
very ill from the day before. She was very _ill. I
got into bed with her, at her request. After I had
been in bed two hours she began to twitch all over,
and she said she felt as if she was paralysed from
head to foot. About two o'clock the prisoner came
and stayed one hour, and went away. He came
again about five, when he went to Dr. Barber's.
I only gave her tea during the night. I remained
till 11 o'clock on the Tuesday morning. She was
worse when I left than when I went first. She was
convulsed all over. •
Mr. Edward Barber—l am a surgeon at Stam-
ford. I knew the deceased, and attended her in
March, 1855. She was suffering very severe pain.
I gave her some medicine, and she recovered. In
May following was called to see her at her son
Thomas's house. She was suffering from cramps
and vomiting. She appeared 'to be suffering from
a disorder like the secondary symptoms of arsenic.
The symptoms under which she laboured were con-
sistent with arsenic. Vomiting and purging are
the natural effects of arsenic.. The first action is
vomiting. If given in a fluid it would be thrown
up, but if in a sufficient quantity to form a sedi-
ment it would be found in the stomach. At the
time I thought she had died of disease of the brain,
knowing nothing of the arsenic.
Cr. as-examine by Mr. Stevens—l have attended
cases of arsenical poisoning, and seen inflammation
of the bowels produced by it. If the whole of the
arsenic were thrown up I do not think there would
be any secondary symptoms.
Mr. Mark Willson Jacks in—l am a surgeon
living at Stamford. I was present at Great Caster-
ton churchyard, in February last, when Mrs. Bacon
was exhumed. I took charge of the body. I made
a post mortem examination of the body. Upon
opening the body the omentum was loaded with
fat. It was very fi:m, and had a peculiar red-
ness upon it. It was in a high state of preserva-
tion. The rest of the viscera were so firmly united
that they could only be severed by cutting. It was
a very peculiar condition ; but it is such as is de-,
scribed as arising from the effects of arsenic. The
contents of the chest were examined. The lungs
were in a state of decomposition. Those psrts
would not have been submitted to the action of the
arsenic. I removed the whole of the contents of
the abdomen and delivered them to Dr. Taylor.
They were sealed up in jars and taken possession
of by police-constable Mitchell.
By Mr. Stevens—The coffin was in a good state
of preservation. There were no holes in it.
Dr. Alfred Swain Taylor, examined by Mr.
Mellor, deposed that he was present in Great Cas-
terton churchyard when the body of Ann Bacon
was exhumed, and that he made an analysis of the
'hontents of the atom ich and viscera.
Mr. Mellor—How did you find the stomach ?
Witness—The stomach was reduced to about
one-half its usual size. The coats were thin, but
firm. When laid open the inner coat was ound
covered with a thin, black, pasty-looking substance
closely adhering to it, and giving a dark colour to
all its coats. There was no redness on the mucous
membrane, and no mineral matter could be per-
ceived by the magnifying glass when the surface
was examined. The cows with the black sub-
etance adhering to the inside were examined
for mineral poisons, and arsenic was extracted
from them. No other poison was extracted, and
there was no trice of food.
Dr. Mellor—You also examined the spleen I be-
lieve?
Dr. Taylor—Yes; I found the spleen very small,
and much diminished in size—that also contained
arsenic.
Mr. Mellor—What did you next do ?
Witness—l examined the kidneys; they were of
a reddish brown colour ; they had shrunk to about
one-third their natural size. I detected arsenic in
them—a larger proportion than in the spleen, but
not so much as in the stomach.
Mr. Mellor—You then examined the heart ?
Witness—l did ; and faind it collapsed, its cavi-
ties were quite empty, and it was much reduced in
size. The outside was bordered with fat. The valves
in the ventricle were plainly distinguished. I never
saw them more clear. They were free from arsenic.
I next examined the liver and gall bladder. The
liver was in a good state of preservation. 12 oz.
were analysed, and arsenic was found in it in about
the same proportion as in the rest of the stomach.
The gall bladder was also well preserved, and the
inner coat was covered with a thick layer of bile.
There were no gall stones. The gall bladder yielded
arsenic in greater proportion than the stowed). The
intestines also yielded arsenic in greater proportion
than the stomach. From what I discovered I have
no doubt that arsenic was taken by or administered
to Mrs. Bacon shortly before her death.
By the Judge—Arsenic taken in any state, as
long as a person lives a quantity must be thrown
off by the vomiting and purging. The secondary
symptoms affected the brain, the nervous system,
and the spinal marrow. The effect on the spinal
marrow produced stiffness, rigidity, and twitching.
I think the symptoms described by Mrs. Riley
were produced by numbness.
By Mr. Mellor—l never heard of arsenic being
used for hardening iron ; in fact, it could not be.
It would be dissipated, as it is quite volatile at
353 deg.
Evans, Bacon's apprentice, was then called, and
proved having been sent by his master, some time
before his mother's death, fur 6 oz. of arsenic, whit
the chemist refused to serve Lim. He was told

_ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—LINCOLN, July 25.
TRIAL AND CONVICTION OF BACON.
A message having been received from Dr. Taylor
that he would be in this city to-day, the Court ap-
pointed 11 o'clock to proceed with the trial. The
learned judged took his seat at that hour. Every
part of the court was densely crowded, but no pro-
ceedings took place till half-past 12 o'clock, when
the grand jury came into court and handed in a
true bill for murder, and a true bill for felony. The
prisoner was then. put at the bar.
Mr. Mellor, Q.C., and Mr. Brewer appeared for
the Crown.
Mr. Stevens, by direction of the judge, defended
the prisoner.
During the whole of the trial the prisoner was
weeping.
Before the trial was proceeded with Mr. Mellor
said, with his lordship's permission, he would pro-
ceed with the second count first, as he thought the
ends of justice would be better consulted.
The prisoner pleaded not guilty.
Mr. Mellor opened the case by stating that the
charge was for causing to be administered to the
deceased a large quantity of arsenic. His mother
was an aged woman, and resided in Stamford—she
was possessed of some property. On the 13th of
May, 1855, she dined with her son. and was taken
very ill, was purged, and vomited a great deal. She
was taken hoine ; she recovered, and was well on
the Monday, but on the Tuesday she was again ill
and died. All= the symptoms were those of arsenic,
but the medical men would not pledge themselves
that her death was caused by it, although there was
no doubt it had been administered. Professor
Taylor, on his analysis, found about three-quarters
of a grain of arsenic. It was the opinion of Dr.
Taylor that the poison had been administered
shortly before her death. Although nearly three-
quarters of a grain was found, it must not be for-
gotten that she had shortly before her death been
suffering from purging and vomiting, which of
course would carry off a large quantity, and it was
two years after her death before it was detected,
when the body was exhumed from Caste ton
churchyard. The prisoner's mother was possessed of
several houses, which he bel eyed would c me into
his possession at her death, and immediately after
that event lietook away the rent- book; tu t it did not
turn out that the property was left in that way, as
hie mother divided it amongst the children. He
should prove that the prisoner had purchased
arsenic only 8 days before his mother's death. He
had some time before endeavoured to procure that
poison. He sent his lad for it, saying that he re-
quired it for hardening iron, but the_chemist re-
fused to sell it. The next time he procured it by
stating that it was to poison rats.
The first witness called was
Ann Bacon, who deposed as follows—l am the
wife of Wm. Bacon, of Stamford. He is brother of
the prisoner. In May, 1855, we lived at Peter-hill,
Stamford. The deceased Ann Bacon,yesided about
live minutes' walk from us. I saw her en the Sa-
turday before her death. She appeared quite well.
She was 63 years of age. On Sunday evening. May
13, 1855, I was sent for to go to Mrs. Bacon's
house. I found the prisoner there. He was in the
'front room. I asked hint how his mother was, and
he said she was seriously ill. He further stated that
she was takes ill at his house. I went up stairsand
saw Ann Bacon ; the prisoner did not go up with
me, but followed shortly afterwards. In the pri-
soner's presence I asked Mrs. Bacon how she was
taken ill. She said she was taken ill whilst having
some broth. She was taken with violent sickness
and purging—that it lasted tdl abe got home. I
remained with her till ten o'clock that night ; she
was sick twice in my presence. I did not notice
what she threw up; she complainedofpain andthirst.
Before I left her a draught came from Mr. Palmer'e.
I went home and sent her some barley water.
-By the Judge—Did it appear in the conversation
what time the dinner was 7—Yes, immediately after
coming from church.
Judge—That would be about l'o'clock 7—Yes.
Witness continued—The prisoner's wife was pre-
sent when I was there. On the Monday morning,
between 6 and 7 o'clock, I went again to the house
of the deceased. 1 found the prisoner in the roam
and Mrs. Riley. The deceased was very ill—in the
same state I left her the previous night, or not so
well. She sat up in bed and took some tea. She
then got better ; the purging and vomiting had
ceased, and, she was very cheerful. In the
course of the day the prisoner and his wife came in.
to see the deceased. The prisoner was there fre-
quently during the day. Medicines were adminis-
tered to her during the day. Sometimes I give
them, and sometimes the prisoner: When I lett on
the Monday night the prisoner was there with Mr.
Blake. lam not sure whether his wife was there.
Ou the Tuesday morning I was going down to see
the deceased, when I met Mrs. Riley. When I
got to the house, the deceased's limbs were very
stiff, and she was in great pain ; the prisoner was
in the house. I asked deceased how she was, and
she said she was very ill, that she could not think
what was.the mater with her. At eight o'clock on
Tuesday morning she remained unconscious, and
remained so during the day. I stayed with her
during the day; she died at 11 o'clock that night ;
she was quite stiff and rigid all day. I sent for Mr.
Barber, the surgeon, in the morning ; he came.
I had some conversation with the prisoner on the
Monday, as I was leaving the bed-room of the de-
ceased. The prisoner referred his wife to a bottle
that was on the dressing table, saying he thought
his mother had better have some out of that bottle.
Immediately after Mrs. Bacon's death I saw a
bottle iu the prisoner's bands. He said, " This is
no use now ; I may as well take it away." He took
away a bottle ; it was a square one, not an ordi-
nary medicine bottle. It was whitish stuff in it.
I cannot say whether it was thicker than water.
There were other bottles and glasses on the table
when he took the one away.
Cross-examined by Mr. Stevens—The prisoner
is a whitesmith. Bacon's wife was backward and
forward several times whilst I was there. Mrs.
Bacon has been long absent from Stamford, and,
as far as I know, is confined in a lunatic asylum.
I had not noticed the bottle on the table before
Bacon took it away.
Mrs. Riley said—l knew the deceased. I was
one of her tenants. On the death of Mrs. Bacon
the prisoner collected the rents. He did so be-
cause he became heir to them. I remember her
death ; for some days before I had seen her every
day. She was very cheerful a few days before her
death. I saw her on the Saturday night before her
death. Whilst I was talking to her the prisonercame
in. I next saw h3r on the Sunday evening. I wits
fetched to her by Thomas Bacon. He said the
old lady was taken very ill, and he thought she
would die. I went to her. She was in bed. She
was very ill indeed. She was very sick, but did
not throw up much matter. She complained of
her feet being cold and her limbs stiff. I made
her barley water. She said she had dined at her
son Thomas's, and was taken ill afterwards. She
got better after the barley water, and had several
hours' rest. The sickness ceased between 10 and
11 o'clock. The prisoner left about 10 o'clock, and
took the key with him. He returned about one
o'clock. He asked me how she watt, and I told him
she was a little better. He then left, and came
again between three and four o'clock, and stayed
about half an hour. He came again between five
and six o'clock. 'remained with her all day. On
Monday she was much better. I left her about
nine o'clock and went to my own house. Between
five and six on Tuesday morning the prisoner same
to my house and said, "his mother was woes*, and
he thought she would die now." I went to her
house, and prisoner went to Mr. Barber's. Mrs:
Bacon had a great desire to know what Mr. Barber
thought of her, and whether she would die. She
was very feverish and delirious. At 11 o'clock that
morning-we put her into a warm bath. She was
very stiff. She appeared better whilst in the bath ;
we put her to bed again ; she was so stiff, we could I
not dress her, The prisoner was in the house

any questions were asked he was to say it was for
hardening iron.
Mr. Pritchard, chemist, of Stamford, proved the
selling 1 oz. of arsenic to the prisoner on the Bth
of May, 1855. It was sold in the presence of a
witness, and the prisoner signed the book for it.
He said he wanted it to destroy rats.
Mr. Halkius, of Stamford, said—ln May, 1855,
I occupied one half of the house the prisoner lived
in, and also had the cellar under Bacon's part. I
had lived there five years before Bacon. I never
saw but two rats in seven years.
Mrs. Bacon was then re-c Ailed and re-examined
by Mr. Stevens.—Do you remember under what
circumstances the deceased partook of that broth
on the MOnday ?
Witness—Yes ; deceased said she should like
some broth, and asked me to make some, when
Mrs. Thomas Bacon said she h .d some ready-made.
The prisoner was not then there. This was about
two o'clock. She did not vomit after that. It re-
mained on her stomach.
Mr. Stevens—Till you left ?
In answer to a question from Mr. Stevens, Dr.
Taylor said that the longest time he had known of
arsenic being in the stomach before it took effect
was nine bourn.

The case for the prosecution having been closed,
Mr. Stevens addressed the Court for upwards of
two hours, and made a forcible appeal to the jury
on behalf of his client, who, he maintained, was
being prosecuted through prejudice. He. main-
tained that there was not the Slightest proof of the
administration of arsenic by the prisoner. That
was not the first time his client had been charged
with murder. He had just been found not guilty
of the muder of his children ; and his wife, who
committed the crime, had been acquitted on the
ground of insanity. The learned council then en-
deavoured. to show that the arsenic was admims-

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terel to the deceased by Murtha Bacon, the pri•
eoner's wife.

Mr. Mellor having replied for the Crown,
The learned judge summed up the whole of the
evidence in the most careful planner, pointing out
to the jury all the bearings of the evidence.
The jury retired for five minutes, andupon their
return into court they returned a verdict of guilty.
The learned judge, in passing sentence, said he
entirely concurred in the verdict, for he believed
that the prisoner's guilt had be; l brought home to.
him without any reasonable doubt, and he should
carder judgmen t of death to be recorded againsthim.
Judgment of death was recordei accordingly.

OXFORD CIRO:HT.—STAFFORD, July 25.
(Before Mr. Baron Bramwell.)
EKTRAORDINARY CASE.
Chas. Parish was charged with having stolen 12
COWS, the property of W. Curuock and J. Coxon.
Mr. M'ldahon and Mr. Scotland. proacoated