The Sun. — 1859-09-19 (London, England)

THE CASE OF DR. SIIETHUBST.  No further proceedings have taken place with regard to the disposal of the prisoner, who still remains in Horsemonger-lane Gaol as a' condemned convict under respite from the Crown, and, from all that can be ascertained upon the subject, there appears to be a great difficulty in the minds of the authorities as to what course should be taken in the matter. The prisoner now occupies a cell by himself, and under the special order of the visiting magistrates he is permitted to have the free use of writing materials, and he is relieved from the performance of the usual labour, such as picking oakum, which is generally required from a convict under similar circumstances ; in fact, it appears that many special indulgences are granted to him. He is, of course, as energetic as ever in the protestation of his innocence, and is engaged the greater part of the day in writing a history of the case, and remarks upon the evidence that was obtained at the trial, and when this is finished it will be submittted to the Secretary of State, the prisoner hoping that it will have the effect of inducing the Government to grant him a free pardon, which is the object he evidently wishes to attain. There is no doubt that the prisoner himself entertains a very strong impression that he shall altogether escape, and the manner in which'he has been treated since he has been in Horsemonger-lane Gaol would go very far to create that feeling in his mind. It would seen', however, that since the culprit has been reprieved, there has been a considerable reaction in the mind of the public with regard to the prisoner, and a good many of those who formerly professed themselves satisfied that he was innocent, or that at all events the crime of murder was not established by the evidence that was adduced for the prosecution, now appear to have considerably modified that opinion; and this feeling has been increased since the publication of tho letter of Dr. Todd, one of the most eminent physicians of the day, which appeared during the last few days, and in which that gentleman, who must be altogether without bias or interest in the matter, solemnly reiterates the opinion he expressed at the trial, that the death of Miss Bankes was attributable to the administration of irritant poison, and to that cause alone. The prisoner, it should be remembered, is only reprieved during her Majesty's plea-' sure, and although it has not been customary in such a case to carry .out the capital sentence, yet there have been cases in which this has been done, and if the Government should be satisfied, as the result of the inquiries that are still, being made, that a murder was committed, there is very little doubt that the sentence of death would still be carried out. It appears that before Dr. Smethurst was removed from Newgate he expressed an anxious desire that, if the sentence should be carried out, Mr. Davis, the ordinary of that gaol, should visit him before his execution • and he made the request in a manner to induce a belief that he bad some important communication to make to him. Should this really be the case, the nature of that comin a munication will. now probably for ever secret ; but the fact of his expressing' the wish referred to may be positiN_____pon.  [ADvirrisE----bsNr.] Holloway's Pills and Ointment.— Determination of blood to the head, flushing, blushing, palpitation, and shortness of breath are cured by these grand regulators of the heart's impulse. Under Iloiloicav's grand specifics the current of blood throughout the body becomes steady and unchanged by the passing thought ; hence the suffusion of chest and cheeks is avoided, and nervous embarrassment prevented. They In like manner remove excessive sensibility, SO often the oppor neat to the ease and grace inherent in the healthful and. strong-nerved frame, and eradicate the doubts of the nervous. In intellects declining from intense study, freeliving, or over-anxiety, no equal remedy is attainable. Without exaggeration they give muscular energy to the paralysed, and ease to the pained.