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    ia , a post-chaise to Stafford , in order to get the train there for the purpose of conveying the jar ^ to London . fie went to the poefr-boy who was to drive the fly and mid , " : They : have 1 ' no business to take the jar—I don ' t know "what they will put in it . Cannot you upset the flyjmd breakthe jar ? 1 will give you 10 / . " The boy eaid he could not think of such a thing . The prisoner replied , , i * I will make it all right ; " but the boy ' a answer OU ^ U

    had heard that George Palmer , the prisoner ' s brother , had threatened to transport One of the witnesses upon the inquest upon Walter Palmer , because he had sworn that he had sold the prisoner prussic acid , and h £ d not entered it In'his book , and could not prove it . I had made no entry of the sale of the strychnine in Mr . Salt ' s book , and what I heard alarmed me , " The trial was then adjourned to Friday .

    BliUX WOO , ' ^ l ^ TH-T *"' JT t '" l- j JL Pllftll \* . \* UV MiK & Jf ^ . There were one or two other matters of minor importanoe to . which it was necessary to refer . In the course of ¦ the coroner ' s inquiry , Palmer sent presents on two or three occasions to the coroner . It also appeared that a letter—from Dr . Taylor , of Guy ' s Hospital , to Mr ; Gardener , of , Rugeley , ( the , solicitor for the father-in-law , Stephens . ) , stating , the result of the analysis—had been betrayed to . Calmer , whp . then sat down and wrote a note to . the cojroner , telling him that J ) r . Taylor had failed to find poison ,, and asking him to take a certain course with regard to the examination of witnesses . Why- should he do that if there was not an uneasiness in his mind on the subject ?^ , Ije , ( the Attorney-iGeneral ) did not desire to attach' more than due weight to tliQ 3 e matters , but still he tli ' ougat they ; ought , not . ijo be . entirely overlooked .

    In addition to . all these . facts , it should be mentioned that I ^ e ^ prwo ' ne ^ ^ d . ^ no ; money prior , to , tbe Shrewsbury racfsi $$ t was afterward ^ fl ush of cash .. He paid , 15 . QJL to' uie jpank j , at Rugeley ,, sums of 50 / . to , two or three jj ^ orts' in ^ he neighbourhood , and . also money to Mr . ^ JPratt , 'lin L , onidon ; and something like 400 ? . would be £ acea to ftis ^ possession . Cooke had between 700 J . and 2 $ O 7 . pn ^ Thursday morning when he left Shrewsbury , and iio ' iie of it was found . ., ^ heAt ] torn ey - ( General having finished his speech , wijch , pccupiedffQurhours in the delivery , the Court . adjourned for a short time in order that Judges and ji ^ ry rnijjht obtain some refreshment . On reassem ] byog » the . examination of the witnesses commenc , e ^ l ; . bu ( :, as the facts thus deposed to were necessarily the same as those narrated by the Attorney-Geaeral , and as the cross-examination did not elicit anything of note , we need not encumber uiuii 11 ui liiu cviuvuut

    , pttue yvii . un . vLiitxiysia :. " } lE ^& C ^ iixti ' TosG at half-pasfe six o ' clock , the prorc & eamgfff being adjourned . tin / the .. next day at ten o ^ ojck . ' ~ Theju ry , J ' usual in . such cases , were Safcteh in cfiat ' ge df ah officer to the London Coffeei i 6 uis & ; i ' ¦ ' \ ¦ ¦ ¦• ¦ ¦ ' ; ¦ ' " ¦ ' : " -fi The witnesses brought forward on Thursday were not cress-examined at any great length ; and only a few additional particulars came out . Mrs . Ann Brookes , a . married woman residing at Manchester , and in the habit oif attending races ( though , she stated , not with her husban ( d , who did . not sanction races ) , said that on the 14 th of November she went to the Raven Hotel at Shrewsbury and- '' $ aw . Palmer standing by a table in the passage with a tumbler glass in his hand , which appeared to contain soine liquid of the colour of water . He shook up the fljiidtbat was in the glass , and then held it up as if to the light , and looked at it , and he then said that he would " be with me presently . He stood by the table a minute or two longer , and looked at the glass once or tiffed and I saw him shake it now and then . The pri-SQner then went into a sitting-room , the door of which was partially open , taking the glass with him , and he remained there two or three minutes . When he came pu ^ he still had the glass and the fluid it contained in Viia hand , nml lin t . hnn wA . nl . into liia oWn sittincr room , and j ¦ ¦ w—^ - _¦¦ ——¦ - ~ - »» ^ - ~—— 7

    ^ * w * T ^ T * ^^ w ^ r" * * ^^*~ * w — ~ ^ *«••> _ — — — — — — — — — — p — — — — Re mained , there three or four minutes , and he then came to jms ; and brought mo some brandy and water . I drank * $ t ., t > . Hibft produced no bad . effect on me . " ( A lauyh . ) She d > 4 npt know whether the glass was or was not the fie as that i Q which Palmer had been mixing the fluid , i added that u , a great many racing people were taken at j 3 brewsbuKy ,. and £ b , ey , thought it . was occasioned ^> y ' th ^ o ^ ater . . They were . aflqeted by sickness and purging . , A Jady who , caip . 9 tp meet mo : was attacked in this manner . " . ^ Iwabyth Mills , the phatnbermaid at the Taftpt \ Arms ( wliero

    ^' ercijjty , ' for it ; ,, but Dr . Savage , pliysicimi , was of pp ( nian tliat tlier ' e was nothing of the character of the disease in flueatjkm about him . "Ho whs a woakminded' man , and was easily persuaded to take medicines Xor iUp dis . order under which ho imagined he waslabourtygrl ' "¦ '¦' ¦ ' , ¦• " ^ har l ^ a iTowton , asttiatant to Mr . Suit , surgeon at Kugeloy , in , giving the particulars of Pttlmor ' H convcrsation . ' witl ^^ him pn the subject of » trychnino ( which ho had "not ' related to the coroner ) , said that Palmer , after he had been told that no inflummutiou would result from the uso of strychnine , snapiied his fingers , and exclaimed to hinisclf , " All right ! " With respect to his previous suppression of this cvidenco , this witness said : —" The reason I did not mention what hud occurred beforo was that my master and Mr . Palmer wore * not" friendly , and I thought ho would have boon angry if ho hud known that iThad ,, supplied anything to Palmer . I havo also stated ihat tho reason I did not make thu statoinont was thot J was afraid I should bo indicted for perjury . I

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    2 ' Bigotry Triumphant. Let Zion Chapel ...

    2 ' BIGOTRY TRIUMPHANT . Let Zion Chapel sing a hymn of thanksgiving ; let Little Bethel wax jubilant ; let Exeter Hall , with a goodly choir of moral young men and glorified old ladies , rejoice with a great joy not to be exceeded ; and thereto let the public-houses and " Tom-and-Jerry " shops add their notes of gratulation ; for Bigotry has had a great triumph this week , and mighty will be the accession to holiness—and to drunkenness . On Sunday last , 80 , 830 human sinners paraded Kensington Gardens , to hear the band play ; in the Regent ' s Park , for the same corrupt object , there were 92 , 492 lost , sheep . ; , and in Victoria Park there were 85 , 191 : making a total of 258 , 513 souls With : the stamp of oi

    peruiuon on . mem . x nese cnuaren oawu ueuaveu with a degree of decorum and quietness remarkable for beings of so diabolical a parentage ; but it was thought necessary by our English Pope , the ATchbiahop of Canterbury , to prevent their assembling in the same way again . So he addressed a letter to Lord Palmerston , " pointing out , " as a contemporary waggishly observes , " the violation of the feelings of the people caused by the playing of the bands in the parks on Sunday , and the evil effects which ( ia the opinion of the primate ) this had produced , and was likely to produce , in the minds of the people ; and imploring him to reconsider his decision . " The Premier did reconsider his decision , and , replying to the Pope of Canterbury , observed that although he still retained his own opinions on the subject , yet , " as he found his plan had been received with such great repugnance—as there was , at all- events , so much difference of opinion , and as even the working people- themselves-appeared to be indifferent' on the

    subject—in deference to public opinion , and to -the religious feelings of . the community , he , would ; . .-Qcdefi .-Jfehat the playing of the bands , on Sjinday v ajiovvld b , e .. 7 djLsc . ontinnea . " r Su < iS ls'tHe' abstract given ty Mh ^ ' Morning Poet of Lord Palmerstbn ' s' reply ; and the reader will observe that the " indifference of the working classes , " and the evidence of " public opinion" as against the performances are to be found in the attendance of the 258 , 513 persons in the various parks last Sunday . However , bigotry had a grand success ; and the fact was announced , amidst loud cheers from excited good young men and impeccable old ladies , by Lord Shaftesbury , at the annual meeting of the Protestant Alliance . In commenting upon this subject , Mr . Baiues , of Leeds , writes : — - " I cannot understand how any man can doubt that the whole question of the character of the Sabbath , for England , for her dependencies , and for all the countries whom she may influence , is now at stake . The performance of military bands on the Sunday may seem a small thing . But it is ' n 6 t small even in Jjtself , etill less in the principle which it involves , or in the consequences to which it must lead . That cannot be a small thing which collects ninety thousand persons in the first city of the world , and is likely to collect still nrcftp mimVifirs as tho fteannn Jidvn . np . fis . and when tho

    attraction is presented in several other parts of the metropolis . There may bo many respectable persons in such a crowd , but there are sure to be great numbers of vicious persons of both sexes , who come to seduce the young and unsuspecting . This will be their chief hunting-ground . Here they will reap their fullest harvest . Can any man who has ever walked London streets have a doubt on the subject ? Tho love of music is all but universal ; in itself it is innocent and lawful , but it may be used for tho worst purposes , as well as for tho best . The strains of martial music cause the pulse to bound and fire the imagination , and they are wholly out of accordance with the sacred repose of the Sabbath . It is , howover , their fascination which here constitutes their chief dancer . Crowds are sure to follow thorn :

    attendant circumstances would have been calculated more to excite the intellect and less to stimulate the passions . Sir Benjamin Hall , therefore , not only presumed to set the decision of the House of Commons at defiance , but to do a worse thing than that which the House forbade . " Sir Benjamin Hall has addressed the following letter to Lieutenant-Colonel Dickson : — 7 vjrxcub Direvtiixaio

    « , oLauuupc- , y . - " Dear Sir , —It is with much regret that I am under the necessity of informing you that I have received instructions not to allow the bands to play any more in the parks or gardens on Sunday afternoons . I beg again to thank you for your consideration in offering the band of your regiment for the gratification of the working classes of Spitalfields and Bethnal-green and the densely-populated neighbourhood of Victoria Park . I was very glad to meet you in Victoria Park on Sunday last , as you were thus a witness , as well as myself , of the excellent conduct of the 85 , 191 persons there assembled , and who so . thoroughly enjoyed the music you were so good as to provide for them . . ' ¦ * " I am , dear Sir , yours faithfully , "B . Haix ~

    " Lieutenant-Colonel Dickson . This " excellent conduct" has received the testimony of a professor of religion , who , under the signature of " Incumbent , " writes to the Times to defend the performances , which are now suppressed . He states : — " I went into Kensington-gardens this afternoon ( Sunday last ) . I had been told that the crowd that usually assembled there Was not of the class whose improvement is sought . Knowing not a little of the habits of this class , I can now safely say that of the vast crowd I witnessed fall seventy out of every hundred were such as would be found in places where they ought not to be , were it not for the innocent and uncriminal recreation- thus afforded them . Its softening aud civilizing effects , the admirable behaviour of every individual there , your own correspondent will describe to you better than I can . But what I would respectfully ask of you is to use some of your great influence on behalf of the poor wretches whose ositlOD

    p , inoraixy , ^ socially , auu . reugiuuoiy , mu vo av much benefited by this movement There is a struggle evidently at hand between the real and puritanical observance of the Sabbatli . The lower orders of the people ( whose chief concern it is ) are too sensual , too ignorant , and . too debased , to take any part of importance in it The question is , will those who really feel the necessity of improving the state of the working classes allow this great but simple movement of the Government to be swamped , because a few active followers of John Knox so desire it ? Yet swamped it will be , unless a corresponding activity shall be raised on . the other side . I am neither High Church , Low Church , nor Broad Church ; but I am convinced of . this , that we shall never get the working people to our churches until we first wean them from the public-houses . Our empty seats show that our sermons have failed to do this . Let us open and soften their minds by harmless and innocent recreations ; we shall then prepare them better to receive our sermons . " Another correspondent of the Times contributes an edifying anecdote of Sir Peter Laurie , in connexion with the playing of the bands . He writes : — "Business took me this ( Tuesday ) morning to tho Guildhall Policecourt , where Sir Peter Laurie was presiding . A man was brought up , charged with having robbed a chapel

    of some hymn-books . In his possession was found a memorandum-book , relating to the fellow's engagements . Sir Peter , after reading some extracts , then said , Thqre is one mitigating circumstance in your case- —you were not , as far as appears from this book , at any of the parks where th % bands were playing , I see , ' & c . Your reporter will , doubtless , confirm , mo . So it appears the worthy magistrate thinks it a mpro heinous offence io go to a public park to hear music , than to go tho house of prayer to commit robbery . Comment is superfluous . " The question now is—How will tho People act against tho Sectarians ?

    and among those crowds , arrayed in their Sunday fincrj' , thousands of young girls and young men , with no more than tho average amount of vanity and weakness , will bo brought into circumstances of oxtrcmo peril . At these places , I fear , thousands of Sunda } ' scholars will first learn to desert tho school and tho place of worship , and enter on tho downward path of folly and vice . Tho danger may bo scoffed at by thoughtless parsons ; but is there any Christian father or mother who would willingly lot their children or servants attend such scenes ? Is there any Sunday school teacher who would not feel that tho ' scholars wore lost to tho school and to tho sanctuary when they had begun to frequent tho military performances in tho park ?" This ia but a poor compliment to tho school und the sanctuary ; but Mr . Buines adds : — " I huvo not tho least hesitation in saying that tho opening of the British Museum and tho National Gallory would havo been fur less mischievous , because there the numbers uusomblcd would havo been fewer , and the

    The Makquis Of Dajlhousie. Tub Arrival O...

    THE MAKQUIS OF DAJLHOUSIE . Tub arrival of Lord Diilhousio in England , which we announce in anothor column , gives us an opportunity of laying beforo our reudors a brief sketch of the antecedents , both English and Indian , of " the groat Annexander of our ago . " Tho name of Dalhousio waa not unknown in India when his lordship entered on his duties as governorgeneral just eight years since . Tho lato Earl , a Peninsular and Waterloo oilicor of inoro than average merit , held tho command of tho British forces in Bengal for some few years previous to 1832 . Early in lifo Lord Dalhousio had married an heiress of tho lirouns of Colatoun , lladdingtonshiro , a family which , tracing its origin to tho nncient Counts of Poiotou , has produced twonty-threo titled branches in England , France , and Scotland , and has hold tho rank of l'Voo Barons of Scotland since tho twelfth century . Tho Kumsaya are of Saxon origin , but their name is ono which has long boen mixed up with I Scottish history . By tho doath of hia two older brothers , tho present Marquis became hoir to the title and property

• Citation
  • Leader (1850-1860), May 17, 1856, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_17051856/page/5/