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      if they only had the opportunity . There are a number oTTcounttrela about Rangoon notoriously untrustworthy , » nd without any ostensible means of Hying , with whom , WeVterV-ftie ' poiieeHo not feel authorized to interfere . < i * robabfy In a&ocIetV composed of auch yery unsettled dementi a HCtre more Vigour and a little less scrnmiloktv would be ' found advantageous . y AEurbpeaii soldier , named Ch ' arleswortb , was mur--aexfeairSangbbn ori ttfd 13 th of March . He was m 4 arge of thHqws of the menV coffee-room , and lived ' ou ?* f barraclcs . ' He was found in the morning lying on hfe cbH" . wltfi his " head beaten in ; though he lingered recoverednis

      Inlil&fof ' a day 6 * t \* 6 , he never senses ehbrtefito ' givB any account of the outrage . A Lascar % no '* lepi : in the nekt room heard nothing of the murder , ' Bccdraitfetoiiis own ' account , though he alleges that he Tiekrdmen runplrig away Immediately afterwards , and gaVe an « kfarm , at which alarm certain other Lascars T « S&ne < 6 ^ th' e i 6 ukp and discovered what had occurred . 'A Senrr ¥ Wt ' o wa ^ pbsted about two hundred yards off tiearo iibtKing' whatever . -i ' ^^ frcm ^ Sfances ' p ' oint suspiciously to the Lascars them-1 selves ' a&'tliegjiilty parties , There had been ill feeling ' T ^ WeeW inetn and ' th e murdered mian previously . Moreir oVer . if the attack had been made by Burmans , they blunt

      would ta'b ' atf pVobablV ; have' used either spears or dans I' ^ the ' BB&fin ^ ke Ibu fe ^ ih ^ refej ^ nce to instruments . ' The G » rieaYtagbtfa Shoeyda . fcrourig , which , was built W the ' Taiains ^ _ an $ completed . not more than two . hun"ar ^ fand- ' seveiDity y ' e ' arsi ' ag } , is' undergoing the . process of gHuihg . " Nearly tnVwh ^ e of the bell part of the build'' ing * mis '' Tteengiri , afid fne . efiect' in a bright sun is ¦' d ' aiilm&" \ i Bf ? c 1 t hbu ^ ea ar ' rapidly springing up in the tdwfef . which' bids' fair tp become a very wealthy place . ThW ' s&pjpi y oif . Water ^ 'howeyer , is bad . Both ! quality and s ^ ritfirti £ yttfe ' riot wnat tiidy should ' be , andthe system of Cesspools threatens 16 . pollute the wells to such an extent 'as Vo render tlie tfatei- undrinkable . A ' supply by means -W'miMis from ' the \ imiwaddy must probabl y be rpsprted "IPd ' ere ^ ong . ' ' 1 tletfeVe £ he nearest point from , which the ^ ateV could' * be' procured , without any brackisbness at ¦

      ) 3 tny ' tiniei i ^ thirty miles off . . The health of the troops jit ' jfta n ^ obrij [ ' T , bngoi and Thayet Myo continues excel-L ! ffMf % ' Th ' e '' Country , is quite tranquil , and the extent of cxfltiralion is increasing as fast as it can , considering the 3 CantJriea 3 of tne population , Fr . om data . wiich I believe fc ^ ifffecily authentip , j £ he _ crop of paddy . ¦ in the wholq of ' : I » fiian' iBurmah '' during the j > qst year 13 . estimated » t b ^ oa ' ifonsT , ' ' :, " .. ' ; ¦ . ' , ' ¦ * . ¦" , /¦ ,-. ' ; ''tioi ^ pn fffifrQifi ' feak ' . ' . , t % f cipuptry is pulturated , % l ^ Kh . ' ! # er ^ are _ vefy i ^ wftich something ( pr ' faraerVnlight ' npt lie n $ de to , grow . J ^ any of thc ; Jaroilies Vta ^ S ^ iiact aban ^ one . j ^ t ]^ e | r ,, fi ^ Jda , during tjbu ^ , anarchical perf 8 d ^ pj ^ cedihg ' . our , conquest , are $ ow . returning . , The ' Beri ^ dah district' haq thus jjpcVreatsed its population by W ^ w tMiM&fMz fe ^ s ?^ 4 i rr Xt&VMh ?¦? %% Z&JP&ffl ^ -VWjitofflfi 9 f , Pfharawaddy , ^ A ^^^ m ^ fx ^ - ^ m ^^^^ - 'iP - - ^^ W f ^ A-. z ^ IBWi ? W # mW& system , of immigration RfflvMfopy&Qw&i ¦ > ¦ - ¦ - ¦

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      t £ ial OF WILLIAM PALMER .

      TpB remaining evidence for the defence was taken last Saturday . Mr . Pemberton having given some medical evidence of no great weight , Joseph Foster , a farmer and grazier , who . knew Cooke , testified to the deceased having been delicate in constitution , and to his suffering from bilious attacks ^ at which times he would vomit . In cross-examination , he said that Cooke hunted regularly when well . —George Myatt , a saddler at Rugeley , stated that , on the occasion when Cooke fancied " something " had been put into his brandy-and-water , he was drunk . tie ( the witness ) was present when the brandy-andwater was made . All , with the exception of himself ,

      took the brandy from the . same decanter ; and he did not see anything put into the mixture , though he was present until all the parties , went to bed . Nothing could have been put in without ids seeing it . On the following evening , Palmer was sick after taking some brandyand-water , to which he - attributed his indisposition . Cross-examination . elicitedrthe facts that Palmer used to deal with the witness for , saddlery ; that he paid his { Myatt ' s ) expenses at the Shrewsbury races ; and that the witness visited . Palmar when in Stafford gaol ; but , with respect to this last admission , he said that the deputy-governor and aether officer of the prison were

      with him during the time of his visit . He would swear that Cooke did not say that the brandy- and-water burnt his throat . —John Sergeant , a friend of Cooke , gave some , particulars of the [ Swollen , inflamed , and ulcerated state of Cooke ' s throat ,. Before the Shrewsbury races , the deceased . was ^ ery , poor . Cooke and Palmer were in the habit of" putjing on" for one another , and they did so at the Liverpool races . Mr ,. Jeremiah Smith , attorney at Rugeley , gave evidence : with respect to Cooke ' s health ( which he described after mu ^ h the same manner as the previous witness ) , and in ., regard to his money difficulties . He knew that . Cooke , was served with a writ shortly before

      his death , for be received instructions to appear in answer to it- He put in a letter from Cooke to him , stating that he had " been in a devil of a fix about the bill " , ( for 5 Q 0 / ., which the witness had negotiated with Pratt , in Cooke '/ J behalf ); , " but bad settled it at the cost . of an extra , two guineas , for the d—d discounter nad issued a . wtjlj ; against him . " The witness had also borrowed 200 Lft | r Cooke—1 QO £ from Mrs . Palmer , and the other moiety from . . William , Palmer . , The horses Poleatar and Syrjiis were mortgaged for the debt , which waa advanced Qnjthe bill for 500 / . —The cross-examination . of this , witness was very severe , and his answers were oJE an extremely unsatisfactory cbaraqter- As some of them throw c - neared , a : f < m ninths . ago , in phis journal , and are otherwise , very iniportant , we give the cros 3-examinar tion , in . fuU ; -T- , . ... .... ....

      . " . Hjave . you , known Palmer long ? \ -r- " I have known him long and vqry intimately , and have been employed a good , deal as ap attorney by Palmer and his family . " 'f In . December ,,, !^* , did " he apply to you to attest a proposal ofihis . brother Walter , Palmer for 13 , 000 £ in the . Solicitors , and General Insurance Office ?"— " I cannojt recollect ; if you will let me see . thodocument I will t ^ ell you . " " Wjlj ! you swear that you were not applied fp ? . "— "J will , no £ swear either that I w . aa not applied jtofor ^ thai purpose or that Lwos . If you will let me se ^ . the document ,, I shall recognise my writing at once . ' ' f 'fa . January , , 1 , 8 , $ 5 ,. were you applied to by Paln » or to attest a proposal of his brother for 13 , 000 / . in the Prince of . ^ Yales , pffice ? ' . '— " I don't recollect . " ' ? Don't xeqoLlect ! . Why 13 , 000 t was a large sum . for a ; m « n like

      her son Joseph or other members of her famil y were on a visit to ber , and I went to see them . " "And when you weat to see those members of her family was it too far for you to return a quarter of a mile in the evening ?" — " Why , we used to play a game at cards , and have 4 glass of gin-and-water , and smoke a pipe perhaps ; and then they said , ' It is late—you had better stop all night ; ' and I did . There was . no particular reason why I did not go home that I know of . " " Did that go on for three or four years ?"— " Yes ; and I sometimes used to stop there when there was nobody there at all—when they were all away from borne , the mother and alL " " And you have slept there when the sons were not there and the mother was ?"—" Yes . " " How often did that

      happen ? -r- " Sometimes for twp or three nights a week fpr some months at a time , and then perhaps I would not go near the house for a month . " " What did you stop for on those nights when the sons were not there , there was no one to smoke and drink with then , and you might have gone home , might you not ?"—" Yes ; but I did not . " " Do you mean to say on your oath that there was nothing but a proper intimacy between you and Mrs . Palmer ?"—" I do . " "Now , I will turn to another subject . Were you called upon to attest another proposal for . 13 , 000 / . by Walter Palmer in the Universal office ?"—" I cannot say ; if you will let me see the proposal I shall know . " " I ask you , sir , as an attorney

      and a man of business , whether you cannot tell me if you were applied to by William Palmer to attest a proposal for an assurance for 13 , 000 / . on the life of Walter Palmer ?"—" I say that I do not recollect it . If I could see any document on the subject I dare say I should remember it . " " Do you remember getting a 51 . note for attesting an assignment by Walter Pabner to his brother of such a policy ?"—" Perhaps I might . I don ' t recollect positively . " The Attorney-General ( handing a document to witness ) : " Is that your signature ?"— "It is very like my signature . " " Have you any doubt about it ? " —( After considerable hesitation ) " I have some doubt . " " Read the document , and teU

      me ,. on your solemn oath , whether it is your signature . ; - ^ " I have some doubt whether it is mine . " " Read the document , sir . . Was it prepared in your office ?"— "It was not . " " I will have an answer from you on your oath one way or another . Isn ' t that your handwriting ?" — " I believe that it . is not my handwriting . I think that it is a very clever imitation of it . " " Will you swear that it is . npt ? 'V- "I willv . I think that it is 4 very good imitation of . my handwriting , " Baron Aldefioi \ : " Did you ever make such an attestation ? . " —r " -l don't . recollect ,, my Lord . " The Attorney-General ; " Look at the other signature there , ' Walter Palmer , ' la that his signature ?" , — " I believe . . { hat is Waker Palmer ' s . " " Look at the attestation and the words

      ' signed , sealed , and , delivered ;¦ ' are they iu Mr . Pratt 3 handwriting ?"— " They are " " . -P" * 3 ' ° ^ recei ve that from Mr , Pratt £ "—V Moat likely I did ; but I can ' t swear that I did . It migUt , have been seut to William Palmer . " " P . you receive it from Williaiu Palmer , ?" - ^ " I don ' t know ; very lively I aid ^ " " Did William Pulmw giye you that document ?"— " X have no doubt he did . " "If that be the document he gave-you , and those are the signatures of Walter Palmer and of Pratt , is not the othep signature T yours ? " ~ r ! 1 I'll tell you ,, Mr . Attorney——" " Dont ' Mr . Attornpy' me , sir ! Anawer juy question . Isn ' t that your handwriting ?"— " I 'b elieve it not to be . " "Will yau swear that ft isn ' t ?''— " I believe that it is not . " " Did ypu apply 1 to the Midland Counties Insurance Offico in October ,, 1855 , tube appointed tUuix ageut

      at Rugeley ?"— " I think X did . " " Did you send them a proposal on the life of Bates for 10 , 000 / . —you yourself ?"— " I did . " " Did William Palmer apply to you to send that proposal ? " —" Bates and l ' ahner cawc together to my office with a prospectus , and linked mo if I knew whether there was any agent for that company in Rugeloy ? I told , then ) that I bad never heard of owe , and they then asked , me if I would write and get tliu appointment be . ca . use B , a , te , s wanted to raise some money . " " ¦ D , id you send to the . Midland Office and get appointed as their agent in Rugeley jn order to eflcct that 10 , 000 / . insurance on Bat . es ' s life ?"— , " I did . " " W « a Bates at that time superintending William Pabner ' . s stud < md stables ?"— "He , was . " "At a salary of 1 / . a . week ( ,

      W | alte « Pqlmyer , wasn ' t it , who hadn't a shilling in the wprljd , ?" 7 Tr" Q ^ . hejhad money , because I , know that he , iiye ( 4 retired and carried , on . no . business . " . " Didn ' t you knovf ^ liafc , he , was au uiicer ^ inca to d ban krupt ?"— : ' I kqcw that , ibo , bfidb « on . a ' bankrupt aonio -years before , but 11 did not kwow , that ho was an uncertificated bankrupt . I ko , ow that ho -had an allowance from his niot ^ Uer , , b ^ t , I do npit . kno . w whethcy ; ho hadmoney from any , other , sourcq . I fbelievo tlinb hw brother William ( the ^ prisoner ) . gave hhn moijoy at different times ^" " Where ,. JMi . th ' 9 course of itt . M aa < lilB 55 , \ yero 3-011 living - ^ in Uugeley ?"— " In 1854 I think I resided portly with William Palmer , and sometimes nt his motbor'a . " " Did you soinotirues sleep at his motbcr ' H ?"—" Yes . " "When you did . that , . where- did you sleep ?"— f In n

      — " I can't tqll his salary . " " After that did you go to ti ' ie widow , of Walter Palmer to get ber to givo up her claim on the policy of ber husband ? " " 1 did . ^ " Where wna . she . at that timo ? "— "At Livorpool , " Did you receive a document from Pratt to take iohuvl — " William Palmer gave mo one which hud lie «» , directed to him . * ' "Did the widow refuse ?" -- " S » P said that aho , should , Hke her nolU : i ( or to see it ; niul said , 'By all means . " "Of course ! Didn't t ) ho r « - fu » e tp do it ? Didn ' t you bring it buck ?" - '' 1 hroiifflit it back as I luid no instructions to leave it . " " Did » t Hho say that ahe bud understood fn > in her luiHbund that the insuranco wna for 1000 / . ?" , Mr . Serjeant « heo objected to tbiu question . What pntwed between tho widow and witness coubl bo no evidence a «/» ' » * |> r ' " . > r " in

      room , " /' Did you ulocp in hia < mother h room ? On your oatji , were you not intimate with bur ? You know well enough what I mpan , "— " I had no other intimacy , | Mr , Attorney , than a proper intimncy . " "How often did you , sleep at her house , having an establishment of your own nt ¦ ] £ ugcley ?" - — " Frequently . Two or three times a week . " " Arc you a Hingloor a married mui »?""A qiuglo man . " , " llovr long did thut pructico of Bleeping . two or three tiinos a week at Mrs . Pnlnier'n continue ?")— '' For several , years . " -. " Had you your own lodgings at Rugoloy at thft ; timo ?"— " Y < m , all the timo . " ' !' How ., ( far . ' , wore yoyr lodgings ft > om lyirn . Palmer's i » ouso ?" - »— " I should aay nearly a , quarter of a milo . " ' ) £ ^ p L | iu how it happened that you ,, having your own place of abode- within a quarter of a mile , nlept two or three times a week at Mrs . Pulmor ' a . " - —• 'Sometimes

      Tho Attorney-General tnid , that thu question wu . s - tended to afiVct the credit of tbe witness , and -with ( lint view it was nu > nt important . 'I'lu : ComiI ruled that HjC ( juostion coii , ld not bo put . Tho Attonicy- (»« iicnU : " Do you , not know that Walter 1 ' oJinor obt / iiued nothing for making that assignment ? " - - ¦ " 1 believe < , hutli « ultimately did get somothini' for it . " " Don ' t you knovr

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    • Leader (1850-1860), May 31, 1856, page 508, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2143/page/4/