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if they only had the opportunity . : There are a number © f * coundreja about Rangoon notoriously untrustworthy , and without any ostensible means of living , with whom , hewever , the , police do not feel authorized to ™ te ™* Probably ia a society composed of such very unsettled dJSJ . Vl ittirmore vigour and , a little less scrupulosity , would be found advantageous . ^ European soldier , named Charlesworth , was muro ^ ed at Bangoon on the 13 th of March . He was in cAanwof th * cowB of the men ' s coffee-room , and lived
out « fbarracks . He was foundin the morning lying on his rot , with his head beaten in ; and though he lingered in life for a day or two , he never recovered his sense-g enough , to giye any account of the outrage . A Lascar whaejept in the next room heard nothing of the murder , according to his own account ,, though he alleges that he heard men running away immediately afterwards , and gay * an , alarm , at which alarm certain other Lascars cama to the house , and discovered what had occurred-As « ntry who was posted about two hundred yards off
heard nothing whatever . - Circumstances point suspiciously to the Lascars themselves a & the guilty partiea . There had been ill feeling between , them and the murdered man previously . Moreover , if the attack had , been made by Burmans , they weald most pxqbahly have used either spears or dahs ( the Burmese , knife ) , in ; preference to blunt instruments . , XJhe Great Pagoda , Shoeyda Goung , which was built by fihe Tajains r and completed . not more than two faundxedand seventy-yearsago , is undergoing the process of gilding , pearly the whole of the bell part . of the
building ! has , been gilt , and , the . effect in a bright sun is daz ^ pg . -r Brick , house * are . , rapidly springing up in . the towto ,. which , bids fair . to . become A very wealthy place ; TJje ,. supplytpfwater , however , is bad . Both quality and quantity , are . ; not- what they should be , and the system of ce § 8 gopls threatens to pollute the wells to such an extent as , to render , the : water undrinkable . A supply by means o |; ijipps : froni ; tfee . Jrrawaddy must . probably be resorted to-, < jffe long . ; L believe the nearest point from which'the WatiX « oul & be procured , without any brackishnesa at anj . tiro * , is thirty miles oi £ The health of the-troops aft Rangoon , Tongo , and Thayet Myo continues excel * lenV . The- , country , is . quite tranquil , and the exteat of cni & vatioxi is : increasing as fast as it can , considering the
scaa . tinega , of ; the -population . From data which I believe perfcctly . authenticv the- crop- of paddy in the whole of JSr ) dsUj , > 9 ttr ] 3 ( vft hL ) during the > past year is estimated at S ^^ O . tonWb . s . ... .- i - ' - ¦ ¦¦ ' > ¦ ¦* ' " ; " ¦• " ¦ ¦ ¦>¦ ¦ - > l : , ; r | fefc ; oa / e-fiftie . th partiof : the ¦ : country is cultivated , t | i ^ a ^» -thfWefaT * veryvfew-spots on which something'or qffaje & gtoHif * J > fr made . jtOigrow ^ Many of the families ^^ o- ^ fc & diabifnjitoned their jfields . during the anarchical fg 9 ( o 4 $ reiaedfe > i 9 ow ^ coaqnast are now returning . The JHNpadah , djstn « i : has , thua increased its' population by i ^ QQP ,, and . iheiThflrawAddj by 14 * 000- souls during £ t > 0 ! : p & 9 fc * y- $ a « tny / et vthe epdtire > population of Tharaw & ddyt 1 f ^ M * d ** 9 e * d 9 ii 60 d . ! square iniles in -extent , is under Q & , () PO , l 11 Surety some * extensive system of immigration ovghj to-, be organized * . " - ¦ ¦ ¦<¦¦ . iit'ii . ¦ .: •)¦ : ; ¦ ji , i ¦» i . fji . i :. . ¦! i ¦ ' ' '
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, , y / flp J ^ AiAAii J ^ QW ^ AX MAMTA .-rt- ' The Maltese corrftipo ^ denf of / toe I >» ily N * wt states that ^ , in the recent dJ ^ tMTb ^ pces , , | ho Jtft ]»« Q , floldiera were the aggrieved par-^ aSdAnd ^ hat the , po ) i « W , i and populace attack ed thorn in » < W 9 * t brutal , manner ... The foreign troops , aays the PWIft writflT » , « r » on the . btest poBrdblo tormawith : the Bj MrifcP * MJdiera . andtBaiJkMra , ' andrare men of excellent PiMMjactfr ., : fiMn * eith ^ unfortnnoto outbreak in the oarly RH ^ ifif the . pxosen , t , mantJb , they have remained perfectly
|) W 4 t ? itboughf having free intercouraei Vitli the town , and WW * jtf | ng » as , alleged , under a aenae of ill-usage . , ic ^ MSiaOpjRHA'WONS at CHAXMAM .-r-Tho whole of the tTOPFIiQ !<* hti B ^ oyaL SapperSiand . Miaera , to thomumber of n * r'j' f ^ Oftofflwra , andjmon ; now ; stationed at Brompton m * j ^ '* ^* "'* n < ia * i-wW > i engaged for some hours on 3 i « W » Jf nighb inmMfiWav Attack : otl the i Spur Battery and ,. & e adjacent , fttoiyportfc . ,, 1 ^ 0 operations , which lafM tt | J » , late bou « ,- w « n > witnessed by a large body of IWectfttora . . , : .., .. ... . , J . -. J ,
, j £ mn , < JlKrwN of tob Armct fbom tub Crimka . 5 aS ?^* * Wfih troops , 10 , 000 Turks , 9000 English , and 7 Q 0 O Sardinians have already left the Crimea .
Trial Of William Palmer. , .; . ¦ » ¦ Th...
TRIAL OF WILLIAM PALMER . , . ; . ¦ » ¦ The 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 . He ( 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 thei mixture , though he was present until all the parties went to bed . Nothing could
have been put in without his seeing it . On the folio-wing evening , Palmer was sick after taking some bramdyand-water , to which he' attributed his indisposition . Cross-examination elicited" the 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 Palmer when in Stafford gaol ; but , with respect to this last / ' admission , he said that the deputy-govern or and another 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 hi 3 throat . —John Sergeant , a friend of Cooke , gave some . particulars of the swollen , inflamed , and ulcerated state of Gooke ' s throat . ' Before the Shrewsbury races , the deceased was very poor . Cooke and Palmer -were in the habit of " putting 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 descr ibed after much 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 he received instructions to appear in answer to it . He put in a letter from Cooke to Mm , stating that he had "been in a devil of a fix about the bill" ( for 500 /~ , which the witness had negotiated-with Pratt , in Cooke ' s behalf ); " but had settled it at the cost of' an extra > frwo guineas , for the d—d discounter
had issued a wrifc against him . " The witness had also borrowed 200 / . fort Cooke—100 * . from Mrs . Palmer , and the other' moiety 1 tfrom William Palmer . The horses Polestar and Syrius were mortgaged for the debt , which was advanced-on the bill for 5 O 01 . —The cross-examination of ' this , witness was very severe , and his answers vrere of an extremely unsatisfactory character . Aa some of them throw . considerable light on statements that appearedy a few 'months , ago , in this journal , and are otherwise-very important , we give the cross-examination , iniull :- ' - ¦ ¦ ¦ m ¦
" Have you known Palmer long ?"— "I have known him . long -and very intimately , and have been employed a good deal as an attorney by Palmer and his family . " "In December , 1 ' 854 , did he apply to you to attest a proposal of his brother Walter Palmer for : l » , O 0 OZ . in the : Solicitors and General Insurance Office ?" - —• " I cannot recollect ; if you will let me see the document I will tell you . " u Will you swear that you were not applied to ?"—< ' !¦ will not swear either that I was not applied to for that purpose or that I was . If yon will let me see the document , I shall recognize my writing at once . " " In January , 1855 , were you applied to by Palmer td attest a proposal of his brother for 13 , 000 / . in' the Prince of Wales . Office ?" - — " I don ' t recollect . " ^ Don't
recolleot ! ¦ 1 Whyi ; 18 , 000 / . was a large sum for-a man like Walter Palmer , wasn't it , who hadn't a shilling in the world ?" - — " On ; he had money , because I know that he lived retired and carried on no business . '' " Didn't you know * that he -was' an' uncertrficatod bankrupt ? ' *— <( I knew that he had been a bankrupt some years before , but I did not know that he was an uncertlficftted bankrupt . I know that ho had an allowance from his mother , but I'do not know whether he had money from any other source . I' believe'that his brother William ( the prisoner ) gave him money at different times ;" ' !¦ Where , in tho course of 1864 and 1856 , were you living —in Rugeley ? ' !— "In 1854 I think I resided partly with William Palmer , nnd sometimes at bin mother's . " " Did you Bomotimes sleep at liis mother ' s ? —" Yes . " " When you did that , where did you sleep ?"— "In a
room . " " Did you sloop in hia mothers room ? On your oathi , were'you not intimate with her ? You know well enough what I moan . " — " I had no other intimacy , Mr . Attorney , than a proper intimacy . " " How often did you sleep at her houue , having an establishment of your own at Rugeley ? ' '—" Frequently . Two or tliree times a week . " "Are you a single or a married man ?""A single man . " "How long did that practice of sleeping two or three times a week at Mrs . Palmer's continue . ?"— " For several years . " " Hud you your own lodgings at Rugoley at th , o time ?"— " Yes , all tho time . " " How far were your lodgings from Mrs . Palmer ' tt house ?" - £ - " I should say nearly a quarter of a mile . " " Explain how it happened that you , having your own place of abode within a quarter of a milo , slept two or three times a week at Mrs . Palmer ' s . " — " Sometimes
her son Joseph or other members of her family were on a visit to her , and I went to see them . " "And when you went 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 a 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 . TheTe 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 home , 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 ? — " Sometimes for two or three nights a week for 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 5 / . note for- attesting an assignment by Walter Palmer 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 tell me , on , your solemn oath , whether it is your signature . " —* ' I have some doubt whether it is rniae . " " 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 not ?"—" I will . I think that it is a very good imitation of my handwriting . " Bnrou Alder- ! son : " Did you ever make such an attestation ?"— "I don ' t recollect , my Lord . " The Attorney- General : " Look at the other signature there , ' Walter Palmer , ' ia that his signature ? " " I believe that ia Walter Palmer's . " . " Look at the attestation and the words ' signed , sealed , and delivered ; ' are . they in . Mr . Prott ' s handwriting , ?"— ' * They are " : " Did you . receive that from Mr . Pratt ?"— " Moat likely I did ; but I can't swear that I didv It might have , been sent to William Palmer . " " Did you receive it from William Palmer ?"" I don ' t know ; very likely I did . " " Did William Palmer give you that document ?'•'— " I 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 other signature yours ?"—" I'll tell you , Mr . Attorney "
"Don t ' Mr . Attorney' me , sir ! Answer my question . Isn ' t that ; your handwriting ?" - — " I believe it not to be . " "Will you swear that itisn ' t ' r "— "I believe that it is not . " " Did you apply to the Midland Couuties Insurance Office in October , . 1866 r to be appointed their agent at Rugeley ?"— " I think I did . " " Did you send them a proposal on tho life of Bates for 10 , 000 / . —you youraelf ?"— " I did , " " Did William Palmer apply to you to send that proposal ?"—" Bates aiid Palmer enme together to my office with a prospectus , uiul asked mo if I knew , whether there was any agent for that company in Rugeley ? I told them that 1 had nevor heard of one , and they then asked me if 1 would writu and get the appointment , because Bates wuuted to raise some money . ' " Did you send to the Midland Oilice and gut appointed as , their agent in Rugeley in order to eilect that lO . OOOi insurance on Batcs ' s life ?" - _ " I did . " " Was Bates at
that time superintending William Palmer ' s stud and stables ?"— " Ho was . " "At a sulury of IV . a wook <" — " I can't tell his salary . " " After that did you go to the widow of Walter Palmer to got her to give up her claim on tho policy of her husband V "— " 1 lliJ - " Where was she at that time ?"— "At Liverpool . ^ " Did you receive a dooumont from Pratt totiiko to herT — " William Palmer gave mo one which had bean . directed to him . " " Did tho widow refuse ?"— " Wl » lsaid that ahe should like her solicitor to Bee it ; and 1 said * 4 By all moans . '" "Of course ! Didn ' t she refuse to do it ? Didn't you bring it back *»" - ¦ -- " 1 brought it back as I had no instructions to leave it . " " 1 > W ' she say that she had understood from her husband that tho insurance was for 1000 / . V" Mr . Sorjoant fcUioo oh-, jocted to this question . What passed button tho widow and witness could bo no ovideneu ugainnt tho prisoner .
Tho Attorney-General paid , that tho question -was >"' - tended to ailect tho credit of tho witneHH , and witli tlint viow it was moat important . The Court ruled that thu question could not bo put . Tho Attornoy-Onontl : " Do you not know that Walter 1 ' iiliiicr obtained nothing for making that assignment ?"— " I bnli « v « that » ' <> ultimately did got something for it . " " Don ' t you hnow
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Leader (1850-1860), May 31, 1856, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_31051856/page/4/
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