The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-11-09 00:00:00

Miscellaneous.

Her Majesty ham signified her intention of oonferring
the limner of knighthood on Mr. J. T. Smith, the
Mayor of Melbourne.
It Appear' from the return, published by the Hoard
of Trade that 130 millions of paeeengers travelled on
the tallwaym of the United Kingdom In 1867.
Lord Derby bee granted a {motion of P,50 per annum
to Mr. Peter Whittle, author of a "Hlitory of Preston,"
and other intiquarian works.
At. haispiet given to M. de LO.lllOllll, at Marseilles,
bet week, that gentleman dated, in reply to e tout,
" That the works of the Roca mai will onnimonoe In
three month', and that the canal shall be opened in
three roan."
The tolographio oommunioation between Dover and
Wale is interrupted—probably through soma ship
dragging her anchor.
Prone ht. Helena we learn that four slavers had been
taken in there by Her Majesty'i amblers, all of whom
were oondomned.
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--Tite-r-alni—;i7l,l;Om Alexandria to Suet is expected to
be completed by the let of Dooember, when all the
difilaultiss and Weagrisiene of " crossing the Desert"
will he avoided, and the route to India, China, and
Australia, rendered as complete and andurtsble as
travelling by *ea and land nun be made.
Me, iterey, the horee.tamer, Is now at Stockholm.
He has tamed several violent horse. there in the
preform of the Print* Royal, and hia royal highnese
presented 'din with a gold modal, Mr. Henry is, a
luttaf ststes, about to proceed to Mt. Petersburg.
That Indian Relief Fund Committee have received a
stain approaching 1141NA:1111ton of money. The tote'
expenditure, up to this thin), hoe been something like
£170,000. There remain, a balance in hand of £2118,450.
No doubt this handsome balance will all be neoded,
Miss Amy Sedgwick, tile popular &strew of the Hay,
market Theatre, whose serious Illness for seine titno
past prevented her appearance on the 'tags, has bestowed
her hand on Dr. Parkes, her medical attendant.
A new feature has Just been added to the public) gal.
Uri., of the British Museum. Some of the rarest and
choicest treasures of that jealously.guarded corner of
our public institution, called the Print.rootn, have
within the last week been arranged on screens, in the
lightest and most central part of the King's Library.
The Cheltenham magistrates have fined a young
farmer £2 end costa, for kissing a girl on the Alstose
road.
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Mrs. Hope Scott, grand-daughter of Sir Walter Scott,
and daughter of Mr. Lockhart, expired at Edinburgh on
Tuesday week. She was married a few years mina to
Mr. Hope Scott, an eminent barrister, who took the
latter surname on hio seceding to the Abbotsford estates
Mrs. Scott leaves threw children—one an infant.
The Land Regulations of the Governor-General of
Natal have been disallowed by the Home Offiee, Crown
lands are no longer to be granted at an annual quitrent of
one farthing per acre. They are to be sold by public
auction at she upset price of 10, per sere.
The Emperor of Austria has allowed Baron Lionel
is Rothschild, to resign the post of Austrian Consul.
Genoa' of London, and lmu exproseed satisfaction with
his lung and faithful services, Baron Anthony de
Rothschild is appointed to the vacant place.
The members of the Conservative Club of Glasgow
University have agreed to bring forward the Right Hon,
Benjamin Disraeli as a sandidate for the offlee of Lord
Bettor, u sneussor to Sir Edward Buiwer Lytton. The
Liberal Association, we hear, are likely to nominate
either Kr. Dickeno or Kr. Thickens,.
A recent arrival of alk vessels from the &Die
brought to England the great quantity of 8,000 quarters
of wheat.
Snow has already fallen, to the depth of five or all
Moho. min some parte of the North—and that where torn
was still standing.
Vandenhoff hu taken leave of the stip He
played for the last time on Friday week, at Liverpool, in
the sharseter of Brutus In Shakeipears'e " Julius fiar,"
and Woleey In " Henry VIII."
A woman, eighty years of op, oharud her husband
(at Plymouth) with desertion. He was only forty years
p, laving married her when she was silty, and he
ninen I He was condemned to provide for her, of
'oases,

WHOLESALE POISONING AT BRADFORD,

On Sunday night and Monday morning gnat mita.
Inept waionoalluned in Brotiford and the neighbourhood
iiodbeyindttiahitaii7rtuhre.oulu.reurnvithda.ttuabayrgiterevantognmieia,atuttyunriptozlwenllittilt.
wbeehni.besootr:
&mistimed that on ',undo), morning two boy., one and
0 and the other aged 11, none of John Nutt, reildinc
In Rallway•strent, and of Elijah Wright, rending at df
Quoen-etroal, died very suddenly, and their deathly's";
reported at the polloe•offiee, IS Was at first suppocad
that they had died front ()bolero, and no items war,
talon in the matter, but :luring the day a great many
other persons ware attacked with Illness, and on inquiry
being made, it was alsootained that they had all Per.
taken of lounges which they had purehesed in the
market on Saturday night. This led to further Inquiry,
and It was found that the 'osmium had been sold by
person named Herdaker, a unfeetioner, who keep,. a
stall in the market, and who bad bought them from a
wholesale confeetioner named Niel, residing In Stomp
street, Manor.vow. It appears that In the inanufee•
tore of lounges a oomposition named " daff," which is
prepared In Derbyshire, in eztenaively employed, and
about a fortnight ago Mr. Niel purchased 121 b of It from
• di-Inlet named Hodgson, In Shipley. He Was served
by a young man named William Goddard, aged about 111
years, who is MI 1181111111 inn to Mr. Hodpon. The latter
wulll In bet at the time, and Goddard, who had asked
him where the " dad' was kept, went into the cellar for
It, but by mistake brought the arsenic cask instead, and
from It weighed 121 h, which was subsequently mined
with the lozenges which had been ordered by Hardaker.
On these (sets being asoertained the most prompt man:
aurae were taken by Mr. Levered, the chief-eonsUble of
police, to prevent, as far as possible, further hum.
All the officers wore sent round their beat, to warn
people not to use any lounge,' they might have par.
chased on Saturday night ; bellmen were 'sent out for
the acme purpose, and placards were posted in every
part of the town requesting that persona who might
have purchased lozenges to bring them to the police.
office. About 3015 i were recovered from Mr. Hardaker,
and a oonsiderable quantity was brought in by people
who had purchased them on Saturday night. Mr.
Copeland, the superintendent of the Bradford division
of the county constabulary force, also took every pre.
caution to acquaint the Inhabitants of the villages on the
outskirts of the town, and who are in the habit of
coming to the Bradford market on Saturday night,of the
danger. On Monday morning reports were reeeived
from all parte of the town of the fatal effects which had
followed from the use of the lozenges, and it is impos•
sible to say what nay be the ottani of the evil. On
Sunday evening Mr. Leveratt considered it kin duty to
direct the young man William Goddard into custody,
and on Monday morning he was brought before the
magistrates, when Mr. Leveratt stated these facts, and
applied for a remand until after the moult of the
coroner'. inquests. Mr. Leveratt stated that up till 11
o'clock 10 deaths had been reported at the borough
polioe-offloe, and between 40 and 50 persons were
seriously ill, and he had no doubt that a much larger
number would be found to be suffering. The lozenges
were sold at the rate of 2oz. for lad., and there is as
much arsenic in an ounce as would poison a dozen men.
After some consultation among the magistrates, the
Mayor said they had 'agreed to remand the prisoner till
the following day, and observed that the public must
feel under great obligations to Mr. Leveratt for the
prompt measures lie had taken to give information re.
specting this most unfortunate affair. The following is
a return of much of the matron as had been reported
at the polioe-ofSeo

DEAD.
Two children, sons of Mirk Burns, residing at 90,
Towett•itreet.

A son of Elijah Wright, 82, Queenwtreet.
Joseph Crabtree, an adult, Jaoubwtreet.
Mark Green, an adult, Low Moor.
Mrs. Isaac Shackleton, East Ardsley.
Mrs. Ann Short, Leednroad.
Jonathan Lupton Constantine, an adult, at Tyersall.
A child named Bradley, residing at Heaton Syke.
A child named Cronin*, at Heaton Syke.
A young man, name unknown, at Heaton Syke.
Reports were received throughout the day of families
suffering from the effects of the poison.

The excitement caused by the calamity at Bradford in.
cremes. New returns of illneas and death are made &Initial
'loony. It I. impossible to keep a catalogue. There
have been eaveral death. sinoe out last taus. Returns
have been also made of persons who are suffering from
eating lozenge. from various parts of the borough, be.
sides others at Low•moor, Clayton Hight', Wibeey,
Shipley, Heaton, Foolish'll, Idle Windhill and Thorn.
ton. The total number of persons reported to be till.
now one hundred and sixty•nine. The names of those
who have since died are, Joseph Houldsworth, aged 7
year', Rutland-inset, Bowling' Briggs Ramadan, aged
24, of Thornton, dagger ; and Mark Glover, LOW•iliour,
The exeitement livery great,
On Tuesday lot the borough magistrates made an in.
quiry into the oircumetenoes of the selling of the poisoned
Mumps. The mayor presided over • full beech of ma.
gistraOa. Captain Gobbe was also present.
William Goddard, the youth who sold tile Arsenio,
wile placed in the dock. He is the son of ; widow liv-
ing at Caine.
lir. Leo appeared on his behalf, and Mr., Watson for
Mr. Neal.
William Burniston, detective officer oft pollee form,
said that he heard on Sunday of several o Rhin having
died, and he went to the house of it Burran, Jo.
wettstreet, Briolc•lane, where he faun, two children
dead, cud learnt that Barran himself li taken some of
the loons's' i and, having learnt fron whom he had
bought them, he went to the hones o William Hard.
alter, North Wins, and inquired rest Mg them cf that
person, whom he found in a state of &ring. Hard.
Ricer at ono stated that he lied pu taxed them from
Joseph Neal, of Stone-street, and ill he had got four
parcels of 10b. each, in all 40lb. then found that
Pollee Constable Campbell lied go • session of them,
he went directly to Mr. Neale's, w , told him that the
losungeo were mad. partly from a t natal called "daft,"
and that lie lied puraliased it troll .., r. George Hodgson,
drugsist, of Shipley. He (Bun ton) then took Neale
with -him to Shipley, but when t y went to Hodson's
bottle he we. from home, and t saw the young man
Goddard, and asked him if he I not sold a man some
stuff about a week ago, on the evious Monday? and in
reply he acted him If it we. " rra album "or " daft I"
He then said lie lied sold 121 a. 'fit. He took them to
the cask from which he had t, en the quantity monad,
and showed them the ntatcri which Mr. Neal inunedia•
tely said Wee not "deft." they were further efainin•
Mg the article Mr. Hoilgsot mule in, and et onee told
them that the clack contain arsenic, and held I cwt.
After some further eonvers ion the offioer left, bringing
Goddard with dun, sown tiled by Neal, Goddard 100 l
only been about three we s with Mr. Hodgson, and
knew little about the bush, as. The statement had get
abroad that the oak was belled polaon, but Bundsten
says that they examined minutely, and could not find
any such label upon it.
James Anther, the in , who purchased the " daft"
from Goddard, said he as requested when ping to
Bandon, to bring It to. r, Neal in hie cart, and he an.
:liar
oonlingly did so. He %keit for Mr. Hodgson, but was
told that he wis sick, d when lie said that 121 b, of the
" daft " would oblige I in, Goddard wont and brought
It, wrapped up in two , and took it away and laid it
on the floor of Mr. N le'a shop, and it wila afterwards
given to the man o make. the loonies his name
wee James A ppletion and lie was employed- by Mr. Neal.
Wittiest had been w h Mr. Neal for two years, but had
never been before f "deft."
In Ammer to a mpstion from Mn, Lees, solicitor, who
watched the ease fafOoddard,
i Ob Archer William that miard told him him that Mr.
Hodson onside lit would be better for Mut to let it
alone until he et, it see about it himself, and that it
Will after lie ask to be obliged with life 121 b. that he
received it.

Mr. Bill Bullion stated that he had attended the
children oi Id rk hurran, and that when he saw
them first, oho four o'clock on !Imlay afternoon, they
swhe"raklr
btilmi %shit n theirtaanl,liyillyeinfit,luih op?
Both died PM .ly afterwartle. From all symptoms and
i
aeyreeslodwilathtedeir.
appearances, le Impromion was that death had resulted
utl"heilrw
from poison. Mark !Milan himself, who also took part
of the lose which ho had purchased, laboured under
Muffler gym me, as alio did Immo Tillotson, and his
wife Miry, Wituese analysed one of the lounges, and
found it to ontain arsenic,
Mr. Fel M. Rimmington, analytioal cheiniet, who
n;ro
was requ dby Mr. Bel( and Dr. Branner to analyse
one or ore of the lounges. (many of which had
been re red from various patients), said that he had
done ao, ut did not at the time intimate the exact quart.
tity of filo contained In each, and had no orders to
that e et. Each of the lounge*, however, he after-
talned contain nine grain* of arsenic, one•half of which
was II ample dole for any adult ; di grains of amnia
were nersily ronoldered a poisonous dote. " Daft,"
he d, was simply planter of Pula, or sulphate of
I
Bine
J. 011 Appleton, Mr. Neals'a working confectioner,
stated his -having received the papers containing the
&runic. from Archer, and told how he had made it up,
zie
with gum and sugar, and mint, into what, when dried,
made 4011:. of losempie, which had been ordered by Hard•
alur, and which contained more "daft,' owing to the
lowness of the price. Hardaker's militant also proved
having sold part of the lounges in the market, after his
trzileor:r.
cab. Thin
Of
roovh:l4ll4yhf:Tdattoue);i me nt.
aker, who waited at the stall in tr.e market during part
of the day.
Joeepli Neal wee afterwards called upon and put
through a severs examination, In which he oonfewed to
the liberal use of " daft "in making the lower qualities
of spleen. He fenced elaborately with several of the
questions, and some of his statements appeared In some
respects to contradict each other. Nothing, however,
was elicited to criminate him in any rogue*.
mr. Hodgson, whose arsenic had bud bold, was than
ordered into the dock, and the further hearing of the
01,1111 was adjourned to the following Wednesday, in
order to allow time for a poll "wriest examination of
some of the bodies to be made,
Mr. Jowlson, the coroner, opened his Inquiry on sm.
rid bodies at the Packhorse Inn, Bradford ; but after
'seining several of the witnesees who bed been examined
at the Dourt•house, be adjourned the inquiry to Tuesday
next.
Mr. George Dyson, coroner, also opened an Inquiry
on Tuesday last at Lowlitoor
_,. and Mr. Taylor, of
Wakefield, opened inquiries at Eut Ardsisy on 9 bodies
lying dead in his distriot.—Mandialer Grardias,