The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-04-28 00:00:00

- •• ' The'most splendid ana eiciting demonstration iu eell-
hection with the rifle 'volunteer movement, yet witnessed
in the north of England, will take place, this (Saturday)
afternoon, in' the • 'Upper ,Birkenhead Palk, one of the
most advantagelocales in this part of the country for
a military display. The origin of the demonstration,
;as our;readers are doubtless aware, is the presentation
- of allatHlESOllle silver bugle (designed and manafactured
1:111; Elkington • & C 0.,) by Mrs. 13rassey, to alp let.
Cheshire Volunteer Rifles, or' Birkenhead ConiPanY,
• Commanded by
.Captain John Cadell.' ". This coniP,mlY,
thanks to the energy; tact, and. Military aptitude of Cape. thanks
is no* one of the most efficient volunteer
'll3s in the 'country, and in; every, ,way worthy:of' the
Coiizpliolent which will this day.be paid to them,,:in the;
13resence of one of the most numerous .and fashionable
t4eiii6e/Ildihsht.es everjollected together in the open-air in,
There is every prospect; fertnitately,--that
!' tthat'great desideratum for mit-door fetes--a due; sun-
or be a 6ertainty; arid, as it is tipeeted
to
tanie e abent 2,000 volunteers Will lie on the •grotind,eii:
gem ,e, accompanied by their bands, with ilany
:ft tthheat this demonstration
on horseback' it a not to be wondered
demonstrationhas been 'looked forward
tt
.• , .• ; ! • Leh interest`. and anxiety on botk,sides of
ah Jle'rsey for some weeks past The presentation
.
Park take Place in, the. -open space • of the. .1.7-PPer
betweenit theAshville and Upton ;roads. ;f..and ss
• " A matter of great interest, to hundreds of our,
readers, we' can assure them most' positively that the
great event of the day will net take place 'until:hay-
.l)4Bt four &clod, the review companies being oh their
grednd at four p.m. We state this fact mostus
are fromnil-M serous inquiries addressed to:.
'Qat great uncertainty exists as to theexact time the
bieSliitatiort will take' place. The.relatiyes and,friends,
• (7it• .
the volunteers taking part in the ceremony will, he.
admitted, on showing their tickets, at the south-east
qaaclrangle entrance in Ashville-road, the only entiance
to the portion of ground which will be specially reserved
,fkor thy,The Volunteerbprps -who -are to "assist" at
t.ceremony wilt march to the entrance bet Ween the
oo lodgesou the Upton-road, which is, in fiet,
htinuat:ion of Conway-street.
The following are -the officers and men who ate
,eVeett.4 to be °nab's grOuid .
I." 'Reviewing afficer--,Col. Wilbraham, C. 8., who will
"WA* a, hattalitm of 10 'companieS, each 25 files (50
..blen); making a 'total force Qf no rank and file. The
r
°,llowing corps i'Orni• the review ;battalion:— 'I " o:
RIGHT WING. •
company, let Lancashire, Captain Bousfield.
Do. Se lz _ Do. Captain C.AndstoAo.!
--a 14th Do. Captain T. Bright.:
4 Do. 15th 'Do. Captain Ilamilton.
Do, 19th Do. ' Captain Maxwell, ;
- LEFT 'wt*G. '
J-Do. 2nd Cheshire, Captain bit
• Do. 3rd Do. Captak Chambres.
4th . Do. Captain Jones.
10 Do. 7th - Do. Captain Brooke. • •
Ist Do. • Captain Cadell.
-Alrehdall, of -the Fermanagh Militia; will b4' lh
eelurnand pl this. battalion, 'tad' gir C. W.
1,,6-heekerley, Bart,,of the 6th C.V.A., will act as Colonel,
"Abraham's aide-de-carat,. Capt. Irvine (Kimanugh
wilt be the actin, Major,; andiCki,tain Barton
(Fermanagh win be the actiing Adjutant:The
t'..--..erve will he comp;,sed; of detashments
--•"-Aving corps .
o.

L ' Altl
irILLAIM ,
• .
azteashire, Lieuts-Col. .Br ow
4tll Div. Do. (Lieut.-Col. Bourne's) 109 men,
• with karid—f4Ptt4,in 31C 4i*
Captain Dirtoti
Caßtain OntahY.
3 6th Do. captian McCulloch.
4 Ist Chu hen; 'Captain Harrison.
std Cariain Reynolds.
- • Do. ,saptain rey.'
r sth Do, Captain Laird.
tn•Lts.
R ILi";'!' lit Lancashire, Captain obertson.
4.5 th Do. Captain :Tit/ley.
&ck,ao 14th Do. eqtta!' Brady.
I,sth Do. Vaptain-Tnek.r. „
.ie
hi! ;712. 19th ,(Scotch) Captain ~a
22nd(EMhangelCaptainL A
t COMPIII* Captain L. ' pair
14 3811 a (Faitfie d) Lieutenant :Martin.,
15 39th (Webb) Captain Griffith. , .
/6 45th Captain Dove.
47 ;All Chethire, Lieutrentt
6th Dd. • 'o"aptaln ,
it% .:th •D. Ciiptitni tfooke.
Ilth.- 2l .1 14th Dd.< - Captain EdWarEdwards.Do. -.Captain Hope. Jones.
A. guard of the lattheshire Rifles, under the command
of Ensign Coatvav, Will he stationed'at the " rtservfi
.entrance of The groundi and the ;irrangenient
'reserve 'corps- *in 'be confided fo Ca ptain Taylr, of 5 of 'the
•st Lancashire Rifle 'Company. • •
' After the presentation, the review battalions will
execnte a variety of military nianpeUvr4; but as the
rees.ant progranitne may, probably be altered at the
review, we do not think it advisable to publish it, asiit
might, perhaps, lead part to some maktiorepos error on the
of those engaged .in the 'review, or at. bewildering
the speFfa.tors, who „dust: trust to their' eyes and ears to
comprehend what
_passes before them.
believe that the; Volunteers from Liverpool
will
cro:is to Woodside in special boats, and that after the
.+ :presentation and re‘iiew, Mr. john Laird Will entertain
the officers engaged, at dinner.' There will be co stands
trected for the accommodation of tbe spectators, and, as
411'144: be placed on an `equal footing a; regards the
point new, we trust that every person will exercise
e utmost forbearayce, politeness, and good hutiour,
and that'for once an English crowd: will prove that they
arid thealioY theraselvesi: as. rationally an a continental one,
at in this respect Liverpool and Birkenhead will
et' al.ample,to •the whole country.' -
14IVER10,

):.1

'OOL 'POLICE -COURT:-YESTERDAY,

(Before Nr. RIFFLES.)
tertraietn•—Mary Hart, brought up on a charge of stealing
Areef„-,,_' Peron peon of Joseph Smith, in Cheapside, the night
• was sent to the sessions for trial.-
: hadal)tittatis SFANIA.►I.7-...Louis Davies, who was said to have
for i.F,a,tinie the chair of a vessel himself, was bronght irp
ita,...:"lng to procetdert the steamboat Rosario, Capt. 'Doff,
Th"'er, articles havin; been signed. The vessel sailed on
dar night but in consequence of drunkenness, the
e AeFArias not ableto join her. Sent to gaol for ten wee.
441,
COURSE Or I'HUE‘LOt-F, NEVER ion RUN 5M00TH."...:-
..tatC,'Brannall, ektrpd on Thursday with having stolen his
Coe' property, VaZ dismissed, the prosecutor nut appearing.
sr rCE4Lxisser orßiarn.---Louisa Power, a Poorly' clad young
Was-brourht up on a charge of having attempted to
`harn4l the birth of her child. On the 9th instant, a woman
that 74erCamata, at whose house the prisoner lodged,.sitate
attenZ'ae dayai question the prisoner complained of iLuesa,
.141:-'dapi with cramp, but when taxed by a woman, named
will being in labour, she stoutly denied the fact.
e„,"`.l3' aftealeards the dead body of a child was fennel. cell-
'-‘ted in • s made &post- martens
''Xiicnb,• a Pal in the roont, Dr. Game
4411.4,7:14°110f the body, and found that the child had been
- n ilae pris6-er said that she was in great distress,
did h
.or*tracn. wish any person to knower state. Committed
CTI,
Cozi As A BAWNI3ROKT.R WITHOUT • LICENSE.---Thomas
as a zt. a cripple, was brought up, charged with having acted
bah liawnbroker without a license. Mr. Tyndall appeared on
forthof the Ex.ciegi authorities. Two witneseeet were called
the i.,,..,W9accution, who proved haring pledged some goods., at
was *,"B.,ner's shop. in July, 1858, and September, 18a. ,he
ett, etullicted in £25 fines for similar offences. For the pre-
*, "fence he Was fined £5O, and in default of payment he
II taken into custody.
A N,
Ptah, „„',7 War er GOINO TO Innssn.---John Leary, an Irish-
*With Rho was discharged an hour before, having been charged
'late \''gralloY, Was brought, up again on a charge of wilfully
p,,,t,:ittag a giaaa sign and breaking a pane of glass; the pro-
tri4,"_er " kr. Dods, public-house keeper, Chapel-street.
oThe
said, in his defence, that he committeW d the offenc
1417 to be sent te Ireland. But his orship convinced him
and c"i'h was not the way to get to Ireland, by fining him 30s.
4tae or, in default,'two months' imprisonment.
(Before Messrs. BOLTON and BOOTH.)
~aAsOrrinces.---Thos. Williams, victualler, Upper
baa"4l-street, was 2os. and costs. Margaret Farrell,
41;nrtailer, roeLittle=st, was fined 2s. 6d. and costs. Richd.
re,tht.ette sictualler, Stanhope-street, was fined is. and costs.
2a, 6;4 'Davies, beer retailer, 'Kensington-road, was fined
'tretk and Costa. Michael Gibbons, beer retailer, Midghall-.
`ma' .fined 40s. and costs. Agnes Campbell, beer
htetta„ Fhancer-street, was fined 2s. 6d. and costs. Henry
ceata:!, beer retailer, Epsom-street, was tined 2s. H., and
bas
~Predertek Duncanson, beer retailer, Prescot-street,'
r:. 2s. 6d.
and costs. Samuel Jones, beer retailer, Scot-
-I..!tallsral,Livas fined 2S. 6d. and costs. James. Brown, beer
North, 4-;4'4'7-street. was fined 2s. 6d. and exists. Thomas
caart, r retailer, Woolfe-street, was fined 2s. 6d. and costs.
and IkellYon,
beer retailer, Falkland-street, was lined 20a.
iva..6.fieonsoetda.s: Del.Haienld Armstrong,oosts.

/4-I,Niricx--------.------n R a , v Ptter says
it -ig . ell T _oisiAriox.--...,auti-ers 8 ivetCs . .
zs_ rrently reported that Mr. Benjamin Lee Gum-
tithazdis'iroocioer,tatlC, en to. provide the necessary fur)..d,
ancient cathbdral $3l.
the
complete restoration of the
Diibliiicacebr4,_ tan the
church of St. Patrick,
Dean make ,-uzg to ih_
.%am) and Chapter"
plans long published by the
a of the late
of ttlporitaeL._ntatiy uapter--.“ a noble act, worthy
at. of Arthur Guinness."
of four, 18-pottmer
~__TerrttznY CORPS ,The arrival
corpeff7vasand, ammunitinn. waggons, for
the use of this
celebrated on. Thursday by a
public demonStration, whi
.... eh was one of the most ennui-
ssitptpichiwig twneetsesndpfilory i,;,,sziroas.
The streets and the with flags, and throughout
the day. merry peals issued 'f'4.-
and.
cannon
were dischargedeint several church belfries,
line, the aorelecme. points. The
weather'being reinarkably a
Vas made, a
Reneral holid.ay, In the ereuing a baasinn
aquet took place
at the Victoria-rooms. • -
A SLAVE AND-HER CHILDREN. ---The following
graph appeals in the Atlanta (Ga.) c
~..diowing para-
the title of the " Devilish Act of a Ne°J.,6 ;.`0441/ under,
li'' We learned through a gentleman fro 15 woman
na enfienl I:h.a. t a
Lngford, of that
.Fgro woman belonging to James
tace,becotning tired of life, threw three of her children
ill'llt,,c! a Well, said to be 65 feet in depth, and thenjumpeend
fo,_ePself• Mr. Langford went down after them, ii.d
hetm_rt her still living and not seriously injured. When
him, and
it
...reached her, she attempted to drown
hr has only by main force that he subdued her and
~,4,ht her up ; the children were all dead. She is
dere:ised in gaol, and will no doubt be hung as a niur-
igii_. She assigned, as a reason for the rash and
leave act, that she wished to die, and didn't want to
red any of her children behind." The English
q.,01,:i1l probably regard the act stigmatised by the
fslifikatil Paper as' " devilish, " as possessing a very
!I1 471Itzteohwaracter. At all events, it would be interestFai,f, w.lty this poor. slave woman was so tired of
.". be wilhng to sacrifice hereelf and her children.
'

The _Revue des bett.r 3:tonciet, the onlyinde-
pendent organ of opinion in France, contains the
following observations-Lit ienseful for. the English
reader to see what intelligent e,Frenchmen,
essentially the friends of order and of no extreme
opinions, think of the P:mperor of the French
and his System of government :
•• "We are convinced that France is just now in one of
those critical periods when the choice between two
systems, May determine the character of an historical
Prance' has recently given proofs of her
strength fully -sufficient to satisfy her akei4e peepra
tor ,a long time to comet and to inspire rival powers
with due respect fer her might. She has net even
been to carry out the policy which- she comnieneed
so triumphantly regarding the affairs•of Europe Without
exciting a feeling of jealousy ied.etipfehenticin. If we
should ettend Mill farther .our advantages abroad—if
• We.shonld, allured by foreign,undertakings, yield to the
temptation of making Use ofeour strength in all the
complications which may arise out of the present condi-
tion.,el Europe, we may be sure that opportunities would
not be 'wanting. ThePreleift.tletb,CfEuroPe opens but.
too vvicle a held to fieth COMbinations.- How many
things in our elote neighbourhood-are fragile and badly
disposed. Not to speak of Italy, still' a mass of molten
lava., have we not Germany at our gates, canricioutly
cut up -into.,it -mass of small states, whose artificial
censtitution leads itself to that manipulation of territories
And populations which' appeared so, attractive to great
.warriors and statesmen of a former day ? Have we not
the East,• and the agonising empire:of the Turks, offer-
ing as it were a mine Of territorial compensation to the
reformers of-the mat of Europe P No doubt, it France
'etiilshed to lia'ediainence one of that° great war iv/fiances
which she has More thin once acted in the CoUrSe -of fthr
history, she might keep stirring ter a Wig
.tithe to
come, and cut up Ear* according to her fancy ; but
our liistarai has _also -taught us. the- inevitable_ issue of
those -undertakings. It is the fate of France when she.
indulges in these fits of paliticel.and.. military activity
-abroad, to inspire universal jealotisiy, to tinit'e igainst
herself all the 'forces •tt.i4e, Alia' the magnitude
and duration of her triumphs only paves the way for the
•
magnitude and suddenness of her reverses. Our century,
*weever, has taught sundry political and social
truths ; ' we have learnt that the rights, self-government,
and liberty of peoples cannot be violated with impunity-
by the- tyrannising caprices cf another nation, even,
when that nation is bat own ; we have learnt that
warlike adventtireii iii which a, nation spends the eXu-
berkinee of her strength do not otiti•ibilte to her great-
ness, but, oil the 'Contrary, to her exhaustion ; that
the real sources of paver consist in a good pelitical/
nrgaliisation at honie, in wealth, in labour; lit those
conditions of existence Whit% peace alone can strengthen
and Make' preeperoils. These lessons tell Frelee, eeeh
titower she has just dis-
-his she biands at present, that th
.plajed, and of which isiie is So justly proud, is the *Con-
sequence and the frniforthegenerousinstitutions; and the
productive peace, which she '9j9jeclfoi the pireietts For}
penis; and that age iheVitabii ttisttoy the causes
'Of that pu vel by wasting it in undertakings beyond her
frontiers. It is for France, then, or rather for her govern-
ment,•which has assumed the_ power and the responsi-
bility directing in either path; to choose between
those two systems. We indulged a hope at the ebni-
inencement of the prestait year that the government hid
made its choir's, and had come to the wise detepni-
natiat of bringing ,back the country :the' fraittil-
labouCs doneestie life. The inijierial
has been teienied, `,'the ileeieittee of poem,' had no
aher meaning; and aPParentlyannoiniced that inten-
i..lo: hoWevei, have elapsed, and not-
Withstanding tbe magnitUde :of the task assigned
to. the , Country by that pacific programme, not-
withstanding the almost revolutionary effects this
new policy- appeared, calculated to produce upon
the interests concerned, notwithstanding the excite-
ment which an' atteniPt to neii, in trance and the
appliCation of which givesrise prcitte4l464naibi numer-
obis and interettink, ghat an act, fraught with
consequences of fnagnitude,,has berely.reused • and
'44 that: almost noiselessly, a few privtite
a-lereis,- :has awakened no cnriosity; 'and left public
opinion,-cold and indifferent ; The' matareffeet of the
..xiaisr-,;eemrstercial policy has-turned bAt-trdiA4
What tas been the ante of that, failure?. Chiefly the
superior clalite en 'public attention -of questions of
fe'teign policy. The first-and essential, eundition of the
suttets' of an' economic 'reform is, beyond'qUestioa, polia
sedarlty. -Thinks ta the foreign *Aims in which
we remain embroiled; that security been Wanting.
Our wishes ate, therefore,' but the logical consequence
of ;the, prefessed intentiens of 'the government with.
regitertaits commercial, policy, where they call; even at
:the expense of some trifling concessions, for the• cessa-
tion of these diplomatic; difficulties • which 'have led the
country, to .believe than at the very time When it Was
called, upon to turn its attention to its own domestic
commercial concerns,ahat the goVernment was' about to
btitii itself deeper then "ever in the perilous enibroglio of
'European Cotplieations and foreign undertakings. But
if- the influence of 'foreign policy was caleulated
injure the' effect of our rte' commercial policy
Upon public oPinion, it amust also. -be admitted
that, a xeferm of this . description
_meets .with obstrae-
t'ions fu our political organisation. Tile principle 'of
limited liability.is inapplicable with regard to liberty,
at, we hope, people. will- some find out. Mean-
while, we are 'experiencing- the baneful influence, the
kind of torpor,' 'which the. -absence of political_eiercises
over every other 'kind of liberty,
,even that which appears
the most innocuous, 'and' the• developinent of which it
is. sought to favoai. The eii'eeess of a commercial
sYstem 'cannot' be secured 'Merely ,by an exposition of
its principlet. The subject recinires to be ventilated
by a free ;discussion in a free -Parliament • and. a 'free,
press. Free trade cannot be. .aeclimatieeel, in' u gree t
country by the slow and. routine operation of the
administrative machine. To carry out this innovation a
kind of men aie required very different from those
realeel-,in administrative hothouses. ' !den are wanted
inured to public life .by the competition and emulation
_which a-free press and 'a free Parliament
.always create.
How far it is possible fbr their to exist at present we
will not stop to inquire; but it isnot witheutimportanee
to'take note of the fact, that no improvement of the
internal situation of Prance can possibly be effected
Without the inevitable 'preliminary condition : being
brought farWard—'political liberty must be developed.''

The Tiprea commences a leader on Austria by obsers-
in;t that there are signs of makings and impending,
rnin, More certain even than lost battles and dismem-
bered provinces, to those who look below the surface of
the late gigantic frauds in high officials—more dis-
couraging than the loss of Milan, or the threatened
insurrection in Hungary. The Times then makes the
announcement that Baron Bruck was the only minister
capable of managing the finances.
THE LONDON REFORMATORY.—A public meeting of
this institution was held on Thursday, in the lecture-
hall of the, Young Men's Christian Association, Alders-
gate-street, the Earl of Shaftesbury in the chair. The
report, as read by the Rev. Charles Hunie, stated that
the number of inmates in the institution on the let of
April,' 1859, was 36.. Between that day and the 31st
of March, 1860, the applications for admission num.
bered 155. Of these three were too old for admission,
and eight too young, 14 were ineligible from medical
and other causes, 19 went away of their own accord
after making inquiry. The remaining 111 applicants
were admitted, making with the previdus inmates the
number of 147 patients in the Reformatory during
thoyast year: 16, however, of the former tent away
during probation, and 16 others left after probation at
their own request; 18 absconded, and 13 were dismissed,
making a total of 63 thus removed. During the year,
32 have emigrated from the Reformatory, and 14 been
removed to employment; so that on the Ist of April,
1860, there were 38 patients'; 259 have emigrated from
the institution since its commencement, and 191 have,
by their length of residence and good conduct, so far
established 'their characters as to gain employment.
There is accommodation in the institution for 80 men,
but owing to the want of sufficient funds, the committee
are obliged to limit the number to 50. The staff which
is, requisite for the reduced number would suffice for the
full establishment. This is also the case with respect to
gas and coal and other supplies. From the establishment
of juvenile reformatories and other causes, the funds
which were once contributed to this institution have to
a great extent been divided into other channels. The
committee refer the public to their balance-sheet, which
has been audited by a paid auditor; from which it will
be seen that there is only a trifle in hand. They can-
mkt believe that, if this fact were known, they would be
allowed to remain long in a state of uncertainty as to
whether the institution can be carried on. They ear-
nestly appeal for necessary aid. The chairman next
detailed the system of operation adopted in dealing with
the patients in the Reformatory, which in general, as
well as in many special cases that had fallen under his
own observation, had wrought beneficially. The resuits
attained by the small means at the command of the
institution showed what could be done. Since the aboli-

of the question
tion
10l citsbees plevnasalatydoopftetdr,anthspeourrtagteinocny, unless in certain
political point of view.
of
become vastly more urgent in a
spoecniaal Protection against the crime of the country bad
Referring to the ticket-of-leave
par-
ticular objection to it. He had no doubt
_their
nmanyo of
systemhethhaatd
these men left prison with sincere repentance
past cour o of life and disgusted with the society
s
gaol, But observe the disadvantages they had to
Uf
of the
con-
tend against in endeavouring to do so. they
appear-
ance in the first place was against them, and they had
in endeavouring to find employment, to enter an over-
tsrtoadck:d labour market. Many of them, again, had no
He was aware of a case in which a. ticket-of-
teive man had obtained a situation and remained in it
with good conduct, for two years. One day a policeman
called and informed his master that he had gone through
the prisons. The result was that the latter was
turned away 'and was unable afterwards to gain any
future employment He did not blame either officer
or master, but such cases proved the necessity
there existed for reformatories, where a man could
have a chance of regaining his character. The difficulty
that these men, in endeavouring to lead a virtuous life.
had to contend with, and in coming in contact with
their companions, was also very great. The latter
generally awaited at the doors their coming out of gaol.
His lordship concluded by refuting a few objections
which bad been brought against reformatories, and
eloquently and indignantly repelled the assumption that
any man, however hardened in crime, was really incor-
rigible. Other speakers followed, and the proceedings
terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman:,
•

On. Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Edward Coxwell, the
borough coroner,' concluded an adjourned
at the Crown and Sceptre Inn, Bevois-valley, a snbuib
of Sonthampton, into the circumstances attending the
death of Elizabeth Harrison. The deceased came frem
Summerton, near Glastonbury,. and,had lived in service
in Dorsetshire, and latterly, at Mr. Coventry's, near
Southampton ; but for three, weeks prior to her
death she had " stayed with a friend, Mrs. Cross,
at 12, Bevoia-valley. On ?rids, night, the 13th
instant, she `vent out' With Iterliy Grey, "ho was the
gardener. at M. ; Coventry's She resided there ;
.they -went to the Uncle' Tom's Cabin •beerlieuse,
remained there some finie, .anct. at a-, late hatir of the
night Grey ticeonapatiied her is far as the
Inn, where. he left her,"tielfeying that she would go to
Crest's, and she promised.to meet him next niorning.
She did not go to Cross's house until nett morning
early, when she stated -that she had slept with the
landlord's &lighter at the tYnclo Tom's Cabin. This
was not the fact. She met Gre* at siio'6ltock Id the
morning; told hire that she !hid get hit'
breakfast, and then she went to `Mr. Cross's ; after
which she met Grey at a quarter-past eight o'clock,
and accompaniedhim to Cracknore Hard, on the opPosite-
side of the Southampton Water. They rema ed at Crack-
nore Hard some time, and had some refreshment, and, on-
their return, aphotographic artist who joined them in the
boat "chaffed" Grey about getting married. Grey
walked through, Southampton 'With the girl, and when
he parted with her near the Ordnance. Survey-office, she
asked, him if he was, going, to be married to a young
woman with whom he had been keeping company. He
told her that he thonght he should, and the tears were
ohiserved to run down her face, *1 she said that she
thenght fiOr., call end ib6 ittly
slii and often called to see him at his lodgings, and
generally eipiessed'herself in terms of affection towards -
him. She proceeded to Mrs, Cross's, in Bevois Valley,
and after washing hared( and • . dianging her dress,..
she came downstairs and
.nursed Mrs. Cress's baby
lint iitddeiily • She coniplained df violent
pains in her head, and clasped her hada to het forehead,
Mrs. Cross gave her a cup of.tea, when she• became
worse and shrieked "Good God' what can they hz'ave
given me ?" She was-unable to vomit, and was assisted
to 'her bed, where she was attended ',by Mr. and Mrs.
Cross, and by a nurse (Mrs. Thomas). She said she
should die ; she nover'shonld get better unless she were
sick, and she appeared particularly rnxieus that Mrs,
Cross should not-take for sortie vinegar it cup which she
had used in cleaning her teeth: She eXclairrfed, " Oh,
my God !. I shall die, I shall die'" She took Si* anti-
Menial ‘kitie, ghe keift by iiai'as-a ferriedyfor sick
headaolat,, and Mr. I..awicncei the surgeon who
.was
called in, administered an emetic, fin Itmcqi6
. .
TZir, and, .after d ieries of dreadful Wank spasm's, the
poor girl died.. 6ha *as 2s years of Fihe had saved
nearly .i 24 out of her earnings, besides purchasing a
gold watch and chain. On the day after her death—
that is; on Sunday, the 15th—Mrs. Cross and Mrs.
tlioitrts Mae air eaatrili3dtiort of the eir!'s apartment
and boxes. The cup aboie mentioned
have in it a white sediment, and in one of her boxes
was a small bottle, containing' a white powder, which,
on being subjected to the ordinary test, proved to be
strfelmitt, The coroner adjourned the inquest from
Tuesday of last week until Wednesday, tc!laripit Cu
analysis being inado of. the Dr. O ,born
and*. ttawrence found Strirchnia irl the stomach, the
lA% an . the duodenum ; and the poison extracted
from. the .viscera, on being administered to' a kitten
and to a frog caused death in a very short time, with all
the painfultetinic symptoms of poisoning by strychnia.
After a lengthened investigation,which elicited the above
facts, the coroner said he thought the jury Might now
bring the case to a close, having heard the evidence taken
to a very considerable length. As to the catise of ckath
there could,be Title doubt; and sparsely less dodbt that
Pie girl had nlea ty'her of hand ; Vie sante time,
the jury had no conclusive evidence before
"orthe 'fact. His inipresilon was that the evidence
brought before.them would lead them to the conclusion
that although the-deceased had died hy.:peison--,-.4that is
to say, strychnia—there was. not. stiffiCient, evidence to
show by whOni, it was adMiniSterbrt• Of Coarse', if
they of u lltlirn that Isi6 had •destreyed
Herself, their verdict would be that she had wilfully
taken the poison; at the- S:iine time,. there
.was 'just
-that want of ,evidence .to prevent the jury returning
•• . • .
a verdict that she had died poison
_administered by
•
her own hand. The /oom was cleared fOr some time;
and on thOeadMission cf the pliblfo; tha-forenian said,
find that the' deceased, Elizabeth Ettrsison,
came by her death 12y the administration of strychnia
We should in uch -ivish the polieeto find oul where the bottle
and its contents were purchased." Mr. Enright, the
chief. sUperintendent of police, promised to make every
inquiry which would be likely to throw any light upon
this painful occurrence.

Ttit OF'F'ICE CORONER.

The Select Committee' of the Hose Of Coinnions
appointed to inquire intik.the working of the present 1.4 i
relating to- the office of coroner hire agreed to ilreport
which Was issued yesterday, together with -the minutes of
-the evidenee. The cemmittee divided their inquiries
into five heads :-Ist. :On what information the coroner
ought Id act; 2dly. In what casc he ought" to hold
inquests; 3rdly. How he ought td be fenintterated ;
Athly: Whether iuty Improvement can
,be sngge,stectin
the manner of electing. coroners ; sthly. Whether . any
,improvement can be made in -the summoning of jurors.
With reference to the first question, " the committee
are-unwilling to depriVe the coroner of the. initiative.
The evidence shows that confidential or even antinyilious
'communications to the coroner frequently originate
ibtinfries of the highest 'value to the public. It is far
better that inquests should occasionally be held tinneces-

sarily than that the chances of detecting great crimes

should be diminished; and the committee are therefore
of opinion that it is not expedient to interfere with the
discretion which has horn time imMenlorial been vcstbd

iS the Coroner.''
After considering the second question, in what cases
should inquests be held, the committee recommended)
that a bill should be introduced declaring the lat. They
believe it to be desirable that an inquest should be held
in every case of violent or unnatural death, and also that
an inquest shotild be held in cases of sudden death
where the cause of death is unknown, and also where,
though the death is apparently natural, reasonable
suspicion of criminality exists. They Would also wish
to continue the rule which requires that Itti inquest
should be held on my prisoner dying, from whatever
cause, in the precincts of a gaol. The committee
recommend that in the'same Act should he inserted a
clause, to give a summary application to a judge of the
Court of Queen's Bench for a rule, calling upon any
coroner refusing to hold ari inquest, to show cause why
such inquest should not be held. The net should entrust
the power of applying for a rule to compel the coroner
to hold an inquest to the Attorney General. The corn-
mates would also recommend that power should be
given by the same act to the Home Secretary to make
regulations, binding on the county police, as to the
information which they are to afford to the coroner, so
that the practice may become uniform throughout the
country.

'raving considered the present mode of remunerating
coroners, and the frequent disputes which arise between
them and the Justices of the Peace with reference to
their fees, the committee recommend that a regular
salary shall be paid to coroners, and that the amount of
the salaries shall be fixed by the amount of the
fees received during the last seven years. With regard
to the election of coroners the committee recommend
the introduction of a bill to make uniform provision
for all elections of coroners for counties. They
think that the ancient constituency of freeholders,
extending below 40s, should be abolished, and replaced
by the Parliamentary constituency for counties. This
would provide a. register, and save much inquiry and
trouble. The committee recommend that the duration
of elections should be limited to one day, and that the
practice should, as far as possible, be assimilated to
Parliamentary elections.
Lastly, with regard to the summoning of jurors, "the
committee are of opinion that the jury list of each
county, as now regulated by statute, is the list from
which coroners' jurors ought to be drawn. Attendance
on due summons at inquests held in the neighbourhoods,
of ten jurors, is less onerous than attendance at the
assizes ; it is the performance of a duty incumbent on
those qualified, and it ought to be discharged gratui-
tously, as well at quarter sessions as at assizes."

The following lately appeared amongst the obituary
announcements :—" On the 14th March, at Coldcenlos,
his residence, Mr. S. Morris, father of the Rey.. Caleb
Morris, aged 100 years."

MORE FORGED BANK Or ENGLAND NorEs.--On
Thursday, at the Wolverhampton Police-court, a woman
who was committed there a week before on the charge
of passing four counterfeit Bank of England notes, at
as many different mercers shops in South Staffordshire,
was again brought up, charged with passing a counter-
feit £lO on the 20th of September last, at Harrogate,
in Yorkshire. It seemed that on that day a woman
purchased Ss. 4d. worth of hosiery at the shop of Messrs.
William Greensmith and Son, dui in,. the busy period of
the (lay, tendering a £lO Bank of England note in pav-
ment, and receiving the change ; not, however, without
Mr. Greensmith's suspicions being excited that the note
was not genuine. On the following day it was rejected
at the Harrogate Bank, afterwards sent to the Bank
of England, and ultimately returned, stamed " forged,-
and accompanied by a letter from Mr. Marshall, in
which that gentleman said that the note contained
several marks by which it might be detected as a for-
gery. The chief of police at Leeds recognised Mr.
Greensmith's description of the woman as that of one
who had been some time about Leeds, but was then
absent. At Wolverhampton, on Thursday, Mr. Green-
smith identified her as the woman in question. The
police are still in search of the fellow who was in cgm-
pany with the woman when she was taken into custody.
and the notes have been traced to Birmingham, but
cannot be traced to any individual there._ The prisoner,
who goes by the name of Sarah Jones, was taken back
in custody to. Stafford, to await her trial for thb four
offences in that county.

11iE DAILY TrikikS,' SATtI4DAir, 2.8-, V 360

THE UNION BAND FRAUDS.

The Stock Exchange committee met on Thursday, but
adopted no action, in Pullinger!s case, the Union Bank
requiring time td furnish them with the particulars to be
inquired into.

DIVORCE COURT.