The Express.
London, England, 1864-08-12 00:00:00

MINES.-(THIS DAY.)

Two o'CLoow.

In the mining market to-day the transactions
are largest in East Grenville shares, which
bare experienced a fresh rise, the pre-
sent quotation being 6A to A. North
Basset are also inquired for, at 2i to 3. Wheal
Setoo are quoted 205 to 210 ; Great Vor, 27 to 28 ;
and Hallenbeagle, 32 to 4. Devon Great Console
shares are officially marked 585 ; and South Cara-
don, 500.
No transactions are recorded in the Stock Ex-
change in foreign and colonial mining shares, and
prices are nominally quoted the same as yesterday.

ACCIDENTAL. POISONING. —Richard Poole, a dis-
penser in the shop of a chemist, was tried at Liverpool yes-
terday for having " kilted and slain " Mr. John Liegard. It
appears that Mr. Liagard sent a regular preacriptiou to the
shop where Poole was, sod the roan man had inadvertently
taken down the bottle containing strychnine instead of
antimony • the consequence wee that Mr. Lingard was
poisooed. The prisoner was acquitted. For the defence it
was urged that the method of keeping poisons in the shop
when be was employed was more to Wanke than the pea-
NOM

Two CHILDREN CHARGED WITH BORGLARY.—AL
the Manchester fedora-court, yesterday, Jobe and Ann
Cantwell, seed II and 9 years respectively, were charged
with burglary and stealing • quantity of wearing apparel
from the house of Michael Kennedy, Tborniley Brow,
Nettie-street on Saturday night. At 1 o'clock on
Sunday morning, a polies officer saw the prisoners in
Dainziestreed. As scion se they found that they were
watched, they separated sad ran away. The policeman
pursued the boy, who, in his Sight, dropped • waistcoat
cad coat. He was raptured and taken to the polies
statics), where he admitted that he and his sister had
robbed the prosecutor's house. The policeman west and
aroused the prolocutor, who found that the coat, waistcoat,
a shawl, moms children's clothing, and other articles had
been stoles). When he retired to bed he fastened his house
door, leaving the key it the lock ; but when he was aroused
by the policeman he found that his door had beep locked
co the outside, sad that the key had been put wider it.
The inference was that the thieves, previous to
the fastening up of the house, concealed them-
salve' is the coalbole, which was convenient for the
pumas, and when the family got to sleep, robbed the
boon, and let themselves out at the front door. Liter
in the night, the pollorman seat to the house of the
prisoner's parents in Howarde-court, Dolefield, and there
saw the mother, the female prisoner, and another child.
asleep on • board. The miming shawl covered the
group, nod the remainder of the miming property was
under them. Mr. Fowler, the presiding magistrate,
admonished the parents, and directed that the girl, who
had a wretched appearance, end monody a nag to rover
her, should be mot to the School of Industry for four
years. The boy, who bad been previously coovicied, was
sent to prison for • mouth, and to a reformatory for five
yews.
DANGER-v OF A " HEADER" rx SHALLOW WATRIL
—We hear almost every year of some serious or even fatal
accident at watering plates arising from the dangerous
habit of plunging head foremost into water that is too
shallow. This should never be done unless the water is at
least four or live feet deep. Surgical books are full of cases
of broken vertebras, tot unluckily they are not known to
the persons who need the entice. South. in his edition
of Cbelins, tells us of • sailor. 40 years of age. in good
health, who jumped headlong from • ship into the ma to
bathe. a sail being spread • few feet below the surface to re-
ceive the bathers sad to protect them from the shark,. It is
supposed that his bead wee violently thrown back on cooing
in contact with the water or sail, as be immediately became
motionless. When got on deck, all the moeclas of the
limbs sod trunk below the shoulders were observed to be
paralysed, and respiration was performed by the diaphragm
alone. The ciroulation and temperature ware natural, and
the leases perfect. Is a few hours after the oemarreime of
the accident vomiting commenced, and became more
frequent till be died, at the expiration of
forty-eight hours. 17pon examination, the fourth and
GM cervical vertebrie were found completely crushed,
and forced forwards on the spiral marrow, which
was crushed aid lacerated. This preparatioe is hi Bt.
Thomas's Museum. Another man threw himself into • river
to bathe from a height of saves et eight feet, the ester bong
only three feet deep. He came up to the surface and imme-
diately tell back to the bottom. The bystanders, obeervieg
be made no attempt to swim, drew him out sad lifted him
ineessible upon the bank. He died in tea hours and a half
after the accident, and after death it was found that the fifth
torrid vertebra was broken across, and the two pieces
were completely crushed hi upon the spinalcord. Sabellian
hewers al a " header" In shallow water. flange deep or
Ed it IX —itedical Time sad Agettic