The Express.
London, England, 1863-10-24 00:00:00

THE WHOLESALE ATTEMPT TO POISON AT
BULL.

Yesterday morning, Mary Ann Richardson,
thirteen years of age. was placed at the bar before Mr.
Seminal Warren, Q.C., the Recorder, et the Hull Quarter
&lesions, charged with " unlawf ally and malkdonsly caus-
ing to be taken by Martha Posbley, Sarah Jane Cousins,
Matilda Watson, Sarah Ann Boole, and Mary Roe, a gum-
tity of a certain noxious thing, with intent to injure, grieve,
and annoy." Mr. P. Thompson and Mr. Newton prose-
cuted ; the primmer was undefended. The evidence proved
lb. following facts. The prisoner and a number of other
girls were employed at Howard's starch factory, in Reform.
street ; and some time since a penny was missed from one
of the drawers in the work room, and rapidest attached to
the prisoner, who become very much incensed at the allega-
tion of theft, and threatened the girls in the bearing of some
of them, style& " You little -, I will serve you all
out." Co Moseley morning the girls brought their coffee
for breakfast, and it was placed in a pot over the fire. While
the coffee wee boiling the primmer was observed at the fire-
place, bending over as if to warm bee bands, and shortly
after left the room. The girls drank their coffee, bet found
it was very "greasy" and unpleasant to the taste ; and on
examining the coffee, a piece of rag was found in it, which was
identified by one mimes as having been semi in the posses-
sion of the prisoner when she (the prisoner) celled the atten-
tion of the witness to some white powder that was in the
rag, and said, "Whatcuriousstuff this Is." After partaking
of the coffee, the five girls who had dose so bemuse very
seriously ill, vomited, and exhibited such other alarming
symptoms that medical aid was called in, and more than
one of them remaieed in a critical state foe same days. Mr.
Thomas Welton, the surgeon who had attended, proved the
dangerous nature of the illness of the girls who had par-
taken of the ooffee, and that be had examined the small
quantity of coffee that had been left. He totted there was
• noxious ingredieat in it, but could bet discover what it
was, It was, however, not 11/1110k, but some other irritant.
The jury immediately found the prisoner guilty, and the
Recorder sentenced her to fourteen days' imprisonment,
and at the expiration of that period to be kept in confine-
meat at • reformatory school for two years.

MR. BRIGHT AND TEL WAR IN AMERICA.—
The following attract from • letter of John Bright, Eaq.,
LP., to a gentleman in New York, dated Rochdale, Sept.
26, is published in the New York Herald :—" I need not
tell you how much I rejoice in the prospect of • termination
of your grievous war, and how much I hope that your inde-
peodence of the slave power is now secured. Theron' touch
angry feeling on your side against this country, and there is
muse for it. Nevertheless, our governmeit has stood firm
against the propositions for mediation or recognition from
France, and its deduct iu tome respects contrasta favour.
ably with that of the Emperor of the French, and this I
hope your people will not forget. The ironclad ships are
nut allowed to go oat on their piratical career, and Maxon,
the Southern savoy, has left Loudon in disgust. I hope this
will show you that everything is not bad in England."
END Ol THE LONG VACATION.—The long TWA-
Eon at common law cods to-day, and on Wednesday in
Chancery, when the *moral (Aces will resume busmen
in preparation for Michaelmas term. r
8011PECTED POISONING BY SWILITERATS An
inquiry has bees opened Ware Mr. Bedfotd, the West-
mister coroner, at the Monster Tavern, Pimlico, moped,-
ing the death of Arthur Leopold Bosworth, aged bye pais,
wide' parent' reside at ti, St. Georee'orow, Pimlico. Oa
Sunday evening last, whilst the parents were from home, a
gentleman mimed Hughes, a friend of the family called at
the house, and gave the deceased and another boy • ball-
peony each, and according to the statement of the eater
the children west out to spend their half-pence at about
half.past eight o'clock, sod when they returned the
deceased had a swesbatoff dolL The obildieu were snail,
afterwards pat to bad. About tea o'clock she heard one
Of them Cry, and on going uptake else found them
both very sick, which continued after the return of the
parents, and was attended by purging. This state of
things continued till the next morning, when Dr. Lilo. of
Warwick•street, Pimlico, was sent foe; who prescribed for
them, and sew them several times durlag the day. One of
the children recovered, but the deore, after having
expired at 5 o'clock ou Monday afteducem, showing every
symptom of pone irritant poison being in the system.
—Rickard Redford, shopkeeper, lA, St. George's-row, said
he recollected the two boys coming to his shop ea Sundry
evades. One of the children purehased what he termed
a "red Jody," which was • painted awaststuff toy. and
the other bought • square of jujube. He wee sot the
maker of the sweetmeats, but had them Loot a wholesale
dealer in Westminster. That person, however, did Doe
manufacture the goods.—Dr. Elie said he bad made a
pod modem examisatiou of the body of the decoded child,
out be ooukl not state the muse of death. He had Gent the
stomach, the beat sad liver, sad some of the intestines
to Dr. Harley far analysis. He hod also gents_ podium of
the sweetmeats', which bad bees handed to him ley the
peseta, and seine of a similar kind which be had pur-
chased st the some shop for &similar porpens to Dr. Harley.
He fogad the Wpm refry much hat healthy
otherwise. There was considerable t rigidity of the lower
Bioko the toss were turned is sad the hands clenched.
After farther 'videos' the inquest was 'adjourned fur the
saalysis of Dr. Holey.
ERRIOUn CEARGIS AGAINST • CATHOLIC Flits
The Liverpool stipendiary magistrate (Hr. Baffles)was men--
pied with seam yeeterdaymlido dicideetelly usvolvedgacataie
lie priest in charges of gross immorality. The Rev. Peter
Barred Daly, of Eienartatono (Tyrone), aesased a girl of
the tows, used Julia Mackenzie, of baring robbed him of
his watch, as he was walking towards his hotel I. Water-
log-road, on the previous night. The girl followed him
for some time (be said) sod then rushed at biai, seal his
• watch was gone in • twinkliog. In abilitlr to questions,
he said that be bad only been io Liverpool for about three
weeks, sad that he bad tot given the prisoner soy amour-
agement by stAmieg to &peak to her ; that he bad held no
criminal intimacy with her ; and that he was quite sober.
• A very different colour, however, was gives to ;he case by
• witness named Rawathurne, the nephew of • publican is
Great Howard-attest, who distinctly swore that the rev.
gestleman cane into hs ancle's hones late as the previous
evening actompasied by the prisoner; that they went into
an inset troom, where they remised aloes for nearly as
' hour, whiskey and rum being celled for twice by the prose-
calor ; and that, curious to know whet was going
on, whams baked through • hole in the window of the
room and sew the prosecutor and prisoner is a position
which indicated a crimival intimacy. Oa looking some time
afterwards be saw them in the same patio; and noticed
the woman remove a watch.clime from the prosecutor's
neck. The woman afterwards' left the boom, sad whams,
going into the room, asked the prosecutor if he bed loot Ids
watch. The prosecutor them diacovered bhloss, and a chase
beteg made, the prisoner was captured Is. a neighbouring
street. When called upon for her defence, the primed Iris
indiguriat that the pecsecator should have repudiated all
knowledge of and cormeszioa with her, aid stated that for
the last few days the tallowy bad bees frequent. At the
• clam of the case the Rev. Mr. Daly odeesoly merited his
ineeseries. The dense wee conernitend for trial at the
asfe • esesime, where the miestioa of perjury will snot likely be