The Express.
London, England, 1864-06-30 00:00:00

THE EXTRAORDINARY POISONING OP THREE

CHILDREN AT MILE END.

INQUEST.—(THIS DAY.)
This morning Mr. John Humphreys, Middlesex
comma, reamed, at the Beak of Friendship Tavern, Des.
croft•place, Ililoosed, as inquiry respecting the poem/aim
of three children of John Stapler, a cellar maker, by which
two of them—Louiea Stapler and Elisabeth Shipkr—lost
their line.

The6;mnd children were twine, 6 year of ap, sod
resided with their parents at No. 16, Ely-place, M
Os Friday, the 13th inst., Mrs. Stapler went out, leaving
them aid their mister Jamie, aged 3 year, alone in the house.
On her return the found some heifers es the flow. but
though the children told her that they bad sucked them she
did not believe them, as the points 01 the matches wens red
and the children were sot ill. On the Saturday, however,
the three children were taken iIL Elizabeth cracked her
hands, shrieked, and pushed her teeth ; sad she sad Jessie
vomited ralphuroas matter. They were all violently on.
'Weed, but no doctor was seat for wed the fallowing Tam-
an ermine. Louie& and Elizabeth died co Wednesday
morning at the same hour. Mrs. Stapler mid that the chil•
dran stated that they had takes the heifer matches—Tuck's
improved linters—off the shelf of the droner and had
sucked them, and bad given them to Jessie to suck.
Dr. Hilary Letheby, Professor of Chemistry at the
Londe. Hospital, said that he had made an analyse of the
stomach sod intestines of the child Louise. The stomach
war y inflamed. The 0011t0Dill had traces of phos-
phor's:id. le the latrines be found phosphene acid,
and trans el lead. They were much inflamed. They had bees
acted is by a very violent irritant prom He asslyeed Efty
marlin give, to hint by Mr. Atkins, the surgeon, sad he
found that they contained 1.154 grain of phosphorus, and
4 grain of red lead. Phosphorus woo a very power-
ful porn, and li mare had killed an adult
in 12 days, sad sousetinase no-third of a grails
had killed. In me mei ore gran bad killed ea adult in
three days. He was of minion that the children died from
Orphans. He wished to say that matches made of such
phosphorus were highly dangerous, bet they could he and
are made of phosphorus that is perfectly inert. He made
experiments an dogs, sad he lowed that where me grain of
the sesames phornorse kilted • dog, ire quarter of a
OXof the prepared pboophorua in Bryant and
I matches had so effect The government had
ceased an inquiry to be held as to the dangerous *ad inju-
rer, edam airing from massfeetaring matches with com-
mon phosphorus, asd soak were the mischievous results to
the diddles sad others esgsged in their manufacture, that
as set el partialness, he berteved, would be passed on the
sehrn. Some interference was moth needed.
The Coroner said that it was much to be desired that
mach a dangerous poison should not be allowed to be
I wild, whew an inert subdues would anew the purpose of
the public.
The jury retuned • verdict that the deceased children
I died from the poison of phosphorus imbibed by sucking
limiter matches, they being sguerant of its effects, sad that
they thus lost their lives by mieadventare ; and the jury
mornmended that the censer write to the Secretary of
I State suggesting that measures should be taker to proven
the manufacture and sale of claagerous phosphoric matches,
which in this intern had destroyed the lives of two
Miklos&
prossediess tin tirmiestod.

NATIONAL ARROCIATION TOR THR PROMOTION or
SOCIAL &MAlM—This emaciation will hold its eighth en.
seal swain is the city of York, from Sept. 22 to 29. under
the preeidency of Lard Brougham. Hie Grace the Arch-
biabop of Yak is one of the vidpresideets, sad also the
president of the alucetioo department. The Bight Hos.
Sir James P. Wild., judge of the Court of Probate, preside'
over the departmeat of juriprodend The other chairs
have not yet bees filled sp. The woad of the associatiou
have food it ereamary, *deg to the mould premium of
busied', to adopt sew regulations. Is each of th. depart-
men* sow redused to four, three special questions are pot,
and a day is to be devoted to the daddy* of each, value-
tary papers Ides reed sad diseased on the remaining days.
The following are the questions for the several depart-
meets : The quads= for diesuision in parispradmace are :
L Are the lad of real property in the three parts of the
Gaited Bawd= respectively, in their sabstiume sad ten.
diary, suited to the present oddities of society! and if
sok, bow should they be improved! Os what principle
shoed the law deal with questioos of respoesibility sod
1161111iai competed@ is civil and criminal awe respectively ?
3. Whether soy, sad what, amelioration cam be introduced
isle the institution sad conduct of criminal prosecetioes?
The question for diacumios ia education are-1. What ins.
provident. can be iatrodocod into the peewit system of
public school education? The discuidoe will be speed by
a paper on the repast of the eanroiedoen appointed to
inquire into the reV4111316 sad endegement of certain col.
lege. and schools. 2. In what way am the grammar and
other endowed schools be made more available far the edu-
cation of the middle class! 3. What ere the peculiar dig.
deities in the way of elementary education In small tows.
sad rural districts ? and bowed thceediSculties heralded
or lemseeed? The question for discussion is health are-1.
W het are the bast MOWS for dived, of the 'edged towns?
2. What ant the muses, sad what are the mass for the
prevention of, eddies infant mortality ? 3. Whet is the
medics ma Mold of the overcrowding of dwelling bodes
sod workshop ? sad by what made could each overcrowd-
irig be predated. The questions for discussion in economy
sad mode are—l. What are the effects deo trade of the
oxides laws of maritime warfare! 2. Is the greeting of
parsed far iodation@ desbaisid to de istereste of trade?
3. Is what respects sod to whet extant should government
security and supervision be applied to the provident invest.
meats of the working claims
MIMING Sine.—The Edith Howe sailed from
Pereenheee as the 29th of February for Liverpool, and
has let sines been beard of.
In Lowell, Male. , there run apple-tree which never
bladed and yet is leaded every year with trait Grafts
from it bided The mods frequently are Partially or
wholly earned to view at the outside el the " Weer " mad
of the fruit, while the entre of the fruit is as compact as
that of a tamp—Americes paper.
Wheat has advanced 3/Ik. a load recently, in en-
Newham of war.