The Express.
London, England, 1852-09-23 00:00:00

DEATH FROM GODFRErS CORDIAL.

On Monday an inquest was held before Mr.
Hitching, at the Black Swan Inn, en the body of Elizabeth
Linton, an infant, aged only a few hours. It appeared, from
the statement of the witnesses, that the child was born on
Friday lest, in Swan pool-court, and appeared quite healthy
and well until about 10 o'clock on Saturday night, when it
was affected with Internal convulsions, and the surface of
its body became black. A witness, named Thomas, and the
mother of the child smelt Oodfrey's cordial in the breath of
the child on the night in questkm, and there was a patio.'
still remaining in a sap in the room. The nurse (Ellen
Gadsby) wss interrogated on the subject, bat at that time
denied having administered any to the child, but sabot.
quently stated that in coming down stairs she had spilt some
en the child's face, and that abs had fed it with the same
swop, and that was the reason of its breath smelling of the
Gcdfrey's. The nurse was stated to be drink on Friday,
but sober on Saturday. Mr. Lowe, surgeon, said he at.
tended Mrs. Linton, on Friday morning, when she was
delivered of a healthy female child ; he saw them both on
Saturday morning and they were both doing well ; about
half-pest Ilion Saturday night he saw the child again, in
consequence of a message that ho hid received ; it had
been convulsed, hut then appeared tolerably well. The
mother told him that she believed the nurse had given it
some Godfrey's three or four hours previously, which the
nurse denied; the mother was ordered not to allow the
child to sleep, and if it appeared worse to send for wit-
ness again. Next morning, on going again, he found
that the child was dead ; he timecard himself of opinion
that the child had died from poisoning by the administra-
tion of a narcotic; a tea-spoonful of Godfrey's would con-
tain one drop of laudanum which would be sufficient to
canoe death at that early age, as had been proved. Ellen
Gadaby, the nurse, stated that on the afternoon of Saturday
the child was very cress, and that she took it down stairs
and fed it with some sago ; she then took the child up stairs
and again brought it down together with Nome Godfrey's
in a cup; she then took the child up again, and put it at
the back of the mother, who asked the witness if she bad
given it any Godfrey's, which she denied, and fetched up
the cup containing it, and drank it. The witness said that
the Godfrey's was taken down to be out of the way of the
children, and a portion of it was spilt out of the cup • the
child was fed with the spoon that had been in the Oodhey'e,
but It had had none given to it. This witness, on being
closely questioned by the coroner, at length admitted having
given the child a small quantity of it, though she had posi-
tively denied having done so. The jury returned a verdict
in accordance with the above facts, and the coroner strongly
censured the woman Gcdsby for her imprudent use of fkd-
frey_.'a Cordial, which in all probability caused the death of
the infant.—Bur Poet.

TILE LATE JOHN CAMDEN NEILD.—A COlTegpoll.
dent says:—" This gentleman wan the grandson of Mr.
Camden, a great sugar baker of Wapping, who had three
children, one son and two daughters. The daughters mar-
ried respectively Mr. James Neild, jeweller, of St. James's-
street, and Mr. John Mangles. The only brie; relations of
Mr. Neild are ail first cousins, five of them children of Mr.
John Mangle., ship chandler, of Wapping, whe resided
some time at Morley, Berks, and died in the Circus, Datil;
the sixth and remaining cousin is the only. child—a
daughter—of the late John Camden, of Toagnmouth,
Devon, latterly an amateur painter. James Neild, father
of the deceased, died intestate, and his property, amount-
ing to 260,0001., reverted wholly to this his only child; he
was godfather to James Mangles, Commander R.N., whom
name is familiar as that of one of the earliest exploren in
Egypt and the Holy Land."
CHEAP OMNIBUS Etttas.—The proprietors of the
large number of public vehicles forming the London Con-
veyance and Paddington Association Companies, runniag
from the extensive districts of Paddington and Bayswater,
through Oxford-street and Holborn to the City and the dif-
ferent railway termini, have new adopted a uniform charge
of 4d. only for the whole distance, with a fare of a moietykl
of the sum for the half distance—to and from Tottenham-
court-road and the end of the journey, either way. In ad-
dition to the opportunities now afforded to the public for
omnibus travelling at a cheap rate on the Oxford-street and
Holborn line of road, by the vehicles in the ureic* of the
two companies, thin is a continuous and regular supply of
vehicles on the road to and from the Marble Arch, and to
the foot of Holborn hill, at the small fare of Id. for half and
2d. for the whole distance.

—BRLf
A-BTANWDOWNTT DOWN RAILWAY.—The
ladle on the above railway was, for the week ending
Sept. 19, 1862 : Pswengen, 1831. 14e. 7d. ; subscriptions,
9d. ; geode and pares* 441. 12a. 11d. Tend,
2681. 16a. 3d. For the,week ending Sept. 21, 1681 :—.Paissa
gen, 1881. 18s. Id.; enbacripelose, 111. 94. Bd.; pea,
sad pan* OK b. Od. Total, 7711/. Is. 10d.