The Express.
London, England, 1849-05-07 00:00:00

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At Witchford, in the Ideal Ely, several wow, more orpe-
daily children, have recently died very suddenly after only •
few hours' illness, under circumstances giving rue toe strong
munition of poisoning. At the present time Mr. W. Mar-
shall, the coroner, is engaged in an inquiry which cora-
inenced on the 17th ult., sad which extend. to two cases
only, namely John and Susan Bailey, aged respectively
about two and four years. They are the children of John
Bailey, en agricultural labourer, residing in Witchford. It
appears that the children were left in charge of their mother
on Saturday, the 14th alt., when at noon the same
day they were seized with violent vomiting, and
purging,. shortly after partaking of their dinners,
which consisted of meat, pudding, and bread and butter.
These sympterna increased in seventy, s in the space of six.
or eight hours both died. Previous to death they both com-
plained of great thirst and exceed,. pain in the abdomen,
the usual characteristics of poisoning. Mr. Menial, the 'ur-
ge**, had since made a pot-mortars, examination of both
bodies, and Mr. Pearson had made an analysis of the con-
tents of both stomachs, the result of which satisfactorily
proved that both children had died from the effects of arsenic.
The coroner, after several adjournments, remarked that al-
though the cause of death had been satisfactorily established,
the labours of the jury could not terminate at the present
point, as they had to amertein, if possible, in what manner
and by whom the poison was administered. The inquiry
was, therefore, adjourned.

WORKS OF ART PRIM RiME.—We read in one of
the Paris journils More than forty cases containing
sacred valet, sculptured marble statues, and pictures, are
pow under detention at the custom-haute. Theis objects
come from Rome, where they were purchased by a company
of German Jews, at the head of which is M. Brucker. The
catalogue of the articles sold at Rome by the revolutionary
government include 2,500, for which only three millions of
franca have been given, although they are at least worth ten.
The restitution of thew articles will be easy, u in the margin
of the catalogue the name of each person connected with the
purchase Is given.

SINGULAR RENCONTRE.—A short time since R poor
woman, residing in Manchester, had the good fortune to
learn that a legacy of 2001. had been left to her by a de-
ceased relative. Her husband bad gone to America. and,
finding that it was necessary before the money could be
pad to her that he should be present, she wrote to inform
him of the event, and to request his return. They met
by appointment in Liverpool, not many days age, and drew
the money. The wife foreseeing now no difficulty in the
way of accompanying her husband back to the land of
hie adoption, since his only excuse for leaving her behind
on the previous occasion was poverty, expressed her intention
of becoming his fellow-voyager. The husband could urges*
objection to a proposal apparently so reasonable, and the day
was fixed for their departure. The husband, however,
having the greater part of the 2001. in his pocket, gave his
wife the slip, and she wandered long through the streets in
the neighbourhool of the docks in Liverpool expecting that
he would rejoin her. At the door of a house she was passing
at length she attracted the attention of a female who, like
her, appeared to be awaiting the arrival of a second party,
and who observing her wearied appearance invited her
to rest in the house. Having accepted the invitation,
eke was pressed by her good-natured entertainer to take
some refreshments, of which there seemed to be in the house
a greater abundance and of a better quality than might
have been expected in a house of the kind, for it was but aa
humble lodging house ; and, to encourage her to partake,
the stranger observed that they had been making merry.
She said she and her husband had recently come from
America, in coesequence of a legacy of 2001. having been
left him, and that he had drawn the money in Manchester,
and was that day expected is Liverpool. She added the
particulars, which corresponded singularly with her
visitor's position, and the suspicion which crossed the
mind of the litter may readily be anticipated. To be
brief, the husband and the two wives (for such was
the fact) soon afterwards put an end to at uncertainty on the
matter by staggering into the house in a state of intoxication,
where he was claimed by both the worms, and " a scene"
was the result. The husband and his new wife, however,
bad partaken of too many good things to be able long to
maintain the strife which was the natural result of such a
discovery, and were soon fast asleep. The first wife, thus
left to gain time for reflection, and not having drank so
deeply as her companions, bethought herself of the money.
To search her hosband's pockets was • work of but lathe
difficulty, and in a few hours she was on her way to Man-
chester with 1901. of the money in her possession. Whether
the husband has gone with the wife of his second choice
mess the Atlantic, or meditates returning to his first love,
Idies not appear, but the latterseems to have made the matter
se secret among her neighbours, and it has been a subject
of much gossip and merriment smeng them that the biter has
been bit, and that she should so singularly have been pre-
vented from becoming the dupe which it is now evident
the heartless scoundrel was about to make of her.
SHOCKING ACCIDENT ON BOARD A STEAM TOG-
eutter.—A vary shaking accident occurred in the Bristol
river on Wednesday to • gentleman named Hunter, a
partner in the firm of Hunter and Co., ail-makers. K.
had accompanied a friend on board of the Pomona as far as
the Holum, and was returning by the Samson steam-tug.
He was sitting on the hatchway of the engine-house,
smoking a cigar, when he accidentally overbalanced himself,
and he fell among the machinery and was crushed to deem.
The deceased, who was about 30 years of age, was highly
respected, and has left a widow, but no
A HINT FOR CONSUMERS OF " POLONIES. "
The Liverpool Mercury says, on Tuesday an application was
made to Mr. Rushton, the circumstances of which, if proved,
would produce rather a distaste for an article of food usually
looked upon as a dainty, and commonly known as the Ger-
man sausage or polony. Inspector Jones, of St. Martin's
Market, said he bad good grounds far supposing that a cer-
tain polony manufacturer in Dryden street was in the habit
of making up such articles from hore&fiesh, which he pro-
ctored from the knackers' yards The polonies were made
by the person alluded to in his own dwelling-house, the
horseflesh being chopped up with a machine, then mixed
with bread, and seasoned, to make it savoury. He (the inspee-
tor) wished to know if he could have a warrant to go and search
the premises. He knew the horse flesh was taken there, but
it was speedily disposed of, and nothing could then
be found except the sauxeres.—Mr. Rushton : Have you
ob'ained any of the pe lonia ? Inspector: We got a
sausage maker to compare them with others, but they
are se Weed it is difficult to form any idea as to the
composition after being made up.—Mr. Radon If they
are bad, I should think the parties who make them may
be proceeded spinet for selling what is unwholesome
fadthcaninot?anldnigeclideeto:asausss: tTokesettielaresquopsapoTitie)..e—lVlredr. Ruusdhrt:ospn7sdhnoutwele
not say so when it is known from what they
made.—
Mr. Rushton : We have no power to interfere, if people
like to eat horse flesh in sausages; the Act of Parliament
does net prevent them making seusages of horse flesh j
but if they expose that which is unfit for human food
they may be brought up under the act. Inspector : There
is about five cwt a week of horse flesh got from the
knack ere' yards at Vauxhall road and Hirkdale :it is
made into sausages, and supplied en twenty or thirty shops
in Liverpool and other parts of the country.—Mr. Rushton :
This exposure will damage the polony trade.—lnspector :
They pay a farthing a pound
.for the horseflesh, and get a
large shoulder for 154., weighing about 70 lbs. They are thus
enabled to sell the sausages at a cheap rate ; they have put-
abased it for years from the knackers' yards, and the sellers
were given to understand it was taken to the boarding
houses resorted to by capttins, to feed dogs.—Mr. Rushton :
Toe can only deal with It as unwholesome food. Inspector:
It cannot be rectegnited; I have had a person in the trade to
examine it, end he could not say the polonies were unwhole-
some.—Mr. Rushton All you can do is to be on the alert ;
you cannot, under present circumstances, enter upon the
premiss; but it you find anything which is unwholesome as
food, the act may be brought to operate. The inspector
then left the court.