The Express.
London, England, 1851-12-23 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 23, 1851.

But from that date forward, when he owe more visited
Switzerland, and dwelt with peculiar partiality in the val-
leys of Sallenche and Chamoani, is marked as the most
prosperous part of the artist's career. We have properly
not yet arrived at the time when a just estimate can be
formed of this artist's great talents. That he founded our
' Present school of landscape, by mingled example and influ-
ence, there is no shadow of a doubt ; and seldom has so
much Rood been effected by the agency of one mind, with
less evil resulting therefrom to be deplored. His, at least,
was the right track to follow in.
Some privileged few have penetrated into his sarietuns,
or private gallery, a. in ROMe people visit Overbeck at the
Cenci palace. 'There may, we believe, ho yet poen the
famous picture of " Crossing the Brook," fur which fabu-
lous sums—some say 3,oool.—have in• vain been offered
during the artist's lifetime. Would it be vain to hope that
it may be made a national heir-loom with its companions in
public favour, the Views of Venice and the illustrations of
rs e's " Italy ? "
'ill Turner's executors succeed in discovering that
mythical manuscript relative to tho "Fallacies of hope,"
or are they, along with other treasures hidden from the
public for ever ? Thew and other questions it would now
be premature, not to my indiscreet, to press too distinctly.

EXTRAORDINARY CON
SURGEON.

OF A

Yesterday morning a surgeon from Rusholme,
near Manchester, named John Alfred Carr, presented him-
self before Mr. H. L. Trafford, stipendiary magistrate at
the New Bailey Police Court, Salford, to prefer • charge
of murdet •gairut some person, and asked to be put upon
his oath.

Mr. Trafford said application had better be made to the

Mr. W. S. Rutter, coroner for the hundred, said applica-
tion had been math, to him by Mr. Can, and he had held
an impost hi the CAM', the jury finding a ♦erdict of " Died
from natural disease." _

Mr. Traferd—Mr. Carr says he wishes to have further
investigation into the case.
Mr. Rutter-1 don't know what Mr. Can is driving at.
Mr. Can—l say this child has died from the effects of
some narcotic pmson—probahly opium.
Mr. Trafford—Will you tell rue what the case was, Mr.
Rutter ?
. _

Mr. Rutter—The ease was one in which Mr. Carr was
called iu to look at an infant child belonging to Mr. Grundy
of Itusholme. Soon afterwards Mr. Can wrote to inform me
that there was reason to believe the child died from poison,
and I caused an inquiry. The surgeon who bad prescribed for
the child was Mr. Birks, a respectable surgeon, and Mr. Carr
had access to a bottle of medicine he had sent, and to a
bottle of Infant's Preservative found in the house. I
directed Mr. Carr to make a post *stiffens examination of
the body of the child, and examined him upon the inquest.
llis evidence was that he still believed the child to have
died front poison, but that h-. 1 could find no trace of poison
in the body. Ile grounded his belief of poison Lc ing the
agent of death upon the fact of contractions of the child's
fingers and other symptons after death, which he admitted
might have been produced by common convulsions to
which children are subject. Mr. Birks was present, and
examined him, and the two bottles were produced.
Mr. Carr—The bottles were produced, but their contents
were not proved.
Mr. Rutter—The bottles were proved.

Mr. Carr—They were not prov Cd.
Mr. Trafford—l was asking Mr. Rutter, and not you,
Mr. Carr. You had better wait your turn.
Mr. Rutter—Mr. Dirks proved the contents of one of the
bottles to consist of paregoric, soda, syrup, and water, and
that he ordered a spoonful to be given at a time ; but
Mr. Carr admitted himself, after examining the bottle,
that if the child had swallowed the whole contents at once
it would have received no harm. Mr. Can also went up
to Mr. Birk+, and said lie had meant to cast no imputa-
tion upon him, but was indignantly repulsed. The jury
found a verdict of " Died from natural diaease," and the

case, 1 supposed, had ended there ; but Mr. Carr, at the
conclusion of the proccediugs, wished to take possession o
the two bottles, and being appealed to by the police, I di-
rected that they should act be given to Mr. Carr, but be
retained by the police. Mr. Carr then said there was
poison in the bottles, and one of the jury, disgusted at the
animus he had shown throughout, replied, " Theo I believe
you hate put it there."
Mr. Trafford—Now, Mr. Carr, are you prepared to prefer
• charge of murder ?
Mr. Carr—Not at present ; but I am prepared to say the
child died from poison.
Mr. Trafford—And you gave that evidence on the in-
got st ?
Mr. Carr—Yes.
Mr. Trutfurd—And the jury did not believe you. But
ycu are prepared now agate to swear the child died from
poison ?
Mr. Carr—l am.
Mr. Trafford—Then go into the clerk's office, and let us
have your deposition before the court in writing.
Mr. Carr left the court, and about an hour afterwards

returned with the following deposition:
"John Alfred Carr, of Itusholine, surgeon, upon oath
says : On Sunday, the 14th instant, I was called upon to
i.it professionally the child of Edward ()quad'', of lims-
holme. The child appeared to be labouring under the
cllecta of a narcotic poison, and was in a dying state. It
died a few hours after. An inquest has been held upon the
body, and brought to a conclusion before I had had time to
bring to a conclusion the necessary post modem exatuina-
tion of the body, an order to make which I had teceivedfrom
the coroner. From the appearancew before death and post
mortem examination of the body, so far as that examination
has at prevent proceeded, I am of opinion that the deceased
died from the effects of a narcotic poison, and I suppose that
one of two bottles in the possession of the superintendent of
police contained the poison and destroyed the child. A
careful chemical anal) its of their contents, as well as of the
contents if the stomachs and intestines, will be required be-
fore it can be satisfactorily proved by whom the poison was
administered. I have ban unable, hitherto, to detect any
appearance of disease sufficient to account for death from
natural causes."
Mr. Trafford having read the deposition, asked for Mr.
Cures depositions nt the inquest. 'These were handed up,
and the coroner pointed out the statement then made (in
addition to what he had before named to the court) by Mr.
Carr, that lie had made a post-mortem examination ; that
the contents of the abdomen appeared perfectly healthy ;
that a Glut of blood was found to till the cavity of the heart,
which was the only coagulation of blood observed in any
part of the body ; that the cuagulum in the heart was the
iinmeiliatc cause of death, and must have formed during
life and probably a few hours before death.
Mr. Trafford—You say you made a post-mortem exami-
nation and could find no traces of poison, and you say that
convulsions would produce all the appearances you per-
ceived before death. Will you DOM undertake to say, upon
your solemn oath, the causes of death were not natural
causes ?
Mr. Carr—l will.
Mr. Trafferd—A more disgraceful exhibition I have not
seen for some time. Coming here to charge a man with
the murder of his own child upon such evidence as this !
Mr. Carr—l charge no one, sir.
Mr. Trafford—Leave the court, sir ; your conduct through-
out has been disgraceful.
Mr. Carr—Do you choose to act upon my deposition!
Mr. Trafford—l shall not.
Mr. Carr—Then I shall apply to a higher authority.
Mr. Trafford—Leave the court, sir.
Mr. Carr then left the court.