The Express.
London, England, 1849-10-17 00:00:00

SCOT]
Abbotshill (liitkcldy), c. 2.

General Total—London and 1
The Province
Scotland ...

Total
The deaths are retuned acc
reAistrar‘' diericce, es it r ivu
ev .17 place actin:rattly.

RETURNS OF ROUSE TU HOUSE VISITATION.

C t
ti
ti
4

Returns from 0(210 unions andi
i,tiss for the Stith inst.

Total troilt of the heels to bawl
%.-it.ition in the Metrop Ili., hotel
it.• commencement on the tit Sept.. .

to the leth inst.

40,46 s

ALNIVICIL—Tho daily returns being calculated to give an
erroneous impraticn as to the Wednesday
state of ibis town, it
is gratifyin3 to 1. am that from Wednesday the 10th inst. no
new ease of cholera his mom. d, and only one of diarrhmi.
The deaths of parties se:zed et the commencement of the
eiiseine, who have continued to linger in a state of prostra-
tion, wire on Se•unlay 2, on Sunday 1, and on hlonday 1.
deaths in all am Ault to about ono in of a popula-
tion under 7,000. It ie a fact worthy of consideration that
i not one 131 the visiti. g committee, numbering nearly one
Lunde. d individual?, who have been moat energetic in their
exertions, and been in contact with the disease in all its
varied stages, have been all mad by cholera.

PROPOSED REFORM OF A FREE GRAMMAR

SCHOOL.

At a special nu cling ut the Colchester town e.ten-
eil on Thursday last,
Alder emu Wilitmus dr w ttie attention of the council to
the subject of the free prazninet school, founded and en-
dowed under letter patent from Queen Elizeoeth. He said
that King floury VIII., by letter patent, 12 Nov., 1539,
erantod the duodena in the clesiei ut St. Helen, end St.
lelery'e, to the bailiffs; burnooses, and communally of this
then, upon coneitieu of their founding and endiwitor, with
part of the revenues of the same, a free echo`! here. They
accordingly Mowed cut of them, from that time, the yearly
cum of 61.135. 4d. to a schoolmaster, for teaching the children
tai :he town. Bat it was found (.7,5 Queen Etisaheth) that
the corporation had not appropriated •oy of the revenues of
theme chantries for the use of the scLool, seconding to King
Henry's intention. Inconsequence of thie Queen Elisabeth,
in 26th of net reign, mode a ut w grant of those chantriel, to
' apply part of the revenues in emcee% and enitaaiaa a flea
se eceol, (m 19114118 that betide and enTeirionalty should nomi-
nate ret•forre tr ever. at the Bishop of London, and
Dean of St. Paul's, tor time being, may mike statuses and
ordinances, in writing, for government and direction of
master and echelon, and tee fur ever vision of the same.
And that the said Bishop el Lundeen, and his successors from
time to time hereafter, way visit cud meteor as well the
echoed and rcholars et the striae, as ell, and singular, the
nitasusges, lands, tin wehte, tied him:filaments assigned
and appoiute el by the lailitfe and commonaety for the main-
tenance of the said school. And, moreover, Mall make and
muse from time to time the issue,, profits, end re venues of
those meatuses, leads, and tenements, to he converted, laid
out, and employed iu the maintenance and support of the
seed school sun the master of the saute' cc °riling to the true
tenor, effect, and interest of those letters precut. In eons.-
quonce of such leas rs patent, dated July 6, in the 26th year
of Queen Elisabeth's reign, the then corporation did assign,
limit, and convey, such part of the said ntessuages, lands,
tact-meats, and liereditamenta, as aiieuld he of the clear
yearly value of 20 intake' or above, &:.&:.But the corporation
limited the allowance to 20 marks, atter the rents much in-
creased, and ret.ined the rxceee for their common chest,
el.houph, by the endowment, t 1 .e whole income rot apart
belongt d, with all improvements, to the muter. This mat •
appropriation gave rise to an inquiry by the then Bishop of
.1N ore, it.b. i.e visitor in King W iltiem's r. igo ; the result we,
a b.ll iu Chancery uoinst tti mayor at d corp.:ration, ante
alter 14 years' litigation, the Mayor and corporation were
prevailed on to part with the management of the tebool re •
venues, and to put them into other hauls. It world seem
that tie,. diocesan, of Bishoo of London, hut irg tool certain
vi,itorial power over religious houses and enmities, that
vi.itorial power was rotaisid in the disposition of property
fur chinch of E gland or pro's slant ettabliehments, (of which
this one trout diaelved moneetie and such like institutions),
tor the double purpose of preventing ltmaniam, and retain-
ieg ree.ellialtiCal sup . tient). The cat .ita belonging to the
school, am money invested in 3 per cent. confute, yielded a
gross annual income cf 1921. ' • but the out goings
amounted to the extraordenery sum of 581. 14e.; leaving a
utt income of o. ly 1331. 13e. fur the maintenance of the
muter and lis trolly. Toe school property was managed
by trustees, but as he w..* teiknout information On that sub-
ject, he was unable to ratite wbetht r or not it was made the
must of. The schoolehousee was in a sad state of dilapidation,
and any gentleman who would take the trouble to go over it,
must be struck with its utter Itsbllt gooey for the purpose in-
tended by the founder. A builder, who at his request had
looked over it, reported that it would be utterly useless to
attempt to remodel the house, but that it wanted thoroughly
repairing inside and out; an! be also to mums rend the
lowering of the earth at the beck several inches, by which
the school-room and parlour would be laid much drier than
at present. This statement, he thought, justified him in
calling the attention of the council to the question, how far
they could assist in improving the prratot premises, or re-
erecting them on some more convenient spot, ea as to render
the school more creditable to the town than It had been of
late years. With that view he proposed that a committee of
five members of the c-teneil be appointed to inquire into all
matters connected with the ached, and In what manner it
could be rendered more generally useful. (Applaus-.)
r. Harvey had great pleasure in seconding the resolu-
tion, and hoped the eomnristn mold come to a rep.rt satin-
factor. to the town at large, and such as to enable the couecil
to adapt the school to the present wants rat the age, that it
might be more generality useful to the inhabitants.
Mr. Morris thought the council were indebted to Dr. Wil-
liams for the trouble tie had taken in bringing this subject
forward ; and be could fully corroborate his remarks as to
the utter unfitness of the school house. The state of this
school, however, was but en instanct: of the decay cf all
those endowments which were not kept up on such • footing
as to retain public opinion fully In their favour, and be de-
spaired of its ever being rendered of the important use for
which it was designed, unless placed upon a broad and
liberal basis. While it ri mined fettered by sectarian dis-
tinctions; while the children were brought up to leading
strings—obliged to say this catechism, or learn that creed—
to go to one particular place of worship, and not to another
—he must say he !.spat-ea of any efforts for raising it to a
better state. The motion for a committee was carried
nem. con.
Mr. Norman moved that Alderman Wolton and Williams,
and Councillor Bowler, Harvey, and Blertree, he the com-
mittee on the subject; which, being seconded by Mr. sal-
lOU, was agreed to.

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.

Comparative Statement of the number of transfers of con-
solidated stock, and of ihares, aecordino to the amount paid
up thereon. Registered id the years 1848 and 1819.

1818. lBl9.
N &f Deposi
AMannT. ANOVNT.
App-
of
MONTE/. pparent Apparent . AlVs-
NDee& A . ,sio.
Deposit. rent o. o wes. rilni
Doets
January, 641 111,433 311,630 383 134,817 17,31111
retreat" .. 601 114,446 23,810 173 130,876 30,741
March......... 311 904.363 36,385 96a 204,734 62,883
Aptil-....... 797 156013 50,13111 589 119,,:71 411,634
leo B6l 176,613 67,340 560 166,336 17,170
June
Ju4 - ...„ MA 133,313 41,327 6 169,217 49,823
1 August
September„ 696 171,0+8 33,4:0 630 109,842 90,181
T.Aal MI 1,434,729 417,532 3332 714 1.97717...--...17.548
-- --• ~

I to Dept. N... 513.1

•s. •;/-
VI
,

••

ket 1
11111
2 0 I
258 73 51

CHABGE OF ATTEMPTED POISONING BY
A MWC.

A serious case of attempted poiwning was brought
Irsiore the magiatrates at the C Petty Season oa
Friday—Captain Wager, 8.A., posehliag, and there being
FINNS V. Kam wad J. Bcggia, Bellisead the Rev. A.
pace...me was brought W. Hayward, a
es. The the
etessaaker, at Sprint Ad, egoism his to whom he has
bees married fondue yeast, end hes three children, the
eldest aged 13 year,. The allegation wee that eke bed within
the last tires weeks attempted to kill him by Watling mall
doses of poison is his food.
Hayward, who appeared my weak, and suffering from
the effects of poison, said—l have had pekoe pat la my
hod three times with the last three weeks: No one midge
is the *WO bet smell, my wife, sad *When. Last Wed-
= was sailed doers to my dinner, and found some apple
eat es my plate. I ate two mouthful+, and
Mehl very unpleasant, and saw something like
a setae split on the pudding, which I took of with my
Ind pat it at the side of my plate. I said there was
wage bat my wile said it was only the apples
wall were net good, sad she cut me another pills. I
head sighing the matter with that. After I had any dinner
I vomited it up. ily wife went out, sad I seat for Mr. May,
the mperistandeat, and told hiss what I thought had hap.
peeled. He allad me if I had found anything ? I said
No ;" and we searched the home, and found some stuff,
and I took that and • pine of Mist which I had see the
afternoon of Moaday, and tarried thus to Dr. Bad. The
toast was given me by my wife, madmade me
sick. Dr.
Bird took an. to • chemist, sad thee oat what the staff
WM, bet what I cannot say. It was in a paper, which we
bend in • little mug in the house. The chemist told me it
was rank pekoe. They gave me some medicine to take, and
I took it. I halm wasted for the lest fortnight.
Mr. Boon—Was the place where you found the stuff one
that your wits had acmes to?
Hayward—l: was; I accused my wife of it when she came
hall, and she said she knew nothing about it; she said she
did not know there was marking in the house, bat yesterday
she owned she had it, and what she had it for. We have
lived an uncomfortable life for Wins months, owing to her
connexion with a man whcm I have caught at the house,
and I told her it would be the rein of both of us.
Mr. 9 Mon, the chemist, was sent for by the magistrates,
and he stated that Doctor Bird and Hayward brought to him
a white powder, and Dr. Bird wished to know what it was.
He analysed • unall perdu' of it, and found it was whits
presipitate. Thu was • slow poieon. It is rincipalealy sold
Br the purpose of killicg vermin' in children'. heads.
Mr. Knox—What quantity week& destroy life ?
Kr. Seaton said treat deposited ea circumstances. If
taken in small quantities it would be likely to act oa the
mastitution.
The Chairman asked Heyward if he had any of the apple
podding ?
Hayward.—No; that was put away, end I could net
dad it.
A piece of tout was produced on which there appeared to
be a white powder, end Hayward stated that on the Monday
at dinner-time his wife brought him some broth, in which
there appeared semethisg white ; after taking two spoonsful
of it he felt sick, sad said he could not eat it, and his wife
took it away. The Mast was brought to him at t.-time the
same day.
The Chairman.—Who sweet you with this tout ?
Hayward —My wife beeneht it up stairs to au when I
MY ill la bed. The test time I charged her with it the
hided it ; the eseeted Wee she said she bought the stuff, and
Mat wished to duke heads and make it up, and said she
would behave well to me all her ;ire.
Ms. Pearson.—Did she say what she bought it for ?
Ha ward.—No ; she duties every thing. I found my
ceseftithe was going, and I thought it right to do some-
Dr. Bird was sent for by the bench, and the chairman
bevies szplained to him the charge, said they wished to
know the mature of the poison.
Dr. Bird : I think it is net destructive of life, because the
stomach will hardly ever retain it; it will produce sickens,
sad be thrown r ff, and therefore I do not thick it would be
deleterious on that account.
The Chairmen : But still it was administered with the is-
tent to destroy ?
Dr. Bird: Nu doubt of that.
Mr. Pearson ; If taken repeatedly, time Air UM, are
fatal erieurqueeces likely to follow ?
Dr. Bird : Though repeated dues wag takes, them would
set be niliciest retailed on the stoma to sodas* a delete.
rime effect. He admitted it was a matter of dispute with
medical sue, sad said, of conceive sublimate a small qua.
tity would be sailleient to destroy life, but tom& of this he
thoeght meld not be retained en the stomach.
Mr. Knox asked!! it was not open used for median,.
Dr. Bird—We au it largely as an outward application.
However often repeated, I think seilkient would sot be re-
tained to be likely to modem death. It would injure the
person, no doubt, as it would be mishit with strata ill
effects, MI& as the vomiting, but not mooniest to product
death.
Mr. Kam asked Hayward if his wife bad ever threatened
him?
. . .

Hayward saki she never threatened to do anything in that
way, or to hurt him ; but she had been very violent when he
bad talked to her and nuoned with her.
. .

A discussion took plus between the magistrates u to the
course to be pursued, it a that, as the medical man
thought the powder w not produce death, the case was
not niched by the act oa the subject. As Hayward said he
considered he was in danger of his life, and;as his wife had
wi.hed him dead, and hat said many times she hoped she
might find him dead and stiff in the morning, a warrant was
limed for her apprehension.
In the meentime the magistrates consulted Prohleer
Taylor's work ea poisons, which seemed to give a different
complexion to the case ; and when the wife was brought up
she was charged with feloniously and unlawfully attempting
to administer to her husband white precipitate, with intent
to kill and murder him.

The prisoner gild if there wu anything in the pudding or I
the tout, her husband put it there himself ; for the declared
before God and man she did not.
Hayward repeated the statement he had before made; and
said when his wife wanted to make it up, she called him
down stairs, and asked him to sit down, and said she had
something a. Hone to ten him. He said he had not time ; but
she add. ' Oh, you are not in a hurry, eons and sit down.
out I will tell you—give me your hand, aad I will behave
wall to you as long as I live." He told her he should not,
and went up stain. After that she said she bought the stuff
for the ehildren's ►eads.

Mr. iiie::-bidiouSend for a doctor when you were ill?
Haywr d—We talked of sending for a doctor, and I then
said she could go to Mr. Msrk's, and get me something ; and
shove as. some pills, and I took them.
M. Knox—Had you any suspicion on the Monday that
she was poisoning you ?
Hayward—l had not the slightest suspicion:then.
The prisoner was told she might ipls her husband any
quett ion.
The Prisoner—lt is of no use for me to ask him any ques-
tion, for if it was ever so wrong he would say it if it was
against me. He turned me out to get my own living. I had
that powder for the children; it is a good thing for ehfi
dren's rash, or anything of that sort. She declared that
when her husband said he could not eat the broth, else took
it away and eat it herself.
Mr. Knox—You give no account of where you got the
powder.
The prisoner—l got it at Mr. Baker's. When I got it I
sent one of the children for it, some time ago—one of the
children that goes to the school, and is about nine years old.
Mr. Baker, jun., on being sent for, and being slew* the
powder, said it felt like white precipitate, but he could not
swear it without analysing it. lie could not swear it eras
not mixed with something else.
The chairman—Do you sal it to anybody ?
Mr. Baker—Yee.
The chairman—lf a child came in nine years old, should
you let him have it?
Mr. Baker—Yes.
The chairman—ls it poison ?
Mr. Baker—Oh, it is poison, and we write poise, on it.
We keep it done up in 11. and 2d. packets, and it is used
for children's heads.
The Beach—Do you think it would destroy life ?
Mr. Baker—l think it would.
The Chairman—You never knew a ore of the sort ? The
=Meg 'vides,* is that it would not. _

Mr. Baker—lt Weald ie-u;;;taiii, because sane night
be eelsissel is the stoutish, though the party had vomited.
I thiok I know the writing ea *I paper, and that it is
midi= by sae of oar young nee. (The word poison, and
*s sem of the powder, were written on the papee.l
Mr. Kau asked Hayward if his wife could read ?
Hayward said a little, but she could not read welds,.
idward Pertwee, from Mr. Baker's, said the welting on
the paper was his ; he wrote poison on it. There were 40
',Was la it, whieh waa a pennyworth he did nal 1•9011141
te whom he odd if, or whew he sold it ; they sold it to any
es* abs same for It. H. should say that, were not above
16 raise la the paper now out of 40.
Abut the see*rates einaulted,
The Ihehmies told the prisoner this was a charge of a
very sorb= mature against her, and they had endeavoured
itztr. all the (widen°. to satisfy themaelves, bat further
of a seisatine and medical character was required,
and they should remand her till Tuesday.

FINALE Uslumina Ire Oratimm—Proftesor
Wtobelot Zurich. the well knows Miter, bas realised kis
peot time. Re ken tke ininties el preeeeding se preimer
flambers, I. Aeneas, to Obe eall be received lose Me
book dew metals learned blies Me are about to km •
=he bat we are aot yet told slot pant-
h.
isto Female whims arm to be appointed,
ming etkere MI. Dittmar.
ISTIANDIART FM AT Mum COMMON, OLOU-
SIMITEmesnta.—A daring alt el hisendiarim, by wkiek two
.dudes Vs-wow., worth upwards et 1001., ware deelowyed
bee Jun km perpetrated at KIM Cannes, lends=
bm to a hem. eimpied by Kr. Hoary Willis.., et
bar/. ml lon wee Sol diseevend at Moat WFpar/eyft
o'eleek la Mimi, bp_ a of glw One=
dorm, SUOMI TlWllag. Ups ming the karma,
the seastable imeilately gave ea dim sad with she
siNstoose Noma ether pwlNi wade ea lode ekes stimpt
larresieltinarty. It was, bream, my dilliesk Se pew
ewe • the pearras of lie draws beteg
@rioted • NIT beamlai was blades at de Yak
tie Mole of the browse dempayel Woo the
eeuY bs subdued. TIN he is seedbed es nalevole. scalltC=
as the part of sews Imelda; pew= to the esipbbour-
heed, who, it VOSiI=I4 Yoe wins Nimes at swop et the
kis= MTN( Mosel the wipe of the assioultural
lamas fres Ili le IN ler wash. The pass Iwo en=
thssissivas to Wass ma the elhedese, awl la Is
@Nines will be possweed simile' le peiall stir right
poi% Nasal, bin Ma We k&