The Express.
London, England, 1848-08-01 00:00:00

ebt Court.

A cabinet council ;as held yesterday afternoon, at
the Foreign•olBce. It was attenaird by Lord John Rumen,
the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Sir George
Qrey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of
the Ezebi.quer, the Earl of Aucklan !, Sir John Hobbouse,
Lord Campbell, the Right Hon. H. Labouch.re, the Marquis
of Clanricarde, and Viscount Morpeth. The council eat two
hours and a half.

Viscount Hardinge bad an interview with Lord
John Russell yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-
street.

The Primate of Ireland had an interview with Sir
George Grey yesterday at the Home-office.
The ecclesiastical commis,ionera for England had
a committee meeting yesterday.

ELECTION FOIL SHERIFF.—A POLL DEMANDED.—
Yesterday, a third common ha'l for the election of sheriffs
for Lund m and Middlesex for the ensuing year, was held at
the Guildhwl, the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor presiding.
A' the first election, Messrs. Mills and Bousreild were se-
lected for the shrievalty. One of these gentlemen, it was
stated, had paid the tine of 6001. in lie& of serving the offi
and against the other a law suit is pending, in consequence
of his declining the post. A second °onion n hall was then
convened, to appoint two other gewlemen to the office, and
again the livery selected parties that h tel not solicited the
honour, viz , Wort. Chandler and Benson. These gentle-
men were unable to act, and the Lord Mayer was again
called upon to issue a precept for another common hall.
Mr. Deputy Salton proposed Mr Ald. f. Q. Fiords, and
Mr. Deputy Lowe prop gied Mr. Jacob Emanuel Goodhart.
The common crier tnen rend the Hat to the livery ; about an
equal number of hands were held op when the names of
Mr. Ald. Flaunt and Mr. T. E. Dicey were read, hot a
large msjority appeared on the name of Mr. Jacob Gootlhort
being read, those present evid.ntly supposing that gentleman
to be the candidate just proposed by Mr. Deputy Lowe. The
town clerk, perceiving the mistake that hid aria •n, explained
that the candidate of the name of Onoslhart was the son cv the
gentleman whose name had just been c illed, and that his
name would be called at the close of the list; and th 't
gentleman for whom they h.id held up their hands was
eighty years of age, and unable to pertorm the duties.
The liverymen, however, did not appear -ally to understand
the explanation, for, on the name of the real candidate (Mr.
J. E. Goodhart) being called, scarcely twenty hands were
held up, and amidst much confusion and cries of " We don't
understand about the Mr. Ooodhart on the list," the
sheriffs decided that Mr. All. Finals and Mr. Dicey hoot Men
elected.—The announcement was rt ceived with mom of "No,
no," and a demand to " put it eosin." Ever.tuatly a poll
was demanded and granted on behalf of Mr. Ald. Finnis anti
Mr. J. E. Goodhart. The poll will remain open for seven
days. At the close of yesterday's poll Ald. }lnnis had 44
votes, Mr. J. E. Goodhart 11, Mr. J. Goodhart 1, and Mr.
Dicey, who at the commencement of the proceeding' was
returned as el mted, not one...

DULWICH COLEGE.—Yesterday, a vestry meeting
was held in the vestry-room of the church of St. Saviour's,
Southwark, to receive a report from the wardens anon the
subject of the memorial presented to the visitor of Dulwich
College, and the answer thereto of the college, and to den r
mine upon the same. The enormous increase and still in
creasing value of the property of the above college,
coupled with no increase in the numbers of the in-
mates, and the defective system of education, led to
proceedings being adopted in Chancery, but which subse-
quently dropped. They were, however, renewed about two
years since, and a report was cow presented with the opi-
nion of Mr. Holt, Q.O , who considered that if the parish
proceeded with a rejoinder to the report put in by the
master aid wardens of the college, that a mare enlarged
scheme would be propounded by the Lord Chancellor, both
in respect to the number of poor brethren and sister, being
increased, as well a: to the peer scholars, b tth in regard of
the number and system of education.—Mr. Tomkina said that
the " Poor Brethren" were receiving, besides rood, clothin. ,
and lodging, about 1.16/. a year; and that some years since
use rental of the estate. amounted to 7,7811., and since then a
number of leases bad fallen 'n.—lt was also stated that if the
intentions of the testator were carried out four boys would
constantly be kept at the University, which was not now
the case.—Mr. Wright said he was educated at Dulwich,
and he could speak from experience that the system of edu-
cation was most lamentable. The old scholars, to incite
the boys, had, with the permission of the wardens, esta-
blished prizes, but they could only bestow them for pen-
manship ; they then proceeded to memorialise the visitor,
hut were told by the master and wardens that they could not
be allowed to interfere. The present Archbishop of Canter
bury bad been memorialised, and he had said that he would
take the earliest opportunity to institute an inquiry. He
could give an instance of a lad educated there who, if he
could luxe worked a sum in the single rule of three, won't'
have obtained a situation at Goldsmith's-hell.—Mr. Ellis
said that the master instead of receiving, as was anticipated
by the founder, 801. or 100'. a year, was receiving 1,2001,
the wardens in the same ratio.—The report was then
adopted, and the vestry proceeded to other business.
INQUESTS.—A CHILD POISONED.—VERDICT OF
MURDER AGAINST ITS /MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER.—
Yest, relay the inquest on Mary Ann Theresa Dore, aged four
months, lately residing with her mother at No. 4, Lower
Grosvenor place, was brought to a close before Mr.
Bedford, at the Molpas Arms, Charles-street, Grosvenor-
equare. The evidence previously heard has appeared
in our report of the Westminster Police-court, and
which proved that the child had died from arsenic.
The following is the substance of the additional evi-
dence Given yesterday: Mr. Bream, surgeon, of Hyde, Isle
of Wight, said that on Thursday, the 13th inst., he was
called to attend the deceascl by the mother, who had just
arrived in that town lei, h a female friend. He 'hund it 6uf

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kring from violent sickness and vomiting, but he had no
reason to believe that it bad taken poison, and he sent some
medicine consisting of powders and mixture. The next
morning he was called again, when the mother told him that
the deceased had still been very sick, but that the last dose
had remained on its stomach. He observed that a quantity
of bile was mixed with what the deceased brought from its
stomach, and judged it was labouring under lotus-snsception
of the bowels. The mother then took the child back to
London.—Mr. H. Waterworth, assistant to the last witness.
said that he made up the medicine prescribed. The p-wder
wss composed of two grnMs of mercury and chalk, and the
mixture of ascruple of carbonate of soda and 16 grains of
citric acid. There was no arsenic kept in the surgery.—E.
S. Spry, sister of the mother of the deceased, said she re-
sided with the rest of the family, at Noe. 4 arid 5, Lower
Grosvenor-place. The deceased had the thrush from a fort.
night after its birth. The first change of importance she
observed was on Wednesdey sight, when it appeared to
have the stomachache, and the next morning Mr Wool.
iner, the family medical attendant, was sent for, hut he was
absent, and Mr. Driver, one of his suistants, arrived. The
deceased was rot then vomiting. fhe surgeon was asked
if a Tourney to the Isle of Wight would do the child harm,
and he replied that it would not. Some medicine was sent,
and at half. past eight o'clock the mother and child started
for the Isle of Wight. The next day they bath returned,
and on the day after, Saturday, the 11th, the child died.
The child was fed sometimes on rusks. The mother and
grandmother attended to it, but it anything improper
had been given, witness must have seen it. They
were both exceedingly fond of the chill—Mr. Rogers,
mealy tical chemist, said he had analysed the medi-
cine prescribed by Mr. Woolmer's assistant, and found
nothing of a deleterious nature. He added to his evidence,
given on a former day, that the child must, from :he appear-
ance of the stomach, have taken the arsenic at least two days
hefore death.—Mrs. Merton, of 28, Grosvenor-street West,
E ston.equare, said she had had lodgings in the house 'beg
with the deceased and the family, and it was she who took the
mother and child to the Isle of Vslitht, in return for former
kindness s she had resolved. The trip had been arranged for
a fortnight. Witness rode in a first.class carriage, and the
mother, to save expense, in a second-class. Crossieg over
from Gosport to Hyde the child seemed in a great deal of
pain and screams I dreadfully. The mother and grandmother
sl we) s showed the utmost affection for the child.—Mrs.
Spry, the grandmother, here said she kept iso arsenic in the
house ; and Mrs. Dore, the me,' her, that she had never seen
arsenic in her life.—Mr. S. Woolmer, assistant to his uncle,
Woolmer, of Lower Victoria-row, described the compo-
sition of the medicine he had made up. The arsenic was ken:
in a stoppered bottle, tied over with leather, on a high shelf.
--The Coroner then summed up the evidence, and the jury,
after a deliberation of two hours, returned the following
verdict ; " That the deceased Mary Anne There a Dore
came by her death by the administration of arsenic with
the guilty knowledge of the persons in whore custody she
was—viz., Mary Spry and Mary Ann Dore, and we find the
said Mary Spry and Mary Ann Dore guilty of wilful
mu:ler.' —Mrs. Spry, on hearing the verdict announced.
e " I hope the Lord will (orgies you all, gentle.
men."—Mrs. Dore' the motor r,bnrst into tears.—They were
both committed toNewgate.---(In r-fere• ce to a former
repaid of the proceedings in this ease, Mr. Woolmer requests
us to state that,he and Mr. Driver did not tion ass open cer-
tificate. " The evidence given," he says, " was that we
found the bowels highly inflamed, and in a stye of lotus arts-
eeption ; this Mr. Driver. and myself, deeraid a sufficient
e .use of death, aid wrote a certificate accordingly; at the
same time, as we observed unusual appearances in the
stomach, we transferred that to Professor Rodgers for
analysis, and it was in consequence of the result of his
investigation that the inquest was held."]