The Express.
London, England, 1847-01-21 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL.

DEATH 71LOY SUPPOSED QUACIEET.--An inquest was
held on Monday on a labourer, named Oreenhalgh, aged 25,
who, it was rumoured, " had been kil!cd by Coffin's medi-
eines." From the evidence of the wife it appeared that ,
deceased was afflicted with asthma, and about a week before ,
his death had been advised to apply to a quack named
Flitcroft, described as " one of Coffin's men." He did so,
and received some powders, which he took, and his death
occurred soon after. Mr. Ferguson, surgeon, raid : I saw
the deceased first on Friday morning. He was in bed,
breathing with great difficulty, and his countenance was of a
deep livid colour from the great difficulty of breathing. The
brain seemed to have become paralysed. I took a few ounces
of blood from his arm, but it did him no good. I sent him
something to remove the great amount of phlegm accumulated
in the air passages. They told me all the medical aid he had had
was what they called " Dr. Coffin's pick." The green powder
mainly consists of Indian tobacco, and the other of cayenne.
The essential quality of the tobacco is the same as the smok-
ing tobacco, but much weaker. [The coroner and several of
the jury tasted the powder, and said that tobacco was quite
distinguishable in it.] I should not consider either of the
powders fit to be taken by a person in his condition. The
cayenne pepper would be objectionable, on account of
the gre at thisat it would produce. The other, if it ope-

rated as an emetic, without reusing prostration afterwards,
would have done him no harm, but it was usually violent
in its operation. On opening the body, I found con-
siderable inflammation of the lungs, and consolidation from
a disease of long standing, and also from a recent diseme,
which made the lungs no larger available for respiration.
There was also a considerable enlargement of the heart,
which must have been of long standing. The cause of death
I attribute to inflammation of the lungs, nnil the state of the
heart. The deceased had not had the trecunent of a mode-
rately qualified surgeon for the disease he was labouring
under. There is a strong probability that Me life might
bare haven prolonged, but it is not likely that he would
have recovered. I.he cayenne pepper, and his drinking from
the thirst, world increase the difficulty of breathing. The
cayenne pepper would not have a tendency to control the
disease, but would rather aggravate it. The coroner hay-
ing explained the law relative to the else, and given hie
opinion that the evidence was not strong enough to warrant
a verdict of manslaughter against Flitcroft, the jury, after a
short consultation, returned a verdict of " Died from inftam-
motion on the lungs," which they accompauied with no ex-
pression of opinion that the deceased had been impe Telly
I treated by Flitcroft ; and that, as Fli,eraft was a Inicklayer
by trade, and had no knowledge of medicine, it was highly
wrong for him to act as he was doing.
GAME-LAW DIAL—If the administration of justice is lax
in any department it is strict in the einilicatiou of the game-
law. On Wednesday last, John Ainsworth, a handloom•
weaver, was charged before the magistrates at the petty ses-
sion*, Blackburn, with a trespass and violation of the garne-
t:two. ills offence in respect to trespass cortei.ttel in his
being in a meadow in Clayton-le-Dale, where he had no
right to be, on the morning of the 9th of January,
shout seven o'clock. ltichard Smith, gamekeeper, swore,
that about five o'clock on the morning in question he dis-
covered a snare in Collinsea's meadow ; he and another man
watched the snare alternately, till seven o'clock. About
seven o'clock he saw a man at the place, and saw hint go
front it. He did not see him stop. lie followed him, and
lost eight of him for a little, hut got tip to him sad seized
him. He felt his pocket, but did nst get the snare, and had
not seen it since. It was dark at the time. The other
watcher (who was net present at the rapture) swore that
nobody had been near the snare while he watched it, and
that it cauld not have been taken away. The defendant
denied having been in Collinsou's meadow, lout admitted
having been in an adjoining one. He den'ed having seen
the grime. He said he had six children , that they had not
a hit in the house nor any tire ; and that he hail gone out
about half-past seven o'clo. k for wine sticks to make a
fire, when he was seised by Smith. lie was convicted
in 51. and costs. He asked for time to pay.—Mr.
Not a day.
EFFECT on TVEEDAVE DEBATE IN LIVERPOOL.—
JAN. 20.—Soon after 11 o'clock this morning en express
edition of the Daily News. containing the first night's
debates in parliament, was laid on the tables of the Ex-
change New, Room. The proceedings on the whole gave
general satisfaction, but the effect on trade was not quite so
I satisfactory. The allusion to sugar and molasses caused an
I instant advance in these articles; unit Mr. Lebow-here's
speech on the extent of the wants of Ireland, and the quan-
tity of fowl which is still required to prevent starvetion,
caused an immediate advance in the prices of corn, flour,
and all kinds of breadstuffs. In cotton there was a slight
decline. In general, boron r. the meaeures announced by
ministers have given satisfaction to al: parties.
The Sarah Sand, screw.steamer, eaihil at noon yesterday,
from Liverpool to New York, with freight and passenger.
She carried out the express edition of the Doily Xeres, con-
taining the Queen's Speech and the lint night's debate in
parliament.
There was a heavy fall of snow yesterday in Liverpool. It
was snowing when the train left. The snow in the north is
said to be four feet deep.