The Express.
London, England, 1862-03-08 00:00:00

SINGULAR CASE OP POISONING AT
LIVERPOOL.

A mysterious osse of poisoning was investigated
by the Liverpool coroner oe Thursday. The fads of the
case are these :—Ellen Fairclough, egad 6ears, the daughter
of a labourer, and a little boy named John Spencer, on
Tuesday afternoon were in the neighbourhood of Walton.
When neer the church at that place they were met by two
young men, ono of whom told the children to open their
mouths, and then placed in each a piece of something that
looked like "white soda," making the children swallow it,
throwing the little boy down to make him accede to their
wishes. Immediately afterwards tho latter became unwell,
and vomited, but he ultimately recovered. The girl
also became very sick, and on reaching home informed
her mother of what had taken place, when the latter went
to a druggist in Scotland-teed, and procured an emetic,
which she administered to the child. Warm water sou
also given to her, by which the vomiting was continued.
The child, however, grew worm, and died the following
day. A post modem examination of the body showed the
cause of death to be congestion of the brain, but whether
from natural causes or the administming of a narcotic poison,
Dr. Ayrtea, who made the examination, was unable to any
positively, unities there was an analysis of the stomach and
its contents. His opinion was that death was caused by a
narcotic poison. The scoundrels who administered the stuff
to the children are being looked after by the police. The
verdict of the coroner's jury was, " That death was caused
by narcotic poison, but by whom administered there was no
evidence to show."

A GENTLKMAN FOUND DROWNED IN THZ THAMES.
—Yesterday (Friday) an inquest was held by Mr. Brent, at
the White Hone, Old Mdge4Seeet, Hampton Wick, on
the body of Captain Cecil Rivers, aged 39, adjutant to the
3rd Surrey Militia, and pwriy holding a commission in
the 19th Iteglam4 of Foot, whose lifeless body wee found
in the Thames on Monday I. It appeared that the de-
ceased had been residing for six weeks at the Griffin Hotel.
Kingston-on-Thames, but was about to proceed to Win-
chester. He was last seen 'Booby a friendon the evening et
the 3rd Feb., when he aftenrardsaccompanied a female com-
panion across the water from ton Court to the King's
Arms and the Bell at Hampton,and subsequently to the
Cardinal Wolsey, in the mane place. They then went along
the towing path, and awned the river to proceed to Long
Ditton on their Teter' boss. That wan between 11 and 12
at night, and deceased was tipsy. He bad remained from
home that night on servant of • ball being at the hotel, in
which be widted to take DO part. His absence caused no
apprehension, as it was bored he bad goes into the
OODeoZel. On Monday last, however, his dead belly
ID the river close to some railway works, and he
yea mowed to the White Home at Hampton Wick. A.
•gn andother moseys, with PePers, were found span
' Mat. TAe body, although it was premnied that it had been
bnisened a month, our bat HWe decomposed. There were
no meekest violence, and ao ether awes el death than that
Ici avowable wee apparent. The jury eventually returned
a verdict of " Found drowned in the Thames, Vat how or
by what MOSS he acme into the water there wee no old •
dews to prove."

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LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 8.

up a comparatively untried speaker, who showed I
such • thorough command of the subject and of
himself, who in a short address, full of point
and sense, of sober feeling 'and manly reasoning,
took an accurate and comprehensive survey of the
whole question, and of the manner in which it is re-
garded by the nation at large. As • manufao-
truer fa:aka with the districts most affected by
the blocked% the Member for Bradford, moreover,
spoke with a knowledge and authority which con-
trasted very happily with the strange ignorance
rod practiad imbecility displayed both by the
'mover and the seconder of the motion submitted
to tire House.