The Express.
London, England, 1867-08-30 00:00:00

MINES.-(T1118 DAY.)

Own o'Cleez.
The mining market is firm to-day, with a good
amount of business. Shares in the following
mines are in chief request, at the quotations given,
viz.:—West Seton, 160 to 165: Wheal Seton, 110
to 115 ; Prince of Wales, 2* to I ; North Crofty,
4to ; Wad Great Work, 2i to 31 ; North Tres-
kerby, 1* to 1* ; North Chiverton, 4to ; Marko
Valley, 54 to b ; East Caradon, 54 to * ; West
Chiverton, 63 to 65 ; South Caradon, 365 to 375 ;
Wert Kitty, 12s. to 14s. ; and Prosper United,
24 to 3.
Foreign and colonial mining shares have been
dealt in to a moderate extent. St. John Del Rey
are quoted 59 to 61 ; Don Pedro, lf to 11 prem.,
ex div. ; Anglo-Brazilian, 1-16 to 3-16 prem. ;
Chontales, 1 to If prem. ; Pestarena, par to I.
prem. ; United Mexican, 14 to 2 ; Roma Grande,
to *; Frontino and Bolivia, fto ; Anglo-Italian,
f to i prem. ; and Port Phillip, 1 to *, ex div.
The letters of allotment for shares in the Tagus-
ril Gold Mining Company (Limited) were posted
yesterday morning.

FATAL NEGLIGENCE OF A CHEMIST.—An inquest
was held on Wednesday by Mr. Prior, the deputy-coroner for
Salford, on the body of an infant nan,ed Allen Whittaker,
who had died from the effects of • dose of laudanum. The
parents of the deceased live in George-street, near the
shop of Mr. Robinson, chemist, in Arlongton-street. The
child had been ill for several days, and on Monday a
neighbour advised Mrs. Whittaker to get • tincture of
rhuburb to stop vomiting and purging. Mrs. Whittaker
went to Mr. Robinson, and asked him what would be a
good thing to atop infantile diarrhoea. Mr. Robinson
recommended • mixture known as " infants' pre-
servative," but Mrs. Whittaker replied she would
have some tincture of rhubarb, as it had been recom-
mended to her. Mr. Robinson told her she could have
some, and he filled her a small bottle of what she sup-
posed to be tbe tincture, telling her to give the child a
tcupoonful occasionally. Mrs. Whittaker gave the chilcke
teaspoonful, and in a few minutes it became so very drowsy
that her suspicions were aroused, and she took the child to
Mr. Tomlinsoe, surgeon, Crescent. That gentleman asked
her if she had given the infant any " sleeping drops," and
she enured him that she had done nothing of the kind.
Mr. Tomlinson made up some medicine, a part of which
Wile given to the child, but it grew worse, and Mrs.
Whittaker then sent the bottle back to Mr. Robinson,
with a request that he would examine the mixture.
He did so, and found that he had given tincture of opium
instead of rhubarb. His son, Mr. R. H. Robinson,
who is • surgeon, and lives with him, immediately
attended the child, but he could not counteract the effects
of the poison, and death took place on Tuesday night.
Mr. Robinson', explanation was that when Mrs. Whittaker
mane iu she asked his opinion as to whet would be hest
for the child, and after he had given it she persisted in
taking the advice of her neighbour. Thereupon, he said,
he became so annoyed that he took a bottle down from a
shelf and gave the woman part of the contents, without
looking .it the label ; and he afterwards found that the
bottle containing laudanum had got into the place usually
occupied by that containing tincture of rhubarb. He
wished the jury to understand that he was invariably very
careful in transacting his business. The deputy-coroner
said the jury must decide whether the chemist hail been
guilty of such gross negligence that he ought to be in-
dieted fn manslaughter. After deliberating in private,
1 the jury found that the deceased died from the effects of
laudanum administered through misadventure, and they
soomnpanied the verdict with a severe censure of Mr.
Robinson's carelessness.
THE Moor FIITINO PRFMENT FOR A KING.—
The burgomasters of the towns of the Bavarian Palatinate
assembled a few days since to consider what presmt they
should offer to the King on the occasion of his marriage.
After a long discussion it was resolved that they should
present to the royal bridegroom a hogshead of the best wine
of the Palatinate on • carriage drawn by four horses,
together with a golden goblet.
Too MANY SHEEP.—Australia is not alone in its
enpeznbunilance of sheep, for at Hawke'. Bay the settlers
have under their serious consideration the question of how
to dispose of 70,000 to 100,000 sheep per annum. If they
" boil them down " they will realise a profit of lie. per head
—this is their only alternative. Their docks are increasing,
and the "old" sheep must make way for the Res.—Revs
Zealand Ere:maser.
The prosecutor in a case before the Wakefield
magistrates the day before yesterday was sent to prison
for • fortnight, because he refused to gnawer a question
put to him by the magistrate, while the two men he had
charged with stealing a onuple of fowls were discharged.
On Monday Mr. Styles, of Corby Castle, took
' from the Corby Coops, in the River Eden, a well-grown
salmon weighing nary 96th. It is the large,' salmon then
has been caught in that part of the Eden for • great num-
ber ce years.—Cartiok Patriot.