The Express.
London, England, 1858-11-09 00:00:00

THE POISONINGS AT BRADFORD.

BRADFORD, MONDAY EVENING.
There are no more deaths reported to-day. A boy
named Oregon, of 131!bridge-lane, Bradford, flea lnc very pre-
callous. if not hopeless. oondiden. It appears that be bought
some It ingot at klardaker's stall =Saturday sight week, and
on Stunday, after bevies sates a portion of them, the usual
oymptoms of purging and vomiting manifested themselves.
Next morning, however, he felt himself somewhat better,
and started off to his work at a factory. On his we,
thither he espied one of the placards headed Caution!"
which Mr. Leveratt, the chief constable, with praiseworthy
promptitude. had aimed to be Mined. The boy read the
placard, and then took out of his p what al; the lounges he
bad left, and threw them away. In the course of the day,
Die Illness returning, be was obliged to leave his employ-
ment. Next day he grew worse, and became delirious,
but his friends did not call in a medical mast ustil Friday
last, when there appeared to be little chance of saying the poor
boy's ilk Wm. Hardsker, the still.keeper, has been worse
since his deposition was taken on Friday, and is still suffer-
ing severely. Among those who still continue seriously
ill from the areas of the poison is Zilpha Child, a married
woman, et Heston, who partook of some lozenges which her
sou, finnuel Child, 22 years of age, bought at Hardaker's
on the Saturday sight in question. The son has also
suffered considerably from eating of the lozenges, but le now
recovering.

The appal for subscriptions for the relief of the surviving
sufferers by the terrible whitish* of selling arsenic instead of
gypsum for pogrom of adulteration is meeting with a re-
news' in Bradiotd. The lists vowel for the reception of
►ubscriberY names have been headed by the Mayor (Henry
Brows, Ern ), R. Milligan, Bet, pd other Influential gen-
demen.—Lreds Mercury et ihie Eq.

DEATH FROM AN OVER-DOSE OP IPS-

C4CVtWE4.

Mr. Wakley, the coroner, was engaged for some
time yesterday aftentoon in en inqutry mini.e to the death
as woman named Hannah Barnett, aged 48 years, the wife
of Mr. William Barnett, residing at I, Koppel-street, Marl-
borough-road, Chelsea' who died on the morning of Friday
last from the effect. of • powder composed of compound
Ipeceenanba, which it was stated she had received as medi-
' eine. being an out-pdient of St. George's Hospital.
Mr. Barnett, the deceased's bushaed, stated, In answer to
the corone_r_. that his wife had been en out-padent of St.
George's Hospital, and produced the paper of admission to
that effect. She bad been supplied with medicine from the
hoepit.d, and to the beet able knowledge sad belief the ipe-
wombs powders formed a portion of it, as he wag not
aware of their having come from any other Otos. On the
morning previous to bee death she informed him that she
had takes one powder and the half of another, es she
thought it would do her good. She was suffering from
dopey at the time.
Ellen Phillips. a lodger in the carne hones, stated that the
deceased came down to bar room between 10 sad 11 o'clock
in the moraine of the same day, and said, " I believe I am
poisoned, for I have taken a powder and a half, and I feel so
sick. I think it was too much." Almost immediately after-
wards the deceased became very drowsy, and witness had
some difficulty in getting her to her own roma, where she
was laid on tho bed. As she became worse, and her Ws M-
asai • livid appearance.wilswee at once twat for Mr. Fovea,
a surgeon in the neighbourhood, who arrived in a few
minutes.

Mr. Farm stated that on his arrival he found the deceased
labouring under what appoarei to him to be the effects of
opium. Ho directly administered emetic*, 'winding alms
quart* of coffee; she was else continuously walked about the
room until 3 o'clock at night. when he warm away. He raw
her again at 10 o'clock, and at half-past 3 o'elook on Friday
morning be was celled to the house scale, bat upon his
arrival be found her dead. He subsequently made a pet-
mortars, examination of the body, and found the heart threw
times its natural ►tae, and the liner was in the Name coedi-
t/OW. Wpiabiart at Meet tea pounds. In the abdomen he
found six quarts of water, which produced a correeponding
debility is the eurrousdiog organs.
On being salol by the Crooner as to the caw* of death,
Mr. Faxon replied that he attributed It to the opium con-
tained in the ipi,c.ouanha she had taken, and which
amounted to three-and-a-half grains. He bore headed two
ticket. to the coroner, one containing 36 grains of what he
bvlkyed to he onnponnd ipeotonanhe, and the other 16 endue,
being the remelts of shill powder. Beth papers were without
written dlrectionit.

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The coroner saki he could not believe that each powders
were mot from an boapital in snob a careless manner. He
reoalird the ►usband. and asked him tf any root could be
mewed that hie wife had these powders from St. Georges
Hospital ?

Mr. Barrett moiled that he had no evidence beyond the
statement of hie wife to him to that effect, and having seem
her with the hospital Isttrr constituting ber au out-patieur.
The room was cleared of strangers at this point, sod upon
re-admiration, the comaer and jury had deemed the as too
important for &real at this stage. The powders were
sealed up end handrel over to the custody of Mr. ?aim the
suriesna ; after which the proceedings were adjourned foe the
purpose offs more pearching Inquiry into what seems at pre-
sent a very singular align..

LEGHORN, Ocr. 31.—The Dukes Eugene and
Michael of Lenchtennerg here jut arrived at Leghorn by
the Sardinian Wllf-1111MILW the Mogambano, which was
placed ►t Gems at their disponi. Their highnesses are to
re-mabark this evening for Civil.' Veoetia. The Grand
Duchers Mary, aide, of his Majesty the Emperor of Runde,
who watt also expected at Leghorn, has proceeded from
G. to Flamm by Lad.