The Express.
London, England, 1850-06-08 00:00:00

POISONINGS LN ESSEX.

eleC. LeWlae the coroner for Essex,
and • reepeetablo jary et yeomen, resumed an legally at the
Fox aad Monads Inn, Claming, respecting the death of
Richard Challis', an agricultural labourer, who was alleged
to have died from the effects of aremic, wilfully admiaistmed.
The deemed was the husband of Sarah Cheats's, who
was tried at the Spring Assizes, 1848, before Lord Demme,
for the murder of her two children, by administering amend,
and was acquitted. She was also charged with attempting
to *Wray the illegitimate infant of Lydia Taylor, Newport;
• foram then or some respectability in this neiebbosrhoed,
WWI was the mated father. being committed for modes-
t* promise the commission of the Lam ism Lamy. In the
;MI Leered children, ample evidence was adduced to show
that {lmbed died of poison, and according to the statement, or
rather admission made by the mother since ha acquit-
tal, it is evident that they were both murdered. After her
trial she returned here, sad some weeks since her kustend
was seized with an illness which terminated in his death.
An foggiest was empannelled, and the stomach of the de-
ceased, with its contents, was forwarded to Professor Taylor,
of Gay's Hospital, for analisation. The 'homed, preview
to di ath, was treated for consumptim, and on a post aortae
examination being made by Mr. Brown, surgeon, and others,
enough was sees to satisfy them that death was attributable
to tubercular consumption, in the abase, of the Iseult of
the analysis.—On the resumption of the inquiry,
Mr. John Tissewell Clark, superintenuest of the Rem
eMetelsolary. stationed at Newport, was the first witness
examined. Oa the 28th of May I searched the house in
which the deceased died, and whore his widow lived. la a
kaadiag trough, mar a cupboard, I found • bag oestaiaies
about a pound of rice, which, with other things I found, I
headed to Professor Taylor, at Gay's Hospital, on the 30th,
fur analyse. Sarah Chatham, the widow, said that the rice
was her father's, and hoped I was not going to take it
away. She added that she had used a portion of it for her
husband in rise milk, and she diiplayed muck anxiety lest I
Mould take it away. She wished me not to remove it. I
replied that I should take what was necessary. She re-
peated her desire twice that I should not remove it.
Sarah Chatham, the widow, wee then examined, and di-
aled positive) that shooter had any poison falser parsesioe.
Mr. Alfred Swain. Taylor, the professor of ceemietry at
=Hospital, was thenpital, sworn, sad be entered into a most
to and lengthened report of eke result of his analysis
of the stomach and contents of the deceased. After describing
appearances of red patches indicating inflammation, Its pro
...did to state that he had detected arsenic, after applying
the usual tests, but in such small gassings as to prevent
him suiting positively that that poison was the cause of
death. After subjecting, the stoma*, contents, lutes-
tines, &c., to the usual process of amlysation, be had only
obtained in all the twenty-filth pert of &goals. He examined
the bag of rice and found it to contain ermine. It we. die
Whited over the whole mass, and is kurminess of ties he
had found two grams of arsenic.. Is the astir* quantity and
bag there was from twelve to sizteen grains of arsenic It
was mixed in the rice like a powder, and to a casual observer
might appear like flour. There was mffielent to kill six
Immesh
In answer to the ramose and lam HI. Taylor remarked
that what he bad detected in Ike body well not sufficient to
cause death. It was only the surplus and not that Liken up
by the system.
The jury returned a verdict that tho demised bad died
of tut:4'We+ ceasumption. The evidence failing he proving
that the anomie found in the bedy had moderated death.
The Coroner thou addressed Mr. Suporusemdent Clark,
and merited that the magistrates et the district might
proceed against the widow under a recent act fur adenine•
tiring poises with intent.
Mr. Clark mid be would lay the matter before them.

ANTI-STATI CHUR43II

Yestwday

"Teeing a soiree was held at the Eighbary Barn Tams, to
receive the 'sport °who Islington delegates to the retreat
conference. Mr. Lowers, Haworth, M.P., presided.
The festivities of the wining being concluded, the &airman
briefly stated the object of the meeting, expresing his sin-
cere wish that the wociation utioht succeed in its noble
attespt to restore Christianity to its primitive purity. TIN
Rev. Frederick Nailer, one of the delegates from Islington,
then gave a short amount of the proceedings of the cos
Isnomr. He stated that of the 660 delegatu appointed, no
lees than 460 were present. The Souse had been et a
most important chuseter ; essolations pledging the aro-
ciation to vigorous efforts is furtheremes of their noble ob-
ject having been adopted, and addresses epos to
iserabeie of the Church of England, to their:l4pm, and
to the pablis pus. But there should have been one to
dissenten thumelves, for he was savvy to say they needed
ft. Ae le the character of the cemforence, be must affirm
eat nn right hearted win would setae that amiably with-
out feeling that men of high pviasiplim mad firm deter-
sisation were assembled there, who would never desist
from their efforts until the connexion between the chuck
and the state had bees dissolved, and their principle, th.t
Men have nothing to do with religion, except, with their
fellow-men, to believe end to obey, wee usiversally acknow-
ledged. The first swilutiosi, ankawledging the services
of the delegates, and eapreuisg the tesaviction of the
mania, that she eberaster of the last eiskrencs was an
earnest of its ultimate wasisse mm- d by Mr. Joseph
Harrison, who said that he had bees expelled hum the So.
clip=Wesleyan. for attespting e lie priestly
hy which that body was qyar From hie an
quaintest with that essiesy, he Nell note that the gnat
Male. saetertaialy theAsattonosiielwable pens. el be new
ben were with the iteaseisdeo is heart,
sad what their otis Venlig* were aided, they wool& lead
their Sake aid k sbellidahtrat ~ester evil, a dumb
ensaeoted with the nate. wending k aeseedeoes
with the cobjeow the monied wen belle sad
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*hake te *admirals mostmeted the peolewnwp.