The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-07-09 00:00:00

MARITIME EXTRACT

Liverpool, July B.—lt blew hard last night, with violent squalls
from \V .N.W. to N.N.W., accompanied with very heay) rain —The
Naval Brigade, from Quebec, and City of Brooklet', for New York,
are ashore on Pluckington Bank, Brunswick Dock.—The schooner
Enterprise, of Kinsale. and a flat, are ashore on Mockbeggar Bank
Belfast, July S.—lt blew a complete hurricane last night, and a
strong gale this mornipg, all from N.W.--A I, rge barque, outward
bound, from Liverpool, is ashore near Port-stewart ; crew saved. No
further particulars known at present.

The I aac Webb, for New York, is on shore, off Almwich; crew
and passengers saved.

Gibraita;', June 30.—Betsey Hall, Tucker, from Barletta to
Gloucester went ashore off Algesir4s on the night of th. 24th of
June, but got off and proceeded.

Elsinore, July 3.--:The Rugia, Underborg, of and for Stralsund,
from Liverpool, with salt, got ashore yestfrday about two miles
south of this port, but was assisted off this morning, after discharg-
ing part of her cargo, apparently without damage, and will pneeed
after reloading.

FOREIGN PORTS.

Saxon, Donne, hence at Matanzas.
Metropolitan (s.s.), hence at Genoa.

Bijou, Long. at Gibraltar,

Blackburn, Douglas ; Mary Jane. Williamson; Georga nick,
Petrosky Albertina, Potjwyd ;..Jaeohm., Borst; and Shannon—all
hence at Cronfitadt.

Williams, Hutchinson; and Arenta, Roe Ulna—both hence at
Narva.

Hope, Burton, hence at Riga. , ; L •
Lady Huntley, Little, hence at Pillau, ,noorlt f; ‘,O
Walton, Shaw, hence at Para. , ' ,
Loodianah, hence at Havana 3 l'n" 9"J 011/1(i. 41
}Unita. Jacke ; Amelia, Fritte; Cora, Steppe; and Limas-all
hence at Swinemunde.,
P. F. Pogge, Meman, hence at Warnemunde.

G'ide, Leonard; a d Nornen. Reed—both hence at W} burg..
Lucifer. Schroder; anti St. Jacob, Dusky—both hence at Mimic.
Mary, Frese. sailed from Hamburg, July 3, and Gazelle, July 4
both for Liverpool. ,
Leonora, hence at Trinidad.
Orion, and San Pedro-Lboth sailed front Seville 'for Liverpool.
June 19. •
Alps sailed from Havre for Liverpool, July 3.
Sardinian sailed from Naples for Liverpool, June 25.

DEATHS

On the 3rd inst., at Brighton, Mary Anne, the wife of Sir C. 31.
Clarke, Bart.

On the 3rd Inst., Caroline Martha,' daughter of Mr. Efarrocks,
su• g. on, of this town.

On the 3rd inst., aged 7d years, at Paddington, near Neston, Mr
Thoma, Wilcozon.
On the sth inst., aged 37 years, suddenly, of enlargement of the
heart, Martha, wife of Mr. G. N. Grindred; of Manchester. • • '

0::7- Births. Marriages, and Deaths, are only inserted when sent to
our Office duly authenticated. '

THE RUGELEY PoISONINGS.—TETANIC SYMPTOMS CAusED
BY ANTIMONY. —Dr. Elliotson communicates to the-
Medical Times of Saturday two cases which have occurred
within his practice of tetanic symptoms arising from
antimony. The patients were infants, the one 14, the
other 8, months old. Dr. Elliotson, alluding to the
Rugeley case, remarks : "During the whole of Cook's
attacks of vomiting, diarrhoea, and depression, no tetanic
symptoms occurred till the Monday night before his
death upon the Tuesday night. There is no reason to
suppose that strychnine had up to that time been giv(ri
—to suppose that Palmer had not trusted to antimony
alone in order to kill Cook. It was cunning in him to
select antimony. A soporific would have suggested foul
play by the stupefaction; Prussic acid might haVe given
an odour perceptible to those around ; arsenic would
have been too common a poison not to have been easily
detected. Antimony was the least likely to excite sus-
picion or be thought of. He seems have trusted to it
till he was out of patience, and probably expected to
s
find Cook dead when he returned to Rugeley from Lon-
don on the Monday night. He did not give quantities
sufficient to excite tetanic ymptoms; probably he feared
and lead to certain detection of
to use larger quantities, lest each administration should
,preparing the system for the action (;t.
Iporwodeducbeybvuornmiintgingp,ain at the stomseh, be instantly fol.
which,ay
is potent enough without preparation,
scdtreriyempeehv.nlienTwesh, eorfe is reason to suppose that he had o
or of rendering the detection of strychnine by the chemist
more difficult, which is not known to be, a fact. Ills
course appears to have been simple enough :—To
attempt to murdar Cook by antimony, as he probably
bad murdered his other victims; and not sUcceedirg so
soon as he anxiously desired, to resort, at the last
moment, to strychnine, with which also he failed, till,
on the Tuesday night, he gave it again."

Printed and Puhlia'ned by CHARLES U'ILLLIEF:. of 21,
street, at his General 2rinting and Stationary Zstablishment,
Scrith Jolin-atisot. r.l,erpool.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 9...1856,