The Express.
London, England, 1850-03-19 00:00:00

TO TIM RDITOa OT Tta saran&

Sna—Will eight grains of soled amnia kill a man
in four hours? I say, no. It ss impossible for any
medical jerispradost to unties at way eoenet opinion
upon one of the most difficult of the mineral poises&
Dr. rhiistioon, in his celebrated week. says (p. 288) :
—" The smallest fatal dose I have hitherto feud on
reseed is 4) grains—the subject a child. her years
old ; death took place in six home." It this saes the
poisoa was is spleens; therefore the quantity mast
Ws been ascertained by endue*. Take from the
same author the ease of an adult :—" The smallest
fatal dose of solid weenie I have yet read or is
thirty grains—the subket. an Wall. died
in three der." I will refer to my own experience
in the Loudon Hospital. Daring my residence there
for some years I htd most of the cases of poisoning
under my control, and I never keew a mu die within
the :spie.: of font hours after its admiesioa. how long
the poises had been administered previously it was
almost always impossible to aec.rtaan. The poison
W ku' taken chiefly by intemperate people—often
Innalee. The ease of Ann Merritt, now under con-
aideratioo, is that of a woman buying poison in order,
es is alleged, to destroy her life on account of the
drunken habits of her hoeband, an it tandem net carried
into effect in consequence of big apparen' reformation.
Again indulging his propearity for drink, initar
ties of the mucous membrane of the steetaiett
cl
ide
io produced—an irritation which woo siakommoiod
readily seconds for the resort tos u andloi
zoso
To reli. re himself in this condition, the shard se-
ptets the dose, and sickness ensues. Supposing. how-
ever, groan to have been taken instead of the acid
powder (alwtys put into a white paper), the effer-
vescence would not take plan. I have Just tried the
experimeat, and need Arsenio instead of tartaric acid :
the arsenic falls in white lamps, some sinking and
some floating on the surface. If not taken, as was
done in the case proposed, a! 7 o'cicck in the dusk of
the morning in the month of January, it would have
been impossible not to see the mistake—it might be
well celled a " soapy powder." I have now burned
some of the powder. It sublimes in white fumes. Sn
pose the first dose to be user ie instead of acid, and pink-
Dees ensue', theta second dose is administered equal to
the first, and the sickness continues, it is obvious that
the quantity would produce collapse, and that the man
would be unable to leave his bed. In this cur, how-
ever, the deceased did get up, and went out and was
about the whole day. Altogether the case is open to
great doubt, and being doubtful, and no evidence
being given of the administration of the poison, sorely
the vr..inin Merritt will not be sacrificed.

As you have already powerfully said human
life ought not to be secrifieel without the strongest
evidence, especially in medical cities; in which from
their very nature there is so often room for doubt.
In opposition to the opicim of Dr. Letheby I venture
to say emphatically, as the result of my own expe-
rience, that eight grains of arsenic will not in the
MO of an adult destroy life in tour hours.
I am, sir, &c., JOHN P. BUCKLAND.
Watling-street, March 18.

GOTERN3IENT INSTECTION OF THE BRITANNIA
Bathos —On Friday and Saturday Captain Simms's', the
povernment inspector for the railway (011M140120ti, made
his official inspection of this great stractures, 1011011 pasted by
11,. B. Clark, the resident engineer, and Mr. H. Los, the
engia•ming manager of the Chester and Holyhead line,
erhis a series of important experiments took place, to mor-
tals the law& dell mama ar d the absolute stet:chit& ettength
of the fabric. The, experiments con isted in observing the
thßeetiont melte a series of successive loads. the puaing of
throe locomotives with a train sufficient to ear., each of the
tubes throe/tit the bridge at various speeds, and the
running of locomo:ives and tenders, without trains,
through at variable rates of progress. The ezperi-
masts were considered most atisfactory, as tend.
lag to show that all parts of the great machine wire obeying
the calculated requirements, alai es to a c ,rain extant deter
emit, the conjectaral questions of duration and stability to
arise ands, the test of everyday wage. Yesterday the up
engem from licilykstd, carrying the mails sad passengers
from Ireland, and which arrived at Easton-square 'Rutty
at 11 o'clock, same "b 1" the tube at a saving of a
tell hoar over the usu-. 1 transit. The subsequent
Maths to and fro also went through both way,. All the
ormageassats for this purpose at* now permanently com-
plete, sad the floating of the teln tubes for the parallel Hoe
is occupying the attention of the engineers. The d'reeton
of the Chester and Holyhead Company Sr. now la centes•-
*Mita with Sir George Oral, to ascertain whether her
Majesty anel his n_ffal Highness Print* Albert will per-
mit the PASO of Walls, on an early day in April. to be
present at • festival is aelsbratica *I the sucessatal opening
of tko great strneture. The eomannothation has been
Mivaloo ,y
thed. received and there fe every expectation of its
lse

VIZ CONGREGATIONAL BOARD OP EDCCATION
have petitioned palliasses; urging the efficiency of free and
voluntary education. without government aid, and the reis-
*fief which thi believe to be esused by government grants
foe religiose teact.ing, gad grants isdisainainately made in
aid of every form of religion. They also disapprove of the
attempts making In thee ilobies to bring educati in under the
support and enamel of the colonial graceramenq ; and they
particularly Elwell the education project subtaitteil to the
legislature of Jamaica, which &veers to them t 1 give to the
established clergy an undue isfluence mud aathori.y in the
schools, wbkh, by esrablishiiig schools at the public °oat
through the island, will probably injure those ling taught
by the makeionariee' and which, by requiring every school
master to take out a license, unwarrantably interfetes with
the lib, sty of instruction. They therefore pray the holm to
withdraw its sanction from the Committee of Congeal es
Mammies, to diiicantinu• the grants placed at its disposal,
and to leave the walk of education to the enlightened seal
of a free and Christi's people.
HOTEL. AND TATIRN KEEPERS' PROVIDENT IN-
STITVIION.—Yestarday the annual meeting of the members
of tile institution took Mao at the Craven Hotel, humid,
Mr. Smut Lovegrove is the chair. The report of the
commithe stated that the amiss for the oast year, M-
elodies: a balance in hand, mounted to 4171. 16s. 31, and
the di,bareemeuta to 4101. 131. 31. leaving a balsam of
71.3,. The committee attribut.4 the small amount of the
receipt, to the tact of their not having takes any public
steps by dinner, theatrieal benefit. or otherwise, for hppeal•
lag to the paveas of the society to aid the fends duns( the
past year, deeming it advisable to postpone such appeal till the
*prior of tie primal year. The claime for relief had sanded
the am 'yet comm.:spieled matchable, and this fast arose from
the death of several of the members, keels; their widows
imprueid.d for. To some came where relief had been given
darns the Iset few years, the tommittee had been impelled
to reduce the amounts, is coneeptence of the ineremed
somber of applicants, bat they trusted that the e mikes of
the members would enable them to resume the payments as
before. Tee life members of the institution were, at the
pekoe time lit, tad the annual members 79. The com-
mittee begged it to be remembered that, amongst the eon-
tribatcn to the funds. was the late Mr. John Peacock, of
the City of Ladat Tavern, who had bequeathed 1001. to
the kis kinks'. It was with mush • that the
ememittee announce, that the Eul of Yarborough had
remind to preside at the approaching anniversary tesiival,
sod it was hoped that every well-wisher to the institution
week elan her energise in its behalf. The report having
bees waved and adapted, various formal resolutions were
paned, and several gentlemen expressed their hope that
seartioaa would be made to improve the maditioa of the
gaiety. A;vote ef thank,s was thee pared to the chairman,
sad the mating separated.
tilltoCitile AND ILA-DEALIRS' BENEVOLZNT PRO-
Tacnog flocs erv.—Yesterday the thirteenth amid eme.
ieg of this charity was held at the Laden Tams, Hwy
Mesabi', Mot., the president, in the chair. The report of the
eammittee mated that the admassment of the moiety dewing
the past year had bean most matifying. The Ma ineles•
had amounted to 1€737., which had enabled Oka ti Mena
6041. in the fonds, making a total mf 12,0701 then kneeled.
Five pensioners, who had all at an. time has. ealseribm he
the charity, had bees elected ha the ovum of the
sines
et
an anal charge of 1261. The amber dated eines the
ememament of the society was 48, of whom 37 wine
living, sad reesiviag pensions to the amount of nu, latillag
Um total ma dietritrated by the charity 5,4001. The oMn
of the society feet the musing year laying been distal; Mr.
Payne moved am addition to the 14th role, to Hui Whit that
la future no person should It. eligible for a pension who had
not been a enbacribor or life dear is the eharity, hasher
soma discussion the motion was niested.
A NtreilittaTte Tallealleat—A cabinet of coins
has been preessited daring the het week, by Mr. Beenelby to
the caporals. of Landon. It eatidne nearly 1,1100
burial data between the years Hie end 1_ .675 May were
issued by various traders of the city of Leedom, partly to
accommodate the palls and supply the west of mall
change wham the goverment put death an mar maws,
and pertly as a mama of adweldement the name, teatime,
and riga of the basso Wag gosonly hest eyes Sidi Ws.
They cash' of mane metals —lna, hail Me Men ad
copper, sod • low wel Mather; sad, indamileatly of
their value as carimitise of two ens haries bait, they will
furnish, whim the index is eseepleted, a reaped of the topo-
graphy and h tory
is of the city of Latta at that peeled,
With the sawn al striae and h alides hag lea to the pa
mat Amerada&
BT. PATRICK'S DAT IN LIVERPOOL.--Yriarday the
venoms Hibernian lodges celebrated the anniversary of
Ireland'. patroa aeiat by walking in proemial through the
streets of L veepool. This was in despite of • pleased blued
by Ilse Oraugemea, that if the authorities did met put dowr
W preceame they wield I Eve polled preseedos
takes, and no &wham took
lisussyncx, Itasca It—The Kapott i. .
eirestulla that tho Doke of &magi* le about Rib.
Med to the salable Prisms
i..6Lealaimtella of N-
bulae of Proseia, who has her nit yas.
U• 4•1 thm atemeteneee theTkinewiek sueseeila
ties meld, in this cam, boy, to be derided by Us Iktr•P'"
=at Nee ettre provides aids he Palen ("-
SU is sew Is isilseA.

THE FACTORY BILL
(Teem Ike Amnesia.)
,We are not advocates of escwassw labour: os the
astrary, we object to the waken* Taft Ewan Act that It is
at times too mach. At present, km example. when a number
of =Wear* bee giensitAt to Abp.'s* lows' labour Is kw r
thaneilagtgired.- What wit obiast sls ths nalfersalty..-the
lis Es aM sends by • dews that whisk alream-
Manse* have made vartabis. It is dim that for wont= sad
ad hods aimed= yarns the Masai may he geeat, wane
he some had. of saes pus and sass goals the demand
My be dash. That le the sweat patellne. pales
to
lio:3‘livelY WO Priv away/AS; tell by . the
a imam and silks to snob as me= m rats
disaatn, tha Whim of themeless sap may, to some
enlist, bo amperoalla, the World loos wail or bettor dolled
=on before, and dm =eft was son sot mare ossrbissat
pins at lb@ =pima the essasomes. .
Too Mae et dm cedes mills themselves apples asorkgrer-
guns= a tie some kind. Per saw time past he mills
es heavy sad Mho have bad • do= de-
=4 yarn
the midi sageged es Ass work have bad a
lirbit demod. The k* pelon et ASIA sad the peculiar
state of IM markets abroad ma of hum have lasteassd tbe
demoodiar Pao sties psi* orb Isom= the dogma for
mom atm. Under seish alsomelasom, eau =rhos be
=aum Mid es mssahmil Sham IS say to the saillownem
yea mom wedi your mom sill for eight hoar,
or, dl or hue him with a posit, sad can wok year
he o he 12 or ld Item witk a mat, yen shall sot
walk She haw mars thee 10 balsa I He may errs mills
lessium Mb la Ise aid ma= wedr. sod to lspos" este a
ila Ns is equivalent to hobiddhe 1 so adapt
bh se the market. la prindrik dot h •
goneumptios and injurious isterdiresse oak la-
ga. lasi Ida 'Mate yeoperty. It my kommy tem
that palls= Id dm tam families Me at work at the hs•
sib, sod the law would prompt them hop profiting by Ils
damsomi he their labour la Eft use is Mier to make up he
tholsameiggseMO by the mead= If denamtd in the Mar.
Tbe prim of eft= h ssounarily met by slow
pies engem" la Nests work ead Twin only soft
=is doe week, but a his to =moo • ma a
wield strike the MOM Olt arms set alba =ads
of the millmenssr, sad =pods him is ths ampoddim hem
•
obi= be as mop.
It swan podsalls, though sot artakilhat the Me=
a nn a womitel mashatams to @aptly the
may hoot mewl= to those with whims nay am tato
oompsdtiem, old who do not choose to make atithismal
ex osby already opulent—the prepriety of limiting
them by a low, so mat alt may work an equal number
a =en. Oa used= mud's. the reverse may be the
ems Oetins snip be alemihmt ; political dtmerbaewas
sis= amps= smasOmmesa is akar teat trial pasta
win WE forth, Mahe i wool may be excessively
dear; and Ms the MM. Mks the wool spinners, restricted
to a oakum dm of meolting, will be prevented from adapt-
fag their prodastisse to the wants of the people. The ma-
nufaaturersoll the am' dm, are to be permitted to erne=
their dimmedis at all polite below the maximum ; they are
sat M hemods to work their mills 10 hours, and why are
they sat babe traded above as well as below the mazimant ?
In facti_ths silhasitymbed hrwill be as complete a failure
a the Test AMS to promisee aniformity in religion, which
this generalise bas so happily sees abolished, permitting Mr.
Fox to admits* in paribusont a ristris ion on manufactures
which he has asmelmased far prams= of different religion&
The deputed's Whited very strongly, particularly by Dr.
Barnett and air. J. NM, a working man, on the ad-
vantage whisk have issued to the factory workers sines the
Ten Hours' Act ems late operation. But, within the last
seven yeas, mbar mom dm sore eillaseteus than a disputed
factory act, which MON. seeded into execution in some
plains and net la =Ws—whisk his excited continual sea-
tests between factory isepectore and manufacturen and
manufacturers and workmen—which many of the factory
hands th.mselves disapprove of, have petitioned against, and
in many cases have cast sine--asses very effioacious in
comparison to this act—dare come into operation for
the physicist and motel and tell:ions improvement of
the people. An almost total change wee ate in
1842 in the principle of taxation. Industry was re-
lieved and property was taxed. Therewith pro:iris:ono of
all kinds and the raw materials of manatectures were
allowed to come in freely. Employment has in consequence
been considerable and tolerably regular. Bina 1842 there
has been no such dreadful depression in the manufacturing
districts, notwithstanding railway abortions and potato decay
and political revolutions, as in 1841 and 1842; and gentlemen
erroneously ascribe the religious and moral improvement of
the people, which is due to their having been well fed and
pretty regularly employed, to an inefficient and anexemated I
act of Parliament. It is pert ctly clear that, had they been
exposed to hunger and idleness, moral precepts would have
I been lost on them ; and therefore we must venture to smart
that the improvement new discovered in the morals and re.
II ion of the factory workers, is much more the consequence
of the alterations in our fiscal and trade 'yarn than of the
Ten Bouts AK. It serves the purposes of some persons to
make a party use of the beneficial consequences of the
measures which they strenuously opposed ; but we cannot
cocaina to their reaping a triumph where they sowed only
shame, and we claim for free trade and improved decal
regulations those moral results which the advocates of
restriction and legislative uniformity would monorliss as
their awn.

Their principle is at once that of perfect despotism and
communism. Both these esteems tyrannies grasp after a
common unifecenity—a dead level of equality—end are
alike opposed to the principles of political freeJont and
private property. How their common principle came to be
adopted by men sealoue in the pursuit of inctivPual wealth
and public freedom is for us impoesible to conceive. Some
prejudice or passion must have obscured their judgment.
How the factory workers. too, wee to ask suck a law
from a legislature in which they have no seats and little
part —which tempests property rather than industry, is
equally impsesible to conceive. They must be blinded by
that hatred of the manufacturing capitalist, which has been
assiduously nourished by his opponents. So blinded, they
ask for a law of uniformity that realty Sues a chain on them,
restricts them from helping themselves when there is a brisk
demand fur their services, but leaves them at the mercy of
their employers when it is their interest to weak below the
mszimum. However it may be disguised, such legislation
is hued on the principle of a Buonsparte and a Slanqui, and
trios to level all the int qualities of nature by the iron rule of
the despot and the communist.

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ltroagh th• probabill•y, had a mahot a( moisigaghtto. Virda•••
lord baud at dmith."—StiefostigiroAdowlislo• 1
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