Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-05-23 00:00:00

abdluiltial Muscles, which appeared to me to indicate 61E.
treme irritation ill the intestines. If I made the slightest
pressure 1 found she resisted immediately with force, and
that it increased the rigidity of the muscles. She had a
small, quick pulse, and evident indications of great exhaus-
tion. She complained of a disagreeable sensation in her
throat as if she had a btill there. I had received ample
information about her case from Dr. Julius. Dr. Julius
and Dr. Smethurst told reie she had long been suffering
from diarrhoea and from vonliting. A number of remedies
had been tried. I heard alley had tried bismuth and
nitrate of silver.. Nitrate of copper had been talked about,
bit not tried. Opium had been tried. I understood, and
it made a deep impression on me, that the accused was
impatient of the continuance of remedies ; he suggested
frequent changes. After every change the symptoms Were
Worse, particularly after the nitrate of silver. I retired
from the room to consult with Dr. Julius„ and I said to
hint at once that I had a strong -opinior; that it was a
case of arsenical poisoning. It was my stung suspicion
that such was the case. I had not materials on which to
form an opinion ; but I had, as I said before, a strong sus-
picion. It Was my belief that some irritant was being
introduced into the system, which prevented tha diarrhoea
yielding to, the proper remedies.
Mr. 13allaritine You have not examined the viscera ?
Witness :

Mr. Vallantine : From the symptoms, would you !tank
that a pos3 niOP6m examination would (rive arsenic as the
result if the poison had been given ?-2Witness : I must
decline answering that question as, it will involve me in
another part of the ease with which I do not Wish to inter-
fere.

Mr. Ballantine If a, teaspoonful of a mixture contain-
ing-chlorate of pOtasli and the eighth part of a grain of
arsenic were adminiStered; what effect would be produced ?
—Witness : It would keep up continual irritation, and if

kept up continuously deathrwoitid.ensue through exhaustion.
I decline inirolving. mygelrany-further in this investigation,
but I hate no objection to. hear the report of the post
martens examination and then: g
Mr. Richard Barwell, assist
cross Hospital, deposed, he. conducted a

ve an opinion

surgeon at Ohating-

ost tnorteta ei-

aminatio'n of the bOdl:4 the_ deceased on

4th of May

twenty-two hours after deatht The witness then
minutely described the• appearances presented,. The arms
were flexible, the legs rigid, anti' the feet bent inwards
The body was emaciated, the face- diseolour4 the tongue
rough, and the mouth and throat'. white. The stomach
was inflated, as also the' small intestines. Tice right lung,:
was engorged, and the brain was healthy. The witness
then described the .appear-ince of the. intestinesi. and oder.
internal parts, as being hr. a diseased- condition, and stated.
that the deceased was about: six :weeks- advanced in a- state, of
pregnancy..
as to- taking part

ofes;or Taylor was then re-exanunec

with the last

itness in to

vst mortain; examination.
as being entirely destroyed b

described the

rre intestl

nd, on further examination

ulceration and garig,rene
found, clearly and distincti
locked up in the small intestine

a small portion of arseni

dnevs an

tion, andfound the presence of antimony-in the kin the bloody fluid taken from the heart. He found no.ars

nic in any of the viscera, or antimony or arsenic either• it

the stoma-eh, large intestines,

In reply to Serjeant Ballantinc
suspicions lie had formed durir
confirmed by the a

that the
;airtly be

life would: cert,
lescribed.
Mr. Palmer, surgeon, of MortlaKe, then gave corroborative
evidence 03 to the appearance presented at the post triortem
examination. _ _

,ppea,rances -now c

Professor Taylor was then recalled, and, in reply to ques-
tions from Serjeant liallantine, stated : The effects of the
repeated doses of such ta, mixture, and of the. introduction of
antimony and arsenic into the system, would be to cause
such appearances as those presented, and to produce death
by inflammation and ulceration of the bowls, and consequent
exhaustion. I have formed an opinion as to the cause of
the death of deceased. Ttikinm . into. account what I have
heard as to the symptoms before death—the nausea, vomiting,
purging—the blood and mucus found yin. the evacutions - the
arsenic found in the evacation ,passed• during the night, with
the appearances after death—the ulceration of the intestines,
and the inflammation apparent from• the beginning of the
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gullet to the end of the bowels ; and when I consider tue
antimony found in the kidneys'and the.blood taken from the
heart, I can only account for death by supposing it to be the
result of the administration of antimony and arsenic in small
doses, and at frequent intervals. I can,itrace. the effects of
antimony from the very first- symptoms ; but where poison
is constantly given in small doses, it is difficult :to find it •in
the-system. One fact is certian,. antimony or arsenic is
never found in the human, body.unless- it is placed there ;

and .I must say t_
which presented such symptoms as were presented in this
case. •
Dr. William Belling, professor of practical chemistry at
Guy's Hospital, gave corroborative evidence as to the
presence of antimony in the body of deceased, and arsenic in
the mixture of chlorate of potash found in the bottle.
Serjeant Thallantine then stated that the deceased had a
sum of £1,700, which she had lent out, . and respecting
which legal proceedings had been pending in the Rolls'
Court. _ _ _ . _

new or

VW., • •
This being_ the whole of the evidence, the chairman. said
the time had now arrived when it was his duty to ask the
prisoner if he wished to say anything in defence.
Mr. Gifford : We shall; reserve any defence until the
trial. • . ,

•
The Chairman . Myself and brother magistrates are
unanimous in opinion that the evidence warrants us in send-
ing the prisoner for trial, and the witnesses will attend on
Wednesday next to complete the depositions.
The prisoner was then removed in custody, and at the rail-
way station a large crowd had assembled for the purpose of
seeing him as he entered the train.

The Times speaks of an
_augmentation. of the corps of
Royal Engineers to 10,000 men, or.- double the present
number.

In some military circles it is reported that troops are to
be distributed all round the coasts this summer, and to be
placed under canvas.
The Advertiser has another rumour. It has heard that
a division of the English Mediterranean fleet has been
ordered to proceed to Genoa.
Mr. Eyles, " one of the best and most experienced
gardeners in the country," has- been appointed to the
superintendence of every department of horticulture at the
Crystal Palace.
A national Rifle Club Association is stated to be in course
of formation, with apvoposed capital of £50,000, to facili-
tate the arrangements of the various local clubs with regard

to the purchase of arms, &e.
The Admiralty have ordered that all the ships to be sent

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quantities of powder, shot, shell, &c., all of which is to bE
magazined at, the respective ports to which they go unti
they are ready for active service. _ _ .

understand that the Royal Mail Steam Packet Com-
pany's new iron paddle-wheat steamer Seine, of 3,092 tons
(bui tier's measurement), and 800-horse power, built by the
Thames Iron Works Company, will be launched on the 2nd
of June. She will be employed in the service between
Southampton and the West Indies..
PUBLIC INVESTMENTS IN. RAILWAYS. Some idea may be
formed of the extent to which the public have invested in
railway stocks during the past account, tempted no doubt
by the low prices, from the fact that Mr. Milul Slaughter,
secretary of the railway department of the Stock Exchange,
certified in .one day over•7ooseparate transfers, representing
in the aggregate more than A34a,000 stock.—lferapath.
The Lard Mayor presided, an Friday, at a meeting held
to declare in favour otstrict British neutrality. Kossuth was on
the platform, anaspkeagainst Austria. Betook a favourable
view of the conduct of Louis Napoleon in the Italian crisis,
and,thought it afforded an opportunity by which freedom
might profit. An amendment was prop'sed on the necessity
of Italian independence, but the sole object of the meeting
being to enforce• the principle of neutrality, it was with

drawn.
Inow Suus of Wmt.—After so much discussion upon
the construction of iron war vessels, it appears that goveni-
meat has contracted for one of great size and great
intended speed, to be used perhaps, whenever an occasion
may present itself, as a steam battering rain. With 6,000
tons burden, the new iron vessel is to run at fourteen knots.
Until, however, a chance is had to run down an enemy's
ship, which, in the meantime, will be doing its best to
keep, out of the way and to disable its assailant, this great
era must be formidable chiefly for its armament. It is
simply an iron man-of-war much larger than anything now
built of wood.—The Engineer.
A CHILI) FOUND IN A.l3ax.---OnThursday Mr. Ilerford, city
coroner, held an inquest on the body of a new-born female
child, which was found dead under suspicions circumstances,
on Tuesday aftemoon. A boy, named Thomas Murphy,
stated that about half-past four o'clock he was playing in a
half-built house in Exchange-street,. York-street, Ohcetham,
when he saw a box, resembling a scented soap box, under a
window. Be shook the box, and then opened it, when he
found it contained a dead child. Re gave information to his
mother, and aftewards to a policeman. Mr. John Elliott,
birth
surgeon, stated that he had made a post mortom examination
of the body, and was of opinion that the child was
A. was
born alive, but thought it had died naturally in its
verdict to that effeot was returned by the *jury Nothing
hag been dticoyereci with respect to it 4 mother,