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But how was that to be accothplished ? Not
by violent measures, but rather gradually and by
degrees, " here a little and there a little, line upon
line, line upon line, precept upon precept, precept
upon precept.'; Ins mission Would be la mission of
peace, depending rather on secondary Influences
than on great and certain primary interferences
with the institutions of Mika. As the represen-
tative of the mission he besought their sympathy
and support. (Cheers.) He had just returned from
a visit to those two great centres of learning in
which the mission originated, Oxford and Cam-
bridge, and he was thankful to say that the cause
was these regarded with the same enthusiasm as
ever. (Cheers.) It would be a slander on the Church
and the clergy to say that they lacked missionary
zeal and enterprise. The hearts of the younger
members of the Universities, especially, were beat-
ing true to the Church and to the Gospel. They
had shown great earnestness in the work. He
trueted they would continue to do so—that he and
his colleagues would go forth strong in the prayers
and sympathies of the English Church and nation,
and that at all events they would not be left power-
less for want of the material means which God had
given to them in such abundance. (Cheers.)
The Rev. R. GREGORY, incumbent of St. Mary's,
Lambeth, moved the next resolution—" That this
meeting warmly welcomes the Rev. W. Geo. Tozer
as the successor of the lamented Bishop Mackenzie
as the head of the Central African Mission," which
war seconded by the Rev. GEORGE WILLIAMS,
Senior Fellow of Caius College, Cambridge, and
carried by acclamation.
The Hon. and Rev. LATIMER NEVILLE, Master
of Magdalen College, Cambridge, moved a vote of
thanks to the chairman for his kindness in presid-
ing over the meeting, which was seconded by the
Rev. G. HAWKINS and carried by acclamation.
The meeting then separated.

THE SUSPECTED POISONING CASE

IN WILISBIRE.

HINDON, WEDNESDAY.
A very extraordinary case of suspected poisoning
has very recently been under the consideration of
the authorities in the Southern division of the
county of Wilts, and great interest hasbeen excited
in the more immediate district from the similarity,

in many respects, to the late notorious case of Mrs.
Wilson, who was recently executed at Newgate for a
similar crime to that alleged. It appears that a Mrs.
Kiddie, the wife of John Kiddie, a carpenter, resid-

ing at Sudwell, a small village near Semley, in this
county, had been suffering from severe illness for
some time since the',22d of August last, and had been
attended by Dr. Shettle, of Shaftesbury, up to the
22d of October last, when believing from the symp-
toms exhibited that some irritant bad been ad-

ministered he spoke to Mr. Kiddie on the subject,
and in consequence of what took place, Mrs. Trow-
bridge was taken into custody (Mrs. Kiddie having
died), and brought before the magistrates here, and
twice remanded. The coroner for the county also
opened an inquiry into the cause of the death of Mrs.
Kiddie, and this afternoon, at four o'clock, Mrs.
Emily Radcliffe Trowbridge was again placed in
the dock, charged with the murder of Mrs. Kiddie
by poison. She seemed deeply affected at her
position. _ _

The magistrates present were Messrs. R. Graves,
(chairman), A. Seymour, J. Du Boulay, M. Jeffreys,
J. Lock, and T. F Grove.

Mr. R. Swyer, solicitor, of Shaftesbury, appeared
to watch the proceedings on behalf of Mr. Kiddie;
Mr. Chitty, of Hindon and Shaftesbury, repre-
sented the prisoner.
At the commencement of the proceedings the evi-
dence of Mr. Sheltie given at the previous exami-
nation, was read ever as follows :-1 am a doctor of
medicine and a general practitioner. I have been
the medical attendant upon Ann Kiddie, the wife
of John Kiddie. On the 25th August she was suf-

fering from what I considered chronic inflamma-
tion of the stomach. I tried several remedies, but
as they took very little effect, I supposed that her
disease was complicated with cancer. Some short

time afterwards the evidence of cure not being suf-
ficient in my opinion to lead me to suppose she was
dying from that cause, and the symptoms of irri-
tant poisoning showing themselves in sickness and
retching, I watched the case very closely. On the
Bth Oct., I discontinued all medicines, and gave

milk only as food. The sickness still continued, and
on the 12th there was great retching. I desired that
some other medical opinion should be taken, and Dr.
Roberts, of Salisbury, was called in. His opinion did
not coincide with mine as regarded an irritant, and

I thought I might be mistaken. Two or three days
afterwards I was again led to believe that my for-
mer opinion as to an irritant was correct from the
absence of symptoms that usually attend organic
disease approaching a crisis--the peculiar glassy
appearance of the eye, and the yellow appearance
of the skin. I stated my opinion, and on Oct. 22

the patient died. I made a post-mortem examina-
tion in conjunction with my assistant. I found a
small schirrhous tumour the size of a small walnut
encircling the lower part of the tube through which
the food passes to the stomach. The disease was
not in an active state, and in my opinion could not
have accounted for the sickness and retching from
which the deceased had been suffering. The sto-
mach, intestines, and omentum all exhibited marks
of great inflammation, and I have no hesitation in
i d
referring death to that cause. The heart, pericar-
dium,
pancrea, spleen, and
other
. We removed the
stomach, intestines, and liver, and packed them
organslungsliver, were all hneaelytsh,y.
kidneys,
carefully in jars, which were sealed, and sent to
Dr. lierppath, at Bristol, for analysis. I believe
death was occasioned by irritant poison. Arsenic
would produce such symptoms. The body has been
exhumed, and I have seen it. There was very little
decomposition or smell. Those symptoms denote
death by arsenic, and my opinion is decidedly con-
firmed. Some little time previous to her death,
from the peculiarity of the symptoms from which
she was suffering, I stated to the deceased's hus-
band that it would be necessary to have a post-
mortem examination, and also to Mrs. Trowbridge

(the prisoner). Nothing particular occurred then,
but subsequently the prisoner stated that Mrs,
Kiddie had heard of my wish to make a post-mor•

tern examination, and wished her sister not to allow
it or to leave the house until after she was buried. I
said there was time enough fur that, and .1 loft the
house. On the following day I charged the sister of
Mrs. Kiddie with having told her of my wish, and in
consequence of a communication from John Kiddie,
I called upon Mrs. Trowbridge, and said, I regretted
that anything had occurred to cause her distress.
She said, "What a horrid creature you must have
thought me to consider me capable of administering
anything improper. I have noticed how closely you
have watched my basket, and how carefully yon
have inspected the food." I said that I had made
no accusation against any one, and I was sorry if
she had-formed that impression. I told her it was
my duty to watch my patients closely, and to take
notice of everything that occurred. I then left, and
never had any conversation with her afterwards. I
never prescribed arsenic to Mrs. Kiddie. The symp-
toms would very likely produce burning in the
throat. _

...._
Dr. nettle, examined by Mr. Swyer—He sealed
up certain bottles, and sent them to Dr. Herapath,
which he identified as having been sealed as pro-
duced.

Cross•examined by Mr. Chitty—l performed the
post mortem examination, in conjunction with my
assistant. I took the whole stomach and put it into
a bottle; before doing so I examined it. I have
known the prisoner for some time, and have been on
good terms with her. I have seen the prisoner in a
sick-room before. When I was called in, Mrs
Kiddie's stomach rejected all food, and on finding
this I ordered beef-tea injections. I think eight
days was the longest time the stomach retained
food. I sent pills, but she never said they would kill
her. Ido not know
whether she brought up the
pills, but she was sick after taking them. My as-
sistant made them up. He is more than 16 years
of age. Some time since I took a bottle with prus-
sic acid down to the house, and left directions with
Mrs. Trowbridge how to use it. He proceeded to
say that he proposed calling
Kiddie said that his wife had consulted Dr. Roberts,
of Salle:11)u in a physician, and Mr.
should like to call him. He saw

her on the 14th of October, and witness wished to
have Dr. Roberts to form his opinion of the case.
Dr._Roberts went to the patient on the 14th, and
afterwards had s consultation with him (Dr.
Shettle). Dr. Roberts said he saw no cause to ap-
prehend an irritant being administered,. On the
Bth the medicine was left off, and on the 22d she
died. The prisoner bore a good character for kind-
ness and attention to people generally. The certi-
ficate of death was given after the post-mortem
examination.

The certificate was as follows
" Cann, Shaftesbury, Oct. 26, 1862.
"I certify that I attended Ann Kiddie, aged 44, residing
at Bird Bush; that I saw her last on October 22, 1862
that she died on October 22, 1862 ; and that a post• mortem
examination proved the existence of a scirrhous tumour the
sire of a small walnut encircling the lower part of the
a3sophagus, and great irritation and inflammation of the
mucous membrane of the stomach and bowels, the latter in
my opinion being the cause of death.
(Signed) " r.ICHD. F. SIIETTIA M.D."
After some further cross examination,
Mr. Wm. Bird Herapath was called and exa-
mined by Mr. Swyer, and said—l am a physician,
a doctor of medicine, M.R.C.S., &c. After describ-
ing the contents of the parcel sent to him by Dr.
Shettle, ho said that he examined them and found
the stomach all in one mass. He found intense in-
flammation of the intestine. There was a small
patch in the duodenum which did not show any
trace of arsenic. The stomach was free from can•
cer, the mucous membrane being very much in-
flamed. The contents of the stomach escaped.
He sought for solid particles, but could not find
any. He dissolved a portion of the stomach
and intestines, and discovered the existence of
several metallic substances—arsenic, bismuth, and
copper. He subsequently found antimony in
the same fluid. Arsenic predominated consider-
ably. Copper was a mere trace, and so was anti-
mony ; bismuth large in proportion. He adopted
several processes to detect arsenic, and found 81-
100ths of a grain. He wrote to Dr. Shettle to ask
him what he had administered, and he (Dr. Shettle)
accounted for bismuth, but not for copper, arsenic,
or antimony. Arsenic was in the viscera, the
purity of the vessels having been previously estab-
lished. He found two large gall-stones in the blad-
der and found traces of arsenic. On examining
the liver, he found a very large quantity of a white
metal deposit, composed of silver, mercury, and ar-
senic. He suggested the possibility of poison being
found in Dr. Shettle's drugs, but found none in 21
out of 23 sorts. He examined the paper in the
room and found arsenic there, but it could not have
got into the deceased woman's system.
The inquiry was proceeding when our parcel left.

711 E FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE HAM.
MERSMITH AND CITY RAILWAY.

ADJOURNED INQUEST.

Dr. Lankester, the coroner for Central Middle-
sex, and the jury previously empannelled in this
case, re-assembled at the Bank of England Tavern,
Cambridge• place, Paddington, yesterday, to pro-
ceed with the inquiry as to the death of James
Hall, Richard Cookson, William Ogden, Henry
Matey, Alfred Beeby, and Thomas Nicholls
the six unfortunate men killed by the falling
of several arches of the viaduct on this railway
on the morning of the 6th instant. The inquest
was adjourned to the present occasion in order
that the jury might satisfy themselves as to the cha-
racter of the soil on which the foundation was built.
The coroner and jury, after having again care-
fully viilLwed th© fatal spot, returned to the above
tavern, when
John Smith, civil engineer and railway contrac-
tor, of Tavistock-square, was called to give evidence
on the quality of the concrete and materials used
for the arches. He deposed that he made the Me-
tropolitan (Underground) Railway, and was a judge
of concrete. He had closely examined the concrete,
and believed it to be composed of such materials as
made good concrete. He believed the disintegration
of the concrete was attributable to the movement of
a pier, and began to disintegrate with the move-
ment. The concrete, however, had nothing to do
with the accident, which was solely caused by the
giving way of the clay soil on which the pier rested.
If the arches had sunk perpendicularly the men
would not have lost their lives, but they slipped
sideways, and the cause of the slipping was from
laminated clay. He had never seen such slipping
before with London clay, but he had in Lancashire.
A viaduct fell on the East Lancashire Railway just
in the same manner. The London clay ordinarily
did ❑ot require any precaution on account of its la-
minated nature. This clay, however, had become
very porous and unsound by the percolation of water
containing vegetable matter, which unsoundness
could not well be detected in summer or dry weather,
but might be in winter.
The Coroner remarked that it appeared that the
cause of our land slips on the sea coasts was pre-
cisely the same as this.
After some desultory discussion,

The jury unanimously determined to again ad,,:
journ on the following conditions, executed by the
contractor of the works (Mr. Rummins) :-
Ist. To clear away the brick-work above the con-
crete of the damaged pier.
2d. To cut a horizontal trench on the west side
similar to the one which now exists on the east side
of the damaged pier.
3d. That Mr. Rammins be permitted to fill up the
trenches which now exist, and to remove the debris.

THE BURGLAR SHOT BY A LADY IN

DE.RBISIIIRE.

We are glad to announce that the efforts of
Mr. Fox and his staff have been partially suc-
cessful. They were enabled, from information
gleaned with much trouble, to arrest two men on
Sunday night, and on Monday morning the pri-
soners w ere taken before Mr. Nield and Mr. Slack,
two of the county justices.

The only evidence taken was that of Mrs. Mary
Norman, who said—l am the wife of Cecil George
Norman, and reside at Whaley. At about a quarter
past three o'clock in the morning of the 12th inst.,
while I was feeding the baby in bed, I heard a
crash of glass in the window of the loom on the
ground floor, under our bedroom. My husband was
in bed asleep. 1 did not awake him because he was
ill. I got out of bed, and took a revolver off a table
in the room and went downstairs. I did not take a
light, as I could not find the matches. On opening
the door of the front sitting- room I saw a man
standing beside the cupboard near the window. He
was looking in the direction of the door where I
stood. He had what appeared to be a short iron
bar in his hand. He had also a lighted candle in
the other hand. I tried to discharge the pistol at
him, but the cap missed fire, and I immediately
fired the next barrel. All the barrels were loaded
with ball. The man clapped his hand to his
shoulder, and in a tone of pain exclaimed, " 0 God
—Bill—Dick." The lower sash of the window was
up, and he threw one leg out of the window, and a
man seized him by the collar and dragged him out.
It was a fine moonlight night. There were a man
and a lad, apparently 17 or 18 years of age, outside
the window. The man who was in the room had a
red handkerchief, with a very white small check on
it, over his face, with holes in it to see through.
He had no cap on, or it was concealed by the hand-
kerchief. He had a dark velveteen coat on, with
large pockets in it, which seemed to be very full of
something. He wore blue stockings with white tops,
which were drawn above his knees and covered his
feet. I cannot say whether they were drawn over
his trousers, or whether he wore breeches. He was
a middle-sized man—rather stout. The man who
pulled him out of the window was taller, and wore
a dark-blue handkerchief, with a large white
flower pattern on it, over his face. When we retired
to rest I left upon the window-sill some unbleached
holland for making childrens' pinafores and some
newspapers, and after the men were gone we found
those articles outside the window, in the lane, and
brought them in again. We also found that a cup-
board in the room which had been entered, and
which I had seen locked before we went to bed, had
been forced open, and the cupboard was broken, as
if it had been wrenched open with the bar which
the man had in his baud. The shutters on the out-
side of the window had been forced, and the
mark of the instrument used in forcing them open