The Sun.
London, England, 1865-03-27 00:00:00

Commence at 7.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE,
Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter.
THIS EVENING, THE ROADSIDE INN. Robert Ma-
caire, Mr. Emery, Bertrand, air. H. Widdicomb ; Messrs. C.
Horsman. Fitzpatrick, Moreland, Garden, Raymond, Collett;
Miss E. Lavenu and Miss Elsworthy.
To be followed by THE STRANGER. The Stranger,
Mr. Ryder; Mrs. Haller, Mdlle. Beatrice; Messrs. Widdi-
comb, C. Horsman, Fitzpatrick, M'lntyre, Garden, Raymond ;
Miss M. lienraie, E. Lavenu, and Mrs. C. Horsman.
Doors open at Half-past Six.
The Box-office open daily from Eleven till Five.

LYCEUM THEATRE.-MR. FECHTER'S
reappearance will take place on Easter Monday. on
which occasion he will perform, for the first time at this
theatre, a new character.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE,
See Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining.
THIS EVENING, a new Farce, by Mr. David Fisher,
entitled HEART-STRINGS AND FIDDLE-STRINGS.
After which, ARRAH NA POGUE ; Messrs. Dion Bond-
eault, J. Brougham, H. Vandenholl, D. Fisher, D. Murray;
Mrs. Boucicauit and Miss M. Oliver.
To conclude with AN AMPLE APOLOGY.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and alanageress. Mrs. Swanborough.
THIS EVENING, at 7, CROSS PURPOSES: Mr. Par-
selle ; Miss Palmer.
After which, the great Comic Drama. MILKY WHITE.
Ale”rs. Craven, Stoyle, James; Miss Swanborough.
To conclude with MA ZEPPA. Messrs. Fenton, James ;
Mesdames Itaynham, Simpson, Johnstone, (W.

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LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 27, 1865.

Among the many deaths that yearly take place
among us from us from preventable causes few are
more painful and shocking in their nature than
those which arise from the accidental administra-
tion of poisons. The circumstances are so painful,
the death so rapid and terrible in its nature, and
frequently attended with such severe suffering, that
it forms one of the saddest pages in domestic tragedy.
It would appear at first sight as if such a disaster
ought to be of very rare occurrence, and as if the
commonest precaution would serve to avert it ; but
experience proves to the contrary, and the Registrar..
General in the course of the year finds occasion to
include a great many such cases in his death list.
Sometimes the catastrophe occurs from domestic
carelessness. A child reaches down a cup or a bottle
containing some poisonous mixture used for house-
hold purposes. A change in the arrangement of a
cupboard entails the loss of a life, as in a recent
case where a girl, going to take a glass of her
sister's medicine, drank deadly poison instead, and
died in a few minutes. Sometimes the accident re-
sults from such culpable carelessness that the sur-
vivors are scarcely to be pitied for the sufferings
they have brought upon themselves. There was
one instance of this sort, in which some parents
strewed some poisoned bread for rats on a shelf on
which they were accustomed to put food for their
children. Such catastrophes cannot be provided
against by law. They can only be avoided by a
proper exercise of caution and reasonable care on
the part of all who have occasion to employ
poisons of any kind, and especially by the
heads of families discouraging the unnecessary use
of poisons of any kind in their households. In the
case of their use some one person should be made
responsible, and keep them under lock and key. A
few minutes time and trouble may often save years
of sorrow and unavailing regret.
But there is another class of accidents, sadly too
common, over which there is more hope of obtaining
me control. We allude to the very frequent in-
stances in Which the careless compounding of medi-
cines or the misreading
results of prescriptions causes fatal
. The substitution of laudanum for some
less dangerous drug is the
most common cause of
such disasters. A mother sending for 44 Blank
draught," a simple domestic remedy for an ailin
child, received in return " Black d
rop, one of the
"
strongest forms of opium. A lady, residing in
Liverpool, some short time since took some medicine
according to her doctor's prescription, went to sleep,
and never woke again. Instances might be multi-
plied ad infinitum of this kind of carelessness or
ignorance and its fatal consequences, and unhappily
they are such as no amount of prudence or watch-
fulness can certainly avert. It is easy to know
laudanum and a few other poisons by the smell or
taste, but there are many deadly drugs with little
flAvour and harmless appearance, while even those
most readily recognisable when pure may escape