The Sun.
London, England, 1840-11-16 00:00:00

CORONER'S INQUEST.

On Saturday afternoon a respectable jury was em-
panelled before Mr. Baker, at the Coopers' Arms, Gol-
den-lane, Old-street, to inquire into the circumstance
attending the death of Mary Dale, aped two years and
four months, who was alleged to have had improper me-
dicine administered to her.
Edward Dale, No. 126, Golden-lane, shoemaker, the
father of the deceased, stated that last Saturday week,
she was attacked with the smallpox in a natural way.
Her mother took her to Mr. Ling, a surgeon, living in
Whiteeross-street, who ordered that she should be kept
warm. On the Tuesday following his wife got an order
from Hamlin, the relieving overseer of St. Luke's, for
the assistance of Mr. J. C. Powell, the parish surgeon,
who saw his child the following afternoon (Wednesday),
between three and four o'clock, and who saw her daily
after that. His child was treated according to the doc-
tor's directions. On Friday, Mr. Powell came, and
seeing that the disease was on the turn, and finding that
the bowels were out of order, he directed his wife to go
to his shop for some medicine. She went there and re-
turned with a phial, containing some medicine. It had
a new label on, and on two previous occasions the phials
were sent without any additional labels.

Mr. Powell observed that his patients generally
bring the same phial, and that, were there are so fresh
directions, the mode of taking it is supposed to be
continued.

Some of the Jury dissented from such a prnetieg, and
observed that the label should always be renewed.

The witness, in continuation, said that the same phial
had no alteration of directions when the medicine was
changed. When his wife brought the phial on Friday
night, she said that it was administered differently from
what was on the label. [The phial was produced.)
It had a new label on it, and the witness stated that
the old label was taken off on Sunday night, about ten
minutes before the child died, by Mr. Powell's assist-
ant, and who put on the nen- one. The old label was
to the effect that two teaspoonsful were to be taken
every four hours. (The new one was in the same
terms.) On Friday night his wife said that one table
spoonful was to be given immediately, and on the follow-
ing- day one table spoonful more every four hours. As
soon as the child took the medicine it appeared affected.
In an hour after a black scum came upon her teeth.
Her mother cleaned them, but they were soon black
again. Before she took the medicine she was cheerful,
but she afterwards lost her speech. She continued in
that state till Saturday afternoon. The next morning,
at half-past seven o'clock, the child had a second table-
spoonful. and at half-past twelve o'clock a third table-
spoonful, which was contrary to witness's wish. Mr
Powell came on Saturday afternoon, and asked if the
child bad taken the powder be bad ordered, when wit..
ness said that no powder was sent ; and, upon being
told that the medicine was not all administered, he ob-
served that it should have been all taken by that time.
He looked at the medicine, and afterwards told him
(witness) to send his wife for other medicine.
By the CORONER—On the Wednesday Mr. Powell
observed that he had doubt about the child, but on
Friday he said that the disease had a favourable appear.
I ance.

Mr. Powell here admitted that the quantity given to
the deceased was much beyond what ought to bi.tve
been given.
Elizabeth Dale, the mother, said that after the medi-
cine was taken she saw Mr. Powell's assistant, who gava
her the medicine, when he said to her that it was singu-
lar that he should give her Green's medicine for her
child, and he then asked her—ls not your name @freen ?
Witness said, no. Mrs. Green came in at the time.
Upon Mrs. Green coming in, he said that they wera•
heal very much alike.

By a Juror—The words of the assistant were, that
"it was very strange that I should give Green's mcdif.tine
for a child that has the small-pox."
The Foreman asked if they could not examine ale lad
who gave the medicine ?

The CORONER said he thought not. The law said,
that if there was a want of due caution, it was map_
:daughter.

K Juror said that perhaps they might adjourn for a
post mortem examination.
Mr. Powell remarked, that he was anxious that that
should take place. He was satisfied as to the entire
propriety of the medicine, which was nearly similar to
what he would have prescribed. The great mi ste Ice wa
in the quantity.
The inquiry was then adjourned till to-morrov

STATE OF STOCKPORT.—AIthough Ole con-
dition of Stockport has somewhat improved da ring the
last few months, yet the number of empty moral' .ings and
cotton mills in the borough is perhaps greater t han ever
was before known. All the mills which are occupied are
now at full work ; but there are, in the borough of Stock-
port at the present time, nine mills wholly uno yes spied, and
several others but partially occupied. It is coml. ,uted that
there are 2,630 dwellings empty in the borough, viz. :
In the townships of Stockport and Brinningtos 1, 1,600 ;
Heaton Norris, 830 ; Cheadle Bulkeley, 130 ; and
Cheadle Moseley, 40. From the Hillgate Chapel to
Lancashire Bridge, a distance of about 600 yards, which
may be said to be the most frequented part of the b orough,
and which, previous to the opening of the We llington
Road, was the principal road through the town, tl are are
twenty-five shops and one public-house unocctspied.—
Maszchester Guardian.

EXTRAORDINARY DEPRESSION OF TIRE BA-
aomETER.—.We have to notice a fall in the barom, :ter com-
mencing ou Thursday night, and continuing du :ring the
whole of yesterday, greater in extent, and we believe more
rapid, titan any that has been known for the last / :wo years.
On Thursday morning a barometer in the open air, but in
the centre of the lowa, was at 29'42; and al- out seven
o'clock in the evening it had only undergone a very slight
depression, the mercury standing at 29.40. But during
the night of Thursday it fell rapidly, and at eikv ht o'clock
yesterday morning was at 28.75, and the ma cury con-
tinued sinking to eight o'clock last night when it stood at
18'2'4' ; so that the mercury tell .55 during Thu' rsday night,
.50 more within twelve hours yesterday, rnakb ig a fall of
one inch. and five hundreths within the twenq -four hours.
During the night of Thursday there was a 'nigh wind, a
little to the north of east; and, in all probr.bility, this sud-
den fall and great depression of the baro,Aeter is the indi-
cation of a great storm ir, some tinarter. The ghiss has
never been so low since, the 30th November, 183.8, when
its minimum (being a)" 60 that of the whole year) was 29.15.
Last year the miner,ium height of the mercury wa a 28 70,
on the Ist of Sec tembrA.; and it has not been Iriwer this
year, previously to
yesterday, than 28.64, on •the 24th
January
last. Y.t is ...other remarkable, that the three lowest
points within '
ten years have all been within the month of
November, •
,it. :
1831 , Nov. 14 28.2 6
I" 8, Nov. 30 28'1.5
ii.. 11' ,40, Nov. 13
23 `..15
"—..'""le hester Guardian.
Du NGENESS, Nov. 9,1840.—A steamez, many
!,c.'_".tir s, and French fishing boats, have taken shelter in
rz' set Bay roadstead. It is reported that a c; irriage
7:i con picked up from the wreck of the Phenix st tamer
sun'l off Dungeness on the 26th ult. ; the earrisc e was
talky .nto Boulogne. A few things were washed a Fore to
the
the East Ray of Dungeness from the Phenix dun ,n
cltg
•
IPLI es, of trifling value, such as empty cigar boxes,. j,
'is said that one or two casks of tallow have come ashore
likewlse• More willprobably come out of tl. vessel
is rough, and the tides high .•...ja
-Corre-
13°r-tlYe ins tlise sea
spondent of the Dover Chronicle. .
We ha se been folloW.rrg. notice to Correspondents: We
is undeniable,
tedby a Correspondent, whose , Cur the
of foundation exists
The- Leanzington Spa Chrons„ele
to strtte that no shadow a
er of the 29th ult., from
graph we"hich was copied in our paper co:l%3;ns the
-t and which appeared
the columns of the. Court G
Herold and other newspapers—' A
also in the 3forn,ng
Haerbaout to take place between the
matrimonial alliance
wuacshess and a professional gcmtlernan
niece of E . Dowager
b""the Leader of the Conserve tiro Op-
town represented by a Right
residingHonoura
bi
• - in the House of
Commove,' and we willingly em-
position
first opportunity of contradicting a a tatement
brace tli .e
to have been intended to wound the feelings
which :a spears
- and for which, in such a case, we cannot
of the 'perms,
ti .c ngly condemn t e h individual who caused it to be
too s , lne Bthaeron et": gh
nut i' a .circulation."
• . p Law Commissioners through their
. , he 00T-
Secretary
, have written a letter to the Churchw firdcus of
,‘
111shchestA !r, in which they state that they see nothing to
induce tl arc m to " alter their determination as to the ex-
Po ,v denc of introducing the Poor-law Arne:lame/a Aet
,
into :114 ncuester."