The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-25 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 24.—The Dolphin, 3, brigantine, Lieu-
tenant Commanding Miller, Failed yesterday morning for
Sheerness, to be paid off.
The Dauntless steam-frigate was removed from the basin
on Monday night, and placed alongside the jetty, where she
is now taking in meal.
The baggage of the 27th Regiment arrived yesterday by
railway, and was immediately embarked on board the Birken-
head steam transport, Commander Ingram, for Fort George,
Inverness.

The Kestrel, brigantine, was taken into dock yesterday to
be prepared for commission.
The first division of the 27th Regiment arrived by rail-
way this morning, and were embarked from C.larence-yard
and put on board the Birkenhead steamer, Commander A.
H. Ingram.
One of the cimels (covered mud punts) fitted up for
floating off the Sphynx was towed in to-day by the African
steamer.

The Quail lighter arrived here last night with stores from
the Eastern- yards.
The Duck lighter arrived this morning with stores from
Chatham and Sheerness.
The usual preparations are in progress for receiving her
Majesty and the Royal Family on Saturday.
The-President, 50, Captain -Stanley, flag of Rear-Admiral
of the Red J. R. Dacres, Commander-in-Chief at. the Cape of
Good Hope; the Vernon, to, Captain Fitzgerald, flag of
Rear-Admiral of the White S. 11. Inglefield, C. 8., t om-
mander in-Chief of the East India and China station; the
Cleopatra, 26, Captain Wyvill ; the Acorn, 16, Commander
Bingham ; and the Dido,23, Captain Maxwell, were at anchor
in Simon's Bay, on the 25th of December. The Vernon,
Acorn, and Dido, were about to sail for China, and the Cleo-
patra for England.
The Styx steam-sloop, Commander Chads, was off Lagos,
coast of Africa, on the 7th of Novetnber. She had been
very sickly ; Mr. William Squire, the master, died of the
coast fever on the 30th of October. At the above date the
vessel was free from fever. The Styx has since proceeded to
the south coast, followed by the Flying Fish, 12, Commander
Dyke, whose surgeon, Mr. 11. R. Banks, lent to the Styx,
had rejoined.
A concert, under the patronage of the Commander-in-
Chief and other distinguished officers and their wives, is
about to take place, the proceeds of which are to be devoted
to the fund for relieving Irish distress. A series of balls,
also under the patronage of the naval, military, and civil
authorities, are about to be got up for the same praiseworthy
and benevolent end.

CORONER'S INQUEST.
FATAL PRESCRIPTION.

Yesterday forenoon, at nine o'clock, Mr. Wakley and the
jury impanelled to investigate the death of Miss Sarah E.
Coliver, aged twenty-two, the young lady alleged to have
died from the effects of an unauthorised medicine prescribed
for her by Dr. Cronin, re-assembled at the Wheatsheaf, High-
street, Camden-town, further to prosecute their inquiry. Dr.
Cronin was in attendance, accompanied by Mr. 1 ennant, as
his professional adviser.

Dr. Scoffern, who had been appointed to make a more
minute analysis of the mixture taken by the deceased, and
also the bitter almond water used in its composition, was first
called, and made a minute technical report of the results of
his analysis, concluding with a declaration that if the medi-
cine had contained strychnia powder, as prescribed, it would
have been still more poisonous.
The CORONER-Will you state the result of your analysis
in plain terms to the jury? Dr. Scoffern—There were sixty
minims, or rather more than one drachm, of Pharmacopoeia
prussic acid, in one ounce of the mixture taken by deceased.
CORONER—How much would be a dose for an adult? Dr.
Scotfern—We are ordered by the Pharmacopoeia not to give
more than fifteen minims, which is a very large dose. It
would be a difficult thing to say how much is a dose of com-
pound strychnia powder. There is no compound powder of
strychnia mentioned in the British Pharmacopoeia.
Mr. 'Weathers said he was present at the analysis, and
agreed with Dr. Seoffern in every particular.
Dr. Venables agreed generally with the statement of Dr.
Sooffern.

By the Cottoxxrt.—l hold in my hand Dr. Cronin's prescrip-
tion. I have never prescribed bitter almond water myself,
either externally or internally, but I have prussic acid. I
have never seen it written in any prescription except this ; I
never knew compound strychnia powder to be used except
by Dr. Cronin.

-By Mr. Tennant—l hare purchased some bitter almond
water at Mr. French's, the chemist, in Holborn, since the last
adjournment. It appears to be the same as that prescribed
by Dr. Cronin, and was labelled precisely as written in Dr.
Cronin's prescription, " aqua amygdalce amarcc." It is quite
a harmless mixture ; a person might take two or three
ounces of it without any ill effects.
Dr. Cronin—That is exactly the point ; I deny that the
mixture taken by, the young lady, which caused her death,
was the prescription I ordered.
Mr. Bell, the chemist, in all the main points agreed with
Dr. Scoffern as to the analysis.
After some further evidence, the Coroner asked Doctor
Cronin if he was desirous of making any statement to the
jury? Dr. Cronin said he had the highest authorities for
using the bitter almond water in his prescription ; and in
support of his statement, read extracts from Dr. Christian's
work on poisons, Dr. Thompson's "New Edinburgh Phar-
macopoeia," Professor Brande, and the London Pharmaceu-
tical Journal. He declared, if physicians were to be bound
by the "British Pharmacopoeia, and nothing else, no im-
provement could ever take place in the science of medicine.
The ConoNun then, at very great length, proceeded to sum
up the evidence, and told the jury, that if they believed the
deceased had died from the effects of the medicine, and that
it had been prescribed without due and proper care, it would
be their duty to rind a verdict of manslaughter against Dr.
Cronin.

The jury found a verdict of-111auslaughter against Dennis
Cronin.

The Coroner then made out his warrant of committal, and
Dr. Croiin was conveyed to Newaatr, in a cab.

RAILWAY SI-1 ARE: MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL, FERRUART 24.
STOCK EXCEIANGE.-The sales are-Chester and Birkenhead (201.
Sharer), dis. -Eastern Counties, York Extension, % p.-London
and North-Western, 185 ex (Vv.-Ditto, New, Quarters, 12% p.-
Manchester and Leeds (late Huddersfield and Sheffield), 4% p.-
Ditto, 321. Shares (late Extension), 3 p.-Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincolnshire, Eighths, 11s. 3d. dis.-Ditto (late Great Grimsby and
Sheffield), 47,', dis.-Ditto (501. Shares),(l% dis.- Ditto, Quarters,
dis.-Dittojs (late Great
,Grimsby Dock), 5d dis.-Midland, 122%
-Newcastle and Carlisle,-New, 14 p.-South-Eastern and Dover,
38 -New, No. 2 (Id 2-3 dis.), 2 p.-Ditto, No. 4, % p.- Dublin and
Belfast Junction, 7% dis.-Leeas and Th rsk, dis.-Ditto, Preier-
ence, 114 p.-Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, Is. 3d. dis.---Am-
bergate and Eastern Junction, % IL-Birmingham and Oxford Junc-
tion, 9% p.-Blackburn, Clitheroe, and North-Western, 14 dia.-
Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham, '2 p.-Buckingluimshire, I Is.
3d. p.-Great Northern (Nos. 1 to 102,000), 3& p.-Ditto (Nos.
108,001 and upwards), 14 p.-London and York, 1 Is. 3d. p.-Newry
and Warrenpoint, p.-North Staffordshire, 314 p.-Northern
Counties Union, 235. 9d. dis.-Shrewsbury and Ilereford, % dis.-
Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 91. 12s. 3d. Shares (B), 3,i p.-South
Staffordshire, % p.-Trent Valley Midland and Grand Junction, %
p.-West Riding Union, 1% p.-Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport,
2% p.-Dutch Rhenish, 2% dis.
MANCHESTER, Exaatr )a 24.
Smock EXCKANGE.-The sales are-Birmingham and Oxford Junc-
tion, 9% c. p.-Blackburn, Clitheroe, &c., 1-16 dis.--Eastern Coun-
ties, York Extension, % p.-East Lancashire, 2 p.-Ditto, 24 p.-
Ditto, New (scrip), 1 5•16 p.- East Lincolnshire, 234 p.-Ed,nburgh
and Glasgow, Quarters, 18% -Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding,
% p.-Great Northern (London and York) Scrip, 14 p.- Huddersfield
and Manchester Railway and Canal, 32-Ditto, 3 13-16 p.- Lancas-
ter and Preston, 104 p. - Leeds, Dewsbury, and Nanchester, Halves,
534 p.-Ditto, New Extension Scrip (pink), 1 p -London and North -
Western, 185-Ditto, New, 12 p.-Ditto (Manchester and Birming-
ham), Quarters (B), 6% p.-Malton and Drifileld Junction, lj4 p.-
- Manchester and Leeds, 321. Shares (late Extension), 3 1-16 p.-
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters, No. 1,3 p.-Ditto,
Grimsby, 201. Shares, 136 dis.-Ditto, Great Grimsby and Dock, 2%
dis.-Manchester and Southampton, 14s. dis.-North Staffordshire,
3% p.-North Staffordshire and Churnet Valley Junction, 1 15-16
p.-Preston and Wyre, 35-Ditto, Halves (B), % p.- Sheffield,
Ran Nod. Goole,
5-16 otherham,Goole, p:
p.-Ditto, No. 4, %p.-P.-SoSu°thutlh:oErksastiteirrne, "dp
Doncaster,ver,
5-16 p. -West Riding Union, 1 15.16 p.- Wharfdale Junction, % dis.
LEEDS, FEBRUARY 24.
STOCK EXCHANOS.-The sales are-Ambergate, Nottingham, and
Boston, 2s. 6d. p.-Buckinghamshire, 10s. p. - East Lancashire, 2%
p.-Ditto, New Scrip, 275. 6d. p.- East and West Yorkshire, 6s. p.--
East Lincolnshire, 2% c. p.-Great Northern (late London and York),
6s. p. - Ditto (late Direct Northern), 3s. p.-Huddersfield sad Man-
chester, Thirds, 235. n. p.-Leeds and Bradford, 44% p.-Leeds and
Thirsk, 1% dis.-Ditto, New, 10s. dis.-Ditto, Preference, 30s. p.-.
Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 10s. 6d. dis. -London, Oxford, and
Cheltenham, 7s. 6d. dis.-Malton and Driffield Junction, 265. p.-
Manchester and Leeds, 321. Shares (late Extensions, 21. 16s. p.-
Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 15s. n. p.-Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Great Grimsby and Sheffield), 4% n. p.
-Ditto, ditto, Extensions. 1% dis.-Ditto (Sheffield and ~Lincolns-
hire), 2os. dis.-Ziorth British, Halves, 4% p.-Ditto, Thirds, 545. p.
-Ditte, Extension (scrip), 15s. 6d. p.-North Staffordshire, 3%
Northern Counties Union. 245. dis. -North-Western, as. o.›.- shef.
field, Rotherham, and Goole, 4s. n. p.-A% eat !Udine Union, 381. p.-
York and Newcastle (late New. and Dar. Junc.), Preference, 41 lie,
3d. c. p.-York and North Midland, Preference, 10 n. p.
SHEFFIELD, Faaavaar 24,
&lona Excaaree.-The sales are-Ambergate, Nottingham, and
Boston, Is. 6d. p.-Great Northern (late London and York), Beg..
3s. 6d. p.- Leeds and Thirsk, dis.-Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincolnshire, 201. Shares, 30s. fid. dis.-Litto, Docks, 2% dis.-Ditto
(late Sheffield and Lincoln), 235. 6d. dia.-Manchester and South-
ampton, 125. dis.

HULL, :UM 24.
ihoeiC BienAxol.—The salesnay are—North British Quarters. 878.
—Ditto, Thirds, 724.—Mhbergate, Nottingham, and Boston. % P.
Lynn and Dereham, 16% —Walton and DriMeld Junction, 255.
p. cash.

YORK, FEBRUARY 24.
Rroca EzellAwoz.-The sales are-Ambergate, Nettinghanl, and
Boston, 2/. 16a-Great Northern (London and York), Reg., 2X -
Leicester and Bedford, 132.-Malton and Drittleld Junction, 31. 715.-
Newcastle and Berwick, 32% -North British, Thirds, 3%-Ditto,
Quarter Shares, 41. 75.-York and Newcastle, Cl. 16e.-York and
North Midland Preference, 12.
EDINBURGH, FEIIII7,ULT 23.
SrocK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 231.-Airdrie and
Bathgate, 41. Is.-Arbroath and Forfar, 281.-Ditto, Half Shares, 151.
-Ayr and Galloway, 21. 65.-Caledonian, 271.-Ditto, New, 21.
9s. W.-Caledonian and Dumbarton, 21. 95.-Clydesdale Junction,
39/. 53.-Deeside, 31. 55.-Direct Northern, 21. 15s. 6d.-DunDlne.
Donne, and Callender, 11. 12s. 6d,-Dundee and Arbroath, 43f. 15s.
-Ditto, New, No. 1, 301.-Ditto, New, No. 2, 271.-Ditto, Now,lo.
3,5/. 2s. 6d.-Dundee and Perth, 371. 55.-Ditto, New,
23/1 suit
of Fife, 31. 25.-East Lothian Central, 21. ios.-Edinburgh and
774-Ditto, II . hares.
Bathgate, 51. 10s.-Edinburgb and Glasgow,
20/. 10s.-Ditte, New,.
and Granton, 191. 58.-Dine, Preference,
201. 17s. 6d.-Ditto, Quarter Shares, 194 28. 6d.-Edinburgb, Leith
57. rnl6's 161
16s. 3d.-Ditto, New Shares, 4/.
... b 21. 10s.-Ditto, Quarter's, 168. g6Ed.di_tDibiutrgtob, aitd
Newpert,Nort
h and Perth (Old). 11. *1
6d.
-Ditto, ditto. New, 21. 13s.
6d.-nurf.. 6d. -Glasgow Bg.
- Ditto (New), 21. 110.-Ditto, New,
(2- Wow and Ayr.
71. os.-Ditto, No. 2,9/. Is.-Glasgow,
651.-Ditto, New Stock. 341.-Ditto, uarter Shares, 16j,
Is. W.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 39/.-
12/. 10s.-Glasgow and Greenock, 191.
aDlOsiumi.e'o.rywesitGt.celferdalacvlarositiaNnnoo..indlul..s,
-Ditto, Halves, 91.-Ditto, Preference, 81. 55.-Glasgow, Kilmar-
neck, and Ardrosaan, 61. 65.-Great North of England, 2371.-Great
North of Scotland. 21. Is.-London and York, 31. 12s. 6d.-Ditto,
21. 55.-Manchester and Leeds, 1051.- .
.2-8.1)-ItiC7ti,WHca8altiveSe and
,17D1.Bit11091:-.
. 6d.-Ditto, Nei,/
Sixteenths, 7l.(scri 155.-,Ditto, Ditto, Extensions,2B. 31.6 d
Scottish Central, 221.
Ber-
wick, 321. 55.-North British, 351.
-Ditto, Thirds, Si. 155.-Ditto, Quarters, 41.
Quarters (scrip), 11. 7s. 6d.-Ditto, Fifthttis,s7hl.-
-.Scottish Grand Junction, 11. Is.-
ter, 81. 45.-Ditto, New, 11.-Stirling Shrews-
bury and Hereford, 1/. 12s.
- Stirling and Midland. 21. 95.-Wishaw
g and Dunfermline.
08westrY, and Chef-
-6d.-ShrSecett 6d.-Shrewsbury, Midland,
231.-
and Coltness, 481. 15s. ex
div.-York and Newcastle, 361. lOs, ex newull-fDitto,li:NeSwi: 111715.'16455:
, 91.-Direct ombay and Madras, 3s. 9d.-
-Ditto, Preference
7s. 6d.-Great North of India, 35.-Great Sonthenl
East Indian,
of Madras, U.-Madras, Nellore., and L Arcot' 28*
STOCK EXCHANON. -ThSe 'Er Caledonian and
GAGOu
shire, 495. 6d.-Dundee and sale
Arbroath, W same
441. -Ditto, : New,D uNmo
.6 al r, t3o
In
1.
.
-Ditto, New, No. 2,27 l Dundee and Perth, 36% - East Indian,
ils. 94.-East Lothian Central, 496.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, 76%
-Ditto. Halves 2034-7Edlubur h, Leith, and 16s.
6d.-Edinburgh, and Northern, l6ii.-
Ar, 661.-Ditto, Halves, No. 2, 81. 195.-Glasg, ow, Dumfries, and'
Carlisle, 6/. 45.-Great Southern of Madras, 38.-Manchester_ rad
Southampton, 235.-North British, Thirds, 745.-Scottbilltenflil,
221.-Scottish Grand Junction, 225.-Wilsontown, Morningside, and
Coltness, 60 lA -Wishaw and Coltness, 481.

NEW ENTRANCE TO THE SURREY ZOOLOGICAL
GARDENS.—We have had an opportunity of inspecting tile
new entrance now forming at the bottom of Amelia-street, in
Penton-place, and cannot refrain from expressing our satis-
faction at the spirit and taste displayed. It is immensely
superior to the previous one in every respect. We shall tike
an early opportunity of describing it.
A Handsome douceur will be given to any lady or
gentleman who will pmcore tbr the advertiser a permanent
situation. Address, D. W., Arch,St. James's-park, corner of
Grosvenor-place,