The Sun.
London, England, 1847-08-19 00:00:00

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POISONMG WARniNGT--
The inquest on the body orJob Aurther, whOse intrz-Vc.,
was suspected to have l'een caused by the administraticil "")'
of arsenic, was resumed on Monday Inst. Ann Mather,
his wife, the part; accused was itrcsent, having been ap
prehended • at Ashton-Under-Lyme.
John Davis, M.D., said that he had examined the
body. He hadno dOuht the deceased died from inflath-
mation of the .stomach and intestines, but Whether .it
arose from poison or from natural causes he- was not
able to state. • • .
James Barker was present at the disinterment of the
body, and could swear to its identity. -
James Jones, chief-constable, said, in consequence of
information reeeived,- I apprehended the prisoner Ann
Mather, at AShton-Under-Lyne. I found ~.her at the
house of her sister, and told her that she must prepare
re-
ptolieedo,nasehetosulAprpaio7siendgittouyva ws
poisoned Job. I saidit
that had got out that she.iitinlitcdmones:equSehneceitnoilt 'tehdejar'u'elnlYour s
was partly in (=sequence of that. I further added, hat
I had received information from Jane Houghton th:it
she had been with her twice to purchase arsenic. The
prisoner replied she had been • with her, once to Mr.
Barton's and once to Mr. Wood';, the druggist; but that
she (the prisoner) had purchased-it to kill bugs. Witness
saw portions of the body'scaled up in two jars by Dr.
Davis. He delivered those jars to Dr. Brett.
Dr. Brett said he examined the convents of the jars.
dOenjatan aiineoalf Hyason adultiungghatopn.ort,,on of file stomach aod intestines he
discovered the presence of arsenic sufficient to cause the
tphrei
mentions
Monday
inoenr
tit,a.
testified .to having accompanied the
whentmBh,s_e,rhnielianbc.oig:bigouhrnt thttheae.rasreesnveiencniCia.n Schohneetist,iaimd,eit.klie-ans
to kill bugs with. The prisoner desired her not to
Eliza Tuylor said 'she had seen deceased quite well on
ill. She saw him on Wednesday, when he was
he
was better, having got rid of the 'burning pain in his
stomach. Mrs. Mather seemed to pay him every at-
tention.
William Warburton gave similar evidence to that of
the last witness. Deceased complained greatly of a
soreness in his. belly and a constant desire to vomit.
Shortly before his death he had -a fit and was greatly
convulsed. He remained in it for a few minutes and
then recovered, but the fitS followed each other in rapid
succession till he died.
The stewards of the different sick clubs of which the
deceased was almember then proved the payment of the
sums to the widow, altogether 21/. This closed the
evidence. The prisoner declined making any state-
ment, and the jury, having consulted together for a few
minutes, returned a verdict of " wilful murder," where-
upon the prisoner was committed to take her trial.

FATAL AccmEivr.---Yesterday evening, between
seven and eight o'clock, a number of youths were bath-
ing in the Thames opposite Cheyne-walk, Chelsea, when
one of them, named William Cordourg, residing at 10,
Webber-row, Brompton-road, was carried out of his
depth by the current, and, being unable to swim, was
drowned before assistance could reach him. The drags
were procured, but the body was not recovered.

SENDING LETTERS OTHERWISE THAN BY
Of course, all persons in business would prefer to send
their letters by post, rather than in any other way,
where they can do, so without incurring inconvenient
delay. It does, however, sometimes happen that there is
occasion, in cases which will not afford the expense of
a special messenger, to make communications by letter
to villages and small towns at which there is no direct
early post delivery. In mach cases it would be a con-
venience if letters might be sent by coach or omnibus
without penalty; and an attorney in this town has in-
quired of the authorities at the General Post-office
whether the penalty would he avoided if letters so sent
were duly stamped with the postage stamps. He has
received an official reply, acquainting him that " the
power given to the Postmaster- General by the 18th
section of the 3d and 4th Victoria, c. 96, relative to the
forwarding of stamped letters, otherwise than by the
post, has not yet been exercised. Manchester Guardian.
REPORT OF THE WEATHER BY THE ELECTRIC
TELEGRAPH.—After four days of splendid harvest wea-
ther in Lancashire the atmosphere became gloomy yes-
terday, heavy showers of rain falling at night. To-day
the rain continues at Manchester, and the anxiety to
know how the agricultural counties are affected is ex-
treme. We have this minute received answers to our
inquiries as follows:—Normanton, one o'clock, rain;
York, one o'clock, rain. Owing to a break in some of
the communications beyond Normanton, no other an-
swers have been received to the moment of our going to
press..—Manchester Examiner of yesterday.
VISITATION OF THE LORD BISHOP OF RIPON.--.
The Bishop of Ripon will hold his triennial visitation at
Ripon, on Tuesday, the 31st of August; at Leeds, on
the Ist of September; at Wakefield, the 2d September;
Halifax, on the 3d of September; Skipton, on the 7th;
Richmond, on the Bth, and Hawes, on the 9th.
THE LATE EXPLOSION AT STALEYDRIDGE.—An
inquest on Matthew
.Gomersal and James Platt, two of
the sufferers by this catastrophe, was held on Monday
before Mr. Rutter. From the evidence it appeared that

the quantity of gunpowder-
which exploded was about
three-quarters-of a barrel, or half a hundred weight. It
had got wet, and was put in the shed about six months
before ; it was not fit for use. Sarah Platt, wife of James
Platt, said—My husband told me, when he was got to
bed, that he went down and saw Mr. Shirt and Mr.
Gomersal near the storeroom. They told him to come
in, and they then locked the door, to prevent any other
person coming in. He said the powder was damp, and
would not go off. They got a red hot iron, and then it
went off. Gomersal, he sa', had dropped the key in
the confusion, and they could not find it so as to get out.
The Coroner remarked that the whole of the witnesses
agreed upon the main points, and were corroborated by
the sufferers. It evidently appeared to be their own act
and deed, and ne one was to blame in the matter but
themselves. The jury unanimously returned a verdict
toaif : n n
Acer iepdeonrtta
on
ad et
the
death."
operations
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SAVINGS' ANRS IN FRANCE
.—The
of the savings'llio
nitturbacnokns-
throughout France in 1845, addressed by the Minister
of Agriculture and Commerce to the King. It appears
from that document that on the 31st of December, 1844,
there existed in France 347 savings' banks, 335 of which
were in use. In the course of 1845 nine new establish-
ments were authorised, and Corsica was then the only
department deprived of the benefit of such an institu-
tion. The number of books opened in the departmental

131,462 new ones were opened in the year, and 89,721,
savings' banks, on the Ist of January, 1845, was 464,108;
were paid off, so that there remained, at the close, 505,849,
or 41,741 more than on the 31st of December, 1844.
The sums lodged in those banks on the Ist of January,
1846, amounted to 293,470,643 francs, having increased
by only 12,557,457. During the year the lodgments
were 107,683,130 francs ; the withdrawals 105,401,360,
and the interest alloWed, 11,005,284. The books opened
in the savings' banks of Paris, at the same date, were
178,377 in number, or 4,862 more than in 1844, the ca-
pital vested in them,112,061,915; the lodgments during
the year, 37, 679,090.; the interest allowed, 4,022,913 ;
in all, 153,763,920. The withdrawals having amounted
to 53, 726,549 francs, thereTernained, on the Ist of Ja-
nuary, 1846, 100,027,370, Or 12,024,545 more than on
the 31st of December, 1844.
ALLEGED NEGLECT OF A RELIEVING OFFICER.—..
At the Hammersmith Police Court, Tuesday, a womaa,
of sickly appearance stated to the magistrate, Mr.
Beadon, that her husband was lying dead from the
smallpox, and that she herself was attacked with the
disease. She had gone to the relieving officer of the
Fulham Union for nourishment for herself and children,
who were starving, but had been refused relief. The
magistrate immediately sent Thomas, the summoning-
officer, with the woman to. Mr. Haskard, the relievin
officer, and in the course of half-an-hour, Thomas and
the woman returned to the Court. They had seen Mr..
Haskard, who said he had given the woman two loaves
the day before,,and Mr. Beadon might do what he liked
in the matter. The• magistrate having expressed hal
surprise at the conduct( of the relieving office'.
the woman to be sworn, when it appeared her name wax
Jemima Stevens, of No. 22; Trafalgar-etree; Hammer"-
r her former
smith. Her evidence was 'a repetition 0
d gone to Mr.
orderedi
statement, with the addition, that she
ud bad
a d icited re*
Haskard on Monday to get a CO'r
d naot do anything just
lief ; to which he replied, ! '?
heeenad the smallpox, but he
then. She had told ..bi
andoffiitcewrashaiad.
;IA attention to what she said
PedaY.7tnat the body of the husband
the itw
relieving a s or
de- °ad been left in a shellall
Ldiodunisoat
Raepapde a r . tpo
s..
Jeraima Stevens la .
so dreadful a state as to be likely to spread the infection.
throng
then sent persohs to put it in a coffin, which
one wahaltdheentneerigthheborootahmoolud which;
but to the application for relief, the was done
answer of Mr..
Ilaskard was, that relief had already
they ought to get work. Mr. Beadbeen given, and.
evidence, said, that if all that w on having heard the
Ha.skard as
was most unfit for thestated were true, Mr..
directed Thomas.to go to the office he filled. He then;
immediate attendance-in overseers and request their
Court, and one of them, [moons
panied by Mr. J. Stevens, the chairman of the board of;guardians, arrived as 'the Cotirt was about to be closed.
Mr. Stevens; having expressed- his surprise at what bid
transpired, said he
bo should lay the matter before th
e
ard at the nekt meeting, and left the Court with the
overseer, desiring the Woman.to meet them at the tu.suse
of Mr. Ray, one of the medical officers of Hammersraith.
CORONER'S
INQUEST.— EXTENSION OF FEVF;R.—•
Yesterday an inquest was held before Mr. Baker, at the
Windmill, Rosemary-lane, relative to the death of Jame'
Campbell, aged • three years, whose parents lived ini
Hay's court, Glasshouse-street, Rosemary-lane. The
coroner having viewed the body of the deceased, ob.
served that the state" of the court was calculated tea
generate fever to a fearful extent. The jury agreed
with the coroner, and said it was a shame the co art
should be allowed to remain in the state it was. They
observed three cesspools in the court, which emitte d
dreadful stench. . Mr. Liddle, one of the surgeons of the
Whitechapel union, stated he was glad that the attetifion
of the jury had been drawn to the state of that cor.trt, rte
fever was spreading in that neighbourhood to an alarm.,
ing extent. There was not a court, lane, or alley be,.
tween RosemaryElanc and the London Docks. but- l-
nearly every house there was fever. A day or twoa
g
he attended six cases in one court; and in one week 2M
had sixty new cases. Evidence was given showing tb oh
the :deceased had been for some weeks suffering f
hooping cough, ak.d fever, and died on Saturday.
,ere
was no doubt that death had'
Ibeen caused by this in.
fectious state of the atmosphere. The inquest was, adl
journed.

WOOLWICH DOCKYARD.—Captain and ACjintaing
Christie has just been, presented with a very Intudsoltos
sword by the officers of the Royal Pock-yard liattali on,
for his urbanity and kind attention during their con rse
of instruction in the art of gunnery; and the non-co ex-
rnissioned officers and privates have also signified ti lei/
wish to present a piece of plate for similar attention to
them in the like duties. The battalion musters upw grall
of seven hundred mess, and aro a remarkably fine boas
of men.