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LONDON, FRIDAY , EVENING. MAY -23 1856.

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to the College. With regard to the, other question, the
subject was under consideration.

1 symptoms of aposthaustos. Tae form of Cook's body
alter death is not a symptom of tetanus, or peculiar t 4
jiv.
it, more than convulsions having 4- l'et4 ' - com-
plication. In post-raortep exarninat • . r et 3
lepsy, I have found gr, , near the btc ii,
Ido not think the size of .-- tia.,. + es .woulTar i-tultite
the convulsive spasms. Th, 157 Amild irritate the
spinal cord. I 'have never kno - pifepsy attended by
unconsciousness. The symptoms of Cook's death are those
that would occur from strychnia, but there would have been
premonitory twitching. The stiffness of the neck might
be considered such.
Re-examined bey Sergeant Shee—Cook's case was one
of real epilepsy. llis sitting up in bed would arise from
the sense of suffocation, and might be considered as a
premonitory symptom.
Benjamin Ward Richardson, examined by Sergeant.
Shee—l am a physician practising in London. 1
have never seen tetanus, idiopathic or traumatic, but
many of convulsions. I have known them when
ending in death assume a tetanio form ; the lower
muscles of the body have been contracted,
the arms stiffened out and hands elenched until death,
a sense of suffocation coming to the patient. In some
forms there has been contortions of the feet and legs. As
long as the patient was conscious he was most desirous to
sit up. People do die of angina pectoris, and the death
would closely resemble that of Cook. It is of the class
of spasmodic disease, and a post mortem examination
might or might not show causes as if there was disease
of the heart, but it might not show any symptoms
to account for death. A case occurred to me
in 1850. I attended a child 10 years old ; she had
scarlet fever, and was. getting better, when I was sud•
denly called in, and I went and found her dying. She
was in the arms of her sister. She was
pale, the muscles of the face and arms were
rigd. Her fingers were clenched, and the respiratory
muscles were fixed and rigid, and she evinced extreme
agony and restlessness, such as I never before saw. She
line.~ me, and most eagerly took some brandy-and-water
from me. I left to go to my own house, about2U yards off,
and when I came back her head was drawn back and
her eyes fixed open like a statue.
Baron Alderson—Was she dead

SUFFRAGAN BISHOPS.

The Marquis of BLANDFORD asked the First Lord
of the Treasury, whether, in consequence of the state of
health of several of the prelates of the Church, who are
nohsppily disabled from attending to their dioceses, it
was the intention of the Government to take any steps
t, •t in f ",b- if the Act 26 Henry VIII.,
-,nsecration of Suffragans
whether the subject is
ttention of her Mai, sty's
providing a suitable re-

al addition to the ques-
iuse would believe him
with the noble marquis
lops. (Laughter.) He
d, and he was sure the
bishops were removed
Laughter.) It was the
hter)—to find that the
so much with tem-
they had always ob-

popular and necessary
measure. (Laughter.) He felt satisfied Churchmen
would be pleased to see them out of that house, and the
Church established would be benefitted by it. He wished
to know if the sutject had engaged the attention of G.)
vernment,and if, the noble lord intended to make any Alte-
ration in the w ty he (Mr. Hadfield) suggested! (Laughter.)
Sir J. PAKINGTON said it was necessary to the
interests of the Church that something should be done
with reference to the inability of right rev, prelates to
attend to their duties. He thought the precedent of the
Indian and Colonial bishops might be betieficially ap-
plied to the 'English bishops.
Mr. 0. STANLEY said that the Act of ',26, Henry
VIII. could only be put in force at the request of
the Bishop himself. He alluded to the correspondence
that had lately been published with reference to him-
self and the Bishop of Bangor, which it was to be re-
gretted had been made public for the sake of the
Church. That corre p mdence wag published at the
request of the Bishop, and therefore he felt no
delicacy in alluding to it, and to ask the noble lord to
give some assurance that means would be taken to pre-
vent such a repetition of conduct on the part of the right
reverend gentleman alluded to. The right reverend gen-
tleman he believed had been led to act as he had from
the infirmities of age, &c., under which he was labouring,
and it was to be regretted that a gentleman, whose
mind was one time of the highest order, and who was a
man eminent for his charity and virtues, should have so
lost all control over his temper as to have scandalized
the country with such a correspondence as that he bad
published. (Hear, hear.)

Wttnes—She was. A post mortem examination was
made, and not anything found to account for death; the
heart was quite empty, so much so much so that I said it
I,oked as it it bad been wa,hed out. The parents told
me that the had been unusually well that evening
and had eaten her supper and jumped into bed, when
she was seized.

Cross-examined by the Attorney-General—The nature
of the disease is still an open question, Dr. Jemner
,-tate; angina pectoris to arise from ossification of the
coronary vessels of the heart.
Mr. Baron Alderson—Why is it called angina pec-
toris

Lord PAL(VIERSTOg—The matter, as mentioned by
the Marquis of Blandford, had been for some time, and
was, under the consideration of the Government, but it
was a question beset with difficulties.
[LEFT SPEAKING.]

Witnes—From anguish, or pain of the bead. The
pain is extreme, as if the chest was fixed in a vice. From
his experience with angina pectoris and what he hadread
of death from strychnine, he could not see that there
was any difference. It is not .usual for the attack
in angina pectoris to be only one attack, but it will kill
in eight minutes. The clenched state of the hands after
death depends in a great measure upon the mind, and
actions of the person at time of death.
Re-examined by Mr. Sergeant S'mee—A. patient, if he
had a relapse from an attack of angina pectoris, would
be in perfect health between the att mks.
• Dr. Right,4m was recalled, and asked by Sergean
S-

THE RUGELEY POISONINGS.

bee if, when strychnia is absorbed, whether it would be
collected in parts of the body and absent from oth era ?
—He said it would he diffused equally.
In answer to the Attorney-General--He said that the
dose would be more likely to absorb entirely into the
system if ta'en in small dos,.
Mr. Sergeant Shee—And would it not then be found?

Witness—lt would in the sploen and liver.
Catherine Watson was then called. She was the girl
in Scotland whose case was referred to as being
ono of tetanus., from which she recovered. Iler
evidence was that she had not taken anything to bring
on the attr,clc.

Mr. S rgeant Shee said that he had not yet concluded
the defence, but his other witnesses were not ready.
Lord Campbell said in a case of such import he would
not press him to go on, and the Court adjourned at 6
o'clock, previously to which, upon the application of
the Attorney-eneral, the trainer Saunders was called
upon his recognizetnces.

to put in force the powers of the
c 14, "for the nonimat,' and coy
within this Realm ." ot,
still one which ha d the at
Goie ~ .
h ew to p
medy.
Mr; !. LD proposed ai
tion, add . : . tVaisfied the hot
when ,he staled, be sympathised i
an.L. •• -' sufferings of the bishe
w . .-guest in what he said,
i-. • • -on s g
re-echo it if the
ft s:"' xi'. e se of Lords. (Ls
•
,'' .-, ainfl thing to him—(laugl
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rec,. rend gentlemen interfered
p' al matters, and he said
structed the passing of every r