The Sun.
London, England, 1851-05-15 00:00:00

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THE CHILD POISONING NEAR 11102%.
TRAM, 1N CHESHIRE.
The inquest on the two childrtn who died recently
at Hague, near Mottram, was resumed on Tuesday, by
Mr. Hudson, coroner, at the Griffin Inn, Broad-bottous.
The names of the sufferers, it will be remembered, were
Sarah Ann Barcroft and Ellen Mills. Jonathan and
Ruth Barcroft, the parents of one of the children, were
both in custody in the room.
Evidence was given that Ruth Barcroft was delivered
prematurely of a child on Good Friday, which only
lived some few hours. This was necessary to clear up
a rumour that another child bad been poisoned, in con-
sequence of which the body had been exhumed and ex-
amined.

Several women also gave testimony; among others,
Bessy Mills, the mother of the deceasedchild, said there
was a qaantity of porridge in a pot by the invade in
Barcrott's house, and that some of this was given Sarah
Ann Barcroft before she died by her mother; that a
portion was given to both M'Loughlin's children, and to
both Mrs. Mill's children, Mrs. Barcroft offering it to
them, and that in each case the same symptoms of sick-
ness and purgirg were presented. Ellen Mills died the
same night. There was, however, this farther fact de-
posed to, that Huth Barcroft gave some flour porridge
the same afternoon to Mary Cooper for her hens; it was
mixed_up with the hen-meat and eaten by them, bid
none of them showed any symptoms of illness.
Mr. Little, the special high constable for the Hyde
division, deposed as to what he had done is the matter.
The most important statement he made was, that Jona-
than Barcroft had dceied ever having any arsenic or
sugar of lead in his possession, which is of course con-
trary to the statement of Mr. Marsden, who alleges that
he furnished him with some.

The inquest was adjourned as a quarter past nine to
half past twelve o'clock next day. It was resumed yes-
terday, hut no information has reached us as to the result,
the place at which the inquest is held being out of the
range of easy railway communication with London.

A BULL-FIGHT PREVENTED.
Some commotion took place on the tith inst. at Aignea-
sives (Gard), in consequence of resistance made by the
population to the military who were ordered to prevent a
bull-fight. An accident having occurred at Lunel some

IRELAND.
DUBLIN, MAY 14.—A eery - painful sensation was
by the arrival in
ell classes
created yesterday among
uterford Mail of
aonfcGesurottetehne,
mil?.
lancholy occurrence,
af
flow :—On Monday, Mr. James
this morning, are as o
d d to the princely residence
diedton
by
yf ab
is reportown hands.tha t ,Elated Mr.
TJahoeb
in.
en
iPower,rtchuel
n vt
0-DfLtlhaeln'urnti'n'rct(o)rooanhteeer, Per:tern:men, to hold an inquest. It
cadence of Mr. Pierce Nctherville
appeared from t
Barron that he and the deceased had dined on Sunday
lastat Glen-lodge, with Mr. Galway and some other
gentlemen, that they returned about twelve o'clock
to GUrteCl3,
and from the incoherency of his
raanner fur some days past, Mr. Barron removed
a case
of pistols and a dagger out of Mr.
Power's bed-room, as ho apprehended he would use
them for self-destruction. On Mr. Barron retir-
ing from Mr. Power's beCeroom he proceededito his
own. About one o'clock on Monday morning he heard
a shot, and ran back immediately to Mr. Power's bed-
room, where he saw him stretched dead, and a duelling
pistol lying near him. Mr. Power was not under the
.lightest influence of drink, but had been for some time.
in a very desponding state of mind, owing to heavy pe-
cuniary embarrassments. Dr. Purcell stated he was WA)
medical ethiser, and had observed him, from the cas.?o
already stated, for some time back greatly deplane' Sol!
el:, c i ct
e d
mental bY
spirits, and frequently Lettay ing great incoherency
manner. The verdict of the jury was to the effect
htlioshonwPnol4:nrcti Ewhscio.e, altbdoufrroimogsupnldt.teril wteomupsodoi
power, Bart.,
derangf meat. He was formerly Member for
was married to the daughter of Sir John lie
was the
of Kil.ane, and has left a youthful family Waterford,
step-son of the Right Hon. B. L. Sh° 1 her Majesty's
ambassador at Florecce.
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131"81v5Aula: idfthSe°cpiusTnislenTthof
. for the better preserevit--
bscribers to this soci tye;
TlismEB Ls." riGhtfiG
Esq., in the chair. Freemasons'
Tavern ay.n.hniuchalwmaseeftoinung of the
tfrhieeiylsalsne3i:
eatternoon, at the Free
tion ot the fish in tlbbeitrbivesedr
th progressive which con IL
Parnell, the secretary.
°bjt increase of every kind Of fish.
upon the and gratu gad
poachers,
; Ivrva. s
ihie.ld y_vesterrdeas_dYl,
the lovers of angling litP effectual car-
-ee a for which the society WWI formed,
and the conseenen The
of the net men had considerabld d
five
a ,
illegal practicesast year there had bee
rying out of the
and during the P
ch below the n only convic•
bar mu- average. The present state
tiona, a nun'regarded the s
of the river, "
d being supply of fish of every descrip-
tion,as repo,te as truly abundant, the preserves as
w my:A state of preservation, and as the weather and
being n a '
seasoni would permit additional protection would be afforded.
The receipts during the past year had been 207/ Os. Olid.,
mod, after the payment of all the current expenses, there was
lett a balance in the hands of the treasurer of 491. &e. 9 ecl.
Mr. C. Clarke said he was highly pleased at the report which
had been read, and could bear testimony to the good snpply
of fish in the river. After thanking the treasurer and secretary
~
for their exertions, he concluded by movin the adoption of
''' ion which waa
the report. Mr. Lyon seconde I the prop?su
_,oies of t tianbt
carried unanimously. After some conversation,
'
eiittee,
wets p-,ssed to the London auxiliary coui
It was arranged
ry and treasurer, and to the chairm
aonn. the 26 hof 3 t t a.,
that the annual dinner should take place
at Richmond.
i ..Sunday (13th ult.),
Da. lIENDr.EN.—OfI •Pr't lm
" of Clifton, rode round
Dr. Hendren, the so-called Pi
" hearraPl" mounted on a donkey,
the aisles of his soi disant t.
"ca
blessed Lord's entry into Jeru-
salem wretched caricature on ourxion _
previous to his crucin
BOULOONE.—The
yesterday was not withotubtep
The lightning strucfk
broke down some .°
into a house adjoining
Pater's Boulogne Telegraph
A treaty of e?
v.mtaark arij Bdgiurn
Bristol Journal.
that burst over this town
stormroducing some lamentable effects.
dome of' the new cathedral, and
the ornamental work. It then broke
and killed an
of Monday.
infant in its cradle.—
. 1 ,
traditir‘n hag been colicluQ.,:,i, Leow.Tcu

George Boden, register of births and deaths for the
Glossop district, deposed that Jonathan Barcroft regis-
tered the death of Sarah Ann Barcroft on the 29ch of
April, as having occurred at Littlemoor, from " kink"
cough (or " choke" cough, a vulgar phrase for looping
cough), and that no medical attendant w:m presorts.
Litttemoor was in witness's registration district, nut not
Hague, where ho found the prisoner
Mr. Ralph Sidebottom, surgeon, of Mottram, said that
on the 3d of May he assisted to make a post titortern
examination of the bodies of thy two children. fie made
l o
au analysis of what was taken from
the body of the
child
picked out from the stomach four
or five small white opaque substances ; but the tk sea to
which 13
ha remf
subjected lie
them, and other matters he had to
examine, did not show any trace of arsenic.
Mr. Thomas Alcock, c,t •Hy-de, made au analysis of
the contents of the stomach and intestines of the
child Mills. He found small lumps of a crystalline sub-
statics on the coats of both stomach and intestines. and
when tested they gave all the appearance arsenic. He
found a quantity of solid arsenic in the stomach and its
contents, but not more than the bulk of a pin's bead al-
together ; that in the intestines and their contents might
possibly weigh three grains. He bad also examined the
liver, kidney, part of the intestine., and some blood
taken from the child Barcroft, and in all these he found
arsenic, though not in large quantities. He accounted
for Mr. Sidebottom nut finding any in what
be analysed, by supposing (the stomach haying_
burst upon pressure) that "age puiion had es-
caped with the fluid Itito-thi abdomen. lie had no
doubt, from the inflammatory appearance of the sta.
machs of both children, that arsenic had been the cause
of death. In the stomach of Mills the appearances
were very decided. He could not say that the quantity
of arsenic found in Bercrott's body would be sufficient to
cause death, but there must have been much more than
he found to produce what he saw. He was convinced
that no other substance but arsenic would produce the
results he had obtained from the same series cf tests.
Mr. Dan Stone, professor of chemistry, of Man-
chester, found arsenic in a portion of lung, intestine,
liver, and kidney, taken from bodies of the two children,
and delivered to him by theconstable.
John Sands, a labourer, of Staley, deposed that he
called at Barcroft's house while the child was ill, on the
29th ult.; and that Ruth, the mother, was crying very
much, and seemed quite concerned respecting the illness
of the deceased. The child was very sick, and much
purged, and died soon atter.
Thomas Farnham corroboratedtheiosntseesqtiumeonneye
*of Ruth
Mary Cooper, who lived next door to the Barcroft,,
Ruththe
fire-aide.
(theßstated
r otfnbo'ast
hr o
that
eartetge
fur
ettshhteesi rh she
other deceased
child,, ,endtiaendd, in consequence fetched
c child),
Bessy Mills
who
came,
bringing her two children with her, and the two children
of M'Loughlin, persons who lodged with her. M`Lough-
lin'a youngest child began to cry,
by
and
gave it some flour porridge from a
pot
That child subsequently became ill, vomiting and purging
very much.

time back at a similar exhibition, the Prefect of the Gard
had interdicted all such proceedings for the future within
hits jurisdiction. A captain of gendarmery was sent with
twelve men to occupy the ground where the fight was
to take place,-but the party- arrived too late. Having
ask.A for she mayor,- he was informed that that
itinc.i.mary was s6ent, as wt li as his deputy. Con-
jecturing that these g. nth:men desired to avoid acting
to the matter, ho determined to prevent the sports
no his own responsibility. Finding that a cons-
tiny of the Sth regiment n.d arrived from
Lunel to support him, be proceeded to the place where
the Ivan were erected, and surem(med the crowd stand-
ing tt one of the entrances to give way and allow his
men to enter. Lie wa:', greeted with hooting and hisses.
Bet then ordered the ierectry and his own men to ad-
vance, and it was not until utter long struggling, ace ern-
pnied with great forb-aranee on thr part ef the military,
that an entrance wi s effected. In fact, the military were
onligtd to present their bayonets before the crowd gave
way. But the moment the soldiers and gendarmes ap-
peared inside the barriers, they were assailed with
a shower of stones. At that moment arrived a
squiciron of horse-chasseurs, and then all further
resistance became impossible. The crowd, how-
ever, made one last effort, and that was to let
loose a bull on the soldiers. But, as the animal
was rushing forward with its head down, a sergeant
took aim at it, and, lodging a ball in the
centre of its skull, killed it on the instant. The crowd
then dispersed, and the' lists wore removed. During
the evening the crowd filled the wine-shops, and from
time to time bands of men paraded the streets.
shouting, singing, and occasionally haranguing
the persons around. Many of the leaders put on red
scarfs and other demagogical emblems, and uo steps
were taken by the local authorities to put an end to such
scenes. The soldiers were unable to get a morsel to
eat, and at last an express was sent off to Lunel for pro-
visions. It was not until late in the night that a
gon arrived, loaded with food and drink. The next day
the commotion had subsided.—Gstlignani. four-