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

GOLD MEDAL.

To Mr. Taylor, gardener to Mr. Coster, Streatham,
for 20 stove and greenhouse plants.
To Mr. Fraser, nurseryman, Lea-bridge, for 20 stove
and greenhouse plants.
To Mr. Cole, gardener to Mr. U. Collier, Dartford,
for 15 cape heaths.
To Messrs. Rollinson, nurseryman, Tooting, for 12
cape heaths.
To Mr. Fraser, nurseryman, Lea-bridge, for 10 green-
house azaleas.
To Mr. Carson gardener to Mr. Farmer, Nonsuch-
park, for 10 orchids.
To Mr. Turner, nurseryman, 81ough, for 12 pelargo-
niums.
To Messrs. Lane, Great Berkhampstead, for 12 roses
in pots

COURT CIRCULAR.
It is understood that the costume to be worn at the
Queen's State Bell, on Friday, the 13th of June, will be
the full dress of the time of the Restoration.
It is not to embrace the whole of the reign of King
Charles 11., from the year 1660 to the death of that
monarch in 1685; but it is to be confined to the period
immediately succeeding the Restoratioe.
The Queen and Prince Albert, with the Prince of
Wales and Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal and the
Princess Alice, ace mpanied by the Prince and Princess
0, Prussia, Prince Frederick William, and the Princess
Louisa of Prussia' visited the Royal Botanic Gardens in
the Regent's Park, yesterday, and were received by his
Grace the Duke of Norfolk. The Royal suite consisted
of the lion. Eleanor Stanley, the Countess A. de Hacke .
the Countess Oriolla, Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey,
Lieut.-Cclonel Francis Hugh Seymour, Major Von
Boyen, and Lieut. Von Heinz.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge,
and the Princess Mary, visited her Majesty yesterday, at
Buckingham Palace; and also paid a visit to her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Kent, at Clarence House, St.
James's.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the
Prince and Princess of Prussia, attended by the Hon.
Eleanor Stanley, Countess Oriolla, Count Puckler,
Colonel the Hon. C. Grey, Lieutenant-Colonel F. H.
Seymour, and Major Von Boyen, visited the Exhibition
of the Works of Industry of all Nations. Her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Fanny
Howard, Baroness de Speth, and Sir George Couper,
also honoured the Exhibition yesterday with her presence.
The Duchess d'Orleans visited the Princess of Prussia
yesterday, at Buckingham Palace. Prince Edward of
Saxe-Weimar also paid a visit to the Prince and Prin-
cess of Prussia yesterday.
The Prince and Princess of Prussia, Prince Frederick
William, and the Princess Louisa, accompanied by the
Duchess d'Orleans and Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar,
attended by the Countess Oriolla, inspected Westminster
Abbey yesterday afternoon. The illustrious party after-
wards visited the Bazaar, in Baker-street.
Herr Von Viebahn, of the Zollverein' with a depu-
tation of the Commissioners from North Germany, had
an audience of his Royal Highness Prince Albert on
Monday, at 12 o'clock. The deputation consisted of the
following:—
Herr Von George Viebahn, Chief Commissioner of
he Zallverein.
M. Wedding, Second Commissioner of Prussia.
Dr. Schaaf baud, Commissioner of Bavaria.
Dr. Steinbeis, Commissioner of Wirtemberg.
M. Schreiber, Commissioner of Hesse-Cassel.
M. li6rsler, Commissioner of Hesse Darmstadt.
Dr. Varrentravp, Commissioner of Braunschweig.
M. Odernheimer, Commissioner of Nassau ; and
M. Phillip Ellissen, Commissioner of the Town of
Frankfort.
Herr Von Viebahn delivered an address to his Royal
Highness, of which the following is the substance:—
" The Commissioners of Germany (Zollverein and
North Germany), approach the Prince to thank him en
their own account, and also on behalf of their different
Governments, for the great and magnificent idea,
which, having been realized under the patronage of h, r
Majesty the Queen, has now brought together the pro-
duce and inhabitants of the whole world in London.
"The Germans have answered the call of England
nearly in every branch, and the Zsllverein has sent 1,563,
and North Germany, 130, toe,ether 1,713 exhibitors;
and their produce, arts, &c., are before the world, and
they are ready to begin commercial relations with every
nation.
"It is on account of this, and also by the desire of
their different Governments, especially considering his
Royal Highness as a German, that the Commissioners
hasten to express their thanks, which all are proud to
do, and hoping and wishing that this Exhibition will
have a beneficial influence in the welfare of nations,
most sincerely hoping it will be so particularly for
Germany.
" With wishes for the happiness of the Royal Family
of England, and of his Royal Highness in particular,
the Commissioners hope for the general prosperity of ell
nations."
The Royal dinner party yesterday included her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Kent. their Royal Highnesses
the Prince and Princess of Prussia, his Royal Highness
Prince Frederick William of Prussia, his Royal High-
ness the Duke of Cambridge, Lady Fanny Howard, Bs-
roness de Speth, the Countess A. de Hacks, the Countess
Oriolle, Count Pokier, Sir George Cooper, Lord William
Paulet, Count Goltz, Major Von Boyen, Colonel
Fischer, and Lieutenant Von Heinz.
The band of the First Life Guards was in attendance
during dinner, and played the following pieces:—
Grand March of the Ist Life Guards... 1.1.R.H. the Du-
chess of Kt nt.
Overture (Scotch medley) ... Waddell.
Se!ection (Lucia di Lammermoor) ... Donizetti.
Waltzer (Amalie) Lumbye.
March ...
Her Majesty had afterwards an evening party. The
following had the honour of receiving invitations:—
His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxc-Wiemar
the Prussian Minister and Madtvne Bunsen, Made-
moiselle Bunsen, Count Perponcher, Baron de Lan-
ger, M. de Bethmann, the Netherlands Minister,
Mademoiselle Schimmelpenninck and
Mademoi-
selle Phillippine Schimmelpenninck, the Duchess
of Sutherland and Lady Constance Leveson Gower, the
Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, Lady Adeliza and Lord
Edward Howard, the Marquis and Marchioness of West-
minster and the Ladies 0. and A. Grosvenor, the Mar-
quis and Marchioness of Abercorn, the Marquis and
Marchioness of Breadalbane, Lord and Lady Seymour,
and the (2) lion. Misses St. Maur, Lord and Lady John
Russell acd the Hon. Miss. E. Lister, Mr. Arthur Rus-
sell, the Earl and Countess Granville, Marquis and
Marchioness of Douro and the (2) Ladies Hay, the Earl
of Gifford, the Earl and Countess of Jersey and Lady
Clementine Villiers, the Marquis and Marchioness
hof
Clanricarde and the Ladies E. and M. de Burgh, tise
'LVOid
countM a r q Marquis iof
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tis Murray, Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. C. Bond,
Mrs. Phipps, and the Hon. Mrs. Grey.
The Cambridge University Commission met yesterday
at the official residence of the First Lord of the Trea-
sury, in Downing-street. Present—the Bishop of
Chester, the Dean of Ely, Sir John Herechell, Bert.; the
Rev. Professor Sedgwick, and the Rev. W. H. Bateson
(secretary).
Sir Edward F. Buxton, and Mr. Hardcttstle, M.P., bad
an interview yesterday with Earl Grey, at the Colonial-
office.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yes-
terday morning. Present—the Chief Justice of the
Court of Common Pleas, the Chancellor of the Duchy
of Cornwall, the Judge of the Admiralty Court, and
Sir Edward Ryan. The appeals—" The Attorney-
General of New Zealand a. Clarke" (New Zealand)—
" Musader Mahometi Cazim v. Meerza Ali Mahomed
Shooetry" (Bombay)—and " Lynn u. Brenchley" (Pre-
rogative Court), were disposed of.
Dispatches were sent off yesterday from the Colonial-
office to the Governor of the Cape of Good liove•
Dispatches were also sent off to the Governor of Sierra
Leone.
The Right Hon. W. G. Hayter entertained a pa 0
party
English and Irish Members of Parliament at inne
Yesterday, at his mansion in Hyde-park.

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LODGING HOUSES.—Lord Ashley's Dill to encou-
rage the establishment of lodginghouses for the labouring
clAsses bas been amended in Committee only in so far as
that the Act shall be called "The Labouring Classes Lodg-
ing Houses Act, 1851 ;" and that the expenses of carrying
the Act into execution by the Improvement Commissioners
shall be charged on the general improvement rate as if the
forreg
us nl
aerei itayl
ofY York
provisions of the ImprovemenrtacAl.
expenses were a necessary part of the expense of carrying
into efft.ct the general p
RAILWAY TItAFFIC.--TILE GREAT NORTHERN.
The receipts of the Great. Northern line
passenger traffic on Monday and Tuesday—the York
amounted to about 1,000/. The adccommotiation afforded
was all that could be required, And the
trains perfect. The whole of the arrangements reflect great
credit upon Mr. Seymour Clarke, the general manager, and
fir, A. Sturrodc, ths iooo3lQtiTe guperiatoadectT
I

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 29th of
April, as having occurred at Littlemoor, from " kink"
cough (or " choke" cough, a vulgar phrase for hooping
Dough), and that no medical attendant was present.
Littlemoor was in witness's registration district, but not
Hague, where he found the prisoner lived.
Mr. Ralph Sidebottom, surgeon, of Mottram, said that
on the 3d of May he assisted to make a !mat mortem
examination of the bodies ef the two children. He made
an analysis of what was taken from the body of the
ot
he
he small
subjected a'lli e
child Barcroft.t He picked out from the stomach four
ry
opaque substances ; but the tests to
eh
them, and other matters he had to
examine, did not show any trace of arsenic.
Mr. Thomas Alcock, of Hyde, made an analysis of
the contents of the stomach and intestines of the
child Mills. lie found small lumps of a crystalline sub-
stance on the coats of both stomach and intestines, and
when tested they gave all the appearance of arsenic. He
found a quantity of solid arsenic in the stomach and its
contents, but not more than the bulk of a pin's head al-
together ; that in the intestines and their contents might
possibly weigh three grains. He had also examined the
liver, kidney, part of the intestines, 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 not finding any in what•
he analysed, by supposing (the stomach having
burst upon pressure) that the poison had es-
caped with the fluid into the abdomen. He had no
doubt, from the inflammatory appearance of the stet.
of death. In h
of both
the
latoh that arsenic
Millssencatdhe ppbeeantheaerceanuoesse
were very decided. He could not say that the quantity
of arsenic found in Barcroft'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 of tests.
Mr. Daniel 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 after.
hic ladwreen
Thomas Farnham corroborated this testimony.
Mary Cooper, who lived next door to the Barcrofts,
stated that after their child died, in consequence of Ruth
Barcroft's request she went and fetched Betsy Mills
(the mother
bringing
her towf theo
children other deceasedwi
tl;
her,
andch the
tw
child), who
children
of M'Loughlin, persons who lodged with her. M`Lough-
lin's youngest child began to cry, and
h Ruth Barcroft
fißraer.cer idoo.ft
gave it some flour porridge from a pot
That child subsequently became ill, vomiting aud purging
very much.
Several women also gave testimony; among others,
Betsy Mills, the mother of the deceased child, said there
was a quantity of porridge in a pot by the inside 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 purging were presented. Ellen Mills died the
same night. There was, however, this farther fact de-
posed to, that Ruth 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, but
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 in the matter.
The most important statement he made was, that Jona-
than Barcroft had denied ever having any arsenic or
sugar of lead. in his possession, which is of course con-
trary to thettatelvient of Mr. Marsden, who alleges that
he furnished him with some.
The inquest was adjourned as eannarter past nine to
half-past twelve o'clock next day. It was resumed yes-
terday, but no information has reached us as to the result,
the place at which the inquest is held being out of the
tinge of easy railway communication with London.

E`"' • LA BULL-FIGHT PREVENTED.
Some commotion took place on the Bth inst. at Aignea.
pves (Gard), in consequence of resistance made by the
opulation to the military who were ordered to prevent a
bull-fight. An accident having occurred at Lunel some
time back at a similar exhibition, the Prefect of the Gard
had interdicted all such proceedings for the future within
his jurisdiction. A captain of gendarmery was sent with
twelve men to occupy the ground where the tight was
to take place, but the party arrived too late. Having
asked for the mayor, he v. as informed that that
functionary was absent, as well as hii deputy. Con-
jecturing that these gentlemen desired to avoid acting
in the matter, he determined to prevent the sports
oa his own responsibility. Finding that a com-
pany of the Sth regiment had arrived from
Lunel to support him, be proceeded to the place where
the li,ta were erected, and summoned the crowd stand-
ing at ono of the entrances to give way and allow his
men to enter. Ile wa, greeted with hooting and biases.
lie then ordered the infantry and his own men to ad-
vance, and it was not until atter long struggling, ace ,m-
-panied with great forbearance on the part of the military,
that an entrance was effected. In fact, the military were
obliged 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 atones. At that moment arrived a
squadron of horse-cbasseurs, 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 ifs 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 were 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 no steps
were taken by the local authorities to put an end to such
scenes. The soldiers were unable to get a inorsPl to
eat, and at last an express was sent off to Lunel for pro-
visions. It was not until late iu the night that a
four-
gun arrived, loaded with food and drink. The next day
the commotion had subsided.—Galignani.

IRELAND.
painfuls by the arrival in
tested yesterday among all classes
of Gurteen, had
tuwu of a report that Mr. John r
DUBLIN, Mir 14.—A very
e
circumstances of the me-
lancholysensation was
died by his own hands.
statedTtl ein the Waterford Mail of
as
follow :—On Monday, Mr. James
t hi
this
niri
proceeded to the princely residence
Delaharty, coroner,
iroan to hold an inquest. It
of the unfortunate
irig, occurrence,
are
as
grit. * I
of Mr. Pierce Netherville
the evidence
appeared from
',ce had dined on Sunday
be and the d,
Barron that
a with rased.alway and some other
last at Glen-lodge,
gentlemen, that they returned about twelve o'clock
to Gurteen, and from the incoherency c f his
manner for some days past, Mr. Barron removed
a case of pistols and a dagger out of Mr.
l'ower's bed-room, as be apprehended he would use
then, for self-destruction. On Mr. Barron retir-
ing from Mr. Power's bee-room 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
slightest 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 his
medical arli iser, and had observed bim, from the mai*
already stated, for some time back greatly depressel 19,
spirits, and frequently betraying great incoherency 01
manner. The verdic 'of the • to the effect that
jury was
John Power, Esq., died from a pitt)l would inflicted by
enta
his own hand while labouring under temporivirY
tfrford,l
derangement. lie was formerly Member for v
vier, Bart.,
was married to the daughter of Sir John
li e was Vie
of Kil'ane, and has left a youthful familPher Majesty's
stepson of the Right Hon. R. L. Slid],
i ambassador at Florence.
_

D, at the Freemasons'
.-----;:or SoCIETT.--Tile
THAMES ANGLING raEsEnl
for the better preserva-
(Bl3;&ribers to this society,
annualwhic
h wasmeeting
foundedof thein
thef ri e friends
5 asim
0,
and the punishment of
tion of the fish in the river 'lna
in the chair. Mr. R.
Tavern ; W. H. Whitbread, a
te report, whicdeedsatulated
Farnell, the secretary, roethe progressive a tual car-
poachers, was held yesterdayrea, 0
the lovers of angling
up
for which the society
of the objects was formed,
rying out
consequent increase of every kind of fish. The
and the
of the net men had considerabl decreased,
illegal practices
ast year there had been. l five .
on v convic..
and duringatEtearncpoo,
the puch below the avers - erage. The present state
tions, a number ra rded the su
rives' as rega ppy of fish of every descrip-
of the
as repo te y abundant, the preserves as
tion,
being win a good state of preservation, and as the weather and
would permit additional protection would be afforded.
season
The receipts IptS during the past year had been 207/ Os. 04th,
snd, after the payment of all the current expense 3, there was
lft a balance in the hands of the treasurer of 49/. Ps- 914d'
Mr. C. Clarke said he was highly pleased at the report which
bad been read, and could bear testimony to the good supply
of fish in the river. After thanking the treasurer and secretaryt.
for their exertions, he concluded by moving the adop ion of
„dt n, ivbieh was
the report. Mr. Lyon seconde I the proposition,
of thanks
carried unanimou,ly. After some conversation, votes
to the ;el.
were passed to the London auxiliary committee,lt was arranged
cretary and treasurer, and to the chairna
an
the 26thof J 1 n
that the annual dinner should take place o
at Richmond.
DR. HENDnEN.—On P)--- .
Dr. Hendren, the so-called ilm Sunday (13th ult.),
h p ' of Clifton, rode round
"Bishop"
mounted on a donkey,
the aisles of his soi &sant "cateel Lord's entry into \
a wretched caricature on ini;i0n.......
Jeru-
salem previous to his crucni
blessed
Bristol Journal.
BOULOGNE.—The
The lightning struck the
of
broke down some
storm that burst over this town
yesterday was not without
roducing some lamentable effects.
P dome of the new cathedral, and
the ornamental work. It then broke
into a house
and killed an infant in its cradle.—
adjoining
i Pater's Boulogne Telegraph of Monday.
onduda betwvaa
A treaty of ex
Denmark and Belgium
has been c