The Sun.
London, England, 1856-02-07 00:00:00

THE •FATAL COLLISION OFF FOLKE.

►STONE.

TO THE EDITOR OP THE SI7N,
SIR,—We beg to hand you herewith the names of the
passengers per the Josephine Willis? We very much
fear that of the melanchdly list of missing none are
now likely to be surviving. We find that the report of
a boat having arrived at D wit. with 11 persons is loco r-
rect.—We are, Sir, your obedient servants,
HENRY IL WILLIS and Cc
3, Crosby-square, Feb. 5.
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LIST OF THE PASSENGERS OF THE JOSEPHINE WILLIS.

SAVED.
CHIEF CABIN.
Mr. George Audrewa
Mr. Henry Ray
Mr. Ray

STEERAGE.
Mr. Henry Davis
Mrs. Hannah Davis, wife
Miss Rebecca Davis, child
Creswell A. Davis, infant
Sarah Lamb
Elizabeth Lamb
William Lloyd
Margaret Egan
Arthur Lawler
Catherine Gibbons
Catherine Burk(?,
Elizabeth May
Sarah 'Palters;'
Margaret Sharp
Caroline Goro
John O'Neil
Jane O'Neil, wife
Inn O'Neil, sister
'Jahn O'Neil
Jane O'Neil
James Sutton.
Flarriet Sutton, daughter
William Sutton, son
Francis Sutton, son
Elizabeth Austin
John George Austin, son
Henry Gutterson
Marga. Gutterson, daughter
Mary de Kruger, daughter
of Gutterson
Hen. de Kruger, sen of Mary
Edward de Kruger, do.

SECOND CABIN.
Mr. Charles C. Fleming
Mr. William Ripley

STEERAGE.
Mr. Walter Wright
Mr. George Horner
Mr. William Ford
Mr. William W. Wallis
Mr. James S. Scott
Mr. David Garside
Mr. George Sutton
Miss Catherine May
MISSING.
CHIEF' CABIN.
Mr. Frederick Golding
Mr. Stanhope Vickers
Mr. Herbert G. Ray
Miss F►nma J. Logan
Master Andrew 11. Logan
SECOND CABIN.
Mr. Jn. Hamilton, merchant
Mrs. Jane Hamilton, wife
Robert, Hamilton, child
Alexander Hamilton, child
Mr. Sam. Hamilton, school-
master
Mrs. Sarah Hamilton, wife
Matter W. Hamilton, child
Master James Hamilton, de.
Master Sam. Hamilton, do.
Agnes M. Hamilton, infant
Miss Susan Nichols, ;over-

Robert do Krug-sr:do.
Frederick do Kruger, do
Jane de Kruger,daughter do,

Mr. Chas. Stuart, merchant
Mrs. Hari iet Stuart, wife
Mr. Sydney William Beck

BODIES FOUND.
Mrs. Harriet Sutton
Miss M. Parkhouse
Miss Agnew Davis
Master Asher Davis, loz um
putated

THE JOSEPH _HUME TESTIMONIAL.

In accordance with the wish of the " General Man-
agement Committee," of which !Jr. J. A. Roebuck,
is president, for carrying out the " Hume Testi-
monial," a meeting of the traqes and the working classes
was convened last night at the Mechanics' Coffee-house,
Clerkenwell•green, for the purpose of learning the feel-
ing of the working classes on the subject of the proposed
mark of gratitude to departed worth. The meeting was
well attended ; and amongst the delegates present, from
all parts of the metropolis, to represent the " Trades'
Association," were Messrs. Horton, Dunt, J. Brooke,
Davenport, Keith, Dickson, Cross, Wilson, J. Gather-
cote, J. Wall, Brown, A. Cuckfield, W. Foster, W.
Knight, J. Thorne, &c.
Mr. WALL, Secretary to the Trades' and Testimonial
Committees, read the minutes of the proceedings which
had taken place up to the present time, and which ex-
hibited a most satisfactory state of things. The sub-
scription, list was being daily augmented, and amongst
the sums already down were 101. 10s. from Sir B. Hall,
Bart., M.P. ; 101. 10s. from Mr. Williams, M.P. ; 10/.
from Mr. J. A. Roebuck, M.P. ; 101. from Dr. Charles
Guthrie ; 101. from Mr. Dirnal Osborne, M.P. ; 101.
10s. from Colonel Syk.es ; 101.tfromH. W. Hope, Esq.,
ex-M.P. ; 10/. from Sir James Duke ; 101. from the
editor of the Morniny Chronicle; 101. from Mr. Ingram,
ditto Illustrated London News, &,c.
An animated discussion ensued, in which the several
speakers commented at great length upon the merits of
the late distinguished and unbiassed Reformer ; observ-
intr, at the same time, that the working classes should
give their utmost support towards producing a testi-
monial of public gratitude worthy of their late repre-
sentative and champion.
Resolutions were accordingly adopted, calling upon
the working population.to contribute their support and
mite towards the object in view ; and it was also re-
solved that deputations should wait on several liberal
and influential members of. Parliament calling upon them
for their assistance.

Other business of a formal character was then gone
into, and the meeting, which was most unanimous, ad-
journed, after the usual vote of thanks to the chairman
(Mr. Davenport).

Madame Jenny Lind Goldschmidt has forwarded a
donation of 501. in aid of the funds of the Royal British
Female Orphan Asylum, at Devonport.
MADAME JENNY GOLDSCHMIDT-LIND AT NORWICH.
—Madame Jenny Goldschmidt-Lind appeared here on
Tuesday morning in Handel's oratorio of the Messiah,
which was performed before a vast and fashionable
audience, in St. Andrew's Hall. The principal vocalists,
besides Maclaine Goldschmidt, were Mdlle. Bassano,
Mr. Locicey, and Mr. Weiss. Mr. Benedict conducted,
and the whole performance passed off with great success.
Madame Goldschmidt arrived in Norwich on the pre-
vious evening, and the streets were lined with persons
anxious to catch a glimpse of her features.
THE TRADE IN CONTRABAND OF WAR.-11AMBURG,
Feb. 3. —Plentiful cargoes, contraband of war, we con-
tinue to be supplied with, arriving in the Elbe without
let or hindrance, although a few days ago the arrival of
a British war steamer at Cuxhaven was announced. In
less than a week we have received no less than eleven
cargoes of sulphur, three of s iltpetre, and two of lead,
and several of them were brought in British vessels.
BALL AT DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—Last night, avail-
ing himself of the opportunity of the interval occasioned
by 'the closing of the theatre on Ash-Wednesday, the
lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith, devoted the theatre to a soirée
dansonte, given by him to the employe's of the theatre.
The workmen. and their friends had possession of the
stage with an efficient band, while the saloon, elegantly
fitted as a ball-room, was reserved for the corps drama-
tique and a select company. Refreshments were libe-
rally served, and the night kept up hilariously and har-
moniously.
FOUR LIVES SAVED BY THE ROYAL SOCIETY'S FIRE-
ESCAPE.—Yesterday morning, shortly after five o'clock,
as a policeman of the 11 division was
passing along his
beat, his attention was directed to the premises of Mr.
Yates, a boat and shoemaker, No. 250, Whitechapel-
road, by perceiving smoke in dense bodies issuing from
the basement floor. Feeling. convinced that the pre-
mises were on fire, the officer sprang his rattle, mld
after some time he succeeded in making the residents,
who were in their beds asleep, sensible of their impend-
ing danger, but not, however, until the smoke was pour-
ing up the staircase in such dense and suffocating
bodies as to prevent the different inmates from
descending. The proprietor of the building, with his
wife and two children, therefore made for one of the
upper windows, where they cried out for assistance. At
that moment Samuel Wood, the conductor, arrived with
the Royal Society's fire-escape from the Whitechapel
station, and having placed his machine in front of the
premises he happily succeeded in bringing down in
safety the four occupants. The engines of the parish
and London Brigade were promptly on the spot, and a
good supply of the East London Company's water hay-
ing been procured, the parish engineer and firemen went
to work, and after some time they succeeded in getting
the flames subdued, but, not until a great quantity of
leather was destroyed. The origin of the fire is un,
known. The sufferer was insured in the Phoenix Fire
affice.—About the same time another fire happened in
the premises of Mr. J. Janquil, a bread and biscuit
baker, carryingkon business at No. 85, Chamber-street,
Goodman's-fields. It was caused from the heat of the'
oven, which set fire to the flooring and roof. The en-
gines of the London Brigade and parish were soon in
attendance, and the firemen succeeded in. extinguishing
the flames, but not until the building which was behind
the dweilin.7-house svas much damaged. Mr. Janquil
was insured in the London Fire Offioe,

THE .RUGELEY SUSPECTED SECRET
POISONING CASES.

(A COMMUNICATION FROM ALFRED S. TAYLOR, M.D
ERA., PROFESSOR OF MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE AT
GUY'S HOSPITAL.)
(To the Editor of The Lancet.)
Sir,—l have great pleasure in replying to the in-
quiries contained in your leading article of Jan. 19th.
1. I stated that I had never known antimonial pow
der, when given in medicinal doses, (i.e., from five to
eight grains at a dose), to produce violent vomiting and
purging.
I am aware that experience differs on this point ; that
some have found this substance inert, while others have
found it very active. From some recent experiments on
antimonial preparations, I think it not unlikely that the
powder may sometimes contain arseniate of lime. Dr.
Pereira mentions that in the large dose of half a tea-
spoonful it, on one occasion, produced violent vomiting,
purging, and sweating; while in still larger doses
(120 grains at a dose), prescribed by Dr. Elliotson, it
occasioned in some instances only nausea. I have never
met with any case in which serious symptoms could be
referred to its operation ; and, in the case of Ann
Palmer, this medicinal preparation would not account
for the antimony found in her body.
2. My statement as to the cause of death was, that
the deceased died from the effects of tartar emetic, and
from no other cause. That is the opinion which Dr.
Rees and I formed from the result of our examination,
and from the description of the symptoms under which
the deceased laboured during the eight days which
preceded her death. It is an opinion which I be-
lieve is now equally shared by the two medical
attendants of the deceased. We are quite prepared to
maintain this opinion on the trial. You will excuse me
from entering into our reasons for this opinion on the
present occasion, as this may form a very fair and proper
subject for cross-examination at the trial. Possibly
the defence may be that tartar emetic in small doses
is not sepoison ; that it cannot, under any circumstances,
destroy life, and that it was the very best remedy for the
disease (English cholera) under which it was stated the
deceased was labouring.
One other point connected with this inquiry may be
here adverted to. The examination of the organs was
made fifteen months, not " fifteen weeks," after death.
and the viscera examined were as well preserved as I
have seen them in many cases of arsenical poisoning.
They were in a better state of preservation than the
♦iscera of Walter Palmer, whose body bad been buried
for a period of three months only, in a leaden coffin.
The viscera in Ann Palmer'scase were in such a state of
preservation as to allow us to form an opinion of their
condition.
3. This inquiry refers to the elimination of antimony
from the body. According to my experience, antimony
is analogous, to arsenic in the rapidity with which it
enters into the blood and passes out of the system. These
two metals are whiilty different in this respect from mer-
cury and lead, and probably from copper. I shall be
most happy after the trial to furnish you with facts and
authorities, as far as I can, in reference to these interest.
ing points. In the meantime, as this question may also
form a fair subject for cross-examination, a detailed
answer to it us/ be for the present reserved.
4. The fourth inquiry involves, as you have justly
suspected, an error of the press. What I said was to
the effect, that if there were symptoms of fever anti-
monial medicines might be fairly prescribed.
In concluding this letter, I would observe that during
a quarter of a century, which I have now /specially de-
voted to toxicological inquiries, I have never met with
any cases like these suspected cases of poisoning at
Rugeley. The mode in which they will affect the per-
son accused is of minor importance compared with their
probable influence on society. I have no hesitation in
saying that the future security of life in this country will
mainly depend on the judge, the-jury, and the counsel,
who may have to dispose of the charges of murder which
have arisen out of these investigations.—l am, Sir, your
obedient servant,

ALFRED S, TAYLOR, M.D., F.R.S.
St. James's•terrace, Regent's•park, Jan., 1.856.

TRADE IN RUSSIA.

Strong hopes are entertained by the commercial com-
munity that one result of a resumption of intercourse
with Russia will be the removal of the grievous difficul-
ties to which the British as well as all other foreign
merchants resident in that country have hitherto been
exposed. Few persons in England are aware of the
conditions to which their countrymen carrying on trade
at St. Petersburg are forced to submit. Indeed they are
such as even to have been pronounced incredible by
Russian Ministers of State when their full bearing has
been described. No Englishman or any other foreigner
can commence -business in Russia without binding
himself to pay annually in advance 1651., and bring-
ing guarantees for the continuance of this payment,
for three years beyond-any period at which he may re-
linquish his occupation. He is then allowed only to
carry on transactions within the walls of any single sea-
port city he may previously select for his residence, and
his operations must be confined to the export of Russian
produce on the one hand, and the sale of foreign produce
on the other in wholesale quantities. He is not per-
mitted to sell in Russia any Russian produce ; and if,
therefore, he should happen to have a❑ order from his
correspondents countermanded after execution, he has
no legal alternative but to ship his purchase away at any
sacrifice. One result of this system is to preclude the
possibility of his having any transactions with his coml.
trymen. At the same time, in his dealings with Rus-
sian subjects he is limited to merchants of the first
guild, of whom there are not 150 in St. Petersburg.
Moreover, no English merchant, after having paid
the dues reqUired from him, is permitted to employ
any of his own countrymen without paying similar dues
for them. The result is that there are believed not to
he more than 10 or 15 English establishments in all
Russia. All foreigners are subjected to like prohibi-
tions, but they fall with especial severity on the Eng-
lish, because our people are less ready than many others
to escape them by parting with their nationality, and
taking an oath of allegiarce to the Czar. This system
has existed ever since. 1307, previously to which there
were no restrictions, but, although it has been con-
stantly brought to the attention of the British Govern.
ment by their consuls and agents, adequate efforts have
never been made to obtain an alteration. Possibly at
the approaching conferences the European importance
of the question will be recognized, and it may be in-
sisted that the time is come for regulations so monstrous
to be no longer tolerated.—Times City Article.

SERIOUS BOW BETWEEN NAVVIES AND
MILITIAMEN.

A deal of bad blood has arisen between the navvies
employed at the new railway, the waterworks, and the
Motherwell ironworks, &c., Hamilton, N. 8., and our
militiamen, which has resulted in a good deal of bodily
damage and effusion of blood on both sides, and a series of
Irish rows, which generally come off on the navvy pay
nights, or the following Sundays. On Sabbath night last,
about 7 p.m., there.was a most disgraceful melee of this
kind in Church-street, to quell which a numerous armed
picket of militiamen was summoned to the scene. A
militiaman named Robert Irvine was severely wounded
by a biota, from a skullcracker, given by a navvy
named M'Cunn, who 'was seized by the other militiamen
and carried shoulder-high to the guard-house, and from
thence he was conveyed by our town's officers to gaol.
On Saturday eightdays Serjeant Turnbull had his head
cut and some Of his teeth knocked in by the same deadly
weapon, which is about a foot long, made of gutta
percha, loaded with lead, and strikes a brain-crushing,
knock-down blow. Our officers were in search of
another navvy, named M‘Gown, who was charged with
freely using a skullcracker. One of these weapons is
in the possession of the police. It is difficult to explain
the cause of the ill-feeling between th© navvies
and militiamen. Its origin is most likely drink and
foul language, the highly-paid navvies taunting the red-
coats about their dress, fare, poverty, &c., and the quar-
rel with one is greedily taken up and espoused by the
whole, till the melee becomes general, and every navvy
considers he is bound by an esprit de corps to regard as
an enemy and knock down every redcoat he meets. It
will require-the greatest vigilance and discretion on the
part of the authorities and officers of the regiment to
prevent some very serious collisions. Where is the
whisky got on Sundays ? An example should be made
of those public-houses proved to supply it. With so
many highly paid-navvies in the town and neighbour-
hood at this tirne, should there not be a stronger police-
force than it present ? On Saturday pay-nights and
succeeding Sabbaths, at least, we should have an extra
force ; and as the water, railway, and ironworks are
paid on different Saturdays, almost every Saturday is a
monthly pay-night, giving rise to gorges of drink, and
consequent riotousness.—Glasgow paper.
MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.)

CORN EXCHANGE.
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN
For the week ended Feb. 7, 1856, made up front the Returns of the
Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales
per Imperial Quarter.
WHEAT. BARLEY. I OATS. RYE. 1 BEANS. I PEAS.
75i 104 383 ; 25s 54 53s 2d Cis 51 43s Id
`N THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE.
WHEAT. BABIRY. I OATS. RIE. BEANS. PEAS.
76s 61 38s 64 26s 3d 53s Sd 46s 5d 448 3d

QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.
Wheat, 80,338; 13ar1ey;\95,314 ; Oats, 19,285 ; Eye, 130; Beans,

4,7-3'3; Yeas, 1,668 Quarters.

MEAT MARKETS.
NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The trade ruled heavy
to-day, as follows :—Beef, from 2s 104 to 4s 4d ; Mutton,
3s Od to 4s 44 ; Veal, 4s Od to 5s 2d; Pork, 38 ld to 53 Od
per 81bs, by the carcase.
SOUTHALL, Feb. 6.—The supplies of ?lock in to-day's
market were moderate. Generally speaking, the demand
ruled inactive, as follows :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s Fd ;
Mutton, 3s 44 to 4s 104 ; Veal, 4s 4d to 5s 4c; ; Pork, 3s 4d
to 5s Od per 81bs, to sink the offal.
ROMFORD, Feb. 6.—To-day's market was fairly supplied
with stock, which sold slowly, at about stationary prices.
Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 84 ; Mutton, 3s 24 to 4s 10d ;
Veal, 4s 24 to 5s 24 ; Pcrk, 3s 44 to 4510 d per 81bs. Quar-
ter-old Store Pigs, 21s to Vs each.