The Sun.
London, England, 1869-06-10 00:00:00

MISTAKES WITII MEDICINE.

On Tuesday the inquiry into the cause of the deathof a
youth named Edward Norton was resumed at Wigan.
The deceased went to the Eye and Ear Institution at
Liverpool for advice, and received two powders and some
pills. After taking one of the powders he was seized
with convulsions, and he died before a medical man
arrived. There were no instructions with the medicine.
From the evidence of a " clinical clerk," who dispensed
the prescription, and the physician who made it, it ap-
peared that the powder was intended for a wash, and not
to be taken inwardly. The clinical clerk was not cer-
tain whether the prescription ordered "P," which means
poppy heads, or " B," which means belladonna, but
tie gave belladonna, which is is a deadly poison, and the
icath of the patient was the consequence. The physician
;ave the clinical cleric a good character for carefulness in
the discharge of his duty, but said he wrote " P,"and not
"B," in his prescription. Everything will in future be done to
prevent mistakes, and the coroner suggested that it would
be better to write such prescriptions in full. The clinical
clerk said it was an accident that directions were not
issued with the powders.

An inquest has has just closed at Dublin on the body of
Mr. F. Gratton Guinness, who died from accidental
poisoning. It appeared from the evidence of a gentle-
man who was in the same office that he sent
two medicine bottles to be refilled, and said
to the witness that one of the bottles was green instead of
brown, as at first. The witness advised him not to take
it, but he drank some, and about half an hour after was
taken ill and died in a short time. The
medical evidence sheaved that the deceased suf-
fered from disease of the heart, and, in the ab-
ience of any direct evidence to the contrary, it was
suggested that he might have died from its effects.
Messrs. Hamilton, Oldham, and Co., the firm in whose
establishment the prescription was made up, however,
dated that cyanide of potassium was substituted by mis-
take for carbonate of ammonia. The error arose from
:he replenishing of the bottle kept in one of their shops
.)y the porter. The jury gave a verdict of Accidental
Poisoning, considering that sufficient circumspection had
not been used by the firm, which they severely censured.

THE USK MURDER.

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The investigation into the confession of murder mane
1.,y a man named Thomas Rosser at Hereford on Saturday
ast has resulted in the elicitation of several important
facts tending to confirm the truth of the prisoner's state-
ment. The prisoner, Thomas Rosser, who is a puddler
'rom Sydney, in the Forest of Dean, states that being on
ramp towards the iron works of Eouth Wales, he was on
he Saturday following Whiteun Monday (the 15th of June)
..867, in the town of Usk, in the county of Monmoull,
?Acre he accidentally met a girl, who afterwards told him
that her name wa3 Jane Edwards. He went with her to
the Bri(lge Inn, where they had some beer together, and
n the course of conversation she asked him if he was
going to _Monmouth, and if he intended to ride or walk.
fie replied that he should go to Monmouth on the morrow
being Sunday), but that he bad no money to pay his rail-
ray fare. His companion then raid that if he was going
.0 stay in Usk all night he might as well stay with her.
rile prospect of getting her money then suggested the idea
>f murdering the girl, and leaving her in the house. He
rent to the back door, which looks on to the river. At the
•ear of the house was an old iron fire-grate, which had been
urned out of one of the rooms, and from this
;rate he wrenched an iron 'bar, which he concealed
antler his coat, and re-entered the house and induced
;he girl to go for a walk with him by the side of
the river. When they got below the bridge he took the
ron bar from his breast, and struck her on the back of the
instantaneously rendering her senseless. He then
searched her pockets, from which he took 15i. in silver,
and then determined to throw her body in the river. 13e-
'ore doing so he took her bonnet from her head, and
:earing a ribbon from it he placed it in his pocket.
Hat ing thrown the body into the river he left Usk, and
`.or two years he had been tramping, with the cruel
murder he had committed haunting him day and night,
mtil, at length, he felt impelled to confess his crime. A
:umber of circumstances, corroborative of the above
utatement, have been brought to light, and in a box
oelonging to the prisoner the ribbon described by him has
oeen found. As it is supposed that the skull of the un-
!ortunate young woman will still chew the fracture
inflicted by the iron bar, an order has been issued by the
:oroner for its exhumation and examination.

STRANGE OUTRAGE IN A CIIUP,CLI. In the
Jathedral of St. Julien, at Le Mans, in France, tl e. 0 is a
;omb with a group in terracotta of eight persons, lire
lize, representing St. Peter supporting the Saviour, who
a lying in his grave clothes ; St. John consoling the
Virgin, Joseph of Arimathea at the feet of Christ,
Mary Magdalen, and Mary the mother of James and John.
A. few evenings ago a wooden shoemaker entered the
thurch, and with a hammer knocked Off all the heads of
;he group. He is supposed to have been either drunk or mad.
INTERESTING DISCOVERY. —A remarkable dis-
:overyhas just beenmade in the old church of St. Gervais,
Paris. Some persons who were repairing the woodwork
tt one of the sides in the left of the nave discovered a secret
door, giving access to a small chapel hitherto not known,
the walls of which are entirely covered with excellent paint-
ings in the Renaissance style, in good preservation. The
.:.hurch is extremely rich in artistic relics, possessing, among
other things, a fine Albert Durer and a remarkable
Perugino, besides some stained glass of Jean Cousin, the
father of the French school of the sixteenth, seventeenth,
and eighteenth centuries.
THROWING VITRIOL ON A GIRL.—A sad affair
has just happened in a worsted mill at Wakefield. A
rirl, named Hannah Chadwick, who resides at Eastmoor,
and a lad, named George Nottingham, who lives at Bragg-
end-lane, are both employed at Messrs. Fallon and Shaw's
worsted mill, in Back-lane. During dinner-hour a quarrel
arose between them, and the girl threw a quantity of
water upon the lad. Soon afterwards they recom-
menced work, but in a short time the engine was stopped
for a strap to be put on. During this interval of leisure
the lad appears to have been determined to have his
revenge on the girl. He went into the dyehouse, and,
seizing a quart jug almost filled with vitriol, he went to
the girl and threw it over her. She was dreadfully burnt
about the breast and neck, and now lies in a dangerous
state. The lad was taken into custody.
THE NEW METROPOLITAN OP CANADA.—The
Rev. Ashton Oxenden has nee( pted the office! f Bishop
of Montreal and Metropolitan of Canada, to which he was
elected last month by the clergy and laity of, the diocese.
The Guardian observes on the election :—" The choice of
the electors has fallen on a man of moderate principles, of
c-
bigb character, and of good repute for the service he has
t renderedional i
influences
nt
ee s Churchhvae not v a
by his
iled
;
devotionallocal works.
partisanship Se-
ctional
has suffered a defeat. Moreover, the representatives of
each view feel that their sentiments have had free expres-
sion, and that the final choice, whether agreeable to them-
selves or not, is at all events the deliberate voice of the
duly elected representatives of the Church. It would be
difficult, as it seems to us, for those who maintain the
superiority of our English system, to prove that the whole
process of choosing a bishop here is more free from
objectionable elements, or more satisfactory in its result,'

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HER MAJESTY.

BALMORAL CASTLE, June 8.

The Queen, accompanied by her Royal High•
ness Princess Louise, walked outiyesterday morn-
ing.
ller Majesty, accompanied by Princess Louise
and Princess Beatrice, drove out in the afternoon•

LATEST INTELL LGENCS

(REU"'ER'S TELEGRAMS.)

AM.LRICA.

NEW YORK, June 9•

The Hamburg and American steamship Ger-
manh arrived at 1 a.m., the North German Lloyd
steamer Bremen at 2 p.m., and the Anchor steam"
ship Co!umbia arrived out to-day.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
CLOSING PRICES.

Gold closed at 139 ; the highest quotation dur-
ing the day was 1391; the lowest, 1383.

-
Sterling Exchange on London 109•
5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1889
" 1885 118;•

it " 1867 1194.
10-40 IC
Illinois
Erie 292.
Cotton—Mil upland
Petroleum—Standard White 3llc.
Flour, extra state, $5.70c. to $6.30c. Corn, old
mixed, $9.7c.

OTTAWA, June 9:

The House of Commons to-day passed resolu-
tions admitting Newfoundland into the Confecle-

ration.

Mr. John Tobin, ex-member of the Nova Scotia
Legislature, has committed suicide.

SPAIN.

MADRID, June 9, Evening•
In to-day's sitting of the Constituent Cortes a
commission was appointed to draw up a report 00

the regency.
The discussion on the budget will commence

next week.