The Sun.
London, England, 1866-09-20 00:00:00

te—(This Day),

This morning Dr. Lankester resumed the inquiry at the
Angel Inn, Highgate, into the circumstances relating to
the death of Mr. Richard Golding, aged 80, whose death,
it was alleged, took place under such circumstances that it
has led to the exhumation of the body, in order that a post-
mortem examination might be made.
Francis Julia Southgate was recalled--She said deceased
told her that before he went to bed, on the evening pre-
vious to his death, that he should take two pills. She saw
a box- containing four pills that evening, and the next
morning on looking at the box it only contained two. She
did not know what became of the box containing the two
remaining pills. The pills came from Dr. Part's. There
was also some medicine sent, but the deceased only took
ono dose of it after.

Cross-examined by Mr. Beard—Sho considered that the
pills came from Mr. Part, as he was the medical man in
attendance, and also because Mr. Golding told her Dr. Part
had sent his medicines and his pills. She looked into the
box by direction of the deceased. After the deceased took
tho medicine he became drowsy, ;and he only took one
dose of it. She did not tell Dr. Part or Mrs. Part of the
effect of the medicine. She never told Mrs. Part that the
deceased was better after taking the medicine. She told
her that the deceased was better that day than he had been.
She should not have left Mr. Golding had she not believed
he was much better.
An angry discussion here took place by Mr. Board and
the witness, which ended in a number of letters being read
from witness to Dr. Part, and the doctor replying thereto,
in both of which the most serious charges were made one
against the other.
By a Juror—Dr. Part only know the deceased for about
48 hours before his death. The deceased had told her that
he had seen Dr. Part but once before he attended him,
and that was about 20 years ago, at the house of a friend.
By a Juror—Previous to the death of the deceased ho
never expressed a wish to be buried in his trowsers. He
always wished to be buried in a Christian-like way.
Mr. Beard—Then you didn't know that Prince Albert
was buried in his trousers ?
Witness—No, I did not.

Mrs. Todd, the landlady of the house in which the de-
ceased died, recalled—She said he appeared much better
the morning ho died. Ile tried to speak to her, but he
could not do so. She gave deceased some cocoa, but he
had great difficulty in swallowing it. He did not then
appear to be drowsy.

Professor Julian Edward Disbrowe Rodgers said--I have
made an examination of the stoillach, spleen, liver, and
other portions of the intestines of the deceased. I first
made a search for alkaloids, and I found a mere trace of
morphia. I have made a special search for strychnine, and
anything that would produce convulsions, without discover-

ing any trace. I have also made an examination for metallic
poison ; and here I would say, as I am bound to speak the
truth, that in the stomach I found a small quantity o
arsenic. In the intestines 1 did not find a sufficient quan-f
tity to say it was arsenic, and in the liver none. I need
not say that the greatest care had been taken in preparing
for the examination. I discovered the arsenic by Reinch's
test. I made a special examination of the liver, and from
finding arsenic absent 1 came to the conclusion that no
quantity of it had been swallowed that could destroy life or
shorten it for any length of time, for had that boon the case
I must have found it in the liver.

Coroner--You are quite sure you found arsouic in the
stomach ?

Witness—Yes, quite sure.
Coroner—Did you look for other poisons?
Witness—Yes, and found none.
Coroner—dlave you formed an opinion as to the cause
of death ?

Witness —Yes. There is nothing inconsistent in a man
scl afflicted as deceased was with bronchitis. Convulsions
sometimes precede death from bronchitis. The throwing
up of the arms would be an effect to get air.
Coroner—Where do you think the arsenic came from ?
Witness—My impression is that there must have been
an error in making of the medicine.

Coroner—Yon don't think it was natural arsenic that
was introduced after death?

Witness—No, or I should have discovered more of it.
Coroner—Have you over found any natural arsenic in
a body ?

Witness—No, never.
Coroner—Do you kaow of any case of death from
arsenic without vomiting ?

Witness—Yes; but then very large quantities had been
.a►gen.

Coroner—Do you think that the arsenic could have
been introduced as adulteration of food or medicine ?

Witness—No.

Coroner—How much morphia did you discover ?
Witness —A very small quantity—very much less than
the arsenic. It was merely a trace.
Coroner--There could have been no dose.
Witness—Had there been deceased would have remained
drowsy to the end of life.

A Juror—Do you think the arsenic you discovered
could have been contained in the cocoa the deceased took
a short time before his death.

Witness—No. Had it boon made in an enamelled sauce-
pan, that might possibly account for it.
Mrs. Todd was here again recalled, and in answer to the
coroner, said she did not boil the cocoa in a saucepan. She
made it first into a paste in a teacup, and then poured boil-
ing water upon it.

A Juror—Are thero not evaporative poisons ?
Witness —Yes ; but from my examination I have seen
nothing that could lead me to infer that poison of any kind
had beon taken.

Mr. Beard—You are quite sure the copper you used in
your experiments was pure.
Witness—Yes, quite.
Dr. Part, at the termination of the evidence of Professor
Rodgers, was examined, and said that his great endeavour
was to alleviate the sufferings of Mr. Golding, who had
been during his illness very much neglected. Ile denied
ever using any persuasion to induce the deceased to make
a will in his favour.

The Coroner having summed up the evidence, the jury
returned the following verdict :
That on the 28th day of December, in the year 1865
Richard Golding was found dying, and did die, at 17,,
Stebbington-street, in the parish of St. Pancras, from the
mortal effects of bronchitis, and the said jurors further say
that although a small quantity of arsenic and morphia were
found in the stomach of the deceased, the said death arose
from natural causes.
The proceedings then closed.

Bank of England—lteturnse—This Evening.

An Account, pursuant to t]
cap. 32, for the week ending 1

he Act 7th and Bth Victoria,
Wednesday, Sept. 19, 1866.
PARTMENT.
Governmt. Debt £11,015,100
Other Securities 3,984,900
Gold Coin and
Bullion
Silver Bullion

ISSUE DE
Notes issued ....£80,158,035

£30,158,035

£0,158,035

BANKING II

Proprietors' Capi-
tal £14,553,000
Rest
Public Deposits
(including Ex-
chequer, Say-
ings' Banks,
Commissioners
of National
Debt, and Div
Accounts) 5,551,717
Other Deposits 16,921,755
Seven Day and
other bills

3PARTMENT.'
Governmt. Secu-
xities(including
Dead Weight
Annuity) £11,711,723
Other. Securities 22,123,554
Notes 6,841,335
Gold and Silver
Coin

£41,742,093

i 41,742,093

Yesterday afternoon tE
of Premchund Roychund, a large native merchan,
in Bombay. The amount of liabilities, it is said, will
be very extensive. The stoppage has arisen from
speculations in cotton.

Le failure was announce('

RAILWAYS IN ITALY.—There will shortly be in
working in Italy 5,231 kilometres (8 of a mile each) of
railway. Besides the completion of the Venetian lines,
which will be terminated in a few days as far as the
borders of Myna, and the 302 kilometres recently
finished in the valley of the Tiber and the Arno, that is
to say, Ancona, Orte, and Monto-Varchi-Torricella,
~9ithin two months there will be opened to the public
317 kilometres of new lino, namely, those of Pavia and
Cremona, Brescia, Messina, and Catania, the comple-
tion of the Aretima and Ferrara and Rovigo, which
includes the temporary bridge over the Po. Within a
month Florence will be directly united by railway ; on the
one side with Rome and Naples, and on the other with
Venetia, and the Frioul ; the working of the Italian railways
will then begin to acquire a perfoct organic character.
They will have for basis two great lines without interrup-
tion ; the one, 1,080 kilometres in extent, will traverse
the peninsula from Udine to Naples by way of Padua,
Ferrara, Podetta, Arazzo, Foligno, and Rome, and will
cross at the Bologna station the alter lino, 1,200 kilo-
metres long, and which already unites Suza with Lecco
by way of Turin, Alexandria, Piacenza, Modena, Rimini,
Ancona, Bari, and Brindisi. At the same period it is ex-
pected that an important modification in the railway tariff
will be adopted ; the subject is already under consideration,
and a long report on the subject has been drawn up
More than £200,000 has been received by the'
liquidators of Overend, Gurney, and Co., on account
of the £lO call now in course of payment.
WRECK OF A FRENCH VESSEL—A fearful gale
raged on the coast of Jersey on Sunday, being at its height
in the afternoon. Between four and five o'clock a French
vessel, the Mario et Berthe, of Croisic, laden with wheat,
from St. Malo for Havre, was caught in the fury of the
gale when off the Corbiero Rock. The captain, being un-
acquainted with the locality, attempted to pass between
the Pignonnot Rock and Nein:tient Point, a dangerous
passage, and ran the vessel on to the rocks. She soon came
off, however, and sank in deep water. The crew took to
their boat, and fortunately succeeded in effecting a safe
landing at St. Aubites.