The Sun.
London, England, 1861-03-12 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

His Royal Highness the General Commanding-
in-Chief has decided, with the concurrence of the
Secretary of State for War, that the memorandum,
dated Horse Guards, November the 13th, 1860,
under which officers of Militia who had served con-
tinuously as such in an embodied regiment for 18
months were admitted to the regular army on
passing a modified form of examination, shall con-
tinue in force only until the 30th of June, 1861,
after which date officers of Militia who are desirous
of obtaining commissions in the army will be re-
quired to pass the same examination as that to
which candidates from civil life are ordinarily
subjected.
His Royal Highness the General COmmanding-
in-Chief will hold a levee at the Horse Guards at
one o'clock on Friday next, the 15th inst.
The Government having decided on erecting a
commodious building at Chatham for the purposes
of a Soldiers' Institute, to be used exclusively by
the troops of the garrison, the following tenders for
erecting the building have been received by the
committee of officers appointed to superintend the
raising of the proposed structure :—Messrs. Foord
and Sons, Rochester, £4,198; Mr. Wilkins,
Chatham, £4,082; Mr. Carpe, London, £3,775 ;
Messrs. Dove Brothers, London, £3,775 ; Mr.
Stump, Chatham, £3,498 9s. ; and Mr. Naylor,
Rochester, £3,493. The new building is, to be
erected at the rear of Chatham barracks, and will
include a large lecture-hall to be used for lectures,
concerts, amateur performances, exhibitions, and
other entertainments, together with reading and
smoking rooms, library, and other apartments for
the use of the troops when not engaged on their
military duty. The whole is to be completed by '
the month of October next.

'TILE ALLEGED CAisE OF POISONING

AT WAL WORTH.

Yesterday Mr, John Spain, the gentleman who
was examined at the Lambeth police-court on
Saturday, on the charge of having caused the death
of Mrs. Caroline Spain, his daughter-in-law, by
administering to her some narcotic poison, was re-
examined at the above court. Mr. Humphreys
attended as his solicitor.

The first witness called was Mr. Wheeler, a sur-
geon, residiug at-No. 17, Clayton-place, Kenning-
ton-road, who deposed that he was present at the
post-mortem examination of Mrs. Caroline Spain,
by Mr. Heath, of Westminster Hospital, on the
day before. On opening the skull and cutting
into the brain a large clot of blood was found in
the right ventricle of the brain, filling the whole
cavity and pressing on a portion of the brain itself,
and which caused insensibility. It was the cause
•f death, which took place from apoplexy. The
stomach was healthy, there were no traces what-
ever of poison in it, nor was there the slightest
smell of spirits of any kind from it, and it was
quite apparent that death had taken place from
apoplexy, which might have been occasioned by
sudden joy at seeing a friend, or by long continued
sorrow, or depression and excitement following.
On discovering the clot of blood on the brain as de-
scribed, Mr. Heath said, " This does away with
all your poisoning." •
Mr. Norton—Was Mr. Nott present at the post-
mortem P
Mr. Wheeler—Ho was, sir.

Mr. Norton—And did he quite agree with you
and the other gentleman as to the cause of death,
and its being the result of apoplexy ?
Mr. Wheeler—Yes, I think ho did. _ _

Mr. Wm. Francis Nott was next called, and the
evidence given by him on Saturday having been
read over, he said he had since attended the post-
mortem examination of the deceased, and his
opinion was that she died of apoplexy—decidedly
so. in cross-examination by Mr. Humphreys he
said he had detected no smell from the breath
of the deceased, though very likely he should
expect to find a smell from the breath of a person
who had taken narcotic poison. The' deceased had
vomited on her clothes, and it produced no smell.
He stated on oath on Saturday—on that oath which
had been read over to him—he stated that it was his
opinion the deceased died from the effects of narcotic
poison. In cases of opium the medical attendant
generally expects a smell.
Mr. Humphreys—What is your age?
Mr. Not t—Fifty-n ine.
M r.Huugmrpehernesy; Humphreys—Are you a member of the Col-
lege of s
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registered as a Kir.
hNaollt.t—Yes, but not a licentiate of Apothe-
caries'-hall.
Humhreys—Are you _
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long?
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Humphreys—Howe o f th eh College of Surgeons ?
A 11111.... Nott—Since
:avn the act requiring your
Humphreys—
when you must have known
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exa-
mination at the College of Surgeons?
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Mr. Nott—Certainly I did.
Now there is
This being all the evidence, with the exception
of Inspector Dann stating that he had found the
paper to which Mr. Spain alluded on
hSt
the house of the deceased,
ias:escipaeYcted at
Mr. Humphreys complained in terms of some
indignation of the treatment to which
client had been subjected.

Mr. Norton—Then all that remains for me is
again to express my deep regret at what has oc-
curred, and pronounce Mr. Spain wholly innocent
of the charge—as innocent as lam myself, and
therefore he is discharged.
Mr. Spain then left the court, accompanied by his
friends.

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