The Sun.
London, England, 1850-09-18 00:00:00

packet, Lieutenant Darby, had entirely recovered
from the effects of the very serious accident which
kept him seven weeks in the hospital. He would
resume the command of the Medina on her arrival at
Malta from Marseilles, with the outward mail.
Dr. Chapman, also f the Medina, was fast recover-
ing from an illnees which once presented symptoms
of great danger.
A court of inquiry had been recently assembled at
Malta, at which charges preferred by Lieutenant
Glinn, commander of the Triton steam-packet, were
considered. The person affected was the assistant-
surgeon of that vessel, who subsequently tendered his
resignation.
Oberon steam-packet, Lieutenant-Commander
Gardiner, was expected at Malta on the 9th, with
mails from the lonian Islands and Greece.
Triton steam-packet was to convey the overland
portion of the homeward India mail (expected about
12th instant from Alexandria, by the peninsular and
Oriental Company's steamer Ripon) to Marseilles.
Merlin steam-packet, Lieutenant-Commander
Bathurst, was under orders to convey from Malta to
Alexandria the outward India mail, expected about
14th instant, per Medina, from Marseilles.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Pottinger, from Southampton, arrived at Malta on
the morning of the Bth, at half-past six, and was to
leave as soon as she had coaled for Constantinople.
The Erin, of the same company, was daily expected.
She was loading fruit at Smyrna.
Proponti4, one of the new line of screw-steamers,
was also daily expected. She, too, was loading fruit
at Smyrna.
PEMBROKE DOCKYARD, SEPT. 16.—The Marten,
12-gun brig, is now ready for launching, and it has
been arranged that the event shall take place on
Thursday next, the 19th inst., at about five o'clock
in the evening. She is a finely-modelled vessel, and
has been constructed on the plan of Sir Wil-
liam Symonds the late Surveyor to the Royal
Navy. This will be the last launch that will take
place during the present year, but in the course of
the ensuing season it is expected that several large
men-of- war will be launched from the building-slips,
especially a magnificent first-rate, the 'Windsor Castle,
of 120 guns, which is already in a very forward state.
The practice of the Royal Dockyard Battalion in
ball-cartridge firing has just concluded, and the pre-
cision and accuracy shown by the gunners in firing at
the floating target, both from field-pieces and other
guns, has been most creditable ; they are now an
efficient and disciplined body of men.
WooLwic SErT, 17.—The Teater steam-vessel,
Lieutenant-Commander Jasper 11. Selwyn, is ex-
pected at 'Woolwich by this evening's tide, on her
return from the coast of Africa, where she has been
stationed since the latter end of 1848.

The Resistance troop-ship, Master-Commander
Bradshaw, arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on the
17th of August-, in six days from Quebec, and was to
embark a company of Royal Sappers and Miners at
Halifax, and then leave that port for Woolwich.
PORTSMOUTH, THESDAT.—The Stromboli steam-
sloop, Commander Lord Amelius Beauclerk, was paid
off alongside the dockyard to-day.
The Thetis, 36, Captain Kuper, at Spithead, will
sail in a few days to join Commodore Martin's squa-
dron at Lisbon, offering the first opportunity of send-
ing letters, &c., to officers and men gratuitously.
His Netherlands Majesty's schooner Atalanta,
Lieutenant-Commander J. A. Klerck, from Helvoet-
aluys, arrived off this port on Sunday, and came into
harbour yesterday, by direction of M. Louis Van den
Bergh, his Netherlands Majesty's Vice-Consul at this
port. She is to await the arrival of the Prince von
Orange frigate, hourly expected from Lisbon, to
remain here some days.
The Sprightly tender sailed to-day for Plymouth
with supernumeraries.
The Margaret Evans American line of packet ship
arrived to-day from London, and having embarked
stores, sailed for New York at 10 A.M.

POISONING AT LAUGHARNE,
CARMARTHENSHIRE.
The utmost excitement has been created in the
vicinity of Laugharne, Carmarthenshire, owing to the
deaths of two, and the serious illness of many other
persons, and which, from the investigation of Mr.
Herapath, the analytical chymist of Bristol, there is
but too much reason to fear have been caused by
arsenic. Although the inquest on one of the bodies was
formally commenced on Saturday, and, of course, ad-
journed in order to obtain the result of Mr. Hera-
path's analysis, we may state, that from the appear-
ances which the stomach presented there is but little
reason to doubt that the death of the unfortunate
deceased was caused by poison. The dreadful cir-
cumstances of this case and the occurrences which
have led to a judicial investigation, may be briefly
narrated as follows seem that about a fortnight
since three of the female servants of Mr. T. Se-
verne, of Brixton, in the neighbourhood of
Laugharne, after partaking of some soup for
dinner, were suddenly seized with violent and
severe illness. The usual symptoms attendant
upon the operation of arsenic were exhibited, such as
great vomiting and purging, and the most excruciating
pains in the stomach and bowels. Medical assistance
was, of course, called in, and, as in most of these
cases where no suspicion of poisoning existed, the
symptoms were attributed to gastro enteritis, or else
to English cholera in a severe form. Two
of these unfortunate girls were removed to the
residences of their friends, but the third, a young
woman named Rebecca Uphill, remained at Mr.
Severne's house, and, after two days of great suf-
fering, expired. Shortly before her decease she was
visited by a medical man, who stated that she was
suffering from cholera, and, after her death, he gave
the usual certificate to that effect. The deceased was
interred
.in Laugharne churchyard on the following
Friday; and now appears the extraordinary manner in
which the real cause of death was brought to light. The
remains of the soup above alluded to, it seems, were
thrown into the hog-trough, and soon after the pig had,
with the accustomed verocity of tbat animal,
swallowed the whole of it, it was taken ill and
died. A butcher, who was called in, on opening
the carcase, found that both the stomach and in-
testines exhibited unmistakable traces of severe
and active inflammation. It was now re-
membered that about two months before this occur-
rence Mrs. Severne died very suddenly, and that after
au illness resembling in many respects the illness of
the three female servants. This and some other cir-
cumstances having caused suspicion to be entertained of
one of the servants, a letter was written to the coroner,
who, after making official inquiries into the facts, or-
dered the exhumation of the body of the girl Uphill,
and announced his intention of holding an inquest on
the body. The exhumation took place on Thurs-
day last, when, in the presence of proper witnesses,
the stomach, intestines, &c., were carefully removed,
and conveyed to Mr. lierapath for the purpose of
chemical analysis. Subsequently to the exhumation
a post mortem examination of the body was made by
Mr. Hamilton, of Laugharne, and Mr. Hughes, of
Carmarthen. They found very suspicious appear-
ances, and particularly the stomach and bowels bore
marks of a high state of inflammation. The result
of the investigation is looked forward to with much
anxie

Lord Adolphus Fit zclarence and S it George Womb-
well returned to town on Monday, from paying a visit to his
Majesty the King of Hanover.