The Sun.
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Mr. 11. Richardson, one of the overseers of Ash
ford, proved Mat, in consequence of what he hear(
from the last ;Vitness and other persons, he went t.
the cottage of the deceased, and found the man alive
and the woman apparently quite dead. The decease(
man breathed very hard, but was quite unconscious
and the foam came out of his mouth "like yeast out
of a barrel" (the witness's own wor.'.s). At first wit-
ness had an impression that it was possible the deaths
had been occasioned by destitution, but he afterwards
felt satisfied that they were the result of poison. The
little girl had been vomiting a great deal during the
night, and was in a wretched plight. The boy told
him that he had some bread and butter for supper, and
that his little sister was very ill during the night, and
he tried to awaken his mother to assist her, but was
unable to do so.
Mr. T. M'Keron, the assistant to Mr. Curtis, the
medical officer of the union, deposed that he went to
the cottage of the deceased, and found them in the
state described by the last witnessed. The counte-
nance Olathe man was very livid, and his extremities
were quite cold, and he was unconscious. Witness
looked round the room, but did not see a trace of any
vessel having contained poison.
The CORONER —Has any poison been discoveed
Witness—l believe not.
CORONER—The case was quite hopeless when you
saw it ? Witness—Certainly.
CORONER—Did you at the tin-n- suspect the deceased
had taken poison ? Witness—l did not.
William Oliver, the son of the dece,2sed, was then
summoned. He deposed as follows :—I was at home
all Monday last; all the evening. My mother was
with me, and she appeared very well. My father
came home between eight and nine o'clock. Tisoy
were both sober. When my father came home ;Se
kicked up a row about some money, and swore at my'
mother and scolded her a good deal, but he did not
strike her then. My mother wanted to buy firing,
and my father said he had no money. We all had
some bread and butter and bacon for supper, and they
drank tea with what they ate. I went to bed directly
after I had had my supper. It was after supper that
they quarrelled. I did not see my father put any
powder in the teapot, but he made the tea that night,
which my mother was in the habit of doing. He took
the tea out of a paper, and then threw the paper on the
fire. When my mother tasted the tea she said it was
very nasty. My mother generally poured us out a
small pot full of tea, but on this mgbt my father
poured me and "'y sister a basin full. My father used
to knock my mother about and beat her frequently,
but I have never heard him threaten to kill her. On
Sunday morning week he threw the stool at her,
when my mother cried a good deal.
By die CORONER—I never heard my father say
anything about. poison, or about getting poison to kill
rats or mica with. y father was very often tipsy.
A gentleman belonging to the parish used to give him
two shillings and four loaves of bread every week. I
used to go about begging with my father.
CoßoNEß—When did your father beat you last ?
Boy—On the night he died.
In answer to further -questions, the boy said that
he heard no sound of struggling or blows during' the
night, but he heard his mother and father "blowinze
very hard. His father awoke him in the night and
told him that there was a basin of tea and some bread.
and bacon in the cupboard, and he might have it, but
he did not drink any. The coke fire went out about
the time it got pitch dark, and they had frequently
burnt it in the same way on cold nights.
Mr. C. B. Emmott, a surgeon at Hounslow, de-
posed that, in consequence of an order he received
from the Coroner, he examined the bodies of the de-
ceased persons. Upon an external eismination, he
found that the body of the woman app&red to have
been forcibly compressed against the bed; the nose
was flattened, the lips were swollen, and Ote head
had evidently been forced with great violence' .filml
the pillow. Upon an internal examination of the
woman he found the lungs very much congest 1%
the right cavities of the heart full of liquid blood;.,
and the vessels of the head also very much con-
gested. The stomach contained food—apparently
bread and egg—but it exhibited no appearance of
disease, and the mucous membrane was perfectly
healthy. There was no trace of poison, and he had
no doubt she died of suffocation from external force.
The inside of the mouth was cut by the force of the
pressure on the teeth. On examining the body of
the deceased man he found the lungs perfectly,
healthy. The stomach was congested. He sub-
mitted the contents of both the stomachs to the same
tests. There was no poison in that of the woman,
but he detected arsenic to a considerable extent in
that of the man, and he had no doubt his death was
occasioned by that ingredient.
CORONER—Have you any doubt of that fact?
Witness—Not the slightest. Every test that was
applied showed the presence of arsenic in the stomach.
The Coroner here made some inquiries relative to
the state of mind of the deceased, but all that could
be clearly ascertained was, that the man was a very
violent, idle person, and one witness, a neighbour,
said that his conduct was most brutal to his wife,
and she had often stated that she dreaded to go to bed
with him, and that on Monday night she heard him
say that he would settle her, either that night or some
other time.
Some other confirmatory testimony having been
adduced,
The CC RONER said he apprehended there could be
very little doubt upon the evidence that the unhappy
man had destroyed his wife by suffocating her; and
that he afterwards killed himself.

The jury said they were quite satisfied, and they at
once returned a verdict that the woman was wilfully
murdered by her husband, and with regard to the
deceased William Oliver, they returned a verdict of
felo de se.

CUSTOM-HOUSE APPOINTMENTS
We understand the following arrangements are to
take place immediately :
The office of collector of customs at Glasgow
having become vacant by the retirement of Mr.
M‘Murdo, the situation will be filled by the pro-
motion of Mr. Vanderkiste, at present collector at
Belfast.
Mr. Wilcox, collector at Dover, is promoted to
Belfast.
Mr. Williams, collector at Dundee, is transferred
to Dover.
Mr. Stuart, collector at Galway, to Duncli;e.
Mr. Richardson, comptroller at Galway, pro:noted
to the collectorship at that port.
Mr. Dowsley, collector at Westport, County Mayo,
to the comptrollership at Galway.
Mr. Miller, clerk at Dublin, to the collectorship
at Westport.
By this arrangement an opportunity has been
afforded to make a reduction in the salaries at Dover
and Galway respectively, in consequence of the falling
off in the trade at those ports. It is presumed that
the business at Dover has been atfected by the
establishment of a custom-house at Folkstone, and
the resort of passengers to the latter port on their
way to and from France.—Observer.

PILLS SOLD UNDER EMINENT
MEDICAL MEN'S NAMES.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—You would be doing a public service by
cautioning the public against a number of pills,
brought out under the assumed names of various emi-
nent medical men—for instance, we have Dr. Den-
man's Pill, Astley Cooper's Pill, Dr. Locock's
Wafers, &c. &c. Yours, &c.
A GENERAL PRACTITIONER.
London, Dec. 28, 1844.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
HUNTING APPOINTMENTS.
Cheltenham Stag lads., Wed., Wittington Village ; Sat.,
Beech Gate.
South Berkshire hds., Tues., Basseldon Park; Wed.
Aldermaston ; Fri., Stanford-10,i.
Sir John Cope's hds., Wed., Ryde Common ; Fri. Sil-
chester Dials.
Lord Gifford's hds., Tues., Ready Token ; Thurs.,
Jackament's Bottom ; Sat., Sinnington-11.
Hambledon hds., Wed., Rumsden Bottom ; Fri., Cor-
hampton Downs.
11. H., Tues., Four Lanes, Beanworth ; Thurs., Can-
dover Church ; Sat., Lasham Village-10i.
N.F.11., Tues., Eyeworth ; Thurs., Beaulieu ; Sat., Paul-
tons --1 04t.
Tivyside hds., Thurs., Troedyrawr Lodge Gate-10.
Col. G. Wynham's hds., Wed., Burton Park ; Fri.,
Bury Hill.
Fife hds., Tues., Airdrie Castle ; Thurs., Laddedie
Quarries ; Sat., Lindores-10i.
Linlithgow and Stirlingshire hds., Tues., Hangingside ;
Thurs., Hunter's Folly ; Sat., Wallhouse--10i.

SCILLY.—On Thursday, the 19th instant, the
schooner Amy, Johnson, of Ipswich, from Liverpool,
with a cargo of salt, in entering the harbour of New
Grimsby, struck on a sunken rock, and before she could
be got into the harbour, was obliged to run ashore on
the rocks where she filled with water, and the salt in a
few tides was entirely dissolved. The vessel, which has
since been got off and brought in, has received consider •
able damage, particulars of which are not yet precisely
known. We have now nearly a hundred sail of vessels,
in the different harbours, the masters of which, particu-
larly those from foreign parts, lcaidly.complainof our
want of a regular post communication with the mainland,
being anxious to advise their owners, consignees, and
friends, of their arrival thus far on their passage home.
—Wes Briton.
The following extract, apparently from some
Kentish paper, has been sent to us. lts " morel" is
good :—" A wight, rejoicing in the name of Parkhurst,
has scratched his name on the windows of several of the
first-class carriages of the Greenwich Railway, and
some wag has made the very mortifying addition—
' Since hung at Maidstone.' Both name and history
have, on some of the carriages, since been carefully,
obliterated, evidently by the hand of the original offen-
der ; for it is not likely that any friend, however well-
disposed, would volunteer such a service, and thereby
run the risk of being detected by the Company's ger-
, vante—Railway Record.