The Sun.
London, England, 1826-10-10 00:00:00

nemi cooking io the kitchen, iis would Mek Mm out,
and abused him most shamefully.
Mr. GREGORIE—Look for the Acta of 8d of George IV. Now,
Mr. Knight,. what have you to say to this charge ?
Defendant here declared, that he had never denied what was re-
quired till Thursday night ; and he was certain, that if the com-
plainant's otVn comrade there present, he would say that he was
satisfied with his quarters. Complainant had burnt so many
candles, that he was refused at kat ; but still, he (Mr. Knight)
was sorry that there was a complaint for not furnishing the straw,
Defendant meant, hotvever, to have moved the horses into his
own stables, bUThursday, and he understood that complainant's
coiiiiitde *mid make the horses' bed do for that night.
Mr. Gazaotti,-21'hiS is a very important case. You have
certainly done wrong upon tont men showing ; and as I see no
reason, at present, to mitigate the penalty, I shall fine you in the
sum of 51. and costs. '
Lieutenant Dewes, of his Majesty's !loyal -Lancers, who had
entered the room during the ease, observed, that as'the barracks
would Apt iiy be repaired, it was accessary not to have the men
billetted off the. highway, a:from the nature of their duty, they
were required to he within call for the fairpose of carrying off de-
spatches. Why the Colonel of the regiment bad pressed the pre-
sent case was on account of the abuse the.men had received.
Mr. Knight still entreated a mitigation of the penalty, as the
present, he said, was his &it offence.
After some consultation with Lieutenant Dewes, the defendant
was fined in the mitigated stun of Bd. end costs.
UNION-HALL.—Mary .Burroughs, who underwent an ex-
amination at this office a week ago, on a charge of starving her
infant, was again brought before the presiding magistrate, J. S.
CALDWELL, Esq. The defendant, on the former hearing, as-
serted that the child in question was not her offspring, suspecting
hers to have been changed by the person whom she employed as
nurse.
The surgeon who attended defendant during her aecouchement
stated, that she was delivered of a male child, on the 17th of
March. On examining the child in question, he had no hesita-
tion in positively saying that it was hers.
Several neighbours, gave it as their firm conviction that the
child was the one of which she had been delivered.
fdr. CaLnwer.r. observed, that a very sedum imputation had
been cut on Mary Linfield, who acted as nurse on the wail"
by the mother of the child ; that imputation was now ascertained
to have been uttered without the slightest foundation. Thelia-'
gistrate, then addressing Mary Burroughs, said, "Now, I sup-
pose, after what the surgeon says, together with the evidence of
your neighbours, that.you have no doubt as ..to its identity."
The defendant still appeared doubtful, and remarked, that she
should he more satisfied if Mary Linfield made oath that the child
in question was the same that she (Mary Burroughs) was delivered
of.
Mary Linfield said, that she had not the slightest objection to doso.
Mary Burroughs—Thee I am perfectly satisfied that it is my
child, and shall henceforth pay it that . attention which a child
should have from a mother.
The Magistrate here expressed a wish to hear the evidence
which the defendant had to rebut the charge of ill-treatment to
her child.
Burroughs then called forward some females,, who stated that
they were of opinion that the child's illness did not proceed from
negligence on the part of the mother, but arose in consequence of
natural delicacy of constitution.
The child was then ordered to be delivered up to her, and she
left the office in high spirits. •

A young man, fashionably dressed, who gave his name Good.
acre, was brought up on the following charge :
Mary Winfield, a girl of the town, stated, that on Friday night,
while in the saloon, the defendant prevailed Mn her to take him
how!. Having remained with her during the night, he rose in
the morning, thinking she was asleep, and attempted to leave the
house without making her any compensation. Shei however,
heard him stealing out of the room, and jumped out of bed and
locked the door. The defendant immediately sent his foot through
the panel of the door, and in her attempt to prevent his going
away, he knocked her down and bit her on the arm. A constable,
however, was procured, and he was given into custody. The com-
plainant added, that she should be satisfied now if the defendant
paid for breaking the door and made her a small compliment be-
sides.
The Magistrate here asked the girl whether she would he satis-
fied with a sovereign ? Complainant--:Nes, Sir, although the
damage he has committed woold amount to that sum.
111 r. Cm.nwat,t. said that she was entitled certainly to money
Irttlependent of the damage.
Complainant—The 'sovereign will satisfy me, Sir;
The MacasTaam to the defendant—Then I should advise you
to compensate the poor girl.
Mr. Goodacre—No, Sir, I will not consent to give her more
than five shillings.
The' Moutarakre--Then I shall hold you to bail.
DefendantaNery well, Sir. I should rather lAve the case go
before the Sessions.
MAGISTRATE-You shall have your wish gratified then. Send
for your bail riow Sir, fore if you cannot procure it, you must
go to prison.
We left the defendant sitting in the,..office on our departure,
waiting for his hail.

ACCIDENTAL POISONING BY OIL OF

VITRIOL.

(From the Manchester Gaulle.)

Stx-►-In the number of your Paper for September 23d,
mention, is made of a. proposal of mine, designed to :pre-
vent accidental poisoning by oil of vitriol or sulphuric
acid. As a few omissions occur in your statement, and
as the original account of the proposal given in the Edin-
burgh 'Medical. and Surgical Journal for July last is rather
brief, I beg leave to state more fully my plan and the cir-
cumstances which suggested it to me.

Last year, a servant-girl in the employment of a grocer, ►
in a village in the neighbourhood', went lute the shop to
clean the brass scales, and for this purpose carried with
her a quantity of sulphuric acid in a wine glass. Before
she had used any of it, she was suddenly called out of the
shop, leaving; the wine glass containing' the acid on the
counter. During her absence her mistress's only son, a
bay of three 'years of age, entered the shop. Seeing in
the wine glass a colourless liquid, which he probably sup-
posed to be either water or whiskey, he hastily awallowed
its contents. This rub act was instantlyisliscovered by
the ,screaming of the child. A surgeon, who fortunately
happened to be in the immediate neighbourhood when
the accident occurred, was speedily in attendance, and
immediately administered quantities of chalk and mag-
nesia, till what the' child vomited ceaseeto be sour.*
Notwithstanding this'speedy application of the best reme-
dies, the acid had previously destroyed the stomach to a
fatal extent, and after languishing for nearly a day the
child died. This distressing occurrence was rendered
more Melancholy by the circumstances of the child's father
having died only a few months before, and of his mother,
at the.time the. accident happened, being closely confined
' to her bed by sickness.
The fatal termination of this, and of almost every other
ease in which sulphuric acid has been swallowed, led the
the acid. Every
to`cosuneskidearecwidheertiltiserinthfuerteurrallacnoylotiiiirionlembility of prevent-
ingaccident of this kind, of
place from this poisonone
reHeifrnthe gacid, therefore,
which we are accustomed to drink;
i
id ever drank, no 'Dis-
hed A colour (Venni from any q
colourtius one of this description,
wfluhiidch I havbeiihilear4do,mhea
itiatitni
take would occur. A blue
lui i , very minute quantity' of
quantity of sulphuric
and it fortunately. happens '‘,4 ,iirge
indigngivea a-blue tinge to . 1
producing a sufficiently deep
acid, one grain of the
nciiistake in 12lbs. avoirdupoise
pmportions are used,
.lionis.ew,onuoldftet‘hi
rt.he S4,oooth• part,of the whole: such
Imti,faotion of reneging, that though he
• blue
i is
weightt proportion
colourotfop
0,
the,
ht!ti,
oi
spntrteitteiVciarif°test:
the indigo fa:mon only indigo cannot affect the properties of
acid will hatve.ntous ligenitidusietditObyhisit
the acid for tlorohees ,I,laeondtitlse'boyer of the coloured
b)rohbigaßbiliry:::::heatallille)res of sulphuric acid to co/our what is
enrnllleildf; domesticr uses, and all purchasers of acids for
edreenfotlrem rael-1
ott to buy none but a coloured acid.
time PurP°3
and nitric: commonly known h • the name
muriatic an—acids,
.. ) _ u .
f spirit of salt and aquafortis; do not require log tato r
callow eolour-of the former, and the fames of
ingi so the Yr,. • • t to prevent
both, are summer any person from
drinking
, them accidentally.
. intended

am, Sir, yourtitraspeetfully,
Paisley, Sept. 80, 1626. WILLIAIII
Mairruzsin opehalk ha. tip pr9rity ofAegivying rhe corro-
sive quality of sulphuric or any other acid, by neutralising it.