The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-08-21 00:00:00

TO THE BRITISH PUBLIC.

Being about to the packet-
ship England, Capt. Waite, I take this method of acknow-
ledging, with a grateful heart, the distinguished patronage
and kindness which has been so liberally extended towards
me throughout the United Kingdom. To the London press
particularly, and the British press generally, I am under
many obligations, for their indulgence and generous critiques
on my various professional exertions. I feel this compliment
warmly, as 1 have not the pleasure of being aequainted with
a single person connected with the London press. I leave
England without ever having had an altercation or harsh
word with manager, actor, or actress, and I feel proud in
knowing that I am esteemed and respected by my profes-
sional associates.

To part from those we reverence and esteem is a sad feel-
ing, but to meet and part is the allotted portion of life: af-
fection. may wreathe and gratitude entwine their sweetest,
their dearest, and most enduring bonds, still, " like the base
less fabric of a vision," they meet to be dissolved—they are
wrought lout to be broken. I have one consolation left, lam
going to the land of my Adoption—America !—the region of
the mountain and the lake, where hospitality gives welcome to
the stranger, and liberty admits him to the birthright of the
free. For the last time "Old England" I leave your " Iron-
bound shores," with a saddened heart, but sincere prayers
for blessings upon your "fast-anchored Isle." God bless
you all Farewell. CELESTE.
Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool, 17th Aug., 1838.

PITT-STREET WARD.—On Wednesday evening last, a nu-
merous and respectable meeting of the reformers of this
ward was held at the Vine Tavern, Pitt-street, Mi. Daniel
Simmons in the chair. It was unanimously resolved that a
requisition should be presented to their present representa.
tative, Hugh Hornby, Esq., who retires by rotation on the
Ist of November next, to allow himself to be again put in
nomination. Mr. Hornby was accordingly waited on yes-
terday morning by a deputation from the meeting, when he
cheerfully assented to their request.—Jou,na.

CHESTER versus LIVERPOOL—We have from time to time
been drawing the attention of our readers to the improve-
ment of the port of Chester, in doing which we have per-
haps rather overlooked its present advantages. We un-
derstand a fine vessel of 250 tons burthen, the property of
Messrs. Dixon of this city, has recently discharged her car-
go of American timber in this port, with a detention of only
three days, which probably would not have been effected in
Liverpool under as many weeks; and the whole of the char-
ges upon the cargo were £l5, whereas in Liverpool they
would have amounted to £l3o.—Chester Chronicle.

AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH OF MR. RICHARD SMITH, AT
MANCHESTER.—It. is our painful duty to announce a melan-
choly event which occurred in Manchestet yesterday morn-
ing, and which has taken suddenly away a highly-valued
member of society, Richard Smith, Esq., of Moss-lane
Cottage, Rusholme, and of the firm of Robert Smith and
Brothers, manufacturers of this town. He left his home in per-
fect health to walk to his warehouse in Piccadilly. He was
seen by one of his warehousemen quite hearty in Mosley-
street at nine o'clock. It was Mr. Smith's custom to call
at the Gentleman's Club-house every morning, previously to
going to business. He reached the end of Nicholas-street,
of which the Club-house is the corner, and a woman who was
passing saw him stagger and then fall. Ile was immediately
carried into the News-room of the Club-house, and a sur-
geon attempted in vain to bleed him. He expired at a
quarter past nine o'clock. Mr. Smith .was between 54 and
55 years of age. He has left two daughters and a son (the
house surgeon to the Manchesterlioyal Infirmary) to lament
his awful demise. Mr. Smith was one of the brothers of a
very large family left by Mr. Smith, of the old established
and' opulent house of Smith and Ingle, the well-known paper
makers, both of which gentlemen had very large families,
and they left their mills and other extensive works in the
hands of their families, certain members thereof managing
for the others, under the firm of "Smith and Ingles," paper
makers, and Robert Smith and Brothers, manufacturers.—
It is a remarkable coincidence, that about 20 years ago this
gentleman's father came on Saturday morning on horseback,
from the works at Throstle Nest to the paper warehouse,
which was then in Tib-lane; he dismounted, walked stea-
dily into his counting-house, sat down in a chair, and in.
itantly expired.

! The outward voyage occupied eighteen-and-a-half days.
! Eleven of those days were extremely boisterous, and retarded
the steamer's pt ogress to the westward.
The Royal William has made the voyage out and home
in 45 days, 11 of which were spent in New York. She
brought the news of her own arrival at that city, the Shak-
speare, the packet of the 26th, having reached the Mersey
at the same time as the steamer.
Thirty-five cabin passengers have come in the Royal
William. They speak highly of the capabilities of the
steamer, and still more highly of the skill of Lieutenant
Swainson, her commander, and Mr. J. C. Shaw, the Marine
Surveyor to the City of Dublin Company. A letter, signed
by the majority of the passengers, will he found in the next
column.
We subjoin, from the New York papers, some interesting
particulars_ relative to the outward voyage of the Royal
William, and the flattering manner in which she was received
by the citizens.
NEW YORK, JULY 25.—The Royal William, steam-ship,
Lieutenant Swainson, R.N., arrived last evening, in nine-
teen days from Liverpool. The greatest excitement pre-
vailed at the Postoffice, (by tire bye she brought the greatest
mail that has been received by the steam-vessels:) the office
was actually besieged by crowds of merchants, gentlemen of
the press, and others awaiting the assortment. The Post-
master, to accommodate the public, kept the office open an
hour beyond the usual time. This morning the Royal
William weighed anchor and proceeded to the station at
Rurger Slip occupied by the other steam-ships.
The following are the remarks from the log, as furnished
by the Captain :

Royal William steam-ship left Liverpool, 6h 30m, p.m.
sth July, and pilot 8h 45m, p.m. Passed Cape Clear mid-
night, 7th; Bth, at 4
.p.m., spoke the brig Tiger, of St. Au-
drew's, New Brunswick, lat. 51 14 S., lon. 11, W.; 14th
July, passed a brigantine standing to the eastward, showed
an American ensign over a white flag, with a black star and
the letter H, lat. 47 '2l N., 21 W. lon. ; on the Bank, lat.
44 34 N.,10n. 50 2 S.W. spoke the Leonidas schooner, of
Orland, shing, several other schooners in sight; July 22d,
spoke, 5 a.m., the Sir James Kempf., from Dundee, lat.
42 20 N., lon. 62, left 25th May; 23d, at 5 a.m. spoke the
Historian, of Mount Desert, from Cape Breton to New York,
lat. 40 50 N., lon. 67 1 W ; same day at 1 p.m., spoke the
Hibernia, from Liverpool to New York, lat. 40 29 N., lon.
68 7 W., sailed 17th June ; spoke the Louvre, from China to
Boston, lon. 69 25 W., out 123 days.
W. SWAINSON, Com. Royal William.
The following is the number of miles steamed each day:—
Miles-
July 15 186
16 180
17 206
18 240
19
20

Miles.
July 5 I'2o
6 120
7
8 132
9 138
10 160
11 122 21 2,
12 .....122 22 238
13 144 23 239.
14 137 24 .. 52
The annexed remarks are taken from the log-book.
"July 6.—Light airs.
"July 7.—Blowing hard; heavy seas.
!` July 9. —Hard gale, heavy sea.
"July 10.—Passengers delighted with the ship in a sea-
way : weather more moderate. but still a rolling swell.
"July 11.—The last five hours of the day wind right ahead,
with rolling swell.

" July IL.—Stray breezes and a heavy head sea, sometimes
appearing ten feet above the tattrail. Ship managing beau-
tifully. These eternal head winds and seas are heart-breaking,
as opposed to the enterprise. Passengers much pleased with
the vessel.

"July 13.—During these twenty-four hours we had extra-
ordinary weather, blowing hard from S.W., and, in an hour,
shifting round to N.W. This accounts for the ship's course
being so often changed as we paid off to keep the ship steady
against the heavy seas. At 7. P.M., it blew so hard we were
obliged to reef our fore and aft sails. As we shifted from N
W. to W. 1-2 S., we had to stem the sea made by the S W.
and W.S.W. gales. A winter passage cannot be worse than
ours up to this period. Severat of our passengers, who have
crossed the Atlantic often in their lives, say, they never ex-
perienced worse weather or heavier seas.
" July 15.—Head sea; evidently a current setting us to the
S.E., caused by the long N.W. wind.
"July 16.—At 6 P.M. set the foretopsail, foresail, and lar-
board studding sails, being the first fair wind we have had.
At 10 P.m., took them in. Bad night; lightning and tretnen-
dons rain. Sea rose up in a moment, and the tops of both
paddle•boxes rolled under water.

"July 17.—These 24 hours have been the most favourable
we have had. Swell in the larboard bow, which retards the
vessel.

"July 18.—We use 2 cwt. of cinders every two hours, and
a small portion of rosin. At eight wind shifted to N.E.,
blowing a summer breeze. Set topsail and studdingsails. The
moment that the engines received a little assistauce, they
started off to 161 revoluticn3, and worked beautifully, proving
that they have been held back by long continued adverse
winds and head seas.
" July 19.—Succeeded during the last 24 hours to bring
the consumption to one ton to every ten miles.
" I consider that 1 cwt. of turf stone per hour saves 3 cwt
of coals. The engines work as smoothly as when we started;
not abrass was heated to this period. From the quantity of
sea weed about us, we are evidently in the Gulf stream, and
that has caused a difference in distances,
"July 22.—Passed Sir James Kempt, left Dundee 25th
May, 1838.

"July 24.—Overtook the Hibernia, bound to New York
[eft Liverpool 17th June."
Royal William, Steam Ship, New York Hat bour,
24th July, 1838.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE COURIER AND ENQUIRER

SIR,—As the American public took so much interest in the
success of, the Sirius and Great Western, showing, by the
kind reception they gave to the commanders of those vessels,
how sincerely the people of the United States were gratified
at the solution of the great problem of crossing the Atlantic
by ships propelleti by machinery, I am confident I shall add
still more to the public gratification, and more particularly
to that of the scientific portion of the population, by giving a
concise statement of the result of the Royal William's voy-
3ge from Liverpool. The ship left the river Mersey at 6h:
6m. p.m. of the sth July, and arrived at her anchorage here
at 3h. 35m. p.m. of the 24th July, being eighteen days twenty
three hours on her passage ; but, if I deduct three hours and
a half, during which lime her machinery was stopped for the
purpose of attaching new packings. &c. when nine days from
Liverpool, the total time occupied in steaming was IS days
nineteen hours and a half, and that without any intermis-
sion whatever in working the machinery. From pilot to
pilot she was eighteen days nineteen hours. The Royal
William is 276 horse power, on the condensing principle;
she has three separate circular boilers, worked at a pressure
under 81b. the inch; and the steam is economised by expan-
sive valves. During the entire voyage across the Atlantic,
the average expansion was 12 inches of a 66 inch stroke, and
her total consumption of fuel was 351 tons 9 cwt. '2 qrs. from
anchorage to anchorage, leaving• a sufficient quantity on
hoard for WO miles additional steaming, having still in her
hold 59 tons 7 cwt. She has worked the whole distance at an
average of 2 cwt. 11 lb. per mile, or, going more into
scientific detail, 6 lb. 4 oz. per horse power per hour: a re-
sult, I believe, unprecedented, at least, in Europe.
Leaving England in the middle of summer, it may be said,
that her voyage has been long, and that her predecessors did
more than she has done. To prevent such an erroneous
opinion going forth to the world, I give below a detailed
statement of the different winds she has encountered on the
passage; winds as adverse as any winter season generally
produces, and, as a proof of that the Atlantic has been
visited with westerly gales, I beg to state, that, in latitude
42 and longtitude 61, we overtook the Sir James Kemp, out
58 days from Dundee, and in latitude 40 29, and longitude
68 18, we passed the Hibernia, which vessel left Liverpool on
the 17th June, 18 days before the Royal William. The un-
der-named packets have not yet reached New York, and, as
their usual passages are much shorter than that they are now
on, nothing can show more clearly the adverse weather in
the Atlantic for vessels coming to the westward.
North America, left 16th June.
Roscoe 24
William C. Nye 26 ..
Louisville
Total time of the Royal William between Liverpool and
New York 18 days and 23 hours.
Wind blew from N.W. to S.W. 11 11
N.W. to N... 2 17
N.W. to S. 2 0
• Easterly
Calm

18 23
Now, as the course from Cape Clear to New York is about
W. by N., it is evident the ltoyal William had to contend
against eleven and a half days of opposing winds; that is to
say, those blowing between S.W. and N.W.; and, as it fre-
quently blew gales, I trust some credit will be given to a
vessel which has opposed them so successfully. For the first
eleven days she bad no opportunity of setting her foresail or
foretopsail. As a proof of her capabilities for speed, it is only
necessary to give the result of the last seven days she was at
sea, during part of which time she had 56 hours of bead winds :
Noon ending the 18th Ju1y,..206 miles.
19th .. 240 ..
20th .. 182 ..
21st .. 179 ..
22d .. 230 ..
23d .. 238 ..
24th .. 239 ..

Total in seven days, 1,514 miles.
The above are observations—by dead reckoning she ran 257
miles on the 19th July; 257 miles on the 23d.
The Royal William is fitted up with water-tight bulkheads,
which, by dividing the hull into five compartments, renders it
perfectly safe under almost any circumstances, certainly from
collision or fire. This plan of dividing the vessel into sec-
tions was originally adopted by Mr. C. Williams of Liverpool,
to whom the public are indebted for so great a means of pre-
servation to human life, and which has gained him, in Eng-
land, the applause of the public at large. The Royal William
belongs to the City of Dublin Company, established in 1824,
to run steamers between Liverpool, Dublin, and Belfast.—
They have a fleet of seventeen vessels employed in the Irish,
Channel, which snake annually above 1000 voyages, and, from
the peculiar care used in their construction, and fnan almost
daily inspection, not an accident has occurred to endanger
life during a period of fourteen years.
The experience acquired by the managing directors has led
parties in the United King,doin to solicit their assistance in
the formation of a Company to run steamers of a large class
between Liverpool and New York; and in consequence of
that assistance being afforded, progress has been made. Sub-
scribers have come forward, and two vessels of 1,250 tons, and
4120 horse power each, are now in course of construction, to

ARRIVAL OF THE ROYAL WILLIAM, STEAN.
SHIP, FROM NEW YORK.

(From the .Albion.)
On Sunday evening, at six o'clock, the Telegraph an.
nounced, that the Royal William, steam-ship, Lieutenant
Swainson, R.N., which sailed from Liverpool, on the even-
ing of the sth of July, for New York, had arrived off Holy-
head, on her return voyage. Few persons were present en
the Exchange-room when the announcement arrived, the
room being always thinly attended on the Sunday: the in-
telligence, however, soon spread through the town, and
crowds proceeded to the pierheads, to witness the arrival, at
Liverpool, of the first steamer from New York. The whole
seawall, from George's Pierhead to the Clarence Dock, was
densely crowded. At half•past geven the packet-ship Shak-
speare, which sailed from New York on the 26th of July,
was seen coming up the New Channel, Close behind her
followed the Royal William, with flags flying and foresail
set, steaming along at her greatest speed. At this time,
night had begun to set in; but so anxious were the multitude
of spectators to witness the arrival of the Royal William
that few, or none; left the pierheads. When in Bootle Bay,
the steamer threw out blue lights and fired guns. In a few
minutes she was off the Magazines, , and crossed the river
towards the Clarence Dock. Immediately there was a rush
from the George's and the Prince's Pierhead towards the
north, the general opinion being, that the Royal William
intended to land her passengers near the steam dock. When,
however, they had got about two-thirds of the distance to-
wards the Clarence Dock, it was found, that the steamer was
proceeding up the river towards the George's Pierhead. The
rush was then towards the south. The Royal William was
saluted with loud cheers by the people assembled on the
George's. She anchored off the pierhead at half-past eight
o'clock, and was soon surrounded by boats, full of people,
from the shore.
The Royal William left New York on the 4th instant, at
six o'clock in the evening. She has made a most beautiful
run, having performed the voyage home in fourteen-and-a-
half days. The distance run in four successive days wasl,oos
miles, a rate of speed scarcely ever exceeded by any other
steamer.

followed by others as numerous as the wants of the station
will ultimately require.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
JAS. C. SHAW, Marine Manager.
ARRIVALS IN NEW YORK IN JULY AND AUGUST.
SAILING VESSELS.

Oxford
Acadia
Scully, (P.S.) l2th ~„
„ 39
Toronto, (P.S.) l3th3B
Virginia, (P.S.) l3th „35 „„
Burgundy. (P.S.) l4th „35 „
Westminster, (P.S.) l6th „25 „
Star l6th „43 „
Vicksburg, (P.5.,N.0.)16th „35 „
Brilliant 17th „39 ~
Cincinatti, (P.S., N.o.)lBth „38 „
Siddons, (P.S.) l9th „ 33
Yazoo, (P.S.,_ N. 0.) 24th „ 41
St. Helena, (P.S.) 26(h „52 „
Tuskina 26th „42 ~
North America, (P.S.) 26th „39 „
Hercules 26th „41 „
Canton 27th „43 „
Rhone, (P.S) 2Bth „41 „
Roscoe, (P.S.) 31st „37 „
St. James
Crusader
Republic
Royal William 24th July 19 ~

Havre.
London.
Liverpool.
Havre.
London.
Liverpool.
Liverpool.

Liverpool.
Liverpool.
Liverpool.
Havre.

Liverpool.
Liverpool.
Liverpool.

Havre.
Liverpool.
London.

Liverpool.
Liverpool.

Passengers per Royal William, from New York.—Messrs.
Woodruff, Webb, Gordon, Hamilton, Rock, Day, of Ly-
don; Messrs. Leech, Fosdick, and Barber, of New Orleans;
Messrs. Morris, Brown, Bradbrook, Montant, and Scholes,
of New York; Messrs. Nicholson and Cruickshank, of
Surinam; Mr. De Mechelle, of Smyrna; Mr. Buchanan, of
Glasgow; Mr. Edmondson, of Berwick-on-Tweed: Mr. Loth,
of St. Quinten, France; Mr. Jones, of Mobile; Mr. Forstall,
of Havana; Mr. Small, of Richmond, Virginia; Mr. Haas,
of Washington; Mr. and Mrs. Barr, of Boston, U.S. ; Mr.
Jerald and servant, of Trinidad; Mr. Naters, of Newcastle-
on-Tyne; Mr. Drogart, of Paris; Mr. Levie, of Montreal;
Rev. E. Neville, Mr. J. Coyne, Mr. M'Crea, and Mrs. Hol-
liwart, of Philadelphia.

TO THE DIRECTORS OF THE TRANSATLANTIC STEAM
NAVIGATION COMPANY.

GENTLEMEN,—As passengers on board your steam-ship,
Royal William, on her voyage from New York, we feel it
both our duty and our pleasure to express our entire sa-
tisfaction with her and her management, coupled with a
high opinion of her speed and powers. At the same time,,
we congratulate both countries on the success which has at-
tended the experiment of steam navigation across the At-
lantic; and the more sure and rapid communication which,
by this means, is now established. With one or two excep-
tions, we have all crossed the Atlantic before, many of us
very frequently; and the universal conviction is strong in
favour of this mode of making the passage, and of its unques-
tionable superiority over that by sailing vessels. We cannot
conclude without remarking that the assiduity with which
our comfort has been studied, and the urbanity and gentle-
manly conduct of Captain Swainson, Mr. Shaw, and the
other officers of the ship, have contributed very much to make
our passage agreeable. Wishing you, gentlemen, the success
which your enterprise and endeavours SO well merit, we are,
sirs, your obedient servants,

liev. E. NEVILLE,
JOHN HAMILTON,

ROBERT EDMESTON,
PELER B. FORSTALL,
LE DOCTEUR DROGGART,

W. F. ROCK,
H. D. WEBB,

J. G. WOODROFFE,

A. GORDON,
GEO. NICHOLSON,
RALPH KATERS,

E. LOWE,

ROBT. LEECH,

THOS. B. SmALL,
G. A. BRADHOOK,
RD. JONES,
WM. BARBER, Jun.
Win. R. FOSDICK,
N. L. MONTAN;
THOS. BUCHANAN,
JOHN DAY,
THOMAS BARR,
JOHN APCREA, Jun.
A. GEROLD,
ALEX. CRUICKSHANK,
ANDREW BROWN,
JOHN LEVIE.

J. ELY,

PHILIP HAAS,

POLICE ITV FELLIGENCE.

CHARGE OF POISONING.—A young woman named Ryan,
was brought before Mr. Hall, on Friday, at the Police-court,
on a charge of poisoning the family of a man named Power.
The first witness, a lad, stated that he had received a pie from
the prisoner, which she had told him to take to Mrs. Power,
in Ford-street. He did so; had never seen,the prisoner be-
fore. The pie was wrapped up in a paper, and the paper was
signed Sarah Conner.—Sarah Conner stated that she did not
know the prisoner; the hand-writing on the paper is not hers;
knows Mrs. Power.—Mr. Power called. His wife and child-
ren had been taken ill in consequence of eating a pie. Did
not see the pie they had eaten : his wife and sister were still
ill; knows of no difference that existed between his wife and
the prisoner.7-Inspector Poole stated that the prisoner, on
being taken into custody, denied having sent the pie. She
lives with a confectioner in this town.—A female, who stated
that she was a confectioner, deposed that the prisoner was
her apprentice. Knows her box; it was in her sleeping-room,
Saw it opened, when the two packets of powder in charge of
the officer were found; on one was written poison.—The case
was about to be postponed for further evidence, when a sur-
geon came into court and stated that he had tested the con-
tents of the stomach ejected by one of the children. It had
been scraped from the floor of the room; he had been unable
to detect any mineral poison: Veal pies, at this time of the
year, were unwholesome food; there was often decomposed
matter in them, which would operate exactly in the way of
poison. The symptoms would be similar to those originating
from poison. As tar as he had seen, he was not justified iu
saying that any poison had been administered. Suspected
sugar of lead was in that which he had tested, but could not
discover any; he would have discovered it if there had been
a single grain.—Adjourned till Saturday.
On Saturday the prisoner was again placed at the bar, and
the examination was resumed.
Mrs. Power, who was so ill that she could scarcely support
herself, stated, that she received a veal pie from the boy above
alluded to, about half past seven o'clock on the evening of
Thursday last. Her two little children were in the room with
her, and, not suspecting any evil, she cut the pie into four
pieces : she gave one piece to each of her children, and ano-
ther to a .young woman who was with her; the fourth piece
she ate herself. She perceived nothing peculiar in the taste
of the pie. The meat, she was sure, was not tainted. A few
minutes after she had eaten it she experienced a prickling
sensation about her mouth and throat, which became exceed-
ingly painful, and amounted, before it had died away, to a
scalding sensation. Twenty minutes afterwards she was
seized with violent pains in her stomach. She felt as though
her bowels were filled with scalding water. Her belly swelled
enormously; and she felt as if she should burst. She called
out to her husband, and told him, that she knew not what to
do, as she was certain she was about to burst asunder. The
Pain which she experienced she described as terrible. She
Went to bed, but she was so drawn together that she was un-
able to remain in any other position than on her hauds and
knees. After this, violent retching came on, and she was ex-
ceedingly sick. After she was taken ill, her little boy was
seized with precisely similar symptoms. The other child and
the young woman were next taken ill, and with them, also, the
pains, swelling, and vomiting were equally voilent. They did
not taste anything fetid about the pie, but soon after eating
it, their mouths felt as though they had been burned, and their
lips and palates were blistered. Mrs. Power further stated,
that, on Friday week, she had a quarrel with the prisoner,
who met her as she was going home. After the prisoner had
abused her very much, she struck her: she afterwards struck
her child a violent blow on the nose, which hurt the little
creature severely.

j.
The young woman who had eaten one portion of the pie
stated, that she vomited very freely after it, and, consequently,
recovered much sooner than the others. The children re-
mained extremely ill.

Mr. Craig, the surgeon, said he had analyzed the powder,
and discovered it to be arsenic. He had been engaged in
trying experiments on the matter which one of the children
had vomited, but he had not completed them. It would take
some time, but he thought he could complete the analysis by
Monday.
Mr. Hall asked Mr. Craig if he had called any one to as-
sist him. Mr. Craig said he had not.

Inspector Poole, ivho was present when the powders were
found in the box of the prisoner, stated, that he bad also
given a portion of them to an eminent chemist, who was in.
the court.

Mr. Hoye, analyzing chemist to the Board of Excise, got
up and stated, that he had examined the powder delivered to
him by the officer, and it was white oxide of arsenic. It had
no taste. Veal, in a decomposed state, would not produce
the effects described by the witness. It would produce nausea,
but, before it could have that effect, it would be in such a
state that it would be disgusting to the taste. Veal, in any
state, could not have produced the effects described. The
symptoms were exactly those which arsenic would have pro-
duced, both the effects on the mouth, the pains, the swelling,
and the vomiting. If the nausea had not been induced the
persons must have died.

Mr. Hall requested Mr. Hoye to be so ,kind as to assist
Mr. Craig in the analysis of the matter discharged from the
child's stomach. Mr. Hoye said, he would willingly do so, as
the poison, if arsenic, might, with certainty, be detected in ten
minutes.

Mr. Hall said, it was to be regretted, that Mr. Power had
thrown away that which had been discharged from the sto-
machs of the other persons. It was stated, that the matter
which was in Mr. Craig's possession was what the child had
vomited after it had been sick three times before. Mr. Hoye
thought there would still be arsenic in it, if arsenic had been
taken. He added, that peculiar symptoms were produced by
arsenic which were not caused by any other poison. Mr.
Craig and Mr. Hoye agreed to meet at four o'clock for the
purpose of completing the analysis
[We understand that another examination took place yes-
terday, and that the case will undergo a farther investigation
this morning]