The New York herald., 1878-09-30

verv m, sun,r;nr from excessive vomiting. she
asked for some stimulant, and ne rel,su .vsr
said she should die II snc did not have some, anu ~
gave her small quantity OF brandy. on uesaay o
very i'll, ana frequently SAID, II ~" eoun;
/ am gong" Witness proposed that she should
have medical advice, but she refused 10 have "
Doctor thinking ina. sne w'u,a so, Aboutswo
hours before her death sudden collapse LOOK paos
an hour later she had severe attack oI vonu"s:.
after which she lay back exhausted, saying ~ csu
breathe: save me! save mel' Witness gave her SONS
brandy, but she mover spoke atierward. Some oo'
servations being sde about medical man not nav
ing been sent for, said the fsct was the de
ceased had got The Impression tnst her haots "
private lie were being talked about, and she wished
to avoid that and refused 10 have medical man'
"a DRUNKARD's LIVER /"
After some evidenc; by deceased's maid ana .ns
servants who were present at the death, Dr. Henry
smith SAID ne irst attended her as MIS- ruI.
May, when she was suffering from an excess 0,
abst liper but only TOR seven weeks. AS the result
post examination, he attributed deatn te
hemorrnage the coats Oi The stomncn, produced oy
intense vomiting accelerated by tho excessive use Of
alcoholic stimulants. The deccased's kioncys were
much conscsted, aud she had what was known US
drunkard's liver. There were appearances OF heI
having taken any rrtant poison. ~.
Tho Coroner having summed up, remarking tna
the MEDICAL evidence clearly d:sproved any idea
whicn might have been prevalent AS 10 the deceased
having succumbed to poison, the jury returned YER
dict 10 the effect sh hat died from the ELECTS ot
excessive alcoholic drinking which produced the ap.
pearanccs described BY the surgeon.
. THE POLLUTION OF THE THAMES.
II seems after all that the 600 persons who wore
lost Princess Alice were not only drowned but,
so to speak, poisoned Some OF those saved IN givn3
ther evidence before the Coroner have spoken on ns
poisonous state OF tho wafer. Miss Eatwell spoks
yesterday oil the foul state OF the water, from wncu
she still suffering, and Mr.. Hubbard said tnat
the smell anu taste OF the wafer wero dreadful and
impossible 10 descriOe' AS the Daily NeUs says:--.
''Othcr tesi has be- gwen he same effect,
who the sad condition OF the dead and tno impossi'
biIy OF preserving their clothes point IN the
same direction. The unfortunate passengers were
merely shot out OF the wrecked steamer into
tidal stream but into river swollen ana denieu uy
the accumulated sewage OF the whole metropolis,
which then pouring into 1t. Probably nothing SO
foul as this black OF pent up aud decomposing
sewage exists my whore else in tho world. IL defes
the whole course oil the thames below tee point at
when enter and the prob IS that many OF
the unfortunate people VINO were preclptated INTO u
by the collision were poisoned or suf0cdted ratncr
How far this terrible aggravaon OF tne
dts extended probably never be determined,
but one the most striking features of the
ca,astrophe the uumbrr Of dead bodies tuknn
of IN ESQ may have been struck by the Byw,l Castle
may have died from the snock and tho fright;
but the probability seems 10 be that large numbers OF
tsem killed by the sewage. fhe probability adds
element OF horror to one oil the worst calamt.
ties oil IN Idern days I"
THE LECTURE SEASON
Mr. Forbes will lecture, 1t may be presumed, on
tae world is OF course quue unacqaninted lie only
man know GL to lecture on the Russian campAigp
and to give brilliant picturesque pictures IS FranK
ID. Miller, who am surprised mas not oeen snapped
uI by the lecture agencies. Mr.. Millet can talk Mr.
Forbes cannot sir. Stanley Is to deliver hundred
lectures England during the winter, beginning IN
ono OF the prov incial cities.