Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1849-05-09 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

THE SUFFERERS AT STANFIELD HALL.— Mrs. Jermy and Eliza Cliestney have no far recovered that it is expected they will be able to leave Stanfield. ball in a few days. The subscription for Eliza Chestney now amounts to £766 6s. 6.1 The Duke of Cambridge has sent £lO. The subscription for Emily Sandford has reached £O.  A colliery explosion took place at a new coal mine, called the .Agecroft Mine, near Bolton, Lancashire, on Monday week. A youth named Barker was killed, and several other workmen seriotr.ly injured by the explosion, which was caused by a boy taking a naked candle into an old working.  The Duke of Wellington completea his Nth year on Tuesday, the let Welk/  Prince Albert, on the occasion of his visit to lay the foundation stone of the new docks at Great Grimsby, left £5O to be divided amongst the 100 navvies, who, in lieu of the locomotive, drew the royal train along the works. ALLEGED MURDER FOR TIIE SAKE OF BURIAL Fees.—The greatest excitement prevails in Hastings and its vicinity, in consequence of a female having been apprehended on a charge of administering poison to her husband and three of her children, grows-up young men. The circumstances which transpired, and led to the prisoner's apprehension, were the following :—lt appears that in the parish of Guestling, resided, up to laq September, a hard-working man, named Richard Geering, and his wife, with five grown-up sons, two daughters, and.four younger children. The father, who belonged to a benefit society, held at the White Hart, died on the 13th Sept. last, at the age of 56. The sudden manner of his death gave rise to a belief that the man had died front a disease of the heart, awl lie was buried in the parish churchyard, the prisoner receiving at the time £5 from the club. On the 27th of December, one of the sons, aged 21, named George, died from what was supposed to be pecarditis. On the 6th of March, a second son, noted James Geering, also died, aged 26. This party VIJS also a member of the same benefit society as his ; father had belonged to. This son's death was registered as being caused from gastritis. A few weeks since a third son was taken ill with violent vomitings. He recovered, and contemplated going to work again, when the surgeon received information that he was again seized with vomiting. He immediately proceeded to the house, and on examining the matter the son had brought off his stomach lie detected the presence of arsenic. The coroner having been informed of the suspicion attached to the death of the husband and the two sons, that functionary at once gave orders for the three bodies to be exhumed, which was accordingly done, and on Thursday a jury was sworn in. The intestines of the deceased persons were found to be in a remarkable state of preservation, and were removed, that their contents might be analyzed. The prisoner is a decent motherly woman, aged 50. When apprehended site said she never had any poison in the house, but on searching a packet of arsenic was found, and it was proved that she had purchased several penny. worths of the poison of a neighbouring chemist. She was remanded.