Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1866-08-24 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

FOR CONSUMPTION.—The peasantry of Ireanil have great faith in the efficacy of snails as a care tor persons in a decline, or consumption, wi its a cortcson.itint of Land alai Water, but they do not atiiplaces ns them in the same way. A lady in Gpoeriry, wh It i: as large a practice as the regular doctor, tells toe that the way to administer snails is to ••bill them in we it broth," and says that she herself knew a lady, who wa, taking cod liver oil with no result, grow stron4 by tryiag this remedy. But a daughter of .clergyinau in Galway writes thus:—" The snails used for the broth, ai you designate my very tine syrup, are the ciimmiiii lii.Le things that creep about the garden with their houses 011 their backs. They are collected and p-need on a large dish, and plentifully sprinkied with dark sugar, then another dish is turned over to prevent them troin running away, and next morning tli e syrup whieh has been made in the utght is to be drained off, and a tablespoonful taken three times a day; a little bonito peel may be added to flavour the broth. The same snails sbomd not be sugared twice. It ha a • really good t:ihg, but of course will not cure in a day, but I know a la ty alio attributes her own cure to it." Two mysterious eases of murder are reported. In ic some relatives from Avebury paid a vki, to a widow named Gale, who resided with her son and ,1 inghter at West. Laviagton, near Devtz After a few days Mrs Gale and her tom were suddenly seized wit I idness, of which in a brief space the young man died, and the cill lady in some days afterwards. The visitors were al,o more or less sufferers from a similar and it was eventually proved that the deaths resul:e I rom arseoic. A search was made, and arsenic was Muni] mixed in some sugar, but how it came there could not be discovered, anti a coroner's jury returned a verdict of •• Accidentally poisoned." The other case tweurr,d at Oakengates, in Shropshire. A barmaid named TI. rrlet Timbrell had obtained leave to pay a visit to her friends at Tewkesbury, and retired to rest, requesting to be called early on the following morning to at knit. She was, however, unable to rise, and, after S,lllll. hiours id intense pain, died of what was pronounced by iii' iu,.lii I ,tt'uidaots to be poisoning by strychnine. The wh”le alr,ir as yet is wrapped in mystery, and the iiiiiitt•st in this ca,e was adjourned until a future day. I CANAIBALISNI IN THE SOUTH  Pscies•.—The N.irseman, which arrived at Plym iuth, from the Cipe of Gond Hope, on Wednesday week, In is nvws of II fearful tragedy which had been enacted as New C dedimia, an island in the Pacific used as a  Freneh eenvict settlement The French paddle war steamer Fulton, while cruising round the island, sent a boat into one of the rivers, out of sight of the ship. The boat not returning, much anxiety was felt, and a search made, when upon a small island in the river rein tins were discovered which left no doubt that the unfortunate ,eariiiin had been captured, and then killed and eaten by the barbarous natives. Some natives who were sub-equently captured, admitted that the conjecture of the steamer's crew was correct. They said they came sudden 'yin the boat's crew, took them to the island, there killed them by splitting their skulls with axes, and had them cooked and eat them. They further stated that one of the unfortunate captives, being an elderly inan, required much cooking ere he became fit to eat. The officers and crew of the ship were emelt ex ii-perated at these horrible details, and proceeded to take summary vengeance upon the savages by killing every one they came in contact with and then settinii lire to their villages. In addition to those who were burnt, no less than 150 were either shot dead or bayoneted. THE HEltltlN(;