The Sun. — 1865-10-20 (London, England)

BREAKFAST BEVERAGE. —Ho mceop athic practitioners, and the medical profession generally, recommend cocoa as being the most healthful of all beverages. When the doctrine of homoeopathy was first introduced into this country, there were to be obtained no preparations of cocoa either attractive to the taste or acceptable to the stomach ; the nut was eta oi t ht ne rr ds u pa ap 1 iteod oi bn t at ne vrlcruden noticesd tuae et ed, oi rn Jo to.h euEynpespkaari f 1 oulBt3 1y 9Lt moo natdnuournn-, homoeopathic chemist, his attention to this subje t, and at length sucxeded, with the assistance of elaborate machinery, in being the first to produce an article pure in its composition, and so refined by the pert. et trituration it receives in the process it passes through, as to be most acceptable to the delicate stomach. For general use Epps' cocoa is distinguished as an invigorating, grateful breakfast beverage, with a delicious aroma Dr. Hassall in his work, "Food and its Adulterations," says—" Cocoa contains a great variety of important nutritive principles; every ingredient necessary to the growth and sustenance of the body." Again, "As a nutritive, cocoa stands very much higher than either coffee or tea." Directions : —Two teaspoonfuls of the powder in a breakfast cup, filled up with boiling water or milk. Secured in tin-lined 1-lb., , and 11b. labelled packets, and sold at Is. 6d. per lb. by grocers, confectioners, and chemists.  Mr. Darby said the practice was one to be deprecated, and which the superior officials of the company ought to put a stop to. Of what use were regulations as to speed if they were habitually infringed ?  Mr. Griffith made a powerful appeal to the jury, and urged that the accident arose from the company's servants being fatigued by over work. After a careful summing up by the Chairman, the jury found Johnson, the driver, who was first tried, guilty. Mr. Besley said the defendant had been in the company's service 13 years and bore a good character.  White, the fireman, then withdrew his plea of not guilty and pleaded guilty, whereupon he was discharged on his own recognisance to appear and receive judgment if called on. Johnson, after a reminder of the serious responsibility attaching to the occupation of a railway driver, was (good character considered to the fullest extent by way of extenuation) sentenced to four months' imprisonment without hard labour.  Shocking Suicide at Southwark.  -~ Yesterday afternoon, Mr. W. Carter, the coroner for East Surrey, held an inquiry at the Duko of Clarence Tavern, Penton-Place, Kennington-road, respecting the suicide of Mary Brown, aged 74. _ _ _  Elizabeth Sansone, the wife of a painter, living at 5, Lanton-street, London-road, said she know the deceased by living with witness. She passed by the name of Brown. On Monday last, about half-past five in the afternoon, she was in her room having tea, when she heard a noise as if something had fallen over head. She knew the deceased was at home. She went upstairs and called the deceased by her name, and getting no answer she opened the room door, and discovered her lying on the floor with her clothes covered with blood. Witness said to the deceased, " What have you done ?" and the deceased said, " I have cut my throat with a razor ?" She went for her husband to go for a medical man, who attended and strapped up the wound. She was then conveyed by the police to St. Thomas's Hospital. Police-constable 489 A said that about 6 o'clock on Monday evening last he was called to the house in question. He there saw a woman wfth her throat cut in a frightful manner, and he asked who did it, and the deceased said, "I did it myself with my brother's razor." Medical aid was immediately sent for, and the deceased was ordered to be taken to the hospital. Mr. Frederick Henry Ward, the resident surgeon of St. Thomas's Hospital, said on the evening of last Monday ho received the deceased, and it was found that she had sustained*a shocking cut wound on the throat extending from left to right. She died on Tuesday last from the effects of the wound. Several other witnesses were examined, who gave similar testimony. The Jury returned a verdict of " Temporary derangement." The inquiry then terminated.