The Northern Daily Times. — 1857-04-07 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

THE CHORLEY POISONING CASE.—An adjourneu eio into the recent suspicious death of Ellen' den of Edward Hardman, took p'ace at Cherie'''. 4b, Friday. Mr. Walsh, solicitor of Chorley, proceedings on behalf of Edward Hardman,, festot apprehended on the 18th ult., and conveyed to the Aeifole House of Correction on suspicion of having wilooy poisoned his wife by administering arsenic and ant' been to her in her food, both of which poisons heerest el detected by Mr. H. H. Watson, analytical chemist' Bolton, to whom the contents of the stomach had eieg delivered for analysis. A great deal of evidence Oboe been adduced, the coroner summed up, and after areict ten minutes' deliberation, the jury returned ape The of " wilful murder" against Edward Hardreane et? coroner issued his warrant for the committal of the ' soner to gaol. efe JeILOIJSY AND SUICIDE —On Saturday forenoon; ryl William Baker, the coroner, issued hie warreattjeli, inquest on the body of a fine young woman, lianleureet Bake, aged 23 years, lately residing in Upper Bakes" Bedford square, Stepney, London, who committ sr, destruction under the following painful circurnataaaeeetn It appears that the deceased had been cohabiting' "el el young man to whom she was devotedly attached, °nable Wednesday night last she quarrelled with him al 8 ratite house in Whitechapei, when angry words ensued resP",-g 6 his conduct towards her, and forming an attache' bony another female. She left the house and proceeded oee watched 01,0 wiere she passed to her bedroom. Nothing more wasreiol or heard of her that night, but on the following 11° el she was found hanging by a silk handkerchief, Yen-etiti been fastened to the top of the room door. Dr. l'a9oo of Mile End road, watt called, but life was quite e'eeett° A number of duplicates were found in her spar relating to property pledged by the deceased. TIIE SPEAKERSHIP OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONV;ftpretty generally understood at the Clubs—and hag Pe the one of the principal topics of conversation last day or two—that ministers are in 0)0'1':eel; difficulty with regard to the speakership, an elect! tie'; which high office will be the first business of t"-terre parliament. On the ministerial side there are, Of aspirants for the honour, neither or whom, it aPristug', willing to give way. First on the list is 31rTheer4; Wortley, who refused the judgeship in the era" Iv few weeks since, on the understanding that ~,11.100/' looking to the speakership. Second, there is Mr. ri,ll6l' who has acted for some time as chairman of conete'le 0 and who has publicly announced that he is destradit' eT Duchyhe ai g of r' Lane and Mr.ste pt' e r Walpole are sP ee attaining to the higher office ; and Srd, there bon" Matthew Talbot Baines, Q.C., who is at presentee 5;1 On the oprieg . llf SceirikErreocicli of the rFrederick as candidates, Probably only one of them will beS oftl nomination, and in the event of the ministerial of continuing, the Conservative candidate will have 4 , chance of success. DESPERATE STRUGGLE WITH A THlEP.—ThoLliag, ,e/I° an athletic and determined looking fellow, was felli", gr' the bar of the Worship street PJlice Court, bef°,,r",,/j4.; D'Eyncourt, charged with having been concern,e'erte% others in violently assaulting and robbing a nentrc courier, named Abraham Schwadr, at present resi-e the Market street, Finsbury. The prosecutor s'ata-esPA!‘ while passimthrough Commercial street, white on the previous eve ning, accompanied by 008 °Aril, countrymen, who had only recently arrived in P.)01! they were accosted by a woman, who addressed tbch et 4 language which they were unable to cornprehelei with an evident desire of forcing herself into t,"e3-oeo 4 ciety. They were endeavouring to repel her 01;401 when several men suddenly rushed ont from an adi t court, one of whom seized his friend by the thre3',ek commenced beating him about the face. ea; about to expostulate with them upon their violee r So, dect, when he cv's himself attacked by the prisenet ttl° another of the gang, who forced him back ag3il3:cteeet' wall, and dragged his watch out of his waistcoat which they passed to one of their confederate!'b the started off with it. He immediately grappled "?:e• man who had robbed him, and, netwithstandietrl the desperate (flirts to escape, he held him fast alle.tby arrival of a policeman. In answer to the charger; the prisoner emphatically denied all participation r robbery, but he was ordered to be remanded "/ formal completion of the depositions.