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tfB . Thoiub Hood . — "Jfce readers of the Star wffl be modi concerned to learn the melancholy news of the present coivifion of "Hie fellow of infinite jest" ana lmmqjir wMdiwehere give tiiemfomttelast number Of BboeP * Xtgazwe : — "We can torffly congratulate onr Madras on presenting them , this month , with an efikv of Thomas Hood ' s ontward feature , instead of ttat portraiture of his mind , and those traces of Ms Knfflylieart , whichhe has heen wont with his own pen to tow in these pages . During the last month Ms physical strength naB completejy given way , and , almost is much through incapacity of his hand to hold the oen , as of his taain&r any length of time to guide it , llehas a t last heen compelled to desist from composition . Those in whom admiration of the writer has induced al * O . aSriendTfy feeling towards the man , will
have some consolation in learning that amidst Ms sufferings , -which have been severe , Ms cheerful philosophy has never failed Mm ; tut that on Ms sick bed , as in his writings , and in his life , he has known how to enlighten the melancholy of those around Mm , and to pjjngle laughter with their tears . We have thought it due to pur readers and to the public thus briefly to make known that Mr . Hood is more seriously ill than be has ever heen before ; avoiding to express any hopes or forebodings of onr own , or to prejudice the uncertain issues of life and death . " A Two Yeabs' Scbeceibeb . —Yes ; if they enter on the i-bcst at all they are bound to execute the -will according to the directions of the testator ; andif they do notdo jo , they are answerable to justice for malappropriation , either in the Court of Chancery or in the Court of
Common Pleas . jiXES Haige , Emet . — ¦ Thejwperty is liable . It matters not to whom it belongs . AH pnfpertg is subject to the tax : it is only incomes tinder £ 150 a-year that ara exempt . The rate of the tax is 7 d , in the pound on net rental . James Cocpe , LrraxBOHoueB . —We believe that one township possessing or occupying property in another township , would he Kable to be assessed to the poor and highway rates of the township where the property is situate . 3 . 3 L J . —If we were in the pasition of J . H . we should " keeppossession " of the looms till the sum we wanted ires paid , or arranged for . The otherpartywefear could only recover from the assignees payment for what he has delivered to Item . The other is a < fcW under the
assignment , and win , we apprehend , share the ate of the other delfts . B . H ., Hnorix ^—We cannot answer his query . He had tetter act on the advice of some lawyer , whs will advise when he is made acquainted with all Hie facts . "W . Bakes , Oi-dham , had better forward 5 s . in postage Stamps , to save booking . IF . Bell , Hetwood . —We have not been able to get a peep at the-iet * he mentions , but have a strong idea that the " point" set up by those who countenance a tUxjtanjtd servant in retaining the books of the township 1 b not worth a tow of pins . Of course the ratepayers will refuse to pass the accounts with the particular item of salarg in ; and , not contenting themselves irith a ' mere Tote in the vestry , will also depute some portion of their body to go before the justices , and oppose the accounts there too , on behalf of the township . Say , they should even do more than this , should the justices "dOow " ' the salary ; they should appeal against the rate , and hare the matter rally tried . Of
course they will take care that the parties who have acted so disgracefully this last year , do not thrust on them again a " servant" who can set his " masters" at - " defiasce , and do the bidding of a dirty faction . Vfz received from Sewnham a post-office order , dated Hard ^ th . TVill the person sending it say what it is ^ far , and the amount of the order * Parties sending post-offiee orders , or cash , to this office , ought to be careful to write , something in their letters , so that we can tell who sends them , and what titty intend us to do with the money . If e have four or fire agents wBo never write & word more than the address of this office on the outside of the orders . We are partial to « hort letters , when on matters of fariaen ; but the * are rather too short , Ifthowwho en&wSleoiy agB their sanes , it it aQwsatk ; sad , Htt ^ wffl not do that , th ^ mnstam « t that fee oufa . sSlmwtimM J » eredtodtoth * nag afesfe . * o eetmt aacb mm afterwards ttkas much £ » ia ¦ iiiifcnj r j iffxirf Tin . Tn innntfnrTVr' ** -ir MtathamonCTloiingitBltoietlier . Ffon incut
tMnt&a ia the postofiee order 4 epartni | iBt , UMknpo&s&le to ascertain the same tSjb * person wading , without writing to the pott , office where the order was fint obtained , or to tfaegncntoSce . Several of our agents are still determined not to send their orders payable at 180 , Strand . "We have this week received ordera payable at the General Poskoffice from Bavies , Mertfcjr Tydril ; Burridge , Tmro ; Mnir , Carlisle ; M'Pherson , Perth ; Billiard , Leek ; and Sowerby and Waine , Stockton . If they would but ask to have their orders made payable at 180 , Strand , they would oblige .
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THE MURDER AT SALT-HILL . TBIAl OF JOBS TAWELL . AxtESBOBT , Wedsbsbat , Mahch 12 . —This being the day appointed for the trial of John Tawell for the murder of Sarah Hart , the town , at an early hour , was the scene of mraiual excitement and activity crowds of persons from the adjacent towns and Tillages and strangers from more distant parts having arrived either on the previous night or by sunrise this morning , and afl anxious to get admittance into a court not commodious enough to contain half of them . So great was tie confusion occasioned by the mismanagement of the inferior officers of the court thatit was along time beferethe proceedings could tie carried on .
Mr . Baron Parke entered the court about nine o ' clock . A large attendance of the local magistracy thronged the bench . Sir . Serjeant Byles and Mr . Prendergast conducted the prosecution and Mr . J . Selly , with whom were Mr . CMaHey and Mr . Gunning , thedefence . The prisoner , who was attired in a suit of black , made after the fashion generally adopted by the Soriefrof Friends , of whiehheia a member , "was then placed atthe bar . As already known , he is a man about 50 years of age . His appearance is respectable , and the expression of bis countenance intelligent , although rendered somewhat disagreeable
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by a squint . When he approached the bar he was wry pale , and looked anxious , bat betrayed no timidity or nervousness , and on being asked by the clerk of the assize ( after the reading of the indictment , which contained but one count , charging him with having caused the death of Sarah Hart ' ori the 1 st of last January , by giving her poison ) , " How say you , are you guilty with respect to that murder or not guilty ? " he replied in a firm and audible tone , "Not guuty . " Having also pleaded '' Not guilty" to the same charge upon the coroner ' s inquisition , The jury was sworn , after a-challenge by Mr . O'Malleyon behalf of the prisoner of thirteen names . Mr . Serjeant Brass , addressing the gentlemen of the jury . lbegan by saying , —You have heard from the
clerk of the assize that the prisoner at the bar stands indicted for the most serious crime known to the law —the crime of wilful murder , I rejoice that upon the present occasion the prisoner , as the law now stands , may have the benefit of being defended by counsel , and that he will have the assistance of my learned friend , than whom the bar . of Europe could not give him greater . In cases of this kUd you are not to expect direct and positive evidence . No man who meditates the crime of assassination by poison Mia to take some precaution so that , at all events , direct or demonstrative evidence of the fact shall be inaccessible . No eye sees death poured into the cup , save that which is All-seeing , and in every place . Ail that a human tribunal can do is to gather together
the circumstances of the case , and from those circum stances to form as just and conscientious a judgment as is possible for fallible mortals to do . The prisoner at the bar formerly carried on the business of a chymist and druggist . He had the misfortune several years ago to lose his first wife . Shortly before her death the deceased , Sarah Hart , then a young woman somewhere about thirty years of age , entered into his . service , and I shall show you by evidence , which I need not open in detail , the nature of the acquaintance which subsisted between her and the prisoner , and that when she left Mb service she was in the family way . She lived first after quitting his service at a place called Crawford-Street . London , where I shall show you that the
prisoner was in the habit of visiting her . She lived afterwards at Paddington-green , thence removed to Slough , and for some time previous to her death was living at Bath-place , which consists of four small cottages , forming one detached building . Bath-place stands upon the Great'Western-road , about a quarter of a mile beyond the Windmill public-house , which is kept by a person named Botbam . In the end house , towards London , lived Mrs , Ashley ; in the next the deceased , Sarah Hart , the mother of two children ,-who was living there with them , and who , as it will appear to you in the course of the case , was entirely dependent on the prisoner for her support , and whom he was in the habit of visiting at Bathplace , and supplying with money . The prisoner
himself has recently resided at Berkhampstead in circumstances of apparent ease and affluence . He married no long time since a second wife—a lady to whose deep misfortune no man can allude without feelings of commiseration . I shall show you that , notwithstanding the apparent ease and respecta bility of his circumstances , he was at the time this occurrence took ' place by no means in such circumstances ^ IshallcaUhisbanker'sclerktoshow you that at this moment he had overdrawn his account . You will f nd that he was in the constant habit of visiting Sarah Hart , that she was dependent
upon him for money , and that he found himself in this position , —that money must be supplied , or that what would otherwise besecret must becomeapparent , namely , the nature of his connexion with this person . On file 1 st of January , in the' present year , I shall showyouthat the prisoner was at the Jerusalem Coffee-house , Comhill , London , the waiter of which he told , about , the middle of the day , that he was going to dine at the west end of the town , and desired that his great-ooat should be left for him on hk ntun about niM o'clock . He did tt * pxoeood to tha w « t ebd of tha town , bot to to station ofiha Gnat W «* m B * ttw * y . by
ftt km (/ dock twin of wiiA mtirij he proceeded io Slough . Os « nivug « f Slough , he went to the raiddaoB of Sarah Hurt , at Bath . place ; and it will appear that after he had been a short time with her she went by his direction to the Windmill publichouse for a bottle of porter . It is important to bear in mind that she was at that moment perfectly well and in very good spirits . Having bought the porter , she borrowed a corkscrew , and brought both home with her to Bath-place . I shall call a person who spoke io her on her way back , from whose testimony you will learn that she was then perfectly well Very shortly after her return Mrs . Ashley , the person who resided in the next house , being seated at work before a candle , heard a noise in the room of Sarah
Hart . I should observe to you that these cottages consist each of two very small rooms on the ground floor . Mrs . Ashley heard in her neighbour ' s apartmentamoan or stifled scream . She laid down her work ; . the noise continued ; she became very much alarmed , and , taking up the candle went to the door , and proceeded down the path leading from the cottage to the road ; bat before she reached the gate she saw the prisoner approaching the gate which terminated a similar path from the cottage of Sarah Hart . Mrs . Ashley will tell you that at this moment the moans of the deceased were distinctly audible . The prisoner went to the gate ; he trembled , appeared greatly agitated , and had much difficulty in opening the gate , which , I believe , Mrs . Ashley , who
had reached it by this . tune , assisted him in opening , saving "What is the matter with my neighbour ; I am afraid she is ill ? " the moans of Sarah Hart being distinctly audible . The prisoner made no answer , but passed out of the gate and proceeded towards Slough . Mrs . Ashley , in consequence of the noise , went up to Sarah Hart * s house , and turning round , saw the prisoner going down the road . She then went into the house , and observed in Sarah Hart ' s room just before the fire-place a small table and on it a bottle of porter open , and partly drunk , also two tumblers , one of which was next the window and towards the chair upon which Sarah Hart had apparently been sitting . In one of these tumblers there was some froth , in the other there was porter
or porter and water , it is not quite certain which . The deceased , Sarah Hart , was lying on the floor ; her cap was , off , and her hair hanging down . Her clothes were up to her knees ; one stocking was down , and one shoe off . She was still continuing the " moaning noise which I Lave described to you . Mrs . Ashley went up to her and asked her what was the matter , and raised her head up , but the deceased was unable to speak . Mrs . Ashley called in two neighbours , and some water was brought . Eventually , Mr . Champneys , a surgeon , was sent for . He felt her pulse and ^ aid he th ought he could discover one or two beats . She moved her tongue or jaw a little . Mr . Champneys put his hand under her clothes to feel her heart , but he could discover no pulsation .
She was dearly dead . In the meantime , I shall show you , gentlemen , that the prisoner , who had gone out of the house , was going on quickly towards the railway station . He came that day from London , and was about to return , and did return ; but instead of staying at the station then ; he got into an omnibus to go to Eton , Eton being in a direction away from the station . ' He was asked by the driver where he desired to be set down in Eton . He replied , " At Herschell-house . '' "Oh , " said the driver , " Herschell-house is along way this side of Eton . " It appears that it is in Slough , a few hundred yards from the station . He , However , rode a short distance , and was set down at Herschell-house , where it appeared he had no
business , for on getting up to the door he proceeded to walk on towards Eton . The omnibus went on in the same direction . What became ofhim in the interval we do not know , but he certainly went back to the station , and took a p lace in a first-class carriage for London , At that tune suspicion became attached to the prisoner . Another gentleman of the name of Champneys—the Rev . Mr . Ghampneys—was there , and suffered him to depart . But as soon as he * was gone Mr . Ghampneys communicated his suspicions to the person who conducts the electric telegraph . A signal was made to the station in London that a person was in the first-class carriages who ought to be watched . Quick as the train went , the signal was there long before the train arrived at the London
terminus . A policeman was on the platform , and as soon as the prisoner gjot out of the carriage the policeman saw him get into an omnibus , and , putting on a plain coat over his police dress , he stepped up behind the omnibus with the conductor ! The omnibus proceeded to the Bank , wherethe prisoner got out , the policeman taking 6 d . from him . He went forward to theWeUington statue , turned round , looked back , and then went to the Jerusalem Coffee-house , in CornMIL andinquiredforthecoatwhiclilhavementionedinthe early part of my statement . The waiter gave him the coat , and he then went from Cornhill down txracechurch-street to London-bridge , and over that to another coffee-house in the Borough , the policeman still watching Mm , and taking care , of course , that
he should not be observed . The prisoner stayed there about half an hour . He then came out , and retraced his steps over London-bridge , and wentdown Cannon-street , to a lodging-house in Scott ' s-yard , kept by a person of the name of Hughes , who is , I believe , a member of the Society of Friends . The policeman having waited half-an-hour , and finding that the prisoner did not come out of the lodginghouge , went away . The next morning further intelligence was received from Slough , and the policeman , taking another officer with him , proceeded to the house in Scott ' s-yard . He found that the prisoner had leftthe house ; andhe thenwentto the
Jerusalem Coffee-house , in Cornhill , where he found the prisoner , and said to him , " I believe you were down at Slough yesterday ? " The prisoner denied it . He said he knew nobody at Slough , and had not been there . "Toumustbeinistaken , said he , "in the identity ; my station in life places me above suspicion . " The officer , however , took the prisoner into custody , and took him down to Salt-mil , where he was handed over to the custody of ferkins , the superintendent of the Eton police . He slept that night in Perkins's house . On the next day , at dinner , some conversation took place about Sarah Hart ; and to that conversation , gentlemen , J
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invite your attention . It was in the presence of two witnesses , who will be called to establish it . The prisoner said , "That wretched and unfortunate woman once lived in my service for nearly two years and a half . I suppose you did not know that , Perkins V Perkins said he had heard so , but was not certain about it . The prisoner added— " She left me about five years ago . She was a good servant when she lived with me . She has often sent to me for money . " The prisoner was cautioned to mind what hejBiid , as it would be taken down and used against him as evidence . He replied , that he had no objec tion to that . He was asked if he had the deceased ' s letters . He said he did not keep letters of that sort . "Iwas pestered , "he said , "with letters from-her
when I was in London , and I determined to give her no more money . She was a bad woman—a very bad woman . She sent me a letter , threatening to do something . She said she would make away with herself if I did not give her any money . I went down to her house and told her I would not give her any more money . She then asked me to give her a drop of porter . She had a glass , and I had a glass . She held in her hand over the glass of stout a very small phial , not bigger than her finger , and said , 'I will , 1 will ! ' She poured something out of the phial into the stout , and drank part of it and did so— " and then the prisoner described her manner by signs . He continued , - " She then lay down on the rug , and I walked out , I should not have gone out if I thought
she had been in earnest ; I certainly should not have left her . " Now , gentlemen , you will observe , that in thiB conversation the prisoner expressl y states that she took something out of a small phial at that time in bis presence . Gentlemen , this conversation took place at Perkins ' s home . We will now revert , if you please , to the scene at Salt-hilli- By direction -of the coroner &post mortem examination took place the next day , I believe , after the death of the woman . You will hear what was the nature ofthstpost mortem examination more in detail from the surgeons . But it is necessary formetotell you , hi the first place , that the surgeons could-not discover any external injury to account for death . They examined tne brain ; there was no appearance of anything in the brain
which could have produced death . In the same manner they examined the lungs , and found nothing but an old adhesion / which , they will tell you , is quite consistent with perfect health , and is very common . It had nothing to do with the death of the deceased . They examined her heart , and found it perfectly healthy ; and so were the intestines . There was nothing , so far as they could form an opinion , to Bhow that death had resulted from external injury or from internal causes . In opening the body one ot the surgeons thought he smelt prussic acid , but the other could not discover anything of the kind . Either it did or it did not exist ; 1 will not pretend to say which . Probably the surgeons will not . But certainly when they came to examine the stomach they
could discover no smell of prussie acid ; but inasmuch as it appeared to them clearly that . deceased had not died from either external injury or internal causes , they came to the conclusion that she had died by poison of some kind or other ; and in order that the contents of the stomach should be known , they took them to a scientific chemist in London , who submitted them to a chemical examination . At the time the surgeons conjectured that the woman had died through swallowing oxalic acid . Tests for that poison were applied , and none were discovered . Tests were also applied for sulphuric acid , for opium , for various mineral poisons , and for prussic acid . Sulphate of copper and nitrate of silver were used . I am not competent to describe fully the
nature of all the tests that were applied ; but the surgeons satisfied themselves upon , that occasion that prussic acid had been the causeof death . Theyfound prussic acid in the stomach , and that it produced what they will tell you is an infallible test of its presence , the " Prussian blue . " Gentlemen ; at this , ime it was not known , and it will be very important for you to bear thiB in mind ; that the prisoner had had any prussic acid at all . ' There was no reason at that lime to attribute death to the influence of prussic acid , eitept what had been found in the stomach ; Subsequently the remainder of the stomach was taken to -Mr . ' Cooper , and it was , triad by sulphate of- iron , nitrate of silver , and cyanide of eilferj and / prussio acid was dearly proved to exist . Mr . Cooper was now able to say , observing the coutenta . Of the two
portions of the stomach , that in the stomach there were not fewer than fifty , grains of prussie acid , according to the strength of the prusnic acid of the "London Pharmacopoeia . " But , gentlemen , of all poisons , this is the most . volatile , being subject to evaporate most rapidly , inhaled while living , and absorbed by the tissues after death . 'The quantity is equal-to one grain of pure prussic acid , which is quite enough to cause death . This poison is so subtle and so energetic , that a single drop of the pure acid placed upon the tip of a rod and put into tne mouth of any small creature—a bird or a dog , would cause almost instant death . About two-thirds of a graina grain and a drop I am told are nearly synonymous terms—of pure prussic acid , has been known to kill
as many as seven adults one after the other . Before the residue of the contents of the stomach had been brought out the knowledge of the fact I am about to state was acquired , though it was not known when the first prussic acid was found in the stomach . Owing to the publicity which things of this kind naturally obtain , it was discovered that , on the Wednesday ^ when the alleged murder was committed , the prisoner had been to the shop of a chemist in Bishopsgate-street and asked for two drachms of Scheele ' s prussic acid . Butthat strengthens the case I have described . He said he wanted it for an external injury . He brought a bottle with him with a glass stopper , but the shopman gave him' another jottle , which was labelled for him ' , and he took it
away with him on the day h&left London , I shall show you that he was again at the chemist ' s shop on the Thursday , the day after . he slept at the lodginghouse ; and that he then said he had lost the bottle he had before , and obtained the-bottle which he had originally brought and left there . Now , gentlemen , that is an outline of the material facts which will be laid before you with respect to this attempt on the life of the deceased ! But there ib other evidence , which I think and fear will induce you to be * lievethat this is not the first attempt whi « h has been made by the prisoner upon the life of the deceased . It will appear to you that , towards the end of September , or the beginning of October last —the witness will fix the date—that a person of the
name of Charlotte Hoard , who is , I believe , in service with a family in this neighbourhood , was staying with Sarah Hart . It was late in the evening , about seven o ' clock , that the prisoner then visited the deceased . It will be proved to you that Mrs ) Hart , upon that occasion , was perfectly well , and that the prisoner requested Mrs . Hoard to go to Botham ' s house , the Windmill , at Salt-hill , to purchase a bottle of porter . She did so ; and took it home , and left it on the table . Not very long afterwards the prisoner went away ); Mrs . Hoard heard the frontdoor of Mrs . Hart ' s house shut as he went out . She then saw the deceased ; her cap was untied , and she looked dreadfully ill . She complained of being violently sick , of a severe pain in the head ; and Bhe retehed and vomited very much . Upon the table thirteen sovereigns were lying ; and it is a circumstance which ought not to escape attention , that she was too ill to see after that money . It was left loose on
the table , she being so ill as to be compelled at once to go to bed . She was dreadfully sick in the nig ht . The witness Hoard will declare that she threw up above a hand-basin full , and was obliged to keep her bed all day . She complained of great giddiness , ' and heat in the throat . She attributed these sensations , as did the woman whom I shall call before you , to the porter ; there being no suspicion at that time , as I am bound to tell you , that these effects were caused by anything deleterious being introduced into the porter . She recovered from that attack in the course of a short time , and was as well as usual . Such , then , ia the case againstthepriaoner . The address oftlie learned Serjeant was listened to with breathless interest throughout . Mr . F . Keixt requested that the prisoner might be accommodated with a seat . Mr . 'Baron Pabke : Prisoner , do you wish to sit down ? ¦¦ ' .
Prisoner : Yes ; I should he much obliged , as I have long had avaricose affection . A chair was then placed in the dock for his accom modation . .... [ Evidence in support of the statements made in the Learned Sergeant ' s speech waB adduced . Nearly every witness was cross-examined bv Mr . Kelly , but no material variation from , or addition to , then * direct test imony was obtained j except it be in the following , which was the cross-examination of Mrs . Ann Ashley , who haddeposed tothe facts set forth for her by Mr . Serjeant Bytes ;]— . Mrs . Ashley cross-examined by Mr . F . Kelit : Before I heard the stifled scream , I had heard the voice of the deceased in rather a loud tone . I can t
say whether there was any quarrelling . I heard only a few words , not loud talking , for some minutes / - Did you not think they were quarrelling about money matters ?—I did not hear enough to make me think they were quarrelling . When I first heard her scream I thought she might be in hysterics , as I knew there were money matters between them . She was not hysterical , nor violent in her conduct . I never knew her subject to fits of passion , or of her quarrelling with Mr . Tawell about the children . I have heard her say she had been advised to put them out and go to service ; but she never told me that she had differences with the prisoner about them . I heard no
voice but hers on the night in question , so that I could not have supposed that they were quarrelling . The screams I heard before leaving my house were repeated several times . Icannot say whether or not Mr . Tawell heard the observation I made about my neighbour being ill , The surgeon , Mr . Chai npneys , on Being sent for put his hand under the clothes of Sarah Hart , and felt her heart . He then bled her . I held the basin for him . Blood flowed from herabout as much as would cover a plate . I believe ah « was dead before she was bled , at least I heard the surgeon say so . That is my own belief also . I do not recollect having heen asked the question when I was before the coroner , or having said that the deceased
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died almost immediately after ^ she had been bled . I do not thinkl cpuldhave said so , asmy belief always was she had died before she was Med . I am aware that the deceased had received , a present of a box of apples some time before her death .: She gave me some ot them ; when I saw the box itaras pot full . It would hold aboutapeek , but I didiflMseeit when she first received it . < : ¦ * [ We pass the evidence of the other parties , which relates to the departure , and watching , and apprehension of the prisoner , as it would be merely repeating what is fully set forth in the opening speech of the counsel for the prosecution . We give at full length the examination and cross-examination of the surgeons , as it is likely that on that evidence the
defence will be mainly grounded . ] Mr . Champneysj examined by Serjeant Btibs . —I am a surgeon at Salt-hill . I was sent for to attend Mrs . Hart a few minutes before seven o ' clock on the 1 st of January : I ran all the way . I am Sarah Hart lying on the . floor . I feltberpulse at the wrist . I was not certain there was any pulsation . I putmy hand under her clothes to feel her heart ,, and I perceived at that moment a slight convulsion of the lower jaw . There was no pulsation of her heart . I considered her dead then . Nevertheless , I opened a vein in her arm . I did so not to leave the usual means untried . About an ounce of blood flowed . I still think that she was dead before I opened the vein . I saw the bottle , glasses , and beer on the table . I
put them in the recess by the fireplace . About nine o ' clock the same evening I returned and took posses sion of them , and carried them all away home with me , and looked them up . On the following day I inspected the body , assisted by Mr . Norblad , Mr . Pickering , and- another surgeon . By direction of the coroner I afterwards made a poet mortem examination . I dissected the body in the presence of ; Mr . Norblad and Mr . Pickering . I ' smelt the odour of prussic acid the moment I opened the body . I made a remark . I examined the heart . It was perfectly healthy . I examined the lungs . The lung itself was healthy , but the coverings Bad the remains of old inflammation , old standing adhesion . There was nothing to account for death in the lungs . The
abdominal viscera were healthy . I examined the stomach . The internal surface had more mucus than usual . I removed the stomach and its contents for the purpose of analysis . I placed them in a bottle , which I took home and kept until I took it to London next day ( Friday , the 3 rd ) . I went to London accompanied by Mr . Norblad , and Mr . Pickering joined us in London . We went to Mr . Cooper , whose son also was present . The contents were tested for oxalic and for sulphuric acid , and I don't remember the other poisons thai were sought for . Nothing could be discovered of them . An experiment was then tried for prussic acid . Mr . Cooper tried first the proto-sulphato of iron . He distilled a portion of the . contents of the stomach . I saw the result . of the two experiments
for prussic acid . The second was with nitrate of silver . Prussic acid was found . During the experiments we found no smell of prussic acid .. I am of opinion the deceased died from the effects of prussie acid . I have no doubt about it . I saw Mr . Cooper after the adjourned inquest , between Saturday and Wednesday . I saw him on Sunday . Mr . Cooper analysed the porter in the bottle , in the glass , and the bun . No prussic acid was discovered . They were not tested for . any other poison . I went to Mr . Cooper again on the 8 th of February , when I said I thought the deceased had been poisoned by prussic acid . I had not heard that the prisoner had purchased any . I know the strength ot the prussic acid of the . London Pharmacopeia . Its strength is
two percent , to ninety-eight of water . Scheele ' s prussic acid contains five per cent , to ninetyWire of water . I would begin with three drops of the London Pharmacopeian acid as a dose . ; I might give four . Of the undiluted prussic and pure hydrocyanic acid less thaiiiagrain could only be taken with safety . Two drachmsi of Seheelo ' s solution would contain six grains of pure hydrocyanic add . When Mreona ? die from prussic acid there are cases on record where the smell is not diflcoveredimthe itomach . In my opinion there is no importan t * in the absence of odour as f proof that pnuaie add , wa « not taken . There is »" caat where » boy took tare * And « half drachma ofpnt of tho . solutions , I do not know which , and there-wm no odour from any part of the body
afterit < A person died m an hospital in Paris , after having taken seven-tenths of a grain of pure acid . The acid ia very voluble , and may be carried off by the lungs , or absorbed by the tissues . I never heard of a person taking an ounce . If fifty grains of the London Pharmacopeian acid were ^ found' in the stomach , that is one grain of real , it would be impossible to ascertain how much had been taken , and it would be impossible to say how soon death might ensue . There is a case when a lady took' twelve drops of Scheele ' e acid , and she died in twelve minutes and a half ; but . no deduction can be drawn thence to other cases . I put some prussic acid in porter on the evening of the Thursday . I put hah a drachm in a tumbler , and the . tumbler was filled up
with Guinnesg's stout . The smell . of the acid was then scarcely perceptible . I don't think a person , after taking enough to cause death , would walk more than ft few yards from the house . Cross-examined by Mr . Kelly . —I have been four years in practice . 1 never examined a person before who had died : from prussie-acid .: During my , apprenticeship Ihave killed some of the lower animals , cats and dogs , with it . I experimented on four dogs , and dissected them . Except that practical experience , and some I saw tried on rabbits , all the rest of ray knowledge on the subject is theoretical . I attended the case of a man who had taken some prussic acid , which didnot produce death . I have read " Taylor ' s Medical Jurisprudence , " and from that ' , as well as my
other knowledge , 1 should expect always to find the odour of prussic acid . It is laid down by Taylor , that the stomach and all the cavities present the odour after death . My authority for the case I have cited , in which no odour was perceptible , is in Taylor . The body was examined thirty hours after death . I apprehend that in that case the contents of the stomach were tested by the smell . I have read that case I think elsewhere at greater length . The odour may have passed into the blood after thirty hours . —Mr . Kelly . ; Do you , sir , really believe that enough , of prussic acid to cause death may be swallowed , diluted in porter or otherwise , without leaving any odour from the mouth ? —Witness : I should certainly
always expect to find the odour , but I cannot say that it would be impossible that it would be absent . I smelled the mouth of the deceased woman when I was vailed to her , and again subsequently , but I perceived no smell of prussic acid . On the subsequent examination by Mr . Norblad , Mr . Pickering , and myself , I remarked the smell of prussic acid . Mr . Norblad Baid he perceived none , but I was positive that I did . Prussic . acid is excessively volatile , and it is this volatility which produces the smell . It has a very peculiar odour . —Mr . Kelly : Did you not boil down the contents of the stomach ? Mr . Serjeant Byles objected , as he was about to call Mr . Cooper .
After , some discussion , Mr . Baron Pabke decided that Serjeant Byles should resume . the direct examination , Witness examined by Mr . Serjeant Biles . —The contents of the stomach were first exposed to evaporation . The retort was placed in a sand bath , and the sulphate of iron was applied to the distilled portion of what came off , and the sulphate of potassum and muriatic acid were subsequently added , and the result was nrussian blue . The production of prusslan blue is considered an infallible test of the presence of hydrocyanic acid . Mr . Cooper then placed the retort in a water-bath to obtain a lower temperature . The distillation was again tested . Mr . Cooper regulated the temperature bv a
thermometer . It would be impossible , in ray opinion , to produce prussic acid from the decomposed contents of the stomach . -The nitrate of silver was applied to the second distillation , and cyanide of suver was the result deposited on the glass . All the tests for prussic acid produced it . Cross-exarainationreaumed by Mr . KELLY . —Prussic acid is higbjjr volatile , and of peculiar odour . Whilst ii ia volatilising ft strong odour perceptible io anyone ' is " emitted . The contents of Sarah Hart ' s stomach were exposed to a boiling heat of 212 for several minutes . During that time we all tried to catch the odotir , without discovering it . I don't know that 1 ever saw . prussic acid distilled before . There was no odour from the few drops of blood I drew from the
deceased . I don't feel competent to say thatepileptic patients would be more easily acted on by prussic acid thanothersnotsoafflicted . Thecasetowhichlhave alluded , in which 7-10 thsofa grain was fatal in Paris , was that of seven epileptic patients , to whom by mistake a dose containing 7-10 fchs of a grain was ad minifltered to each , and they all died , some within a few minutes , others after three quarters of an hour . [ A rT * here arose » 8 to this case , it being reported differentl y in different books . Mr . Baron Parke referred to the original book , in which it was found that one died within fifteen minutes , and the rest at different periods to the last , who lived threequarters of an hour . ] Gros ^ examination resumed . The odour , was , in some cases , found eight days after death . After the froth had subsided from the porter I poured on the drachm of acid , I perceived the smell strongly Hydrocyanic acid exists in many substances . In apples , and many fruits , for instance . ; I agree wit
unriBtison , Who says , at page 756 , that hydrocyanic acidissfoundm numerous substances , where it was not previousl y supposed to exist . The prussic acid of commerce is obtained from the blood and horns of animals , fhe chief components of prussic acid are 62 . 12 carbon ,: i 2 of nitrogen , and 1 of hydrogen . It is said to exist m the human saliva ; but not as prussic acid . It is called the sulph , cyanide . It exists as hydrocyanic in cherry stones and other fruit kernels . There was no smell at all during the tests of the deceased ' a stomach for the other poisons , and we then came to the conclusion that there must be prusBic acid . The process through which the stomach ana contents were then put , would produce prussic acid from apple pips or other fruit kernels . When f Seamed the prussic acid it had no smell . Down * ° * last experiment , in which we obtained a certain large quantity of prussic acid , I perceived no smell at all after the first odour I perceived on open
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^^^^^ M ^ P ^ HV ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ M ^^^ HB ing the body . We did not burn any of the substances produced . , - By Mr . Baron Pabks . —We did not try to burn the cyanide of silver . Cross-examinatien continued . —The first thing I did when called in to Sarah Hart was , to feel her pulse . I thought at first I perceived a slight pulsation—a throb or two ; but now I imagineI , diil not feel any . When I put my hand upon the region of the heart there was no pulsation at all . . I have never seen a positive case , before where denth . ensued from prussic acid . The analogy between man and the interior animals is very , doubtful . I should say that Sarah Hart ' s lungs were slightly congested . They were in anaturalandliealthy state , but they contained more blood than usual . That is , not a perfectly healthy state , but there waa , no symptom of disease
productive of deatu m them , That appearance might arise from many sorts of sudden death . The pericardium was empty . I don't think the quantity of blood contained in the lungs , although more than ordinary , could be properly called congestion , but it migjit be called slightly congested . I did not examine the spinal marrow . The gall bladder was of a ' natural colour . I examined : the . glottis particularly in order to find if any foreign substance had got down into it . I did not open the bronchial tubes ; so that if ther e was water in them I don't know . I did not examine so low down . I felt satisfied the deceased
was dead when I tried to bleed her . I thought it better to do so , as one of the usual means , merely in order to leave no meanB untried , as in cases of congestion of the head . —Mr . Kelly : Do you mean to say that you did not open the vein for the purpose of ascertaining the cause of death ?—Witaess : I may have tried to see whether the blood contained anything to account for death , and I wished to satisfy the persons present that nothing was left undone . I took out the contents of the stomach eighteen hours after death . The vessel into which I put them was perfectly clean . It was a broad-mouthed pickle bottle . I did not wash it out , but I held it up and looked through it , and saw it was clean and quite clear . That is the bottle ( produced ) .
The witness was re-examined by Mr .. Serjeant Brass , at very considerable length , upon the subject of the qualities , dec , of prussic acid , and with regard to the cases of the seven epileptic patients in Paris . The Court adjourned at seven o ' clock . SECOND DAY—Tudbsdat . The Court resumed this morning at a few minutes > efore nine o'clock . The entrance to the Courthouse was crowded to a dense degree , and it was with considerable difficulty an entrance could be effected . The prisoner when placed in the dock seemed particularly nervous . He paid marked attention to the evidence , and particularly to the cross-examination of the witnesses by Mr . Fitzroy Kelly . Mr . Cooper , the chemist of London , was the first
witness called , and he was examined at considerable length by Mr . Serjeant Byles , with reference to his experiments on the contents of the deceased ' s stomach , which had been submitted to him in order to test the existence of poison . He found in the stomach of deceased the pips of some apples . He discovered in the seeds of those apples a quantity of prussic acid . He was not enabled to say how much prussic acid had been originally introduced into the stomach before the contents were removed . A variety of circumstances might tend to decrease this quantity , as absorption by the system , « fec . ¦ Cross-examined by Mr . Kelly . —He had never hefore that time examined the contents of the human stomach where a person had been killed , or where
prussic acid had been taken . He had had a good deal of experience of the chemical properties of prussic acid . It had a peculiar smell , whether in its strongest state as concentrated acid , or in its weakest form . It affected the back of the throat in a peculiar manner . He had met it more frequently in a diluted form , when combined with water , than is its concentrated state . . He began hit iaviaHgjition with , the view of wwrtairing the presence « f oxilic kU . Wfcea he ttated Ite wmienite of the stomftenho took various . portuM ror the purpose of . diMovenng Hot presenceof various poisons . ( Tho witnoBthen deailed hk roodo of weiing it . ) He did not discover the smell of nnsno . aeid on first testing the contents
of tha stomach . The smell of beer was the most predominant . When his experiments had failed to discover the other forms of poison , he directed allhis skill to discover the existence of prussic acid . On the second examination , on the 8 th of February , he took a great deal more care than on the previous examination . This was a test of quantity > not of quality . The quantity actually ' obtained was one grain and forty-three hundredths of a grain of prussic acid . One hundred and thirty-six grains of cyanite of silver was-equivalent to twenty-seven grains of Hydrocyanic acid . The stomach of deceased contained some undigested flesh , the apples he had already mentioned , and a pulpy mass , of which he could make nothing . He did not see the apple pips , mt kriowine that tnat tribe would vieldnrussic acid .
he afterwards tested them . He was not aware that sweet almonds would yield prussic acid ; the _ bitter almonds certainly would . He made an experiment , on two separate occasions , on different kinds of apples , and extracted a little prussic acid from . both . The test was simply . placing tnepips in a retort with water , and distilling it . He then added to the distilled liquor a little sulphate of iron , and the contents of the other phial on the table was the result . He did not think it necessary to crush the pips ; the distillation was the only test . He thought that no substance contained . pure prussic acid . Prussic acid was so extremely volatile , that 4 f it existed in a free state it must be continually evaporating , and it could not therefore exist unless combined with some other substances . Animal
substances contained prussic acid . He would not say that it was likely to be produced by a change in organic matter . As far as he was aware of , he was himself the first discoverer of prussic acid in applepips . He was not aware that if apple-pips were macerated , that they would yield more hydrocyanic acid . . Mr . Kelly quoted from " Taylor on Poisons , " to the effect that the odour of prussic acid was present when the poison itself was not existent . Did Mr . Cooper agree in that opinion ? Witness—I do not . By Mr . Baron Pabke . —After all the experiments he had made , lie had no doubt of the presence of prussic acid in the stomach . The absence of smell
might be accounted for by its dilution , or by its odour being covered by . that of other substances . It did not Mow that the prussic acid should be in the form of salt . He had never stated that it was in the form of salt . In his opinion it could not exist in the stomach as a cyanite of potassium , where another and more powerful acid , asmuriatic acid , was present in the stomach in considerable quantities . He was not of opinion that prussic acid could be formed in the contents of the stomach by putrefaction . Joseph Cooper , jun ., was son of last witness , and had been his assistant for four years . He smelt the prussic acid in the course of these experiments at the time his father did .
Edward Weston Norblad , surgeon at Stroud . —He had practised for ten years . On Thursday , the 2 nd of January , he went with Mv . Champneys to Mrs . Hart ' s house . He saw the body of the deceased there . He had heard the evidence of Mr . ChamDneys , and he would infer the existence of poison if death had suddenly followed the matter taken into the stomach . He would attribute the very sudden death of this person to one of two poisons—either prussie acid or oxalic acid . He was present at the two first examinations of the contents of the stomach . Mr . Cooper had correctly . stated the tests he had applied , and he ( witness ) agreed with him in the inference he drew therefrom . Oxalic acid must have been detected if it contained that aeid . He had no
doubt that prussic , acid was in the stomach , and he attributed the death of deceased to that cause . He had heard the account of the last witness of what took place in October , and the symptoms were such as would be on the whole of the animal creation . It destroys life in the same manner in all . He had himself tried experimeuts | upon animals . He had seen goats , cats , and dogs poisoned . He had especially-tried experiments upon dogs . He had administered to two dogs , some hours after feeding them—to oneof them beer containing half an ounce of Scheele ' s and to the other one drachm of prussic acid . He gave it them at seven in the evening , and the effect was , that in fifty seconds the dog which had received the smaller dose fell , and in ten minutes he died . The
second died in half the time . He opened the bodies of the dogs eighteen hours after death , the same period . at which the deceased was opened , and he could ascertain no smell of prussic acid . On opening the stomachs of the dogs the prevalent smell was that of sour beer . The food was but half digested . He should have expected a smell of prussic acid in the case of a person who had died in a quarter of an hour after its Doing administered . He . attributed the absenee of smell to the admixture with'the stout . He had examined the bod y of Mrs . Hart , and . he would on opening the body have expected to find the cause of death , and . If prussic acid had not existed in the stomach he had no doubt he could have traced some other cause . The body was perfectly healthy He was much in the habit of opening bodies , and he was satisfied that less than one grain would cause death .
Cross-examined by Mr . Kelly . — He had never attended any one who had takep prussic acid . When taken as a medicine , the ordinary quantity was , of Scheele ' s , five minims , or drops . Prussic acid , he thought , might with advantage be used , in varicose affections . He agreed with Dr . Thomson , of London , that , externally applied , prussic acid might be found useful in cancerous diseases . Ho had the sense of smell very acutely , and he could not detect the smell of the acid in the stomachs of the dogs ; The dogs were kept in an outhouse after they were dead , and before they were opened . He tried these experiments on the dogs on the 18 th Feb . succeeding the death of the deceased . Headache and vomiting fire , quently followed a disorder of the stomach occa sioned by something being taken into it . The quantity vomited bore no proportion to the quantity taken into the stomach . He . had given medicinal doses of prussic acid to allay irritation of the stomach .
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Mr . | Kelly . —In the whole course of vow experience did you ever find vomiting prodttcea D » ftwb /' - acid ?—I have seen dogs affected to V 0 JmtiB $ i'P'" " ¦« Mr . IEellt . —I speak of the human being » " * ; Witness ( emphatically ) . —The stomach ttPffifdog wexa ^ Uy simaartotbatofthehuniMbeiifcl /''^ MiOKbllt . —You speak verv dogmatically , but I J would jwish a plain answer to a direct question . HaVB you , sir , in thecourseof your experience , seenvomft . ing fro | m the stomach of a human being induced by prussic acid ?—No ; I . have not . ' Henry Thomas , chemiat , Bishopsgate-street . —He remembered Wednesday , the 1 st oftfanuary , perfectly well , i He Baw ; < thfe'prisoner 6 n " : tliat day between twelve ! and two ' at his shop ;; 'He ' asked fife . two
drachms of Scheele ' s prussic acid . He brought : * ™ i hal&oimce phial ; labelled V Schccle ' s pniMioi *!* . ; ' T ' He gave that bottle to put the prnssic acidito' . TUy' phial Had a glass stopper . Witness could not get the stopper out , and was in consequence obliged to give him a stopper of his own . He thought the prisoner said , " You need not put a label on ; " but the circumstance was so commou'tliat he did not pay any ;¦ attention to it . He said he wanted ' to apply the acid externally to a varicose veinf ( The book in which the entry was marked was produced . ) Witness saw the prisoner on the following day , between the hours of ten and twelve , and he asked for two drachms more . He said he had had a misfortune , he had broke the bottle , j He had the same quantity asitom ^ tiv ;» *! . «
bottle he had originally brought . ' He had been frequently to the shop before that time . : ; . ¦ . : Cross-examined by Mr . Kblly . —If he covered the phial at all , it was with leather , and not with paper . He had no doubt that the prisoner was at that time affected , as he stated , with varicose veins . He did not believe that Scheele ' s prussie acid could be taken into thestomach and yet not ascertained by the smell . He had mixed thirty drops of Scheele ' s with eleven ounces , or nearly a tumbler full , of porter , and the smell was slightly perceptible . The bottle does not contain the quantity of eleven ounces . It is the pro pevty of this acid while it is volatilising to give out a smell . He was aware that apple-pips contained prussic acid . He saw fifteen small apples tested by
aisujjauon , ana tnen witn suipnunc acid and sulphate of iron . The quantity of prussio acid that resulted was one grain and one-fifth . Mr . — Smythe , clerk to Barnett , Hoare , and Co ., examined . —The prisoner had been in the habit of banking with them . On Wednesday , the 1 st of January , he came between two and three o ' clock , aud drew a cheque for £ 14 , Paid him in gold . His account was overdrawn at that date . He believed- the paper shown him to be his handwriting . ( The paper referred to was a prescription for varicose veinel , ) Cross-examined . —There was not the slightest objection to his overdrawing his account . Mi's . Bacon was under examination when the express left .
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Camberwbu . Ann Walworth . —A meeting will be held at the Montpelier Tavern , Wai worth , on Monday evening next , at eight o ' clock precisely . Westminster . —Clocr-Hoosb . —The . members of the above named locality are requested to attend on Sunday next , March 16 th , at eight o ' clock . Abhtojmjndee-Lyne .- —A concert and ball will be held in the Association-room , on Good Friday , March 21 st . The amusements to commence at six o ' clock ; refreshments to be served round at intervals ia the course of the evening .
Bbapfobo . —On Sunday the members of the General Council will meet in their room , Butter * worth's-buildings , at two o ' clock in the afternoon . Ttojugain-Lahb . —On Tuesday next the members of the City locality will meet at the hall , Tumngainlane . qn . business of importanoe connected with the approaching Conference , and to staff « General Council for tbii koaUtp / BaBjpjroiu * , —A lecture will be delivered at the JDwioaratio Chapel , . Thorp-street , on Sunday , at half ; P 4 at six in tie evening . JKsia ^ KSTEn . —Carpenters' Hail . —A lecture will be delivered in this Hall on Sunday next' bjr Mr . Tattersall ] who has just completed his education by tvro years ' close appucation and study in her Majesty ^ College at Lancaster ; chair to be taken at half-past six o clock . '"' - ¦ '• ¦"¦
Dewsbury . —The next Dewsbury distriet meeting will be holden on Sunday , the 16 th inst ; , at two o'clock in the ' afternobn . . .. Oidium , — On Sunday ( to-morrow ) Mr . J . Kay Taylor will deliver his fourth aud last lecture on the "Life , Writings , and Genius of Robert Burns , " in the Chartist-room , Greaves-street , at six o ' clock in the evening . Nottingham . —The Operative Hall Building Com mittee will meet oh Sunday afternoon next , at five o ' clock , at the White Swan , New Radford .
Mr . Doyle will lecture at the following places during the next fortnight : —Sheffield , Monday and Tuesday , the 17 th and 18 th inst . ; Bavnsley , Wednesday ' , Mtb . ; Littfetown , Thursd ay , ' 20 th ; Cleckheaton , Friday , 21 st ; Bradford , Sunday and Monday , 23 rd and 24 th ; Wakefield , Tuesday , 23 th ; Birstall , Wednes day , 26 th ; and Dewsbury , Thursday , the 27 th inst . Halifax . —Mr . Doyle will lecture in the Working Man ' s Hall , on Sunday ( to-morrow ) evening , at six o ' clock . The Chartists of this locality are requested to meet in their roomon Sunday , at two o clock in the afternoon , on business of importance .
SuNDERLAND . — The members of the National Charter Association resident in this district , will meet on Sunday . afternoon next , at half-past two o'clock , atthe Royal Oak , High-street , • Liverpool . —A public discussion will be held in the Temperance-hall , Rose-place , on Monday next , at half-past seven o ' clock . Question— " Will the ^ rinciples of Robert Owen or the principles of Teetotalism confer the greatest blessings on tho working classes ?" Sheffield . —Mr . C . Doyle will deliver two lecture * in the large room , Figtrec-lane , on Monday and Tuesday . Subject for Monday , " Labour ' ^ Wrongg and Labou ' rs Remedy ; " for Tuesday , ' Inolated Trades ' Unions versus Consolidated Trades' Unions , ¦ based upon just principles . " Rochdale . —The llev . V . Jack 9 on will preach two sermons in the Assembly-room , Toad-lane , at two and six o clock , on behalf of the Chartist Sunday School . On Good Friday there will be a Tea-Party at the Chartist Association Room , Mill-street ; tea on the table at half-past four .
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Death of Miss Linwood . —It ia our p ainful duty ., ; this week to record the demise of otic / of the moat ' gifted and remarkable women oftlie ago in which ' sho ' lived , and to whom Leicester has had the honour of giving birth—we allude to the death of Miss Mary Linjivood , which took place on Sundayj atheriesi-. ; denpe , Belgrave-gate , in this town . The deceased '' - ' was bom urth ' e year 1766 , and was in the 90 th year of . her . age . . She was taken ill last y ^ eai-, while on . her annual visit to her inimitable exhibition' of needlework in London , arid was brought to Leicester in aa invalid '
carriage on the 27 th of September , last . Although she ; did not rally again to any considerable extent , hop ' cs were entertained until about New-year ' s day that Bhe would recover strength , but an attack of influenza seizing her at that time , it became evident that debility would gain the mastery , and since which period she gradually gunk until the hour of death . — Leicester' Mercury . ¦ '""' ' . " .... " Died this morning , about five o ' clock ; at his residence , No . 2 , Malvern-terrace , Islington , Wij I iaia ' Frederick Deacon , Esq ., in the 47 th year of . h !* » j ; e . - - For some years he had been in a- declining state of V health , but no serious danger was appreiwiidrtlnllY ' within the last six weeks , when but little 'MbjifiS of- '" recovery were entertained even by his mast sanguine it friends His Hpnt . 1 i will hon . « m » at . Inaa fa fll . > I '! , > i'jit . lii ; ft \ :,: ! menusuu ucavu nuiuctt ^ reau iubb lu niri' »!« ihu » " «
, of the day . He was a distinguished writt-r <•• bodm-ii of our best periodicals , well known to the fii-sr . literar * . / . characters of the age , and admired as a > oiia « teiandi i : elegant scholar , well acquainted with the writings of ; : o the ancients , and not surpassed by any in his intimated knowledge of-the remarkable works which have ;; : issued from the press during the present century * no His judgment and taste as '• & critic ' were never , r ,-surpassed ; he was just , butrarely severe ; he felt th © •; . difficulties of writing well , made , allowance for thi ' , faults and defects of others , wasalwayB happy what he could praise ; and more distregsed perhaps thantha author huriBelf when he wasicompellea to blame ; He was employed for nearly twenty years on the 3 m newspaper . ¦ We have , therefo pef ^ fSSStbtQ know him well , and we wfflmgly * ay % SEiSto bit memory . —»?«« , Monday . -0 ( # < iP ^^ fc& ^ i * - On Friday week , after 'O ob ^ dl ^^ tifiiaif . * Robert , fhftMatf Mr : RichfeM ^ fi ^ i ^ gi Halifax , aged ten years . J pl ^ l . ^ pS ^ ^ i *\ 4 ^ '¦* jl ^ 0 ^~ .
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C 1 SDIDATE 3 NOMINATED FOE THE ESSD 1 HG HXECDTIVE COMMITTEE . The folloTting gentlemen , Tiz ., F . O'Connor , T . M . mieeler . P . M'Grath . T . Clark . andC . Dojle . haTebeen nominated at the foUowingplaces : —Brighton , SomersTown , Bradford ( Yorkshire ) , Norwich , HaBfex , Hammersmith , Hebdeo-bridg ^ Westmi nster , Kjinoutb , Sheffield , Mertbjr Tjaril , Stockport , Haggate , Soweroy Helm . Greenwich , Tmro , HolbeckjTavistoci , Cummersdale , Oldham , Carlisle , Bewshurj , Ashton-under-Lyne , and by'the Emmett Brigade . At Todmorden , F . O'Connor , T . M . "Wheeler , P . MHIrath , James leach , and Thomas TattersaQ , have been nominated ; at Birmingham , F . O'Connor , X . U . "Wheder , jr . Bairstow , 3 . West , G . White , and James Leach ; at Manchester , James Leach , P . M'Grath , F . O'Connor , T . M . Wheeler , and Join West ; at ilarylehone , P . O'Connor , P . H < 6 r&th , T . M . "Whedar , C . Dovle , and John West at
Arnold , Basford , and Carnhgton , F . O'Connor , F . M'Grath , T . M . Wheder , C . Dovle , and Mr . Dorman ( of Nottingham ); at Northampton ( New Locale ) , T . H . Wheeler , P . MWraib , William Jones ( of Liverpool ) , C . Doyle , and Wfl-HamBeesley ( ofAccrington ) : and at the City of London , P . M'Grath , T . Cooper ( of Stafford Gaol ) , C . Dovle , F . O'Connor , and T . H . Wheeler . By the above return the candidates axe , Messrs . M'Grath , CConnor . WheeleT , Doyle , Clark , James Leach , Tattersall , Baintow , West , 0 . White , Donnan , William Jones , Bees . 1 * 7 , and Thomas Cooper . These gentlemen will please indmduallj to write to the Secretary , 31 % Temple Bar , previous to Thursday , the 20 th March , stating whether they consent to stand the election for the above office . PrintedEsts of the candidates who consent to stand will then be transmitted to each snh-secretary , and the election be proceeded with forthwith . THOMAS MABTIN "WHKKT . KR , Secretary .
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Dkeadfui . Accidjbnt . —Four Lives 1 . obt . — On Thursday evening an accident occurred in the city of - Cork ; of the most dreadful nature , which threwalarge portion of the neighbourhood of Patrick ' s Quay , into intense excitement . It was occasioned by the railing of a corn store , four stories high , the property of Burke Brothers , and the intelligence rapidly communicating spread an alarm among the families of the persona in the employment of Messrs . Burke , which was increased to a fearful degree by the uncertainty as to who were killed , and what was the real extent of the calamity . It was soon ascertained that fourper Bons ^ were missing—John O'Brien , a chandler ; Timothy *\ Hanlan , an old labourer ; Patrick Walsh , a young man , and labourer ; and Honora Griffin , a young woman , similarly employed with the others . . A fifth . person , James Dillon , who escaped , relates that . . . about five o ' clock they were engaged in . rendering ; lard upon the ground-floor , two of them sitting , while the others were standing . Upon hearing ; the first crash DiJlon flung himself into a low archway communicating with an adjoining office and store , and . providentially escaped unhurt . He can give , no ac- . count of the immediate cause of the terrible circum- .. stance . The stores are very extensive , and ifc is com- . ; puted the quantity of wheat in them amounted to 120 tons , in addition io 600 or 700 barrels of oats . /
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 15, 1845, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1306/page/5/
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