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FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1996.

CRIMINAL POISONING IN. HONGKONG.

LECTURE BY MG W..E, CROW.

Mr Crow said-Among the more socisus oriminal nets there is perhaps no of20ee which excites greater interest in the minde of the public and to which the resourcce of science are mord strenuously applied by the authorities, in order to bring the offender to justice, than that of criminal poisoning.

The subject of poisoning generally natural

The

It had either bec

DATURA POISONING,

THE CHINA

is

gouurally held that A Cum in his anxiety The active principle of the root of Gelse to rid the Colony of the foreign element matum elegazo has not so yet been faily used leo mach, Arennie, which, asting investigated. It is bowover an alkaloid! promptly us an emetto, accounted for the possessing such marked chemical and physio- This afternoon, Mr W. E. Crow, Guverum-fatzi tormication of any of the ones. logical aberanture that it can be detected ment Analyst, gave a lecture to the Old New Arsenic is a very heavy and only with certainty in cases of puizozing.

lightly ariable salt. Volumes' on the subject of Criminal mixed in powdered form with the four er Poisoning in Hongkong. There was a good dissolved in the water need to prepare

The Solaceous plant furnishing the aflendance of weinbere. The Hon. H. E, dough. The probabilities are that the latter

and South China as H7 Nau Yeung, Pollock, Acting Attorney donerul, presided, course was the one adapted. Had the pesan known by the Chinese in Hongkong in the fort of powder been revived into the stomach it is noonosivable that all who pars is the Thorn Appa, the Ducura alba of took of the broad would have escaped withers. The dried war, in bundles of vari-

us size, is the only part of the plads sul their lives.

by the native druggiata. The fresh tire herb my frequently be seen on the herba- lista stall. The dried Bowers weight as average four graias vach. The plant 10 common in waste places near yalages both here and on the mandand and also on the arighbouring istand

In able specimens of the drist and sing coloured plate showing the charter of the plan in tower and in fruit. This exeries

by mhadventure or for the purpose of suicide.

Europe in having larger white dowers, other parson with intent (4) to injure, gitaus. A small quantity of fouf, less then tag egala:ly. The sets of the latter

one ounce, was found to have been misdire black, with 3 grains of the same compound. That

For many years previous to the appoint- were to Yo

to Police Court proceedings in either of out of an airlyst to the t'i laid fverus

mont

1870, the plans Nv Young Fa Sad her cares, Warther the incorporation of the Orpinatia the fand was due to socient been on to Pudies Metrates in doug.

Thero 19

-ro is nothing

kong as farmeling material in uso by rob- heas tu ding the victims: but, although urateigs te uncertain, remurile in the dust of the Fadi in soldiers huving this poisonous cocoped in their equently decay to notice in the Law Dossessing as they are in the babit of engouts Thero is an evidence to warrant this tu depolatory. Chys in his Medical assumption that prints 1862 it had been

identified with thin Datara aikaa, Jurisprudence for India' qustus several names

ly disides itself into two hisda: - ;

My predecesos, Dir Hugh McCallum, quotes a case in which a notice doctor was

with 'administūring a noxiousdrug charged quid Arwarfed by the Pudice was found to exatain in solution the equivalest of graine of Arsenicus neid,

lu 1994 bowl of curric

rit faw! was analyzed at the request of the principal Army Medical Olor and ionad to contain 4.19

ing if

of Orpitant. The

The onrry hul boen

last year a

a situitur dan was investi.

♫

ghdit

MAIL.

herb would have to be in a liquid Forin o act so rapidly as this.

There is no record at the Hengkɔug Olvi! Hospital of a single case of Datura drag- ping terminating fatally,

The exportones of last 12 years lenda me to infer that the only motive for adminis tration of Datura is to produca stupefaction for the purpose of kidnapping, and robisery generally.

S

CORRESPONDENCE.

THE MILK QUESTION,

To the Eliter of the China MAIL'

Hongkong, April 10th. SK-Ro the serious charge against a dairy keeper reported in your column of the 1st and 2nd instant, I would like to ofor, with your permission, the following A Possible explanation for the preserve of the per of water found on analysis to be i excess of the quantity generally accepted as forising the cormal constituent of goodwilk, ether than by addition,

show.

A

THE COLLISION AT SHANGHAT

in fifty

Af

feet

under the

DETAILS OF THE ACCIDENT

this awkward and unfortunato

DISTURBANCES IN THE NORTHERN SHAN STATEA,

there as

at

na wab nov

3. The self administration of poison eitherred for one of the Easuar Artillerymen, difers from the Datne. Strametuum. » exists in the goods to the extent of about 10 turd to go by I will put down average her end the Norwegian ateamer Novnaulie, of the fact. It was true that he 2. The administration of poinan to lygated 16 time from the Hongkong Be. brown needs and a les thorny capsule apht; per cont, of a fixed oil, the better qualitira ennt., pad water h3 per cent.; this is by na According to what we dan leuts, the col-en iong as he wre officiating in that capacity

aggrieve or annoy such person (wislemounur); (E) to endanger the life of such porsun or so ea thereby to inflist upon such person any grie vens balily harm (felony); (e) to enable himself or any other person to commit any Tadictable offence (felony),

Uureat continues in the Northern Shan Shanghai, April 10,

States and several epopuuters with the mi- People were somewhat surprised sesterday litory Policu have taken place. The most morning to see the C. N. Co. a steamer Pekir.arious occurred at a tilage called Hangat (1,274 fons) partly alongside the liwa Jettyna, on the borders of tho Ngukling ou on the Publier, who the caguy only retired after and her stern high a Garden frontage, her forn-purt being pretty loss of forty killed and wonder. Throw of well submerged. After seeing this they the police were wounded.

nut much astonished, on boarding her FISH POISONING,

from the Jutty, to find a large hole about, are still eating with determined opposition March 21.-Usptain Elliott and Mr Rois Two Instante, a of inalicious fish-poisoning

from the on the

stem the port side on the Shan Frontier. about fifteen are ou record: the first occurred in 1882,

feet wido reaching The former else was

perpendi from her

LORD SANDIECAST ON FABEMASONKY, her upperworks down to within sularly the second in 1887. folly investigated by Mr McCallum. The

Ture-hold Bombay, March 23.- Lord SandBirat, ne That there was an execus of 6 per cent. of a few plates from her keel. The

Pro-District Grand Master of Bulbay, at- substance ned by the Chinese for this pe

vas Casals of the gends of Camellia water is a fant which was proved beyond was full of water, and the bargain that part tuuled the Juweledi Navrez l'estival at Saturday. Lord olifera, wines the oil. It cocors in con doubt, bat its preses is vot proof con- the ship was completely submerged. The muce in the form of circular ist discs 7 ulusive that the same was added, as milk pontoon of the Evo Jelly had been caugh: the Freemasons' listi

Sandhurat, in expressing his pleasure at be ship's guard app, was damaged, inches in diamator and weighed in while he adds calls while a large eargu-bant was imprisoned ing prezent on

on that occasion, and that Froe- avenge 23 rat. 1 is kun by the hi-romayed well on aanlysie siva identically between the fall of the Pekin and the asonry know no distinction between #instast similar result, as 1 lieps to clearly shore. The mics of the Pekin being in steals, nationalities or parties, and whon

he tooked Me GlcCallion states that itr.e-

positiou

the cosmopolitan gathering as

Στασί For the purpose of the present letter as was that a collision had taken place between reanbled round him, ho found. naplo Chen fa Mity is due to a Clocsin saporin which

Emailk to be roughly cotaposed as followe:

Capt. Berg. She is a vessel of 626

as a representative of the Quson En por cnt. The deal in about good

Solids not lat 9 per contain and her agents are Messrs. Moleurs & Co. presa but a Pro-District Grand Master, and means a high quality especially us regarde lisian uccurred about 6.15 am, The Pein they might be exrtain that he would do his Olive oil in of which for n adaicab sobaritata far lin many operations in which tha

erento, and one that it would be within tea. latter is smployede

was, inward-bound from Yingna, whily the taint the forward the interoels of the kre. on to expect as obtainable in this colony. The following are the partienre of the

Norwondie was outward bend, and just thron and to increase the number of the (4), 3ilk on being skimmel will lang from after the intter steamer and rounded the brethren on the rulle. case. I was called upon to investigate in

approach

A RACE FROM BOWRAT TO MARSEILLES. the mill the cream reaved, the pering the steamer Palin, so she blow in blasts Calcutta, March 23,--The Messagories 1886, On the night of the 16th of Supt. to bears of its int, a little ensein, und Loothug Twint so found her of that year are then were obrved ta put some Cab tai plug into a live kantage of water will be in proportion in-of her whietis: it mean I am directing wy3istinen steamer Oecznies, being the frat lank in one of the city markets. The sheressed.

course to

to port. She ported ber heim which departure gauler the company's new service woro killed att fennel aly. The

took her into the chow chow water, when tuft Bombay at 72.15 p.m. on Saturday, and water was geared and thrown away and a

the cross tide suddenly turned her head and the P.&O.E.4. Ciednie at 2,10 p. frush supply put into the tant. The only

the cllision followed. The Foxin con- Both me for Marsailles, both have fall meand to fill rapidly, and Capt. Downie, In this oficial medial reeds of Hong-rial table for analyst was the dead

ho liz-t mention

out of Datura

tic.ratod. Badetish. The Police Magistrate Ma Word-House

(c) The ad.tition of 65 per cent. of its bulk with all its wits about him, beached her for lista, and un exciting race is on- whore we found her yesterday morning, March 25,--The slower Thibet has arriv- Mr M:Caliuta in

tion in the perigentage of its solid con-

It is well she was put on slure, for hudod at Bombay, and reports that she sighted

deep elis sank in In September 1694 a case of poisoning by ton of the Colonial Surgoon's usual ton and report ;-

of the Caledonēt on Sunday morning, and two Mr. McCAL J.-Can the active principle of Ch1à tra stituents; the forense in talk is a velife would have been terrible, as she had hours in or the Oceanien. The Decunien ja geunito was the abjost of an investigation report for 1882

anolyat, enwn taley ping be detected in the dead beh? anall rast the difference in slide is appreci Bum, formo in the Police Court, Th vehicle for

few motos of the investigations

Are fish in destroyed fit for hamable and no me, the non-fetted solids and hourd 418 nativo passengers,bosides not a now steamer, and so the race is on- the administration of the poisin was !!

to the discovery that a him which toi the usual tan couples and p

CORBOmption pssibly doestion of coffee served in

Datira alba

per cent, to something liks 8.49 per cent. way at a tin party of some members

was cominon stepeying agent amoget of the foreign community. The anse fell to W

of M Lock- of niluged

(d). Milk whoob on the addition of G per

on her port bow. The work felight accident to her machinery. the ground through kk of evidence. In the Chinese : Hoglung itu ataics, that the Bhutanical Dept, tad sapuriated at of und 5.45 per cent, nequctively.

during the years

CONPLAGRATION IN A VALUUTTA SUBUIS, Lefore the courts,hart, the Registrar Catural, who was good cent. of water pielted, on apelysis, no matching up the gap in the Pekin and Dealing anaigais, Abaniline, the

enough to obtain the opinion of the Chine's fatted olids 8.41 per cent., cream 2 per her was

Gricu'ta, March 25.—A great fire oc- of Salad,

and nearly was wild won

with native principle

state wat have contained much more Ture

Mr immediately.

curred in the Kidderpore suburb of "Cal- Morton, the detected in considerable quantity; and the the victims being in

diver, belu

belonging to

to the escapa from death of, thase to Whats it had cigrants An impression sens to lugej herwise as an article of dint of fish killed!

e Tug Boat Company, cutia yeaterdes. Upwards of a equite the minds of the Magistrates amt by this prison.

Mr. Ford, who had recently returned solids, or thuresbusts; a ereichedly poor was auan at work; while the outgomilo of the ineste, or nearly 1,000 huts, the Police that the gumplainanta ware either been served on paly be attributed to the post-prandial habit of sipping

drank

trom alcohol, or that the cases had fean a botanical tour in the neighbouring product, especially in regard to the cream, taken from the vessel iste lilates, the was destroyed. Several lives were lost,

undamaged. The Bo gulp. It appears the

of the Ewe Jetty hus From the foregoing a not improbable in. to get the Pelaa about aad into dack in a day auicides, viz.-Optum, in the form of the Aconite, was noted immediately

or two, It is n singular ferena is, that the milk anilyeud was aqueous extract in almost general use by the coffee had besa tasted,

than one substance entering into the com-been intentional or unintentional. Milk isual at Woosung Old sailors used to say it sail on Friday, ellowed to stand for any tugth of time was very unicky to

into two strata, the

reprofully on Good Friday,-Mweury, upper

The maximum penalties provided my Crdizanoc 4 of 1800 for these crimes are

15

(b). A sample of standard milk would therefore after skimming give an analysis very much like the one described in your paper."

penal servilade for three years in the case of death from the administration of Orpics in the analytical seo-j rofural two questions to me for eunailor of water, would canso very slight varia

of (a), for ten years in the case of (5) and for life in the case of {e},

I propose in this Lecture to confine my romarke for the most part to the poisonous agents, as to the use of which for oriminal purposes in this colony authentic records are sofazne, to; link to make only incidental *reference, for the sake of analogy, to subs

the

laconiti Satsontḍo,

ענ!

CASUS

15

| cream being reduced from 9 per cunt, and

In this engiiry I hau-the hourfit of the sa

che

Walor

USB

68 the erred. here. The Narate proceeded as far as the Old Dock Whart, at which place ebo March 27-The Caledonia arrived at went alongsids. Thie versol was not rayurely Aden at midnight on Wednesday, and was

damenaly two or three plates are delayed there for a short time owing to a

Za ova the use of whist has been braucht submitted far of the bever drugging

wore to 3

with robbery; With merchants as to the suitability or out and water 69.33 per cent must indeven to the Did Doak, weave poengle

out in evidence in the more important trials for murder by poisoning in Great Britain,

First, with regard to accidental and art

tha

always

in most cases returned

than 2 12 per cent, cream and 8.49 per cent,perating promptitude, commenced

was

pontoon

sal the dainage exaseds a lakh of rupees.

March 27.It is estimated that, owing

up

caincidence that it

to the destruction of so many houses by the Kidderpore fire, 6,000 people ara hama-

ridal poisoning. So far as the Chineau are instead of wallowing a large quasily aged perain for the sake of revenge. /process of extracting the tes oil and Loing.

ante bunu tramped up be aɔme - rovince, where he had see the whole caseidering the class of eows and their feed-greater part 10nce sunk, Thy hom concerned there in only one agent used byation on the tough, character:site of Janght lete the evening to the information. In my enquiry

a

ticpling

after the In

thechik auspicions

WHO

preparation of the cafe, gave me the follow Chiness Tensio

Chinese for smoking. These costs present bees aroused the remainder of the beverage cordis, by the Pulice, in a really alluded to the possibility of more kimmed milk, Now this skinming moy have War on Good Fridar Inst that the Nora was

ceted.

waa

madness. The

of the case,

China for the prolaction in South

LATE TELEGRAMS. (Tinea of Ceylon).

OBITUARY.

Loudon, March 24.-The death is an

Tous Brown's Schooldays.

ices and destitute. At a largely-attended of the Chamber of Cormorco hold afternoon, & Committee was erined to esllect subscriptions for a Relief Fund to mitigate the distress.

& TORPEDO FLOTILLA, MOBILISATION. Calente, farcb 25.-Admiral Deum- mond ordered a torpedo fotilla to be mo- bilized at Bombay yesterday. The distilla left in the afternoon, ander the command of Captain Goodridge. It consists of the

seven first-class torpedo boats.

Deaths or injury from poisoning by nig, eriginal poiseuing in ludi and in South & binds of lowers reputed by the Chinese us Destte driven prough it ng water power, the condition favorable to this separation is į munced of Me Justico Hughes, author of torpedo catchers Assays and Plassy, and

puisoner.

+

and then the mase

March 20.The death is announced of

the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Madras at Romne

BRUTAL MOADER BY ERITISIF SOLDIERS.

Calcutta, March 23.-The trial of Trooper

Northamptonshire Reginout, who

to hate undergone unintentional skitowing; the 218 Hussars, and Privato i

THE EGYPTIAN EXPEDITION.

Cairo, March 23.Colonel Collinson's column occupied Akasheh on Friday at withmat opposition, and is now strongly fortifying the place.

March 24. Two thousand Ave hundred troops have already reached Assouan.

or July 1982,

Civil uspita,

The girl had besa stolen, It to be regretted that she and a found by the Pole in a

Candled sufera, Ald, extensively ill be camaisting of fat, a jittle cri but few features of interest ta sither the criminal was not trucked down in this as about to leave

Paisoning

to leave the harbour. When roused, is quite another thing to public or the medical or chemical jurist. | Paisonin

by Aconite In the majority of instances such a large ging by Datura, und dusta has frequent. the child was most vicious, and the temper of weds which yield a valuable i known area,

resulted therefrom. This is, leve, displayed by her pointed to ly dose of the drug is taken that it in rare the fast east of Aconits poisoning in the pupils of hith cyca were widely dilatul, as tea nit. Ch'a fui ping is the refusa mat and some milk. It came out in evit. dowe at an early hour, collected in buckets The then put away The preparation very simple.

Of the

the sims that clupsed indeed for a life to be saved. Moreover criminal nunals of Hongkong had the s of Left alone the child a fell asleep, and as luft after the oil has been expressades that the milk was get from the Chin mawerful drag by the Chinese for an ext tuoruing, bayani displaying great anode are collected in erober or Naveniberefore bolling commened there is no

Tried and taser to mill where they en owing to the seporific effect of the pofen it slawiel purpose is of interest to the Toxi- stupidity, was quite well. The pupila were

113 atili dilated,

meation, bu, that the milk was subjanted: te ie eddon that enepicion is aroused before thecologist in that it adds another to the many paials of similarity between the agents used

Mr Melam then proceeded to examine tushed in a circalar mortar or rough by subject is beyond all medical aid.

bucket was leughly stirred before hotel. in a powerful Chama; It will be remind that hrnctive a stapefying drus, so extract of which he sets after being crusher are atusaased quels car and unions the extents of the adventure have happily been very infrequent priveiple of Aamite was the substansted serful mydriatic, both witen press which expresice to oil. Tus refuso, in the rareininge of cream would vary mad lust bottles being wet marked, goverged and have hech confined to members of the employed by Dr. Lanson, the Wimbledon ada patured internally ani when applied alter the extraction of the nil, is the articiscusiderably, the difference between the first cly to the age. Soar of the extraes was

produced b The spines of Acorite root is the table dued by at ware similar to those ob foreign community. Carbolic acid-imbibed

to a small monkey, and the effects known as Ch'à sa pi

it

drs, abrat za by the time the mill waz left standing. akes weighing, what I in oistas for Port wine; Chloral-as over. | werc purchased as native drug shops in this red in the caes of the little girl. The 3 lbs. respectively. The quality often it is possible for the mills ire question

swers were abanted to the Dir ptur of the two kinds of cake is die PART city. Lily the rout in kuin es

not are tital bing holes the soils as to the forteer the oper's reputation and are charged with the inder of Bes at Pamel it cleijere

integrity during biz long hatiness connection before Bir Biddulph, Cantonment enters into the com- Teù I am anable to state with way the Botang Gardens, and identified as

in the Calang, wol

would be the best guide trato, will close with sent whereby to draw any onclusions,

TR-FLOTTOW. The Fuso in fraught will in drgice of entajuty from which of the ciglt those of her alb species of Avonitum, recognized by the new

Shortly after this, and while the Diture position of the cakes.

a tai ping in Chat

used by the Chinçag as

In thanking you in acticipation for your famous incidents which in many respecte Authorities as indigenous to Chidu, they have investigation was still being conducted in

the Government Laboratory, a second-hair-wash and as soap for cleaning thath kindness iu krastiug me so ranch of your are quit for publication. The evidence of

the perin and cleave. It is absu used for been derived.

stance tf mydriatic poomag was brought the tention of earth worms from to solde length, I can Gosure you that it Mulruss. Walker and two women had been proposals regarding the same have been

letter which has dragged out the chief witaceres goes to show that to the natin of the Civil Medical anthil in which plants in pots are grown. I has been actuated by the simple tesire indulging freely in country spirits on Tina ipleresting plan: furnishes drugs. Mr 31cCallum's note of this these gardens we

we also see it for eradicating

พ เคร which has sovetul cocasino been

es good health, int old and a mac, 6000 the second heading we approach a subject used with deadly eat by the Chinese3:25 de foliums & Chiese hacbor in upor tres groen beam. or this explain tacts that my pretty intimate day nigh, the 8th inst... ence intensely interesting ant only to the criminal. The root, which is the only part after the beginning of his young cast, purpose the unko is crushed na hation with milk for a number of years

object of starting a controversy.Yours, He was on the grass when the wurms come in longing to the Hirychuite or Tetanus group, afterwards butane unconcious. offers of the detentive service and to the It is one of the must powerful poisons deriv found by the Pulico next morning Bill all worms dio, har the larger pues after surface of the ground. As a rule the

[We understand that the recent conviction in the Hospital at li .., his theeyes of the publis a matter for congratula. native drug shops the dried root is found

man keng. it was unetoady; he trembled and tunked fran the grass the worms are often given appealed against, so it would perhaps be as Milit

10 fowls and ducks, which devour them well to apps the closure to this anonymous tion, that the range of the criminal mind in

widely dilated, and he complained of

dose of a sleeping drought; and Atropine, the ascive principle of Belladonna and allied plasts, are the chief agcuts which have been delected in the Government Laboratory in connection with investigations conducted by Her Majesty's Coroner.

Coming now to the crimes falling ander

GELSEMIUM ILLOANS.

0'1

and

of 1.

i ora

the time over.

to

ANGLO-AMERIUAN ARBITRATION, Landon, March 23.In a letter from Lord Salisbury to Dr Stansfield, ha atates that the question of a permanent systema of Angic-American arbitration is receiving the attention of the Government, and that

submitted at Washington,

TRANSVAAL AFFAIRY-THE SITUATION

SERIOUS AGAIN. aud Londen, Marolt 26.-The Times, in a

A

11

p.. and

medical and chemical expert but also to of the plant used, contaics on wikaloid be- felt himself getting giddy, nude docoction is then åduled and po made quite ofeis, and not with the Wittur leis the premises at the polico/ folagram from Pretoria, states that the

A. S.

gateral public. It is a singular fact, and ined from the vegetable kingdom. 11 the stupid and talking a lot of mansense. Whenine recover. After beug packed up on a charge of wilk adulteration may be dense, while Mrs Ogden's bray last despatch and that Pronident Kruger

under the nam

brought i

Liv

effects of the C'd tui png with which the Court.-ED., C. M.]

rare killed."

ut befoon Walker and Metro, was accidentally

encountered by tear thu Cantonment Hospital at next aituation there is serious. It is believed turning, with a diferout hat. Melrose that Preeidunt Eruger will not visit Eng. was fouud uxrly in the morning by the find. It is reported that Mr Chamberlain has duranded reply iramediately to his Police lying drunk on a bed in

lifeless on tho for. None has naked for time,

March 27. The statement of the Tinica

having zo Stelruan strike irs Ogden President Konger an immediate reply to with his at in the ribs. The case will bis last duspatch is without foundation. probably go up to the Bombay Sessions.

ny

שרים שנויה

civilised and semi-civilised countries, as a South-China ne plant is commonly very foolish. Thu popils of both gea were readily and apparently thru on lem, ex-spondenes on the milk question till the the witness actually saw he murder regarda the number of available or suitubis termed in ch'eung two, 1 ia di Nedret. Next day I rucarerial: i pervincing an incenfentures for the matter dus both freshed was in the Supremus mitted, nt thres of tho depusor lothas Mr Chamberlain he demanded from

A woody what growing very sparingly on the pupils were, however, still fated and poisonous agents, is a very limited one. The this island but more abundantly on the he compainel of feeling giddy. In his The bo- oficial repors. Mc McCaliu recaea that atalistics of crime compiled in Great Britain neighbouring mainland of Chios."

are unfortunately it was impossible. Li prove afford a very good illustration of this.tanical characters of the whole pluit what particular plaat was used in either of ¡ lodowing extrast is taken -

well set forth in the coloured plate-the

riserda a enge

which a calve

with a memoranda from which the The ash merchants furnished Mr Lock-

to

THE STRATI NEVIS,

THE LINCOINSALE BLANDICAP. London, March 24.-The following is the

THE BONDAY NATIVE INFANTRY IN EAST AFRICA.

· Lowton, March 93.-The 24ch rogiment suit of the race for the Lincolnshire of the Bumbay Native Infantry reached Mombasa froman Kurtachee on the 5th, and operations against the chief Mbarakzia have already begun.

1

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2 3

Mr Butt's Clorat Lord Rosebery's Chitarral Gal Narth's El Diablo [Claime favourite, and it is likely that M. Cauca was his jockey with the zeaned weight of Bat. álba.j

The American papers are, enthusiastia in In pondy of great dimenzies these The three most important trials in our work of a Chinese Artis on the tabla, there cases, but no dunbt it was a Datura, droga (more than oft is antioned) are fren their praise of the efforts of all on board

the Struth culs to get their steamer into Hand cap own time, viz.-thom of Dr Lameon Three well authentiented casea of death and mest probably the variety kuoru used for kuling fish and annups and aro

su powerful that not a single fish can esport, Captain George Pupa, senior suvogor (the Wimbledon poisoner), Mrs Maybrick, from the administration of this poison have, alba.'

sccurred in Hongkong during the last 20

o Lloyd's Register, reporta Sinne 1882 there have been macron-cape. The fish so caught as offered for

As for the Stredieris, can only say and Dr Deal (the Lambeth poisoner) years. Dr. C. J. Whatty doctor was are of the fullwing case are interesting as Liggio inetunca in which any one has suffer. ! that I do not know of a similar dust on YD-

cases of mydriatic poining. The particul, nil the writer has never heard of a early in 1874 is oburged with musiaughter for barisg with fatal effect administered a Cecution

tion of the reat to a shopman aged about 50 years. It appeared from the evidence that the de. a hearty breakfast at 1.r., teok the decantion at acut 3.33 pm, be. came giddy, with dimes of sight, lean of power in limbs, irregular breathing and

in about two hours.

demonstrate the use of three well known poisons, viz.—Aconitine, Arsenicue Serpo nise; and a survey of the fealing enada embraced by half a century adly only two more substances to this short but deadly list,

-vir-Prussio Acid and Aatimers.

On this side of the globe, cu far as laberu tory and criminal records enable us to form

geased ale a

FOSTERING BRITISH TRADE-THE DUTY

OF CONSULS ABROAD.

THE FRIENDSHIP OF BRITAIN AND ITALY. Hume, Maril: 22.-The Marquis di Bu- dini, speaking in the Chamber of Deputies, it was conclusively proved that the flowered from sting fish obtained its this way. cord. The heroic suffering endured by the of Datura albo had been employed.

Ok fuis aumetizues used for killing earth

master and his very able weers, both of the

aid that friendship with Great Britain, vesel and engineering staf, is something to

which would henceforth be traditionat, At about bato. on the B. of May 1833, worms. two adult females (Ch.) and an adult mala Montier should be made of the fact that talk about in after years. The labour per-

fu

London, March 25,-The Hon. G. Cur. completea Italp's alliances. That friend- propeller, (C) we brought by the Police to the the action of saponin on man has ten bat etter the tursal lost her

Wynter Byth is, however, the ingenuits displayed in making temporary zon, replying a question in the House ship, he added, was inspired by the feeling to the value she attaches to it by Civil Hospital suffering from a mydriatic little studied.

the ship, cargo, and passengers, the rounder to all Consuls abroad of their duty pin. At the poles version of the affair of opinion that it is an undoubted poison expedient for gutting into port, and in of Camerons, said he proposes to iszite a prompted by rautaal interent, and Italy bad

The dead fish goat to the tabxatory by making caquities, until the patients had

Wak

80 confusing, it was decided to defer | and capable of endangering the life of man. crit displayed in rigging Jury saile of forwarding camples and details of foreign agreeing to the advance from the Egyptian an estimate, the liet of prisons used ingraver der-the victime being a Chinese orgineraarly details of the cocatrones. On the gluco not affurd evidence of the of calling up awnings, windsails and every article diaplucing Britich ones in their Reserve Fund for the Dongols expedi

alades the following

i. Asanita

ji, Arealo

jii. Datara

Ir. Gelseminn

ARSENICAL POISONING,

pro

far reuovered

to be able to remember the

The Chinese are acquainted with the tor- eride or Arsenious neid Pak principle of Tun Cheng Ted was first a corner of the kitchen. The woman,

studiel,

very straight by worms similariy destroyed. eally who gave her evidenco in a

7-18 (2.

Svailable

pics

districts.

THE INDIAN RUPEE IN MOZAMBIQUE, Lorian, March 26.-The Indian rupes

SPAIN TO PURCHASE ORDISERS IN ENGLAND.

Hop

voted

War.

the

March 25.-The Italian Senate has also

Ban-Shok; Healgar, the red or bi-sulphide isclated and chemically and physiologically forward and intelligent manner that the action of this substance would not have mately worked his way either cruisers or vessels capable of being armed. I re-conquest of the Soudan, the Italians

quean

years

home,

MORPHINE INJECLING,

THE PATTLE OF ADOWA PARS—OREAT

SLAUGHTER

In Juncary 1584, a cue of alleged tour

the Policy.

of our oven to the

very was the anbject of offences is correspondingly small, and in- and his deligation by the Coroner. murning of their discharge

London, March 20.Replying to

special credit of one hundred and With regard to the questions as to the weather cloths us the bridge, indivato a MaDAGASCAR AND FOREIGN TREATY RIGHTS. the Bog

do their duty well, and to determination to longed verdict of wilful murder was returned pital, the elder of the wucion stated, shat use as buman food of ash destrued by leave nothing undone that at onsa ghews in further questing, Mr Gatzen said the Go- rty million lire towards the Abyssinian In the Chamber, Ex-Miniator Bland 7th,

thes

could do no more than pro-abi 10:18, I

were awaiting the views of ado a important specot, in which ha by the

the Jury, with the result that the about tos o’dlock on the night of the sent in the consideration of the Magistralo Oy in eumtased in the counter and a per- ;

charged with the she saw the third patiout puta a small bundle

feel discipline, in the crew. I have ex

regarding the Foreign Treaty Rights eginner's wife was

said that the contingency of the Italian antiate the utensil which con vined the even the following points :-

Pacuation of Kosala had led to defiuitivo at the Magistracy and sting

www.l. When she enquired why ha The absence of any record of such amined the track the Stralaces made in Madagascar.

.(a.)

siter losteg her propelier, and it ap committed to trial at the Suprane

public proofs of an alliance with Grost Bri- The case bewater fell 10 the ground thighd this, he replied that is was good fish acting injucaly

has been admitted into circulation in commuafty of interests, extending to the was founded on an effective which (b) The cinion of the Chinese as to pars so so the most extraordinary track Lack acidence. It was in the cures ofedicine. Later on, she saw him removs

I have ever seen, with, perhaps, one ex. harmless nature. my Ivestigativa in this case that the active the bandte, and observed that he threw it the The fact that birds are not affected deption, ond that was the track of H.M.3 Mozambique.

of Italy as a maritime Mediter- (4)

Challenger on her deep een dredging voyago.

rabeau Power. Signor Madrid, March 6-A Spanish agent is red, but said the alliance was one of senti- Sermoncta concur Personally I se inclined to the bobof the Micword. I believe Captain Fattie proceeding ut ense to England to buy ment. He observed that in the ovent of a

Had the steamer not been twiter in law by The second case within sup ex-forwa Hung-Wong: Orpiment, the yel-pericucs ocurred on the 26th Nov. last, & careful as ardit for the supposed render fisin injurious as an article of diet. into San Fransivos or into, the tropics, uniti Elo wishes, it is believed, to purchase for must relinquish Kausala. Signa: di Rudini low or ter-aulpbide Tsz-Wong; and a tha vietiin being a Chinees lauale 18

af age residing with her parents at $2 drag and bring it at once to the Civil Hos

believe, furthermore, that he would the

dwelt upon the friendship of Great Britain, miceral known as Hung-Sun which Templo Street,

This brief survey of the poisons in un-havo reet, Vanmati. This case his not pital. a half an hour the relatad, bearing

in her band a bundie af dowers, nbich. lawful use by the Chinese would not be steamed to some park with the jury

propeller constructed by Mr the chief London, March 8.-Guneral Baldiosora and said that the Government would con- appears to be a of oxide and been dealt with in any of the Courts sepsides. Specimens of these compounde, sest, the efferis of Inspostuz Witchell to although, sonowiat mangles were easily complate filluns a referenza to the purne engineer of that stradangels Tiles men are in now in a position to supply the antha tinao the war it unable to conclude an

cious babit of injecting morphins hypedor- entitled to the highest bind of praise." rities at Rome with an accurate report of honorable peace. apparently actaral minerale, will be found sift the frete having untortneately been recognized as these of Data aibe.

Girl's

De Chovers states that poraons who have nically, which developed a few years ago, The Committe of Lloyd's have presented Goueral Baratier's losses at the Battle of on the table. I am also able to lay before frustrated by the members of the

removing into Chinesa torcitory in-ban dragged by Dates should have more and which it is to be feared will carry wide their medal tor merifurious eervice to Captain Adown Pase. The absolutu loss of human Ilatian China axlens strong James Pactic and chief engineer Rees. The life is terrible, no less than 7,000. from Indian sources,

notaures ferils B

adopted and Marine Companies also, and Lloyd's, will white troupe baving fallen in the atriggle The year 1867during the adminiftration instituted. The girl was found dead by the memories."

Wes alleged that of Sir John Bowring is a memorable sue in Inspector at 3.45 p.m. It

In another caso a pot of stew seized by strenuously maintained. A more lament present a testimonial, and more than 200, for suprensacy with the Shoaps. In war material the Shonus captured 1,000,000 the history of this Colous on account of the ehe had had a quarrel with her parents the the police contained a large number of able sequel to the optom smcking habit to the captain and dicers,

ronade of rida sumunition, 6,000

20.77 quick. Barometer... nections, of a lower which were indis- cau scarsoly be conceired. Since the piss- poloosing by Arsenie that was previous evening and again at 10 v'elect wholesale

firing artillery cartridges, 6,000 miles, and Temperataru At % Tthe

isg of the Morphus Ordinance, No. 13 of: effected. The Fress of that period anfer the following morning.

10,000 rios, in sddition to the 60 cannon lumidity tanately contain

daughter chemical analysis confirmed the results of 189 oase, suffering from the effeste of of the ouse, suffe

the previous physical examinations of the in thoir raids on the divans wheroin tais 37 did. No. Fact is, I have remune prison. gross outrage. The main facts of

satisfied their native lan: for blind by practice has been carried out. I would, ter suapeating that my many is not so far as I have been able to glean them sording to his statemen: the girl emfessed

The symptoms, an displayed by the Chi-however, be a Utopian idan to suppuan agrecablo no it might be. The last time I sacrificing in the most horrible cannot all from printed records and from the state that she had taken the poison in question and

such of the Italian native laries as fall into for moment that this gorus local as was there I suppose I did stay rather their hands. General Baldissera's suport morts of Europeans who were in or Bear the pointed out the pot in which she bad boiled

bo reflected on the and when I got up to go Miss Smarte said their Colony at

at that time, are that early in the the drug. The sudden disappearance of the ne, appear to vary but little. Soon after tion wil

say you Dial though the Most you go now? I was in hopes you states that the Shoots treated the wounded

Empira. morning of the 16th of Jennery & large family certainly does uk support this the adnugistration of the drug, too victim boa, hora is still uno satiafao- | Wonka stop to breakfast, Somehow I got allies in the most barbarous fashion, and zumber of residents were taken ill soon allegation. For the preout the caso san suffers from dinasss of sight, and staggers outlook ofter eating bread supplied by the Chinese only would invite the

b regarded as a vary mysterious

slo atcempts to walk; he chatters away

tory conderation, via: that China, the iden (but perhaps it would be just as that, after they had killed them, they au unintelligible manner, and langbingly the attention of any Polico A LE that the symptoms displayed were these Arsenical

of

pulsuting have of the

and that afters who may be present to the characters graspe at imaginary objects. Tais latter is rough her freie Gustama, san elf well for eng not to waste any more time at utilated their remains by amputating

tually stop the importation of morph that house. not a slagio dese term

terminated fatally,

rout discovered by Inspetor Witchell peraaps to the ordinary observer the most if he wille it.

in Datura The production of euch

poisoning, beard douats expressed as to whether this in this case,

attising festaro

In bed and picks at paticus vite up exbibit

ia of immense valne te the

mediately

you opecimens of Orpitment and Reulgar family after an investigation had been a week allowed them to recoger their spreid rain are:

>

baker

m.

HONGKONG REGISTER.

but meagre uccounts of this father returned and `tound his datinguishable from Datura Bowete. The the Police bare boun very successíul You don't call upon Misa Smerte as maoby reported, The Shoane appear to Direction of);

5

one.

food,

The

the

bod

bo,

long

their limbs.

proof in the shape of a; Chemical anclyalsation on the poison that was actually his will, if left alone, fall unleep as Stroag (ia a vain shans for her dollar ad seen told the stars of the Fall, I taken place in Metabulofend in the Inosaa

the cause of

dat

trane

anol: fastares the unce of

at the and

THE TRIAL OF DE JAMESON. Questions by Mr Pallock, Lieut-Col,

London, March 26,-The trial of De Faithfull, end Mr H. L. Dennys having Cubans ara very litoral a thoir inter- Jamison has buon aufcuraed vill. "April was really a gasu of petsembg by Arsenic. it furnishes Railathes on thours to cainb zume passing been answe Ji by Mr Crow, a hearty vots of į piretation of the Biblical narratives, and 28:11. at this distant date direct gunfirenatory in his fie rory catook to queentrate his object, and will umoso by attempts thanks was accorded the lecturer ou the the lights which they threw on them from THE MAUSAUER IN MATANESULAND,

to draw out imaginary threads from the nation of the Chairman

the depths of choir gen experiance aro London, March 27.-Routers conspond of the broad is, it

ig te be. feared, cut of the

"If the

the cuss is a mili

often very bright. question.

Pa ne little girl out at Capo Town stated that a rising buo It may be as well to Atato tantrico sing ponsibly be able to follow up the after overal hours' rgat be

wlid instances of wholsedlo or mass pro

rabated it with and districts. A of whiten ard 1 ing in 103 by Atescio aro aut unknown to theron drug but in the bones of verstitious on walls. In seyard oases the patient acts more batton) Fherd's one thing we now vaches and to act as taisie vir have fun si acced, inluding the thera a brick have yet to learn from the men. Mr Street Adam and Kes to take an apple from the lay, the Native Commlesions. The whiter oovile with a At an industrial athool near Londen were the sale of poisons as far criminal purm anytime who punk s vaur him, and offers (eourly) Da, you don't know it all, then

exocpted ou

tres and eat it, for they know very wall oro king into Bulawayo and Gwelo for poisoned la 1857. The quantity of Arsenic pace the alkaloid morphine alone holy badh, child was cotimated to ba-1am cut very sanguine sa te tusir change the most violent asistunde to medical frost Pray what have you got to lesta? Mrs that God was saving the apples for protestion. Baventy-vs Voluutsers with about ons genin. The whole of the shitures of success in this direotias. Donth rapidly eat, I sit eases the pupile aro dflated; Strong (between her clanshed teeth)-Bor pudding

af to ewear. follows the administration of this poison, and mydriasis will remain for some times af

14

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recovered.

Old residents with whom I have discussed There is no kartanor of a recovery on record, ter the other symptoms have subsided

the A Lam casa deniare that there was never The victims in the 1881 cese were dead The offsets of Liatura are asually produped. Roston & Co.'s Pienso are guaren. any doubt at too time as to Arsenis being when they were brought to the Civil Host chout foon minutes after the admini-toal for the climate, Pianos Repaired

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