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above referred to w 5 written partly in ink and partly in 
black lead. The ink portion was as follows : — “ Mr. 
Parker,— Dear Sir,- [ beg to remind you that Monday 
next will be the 27 h. Yours respectfully, R. H. Foster, 
for W. Brown. Bi nringham, November. 22, 1854.'' — 
Upon that, in black lead pencil, was written, “ I have not 
written to my sister tell Mr. Powell to write. She must 
support my family. ' lood bye, God bless you all, not forget- 
ting my poor deal • ife; I hope the Lord will help her. 
Get the property ii Bull-street sold all together, it will 
fetch more money. Oh, my poor dear children, what 
will become of them f Oh ! to the Lord I could face it 
out ; but I cannot. have only £11 in money with me. I 
regret most about M . Deakins, Backs, and C. Armstrong .13 
regards my creditors. Good bye, and I hope the Lord will 
have mercy upon m soul, and preserve my dear wife and 
family-— Henry Sam tel Parker. Do not let me be taken 
to Birmingham. -M . David Grant Macphorson, surgeon, 
deposed that he saw 1 ie deceased on Tuesday afternoon, the 
body presenting the appearance that death had not been 
natural, but the resu t of poison. On the dressing-table he 
found a glass, with a mall portion of water in it and some 
crystals at the bottc n, which, on tasting, he found to be 
intensely bitter. He took it homo with a paper he found, 
attached to which wa a small portion of powder, and on 
testing it by the bi diromate of potass found it to be 
strychnine. Iu testin' it a few drops of sulphuric acid were 
put in, which turns the liquid, if strychnine, a beautiful 
purple colour — that w 13 a recent and most delicate test for 
strychnine. He after vards made a post mortem examination 
of the body, and in tl ; stomach he found some fluid, with 
some grains of crystal ised strychnine iu it. From the symp- 
toms presented witne. 3 was able to say that deceased died 
from pulmonary apop exy, caused by spasm of the larynx, 
which he believed % as occasioned by the operation of 
strychnine. Poisonin by strychnine was very rare ; there 
were two or three ci ses in the books. Strychnine is a 
powerful poison, occ; sioning death within two hours by 
spasms. The coroner having summed up the evidence, the | 
jury returned as the r verdict, “ That deceased took the 
poison during a period of temporary insanity.” 
Daring Burglary and Attempted Murder. — South- 
ampton, Wednesday.— This morning one of the most cool and 
deliberate burglaries \ as perpetrated in this neighbourhood 
which has occurred fo many years past. The scene was Yew 
Cottage, Bitterue, abat t three miles from this town, and in- 
habited by an elderly naiden lady, named Hoyea, together 
with three female serv. uts. No male domestic was connected 
with the establislimen . It appears that between three and 
four o clock this morn ng, four fellows with masks over their 
faces effected au eutra ice at the rear of the premises, by re- 
moving a paue of glas 1 from one of the windows, through 
which a lad was thrust who opened the door, thereby giving 
the burglars an easy ii gross. As soon as they had furnished 
themselves with light 1 they separated to different parts of 
the premises, oue eu .eriug the bedroom of Miss Hoyes, 
whilst the others bet> ok themselves to the sleeping apart- 
ments of the servant- Miss Hoyes was immediately dis- 
turbed upon the ent ance of the villain, who seemed per- 
fectly careless as to th> quantity of noise lie made, and she, 
being alarmed, coniine iced shrieking loudly. The man no 
sooner heard the cries of the lady, than he walked to the 
bedside, dealt her tw< heavy blows with a bludgeon, and 
threatened to do for hi r if she repeated the alarm. He then 
told her that as she wt i awake she could tell him where to 
find the money, &c., a it would save him the trouble of a 
search. Upon receivi ig further threats from the villain, 
Miss Hoyes directed hi 1 attention to a drawer, iu which the 
burglar discovered .€ 1 } in cash, which he took, and not 
feeling satisfied that tl is was all the money, he commenced 
to tear and wrench opt a everything which was possessed of 
a fastening. Whilst tl is was going on in the bedroom of 
Miss Hoyes, the other hree fellows were busy amongst the 
servants. Oue of the vi lains, on hearing Miss Hoyes scream, 
remarked to his victim that she had better “ fork up " what 
she had, as he (his cc npanion) was doing for the in 
the other room, and sh 1 would be finished too if his request 
were not granted, at th 1 same time holding a pistol to her 
head. After ransackin ; every part of the premises, the bur- 
glars decamped, taking with them a gold watch, a quantity 
of plate, and, with whal they had from the servants, about 
£15 in cash, which is a) there was iu the house. The villain 
who visited Miss Hoy< ■-*' bedroom, previous to leaving, lighted 
a large newspaper, whit 1 he thrust under the bed, evidently 
with a view of burning the house and its inmates. Fortu- 
nately it became extiu uished without doing any damage. 
A large quantity of pli ted articles were left behind. The 
police, we understand, lave beeu furnished with every par- 
ticular in reference to ,he burglary, and are on the alert. 
One fact, which no do ibt will materially assist them, is, 
that amongst the stolen cash is a £5 Bank of England note, 
the number of which is mown. 
LAW j NTELLIGENCE. 
A YOR CSHIRE SQUIRE. 
Brown* V . Singletoi . — This action, which was tried 
before Lord Campbell on Wednesday, in the Court of 
Queen’s Bench, was b ought to recover the difference 
between the amount >aid for a mare, which had been 
warranted sound by th. defendant, and the price at which 
she had subsequently eon sold. The defendant did not 
deny that the mare was nsound, or the warranty, but simply 
paid £10 into court as i mipeusation for the plaintiffs loss. 
The case for the plaint i F, who is a home-dealer, carrying on 
business iu Oxford-strec i, was, that he had, on the 15th of 
July last, bought the 1 iare iu question, at Pocklingtou, in 
Yorkshire, from the del indant, a gentleman residing in that 
locality, for £100, aud t 0 defendant warranted the animal 
as sound, except as to a blow on the hock. When she was 
trotted up aud down th yard, it was found she was lame in 
the fore feet. The def. adant came to the plaintiff’s yard, 
aud said, that, “ If he tl >ught the mare was lame, he could 
huve back liis cheque." The plaintiff said that was not his 
mode of transacting bus uess, and suggested that the animal 
should be examined b a veterinary surgeon. She was 
accordingly taken to Mr. Vlavor, who said she was infamously 
shod, and ordered her t< be re-shod. She then went better, 
and the defendant again offered to take her back, which the 
defendant, still believing her to be sound, declined. On the 
31st of July the plaint F sold the mare to Mr. Keucb, of 
Dunchurch, iu Warwick ihire, who, on the 8th of August, 
returned her as uusound On the 9th she was shown to Mr. 
Field, the veterinary si 'geon, who pronounced her to be 
lame in both fore legs fr m lnvicular disease. She was then 
offered back to the defei dant, but he declined to take her. 
THE FIELD. 
She was sold at Aldridgo’s Repository for £40. 8s. 6d., the 
purchaser being the defendant’s solicitor, who. it was assumed, 
had bought her on behalf of the defendant, as he had hunted 
her last season.— Lord Campbell, iu summing up, said this 
was oue of the most extraordinary horse cases he had ever 
heard. Generally, in such cases, there was a denial of the 
warranty, or an affirmation of the soundness of the horse; 
but here it was acknowledged that the defendant had war- 
ranted the horse, and that it was not sound, and the jury 
were merely asked to say what damage the plaintiff' hud sus- 
tained The plaintiff claimed £70, which sum he had 
actually lost by the transaction ; the defendant offered £10, 
aud said the plaintiff was not entitled to more. The York- 
shire squire would be better off than the Loudon horse-dealer 
if the damages are to bo placed on this footing. London 
horse-dealers are said to be very sharp, aud Yorkshire squires 
very knowing— (laughter)— but if this view of the damages 
were to prevail, the Yorkshire squire would certainly have 
had the better of it. — The jury then returned a verdict for 
the plaintiff for the amount claimed, being £70, including 
the £l0 paid into court. — Lord Campbell said he wished it 
to he distinctly understood that his view of the law was, 
that such an action could be maintained where the horse 
was uusound, without any offer of returning him. Au offer 
to return the horse was by no means necessary to maintain 
such au action. 
MILITARY AMUSEMENTS. 
Copley u. Tubb. — This was on action (tried in the Com- 
mon Pleas, on Tuesday) by the plaintiff, who was recently 
au ensign iu the 88th Regiment, against the defendant, a 
horse-trainer, at Winchester, to recover £25, leut by the 
plaintiff to the defendant. The defendant pleaded the ge- 
neral issue. It appeared from the plaintiff’s evidence that 
whilst he was stationed with his regiment at Winchester, he 
met the defendant at Twyford races. The next day defen- 
dant called upon him, and said there was a horse to bo sold 
cheap at Newmarket, and asked him if he would “ go halves" 
in that. Plaintiff said he would not. Defendant then asked 
him to lend him £25 to buy the home, aud plaintiff' drew a 
cheque on his agents aud got it cashed at the bank at Win- 
chester, and gave him the inouoy. Defendant afterwards 
told him that the homo had been sold, but that ho had pur- 
chased another. About six weeks after plautiff applied to 
him for repayment of tile loan. He first asked a Mr. Russell 
to apply for it, and then ho wrote to defendant, saying, 
“unless you repay me the £25 borrowed of me ou or before 
Saturday next, I shall cause proceedings to be takeu against 
you.” Defendant replied, “ I am goiug to Loudon the first 
thing in the morning, aud will call upon you on Monday, upon 
my return." Defendant did not call, aud had not paid him 
the money. On cross-examination, plaintiff stated that ho sold 
out of the 88th in September last. He knew defendant through 
Lieutenant Poole, of the 88th, who had “ gone halves" with 
defendant iu a mare called Kiss-me-Quiek. Plaintiff had 
no interest iu that mare at all. Whilst at Twyford races 
defendant proposed to “go halves " with plaintiff in 
Michaelmas Maid, aud he consented, but they could not 
have her. Defendant afterwards asked liim to go halves in 
a horse at Newmarket, and bought a Racing Calendar to 
show his pedigree. Plaintiff refused. Was not obliged to 
sell out because he had killed a dog in the mess-room. Had 
killed a retriever there because it had bitten a brother- 
officer, and had attempted to bite him. Had not fought cats 
in the mess-room, but had obtained cats for fighting else- 
where. Had seen cats killed by dogs. The other officers 
hud remonstrated with him about killing the dog in the mess- 
room, but not because ho fought ca k s. It had nothing to do 
whatever with his selling out, and he was still a member of 
the mess. The defendant, who, after giving a similar account 
to the plaintiff about the meeting at Twyford races, said that 
plaintiff aud he went into a booth together, and had some 
wine. Plaintiff said, “Never mind Michaelmas Maid, we 
will have a better one, and beat her, and I will go halves 
with you." Plaint iff got drunk, and witness saw him home. 
Defendant had a letter in his pocket from Newmarket 
about three horses, and the next morning I 10 took the letter 
to the plaintiff, and also the Racing Calendar, containing an 
account of the performances of the horses. Plaintiff de- 
cided to advance £25 to buy a horse. Ho said he would 
"go halves" iu it, as Mr. Poole had done in Kiss-me-Quick, 
and he came aud lunched at defendant’s house, and drew a 
cheque there, and they went together to the bank and got 
the money. He then went to Newmarket and bought a 
horse, and' after he had brought him to Winchester plaintiff 
came aud examined him. Plaintiff advised him to run the 
horse at Oldham races, and he did, but the horse did not 
win. The next time plaintiff came to the stable he named 
Jersey to him. Plaintiff said, “Very well; let him go, but 
don’t lose him." The horse went to Jersey, aud ran there, 
aud won at a sale stakes, aud they were obliged to give 
between £20 and £30 to prevent his being sold. He told 
plaintiff of this, aud plaintiff observed there would not he 
much profit left. He remembered seeing Russell. Russell 
said to him, “I want your I O U for the £25 Mr. Copley 
lent you." Witness replied, “ I certainly shall uot give it, 
for I don’t owe him £25 ; we have had horse transactions 
together, but that is between ourselves and no one else." 
Russell then said he should not lend plaintiff any more money, 
aud that was all that passed. On cross-examination, defendant 
stated that Mr. Penn, of Basingstoke, was present at the con- 
versation at Twyford races. He had made a claim against plain- 
tiff for expenses concerning the horse. The first time he did so 
was about two months back. He had not made the cluiin before 
Russell asked him for his acceptance. He was in business as a 
linendraper thirteen years ago, but became bankrupt, and 
had not got his certificate. His debts might have been be- 
tween £2,000 and £3,000. Thought he had paid Is. 0d. in 
the pound, but could not swear he had paid 2s. in the 
pound. Would not swear he had paid Id. in the pound. 
Thought ho had paid more. After that he commenced his 
present business, but got unfortunately into the hands of a 
racing man, and had been obliged to go through the Insol- 
vent Court aud make a clean sweep of it. That was six years 
ago. He had sufficient now to pay all his debts. — Mr. Justice 
Cresswell summed up, telling the jury it was impossible to 
come to any other conclusion upon the evidence, than that 
either the plaintiff or the defendant had committed the most 
abominable perjury. — The jury, after some deliberation, re- 
turned a verdict for the plaintiff, and the foreman added, 
“ There has been considerable difference of opinion amongst 
the jury, but we have endeavoured to arrive at a satisfactory 
conclusion." — Mr. Justice Cresswell : “The verdict is entirely 
in accordance with my opinion, and but for the hesitation of 
some of the jury upon the subject, I should have ordered 
a prosecution against the defendant for perjury." Verdict for 
plaintiff, £25. \ 
POLICE INTELLIGENCE. 
A MOTHER’S RIGHT TO HER CHILD. 
At the Lambeth Police Court a middle-aged woman of 
decent appearance stated to Mr. Elliott, that some time ago her 
vhild, a girl aged fourteen, was placed at the Nunnery, near 
Norwood, by a gentleman who was a subscriber to thut esta- 
blishment, aud having recently hoard that she was about to 
be removed to a similar establishment in France, without her 
(tho mother’s) sanction, she applied to the Principal to have 
her child delivered up. The answer was, that the child could 
not be given up ; that they had consulted tho solicitor to the 
establishment, and his opinion was, that tho girl being four- 
tooii years old, she (the mother) had lost all right to exercise 
control over her. The child herself, from all she could hear 
of her, was willing to go abroad, and her (the applicant’s) 
feeling was, that she should never soo her again. She (witness) 
had been to tho Hov. Mr. Cotter, Homan Catholic clergyman 
M n,ul ho told her he could not interfere. 
Mr. Elliott : The persons at the Nunnery have no right what- 
ever to deprive you of your child, os you are her proper 
guardian. I have no power to assist you, as tho case is not 
within my jurisdiction ; but if you attend at Westminster 
Hull, aud mention the case to Lord Campbell, or any of tho 
judges, I doubt not that his lordship will at once order the 
child to be brought before tho Court and delivered up to you. 
The applicant thanked his worship for his advice, and said she 
would act upon it. 
ADULTERATION OF COFFEE. 
At the Maryleboue Court, James Dobuo, a grocer and tea- 
dealer, carrying 011 a large business at No. 65, New Churoh- 
street, Portrnau-markot, appeared to an information laid by 
Mr. J. batten, supervisor of the Inland Rovouuo Department, 
for selling a mixture of chicory aud coffee without the printed 
statement required by tho law. After a long inquiry, tho 
defendant admitted that he was wrong iu not having a label 
on the package, setting forth that it was “ sold as a mixture 
of chicory nud coffee." Mr. Broughton said he had no alter- 
native, but must inflict a mitigated penalty of £25. Hod he 
the power ho would have .reduced it to £5.— Two other sum- 
monses were taken out against Mr. Davies, grocer, Princess- 
street, Portmau-maiket, and against Mr. Williams, Salisbury - 
street, in the same locality ; but no evidouco was gone into 
with respect to either of them, arrangements having been 
previously entered into by them with tho Excise. 
SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A MILLER. 
At the Stockport Borough Police Court, before tho mayor 
aud other magistrates, Mr. Thomas Wilson, a miller, carrying 
on an exton-ivo business at tho Old Mill, Lancashiie-hill, 
Heatou Norris, was charged uuder the Gth and 7th Wil- 
liam IV., cap. 37, aud sections 11 and 12, with having in his 
possession a large quantity of mineral white, or sulphate of 
lime, and other ingredients for the adulteration of flour, 
whereby ho luid rendered himself liable to a penalty not ex- 
ceeding 10/. Mr. Edward Reddish, solicitor, appealed in 
support of the information, and Mr. Wheeler, barrister, of 
Manchester, for tho defendant, aud the hearing of tho case, 
which excited great interest, occupied upwards of five hours. 
Mr. Brown, superintendent of the borough police, said. lie 
received a warrant to search the premises 011 the 21st Nov., 
and told Mr. William Wilson, tho defendant’s son, whom he 
saw at the mill, that he had come to search for mineral 
white, which ho understood they were in the habit of mix- 
ing with flour. Defendant's son showed him a sackfull of 
mineral white, but remarked that all tho flour which con- 
tained mineral white had been sent away that morning ; and 
ho afterwards showed witness some other full sacks, which 
he said contained China clay, observing that it had been pur- 
chased to mix with flour, but was found to bo of too soft aud 
f oily a nature. Witness brought away samples of these in- 
gredients. John Joseph Heaton, who had left tho defen- 
dant’s employment two montliB ago, was tho next witness, and 
stated that he had roceivcd instructions from Mr. Wilson to 
mix mineral white with flour, in the proportion of one sack 
of mineral to nine of flour. About the end of September, 
some wheat belonging to Mr. Henry Marsland, which bail 
beeu sent to this mill to be ground, was treated iu this way, 
and a portion of the genuine flour kept back. Witness had 
also taken two sacks of flour to Mr, Hayes, a provision-dealer, 
aud with this I 10 had mixed mineral white, by defendant's 
orders. A great portion of it was afterwards returned, having 
beeu found so bad that it could not bo used. On a severe 
cross-examination, witness admitted that the present informa- 
tion was laid by him, but denied that he had done so out of 
revenge, or at the instigation of his present employer, Mr. 
Wheeler, for the defence, admitted the nature of the ingre- 
dients fouud upon the defendant’s premises, but characterised 
the whole proceeding as the result of a paltry revenge on 
the part of a dishonest and discarded servant, backed up by 
his present employer, between whom and Mr. Wilson was 
pending a lawsuit for a large sum of money. He argued that 
the defendant was uot a miller within tho meaning of tho Act, 
as he did not grind wheat for human consumption ; and he 
called Mr. W.O. Wilson, defendant’s son and manager, to show 
that the wheat ground was of au inferior description, and the flour 
was manufactured for shseing aud oiling purposes. The mineral 
white was used to improve the colour ; but the only flour 
defendant ever sold for human consumption was the two sacks 
to Hayes, and neither these nor those belonging to Mr. Mars- 
land contained a particle of mineral. Mrs. Hayes had re- 
quested them as a favour to send her the flour, which she 
thought would do for brown bread ; but as it was found not 
to answer the purpose required, a portion was sent back. 
The witness Eaton had threatened to make them repent it 
when he was discharged. Witness was not aware that the 
mineral white would injure machinery. The magistrates, 
after retiring to consult, said they were of opinion that the 
defendant was a miller within the meaning of the Act, aud 
therefore had no right to have such ingredients on his pre- 
mises ; but, as they believed he was uot aware he was acting 
contrary to law, they would inflict tho mitigated penalty of 
£5 and costs. Tho couusel for tho defendant gave notice of 
appeal at the next quarter sessions. 
METROPOLIS. 
THE SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW. 
Yesterday was the last day for the reception of the agri- 
cultural implements to bo exhibited at the ensuing show of 
the Smithfield Club, appointed to Like place ou the 6th, 6th, 
7th, and 8th iust. It is understood that Prince Albert will 
be a competitor iu the pig and cattle classes, aud also in the 
classes of short-woolod sheep, of which esteemed class the 
entries greatly exceed those of any former year. Amongst 
the other contributors are his Grace the Duke of Richmond, 
