quicksilver, concealed under her ballast; the vessel and silver are considered to be worth upwards of 2,000l.

COURT OF REQUESTS.-Two cases were decided on Thursday last, at this Court, against the box money-taker, at the Adelphi Theatre, who, after the house was completely filled, stated that there was "room," instead of which, the parties complaining, could not get so near the back of the boxes as even to see the stage. The money was of course ordered to be re-funded. DEATH CAUSED BY POISON. A coroner's inquest was held in Leadenhall-street, upon the body of Thomas Wilson.

Samuel Wheatley stated, that on the preceding morning the deceased came to his work as usual; and, at about half-past eight, witness observed him retching violently. The deceased beckoned to him, and immediately began retching again. As soon as he had a little recovered himself, he said, he had been to Maul and Jones's (apothecaries), and had taken some salts, as he thought, but he was sure they were not salts. Witness asked him, where he had put the remainder of the salts. În about a minute, the deceased answered, that they were in his cupboard. Witness went to the cupboard, and found a cup, holding about half a pint, half full of liquid. This liquid witness soon after threw away. He ran immediately through Leadenhallmarket to Maul and Jones's shop, carrying the cup with him, (not having at that time thrown away the liquid). He saw a boy in the shop, and he asked him, who it was served Wilson that morning with salts? The lad, who was sitting by the fire, immediately

rose up and said, "I did." Witness asked him, which drawer he had taken it from; and the boy pulled out three drawers in succession. Upon one of these drawers, witness saw written the word " poison," and there were also some packages in the drawer, most of which had " poison" written upon them. Witness said, "You never could have given him a package from that drawer." He then asked the boy, whether he could read and write, and he answered, that he could not. The witness then told the boy to call somebody, for that he had given the man poison. The boy went up stairs, and in a minute returned, saying, "You must go to Mr. Pugh's, for the shopman has gone out." While witness was in the shop, a gentleman came running in, and retched all over the shop. He cried out to the boy, "What have you given me here?" The gentleman had a tumbler in his hand at the time, with some liquid in it. Witness hastened to Mr. Pugh, the surgeon, and the gentleman followed him, retching all the way he went. Witness told Mr. Pugh, that the porter had been poisoned. The gentleman sat down, and Mr. Pugh gave him some medicine directly. Witness then returned to the warehouse, and he found the deceased in the privy, deprived both of his senses and the use of his limbs. Happening to have some sweet oil on the premises, witness gave him about half a pint of it. The deceased was so ill, that he could not move, and Mr. Pugh came to the warehouse with medicine. In about 10 minutes, the deceased died in convulsions.

Mr. Richard Pugh said, the liquid, which the deceased bad

He had

taken, was oxalic acid.
opened the body, and found that
there were no remains of the acid,
but the lining of the stomach had
been completely destroyed.

John Richardson, porter to Mr. Hingeston, who kept the chemist's shop of Maul and Jones in Gracechurch-street, said, that he yesterday morning served two people with what he thought were salts, one about eight o'clock, and the other about half-past eight. At first he gave the deceased, who came first, one of the big bundles, and finding it was two ounces instead of one, he pulled out a package with no reading upon it, and one with reading upon it. He could not tell which he gave him. On the Tuesday morning previously, he had served two persons with packages of salts, and when the apprentice (Mr. Tribe) came down, he laid the three-pence on the counter, and told him he had sold some salts. Mr. Tribe said, "Very well," and took the money. Witness had no directions to serve people, nor had he any orders not to serve them. When the deceased came for the salts, witness rang the bell for the apprentice twice, and finding he did not come down, he went up stairs to him, and Mr. Tribe said, he could not come down. He did not tell the apprentice, what the deceased wanted.

Mr. Hingeston expressed his regret at the accident, and stated that he had employed a Mr. Folkes to attend to the business, and Mr. Folkes was a man in whom he could place the greatest confidence. He was perfectly astonished, when he heard what had happened. Mr. Tribe, the apprentice, had told the boy never to serve any persons again. There were some packages of oxalic acid in the drawer unlabelled, but they would have been labelled before they were sold. The boy, Richardson, would be turned away.

Mr. Tribe, the apprentice, a boy 17 years of age, said that he had told the lad never to serve any one again.

The jury found a verdict"Died by poison given by mistake for salts."

The jury wished to accompany the verdict with some observations, but were dissuaded by the coroner.

Mr. Samuel Briggs, the gentleman to whom oxalic acid was given for salts on the same morning with the deceased, was present at the inquest, but was not examined. Mr. Briggs, fortunately, took only one third of an ounce, but that would have probably been sufficient to have killed him, had he not obtained immediate assistMr. Briggs had partially. lost his voice, and was in a very weak state.

ance.

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the 8th of September last, I was called in to attend the deceased. I found her on her bed in excessive pain, vomiting blood, and wounded in the left side. It was

a gun-shot wound. There was not the least chance of saving her life. I told her that she should make up her mind as to the danger she was in, and requested her to speak the truth on so solemn an occasion. She said repeatedly, that she was sure she never should recover. She requested, that I would take her words down. I imme

diately got a small slip of paper, and wrote down exactly what she told me. After she had signed the paper, I told her I could give her no hope. After that, I read the paper over to her twice or thrice. She said the contents of the paper were very true. She lived about four or five hours afterwards.

The dying declaration of the deceased was then read as follows:

"I, Elizabeth Impett, with the prospect of death before me, do most solemnly declare, that John Haywood inflicted the wound in my side, of which I expect to die, and that he did it with a loaded gun, in consequence of my refusal to yield to his embraces this morning." To this declaration the deceased made her cross, and the doctor signed it as attesting wit

ness.

Rhoda Elizabeth Cook.-I am the wife of James Cook, and live a few rods from the house of the deceased. On the morning of Saturday, the 8th of September, I left my house to milk my cows at 6 in the morning. I had milked one cow, and my servant another. I was sitting down to milk a second, when I heard the report of a gun. A little boy came over to my house: he was the son of the deceased. He seemed very much frightened. He told me something, and I went down to the stack where the woman lay. The deceased was lying at the foot of the stack. We took her in doors. I knew the

prisoner well. He worked for my husband. I had no reason to suspect, that he was wrong in his mind.

Charles Morris.-I went to see the deceased, when I heard she was shot. I have known the pri

soner some time; I knew his father; he hanged himself. His brother cut his throat. I have seen the prisoner four years, off and on. I never saw any thing amiss with the prisoner; he was always perfectly sensible.

William Impett, son of the deceased, a boy between nine and ten years of age. I was in the stable at six o'clock, and saw my mother come to milk. I went out before Haywood shot. I saw the prisoner come down to the stable. He had a gun in his hand. I did not hear him talk to my mother. I went out of the stable soon after Haywood came. I heard the gun, and went to call my father. I went to call him, because Haywood said he meant to kill my mother. He said so, when he was going into the stable. He said, "old black legs," and pointed at my mother, when he said he meant to kill her. My mother was going into the stable with the milking-pan. She fetched one of the cows into the stable. My mother wore black stockings. She had begun milking when Haywood said this, and had pretty near done with the cow. My father was cutting beans in the harvestfield, when I went to call him. I was just out of the stable-door, when I heard the gun go off. I turned round, when I heard the gun go off, and saw the smoke. When I came back again, the stable was full of smoke. Haywood was not there then; but I saw him immediately afterwards haul his gun down, and jump over a gate. I saw my mother. She came out of the stable, leaning down almost double. She got as far as the gate against the stack, and there she fell down. The prisoner was without