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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 17, Issue 1045, 17 June 1871, Page 2

A Greymouth contemporary states that a ca>e of nearly fatal poisoning, from the cureless and reckless use of a patent, medicine, occurred recently in that district. A female, who was suffering from toothache had been using chlorodyne, and in an agony of pain she swallowed the contents of a bottle full at a draught. She became insensible shortly afterwards, and those about her becoming alarmed at the symptoms, procured the attendance of a chemist and druusjist, who administered rhe usual remedies in such cases, and, alter some trouble, succeeded in bringing the patient round agaiu. The usual dot>e, as directed by the label on the bottle, is from 10 to 30 drops, and there were 240 diops in the draught taken by the woman.

The following is taken from a recent number of the Pall Mall Gazetteer— M. Jules Charetie writes from Bordeaux 10 the Sieele, - thafc no one who knows io solely through the medium of of the Moniteur Oflieiel and the coldness of a short hand report,- can form any idr j a of the dramatic scene provoked by M. Conti.in the National Assembly.' The whole-Assembly springing, to its feet by an iiresistible movement of revolted conscience ; seyen hundred representatives vociferating, waving their hats, feverish, indignant, resolute, and ciying " Decheauee 1 " At the'tribune, calm and livid, his eye-glass on his nose, thin, with a threatening yet comical aspect, M. Conti braving the just auger of the Assembly, and remaining frozen and motionless before 'he st<>rm ; crie-;, infectives, meeting alwmt the head of the confidential secretary to reach the ma>t<r; "Outlaw of the :2nd of I)ecember; no more of the coward! no more of thetiaitor! The fury increasing, the vociferations be coming ferocious, fists clenched, eyes blood shot. " Down with the Bohapartes !" Then suddenly in this tumult, in this crowd, and this tempest, a forehead—rising as.though by chance on the tribune, closo to the thin face of M CVnti, a face appearing, red, sanguine, the beard and hair'whitp, the face of Victor Hugo, author of " Napoleon le Petit," by the side of the secretaiy of the Man of Sedan and of the 2nd of December ; and, as if the same cry burst from every breast, migh'j be heard on every lip the words, " Chastisement ! behold the chastisement ! "