The Express.
London, England, 1864-04-22 00:00:00

This du is published,
MR. PVNCH'S TERCENTENARY
(LIMA; MOSUL Primed. Me" neeNtnet, LC.

(TWOPENCE

SHOCKING DEATH OF4 WOMAN AT OLD FORD.

ALLEGED PROFLIGACY AND CRUELTY.
An inquiry was held by Mr. Humphreys, the
Middlesex coroner, at the Cornwallis Tavern. Old Ford-
road. lain sight. respecUng the death, under very painful
eiSOUMS1•0001. of Emily Bardett, otherwise Soessum, aged
31 years.
Mn. Eliza Desalt said that deceased lived at RUIP•11.
house, Old Ford, and was the wife of a Mr. Burdett.' On
last Sunday morning wittier found her lying dead *erne
her bed. She had ogles eomplsiaed of illness and weeknois,
but Mr. Burdett was very molest and did not give her the
thin," that were necessary for bor.
Mr. Burdett here interrupted the witosse, and the coroner
directed him to be removed from the court, saying that it
was obvious that he wished to Intimidate the witness. He
was removed. and be several times endeavoured to form his
way back again.
The witness continued—The deceased bed four children,
sod Mr. Burdett wed to beat the eldest, a girl of twelve,
too violently that dimmed used to tremble, as indeed any
one would who had seen him. The treatment dammed re.
oeived Metered her end.
Mrs. Burma said that deceased had not sunichat aouriah-
mess. Mr. Harding bed left her without money or fool for
a whole day, sad willies, had to give her some. On some
mosslions be used to give her 3d. to get a fire and support
bonen and four childree. He drank a great deal, and was
very violent. He was sot married to the deoemed, and he
had a wife ad smother family of three children, to whom
he gave nothing. Deceased ohms said he could have given
her mousy if be chose.
Annie Burdett., • little girl, said her father used to beat
her very much. She used to go out sometime, for a two-
penny chop for her mother, but her father used to eat it.
sad her mother never got it. A piece of beef wed to be got
on Sundays, bet that was all. Her mother had been with-
out fire for three whole days together. Dammed was ill,
but got no medicine.
A person in court said that deceased would have died
from sheer starvation long once, only the neighbours assisted
her. Mr. Burdett would often say "I have left you a
shilling on the mantle shelf," when deceased would go
for it she would led a Unbind.
Dr. Brenton said that the body of the deoeased was very
mock emaciated, and then was hardly trace of fat in the
system. Her reduced and exhausted state produced syncope
of the heart. Death arose from disease of the lungs ac-
celerated 'by want of warmth, nourishment, nuniog, and
clothing.
Julius Theedimins Burdett said that deceased had lived
with him for saves yean as hi. wife. He was a printer in
the City. Deceased's name was Emily Jane Sesesum, and
she was a bookfolder in his busies's. The week before her
death she refused to go into the Victoria Hospital. and she
declined a doctor as they could not afford one. He had done
the best he could for her under his reduced &mustering,
for he was in greet poverty. He dos in beef every Suede,,
but she could not eat meat. He had bad three children by
her.

The Coroner, having remarked upon the painful nature
of the case, ad said that it this deceased bed hese actually
married her husband ram:adhere beep aaswarable if
her death had arisen from west of INC 431111•604

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The jury retarded • 7e;dict—" That deceased was
found dead from dares of the longs, accelerated by the
want of proper neouseriss."

LOCK-OUT OP THE SOUTH YORKSHIRE
COLLIERS.

In consequence of the demand of the Oaks and
High Royd colliers for an drama of wages, it will be recol-
lected that the Coa!masters' Association determined to stop
their works until those men resumed work at the old rates.
The result is at the present time th►t there are about 3,700
men walking the streets without any means of supporting
themeslyes or their families. The men belonging to the
" Misers' Union" who have struck for wages, number about
660, whilst Slime looked out number 3,000, who, not be-
longing .to the Union, receive no support from it. The
Bond of Guardians., on Tuesday, having decided that the
majority of the men locked out with their families should
be obliged to go into the workhouse, aid break up
their homes, a moieties was called for yesterday morning,
at 12 o'clock. 'Long before that hour vest bodies cf
colliers from all putt of the district were in attendance
on the Mayday-greeo. A working man, named Reuben
Joy's.' having been called on, said that it •ppeared to him
that the guardians had coalesced with the ters' Anemia-
ties to crush thaw men who had sot struck for an biomass
of wages, nor lad shown any ►utility to those who em-
, *yid t►em. The board, he said, bad reduced the rate
of payment for men worlds( at what was called test
labour, 2d. per dsy, so that there wee no proclaim'
whatever made for the children, whilst the ratepayers,
slowing the men aid their families to go kite the work.
bow% would hare to
_pay 21. 16s. apisat 28s. if out-door
relief were allowed. The object of so doing to compel men
to starve at home with their wives and children, he charac-
terised ea un-English and neehristian. He mowed that all
those men who had cedes foe themselves and families to
go into the workhouse, should do so, as the workbonse was
not capable of accommodating one-tenth of the wee locked
out.—The motion having been seconded was carried by ac-
clamation.—A man in the crowd having asked whether if
deaths should recur in the workhouse from everceeerdiog
the raster and the 'flambee& wadi net be guilty al man-
slaughter, it was agreed that is the tweak" some hundreds
should go to the workhouse with their families. The 'tangle
promisee to bee long and severe one, as the men at the two
collieries who have struck have so far bees well and liberally
supported. To the tinfortusate, who, sot belonging to the
Union, and basin no claims on its feeds, there mesa to be
nothing bet privation or the workhouse. The maims, at a
recent meeting, have decided that now of their works can
be opened until the mem at the Oaks and High-royd Col-
lieries resume work.—Lens Mercury.

THE NATIONAL REFORM CON7ZILINCE AT MAN-
ezzarsH—On Wodosottay evening, after the conference
had closed its sitting, • public meeting we held in the
large room of the Free Tra& Hall, sober • report of the
proosedinge. Mr. Francis Taylor, in the demo., owing
to indispositre, of Mr. Alderman Heywood (who had besa
announced to preside), occupied the chair. The dtend-
roe was this, and rather late in mustering. and several of
the gentlemen announced to take part he the proceedings
were absent. Amongst the gentlemen who Weeded were
Professor Fawcett, of Cambridge Uaiversity ; Messrs.
Handel Corium, Alderman Nylands, Warrington ; J.
Tillett, Norwich ; W. Ellis, Leeds ; and Alderman Wright
Turner. M. Peter Ryland', of Warrington roved :
" That this ineriag rejoices in the result of the delibera-
tions of the present conferoes during yesterday and to-day,
and also in the formation of a National Reform rural, and
cilia upon all kindred emulation, aid the liberals of tbo
United Kingdom to aooord to the association their earnest
sad decided support, Mr. Mr. Handel Crashers @acceded the
unitise. He said there were three prionples in connexion with
reform for which he oceateaded. First, for • very much wider
130111011i011 of the suffrage; second, for • very much more equal
distribution of the electoral power ; and, third, for the ora-
torio, of the voter in the evercies of his franchise.
(Cheer.) Hi meridiem was that the future prosperity
el the country would depend, to a large extent, upon the
concessiou of those great principles ; that it was not
safe, certainly that it was sot wise, to keep six millions
from the exercise of the franchise in this country. It there
was anything in the cortitation which was endangered by
the widening of the frasohise, thee the wooer that thing
was swept away the better. He had investigated the ques-
tiou of the proportion of the wages received by a working
man that went en tare, and be believed that one-fourth of
all the wages of the workieg classes was thus absorbed.
He wasted to know whether et wee fair at just to tax them
to that extent, sad then tell them the were so stupid and so
t as not to be ft to be with the francliir
rho irrere the men of whom they said this ? Why the very
era who made the wealth of the eatery. If the working
dareareally were so stupid what load all theology readmit?
Hadn't they got • state church in the countryr the receipt
of five millions a year to leads the people? Had they not •
set of bishops sitting in the House of Lords who presided
over the clergy ? Had we not 20,000 dissenting mediators,
sad 320,000 -school teachers? Thee, in the name
of common sense, what had all thew preoaa bee& • doing
if the people wore still unprepared to receive the
franchise? Look at the program made in education
in the last 30 years. In 1831 there were 1,276,747
scholars, or one in eleven of the population ; 1861
there were 2,730,000 or coo in seven. Of mechanics'
inatitatious in 1831, there were 55 with 7,000 members ;
in 1861, there were 800 with 140,000 members. Look
at the growth of the co-operative societies is the last
ten years. These had a smiled capital of about two mil-
lions of mousy and a subseribed capital of over • million.
Ha asked whether the ore who conducted these businesses
were not tit to be trusted with electoral power? (Cheers.)
la 1831 three were only 429,503 depositors in the savings
bank, who had deposited thirteen millions of money ; in
1861 there were I,soo,ooodepositoes, who had forty mil-
lions of money deposited. There were 20,000. legally
earelled friendly societies. with 200,000 members, or one-
tenth of the adult mal population. In France one in
every seventy-six and in Belgium one in every sixty-
four were members of friendly societies. In our
building societies there were 100,000 members, who
annually subscribed 1.750,0001., and whose subscribed
capital amounted to six millions. Then we bad 4,000
temperance socisties—(cheers)— with three millions of mem-
bers ; and be contended that this was a fact which ought
to entitle the body of the working men of this country to
receive the honchos. (Load cheers.) In 1831 there were
oily 295 newspapers, now we bad 1,200 ; and the
tion of some exceeded, he believed, the circuit dri the
296 that were printed 30 years ago. He belie "cheap '
prams of the country was conducted upon his
than the dear press was thirty years ago.
having been spoken to by Prefer., '••••.g
Mason Jones, Mr. Noble, of
was carried unanimously. Mr.
Woks to the chairman, and the

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