The Express.
London, England, 1864-11-26 00:00:00

AWFUL DEATH FROM STARVATION AND

EXPOSURE.

INQUEST.—(THIS DAY).
This morning Mr. John Humphreys, Middlesex
coroner, held an inquiry at the Crown Tavern, High.atrest,
Shadwell, respecting the death from stanstiou and exposure
of a man unknown.

Mary Ann Bloomfield said that she got her living by
going about early in the morning to pick up bits of bones or
rags. She did not know the deceased. On Thursday morn.
log she was searolting about through Shad'sll, and when she
was going through those-yard she raw the deceased on a dtuag-
heap. His back was against a wall, end his feet were partly
covered over with the wet straw. As it had been raining
hard she called to him to get up, and she touched him, but
found he was dead. It had been pouring rain all night, and
the morning was bitterly cold. Witness had seen a man
lying on the same dang-heap a week before, but she could
not say if it was deceased. _ _

William J. Judge, 56, Thames Police. said th►t be was
called by the last witness, and he found the deceased as
stated. It was then freezing, but during the night it had
been blowing and raising hard. In deoeteed's pocket he
found a handful of bones, picked up in the street. He was
miserably clad.
Dr. D. Ross said that deceased was most shockingly
emaciated. The stomach and intestines were quite empty.
There was some disease of the lungs and heart. The blood
was thin and fluid, denoting long privation. The immediate
cause of death was the deems of the heart and lungs, but
death was accidental if Dot actually caused by want and
saposan
. .

leCoonschle. 617 K, said that he was on duty
in Shadwell from Wednesday night until 5 o'clock on Thurs-
day morning. After midnight he saw the deceased appa-
rently preparing to lie down on a dung-heap. Witness ad-
vised him to go home. He said nothing, but took up a
basket as if to go away. Witness saw no more of him. He
DO doubt went into some corner where wither did not see
him, as it was quite dark. There were no light. in Stone-
yard. It was found impossible to ascertain the name of the
deceased.

The Coroner e•id that it was a melancholy thing to find
that in Lando• a man could die of cold and hunger on a
dunghsap, and that no one should even know or care enough
about him to cores sad ideality his body.
The jury returned • verdict " That the deceased wu
found dead on • certain dungheep in Stowe-yard, Shad well,
from the mortal effects of exposure and destitution."
The proceedings then terminated.

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ISPtiint. As next above.

Cautionary dgnala on Tuesday and Friday.

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feeninen aratla Obarisal and
aknoutward gegland and Mean ass My et Maw. Sandra

The superintendent of the Christian Knowledge
Society's depot at Beth his been committed for trial on the
charge of Gabe:din 8721. 14e., the property of mime
church societies with which he wu connected.

After an unequal struggle of five months, during
which they sod their families must have suffered many
privations, the colliers of Booth Staffordshire and East
Worcestershire have fond themselves eompslled to submit
to their masters' terms. The pest majority of the men
"treat in" some time ego, having the colliers of the
Weetbrosswich sod Oldbury districts to steed out as •
forlorn hope. This strategy has failed, sod the Wen-
Woolwich and Oldbury pitmen have decided to resume
work.

GENERAL TO GLEBCP'S VISIT TO ENGLAND.
Goiters' Todleben's visit to Windsor was, we are mound,
most gratifying to the distinguished °Meer, and he enter-
tains a high •1113110 of the honour oossferred upon him by her
Majesty in oomniandiog the interview. Baron Brannow had
the privilege of presenting the great Russian engineer to the
Queen, who in her visits to her hospitals saw so many tenible
proofs of the result of his skill in times goes by. It will have
been observed that General Airey arrived at Wintlkor
and dined with her Majesty on the Name day ; but it doe:
not appear that General Airey met General Todiehn at
dinner. The generals have met, however, we believe, at
greater or less distances before now, and have no doubt
laterchanged ideas. General Todieben has exhibited re-
amicable patience sad good temper in the discussions in
widish be has been engaged with his brother engineers and
other military men, but be hr been somewhat dirsoccerted
by the vivacious "interpellations" and ridiculous military
theories of the little civilians who have been infesting him
lately. General Tedlehen left England on Wednesday for
Paris, en route to Nice. We are glad to believe tbst his
reception in this couetry was very gratifying to the paint
defender of SebeetopoL—Array and Nary Goadte.

PETROLEUM IN TES STATE or Nuw YOEL (NIA-
GARA Comm).—Tbe Lockport Bee says that peleoleam
has bees discovered is that cousty, about thme miles north-
west at Lockport, as the fans of Emotes &yds,. dome
time slam Yr. &yam measseesed drilling for oil in a=
which omitted gm so abundantly as to mom him to b
that oil might be found them. H. ban already reached a
depth of 330 feet. and has found the pare petroleum in ouch
quantities as to plat* tbo mensal and profitable working of
lb. beyond a doubt. neveml acientillo ge names have
shady vienad the well and mode iavestigatbos, sad the
earomea essalusim come to by all is that if the won be
sank to a depth of from 300 to 400 feet further, en will lie
found la great abundance. erneral ponies have boon as
from the oil regions of Pennsylvania, sad, after Ginell
zytti...rderiihabLiscoar ozsclualum and ham —44
a2O well or to bass ternary either
silk other w chw aills. The well
thus far has been drilled by mosneuof a ows-hone pewee ;
but Mr. S r sew polfostioo answawatocto to drill with the
oloomoiwilao.—New Yee* Herold.