The Express.
London, England, 1863-10-27 00:00:00

BOW,STREET.

Several cab proprietors were summoned at the butanes
of the police for having their cabs in an unfit oondition for
public nee.
Mr. Charles Case, proprietor of the cab No. 3,601. was
charged with allowing that vehicle to ply for hire while in
an unfit condition. The driver was also charged with
using it while in that shte. Mr. Case pleaded guilty.
Hackney carriage attendant No. 2 depoeed to the con.
dition of the carriage, which bad both wheels broken, on.
fella, broken, and a bolt out of each stay iron. The inside
lining wee dirty.
The defendant said the statement was exaggerated a
good deal, but be adinitted that the carriage was unfit
for nee.

—hr:Oorrie said that from the statement of the witness
the asthma appeared to be in a very bad state. Defeodart
must pay a Am of 10.. and costa, including the oats of the
SUMIIIOIIII against the driver, upon whom, however, ha should
not impose a One.
Mr. William Seal, proprietor of the cab No. 2,268, ap-
peared to a similar summons. In this case also there was
another summons against the driver.
The defendant pleaded not guilty, and observed that be
bid received no notice from the police to discontinue the um
of the cab. _ _ _ . _ _ _ _

It ;pP;red that on the 14th inst. Inspector Fanfold hired
the ago to drive to Scotland-yard. Fla tried to lift the
window and found no leather. He managed, however, to
lift the window, and then perceived that there was a
leather, though it was too short. At Sootlaad-yard the
inspector got out, and desired Sergeant Wataon to inspect
the carriage. The of wheel was rotten and the hinges
were broken.

The defendant said that the inside lining was new lad
pawing day.
Fined sa. and costa, including costa against the driver,
who, however, was not fined,

George Watson,proprietor of the cab No. 3,726, was
summoned oa a similar charge.
Hackney carriage attendant No. 3,726 inspected the
carriage ea the stead in Bcdford•place. Both bind springs
were broken, the cab was wet inside, and the lining duty.
Fined IQs. sad costs im in the other cues.
CLEW/UNWELL.
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Henry rossea, aged 17, a pork butcher, wu charged be-
fore Mr. D'Eyncourt with using bad language and causing a
disturbance in Upperetreet, Islington.
A polioe-comitable stated that he saw the defendant and
otheryouthe ow Sunday night iu Upper-street. The defendant
kuockril at the shutters, made use of very bad language,
and caused a disturbance. As the inhabitants had com-
plained he locked up the defendant.
A deputation of gentlemen, residents of Islington, said that
the 'mimeos of young lads and boys annoying the inflate.
haute and insulting respectable females on their way to and
from church on a Sunday had become quite intolerable.
One of the gentlemen•stated that on Sunday be saw a low
ruanlli attack a female, Lid pull her clothes over her heed,
but he made his escape before he could get to him.
Mr. D'Eyncourt--What is their object!
The gentleman said that it was only done for annoyance.
Mr. D'Eyncotirt- Do they go arm in arm ?
The deputation replied that they did, and jostled people.
The nuisance had become so great that no respectable per-
son could pass. They had complained to the police, and had
come here in the hope that the magistrate would inflict the
heaviest penalty he had it in his power to inflict. The
noise, shouting, swearing, and pushing had reached its
climax, and it was quite neeersary that the law should he
enforced. They had seen in the public prints that the ma-
gistrates at Southwark had expressed their determination to
put a stop to a similar nuisance at Newington-causeway.
The constable stated the language which he heard the de-
fendant make use of was of the most disgusting character.
The deputation stated that the language used by the de-
fendant was not so bad as that frequently used.
, The defendant said that he was very sorry for what he had
' done, and his father gave him a very good character as an
booed, steady lad.
Mr. D'Eyocourt said that such conduct must be put a
stop to. Under the Police Act the defendant wu liable
to a firm of 40a., and under the Isliegtoo Act, to a penalty
of U. He should have to enforce the full penalty if these
disgraceful ache were not put a stop to. He should sow
floe the defendant 211 a., or in default eight days' imprison •
meet ; and he had better tell his companions that it any
more of this occurred the fall penalty would be enforced.
The fine was immediately paid.
The deputation thanked his worship and retired.

ATTENDANCE AT THE JUDGES' CHAMBERS..--YeS-
terday Mr. Justice Mellor, Mr. J name Keating, ■nd Mr.
Berea Wilde. sittesded at chambers and trausacied business
is their respeotive courts. The judges will now daily &Maud
at chambers.

THZ ENSUING Tram.—ln addition to the arrears
for the ensuing term already mentioned there are twenty.
four cases sod two enlarged rules iu the crown list of the
Court of Queen'. Bench, making the arrears sixty-six in
that court, and in the other two courts sixty-live.

ME QUI= V. WEireauser.—This case, which
wee removed by writ of certiorari from the Central Criminal
Court, stands the mooed for trial the sittings offer next
term, commencing ow the 2Gth November. The cane has
been pending nearly twelve months.

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A NEW THOROI.7OIIFARE FROM THE CITY TO THE
WEST-END.—There is great need for a new thoroughfare to
the West-cod, to • direct line from Chewable ;a Deed that
will be, in some measure, relieved by the new street in
course of formation in the Borough, and by the embank.
meet of the Thames ; but the need will, nevertheless,
oontinue to exist. Various plans have been suggested for
giving the accommodation required. We will Dot discuss
their merits ; but we may express the hope that should say
design for the purpose be ultimately carried out, it will
embrace the twofold project of • street and rail-
way line. The time is approaching when facilities
will be offered for realizing the scheme. For
many years the design was cute, tained, and the desire
professed, to rue a street from the end of Cheapside
through Newritemarket acres to the new Record-clfice ;
and thence through and onwards to Piccadilly. A con-
siderable area, next the toy-shop behind Peel's statue,
was kept waste for several yean in the expectation that
it would be required for this street ; but patience was ex-
boasted, sad the site has hese built over. Moce then also,
sew buildings have been raised io Warwick•quare.* These'
are email impediments tom large a work. Ina few years, bow-
ever,—we are afraid to predict how many —Neergate-market
will be closed, and its business transferred to the Metro.
politan market in Smithfield ; the time will then have come
for carrying out this project. If that opportunity should be
lost, we may look in vain for the reolisation of so necessary
an improvement. Coos allow the site of Newptte-market
to be covered with extensive publishing houses like that
which Longman and Co. have recently erected. sod there
will be small c.hanoe of carrying • great central street to the
West-sod. We can scarcely conceive onythioji nobler or'
more conducive to public convenience than a spacious and
hamienne street running through the metropolis in a direct
line from west to east, with as underground railway in wo-
ve:ilia. We apprehend that there are no difficulties which
engineers could not readily overcome to the exteosioo of the
subterranean railway to Bow. Whether a scheme of this
kind should be projected by Mr. (like or Mr. Fowler, by
the formation of a sew lime, or by aa extension of the
Metropolitan Railway, as has boss proposed, we hope that
it will receive favourable coaaiderathe, both frees the cor-
poration and the legislature—City Press.
PROPOSED EXTENSION OF THE BLACKWALL RAIL-
WAY. holtotioary surreys have bees completed with a
,view to the exteusion of this compaay's line to the sates-
sive factories and the populous districts of the Isle of Dogs,
I sod the adjacent district.., with a view to an application to
perliessent in the 'Haulm( session, and for which the usual
November notices seat mouth will be give.. The estimated
omit of she proposed exteesiou is about 100,0001.
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.411 retain the celebrity to awarded to them by the Labitufe
of Us* Orr. they Poloist Pbet Isailiitytag power, with a
largo sad perfectly &Mimi Geld el AIM the acme of portee.
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and Rados for ale wawa. Moderate priest Thee. Barris
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1863.

DEATH FROM TBE ADMIALITRATION OF
CHLOROFORM.

An inquiry took place on Saturday, at the Ward-
room, London-wall. before Mr. tisryeaat Perm, touching
the death of Ellen Smith, a young woman 16 years of age,
who died on Thursday last from the effects of chloroform,
administered by Mr. Gay, of 10, Finsbury-place South,
Finsbury. The following is the evidence adduced :
Elizabeth Smith said-1 ern the wife of Robert Smith,
and mother of the deceased. I live at 13, Acton-place,
Kiogsland-road. My husbands a whip manufacturer. The
name of my daughter is Ellen Smith, and she was 16 years
old. 1 went with her to Mr. Gay's, of 10, Fuiabtu7.place
South, Finsbury, about six weeks ago, for the first
time, to have her tonsils attended to. The lent
time I went with her wee on Thiundny last,
for M.r. Gay to perform an operation on her
lip. There were only my daughter, myself, Mr. Gay, and
soother gentleman present. My daughter wished to have
chloroform. She had never taken it before. Mr. Gay put a
bottle to her nose for some time, and a piece of lint or •
handkerchief. She did not appear oouvulsed„ but died
afterwards. She struggled, end did not speak when the
struggling coved. I then thought something wee wrong.
The gentleman and Mr. Gay held her pulse in their bonds,
and nothing was mid between them. When she ceased to
move they did nothing more. My daughter was in good
health previous to this, and I never heard her complain of
any ailment.
Mr. Luther Holden, amistant surgeon at St. Bartholo-
mew's Hcmital, made a post mortem examination
the body of the deosared. I ducovered no diseased organ.
The blood was blacker than it ought to be, and more fluid ;
the pupil of the eye was much dilated, end the only conclu-
sion I could come to as to the cause of death wan sudden
ply of the heart's action produced by chloroform. It is
rely rarely attended with fatal results. Some persons
are exceedingly susceptible to the influence of chloroform.
In MOB that have been fatal it does not appear to have
been the amount which hes been given but more particu-
larly the constitution of the patient, which the surgeon
cannot discover beforehand. Incomes should always be
made al to the previous state of health and condition of the
patient. The administration of chloroform requires great
care, and it is not every surgeon that knows how to do it.
It should be a person accustomed to it. We have • special
officer for the purpose at the hospital. Chloroform is inhaled
as gas to cause lon of sensation, and to act upon the brain.
Sometimes it act. upon the heart first. When the brain r
affected the administration ought to cease.

John Gay, of Finsbury-price, Finsbury, surgeon, said
—I was consulted about six weeks ago for a here lip and
cleft potato and enlargement of the tonsils. I removed the
tonsils six weeks ago, not under chloroform. Then the Ware
was to be repaired. After the operation on the tonsils the
deceased became generally well. On Wednesday I went
to hee hone' to operate on the plate. Mr. Worley helped
me. It wee not under chloroform. After commencing the
operation her courage failed her, and she would not allow
us to d. At that portion of the treatment it was
that the operation should be deferred. On Thus-
day she came to my house to have her lip operated on, and
Mr. Wesley came to mist me. Mr. Worley is a surgeon of
Heaton, and a very skilful man. He has administered
chloroform under my superintendence. The deceased sp-
good health end spirits and sat down in a chair.
pared in
Worky assisted Me in the operation on a child, and it
was all right. We used an inhaler for the deceased, but it
hid not the desired effect, and • piece of lint saturated
with chloroform was applied to her nostrils. In three
or four minutes the usual spasms which precede the
loss of insensibility were !apparent, and I was waiting
for complete insensibility, when I discovered that the
pupil of the eye dilated rapidly ; she fell back, and her face
became pale, arid her lips bluish. I put my hand to her
pulse, and it was gone then—there was no life. I in-
stantly tried every means with artificial respiration for half
an hour without sucrose. The mother, my servant. Mr.
Worley, and myself were in the room. Mr. Worley didnot
attend to her pulse continuously. It was not accessary in
my judgment. Whilst he was administering the
chlom-
I form, I was standing ekes by watching the effect of the
chloroform, and making any suggestion that might erne.
I bad felt the pulse more than ones. I do not think it
necessary for the same person to notice the pulse who ad-
ministers the chloroform. It is constantly tire practice to
administer chloroform without noticing the pulse. I was
not holding her pulse as the time when she went off. I think
an occasional feeling of the pulse quite sufficient. I had
listened to her heart before. I know it was not diseased.
That is not so good a criterion as other miens—such as
watching the pupil of the eye and feeling the temporal
artery.
William Charles Worley, 1, New North-road, Hoehn:,
physician and surgeon, said—l was present on the day in
question, and administered the chloroform on lint, the in-
haler having produced no effect. I held the lint, ad Mr.
Gay was *tending by. I felt the pulse occasionally, but not
continuously. I was on the left side of the demand, and
felt her left pulse. She sat in an easy chair. Mr. Gay
was in charge of the patient, superintending the adminis-
tration. 1 have been present at many administrations
both at hospitals and private practice—at Char-
ing-cross and Westminster hospitals. It is not,
in my judgment, necessity for the party admisis-
tering the chloroform to have chugs of the pulse also, if
others are attending the patient. I saw Mr. Gay • few
moments before the struggle began having bold of therm's/4
but he had not continuous hold of it. I doe% think it is
necessary to have continuously hold of the pules, if you ere
looking at the patient, watching the eyes, and feeling the
temporal artery, which is as good as feeling the pulse. Some
patients require more atteetion than others.
Mr. L. Holden was recalled. He maid-1 have beard the
evidence of Mr. Gay and Mr. Worley. The petty admiuis-
tering chloroform at the hospital is expeded to attend to
the pulse as well. I think it preferable to administer, than
a second party doing it. The object is to ascertain
whether thine is any gradual demesne of action of the pulls
end heart. I think upon the whole the pulse is the best
evideoce of the state of the patient, and therefore it is
desirable that cam had should be continually moo the pulse.
Judging from what I have seen in hospitals, the adminis-
trator keeps his linger on the pulse as much as he possibly
Can.

—The learned Cormier, in summing up the evidence, dwelt
in strong terms upon the omission of the medical men in
continuously watching the pulse ; for, be said, had the pulse
been continuously attended to, it wes probable the life of the
deceased might have been saved. From him personal ez-
perieoce, he could say that it was usual forthe adinioistrator
to hold the pulses He could not recommend the jury to
return a verdict of manslaughter, fur it was evident that it
was an error in judgment.
After a long consultation the jury returned & verdict,
"That Ellen Smith bad died from the effect. of.chloroform
administered previous to an operation, and that there was
no blame attached to the medical men."

Foarnaii.—Last evening a somewhat numerous
and influential meeting of the captain. or other represen-
atives of the football clubs of the metropolis and the
suburbs was bald at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen-
street, Lincoln's-inn-fields, for the purpose of promotiug the
adoption of a general code of rules, and generally to bring
the game into a more definite position. The following clubs
were represented by one or more of their officers :—Barnes,
Blackheath, Blackheath Proprietary School, Percival-house
Blackheath, Kensington School, Crystal Palace, Charter-
house School, Crusaders, Forest (Leytonstonek N. N.
Kilburn, W. 0. (War-office), ke. Mr. Pember, N. N. Kil-
burn Club, having been voted to the chair, observed that
the adoption of • certain set of rules by all football *yore
was greatly to be desired, rod baring that object in view,
the meeting bad been called to carry it into effect as far as
ractleable. Mr. E. C. Morley (Busies) moved, and Mr.
Yaekestds (Forest Club, Leytoustooe) seoooded, the fol-
lowiag rem:halal :—" That it ls advisable that a football
associatioe should be formed for the purpose of settling a
code of rules for the regulation of the game of football."
Mr. B. F. Hartshorne said that though he felt
it was most desirable that a definite set of
rules for football should be generally adopted, yet, an the
represestative of the Charter-home School, he could not
pledge himself to any course of action without seeing more
clearly what other schools would do in the matter. On the
part of the Charter-house, he would willingly °Weer» if
the other public schools would do the same. Probably at
• more advance! stage of the association the opinion of the
generality of the great schools would be obtained. The
chairman said every association meat have a beginning, and
they would be very happy to have the co-operation of the
last speaker at a future meetiug. The resolution for the foe
matiou of the institutiort was then palatal carried. The officen
were elected as follows :—Mr. A. Percher, president ; Mr.
KC. Morley (Barnes), hoe. erenetary ; Mr. F. M. Camp-
hall (Blackheath), treasurer. The annual subscription was
fixed at one gooses, all club. being eligible if of no* year's
standing, and to be entitled to send two representatives to
the yearly meeting, to be held in the.last week in September,
whoa the rules would be revise! and the general business
arrangements canted out. The hon. secretary was reloca-
ted to advertise the annual meetieg fora day to be hereafter
fixed, and with a vote of thanks to Mr. Peruber, for his
conduct in the chair, the meeting, which wee most uncut
mous, came to a close.
THE LtvEnrool. Arinwric Sucirrit. This
society, under the spirited and intelligent management of Mr.
Halley, vierepresideet. has become a centre of muscular pro.
pegandien. tin Thursday lest Mr. Holley visited Ulverstoee
and delivered a lecture on physical ode:sties. He was sc.
companied by twelve member" of the society, who practi.
rally •• illustrated " the lecturer's theories. The bead of
athletes were most cordially received is Ulverstooe, sad
during their stay were entertained by Mr. H. W. Schneider.
Sours Ktucsirurrow Mossow.—During the week
ending October 24 the visitors have bees as follows :—On
Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday (free days), epee from 10
a.m. tall 10 p.m., 9,159. On Wednesday. Thursday, and
Friday (students' days, admission to the public &E), open
from 10 a.m. till 5 p.m., 1,092. Total, 10,251. From the
opening of the Museum, 4.291.320.
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