The Express.
London, England, 1848-05-26 00:00:00

hopeless he ordered her nothing. Ile bad no history of the
case lett by the doctor who gave the medical order. The
only int Illation he had was that Mr. Johnson bad
attended Itt for fever. If a ixtett was admitted in a state
of extreme exhaustion or starvation, they would be placed
upon low diet until seen by the doctor. The low diet con-
sisted of cruel, bread, eggs, or arrowroot. —Mr. Johnson,
district sna von, said—l have power to order an unlimited
supply of drugs, but not food. 1 have never remonstrated
with the hoard on such a state of things. I consider de-
ceased wa. labouring under effusion of the braia. It is not
customary to enter the nature of the disease on the order for
admissiiso.—The Coroner: Then the workhouse
his o w surgn
oh eon has
no elm to the disease of ape
ration rson but from ne-
; and it also appears that, although the medical otfi-
cers sr; entrusted to order medicine, they wino: order
nouridion ut ; such a state of things is truly disgraceful.—
Dr. tdu on deposed that he had made a post-suottem essmi-
estion
nation of the deceased's body, lie found extreme c ong
of the brain, which was the eitUte of death. Such a
disease (nicht he created by debility, anxiety, an insduffi
ciency or food, or an ever quantity of food, an •
variety of other causes.—By the Coroner: Having heard
the evidt nee, I am not prepared to say that, had de-
ceased received proper medical treatment as anon as
admitttil ti the workhouse, it would have saved her life. It
might h ore done so.—lty a juror I do not think it judi-
cious tr. at ment to have lett &mimed fur t err nty. four hours
without adu.inistering tither medicine or' f
to her.—
The juts returned the following verdict :—" The jury find
that ti e deceased Bliss Pollard died a natural death; but
they ammo' eeparwe without espri suing their opiuion that
the system at the workhouse in regard to the reception of pa-
tients is generally exceedingly bad, and that iu this particular
instance there was gross neglect. Teey recommend—that on
the order of admission for every patient , a statement should
be write„ of the condition of the patient, the disease under
whigh he is labouring, and thz treatment he has received
They think it may lie deriralde that there should he paid
compel ut nurses in the infirmary of the workhouse,
and they also strongly recommend that there should
be a resident medical man."—Tile WYelt-STIMET
NOSANe6 —Before Mr. Bedford, at the York Minster
Tavern, item-street, Sotto, on the body of Mr. W. Sandwich,
wholi 'sale perfumer, of Church-street, Soho. Deceased wee
thrown out of his rhino, in Wych-strect, whilst the vehicle
was drown up in the break to allow a row of vehicles to pass,
one of w hick coming in contact with Mr. Sandwich's car-
riage, he was pitched on his head and 'seriously injured.
Brysim las supervened, and the Iseult was death The jury
returned a verdict in accordance with the evidence, t xprees-
ins; a hope that some attempt would be made to improve the
yeh street thoroughfare.

ACCII)ENT ON THE CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.
TIIREE PERSONS KILLED.
On Tinglay evening a dicadful accident occurred
oa thi• hue, by which three persons lost their line, two being
killed in.tantaneously and the third surviving the catastrophe
bat a viry few bouts.
The down train which sbrinld leave Carlisle at 6 'JO p.m.
bad bee. delayed on its way from London to Lddiode' and
did not reach the latter place uutil upwsrils of half an hour
beyond the time PA down tor it. The train, consisting of en
engine and two carriages, then left Carlisle at ; 3 p.m., was
roceeding at an uLusually rapid rate in order to make up
Post time, and having reached Covenshaw Bog, near Cara-
tabout 26 moles from Edinburgh), the coupling chain
which uttuches the tender to the train gave way, when the
engine, liberated froin its burden, got oil the rails, and,
after running about a hundred yards on the soft ground, pe-
netrited the mow to the depth of about 16 feet. The engine-
driver, looker, and guard were aU killed.
The inginc-driver, John Nichols, and the fireman, John
Id• Lean, were I'oth kids 1 on the spot, and both . mudded
in the esrth, the body of the latter having only been found
and dug out on Wednesday morning, the hair of his head
being all scalded oil, and nu flesh appearing as if it had been
parb nl.d. The guard, 'Thomas Taylor, who was in the car-
riage next to the engine, had one of his legs broken, and
was otherwise so severely injured, evening he died whilst being
removed to Edinburgh the same . lie never ones
spoke.
The train was overturned; but none of the passengers
were hurt, except one lady and a gentleman. The lady bad
her hand and face bruised, but nut seriously. The train was
due at E iinburgh at nine o'clock on Tuesday night, but did
n)t arriv, till two o'clock on the following morning.
The officials in connexion with the railway have left Edin-
burgh tor the scene of the catastrophe. A searching investi-
gation is now being made, the result of which will soon be
given to the public.