The Express.
London, England, 1848-05-01 00:00:00

i first time doing the pest
_year was 42 of birds,
fifteen of mammals. end three of reptiles. The council con-
cluded by stating that, osiewilisetanding the unfavourahle
state of the weather, the egaimbeit of Tighe's showed an In-
crease of 997 over the wavespealift period of 1847, and
daring October and DEENRINE- ea bowsaws of 2,252 over
the oorrespeeillyr pude& ef the peeiliees rm. The report
wee adages& eller um eeeversatfok fa the mazes of which
af%stihree leek MNIES remarks is oispreistloo of the ed-
risii of the which he obeerreit meld be *Tries-
lest be the into • teeriee. The report of
the eamlitsee the income of the society during 1847
to Ilan bees 7,7061. 15e. 6d., which, together with the
Wanes of eash from the previous year (2314. 16a. 4d.), and
the rowels of the sale of 2,2861. 4s. sd. stock, amounted to
9,9521. Ile. ; out of which a present balance remained of
2401. 19s. Ild. The meets "mounted to 6,9581 65..102., and
the liabilities on the 31st Deo., 1847, were 1,0221 18s. 9d
The auditors observed with regard to the income, "that on
comparison with the se:manta for the yea 1846, then is a
decrease amounting to 5391. 24. 3d. This may have arisen
partly from the very general and severs pressure of the times,
and also from the ungenial Mate of the weather during a
portion of the year; but the committee feel is a subject of
congratulation, that under the head of 'admission fees,' paid
by fellows newly elected, there is an increase, ILA compared
with the average of the last four years, of 33 per cent."
And with reference to expenditure: "that there is an
increase of 1,0981. 17s. 10d. This arises mainly from the lie
of previous years being all paid off, the whole of which
, amounted to 2,0381. 2s. 9d., including the sum of 2951.13 a. Bd.
incurred in 1844, being a balance due for the erection of the
carnivore dens, which had remained unpaid in consequence
of a disputed claim. The committee observe that, with the
addition of 226 animals to the menagerie during the year, it
must reasonably be expected, from the increased consump-
tion and high price of provisions, that • considerable addi-
tional outlay for food would necessarily have been incurred."
—The ballot mulled in the re-election of the Earl of Derby,
president; Mr. C. Drummond, treasurer; and Mr. D. W.
Mitchell, secretary ; and the election of five new members
to the council--namely, Professor Bell, the Earl of Burling.
ton, Mr. J. C. Bowerbank, Sir tt. I. Murchison, and Pro-
femor Owen, in the room of five retiring members.
INQUEST, SATURDAY. MANSLAUOUTER DT AN
UNQUALIFIED ACCOUCHRUIL—On Friday, before Mr. Mills,
at the Hope and Anchor Hereford street, Lisson.grove on
the body of Mary Anne Cousins, aged 30, who died in child-
birth, it was alleged, through the uaskilful treatment of Mr.
Nice, an unqualified practitioner, who had attended her
during her confinement. The cued was the wife of
Charles Conine, coach painter. Mr. Nice, whom they be-
lieved to be a regularly qualified medical practitioner,
was engaged to attend deceased in her cr.nfine•
men?. That Lock place on the 23rd inst., and he
attended her at half vest two in the morning; an hour after-
wards the child was born. Mr. Nice stayed until half-past
six o'clock. Just before he left the husband saw his wife,
and found her very faint; but Mr. Nice did not say there
was any danger. About an hour after Mr. Nice had left, Mr.
COllll6ll'S sister told him deceased was getting worse, on
which he immediately ran off for Mr. Nine, but was told et
his house that he had gone out for a walk. He then tried
to get other surgeons, but was unsuccessful. lie did not re-
turn to the deceased until he had been five times to Mr. Nice's
house, without seeing him. Mr. Nice came about half-
past nine o'clock, but deceased was then dead. Mr. Nice
had attended deceased on two previous confinements, when
nothing particular occurred. Mr. Nice voluntarily said he
thought he had done that which was best ; that he did not
think he was wrong in leaving her from half-pest G o'clock
till half-past nine. Ile admitted he was not legally quali-
fied, althesgb he had attended the lectures on midwifery of
Dr. Ryan, and felt himself competent.—Dr. Davies, the
accoucheur, who bad made a post mortem rumination by
the coroner's direction, proved the cause of death to have
been exhaustion from 10011 of blood, caused by the unskilful
treatment of Mr. Nice.—The deputy-coroner said Mr. Nice,
not being a properly-qualified practitioner, had no right
to attend the deceased. It would be for the jury to
consider if that person had been guilty of such gross negli.
Renee or rashness as to make him responsible, or whether it
wee merely from an error in judgment, to which all were
liable, that the deceased had died. The jury, atter nearly
an hour's deliberation, returned a verdict of " Manslaughter
against John Nice."—Thc coroner issued • warrant for his
committal to Newgete.