The Express.
London, England, 1848-11-20 00:00:00

fatal ; Leith, 3. Total new cases, 24 ;10 deaths.—Chmen
has, it is said, entirely disappeared from the Penitentiary at
Millbank. The official amounts from Woolwich are also of
• much more far iurable character. Indeed, the disease
plurally is not only limited in its extant, but much
gated in severity. A good inlet this is probably owing to
ON propitious state el UN WOW..
Tint Nownisan Ltehrfa,--A reinaritably brilliant
appearance the Peas losealle
Saturday mere*, else
ommel nmeam of I
Sr. in various parts of the melospells. awl mere Sma aim
stemma for the are Ogler was mill at the stations ef the
Fire Brigede. The ilmm however, SON ewermined that
the illuminatica le sae whisk dry sight net eta,
end reasainol at leeme. The atme=fe phoneemena asp
pared best at about dm ell Friday sad stained its
vasteet brilliancy at *sat half-past ewe in the mesatag,
ceasing altogether at about twe. • Seisauunpesa mar
speadeat saye " • meet estruedirms7 esiestial IC=
wee whammed here to sight (Friday) at 11 p.m.
hewispheee wse ittemisated. No Ewa visible, but the
cams of the clouds were distinct The light the
deeds ia the north were am obvious es in the middle of the
day. At about a -past alas the whole extent of the
Armament became= end se continued for about half
we hear. No partiosler slangs was noticed in the bare-
aster, and the power of the magnet was paltered. The
lurid appearmes wee sereesded bye brilliant white light,
which continua WU the rising of the moon, at about
half-pest eleven e'cleek."
Fin AT LLOYD'a—On Saturday morning, between
twelve and one o'clock. a quantity of gooks was seen issuing
from the window of the reading room attached to Loyd's,
immediately facing Bartholomew-Wn e, and over the northern
istranot. With ev .ry haste the police alarmed the house-
keepers and watchers, and information wu promo ly for-
warded to the chief station of the brigade in Watliort street.
Two engines were promptly in attendance, and the firemen,
having effected an entrance the ft saes wen salxhied.
LIQUESTS. SATUILDAT.—TRZATKINT OP THIIPOOI
ut Sr. Pancake Woesitousio—Betas Kr. Waklay, M.P.,
at the illephant mad Code, King's-road, St. Pancras, on
the body of H. Shan, aged Eve ntonths. The body had
beta bested, bat was exhumed by order of the coroner, who
said he had called the jury together under circumenasees of
• most peculiar diameter, and although there could be no
doubt about the death of the child arising from nature',
causes, still he had felt bound to have an inquiry into the
case. The child, with his father and fire other children,
was admitted into the workhouse on the 31,2 of Oeuiher.
It realised in the workhouse for twelve days under medical
treatment, died on the 12th of November, and was buried,
mad it was sot until after the burial that the father, though
Hviag under the same roof, even knew of the child hiving
butt ill. The father, feeling a suspicion that his child had
been improperly treated, wrote to the coroner, who felt that I
ha should not be performing his duty if he did not grant the
wean's request and bold an inquest. 8. Shaw, the father of
the child, stated that the lout time he saw any of his children
was on the day he entered the workhouse. The dreassed child
was then in good health, and wu taken he understood, to
the infant ward. He sear saw or hesid of it again until
Taudaylast, when he hoard it was buried.—Frane•Waring,
a nano in the infant ward, said she attended to the deceased
child. It was ill from the let of November till the 12th,
when it died. The child was sun every other day by Mr.
Robinson, and by his order had arrow-rootand milk and
bread and milk, but it could aot swallow—The Coroner said
that I. all eases like the present he always considered it best
to have a g•ntleman mainly smounected with the work-
house to make csaminatices, sad had selected Dr. Quoin to
do so.—Dr. Quin said he had made a poet-menus examine-
tan. The child was extremely emaciated, and much wasted
away. The cause of death was ulceration of the bowels,
which he should think had existed more than twelve
days. There wore no traces of food in the stomach.—
Heatom, the master of the workhouse, said that it wee
so seldom they had a father in the house with a family
of children, without the mother, that such a thing
might war as what had in the present instance. lc
the father mew the child ins ill when it came in he ought
to leave made sa application to see it. lie (ifeaton) at-
tended is his Mks everlhearazieg from half-paet eight to
nine Ice the popes of applkstious from the paw
pera —Cormier ; The mandid not ham the child wu
and it seems eztatardbaery that &lemur Shaw is received
into the workhouse with six children, and there is no erne to
tell him that one of his children is in until after It is canted
to the ehurebyard.-81saw said, with respect to the other
children, he believed than to oe in different parts of the
building, but be could not see them. Last Wednesday week
ha tried to see the master for the purpose of waking an ap•
plicetion to see his children but was repulsed, by a man
named Riley. Heaton said the father should se the children
at any time if he mad, the apstostioa.—The jury, in re-
turning • verdict of ":lateral Death," saggeated that •
saluted copy of the rules and regulations should be
hug up
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Matthew Ginger, who was alleged to have died from ill-
treatment received while a mastic in the workhouse of St.
Marylehotte.—Elleabeth Ginger, mother of the deemed,
stated that the demand was 35 years of age, and had died on
Sunday (the 24th), at the house of his brother-Mlaw,in Hen-
don, wham he had been eight days. He was a lunatic. and
lad been for some time in Maryiebone workhouse. When
se Bible he complained very much of the ',id treatment he
received in the workhouse, and showed marks of injury he
had received there. Other witnesses deposed to the deceased
having complained of ill-treatment while at the workhouse.
—J. Brown, who had known the deceased, proved that he
had been refused at Bedlam as being incurable. He was
very violent, and not only had they been obliged to put him
ia • straitjacket, but to strap him down to the be That
would account for the sores oa his body. Did not believe
that he bad received any ill-treatmenst in the workhouse. On
the contrary, he believed he was most humanely treated.
—Mr. Heaton, a surgeon, who had made a pose works.
examination of the body, proved that the cases of death
was iafieeemetices of the brein.—Verakt, "Died or disease
of the hale."