The Express.
London, England, 1849-01-16 00:00:00

THE TOTING CHOLERA CASES.

Kr. Watley held ea inquest yesterday, at Masai
workhouse, ea fin named Ridgway,
swag, Inger, end Po/lisps planed hem Mr Dreamt%
pauper frahlisament at Tooling, whew Map had china of
dales. In the coaxes of the preesediso it wee *baited that
the Cellars guardians hen 106 pauper deem still at Toot.
mg, and that 10 children sum Chaise. had died at Mr.
Dreesta.
TheConen observed that he had heard ney bed anemia
—Mr. Popham said that there had bias me tree teem of Wears
at Toeing sinus Saturday ; the ern IMO weft ammemse.
taw aver. The Canner: How gamy deaths ban yam hal
wt Tonging alwatber ?—Mr. Popham : Over 100. 1 Noma
needy say.—The Ceram: Yoe, a greet many men than
mat—more that 130.—Mr. Popham : The mambo' at, rhalhe
mime have buss I the ratio of lin24 of Oars 'linked,.
The Careen : Hew way perishes hen their children et the
imam emahlkhatest are ?-11r. Deem* replied that More
were the ethane .Icily this. perishes mew with him, via.,
fit Gene •siatheaset, 811. Leas% Mira, and Chita,.
well. All the rimallaese bodteging to ether parishes were
the chit.
Jelin Renick namined Wm a labourer, and now an la-
ma of Chelsea workhouse. His two Manama wne met te
Tooting from that workhouse about gas weeks bask. They
wen that as healthy girls me they Genial wish te see. The
ma OW eider child was 11 years, sad that of the deeremed
II lean. He visited them Oat at Tootne about six weeks
boa, and then was mere eatisfia d with their app nanny
then when in Chelsea greeithoue. When he saw the
children be eery an allowed to en them La private. The
children were seat oat tete the lodge to gee him, and the
porter and some other officen of the establishment WON
men,. —By the Conan : I did ace ask to be permitted to see
*en privately sad alone. I again saw them on my last
meaddy Sunday me, mad I tam inked thus if thin had
mad- at to rat there. ash they answered " No." I rook
lint dew three allowaaare ef paddine, which my wife had
Wash% here, and two allowances of bread and butter,
end slthosin the children bad just had their dinar
May wen so Imam that they ate the whole of it.
They said they db. not get awash to eat then, and they
winked they were at home, meeting beck at the Chelsea
Workhouse. 1 did net complan to the Chen' guardians
that my children had sot *sough to eat at Tooting. Had I
does so 1 might have at with worse tenement than I have
dew. When I west the second time I fated that an wen
as sot having bad ennui' to eat the younger one was eons
up
with the itch. I was there last Sunday week, and th, •
thought sit children looked well ; but that was the time
they were dying Oa the following Thursday I received
sense that my child was ill, end on going to Tooting the
same diy I found the deceased in one of the sick ward., sad
very p ey Iri mined in the ward with her for two bean.
I bays been down there several times since I saw no ma dins
gentleman attend upon an child, or any other, all the
time I was there.—Mr. Kite : Do you mean no say
you sever saw me?—Witness: Yes, I saw you mad
that gestlemaa (Mr. Popham), but not attending
my add. I think then were about fifteen children
fa the ward when my child wain—Coroner : Did you ask to
we the la. heal men about you, child ?—Witness: did not.
I am p Wive I saw no medicine administered either by the
nurses or the Medical men. When I amt beck I sent n •
petition with four others, to the Board, to say that we would
find lodgings for oar chldren in the parish, if the guardians
would let theta ease away from Tooting, end find them le
food. -fete answer was, that the 'martian had iscided the'
the children should all remain at Tooting, and it could wet
be allowed.—The foreman : Do you know if there is any
ectoolaint of the food at Towing now ? Witness: No. there
le not. The a ildren my they have plenty of food now, sine
this her broken out.—The coroner: If the guardians have
allowed their children to remain at Tooting, no doubt they
hao genii rearm fir doing so. In doing so, hownver, they
must he aware that they have involved themselves in a vast
amount of risponsioility. It is net assumed that • wrong
bus be. n 'one ; bat, if there her, it will be a portion of the
day of the jury to investigate who are the authors of that
wrong.
Maria Ingo said she was the mother of the deceased Sarah
laws, sad saw hi r di. at the Tootle" Asylum at four o'clock
on Snout ,y anomie,/ feat, after an illness of 24 hours. She
bad gat at pain and cramps in the stomach, and had mustard
poultices and oilier remedies applied, and medicine atlminia
tend by the medical gentlemen. Deceased had been at
Tootles about eight weeks, and on remarking that she
looked very pale the last time she saw her, she laasplaiaed
thatch use kept out in a cold yard.—By the Co oner : I
saw her ft the lodge, but I had no opportunity of speaking
to hir in private. I did not notice that she wee annelle
clothed except about the meek and shoulders. On Friday
tight, alter she was taken ill, I asked her if she had until
tient rood, and she said, " No, mother ; I did not get food
enougb." an -I she then told me she had nought bread one
of the sumo, with some halfpence I had given her. Ott the
Friday evening socking was gives her bet brandy and water.
Mr William Horn l'opnam deposed that be was • ii
em-
bev of the It iyal Coll. ge of Surgeon. He had attended the
decresei, Grafi* Halley, from Tuesday last, when he was
first attacked, until the time of his death, on the morning of
Friday last, the 12th instant. His case oresenti d all the
usual symptom. of cholera, and he died in • state of collapse
—By the Corner : Witaas was seat to ay. Tooting erablish.
meat by the board of directors of the poor of St. Ibiatrile, at
the sunrestion of the Board of Health, to attend the boys be-
longing to the parch. Ile saw also moat of the other patient.,
se he went maximally fn's all the other ward., as
well as that is which the St. Pancras children were placed.
Mr. If olio, Mr. Pi en, and Mr. Phial'e were also surgeons
attendance on the children.
Mr. Waklity then addressing Mr. Popham said—You ban
sow Mr. Poplin' been celled so prove the cause of the death
of nue of the deceased, Gawp Hartley, but by tad It, you
will hr (orbit examined sad called upon te state what is
your opinion as to the canard this calamity ; and it is there-
fore essentially necessary that you 'hosed be present inring
the whine of tn• enquiry, so that you may know sad make
yours. It acquainted with all the facts of the cam developed
by the videuce given.
Mr. Popham said he was desiring of explaining one eiri
eumnowes, whisk was rather of importance. Amongst the
facts which hate gout forward before the public Mr.Cirainger
in his evincing given at the inquest held uu Friday las at the
Free Hospital, stated that the patients had some lain five in a
bed. He (Mr. Popham) had given Mr. Grainger that infor-
mation under an erroneous istpremicia that it was a net, but
he had subsequently asenteineu that where he enplaned
that to he the case it was a feet that a board had been
plated between two beds for the purpose of making an addi-
tional bed for • patient, which made it appear that five
IMO is a bed.
Th. Coroner thea observed that the inquiry had now
reachsd the point at which it would be necessary it should
be ea:journa d. There would be two questions into which they
would have to 'again. Tee first was, as to how this calamity
bad triginatcd, and, secondly, as to the noiaremoval in the
• chilorss tainting to Chelsea from Tonting,which would re-
gain to be mat folly gene into; and he supposed that some
of the members of the board of guardians would, at the
proper time, be able to state the lesions which in
ducsd damn to detenstine ea etatinuing them there to the
present time.
Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and, after a
laps of eh et half an hoar, the public were readmitted,
'rhea
The C." 1147 said it would beneensary that this inest
should be adjourned until after that held at the Free Ho.
peal was ene:udtd, so as to prevent the two clashia.g to-
gether. lie proposed to take the Free Hospital inquest on
Tunifil and Wednesday aext, and it would most probably
be held on the lollowisg Tanday. He would, therefore,
suggest that this inquiry should be adjourned until after
that time.
Th. For man of the Jury (Mt. Martin) said they had
keno that the board of guardian bad up to the present
time sent no medical mass to take the especial care of the
children belongiag to that parish, and the jury had in con-
sequence of that [set, while the room had been cloned, at the
suggeetiou of tic. Ceroll.7, resolved to suggest to the
guardians present their unanimous wish that the children
now retaining at Tooting should be removed home to
Cio lees

hlr. Fielder (Viets•Citeirmem of the Board of Guardians)
rather warmly advocated the mane the board had ado,ned
is it. eping the diddles at Tooting.
lir. Itp.er (the Chairman) said be would tall the foreman
and the Jury why the board had coin, to the conclusion th• y
had done. They believed that the outbreak had been caused
by the enema* overcrowding of the establi.hment, and the
went of proper ventilation; and, there being titer the re-
m,, el of the other shildren, plenty of room, and plenty of
amen and mod cal mon in 'Madame, which was not the
ere at first, they determined ha the non-removal of the
Chilies children. The children had also now food of
a superior quality, and the board were therefore of opinion
that as they meld not find any pLas in Chelsea in which
upwards of en hundred meow could be plated, it would be
better ss keep them where they wen at present.
st Juryman said he and seen a itmliy_ot five children a
day or tor t slam which had come frees Tooting, and such
objects be had never before men, for they wand half
Mined —The *airy wee then adjossmcd.
Is ST. Panama, parer& , Kr. Mills roamed the in-
quiry open the sum of the a brought from Tootiop,
who died in Bt. Pancras workhouse. The inquest was again
adjonssed.

Ct t oLgin.—Yesterdar the following fresh come were
reported by the Boarded Health: Grouses peeper establish
men,, Twin`, 13 fatal ; Workhouse, HolWra Union, 2, 1
fatal ; Keep, Ookratreet, Mapleton, 1; Althorps-home,
eattorme, l ; Wsedsworth sad Clapham Gahm, 2, 1 fatal ;
Wandsworth, 3, 1 Mal ; Sindel* Cake, 2 fatal; Hack-
ney, 1 fatal; Spittal, Bar aiel apse-Tweed Ilalon, 1 fatal;
Carlisle, 10, 1 fatal; Wakefield, 7, 6 fatal; Akimbo's,
Hens, 1 fatal. Edinbereb, S fatal; Glasgow, 118, 53 fatal ;
Bairns, by Glasgow, 1 fatal; Karoo, 1 fatal ; Old Monk-
land, from 9th to 13th, 42, 25 fatal; New Monklaad, 44, 30
fatal ; Kdmadock, Nmae, 10, 6 fatal ; Paisley, 25, 11 fatal;
Ontipair, 1 fatal ; Greenock, 3, 2 fatal ; Jedbergh, 2, 1
fatal ; Stevenston. Ayrshire, 4, 1 fatal; Selkirk, 3. Total
new CIWP, 289, 161 deaths
nnThIINSTIA REIPOJUI SnclitTr.—An adjourned
me ?Mc t f this society was held last evening, at the York
• Cotett-prdea, to take into consideranon the follow
lag megadeals which ware mused at the Free Trade.ball,
Manchester, es lats 10th twat. :
Thut t melees la sweginei_e with the Warped now
• lirforin AreitWoo, and aim Ma% talhelr GINN Brasses
the pubis uplifting to at lest Me Miseme at Ink awl to amenne a
inoreequitabk andannoinimi wee= anomalies.
Ttut ltd. weakly tally imam Ina do soft had at Man-
ehr.ter rat the lee tait., r ballrilm doe. dimr a embed elfuet
tbv,ughnut the amieveer. 11111111111Vaillne
relts Wm in the pain 111124 sondinee has lbws on•
wog will not lownien nin nit 611•Taffinthar
otnninund Mucha /is 111111011,11 MIR duo las-pagaas

I *NM of Orreser, by'

amen end semplets
the emeineei et ow mom
Thee ibis nada Mile with meddled= the reededicee of the
rehmesefllesehater to Lew so eeneletiaa be the 'wpm el
,4Meedleg the ineethe ht beeelephe eel esuathe; mad thereby
gisimeNeirls Ow Wirt elletwee ma mart to web eseceistioe
when it Ai Mee Inue bawl

Mr. Lads Yreka takes tie ask ilr. 3. Ball moved the
first meeksges. awl after twOrw the sewity, on panel as
wen as "said growls of Islag the expenditure of the
loluasfy M as hie WWI ty g uild aet do
hems. Wes mew is the wake et the law 00l himmiatiee,
and Wise *hest that great aideestars width the emainer.
Mel ales of Mraribrareer had se wdl delisted in the remandes.
Mr. (elmeitweirdes), Y wereding it, eaLgieed Mr.
Cirlades°l9lride asstssee is Lietliag the year DM as a
atomised Is. the guldease ef gessement, Pad and Wellies-
We Wks Wes Is Wise. Great peaks was also due to Mr.
Ghia fir the bias he had selected upon which to
redsse the taz—sa malt, tea, and windows. He
was wake sera& that if they made • debtor
and creditor eeeosst, placing the army, navy, ow!
Daman es we Be,a and malt, tee, and windows on
the other, that thressow would express a strong opinion
In favour of the lathers—Mr. Towline seconded the resolu-
tion, hoping that, while they petitiamed for a km expendi-
ture, they would not lath sight of the great question of
parliamentary ~bra—Mr. A. Wright, in moving the es
wad ressistlis, mid that, had it sot been ter the Ref rm
Bill, England night lave been recently is • maestros from
ace end M the ether. Tom was, therefore, great virtue In
timely easeemion.—Mr. Tomlin* was 94 pleased with tie
terms of the resolution that hir beaded to be permittrel to
greendit also. It was supported by D. Mannock,Esq , M A. ;
and the third Imola inn, moved by Mr. Le Bread, having
been also unarmed, sly adopted, the Nemeth' separated.
BANK or AUSTRALAslA.—Yesterday the halt-yearly
muting of the proprietors of this company was hold at the
beak is Austin. friars, for est:giving a statement of the
directed, on the affair of the undertaking. 01:ver Ferrer,
Beg , took the chili., and read the statement, from which it
pp wed that the business at Sydney end Launceston had
been reeteived byor.ier of the directors, but at Melbourne
and AdAside the improvement of business had conursued t.
au& an extent as led the di, man to think thai these
branches would become of solid and permanent advantage to
the corporation. The directors to .ked forward with cob&
deuce to the thous for the realieation ;Attie properties halo
be the beak, in onsecrieece of the abundant supply of
labor now being supplied to the colonies and the advent* in
Vie wool market in this country. Mr. J. J. Falconer had
bees appointed superintendent in polar* of Mr. Hart. With
respect to the debt due bv the flank of Australia to this
'tympany, the directors had come to an amusement, which
they hoped would be generally adopted, so as to prevent
legal measure under the julgement against the shareholders
of that bank T..• profits of the half year had answered the
expectations of the directors, and in the pea business no losses
of thy importance bad occurred. The meeting, :dux some
disetragos, came to an unanimous vote of coofidence in the
directors, and then adjourned.
PIOVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL BENEFIT AIISOCIA-
TION.—The eighth annual meeting of this society was held
yesterday evening, a: the Lonion Tavera, Jones,
RK.. in the chair. There was a lull attendance of
members. The Chairman read the report, wheats it air.
peered that during the past year 524 prepnsela bad been
made to the assuei .tion, amountiog to 111,4601. • of which
409 hail been acne p ted,f.Bdeelised,so witherawn and waiting
further information. 431 policies, re,reseuting 84,1101., had
been issw d during the year. Although meth sickness had
prevailed, the board were happy to ants that the chins. con-
tinue below the average rathe, only eleven deaths having
occurre 1 during the year, hieg ei rims to the extent of
2,1501., some of these deaths had been of a very sudden
nature. The annual income from premiums had been in-
creased by 2,33.51., which, with the interest ou stock,
amounts to about 8,9001. During the past year the board
had settled to the funded property by purchasing 4,6001
Threesand a-Quarter per Cent. Btuek, making the total,
sundint in the names of the trustees, 14,0001. The report
then alluded to the first quinquennial division of profits,
which task place during the year, and which was of so
satisfactory a nature as to give • reversionary bonus of ease
per cent. per annum on the amount assured for toe period,
the policies had been in force, or au equivalent r.
doe-
lion of thirty-three per cent. on the premiums payable
fur the ant five years At the last annual meeting
the board called attentim to the favourable results
produced by sending deputations to the provinces,
to make more generally known the advarrages of
the association, and during the pasty ear the same pito had
been pursued by deputations visiting Gloucester, Stroud,
Wearmouth, Newport, Bristol, Norwich. Politic meet-
ings had been held at Liverpool, with the ber eff eon
The report having been adopted, Mr. WM. y moved, .• That,
with the hear y thanks of the mode. y for toeir exertion-, a
sum of 40W. b. pees nted to the directors. es a small remits
aeration for their valuable eervieee during the pest year "
Mr. Mollett seconded the resolute n, which w s carded
unanimously. Oa the motion of Mr. Wel.h, &pervaded by
Mr. Pries, the chairman was unanimonay reelected Ma-
ni% rof the Amocieition. The other managers having bees
re-elected, and Mr. Daneart elected, a. d other routine buse-

neat gone through, the meeting 'opera tad.
ROYAL NAVAL BLISZVOLUT SOCIETY.-The quar-
terly peseta meeting of subscribers to this isisti' shin took
plasm yestmtlay at the Tnatebed Home, St James's &truce,
Vice Admiral Sir Chides Malcolm in the chair. The hen• .
nay secretary, Commander airkun, read the report, from
which it appeared that the charity was in s flourishing coo-
ditiou. The r ceipts for the quarter amounted to 13711.
Bs. 6 '., sad the disbursements, including grants, to 4361.,
leaving a balance of upwards of 7141. in Leone of the until.
tUtioll. The new sub-criners of all ranks, including one
=arias °Meer, numbered 160, and their sub.eriptions
amounted to 601. 7s. bd., •hils they had lost by dealt 83
subscribers, whose contributious amounted to 331. 17s AL
The annual subscription of the society to the Adult Orphan
Institution, for educating the doughten of clergymen sit the
established church and of tacos of the army and navy, was
raised from 20 to 22 guineas. A vote of thanks to Admiral
Sir Charles Ogle for tne successful efforts he had ma .e to
ri store harmony o the quarterly meetings of the society was
moved by Commander Jay, seconds d by Capt. T. Diatoms,
and owned unanimously. Tim proceedings then terminated
CITY ORPHAN Asti.SM.-The annual meeting of
this institution trek place yenv rdoy at the London Tavern,
G. B Harrison, Esq., in the chair. The proceedings e.in-
menced with an election for ft children out of 26 applications
(all eligible), which had been submitted to the dr, eters
since the last meeting. After the poll, the Rev. R. Bitkir-
steth read the report, from which it sreared that the aver•
age number of children in the asylum is 94, and was on the
31. t D. c., 91-57 boys and 34 girls. Applications hail in
two instances been made for the admission of British orphans
exp. lied from an asylum in Paris during the lite revolution,
but, owing to certain requisite' not having been complied
with, neither was successful. The income for the put year
had been : Life subscription', 5641. ; annual, 1,1331.188.61 ;
sermons' 2111. 3s. ; admission children by rule, 31.-
4401. ; dividends as 3,8501. stock, 1091. 10s. 94. ; a
portion of a legacy, 161. 2a. 10d.: total, 2,4641. 16e. 14.-
The ekpeoaee were :-Food, 1,1321. 12s. ; clothing, 314 L
B*. Sd • medicines, 231. 12s. 4d.; salaries, muter, matron,
eke , 3081 134.; repayment of a loan 300/. purchase, goyern
men( securities, 316 L Sa. 4d. ; collectors' conuntiaien, 671
164. tit, with other items of less importance, making in an
2,13-is. 4s. 9d., and leaving the balance in hand on tee Mat
Dee. last, 741. 2s. II I. The report was unanimously adopted,
after which rewards for good conduct in service were gives,
with a suitable (rebuttable' from the chairtaan;to Emma
Miller, Eliesbeth Scaanal, Ana Pommy, Jas. Heppensti,
Omelette Cook, James Latter, John Cemther, and Joseph
Needham. The proceediage terminated with the declara-
tion of the poll, the succeesad candidates being--Bimpvm,
2.745; Currie, 2,418 ; Chapman, Seaward,
Yorks a 2,367 ; Hood, 2,276 ; Haines, 1,966 ; Crad-
dock, 1,762.
OAms.-Sir,-I beg to call your attention to one
source of revenue to which I have been in the habit of con-
tributing-vie., that derived from game certificates, but to
which, in consequence of the late alteration of the law, many
of those who have been accustomed t s pay 41. le. have
now no inducement to pay this heavy tax, since in
many districts the only game left which require. a game cer
Wieste to enable a person to shoot it consists of a few part-
ridges. Now, Mr. Editor, it does appear a rather hard case
that a gentleman possessing a small estate should be eon
pelled by law to pay so large a sum bef ire he ran shoot a
few birds, whilst others who are less scrupulous kill all they
meet with, and escape all payment simply because they
are not worth powder and shot. If the government
felt disposed to relax the game laws t think that
they might to have reduced the chary* for the 'AMC certi-
ienies. Had this been done, I believe the revenue would
bevelyaised mersiderably. As the law r.ow stands, thousands
lime* ale regularly shoot without patina any.
Wog, whisk iiraltratoevenue, and a great hardship
Mt Sees who do pey. I apprehend that, if • law were
rby which no person should be allowed to carry any
..1, without an annual license, at • cost of from 20s. to
305.. the government would by suck a =awe derive a cam
siderable income, and also possess the means of preventing
any armed parties, under any pretence wliateysr, from doing
any mischief. Bach person's name should be entered upon
the license granted, together with his oleos of residenee; and
should any person carrying any firearm refuse to produce
his license, upon its beteg demanded, it should be
hateful ter the person so demanding the license to detain the
fire-arm until the production .hereof I believe that a repo-
'sties of this nature would be generally acceptable : it would
not press with severity upon any class, and would be a better
pro echos to those who delight in shooting ; for at prompt
by far the greater portion of the game is either killed by
c imam poachers, or by thou who do not take out gam
certificates. I would also suggest that the fines for trespass
in pursuit of game should be handed over to the revenue ac-
count-Tvriarro YRAILS A SPORTSMAN.
MILITARY AND OFFICIAL RETRENCHMENT IN
FRAKCIL-Do you know anything of the new President ? If
real 4 is ea able man, earnest, and desirous to govern
France for the benefit orate French, he has a great career
*pen to him. Tna most popular act he can do is the one be
must do if national bankruptcy is to be avoided-vin., re-
duce the army one-half, The service is much disliked by
the peasantry ; go mash so that our gardener getting 140 fr.
per annum, or 10/11 than 61 wages, refused 2,000 fr. to go as
a substitute ; and thP butcher we deal with has just paid
1,800 fr. to get a substitute for his foreman, who bad the W-
hich to be drawn for the conscription ; and this only for a
service of seven years. The objectersto the reduction would
be a mall proportion of the onicerywhichCavaignat proposed
to remedy by i nereasing the numben attuned tomb regiment.
The next popular move, changing the present prohibitive duties
to revenue ones will be opposed by the great monopolists
who under Louis Philippe have so long governed France
but it will have the warm support of the great MIAMI ; and
the product of suck a revised tariff is the only chance the
reotiers have of preesrvieg their dividends-for no more
direct taxation will be borne The vote on the salt duties
shows what will be the fate of the iron andotber monopolies
when fairly brought before the chambers, Think gt cow.