The Express.
London, England, 1849-01-19 00:00:00

1848 to rubies thawed irivideo to 4 per cent le saingir;
with the view to a menet reelsestion to the "mar of die
sass widsh bad hese withdrawn Iron it is kaispisig op the
krwar dividend of 6 pas seat. per ensue. Bat Miry wars
prepared to caplet that the /moiety ef their resssomenda.
Ilea of the payment ef the lintel, too en Ibe dividends to be
=ebY osimpany would be selhoi is am a
(Br. T. Shia), whole egioiewh wheasvor be bed
to ewer *en as the state of the ibis d the coespany,
bad been reesived with anemias sod dolman, bad barb
NNW his elieslisa to the poetise. Be (the charms)
lies to suds slat tlie directors had bees Wilson
to donde Pak stunting opesielly to the easeiderstion
of ilp iinsetion. sail the meek el their deliberation had
been s eaminions opinion against a departure from the
polies beeeleihre oberrved Ia the present Wearies the
pubs el do pent year were upwards of 4 per erns., sad
wadi provide for the lowliest of the ionise tam, leaving
owing of 1,3184 17.. ld. to be added to the Best la the
etssaelssn tbt esseaste sod slatistkal moues which were
Wise tion inggsdal a ire remesin. The pose ausiage
fir Ses, me lira, wen WPM lea lid as Lomat eon-
Nam that of the eatables of 1847, bat the greet
ensso impeetstiens in 1847, shied, of province', took
thst poor s t iris saterry of ordinary sessone. Be (the
ehointems) this rivaled to semparstive statistical Mural
Weft to the 'hippie' sad Imogia la the pert of London,
awl of the gips, tones" sad Istalar, end stock is w.re
hewn in the Bt. Lathartae's Dein is the lam three yam of
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MS. 1047. 111411.
Ukips.l 171,401 741 ITc.
115,•37 attir 11;3 032
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1147, 3,703 I.
N.B. Mee yaw of 1647 was owe el extraordinary haportados of
=lsar, sod proWaiont. solar of we lades with thaw
that Moroi the St Katharine rooks in 1347, vs. 1.13, and
37,100 reffiellefadtosw; lf *pee are drabotead Iran the arrivals la 1647,
tleorzalad adV soap tbst gond Urn dation ha 1046 would hare
the pressilad year.

laarlaffins••m --
Goods Is 1846. III?. 1848.
warebou*. ... 61.091 tuns. ... 70,772 tam .. 70,132 Wei.
Ist um

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The resolation was then pat, and. alter some further re-
marks (ton Mr. Smith, was unanimously agreed to. Thanks
were returned to the &news, sea the iseetans adjourned.

THE TOOTING CHOLERA CASES.
CORONER'S VERDICT AT ST. PANCEML—Last even-
ing Mr. Mill. resumed and concluded, at the Elephant and
Castle, Camden-town, he adp anted inquest on Josiah
Joseph Coster, aged 6, a pauper child, who sled in St. Pan-
cras woekbonie of cholera, after his removal from Surrey-
lodge, Toning.
Mr. MOilahey, clerk to the board of guardians, deposed
that with the approbation of Mr. Hall, assistant poor-law
0012101i0a00111., and Mr. Toffolon, inspector of poor schools,
the guardians of St. Pancras famed out the pauper children
to Mr. Drown a: 4e. 6.1. • head per week. They had pre.
viondy satisfied themselves that the place was 'ally suited to
the children. Every month • committee visited and we
ported upon the condition of the children. These report.
were saustattery until August, when, in consequence of a
report of • boy who died, having been ill treated there,
Messrs. Robinson and Johnson, two medical often, were
deputed to make • personal inspection of the boys. They
did so, and hood that several had wasted limbe„
large abdomens, and suffered from debility, the resuloo
of bad or insuficient diet. 68 were so affected. It was also
their opinion that the master was rather sever% The guar-
dians communicated that to Mr. Drouet, who promised that
these things should not again mar, and that it would not he
his fault it the boys did not in future look plump.
Mr. Pitt, actuary to the guardians, estimated, from the
workhouse dietary, that the net cost of each child would be
3s. 7d., and therefore be flied on 4s. 6d. as • fen sum for
Mr. Drouet. Upward. of 30 apprentices frost Mr. Drottet's
through his hands. They all proved strong, athletic
arertlit for sea, to whien they were mut.
Coroner : It was singular that he found the bodies of the
children quite emasiated, although their lac. s appeared
plump.
Mr. Pitt : Mr. Drone gave notice of the outbreak of the
cholera instantly, when the guardians removed the children
without delay.
John Woodhouse, aged 14, one of the boys from Tooting,
examined.—He went with deceased and other boys to
Tooting, where deceased and several others caught the itch.
The mares gave them and other boys who had sores on them
some medicine, without their seeing the doctor. They had
not enough to eat. Toe master would knock down and beat
the boys across the back with • stick until welds and
sores were formed. Beat • boy and pulled the cereal others,
biome they complained of insufficient food. Some boys ran
away, cad when brought beck had their heads shaved, as a
punishment. If he were sent back he should like to get
more food. He preferred the workhouse, because he got
mere food then. Bome of the boys eat the potato peelings
out of the pig-tub. Mr. Drouet was uppcsed to the boys
being beaten.
Margaret Yarrow, aged 13, also from Mr. Dewitt's, said
that they had not sufficient food or clothing. The bed
clothes were aka insufficient. The mixed flour and arrow-
root which they go: for breakfast they could not use, so they
only had dry bread for breakfast. They were allowed
neither towel. nor soap, and had to wipe their hands and
faces on their pinafores. She much preferred the work-
house, for in it they had plenty to eat.
James Alford and another child corroborated the above ;
and with the other two witnesses said that whenever the
committee from the workhouse interrogated them, almost
all the children replied they had no, enoug i to eat.
Mr. Bird, the endie' officer appointed over the children in
the workhouse, repeated his history of the progress of the
cholera, which lass been already published.
Verdict:—'• We find that Josiah Joseph Coster died from
virulent cholera, a disease occurring to him at • time when
he was suffering from the effects of insufficient diet, defective
warmth of clothing, and impure air, at Surrey House, Toot.
lag ; and the jury add to their verdict en expression of their
regret that the directors of the poor of St. Pancras did not
hied Mr. Dronet, the proprietor of Surrey Hall, to fulfil his
any to such • large number of children as they had confided
to his care, under • written and a more definite contract
than appear to be executed by them. At the same time the
jury most emphatically condemn the practice ot farming
pauper children in the house of strangers, because the system
engendered by it affords to unprincipled persons disastrous
opportunities of defrauding the poor children of their proper
food and clothing. in • manner that does not seem to become
publicly apparent, norto produce such adequate effects on the
minds of the guardians, as to lead them to the correction of
the evils which inflict the most direful effects en the helpless
population of such an establishment."
INQUEST AT KENSINOTON.—Yeaterday Mr. Watley
hold an inquest in the board-room of the Kensington work
house, on the body of John Wilkins, one of the twenty-
throe boys belonging to that parish, removed from Mr.
Domes establishment, and who was subsequently attacked
with cholera, from the effects of which be died.
After the evidence of the boy's mother respecting his
death, the Coroner directed the daughter, 9 years of age, to
he brought into the inquest-room. She was brought in, in
the arms of • nurse, wrapped ia • blanket. Oa examining
the child, the Coroner said he had never before sem such a
bad case of itch : it was really frightful.
Mr. Blackwell explained to the Cormier and jury. The
girls had been removed from the Tooting establishment ever
since the £l.h of November lest. in onyequence of the com-
plaints of some of them that Mr. Droset's brother had acted
improperly towards them.
The girl was then removed hom the room, and the Coro-
nes repeated that she was • perfectly sickening sight.
Pau Edify deposed that she was 14 years of age, and,
*his Mr. Drcust's establishment, was a helper in the
word which the deceased boy was placed She knew
4
Ids, an used to see him frequently. There were 65 boys
=y in the ward.—The COMM: Did all the children
their in the hall (the number was stated to be
1,371) ?—Witness; No, dr ; about 700 dined in the hall,
and the others in other parts of the premises : some in the
wade—The Coroner: Did you ever complain of the food
you had at Tooting t—Witness : No, sir, I was always
afraid to speak about Mr. Drouet, or of what we
lad to eat, for fear of poniskunot.—Tate Coroner * • Did
you. ever know of any of the children being
punished for speaking of the food they bad there f—Wit-
nem : Some of the Chelsea girls were. Mr. Duna
blew them op.—By the Coroner: When any of the E m
ton guardians came to sae their children, they saw them
the parlour, in the prwnce of Mr. and Mrs. Dronet, the
governess, and schoolmaster and nurses, and never alum.—
By • Juror : Was only once present when the guardian, saw
them alone.—The Cottmer : Now, on your oath. had ra
ever, while at Tooting, enough to eat ?—Witnees: Not when
I had say meals in the hall. Had enough when I was in the
ward, as the Donegan sae more than the allowance.
TllOOl4O Mills, 12 years of age, was next examined. He
could neither read nor write, and he did not know his cate-
chism, and the coroner would nut therefore administer the
oath to him. He stated that he hail been occo-
snootily to wheal • was employed with another boy to
emu out two of tie attics, which were sleeping room..
Sonsethaa they were dam every morning, hat generally
ogee • week. They were each paid twopence a-week for
doing so. There were 12 beds in one room, and 13 beds in
the other, and is each bed three boys slept. Never while at
Tooting had enough to eat ; was always hungry after his
mesh,. A great many boys had run away from Drotiet's
establishment—The Coroner i Tell us what you think made
the children bad, and brought t cholera to Toing.—
Witness : Want of enough " grubh."e There were no water-
closets to go to at night at Tooting, but two tubs were placed
in each bedroom, which the boys used.
The Coroner here asked lir. Ottazzaroni (the medical
officer of the workhouse) if he had ever visited the Tooting
establishment and examined the quality of the food there ?
—Mr. Guar-weal replied that he had, and that he had
found the quality of the food exceedingly bad.
John Thomas, • boy, 14 non old, was them brought in,
and it being_tound that he had net been to school, and could
not tell an ill from an A when it was Mown him in the room.

emeher tilde pet whir Ile lode the rum

iniennla al Oh*, Mddhalme dr. dm&
Mr. Geriddli e I the W um • nay Wagon boy
lam he welt la flasks, het am be appeared to
have 100 ell hie malmedem. mid amend Ready a fuel
He had alifted the estabfflemeedb home cer Jmly Is= with
gemse or the cumin% whim he MIN esimilma W amatglela of
the ovirefogra;egeir IY *Wm is b the baleen@ OM
the school-rook Is an Inlii lie thy, lei fleeced It
different to that& de is wedtbeen, nen bens
no fibre of meat is Jo- Ho em.eeme taloa at 'mill:.
write anything fa uto bee&, and ea theway helm he '
=os the giumudio dee seneatty aides the ebildna
hut the Warttb."l"___..._
_on Wine oath it eon not
be dose.—Afar some farther: g"."0.9
The Conan Banned imp, ra, d the juq totosood a war,
ss That the &mow gaol lad at,,d from the mortal Minn of
exhaustio•eosmgwt ape few, SofooVielli eh ha dim&
=inset yrefeeta, said tbat th.r, eas-
y neddeted that, is retarmingi.• MAMA wart
man with the misdled tindmsay, they it:NM oaf do right
in eestpling It with their synth= that the thew* of cholera
predated at T preneded from Insaffleiency of
rood
end wane and the want of preplo ventilation
in Mr. Dronet's
Imam: AT HACKNEY. —31 r. W.
Baker released the imen at the Old
which was adjewsid en &today Int, teueldni the eleatm
ofJohn Hen, Thema Nieman, William Walton, end ate=
Burke, pauper children= the parish of Islington, who wee o
removed from Mr. Deenet's establishment at Teoues to a
temporary whim at Hackney, whets they died of cholera in
a few days subsequent to their removaL
Mr. W. Pears. dopmed that he was one of the amens to
the Islington Union. He had been sent down to Tooting
to examine into the condition of the children of that
parish, who had been placed under the can of
Mr. Dream. He found several of them suffering from
cholera, sad many had died of that disease at Tooting. His
inatrnistions were to remove aL that were not affected, and
he accordingly bad 54 children taken away on the sane day,
ell of whom he then considered free from cholera. It was,
however, a disease which nicht set in, and not develops
itself for days. The incubation might exist, and yet not
show he'll even for weeks by premonitory symptoms. The
four children into whom deaths they were now inquiring,
were of the number removed on his first visit to Tooting.
They wen taken bad on the night of their arrival at Hack-
nay, and after mitering under cholera from 10 to 30 boors,
expired more from d bility than the cholera, which disease
had loon subdued by the treatment he had adopted. The
other 50 ehiPreo were now doing well, being all free from
that dames, Omagh suffering wider other 'light deems.
One of the hwy.—What is your opinion with regard to
the origin of cholera at Mr. Bromic'. /—Witness bad to hesi
t Won In saying that it was mused by the =ceded state tf
the establishment, the want of proper ventilation, the in-
nutritiousness of the diet given to the inmates, together with
exposure to cold.
Mr. Grainpr read a portion of the report which he had
given in evi&cce before Mr. Wakley, end which has already
appeared in this paper. Mr. Grainger said that be now
verified that report with one exception, via., that point
wherein he stated that Mr. Hall, the assistant poor law coth
minioner, had given a written order limiting the number of
chit free to be received at Mr. Brunet's establishment. It
appeared that fir. Hall had, on the last day of Mr. Wskley's
inquest, corrected that portion of the report, by stating that
tre order was verbal, and more Ia the light of s suggestion
than an order, and was therefore not considered binding by
Mr. Drone.
Mr. Lovett deposed that he was assistant surveyor to the
Board= Health, and had by the orders of the board sur-
veys i the ditches in the vicinity of the house chosen at
Hackney for the children removed from Tooting. He (=tad
ditches filled with stagnant water, and which in sum= r
migh', if disturbed, throw oat mast offensive effluvia. He,
however, found no disagreeable effluvia on his last examine,
tioa, but some time ago, when surveying the mine place, be
had experienced a very offensive effluvia= indeed.
Mr. Purse said that the house was only taken for a
short time to meet the emergency, and in his opinion it was
the most healthy that could have been adopted under the
circumstances, as all the children were getting on well.
The Coroner sal I he should adjourn the further investi-
gation to Tuesday next, in order that Mr. Oldenhaw, of Is-
lington, and other persons might be present, whose absence
on so important as inquiry, he said, surprisedhimvery
mush.—Adjourned accordougly.

CHoLERA.—Yeaterday the following fresh cam.
were reported by the Board of Health :—Peckham House
Asylum, 1 fatal ; Bow, 1; Wandsworth, 1 ; Kingroron
Thames, 1 ; Carlisle, 6, 3 fatal; Wakefield, 2, 1 fatal ;
Bowden Union Workhouse, 2 fatal; Edinburgh, 1; Glas•
goer, 59, 26 fatal ; Howson, 6 ; Donne, 1; Jedbargh, 1
fatal ; total new cases, 79, 34 deaths.
THE NEW DISPENSARY AT BETHNAL-GREEN.—The
flues D 'wager has c. ntributed the munificent sum of
100 guineas towards the establishment of a new dispensary
now in progress of formation in the destittte districts of
Bethnal-green. The Bishop of London has also presented a
donation of SOL The tioritution is to be called " The Royal
Adelaide Diepensary."
SOUTH AUSTRALIAN BANKING COMPANY.—Teater-
day, a meeting of proprietors of this company was held at
No. 2, Jeffrey square, ht. Mary-axe, for the purpose of
ascertaining their opinion as to e expediency of seeking a
junction with • kiudred establishment, passerine greet
capital, now in full operation in various parts of the colony.
Tne chair was taken by Mr. Robert Oakes. A statement
addretsed to the shareholders by Mr. Edmund Chalmer and
the Rev. Thomas Timpson, and the reply of the di=
were read. The former gentleman urged that the p
amalgamation, on the terms offend, would be highly ad.
vantageous to both companies, and more esprcially so to the
South Australian Bank. The expenses of its London branch
wood be saved by placing the management under one board
of directors. The directors, in their reply, denied that
sub would be the result, and submitted to the
proprietors the inexpediency of countenancing as
tempts which would prove fruitless, the court haring
taken legal opinion, and ascertained that nothing short
of an act of parliament could legalise toe pro
reed amalgamation. Mr. Anglia denied the impracticability
of the amalgamation, and stated his belief that the
once of the offer would be the immediate means of
the shares to their 4tiginal value, and eventualey securing a
handsome dividend to the proprietors. In anticipation of the
union, the shares had risen from 131. and 141. to 191. and 201.
The meeting was afterwards addressed by Mr. Shaw (of
Halifax), Mr. Howett Watson, Mr. Hitchon (of Wakefield),
Mr. Brewster, Mr. Chalmer, the Rev. Mr. Timpson, the
Rev. Mr. Lawrie, and others; and resolutions in accordance
with Mr. An :as's views were unanimously adopted. A
requisition, calling upon the directors to convene a general
court of proprietors on an early day, to take the proposal
into consideration, was signed by every gentleman present
The proceedings, which lasted nearly three hours, termi-
nated in a vote of thanks to the chairman.
NATIONAL EQUITABLE POOR-RATE ASSOCIATION.—
Yesterday evening a preliminary meeting was held at dm
King's Arms Tavern, Palace-yard, preparatory to the for-
mation of a society with the above htle.—Mr. Beckwith,
governor of the poor of the d'y of Norwich, was called is the
chair.—Mr. Hutchinson, the secretary, read the 'ninnies of
a previous meeting on the same subject. The secretary ales
stated that he had received communications from various
parishes expressive of their sympathy with the object In
view, and read • list of the parishes. He had received as
objections from any parties, although some had declined to
come forward at the pausal moment,—Mr. Beckwith thee
stated that the rums why he had been placed in the posi-
tion of chairman was that the city of Norwich was very
grievously oppressed by the general operation of the poor
!aw, and particularly by that portion of the late act for the
amendment of the law, which had operated in the ease
way upon many of the unions and towns in the
kingdom. The true principle on which a poor law
ought to be carried out was that the poor ought to be
rezeved oat of the property of the rich. ?low, nothing could
be further from that principle than the actual stags of
the poor-law of this country. Therefore, it became nem-
eery for those places whisk were grievously oppressed by the
operation of the law to make their saes known—to state their
case to the legislature or to the public—in order that they
might have that remedy which their grievance demanded.
It wait quite clear that under the statute of Elizabeth (which
might be celled the poor man's charter) parties were to be
taxed mending to their ability ; but shortly after the statute
of Iliisabeth settlements became introduced, and varis
legislative enactments took place with regard to the law on
settlement. Ever since they the constant dispute between
parishes had been how they should beet get rid of the bur-
den. The object now wee to Ind • remedy, which would
do away with the self( h principle by which parties sought to
shift the burden from themselves. The only mods in which
this could be done was by an equal taxation all over the
country.—Mr. fledge, of Norwich, proposed that an WO-
ciatim be new formed, to be called " The National Equitable
Poor Association," having for its objects the equal distribu-
tion of the just and necessary
burden tor the support =1
maintenanoe of the poor, and the improvement of their con-
dition morally as well as physically.—The resolution was
agreed to, as also were others for the formation of branch
societies, and the calling of a public meeting in February, at
which all members of parliament, of every shade of p &tint
opinion, were to be invited to attend, it being expressly un-
derstood that the association would have no political nor sec-
tarian bias, but would act solely upon the principle of doing
equal justice to the ratepayer,' nd, at the same time, im-
proving the oonditim of the poor.
THE THREATENING AND LIBEL CARE AT Boer-
STRElT.—Bir,—la reference to the case of Mr. Thos. Waller
and the prosecrtion of Mr. Buller at the Bow-street police.
court, reported in you p .per of this day, I beg to sty that
the prosecution was instituted under the advice of sounsa.
as won proper under the circumstances and the nature of
the libel which your report has omitted to set forth than •
criminal information or an action at law. Mr. Buller has
this day submitted to his friends a statement of facts and
documents bearing upon the statement made by the prisoner,
and, acting upon their advice, Mr. Bullet ab-tains from mak-
ing any reply to that statement until the trial of the indict-
ment which is now about to be preferred, but, in the mean-
time, Mr. Buller has been permitted P. B. Brodie, Esq.,
of 49, Lincoln's-inn.fields, to leave (a his custody docu-
ments which completely answer Mr. Waller's statements,
and which Mr. Brodie is so good as to say be will show to
any of Mr, Bullet's friends who may be desirous of sinus
them.--ftrimantram AND SLATIZ. 23, Great Tower street.
Jan. 18, 1849.
LARGE ARRIVALS or SPECIE.—The following large
arrivals of specie from China and the East Indies too k place
on Tuesday into the metropolis: The vessel Diana, from
Hong Kong, brought 39 boxes of specie, the whole of which
was to aced order ; the vessel Northumberland, from
CalcuTtr,itre Cape of Good Hope, and Ascension, respectively.
bronglit 200 boles of rupees, all of which were consigned to
the Rua India Company ; the weal Bit Edward Parry, frem