The Express.
London, England, 1849-06-11 00:00:00

CORONERS' INQUESTS.-SATITHDAY.

THE LATE CHILD MURDER AT BERMONDSEY.—
Before Mr. Carter, at the Britannia pablitehouse,
Neiaoa-
street, Saowsfields, respecting the death of Mary Ann
Ogden, aged five weeks, who was anodised in • copper of
water by its mother. The particulars of the case have
already appeared in our police intelligence. The jury re-
turned a verdict of " Wilful murder against Mary Ann
Ogden," and the witnesses were bound over to prowl:lute
at the present Old Bailey sessions.
DEATH PROM ASIATIC CHOLERA IN BERMOND-
@BT.—Beton, Mr. Carter, at the Stays Porters f.uhlic.house,
Jai:ob./treat, Bermondsey, relative to the death of John Col-
son, aged 12 years, who died from Asiatic cholers.—Ellen
Calnon, living in MilLetreet, Dockhead, deposed that sbe
was a widow, with five children, and that they all slept in
one apartment. On Tuesday last the deceased complained
of cold and thirst, with cramp in the limbs. Witness sent a
messenger for Mr. Martin, surgeon, who ordered her to give
the deceased as much cold water as he meld drink. Powders
and other medielne were sent, the former to be taken every
hour &trial; the night. The cleansed drank no fewer than
four quarts of water, when witness became alarmed, and
would not give him any more, as he was then dying. There
was no pain of the stomach, but violent diarrhea. The de-
ceased died at 8 o'clock on Wednesday.—The Coroner: Had
you sufficient food for yourself and family / No, sir; we
only bad dry bread and tea during the week,
and on Sundays I somesimee mansuel to get •
little piece of meat. We have been without food occasionally.
Mr. Charles Martin, surgeon, said that be ordered cold water
to be given, as the hest means of amalgamating with the
blood, In such a cue. He considered the remedy • beneficial
one, and it was commonly recommended by the most emi-
nent practitioners in the profession. If he had given the
child brandy, it would have hastened his death. Wane,'
attributed the death to Asiatic cholera, arising from low diet
and the noxious vapours emitted from a posse of stagnant
water called the " Mill ooad," near which the deceased lived.
—The Coroner observed that immediate steps must be tak.
to remedy such an evil as the mill pond appeared to be, and
Mr. Martin stated that he would lay the hots before the
parish anthoritior.—Verdict, " That the doomed died from
Asiatic cholera arising from lose diet and the impure air en-
gendered by the nozious vapours of *certain ditch called the
Mill pond,' Bermondsey."

THE AMERICA, Capt. Harrison, sailed from Liver-
pool en Saturday., for Halifax and Baton.
THE LATE REAR-ADMIRAL SIR N. WILLOUGHBY,
C.8.,H.C.H —This *Hoer was a rare instance of an individual
escaping the most imminent dangers. Hs was thrice ship.
wracked ; once upset In a boat, and kept himself afloat en
an oar for nineteen hours. He was two years in slavery at
Tripoli, end escaped by beating out the brains of two Moon,
and swistniag on board a Freneb ship in the bay, lying
two miles from the shore. He entered the harbour of the
Isle of France with a single frigate, and cut out two rich
ships, though opposed by sixty pieces of anon. He was
eleven times wounded with Inilr, three with splinters and
was eat in every part et his body with sabres and splinter,
; his face was disfigured by explosions of gunpowder,
and he loot an eye and had past of his neck and jaw shot
away. When unemployed, he joined the Romig° army
under Hatuaor, avid was made a colons!; he was thrice
wounded, and at Leipsie had hie right arm shattered by •
cannon-shot He had pensions from the Russian govern-
ment. Amongst sailors in his day he was called ' The
Immortal; ' at any ra,e, ha seems to have pomemed more
lives than a at, with all the courage of a British lioa.—
Hampshire Telegraph.
ANTIQUITY Or THE POTATO ROT.—Thomas Baker,
a Quaker farmer, who is suppomi to have been the first to
introduce the potato into the ooanty of Durham, by plant-
ing it about the year 1736, at Norton, near Stockton (a
vil-
lage famous for this root), was plain of speech, and, address
ing his friends at the nesetim-house at Norton, said 0 he
was afraid some of them were like the potatoes of that year,
which, under a fair outside, concealed a rotten heart."
WANT AND DIATH.—It is really distressing (says
the ifoneeomtkallies Merlin, published at Newport), week
after week, to have micreasieg Mel of utter want and
wretched deaths to record, arising out of the immense new
ber of Irish emigrants flung ashore upon the Welsh mast,
from Milford Haven to the Bake. Repeatedly, almost
daily, are roasters of weasels engaged in the criminal work
of crowding half starved and demo-struck hordes of Irish
paupers into their holds se ballast, and bringing than
to this plate to die ; and aotwithstmoding that two or
Arm captains ham bees heavily dud to, seek a din
reputable course, the evil does not decrees.. We
have heard of a captain who recently brought shoat
forty of those wretched creatures kers ; and Isms of
them have stated that the number taken on board at the
Irish met frees which they sailed wee 400! To avoid
she realty of mamiyieg men promigen " than be had
$ license to do, tie captain esesmaided du= seiscaMe to
be thrown ashore as Milford asd aim aloag the
ems* so that be might amps detection when mewing Awe.
These peer arastares all Maggio to aostemplall the jasmoy
to Nene:, and hither they come, gaunt, faraimetzlehan,
sad d Since kat fiatarday throe et four of them have
died mrpoet, some indicatiom of that Maid essagge.
being exhibited in the may their &ea& Thee
Mir gnat tide et immigration m he satarally emeeted to
Wag infesdos, dame, mod death to its wake. How is this
to be avoided ? no lea' as masters of soasems ors pernefteed
to Mktg seek '• ballast," it will • centime, WI Inlaid IS
' dewed of her Marvin beaux Goverment should and
run a a wetter to crabs at Peuarth Puiat, with a mews en
bard' sad Ids vasmis amid bewmiaed, est if disease
r were bend on board amongst the crowded living freight,
I the vessel should ride quarsatla• for a certain period.

AFFAIRS OF HUNGARY.

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