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

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the Keep aid Grapes, Claensequare, Westminster, ea view
of the hotly el Kr. Z. Williams, artist, ,vied 46, whom ore
hue bees &tidied duets' the pest three dip ander the head
of" Weetsalaster Paliee Court."—T. C. Ohreer, the land-
lord of the house is which the family of the deceased mided,
repeated is precisely the as terms the account detailed in
the Myra, of Tuesday last, and added that the unfor-
tunate diseased end family had occupied a front attic is hie
house for MO weeks, but had only paid the rent (7a. 6d. per
week) for three weeks. He did not like to press them be-
came they seemed so poor, but they sever breathed a word
of their truly wretched condition to him, nor was he aware
of it until after Mr. Williams's death. In the wane of his
evidence wham stated that Mr. Paynter, one of
the pariah doctors, was seat for ea Monday morn.
ing, hut the poor gentleman was dead at the time.
Emily Williams, the daughter of the deceased, who was
deeply affected. stated that for some weeks past they had
bees is want of the common necessaries of food, bring, end
clothing, bat did net make application daring that tame to
the panels authorities for relief, because her father strongly
objected to their doing so. The little food the family got was
by knitting articles, which she mid in the streets. Her father
miten went without victuals all day. Neither he nor the rest
of the family had had any meat for a loog while. Her lather
had as covering when he kid down but the clothes he
wore, and he used to go without while these were
cleaased. Poe eight days previous to his death he
had had no bread, only tea and water. There
was some breed, but be would not touch it, because
there was riot soingh for the children.—Mr. J. Le-
vies, surgeon, stated that he was requested by two trades-
men to visit the widow on Tuesday evening, and beheld the
scene of wretteednere already described in the Express.
He had since visited the we by direction of Mr. Broderip,
the magistrate, and in obedience to en order from the 137f0•
ner had made • post morose examination. There was ea
absence of any disease to nate death. In his opinion the
unfortunate gentians* died from examen* debility. accele-
rated by west of rood. The body was emanated. Went of
warmth, clothing, end food, were noelitrants to a person in
his condition. There was no food in the stomach.
Mr. Bedfad observed that he supposed everything was
being lice to comfort the 'Misted lenity of the deceased
at present ?—Ths chief usher of the Westminster Police
Court said that Mr. Broderip had ordered that every atten-
tion should be paid to them, and one of the guardians of the
poor repeated that similar directions had been given by the
parish authorities, to whom no application had been made
until after Use unfortunate man's death. It was stated that
Mr. Painter had most promptly attended at the very
moment he was sent for, which was not until after the
deceased lad died; the board of guardians had been two
nights engaged in • meet searching investigation into
the complaint of the landlord that, although he stand the
extreme urgency of the we to the doorkeeper at the work-
house, no attention was paid, and be was told to go to the
relieving officer, and went backward and forward without
goatees—ln the opinion of ono of the guardians present, the
porter at the gate was to blame, but the landlord went in a
blustering sort of way. The relieving officers were at the
One out on business—The jury returned a verdict Died
from the want of common necessaries, the wants of the
family having beat congested from the parish."—The jury
then subscribed 21. la. 6d. to the fund for the benefit 01 the
family, the list of subsmiptions to which will be found under
the head of "Police."