The Express.
London, England, 1849-01-15 00:00:00

THE CHOLERA AMONGST THE PAUPER

CHILDREN,

Mr. Popham, one of the medical gentlemen sent
from St. Pancras to the asylum at Tooting. in • o.musunica-
non received by toe authornien of St. Pancras yesterday
(Sunday) morning ills : I r-sreet to say that anc» the de-
cline of the high winds which prevailed on Thunidas and
Friday the cholera seems to have increased here slightly
There have been four or five fresh cases during last sight,
and • considerable number of deaths during the last 24
hours.
A further report was received from Mr. Poplins' la,t
night which states that several of the children at Tenting are
still in • dangerous state, and we regret to say that three
children have died. The number of St. Pancras children
remaining are 24, iv , 3 boys under treatment, 9 girls un-
der treatment, and 7 boys and 6 girls convalescent
An inquest was held on Saturday before Mr. Baker, at
the Old Mermaid, Church-street, Hackney, to inquire
into the cause of the deaths alleged to be from
cholera, of John Burke, 14; William Walton, 7;
Thomas Nesson, 7; and John Keen, 3 years and
3 months old; pauper children belonging to lidin,ton,
who had been removed from Tooting Asylum on Monday
last, and placed in Perk House, Hackney, with 5.5 others.
Mr. Baker read the prinnpal pilots of Mr. Orainger'i report,
and augges:ed the practicability of deferring the inquiry
siva the termination of that pending before Mr. Wakley.
Atter some conversation, the jury then proceeded to visa
the bodies, which were lying in au out-bedding of Park
House, and afterwards minutely inepinted the bowie, the
arrangements of which gave unqualified intl.-faction Eight
children were in the C4IIIIIIVOCtIIt ward, and two in the sick
ward in a dangerous condition. Atter the return of the
jury, • long and animated discussion enured between the
jury and coroner and Mr. Oldenhaw, and the inquiry was
ailk.urited for some days.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRES.
Is LINCOLN'S INN.—Yeaterday about half.
meet 4 o'clock, • fire broke out in New.equare, Linceen's inn.
The police-constable on duty was peeve g down Bishop's-
court, a narrow purge which runs in the rear of the pre•
wises, and saw a strong light in the basement floor of one of
.Ito houses. He alarmed the porters at the inn, and with
them proceededtomakeauinvestigation They son discovered
that a fire bad broken out on the 'basement floor or No. 2,
New-square, the chambers being occupied by Meters. Hem
rington and Kebble. The latter gentle man, it appears, was
the a my person who slept on the premises, but he can give
no account ut t. .e origin of the fire. As soon as it was di.-
covered, Mr. Kebble was aroused, but the flames having en-
circle d the greater prams of his chamber, he was unable
to mashie eacspemnd remained in hie zooms fully 20 minutes,
while messengers were despatched tier the &escape. An this
did not arrive, and r danger was imminent, Mr. Kebb*e
leaped from his bedroom window into the garden, and at
length a ffecred his escape withAst any very serious danger.
When the porters were informed of the lire they called out
the engines belonging to the Inn, but, from being in a had
condition, or Iron ieetficienct on the pert of the men, they
were comparatively useless, and much confusion and delay
were the mariners. It is stated also that every dimwit-
don wee mandested to keep the knout; dge of the tire from
the brigade or other parties outside the walls, and even on
the arrival of the brigade engines at the gates admission was
for • time retard, Owing to the quantity of timber
and the walls brag encased in oak the fire maread with great ,
rapidity. Many papers and books were saved by means of
the exertions of the firemen, but them form a very small
portion of those which were on the premises. Tie waot of
water thwart, d in a great degree the exertions which
were made to save the buildings, the. teruccks of
the various mains not having been called until some time
after the outbreak of the tire. When the engines were got
into play, several of the brigade men very narrowly escaped
with their lives. They bravely attempted to carry the hose
into the centre of the buildings, and had really accomplished
their purpose, when the stone staircase fell with a frightful
crash, burying eve rythien in the way under its ruins. This
event cot off all communication with the chambers above ;
the flames rased uncontrolled throughout the buddies", anti
the greatest Mars were entertained that the whole range of
buildings would be consumed. By Mr. Braidwood's direc-
tions, engines from the whole of the metropolitan stations
were sent, and, on their arriv .1, the mos' complete measures,
were adopted for arresting the progress of the fire. It we.
not until 8 o'. 'oek that aporehension was allayed. Between
9 and 10 o'clock fear was again excited, reverel stacks of
chimneys, and • portion of the front wall, bring
(Alen, leaving only one, between 60 and 60 feet is
height, resting upon a very slender basis. That fell
in alertly b. fore two o'clock. The fire was burning nearly
the whole rat yesterday, notwithstanding several of the en-
glues were constantly engaged in playing upon the premises.
The destruction of property is variously estimated at from
13,0101. to 20,0001. Most ut it was insured in the principal
Lindon fire-ether. Toe premises were built in 1666, la
meniately dun the rest fire of London.
AT 11•118P5TRAD WILTEIL Wolin —On Saturday eight •
fire broke out on the newly-erected premises termed the
Hampstead Water Works, which was attended with • dm
'ruction of property valued of several thousand pounds.
The premises in which the fire began were about 80 feet
square, of considerable altitude, and fitted up with costly
machinery tie weight of which is estimated at 36 tons. The
m intent the fire wee seen an alarm was given, and mos-
sengers were sent in all dinctiogs forth engines. Owing '
to the strong hold the flames had obtained, they tea.
veiled rapidly through the premises, and ascended so high
that, long before an engine had time to reach the place, the
whole budding became fired, and the reflection from the
flames could he seen at • distance of several miles. Several
engines shoetly arrived, but to obtain a good supply of water
it was found nee Nary to take the engines up a steep em-
bankment, and work them from the reservoir. This neces-
sarily occupied some time, during which the fire coutinuel
its progress, seizing up di floor aher floor and everything of
an ignitable ebarac:er, until the whole were blazing with the
greatest vehemence. It was 10 o'clock—three hours atter
the outbreak—before the flames could be extinguished.
How the calamity originated is unknown: at 6 **clock, when
the works were closed, they appeared perfectly safe. From
the examination made, there seems litt.e doubt that tee
Semis commenced in one of the rooms near the steam-
engine. The damage is thus officially reported: •• Beildtags
of engine-house and wanks generally elegem 41; supposed
lon about 3.0001. Machinery, steam-eneine, ete., partially
destroyed ; estimated loss about 8,0001. Total supposed lees
8,0001." Unfortunately the whole of the property was un-
insured. The premises, it appears, had not been finished
many weeks, having been erected for the purpose of raising
• purer water from • depth of 350 test.
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CHOLERA.—The following fresh eases were re-
=reelby the Board of Health on Saturday : Lambent, 1;
Towing, 4, 3 fatal ; Wandsworth, 2 ; Chelsea, 1 ;
The Wilderness, Margate, from Tooting, 11, 2
fatal; East Itgredham, Norfolk, 12, 2 fatal ; Gates
bead, 3 ; Workhouse, Howden Union, 6, 3 fatal ; Wake-
field, 3,• Reading, 1 fatal ; Sunderland, 1 ; Edinburgh, 5
fatal ; Otsego* 68, 33 fatal ; Bones, 1 fatal :
1 fatal; Dtmbrirton, 2; Caddar, 1 ; Dumfries, 1 • Kilma-
dock Dome, 9, 4 fatal ; Traaent, from 25th OM., 28, 10
fatal; Greenock, 1 fatal; Stranraer, 1 fatal. Total new
cues, 176, 67 deaths.
CALLS TO THE BAs.—MIDDLE TEMPLE.—The
Wary term calla to the bar of this society were made on Ss-
matey last (January 131, and they comprise the after-men-
gentlemen : G. Tennant, Fisq. ; J. Jervis, Esq. ; W.
Teppmg, Esq. ; 0. F. Spike, Esq. ; C. C. Pule, Esq. ; T
Harrison, Esq. ; J. Osman, Esq. ; J. Br,wer, Esq.; and
J. 0. flumes, Esq.
CORONER'S CONSTABLE=.—Sir ,—A rich illustration d
theremarks of " An Old Parish ileformer " in the As-
pen of the 26th alt., on the intfficieney of the above class,
mejmet warred in this pariah, in a matter closely connected
will the important inquiry now pending belote 15r.Wskley
bathe menegement of the Tooting asylum. An inquest
was egmesoffsed to- day upon the bodies of font peer children
heiessfmg eie Islington, who had died at Park-house, in this
innality (since their removal from Tooting jut Monday), of
111100111 M Now, sir, you will say that great care ought to have
hem taken in the composition of a jury upon whose verdict
the eMsester cf Mr. Droust and the Islington officers may
difersd. Allow me, through your celumis, to inform your
modem that. owing to clumsy ignorance, indifference to the
magnitude of the inquiry, or d .wnright recklessness, the
jury among its twelve menthe district registrar of
and deaths, and a perish beadle belonging re, one of
the districts of Hackney ! I am informed by parties
acquainted with the subject that an inquisition, involving a
eriminal procedure, signed by a sworn officer, acting in the
aarecter of a juryman, weld be quashed on the ground of
illegality. I am further wanted that a registrar eanoot
hplly serve on a coroner's jury. Can yon infuse me, sir,
slim real state of the law on the matter ? It is, I emotive,
daseleusly indecent thus to bolster up juries en important
, evailkoss. There tan be no excuse of paucity of Toddled
men in a pariah bite Hackney. The foreman of the jury is,
I odd, a respectable overseer; and, in utter igneranee of
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