The Express.
London, England, 1847-01-12 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 12, 1847.

prietora as Lord Hardwick') to pay the natural price of their
puerile sport, by being compelled to farm their own lands.—
The Economist.
TIIE "'TIMES" AND IRELAND.—What has been the
conduct of England towards Ireland, in her destitution 1
When the cry of famine first sounded over the Channel,
England was aroused to an act of charity. In the course off
a little time, the LIMA bestowed were found insufficient for
the necessity of the case, and John Bull became impatient:
" We have our pone in England," said, he ; " take car • of
your own poor in Ireland." Again the cry arose, and the
Times aectiard the Irish of wishing " to make money
out of starvation." This is barbarous; but it is lite-
rary true that such an emus 'Gen was made. Other
papers began to nay, that the cries of want were exaggiested
and that the savings-hanks in Ireland were not exhaust el.
This lulled alarm and sympathy for a while, and then the
truth of the ease came out again, and again John Bull was
touched with pity. But now came a new story, that the
starving peasantry of Ireland were purchasing fire-arms !
Again Jobe Bull locked up both heart and purse, saying,
that he did not like to pay money to boy hlundertmeses
After all these take of exaggeration, of full savings-b inks
' and of fire-arms, 'sought by the nerving peasantry, hose
turned out to be falsehoods; but they have served their pur-
pose in making English charity more tardy then otherwise
it would have been.—.4llgcmcine Zeitung.
FIRE, YESTERDIY.—Ex PLOSION IN TILE STRAND.
Yesterday, a sudden explosion of a most fearful character
took place upon the premiss in the occupation of Mews.
Pepper and Taylor, printers, of 1, Pickett-street, Strand. It
appears that a number of men hail been engaged during the
morning in laying on the gas in the le isement. Fro:n some
cause that cou'd not be correctly ascertained, the lower flow
of the premises became tilled with glut, and a candle, which
hied been inc.eitiausly taken into the place, was left burning,
which e fused the gas to explode with a fearful noire, shaking
the building to its foundation ' • at the nine time netting the
basement in ftames,and blowing down the ceiling and partitions
on the staircase, and forcing out the skylight in the machine-
room. The flames, the instantthe windows were blown out,
were to be seen rushing out of the openings in the lower part
of the building; an that for some time ditaserone conse-
quences were feared. The parish engines, with seven
belonging to the London establishment, and the West of
England one quickly attended; a id there being an abundant
supply of water, tie flames were subdue I in the course of
an hour and a hJf. Some idea of the force of the explo-
sion may be formed, when it is stated that a gentleman who
was sitting in the building at dinner, was faced out of hit
choir, and driven against the wall with greet violence ; at
the a eue time three or four squares o: glass were demolished
on the premises of Mr. Wilkinsen, the chemist, of 248,
Strand, and a similar number in the house of Mr. March,
ironmonger, of 251, in the same thoroughfare. Unfortu-
nately, Messes. Pepper and Taylor were uninsured.
INUESTS, YESTERDAY. SIR EDWARD HYDE
EVIT, BART.—By Mr. Carter, at the Rafe* Head, Batter.
sea, to inquire into the circumstances attendiut the sudden
demise of Sir E. East, Bert., late of Sherwood-lodge' Bat-
t-rsea. J. Blanchard, the butler, was the first witness called.
He deposed that the deceased baronet was 82 years of age.
On the morning of Friday last, about halt pan seven o'clock,
the housemaid and witness went to the deceased's sleeping
apartment, she to light the lite, end he with some hot water.
They knocked at the door, and continued doing so for full
twenty minutes, when, receiving no answer, witness became
alarmed, and went for hie son (Mr. E est), who was staying
in the house, and by his direction witness forced the door,
which was only fastened by a drop bolt, when
the deceased baronet was discovered lying on his left
side apparently dead. Dr. Connor was sent for, and on his
arrival confirmed their fears. The deceased retired to bed
on Thursday night at half-put 10 o'clock, and was then in
apparent cooed health, lye had been to town in the morn-
ing, and returned between two and three o'clock, after
which he dressed fur dinner, which he partook of heartily
with his eon and his wife, Mrs. Croft and Miss Henke,.
Deceased had not been under medical care for three months
prior to his decease. Dr. W. Connor, the medical attendant
to the deceased baronet, r fter describing the appearance of
the body as he found it, gave it as his opinion that
the deceased died from saneuineous apoplexy, indicted
solely from natural causes. The jury. returned a
verdict in accordance with this opinion.—DßATH
FROM Sauer or Poreies.—By adjournment, berme Mr.
William Batter, at the Cooper's Arms. Blackwell, con-
cerning the death of an infant, named Robert Edward
Jones, aged 14 months, whose death was caused by the im-
proper use of a medicine, called syrup of poppies. The de-
ceased was a healthy child, and a few day. aga it was at-
tacked with a alight cough; the mother purchased three-
pennyworth of syrup of poppies. She received half a gill of
the syrup for her money, and the person who sold it gave her
verbal directions to administer three or four spoonfuls of the
stuff daily. The mother gave her child two tea-spoonfuls on
Monday. On the two following days she attempted to give
the child some more of the 'syrup, but was unable to do so;
the infant rejected it. On Thursday she succeeded in ad-
ministering two in ire spoonfuls of the medicine. On Friday
morning the child suddenly expired. Mrs. Cemmett, who
sold the syrup, denied that she had advised the mother
to administer such a large quantity as she had done. '
The quantity sold was sufficient to last a fortnight.
The coroner read a severe lecture to the woman Cemmett,
who sold Vie mixture, and hoped this would be a caution to
her in future not to dispose of such medicine' without label-
ling the photo in which it was contained. He did not believe
the woman had sold the medicine in a reckless manner, or
Fe would charge the jury to return a verdict of manslaughter.
Verdict, " Death from natural causes, accelerated by an
overdose of a certain syrup administered as a medicine."
—BURNED TO DEATH.--By MI. Mali, in the Board-
room of the Royal Free Hospital, Gray's-inn-road, on the
body of Mrs. Lucy Legge, aged 4.5, aledy residing at 31,
Sidmnuth-atreet, Regent-square. The unfortunate lady
was arranging her hair before a mirror over the fire-place,
when, having been seised with a fit, she fell arrows the fender,
and, her clathew e etching fire, she was so dreadfully burned
that, although Dr. Cunningham was in instant attendance,
and everything that skill or science suggested wan done, she
expired on the Gth inat. Verdict, " Accidental death."--
At the Railway Tavern, adjacent to the Brandon-station.
The names of the deceased were Joseph Roderham, aged 31,
and William Talbot, aged 2.5, both hal ast-men in the service
of the company. The evidence of the witnesses thus
describes the circumstances attending the unfortunate
occurrence: At daylight, on Thursday morning, a train of
twelve loaded ballast-trucks was proceeding along the line
front Brandon towards Loken-heath. The deceased, with
several other labourers, accompanied the trucks in order to
unload them. 'they were seated on the top of the soil. The
train proceeded apparently in the usual safe manner, hut on
nearing Loken-heath the fore axle of the truck on which the
deceased were seated, from some unknown cause, snapped
sounder in two places. The body of the machine instantly
dropped, and as the train was drawn slang, the next
truck mounted the one that was broken, and the
poor fellows were crushed underneath it. The jury
expressed themselves satiated that the company had
adopted the necessary prec iutions fur the protection of
such workpeople as the deceased, and that the accident was
the result of circumatances over which they had no control.
Verdict—" Accidental death."--At Ware, on the body of
a man who was run over by a train at the level crossing
near the station. The unfortunate man was, on Friday
evening, returning from the post-office, and was about to
cross the line just as a train from Hertford was coming up to
town. The constable who heel charge of the gates endea-
voured to prevent him, hut to no purpose—the unhappy
fellow would attempt to cross. He struggled away from the
officer, and no sooner had he got on to the line, than the
buffer of the engine struck him to the ground, and the
whole train passed over his lege. He died on Saturday. Net
blame was attached to the company's servants. A verdict of
Accidental death" was recorded