The Express.
London, England, 1846-10-14 00:00:00

WALES.

Rr.PREr:ENTATION or MONICOUVISITIUIL—A correspond-
ent bays: "The monopolists here have very industriously
circulated a report to the effect that it is Lord G. Somerset's
intention to decline becoming a candidate for the county at
the next election, in consequence of the proceedings which
have lately taken place here. The ruinous, however, is but
a weak invention of the enemy, with the objcc!, if possible,
of weakening their antagonist's cause." The gossip having
reached Lord G. Somerset, his lordship hal just issued ass
address to the electors on the subject, in which he contradicts
in the most formal manner any such rumour, and re:tastes
his intention of soliciting the suffrages of the electors.

PROVINCIAL.
LANCAsIII*F. _

AN EXTENMVE nits occurred at the cott m male of
Nessus. Bayley and Co., Staleybridr, late on Saturday night.
HAMERe to the amount of 30001. was done before the if ones
were sabiaed. No life was lost, and both building and stock
were insured in the Plicenix office.
No LEss THAN THREE HUNDRED INPORMATIONB were
laid last week against the owners of tenements in Lie, rpool
for cellars which werceither defective a respects ventilation,
er were of inbufficient eze for human dwellings. It wu
proposed to dispose of this formidable array by hearing fifty
summoners per diem.
MMONSIIIRY.

THE CHARGES AGAINST THE MASTRR OF T/IE EAST
STONEwn-sz Wolin HOUSE are still in course of investigation
before Mr. Graves, the Assistant Poor-law Commissioner.
It is alleged by Lieut. Warren that the Union-house gover-
nor, William Evans, was guilty of inhumanity and ill-
treatment towards Wm. liorswell, his wife, and child,
while they wire inmates of the workhouse; and also that he
by 411 usage accelerated the deaths of three men, named
Eddy, Doddidge, and Aisliton, who died whilst in his
charge. The inquiry has occupied many days, and on Fri-
day List was resumed, when many witnesses were examined,
and tke cow vats again adjourned, fur the matter to prepare
hisdefence. One witness, William Iforawell, stated that he
remembered a man by the name of Eddy being in the
house about the • month of January, 1815. He wee taken
very ill while 1 e was in the house. The doctor felt
his pulse, and a aid, " Good God, he is very ill," and
ordered him wit e, which the paupers considered was
a death-warrant. ;Ye was pulled out of bed by the master
when he was unfit for work. He died about seven days
' after. He remembe red a man named Doddridge, who we:
in the house at the ea, no time as Eddy. He was in a decline,
and was put into a dim sp underground cellar to chop wood.
Duddridgc complainer ' to witness of the bad treatment a
man named Will; wd, o had been appointed to look after
him, had showed toward a him, and he had complained to the
I master of it, but it was of no avail. He was removed to
the bed in which Eddy had died, by two men, who took
him by the shoulders and es cried him there in a state of
nudity: Mr. Evans was prase, it. The rest of the evidence of
this witness went to show th, a inhumanity of the master
towe"ds Doddridgc up to the ti me of his death, and also to
another person, named Aishton, who had died in the Union.
On Friday witnesses were exat tined, who spoke of the
general character of Horswell as ' a man they could not
believe under any circumstances.
HUCHINGHAMSH Um.
DEATIIs FROM OVES LOSES OF LAI 'DANtM arc frequently
reported in the local papers. Chtldr, 11 are the usual vic-
tims, and "Godfrey's Cordial" the or 'Unary shape of the
fatal drug; hut the death of an aged pa, tper from this cruse
is reported in the last number of the L anbury Guordi,n.
It appeared in evidence at the inquest t hat the dscessed,
William Knibbs, aged Wi, hail been Rape, annuated nearly
20 years, and that he had been in the habit for many years
°flaking laud spurn, Godfrey's Cordial, and spirits, to allay
frequent attacks of diarrhea, bat during tic last twelve
I months hail been persuaded to leave off the laudanum and
spirits, and resort only to Godfrey's Cordial, which lie always
purchased at the shop of Mr. Weston. a grocer in Madden-
ham. Oe the previous Monday he had a return of his old
complaint, when a neighbour remarked she thought lauda-
num was the best remedy. Ehortly afterwards lee said to his
sister, " I don't know which to take, laudanum or Godfrey's
Cordial ;" he then started off to the old shop with his God-
frey's bottle, and on his return, observed to his sister that
what they had given him was a dear drop, and nothing lake
,so much as what he always had before, and that he should
not make two bites of it ; he went to bed after taking a dose,
and died next morning —Mr. Lie, the surgeon who exa-
mined the body, said that no doubt whatever existed hut the
deceased lost kiln& from the effec tsof an overdose oflaudanu m.
The apprentice of the grocer who sold the poison deposed
that he recollected deceased being in the shop; that a latle
girl stood by his side at the time and asked for a pennyw( rth
of Godfrey's Cordial, with which Le (the apprentice) served
her; he also heard the deceased ask for laudacum ; he was
certain that the two bottles were not changed whilst on the
counter. Neitber he nor his master knew who the girl was,
but had sedeobt die belonged to the village, which was very
extensile.; Ikea the laudanum and Godfrey's Cordial av re
kept es the some shelf and labelled; that —4..., en der -••( d
came there were several custome* in the shop, which some-
what accounted for their w 4 taking such particular pct :cc
of the girl; every inquiry had been mad; but w;th •tit
effect. The coroner then summed up, ;,,,,,,i_ that it
was a must lamentable and elide- ' ..•"'L1i..::...771; 'en-
Italy as there was no direct evidencef ,
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