The Express.
London, England, 1866-01-16 00:00:00

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TEE DEATH AT BETHNAL-GREEN
WORKHOUSE.

POOR-LAW INQUIRY.—(THIS DAY.)
Vas morning Mr. H. Farnall, Poor-law In-
opened an inquiry at the Board-room of the
o.thokieen Workhouse, into the circumstances attend-
dee death of James Flowers, who had been an inmate
700 institaticia, and who had died under circumstances
ar. ead investigation
Merrick, muter of the workhouse, deposed
,Les Amu Flowers entered the workhouse on the 27th of
, 1865, and died in January, 1866.
gr. the medical aka, stated that Flowers was
jedged into the sick ward of the hospital in June, 1865.
';;-eeee then suffering from nicer of the log. He was
'e en fa dietary with a pint of beer daily. The
dietary is soz. of cooked meat, tioz. of bread, Sox. of
Breakfast is 6oz. of buttered bread, with a pint
Tue. At supper the same dietary is give° with
end milk. Flowers received this dietary up
Mu day of his death. He did not sleep in the
;4 1,14 Witneees books did not show that Flowers
eo removed from the sick ward to sleep in the body of
"beam Such a removal weld not take place without
17, a& of witness, and he had never even loch an order
obis mu He was not aware that Flowers had been
...old from the sick ward, or that he slept in the body of
mom Witness saw Flowers daily, and it wes
geeye is the siok ward, where be took his
oete. Witness did not know by whose authority
To was sent out of the sick ward to sleep.
ro. did sot think it would have hurt Flowers to deep
els did is the body of the workhouse. Witness had at
omit about 450 patients to attend to. About 37 of Shupe
is the body of the hones the previous night. Witness
sot km, that any sick room was fitted up in the body
d eke hoe" nor did he know how many were turned
eat to sleep there nightly. The system of turn.
of sick persons in such a manner was
wins to them, and it did not meet with his approval.
The system. existed in winter as well as in summer. It was
sere injurious to remove the sick in this manner in winter
'Oil summer. There were two paid nurses to attend to
thin people. The two muses were not pauper is

mew
inspector remarked that the workhouse* of London
iga virtually bsoome hospitals. He wished to know from
las vitamin to what number of sick persons a paid nurse
old Weed.
Waness replied one hundred. Witness is continuation
oil either he or his partner, who was a qualified prat:s-
woon, attended dad, at the house for three or
few hours, and generally there were two or three extra
afis. On the 7th November, 1865, he made the following
airy in the nurse's book I want more beds for the
id. Many sterna out to sleep and not fit for it." He made
entry in order that the fleeter should see it. He also
yeeght the necessity of further accommodation fee tile sick
radar the Dories of the guardians. (Letter to guardians
wed.) Witham was of opinion that the death of James
flowers was not accelerated by his steeple! in
We body of the house. Although there was no higher
beery than that fixed, witness could order
slyttuag in addition that he thought proper. When
Ise bid so ordered things they were not refused. There
was sick peruse in the body of the house ward who worn.
*Wed et being there. Witness had admitted 109 sick
Nms within the past fortnight, but the sick wards being
Init, it ascessarily followed that a portion of them should
so W the body of the house. 'lb* whole room had been
Iced up is a sick.ward, and was opened the previous night
to weeimodate 36 persons. The relieving °Sees room
hid been also fitted up as a sick-ward. In both these rooms
thew were fire places and gas.
Ifiry Aso Eason, one of the workhouse paid nurses, re-
pelled the evidence she had given before the coroner,
and then added that she had been nurse for 20 months,
end es had 15 peeper nurses to act coder her directions, who
reeked extra diet and clothing as remuneration for their
wren. She had to dismiss some of them occasionally'
for drankeenees. They did not get drunk in the house,
bet when they were out on holidays. Witness considered
it ins her duty, when the sick ward was overcrowded, to
seise the patients and transfer them to the body of the
bows.
Ili inspector explained to her that this was no part of
her duty whatever,fthat the responsibility of such a transfer
rested not with her, but upon the medical officer alone. In
future she should cease from exercising such authority. Her
daces were clearly defined by the Poor-law Board to be
Imply those of nurse to the sick.
Wittig' continued to say she felt she had more cases
allotted to her and placed under her control than she could
well attend to. Before she became connected with the
Beihnal.green workhouse she had held a similar situation
at none in the Colney Hatch Asylum for four years. She
bad always a full allowance of dietary for the sick,
sad when she complained of insufficiency it was iMIIIO.
&stilly made up. It was linos the sick wards
me so full that she found she had too mush to do.
Her salary was 241. a year with rations and lodgings. She
bid never had reason to complain to the guardians of the
condition of the sick under her charge.
[The inquiry was proceeding when our report left.]

ITHE ALLEGED MURDER OP A WOMAN IN
SOUTHWARK.

INQUEST.—(THIS DAY.)
This afternoon, Mr. William Payne, the City
mom, held an inquiry at the St. George's workhouse,
touchiog the death of Anne Carr, aged 38 years, who was
aged to have been murdered.
The deceased lived at No. 33, George-street, Kent•street.
Southwark, and on lut Wednesday night she expired
mar circumstances of so suspicions a character
that the police were called in, and they muted
mess umed George Crone, who bad lived with
Iles deceased as her husband, on the charge of
bar* caused her death. The accused man, who is an
"ornsibus touter," was remanded by the magistrate until
after the evidence implicating him had been inquired into
by tits coroner at the inquest.
(The evidence had not all been heard when we went to
Am•]

The Unita Italian states that the democratic
misty of Bologna, having written to Mr. Stansfeld at
Lam to make an inquiry respecting the health of
had received an answer announcing that he was
issrly recovering.
ACCIDENT TO A WILD BEAST TAME.—An alarm-
ag incident occurred the evening before last at the Cirque
Apolion during the performance of the wild beast-teaser
Harty, while in a cage with five lions. He had placed his
tad in the month of a lioness, at the lame time holding
lia hands behind his back, when a convulsive movement of
the animal's jaws canted its teeth to inflict deep scratches
a each side of the man's forehead, from which blood
!awed profusely. A cry of horror arose from the
sectstors, and numbers made a rush to leave the
dais& but Batty, without losing his presence of mind,
tilled for a pocket handkerchief, wiped the traces of the
strident from his face, and then firing a revolver to drive
e animals from before the door of the cage, quietly with.
• to get his wounds dressed. The director has now
• ed that the part of the performance which consists of
s tamer's head being introduced into the mouth of one of
e animals shall henceforth be discontinued. The wounds
ed out to be slight.—Gafignani.
A PANIC AT :MADRID.—Last evening, at a
tirter.past 5, as I was discussing news at my banker's, I
s interrupted by two of the clerks, who bounced in crying
t that there was firing in the streets. The words were
fly out of their months when we heard three distinct shots
t no great distance, with that peculiarly sharp detonation
WI makes musketry so appalling when confined within
ant. The business of the bank broke up in confusion ;
milled into the street, and all dispersed in different
every man making the best of his way to his own
cue. The scene out of doors was one of wild excite-

men. Shop--- house doors were being banged to
sift trembling haste ; there was a hurry-scurry
g People crowding. pushing, trampling ; a shouting of
loedimeo, madly lashing their horses and urging them on
It the top of their opted. The shots had been heard from
Chit are called the Barrios Bajos, the lower quarters, at
the foot of the Toledo and Atocha-streets, the abode of
. . .

la food miserable, mod vicious. most riotous population
t yam.. I have not been able to make out what the

ow was about—possibly • patrol of Civil Guards dia-
ler/Tag some groups of starving wretches ; pouibly • few
nutmeats in the barracks being put down by their com-
icial. Such scenes have since the proclamation of the
tats of siege become as frequent among the military as
'0,44 the populace. Whatever it might be I made my way
IP the Omen de San Geronimo, to that Puerta del Sol
"hash a man must cross in Madrid, no matter whence coming,
mutter whither going. The great tide of terrified people
it% setting in along with me, and invading the square.
eh Ith had not as yet caught the alarm. I went on the
h°l4leofth of the square, and had barely entered the Calle
!I Arena , when I heard a great rush and some piercing
luck The crowd, pushing their way into the narrow
forced me 00. Men, women, and children were borne
"t in awful confusion ; vast masses flung them-
ti into the side streets ; with the remainder
Dude my beet way into my hotel. The shutting
1"r1 and windows, the utter disippearance of the ter-
,""i nob were the work of a few seconds. Presently, an
acne began to reign, there was • trampling of hoofs, a
▪me of helmets, breast plates, and broad-swords ; It
the Queen's coach and six coming back from the
preceded and followed by its mounted escort.
▪ the table Whine dinner the guests dropped
6411 long after their time, and ovary ono
Sons tale to tell of his share in the scrimmage. Ow
Nu the cafés and confectioners shops hastily closing
"iber had been present at • charge rude by the civil
with Isnoss and bayonets at sans ragamuffins, the
"42f which had been to clear the Puerta del Sol in
twinkling an of eye. In half an hour the @tillers' of
„“.
prevailed, and continued to reign throughout the
'Pt—Letter of the Times Correspondent, at Madrid,
1:„.."1O IL
''."13114 Ktrverscrolt Mt:eaux.—During the week
g 13th January the visitors have boos ea follow. :
lianday, Tuesday, and Saturday, free days, open from
" km. to 10 p.m., 9,809. On Wodneo&y, ThuredkY.
hiasY. students' days (adenissiou to the public, 6d.),
from 10 a.m. till 4 p.m.. 1.262 ; total, 11,071; from
%mina to Museum, 6,7b7,584.