The Express.
London, England, 1866-09-22 00:00:00

LATEST SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

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MANCHESTER MEETING.-(THLS DAY.)

BROUGHTON PLATE. Halt a mile.

Perrnaalei;, laanTiietie, The King's Daughter, Gleaner,
Southampton's dam a, Minna, and Gentili° are here.

TRAFFORD HANDICAP. One mile.

Persuasion, Naples, Gundrede, The Squire, and Capitols
are here.
TWO YEAR OLD SELLING HANDICAP. Halt a mile.
Sorceress, Willie, Ereuelere, and The Mite are here.
NORTHERN METROPOLITAN HANDICAP
PLATE. Once round.

Empress, India, /AiiiLynne, Wild Poppy, Dermot
Asthore, Charming Woman, Professor Milne, and Wallet
are here.

GRAND STAND PLATE. Five furlongs.
Persuasion, Inca, Were, The Squire, Polka, Amulet,
Him Hawthorn, and Ladylike are here.

SHOCKING DEATH OF A WOMAN FROM
STARVATION.

An inquiry was held by Mr. Humphreys, Mid=
diesex coroner ,t, the death, t ataseSezr Loaf Tavern, Mile-end New-
town, last night, the want, of
Margaret Smith, 76 years.
Elizabeth Brown, the " deputy" or manager of lodg-
ing-house at No. 36, Flower and Dem-street, said that the
deceased wan a muslin worker, but she could not get much
work to do. She used to sleep at the lodng-holumi for
3d. a night. On Thursday week she had no money, but
she said that she had a distant relation living in Timmer
street, and that if witness would trust her she would get
the 3d. from him to pity her next day. Witness therefore
let her go to bed. On Friday she got 6d., but witness
did not take it from her, but let her sleep in a bed again
upon credit. Witness never knew her to eat meat. She
was completely starved to death. Wben urged by witness
to go into the Whitechepel workhouse she said she would
sooner die of hunger than go there. Witness gave her a
cup of tea and tome bread and butter on Friday night, and
she had nothing more to eat until witness gave her some
on Monday morning. As she was then quite prostrate
witness went to Gospel Hall, and a gentleman sent her
wine, &c., which she could not take. She was removed
that day to the workhouse quite insensible. She left wit•
nese her Bible, in remembrance of her letting her have
three nights' lodging ou trust. She was a sober, steady
woman.

Mary Motton, also a lodger at 36, Flower and Dean-
street, said that she knew that deceased bad nothing to live
on. Witness never saw any money lately with her, except
a penny, with which she bought a quarter of an ounce of
tea. She worked muslin with her needle when she had
employment.
Hannah Brown, nurse at the Whitechapel trnion-house,
said that deceased was brought in on last Monday evening
in an bieensible state. Her clothes were hardly enough to
cover her nakedness; they were not worth a shilling alto-
gether, and they were burnt as soon as possible.
Dr Richardson, surgeon to the Whitechapel workhouse,
maid that he was called to the deceased upon her admission
to the house, and found her speechless and insensible. He
ordered her stimulants but she never rallied, and she died
on Tuesday. Her body was exceedingly emaciated. The
post mortem examination showed that there was no trace
of fat in the system, and the blood was pale and thin,
showing that she must have been undergoing great priva-
tions for some time. The chest was full of effused serum ;
he believed that she must have been suffering from the
effusion for a week past, and he could not under-
stand how she had been able to go about as it ap-
peared she was obliged to do. Although she had such
a horror of the workhouse, it is certain that she would
have been better off in it than as she was. The cause of
her death was the effusion into the chest, accelerated by
want of food and warmth from clothes.

The Coroner, having remarked upon the case and com-
plimented the lodging-house " deputy" for her humanity
towards the unfortunate deceased,
The jury returned a verdict "That deceased died from
effusion of serum into the cavity of the chest, and that her
death was accelerated by want of food and sufficient
clothing•"

WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.)

SATURDAY, SIFTLIIIIILL 22, 1 LL

P. latzeme. Sea,
B. W. 1140 W. IZ.I to
II F. D. 9.
Nairn 28.98 50', B.W. 3 8 • B.S.W. be 0.03 1
Aberdeen 29.0448 B.W. 1 6 B.W. b 0.03 2
Leith
Ardromen
Greencastle 29.12 49. W.S.W. 3 6 I W.S.W. re 10.14 2
Valenta 29.39 63', N.W. 6 7 N.W. re 10.24'
Cape j—l - -
Liverpool 29.24 62. S. 2 6 W.B.W. co 0.04,
Holyhead 29.18 631 &W. 2 8 S. W. co 0.02' 3
Penzance 29.37 511 N. W. 2 6 W. ro 0.09 3
Brest
Loclent W. 29 63 B.W. a 9 W. or 0.94 7
Rochefort.. .'29.65 63' S.S.W. 6 4 B.W. ro 0.28 6
Plymouth
Weymouth 29.2651' N.W. 4 8 W. o 0.51. 4
Portsznouth V. 16 52 N. N.H. 4,9 &W. r 0.03 4
Landon 29.23 43 N.H. 217 W. cr 0.44 -
Yarmouth '19.33 60 8.8. W. 1 6 N. W. r 0.15 1
Scarborough 29..950 W. 2 2 W. 0 0.12 2
Shields .29.21 61' S.W. 2 4 S.W. ro 2
Helder I— —I - -