The Express.
London, England, 1866-01-22 00:00:00

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OM NORTIMUI

TUESDAY.

WEDNESDAY.

to..R7Cf.ikiid back,
fresh to strong,
squally, unsettled.
As above.

Marra. Chiefly southwesterly,
fresh to strong, some
rain.
WESTERN. N. W. to NW., strong,
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squally. showers.
Southerly and westerly, eourazaw. As next above.
strong, squally, un-
settled.
As next above. UMW,. Similar to above.
Northern=ScoUand. Western=lreland, Wales, and adja-
cencies. Southern=Engllsh Channel and Bay of Biscay.
Itastern=Bastward England and North Sea.

VIOLENT GALE.—(THIS DAY.)—A strong gsle
from tho S.W. broke over the metropolis between midnight
and 1 o'clock, increasing in violence during the morning,
shifting at intervels between S.W. and W.N.W., with
terrific gnats, and accompanied by a thick, drifting rain.
Much damage was dupe at Kennington.

FEVER NEAR RUSSELL-SQUARE.-012 Saturday
afternoon Dr. Lankester, the coroner for Central Middle-
sex, held an inquest at the Oporto Storey, Broad-street,
St. Giles's, on the body of Ann Ready, an infant five
months old. Mary Ready, mother of the deceased, said
she lived at No. 12, Russell-place, Little Coram-street.
She occupied a very small room there, for which she paid
ls. 3d. a week. Her husband was • bricklayer's labourer,
who when in work earned 18s. per week. They bad four
other children. Ou Monday afternoon last she laid the
baby down asleep, and after it had lain some time
she went to look at it and found it dead. She did
not know that the child was ill. Mr. Blake, the
coroner's officer said the house in which deceased died
was moat wretched ; the smell was enough to poison
anyone. There were dust-holes in the yard, overrunning
with refuse and decayed vegetable matter. There was no
door to the closet, which had overflowed. The stairs were
decaying, and most of the upright supporta to the baluster
had fallen away, and every step was broken in. The
mother of the deceased corroborated the above statement,
and added that all the windows in her room were broken.
She had got up seven or eight time, during the night to
drive out the cats. She bad complained to her landlord,
who told her if she didn't like it she had better go. Bat
that was easier said than done, for wh he applied
for • room she was refused on account of her children.
Two jurors, who had similar. property, thought that
no one should interfere, but admitted that the dust
should be got rid of. After a abort consultation the fol.
lowing verdict was returned:—" That the deceased died
from the mortal effects of exhaustion, accelerated by the de-
fective sanitary arrangements in the house in which deceased
lived." The jurors previously alluded to objected to the
verdict, but there being twelve exclusive of them, the ver-
dict was accepted and recorded. The jury then appended
the following resolution '• The jury impanoeled at the
Oporto Stores on the 20th January, 1866, to inquire into
the cause of death of Ann Ready, having returned a verdict
that the said death was accelerated by the want of eanita
arrangements in the hones in which the deceased died,
would call the attention of the parish authorities to the
filthy state of the said houses, in order that measures may
be immediately taken to render them fit for human
habitation."

THE MELANCHOLY DEATH OF ♦ YOUNG LADY.—
The coroner's inquest upon the body of Min• Wood', aged
21, who was found dead in the canal at Droitwieh, on
Friday last, took place at Worcester on Saturday. The
evidence showed that the deceased had committed the act
and that a love affair was the reams. Police-oonsteble
Martin, of the Droitwich police, who found the body in the
canal, deposed that on an old bill in the pocket
of the deceased was written in pencil the follow-
ing Keep them, sad if you can speak to him again tell
him his name was the lest word Limits need. Give this to
Annie [her sister], at 27, Highstreet, Worcester." Mr.
Woods, the deceased's father, deposed that he knew nothing
at all of his daughter's having a male acquaintance. Hie
daughter Annie was the only ere of the family who knew
anything about it. Twelve year ago the deceased fractured
her sknlL The jury found a verdict of " suicide while in
an unsorvad state of mind."