The Express.
London, England, 1867-03-06 00:00:00

(The meeting adjourned at 1 o'clock for refreshment.]

THE Mixorrnv.—The Duke of Richmond, we
understand, has accepted the appointment of President
of the Board of Trade, in the place of Sir Stafford North.
cote. The Right Hon. Stephen Cave will retain his pre-
sent position.—Post.
MR. DISRAELI AND MR. BRIGHT.—The Or/
states that Mr. Disraeli has been "in communication"
with Mr. Bright as to the details of the proposed reform
bill.

The Cunard ocean mail contract will soon ter-
minate in onler to reduce the expense for conveying letters
to the United States. Thu India mail contract will soon
terminate for the purpose of wronging a weekly mail com-
munication with Bombay. In 1870 the Dover and Calais
and Cape of Good Hope mail contracts will terminate if
12 months' notice is given. In 1869 the West India mail
contract, in Ino the Brazilian contract, and in 1872 the
Pacific contract will terminate after 24 months' notice is
given.

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NURDER OP A BOY BY SYSTEMATIC
STARVATION AND ILL-TREATMENT.

INQUEST.—(THIS DAY.)
This 'spiriting Mr. Richards, Deputy CormitT,
resumed, at the Dart of Ellesmere Tavern, Bromley, the
inquiry respecting the death, under very shocking Limos
stances. of William Conde, aged 12 years.
Since the adjournment of this case on WielnewLiv last,
the biome wherein the father and stepmother of the
deceased boy lived in Upper North-street, Brod,. y was
attacked by a mob and nut only the glass. but the woad.
work of the windows was broken. So great was the pepitlar
feeling of indignation against the two penswie suppo-n1 to
have been guilty of cruelty to the deceased, that they had
to leave their house and secrete themselves. The mob
openly threatened to Lynch them at the first opportunity.
This morning large crowds assembled around the place
when the jury assembled, and a considerable body of police
hail to he kept on the spot to maintain proper eider.
The boy's death took place at No. 7, lfpper Nort
Bromley, on Saturday fortnight. The body, as seen 11
the jury, pnweuted a most horrible appearance of emacia-
tion. Dr. Kernott found the weight to be only 2011 i.
the girth round the chest was hut 17 inches, that round
the abdomen 14 inches, and that of the thigh
The father endeavoured to account for the size of the ;Judy
by swearing that the deceased was only a years, lint he
ultimately bad to admit that the real age was 12. The
father also admitted that the deceased hat, not been out of
the house for six mouths, nor out of the room for
eight weeks before his death ; but he maintained that the
boy ate more than three of the other children.
Lavinia Hies, the wife of An engineer, said that she
lodged at No. 7, Upper Northwtreet for some seven or
eight morithapast. The first she saw of the decui,d boy
was a week after Christmaa, when at ti o'clock one morn-
ing he slipped into her room, and asked her fur a hit of
bread. He stared about with a frightened ail, and wit-
nesa would have been terrified but that sire remembered
having heard something about a boy being kept in one of
the rooms. She cave him a bit of bread, and then he
asked her to take bun to live with her, because his mother
beat him so. Witness was quite confused by the sudden
appearance of the boy, and she told him to go upstairs at
once, for fear he would be missed by his parents. She
never saw him again till be wax dying. She often beard
some child beaten.

The landhuly of the house Aida that she was the wife of
a commercial traveller. The Conde family came to lodge
with her about one year and eight mouths ago. She never
saw the deceased until eight months ago, ant not again
till he was dying. The way she first heard about bier
was this —About eight months ago she asked
John Conde for her rent. He abused her and
pushed her. The other lodgers were most indignant at his
I striking her in the condition she was in at the time;
there was a great disturbance, and an inspector of police,
finding a mob in the street, rode up to the door ; then
some one said to Conde " What have you been doing
with your poor idiot boy? Rring him down and show him
to the inspector." The deceived was brought down and
his arms, ire., were shown, but ho was not then so thin as
when witness saw him on Saturday fortnight. The inspector
said nothing, but rode away. Witness often heard the
cry of some child that Mrs. Conde was beating, but she
could not tell which child it was. It was a weak cry, awl
used to get weaker and weaker. There were four children
in all. She did not think the boy was an idiot.
Mrs. Murray, another lodger, gave similar evidence. She
only saw the child once during several months. He stole
some fish once out of her cupboard and ate it.. The boy
was very thin about the anus ; but when she saw hint
again he was much worse. "He had no face, only the
skin over the bones." She used to he*r some child cry
when beaten. It was " a fatal cry like."
Mrs. Rios, recalled, said that the cry which she used to
hear war very peculiar ; she heard it no more lime the
boy died. It was a wading, weak cry, aml she had no
doubt it crunefrom the deceased.

Theelandlady said that she remembered that she had
seen the deceased three times altogether. On limb occa-
sion he asked her for bread ; she gave him some and ho
ate it ravenously. He also asked for water. He appeared
very frightened, and he ate the bread up as if starved.
The cry she used to hear ass generally loud at first, as if
from a blow, and then it would grow faint and weak.
The Coroner asked all these witnesses why they had not
taken any steps to save the child, by reporting to the
police, &c. ; but no clear explanation was given. The land-
lady said that she was generally out, and that once, when
a policeman did call, she was at her business in town ; and
when the horse patrol, or inspector, was told about the
matter he did nothing. She also added that she sAv the
deceased beaten but once, last Good Friday, when he ate
the full out of Mrs. Hurray's cupboard. Hu stepmother
beat him severely with a cane. Mrs. Mutray put him
under a bed to save him.

Mrs. Murray said that it was the stepmother of the de-
ceased that asked her whether she had missed any fish out
of her cupboard. When witness replied that she hail lost
some, Mrs. Conde beat the boy unmercifully three dif-
ferent times, witness trying to save him. A month before
the boy's death he was most shamefully beaten. There
was sometimes a fall when the beatings were going on.
Witness had not heard those beatings and the faint mien
since the boy died.
Dr. Kernott, of Poplar, said that he was called in to the
deoessed when he was dying. He died almost imme-
diately. There were bruises on the body and ann, as if
from being beaten. The post mortem examination showed
extraonlinary emaciation. The body, whh.li was 41 inches
long, weighed only 2Ulloo. 1•2 oz. There was no fat what-
ever in the system. There was no disease to account for
death. There was some slight disease of the lungs, but not
sufficient to cause death. The cause of death was st.u-va.
tion. The organs in general, the brain, he., were in a
healthy condition. Syncope from want of nourishment
was the immediate cause of death. No doubt exposure
and general hardships would tend also to prothice the fatal
HHenry Peters, K, deposed Vett five years ago the
Conde family used to live at his house. No. Te 4,
Willes-
street, Bromley. The boy was a very tine child indeed
when he first came. Conde wan living with the woman
now present, but witness did not think he was married to
her. The boy was then about six years of age ; he was a
stout, fat child, and was very intelligent. He was not an
idiot or anything of the kind. Witness believed that the
reason they ill-treated him was that he was too wide
awake for them. Laughter.) Witness slid not see him
ill-used while at his house, but he gave the father notice to
quit in consequence of 1101.10 information given to him by
the relieving-officer about the child.
. .

Mr. Win. B. Foster, relieving officer, said that he bad an
entry in his book for June, 18,63, showing that he had
visited Conde at 5, Orchard-street, Bromley, in come lm nee
of a complaint that the boy was ill treated. He found the
boy differently clad from the others, but there 1,11.4 no mark
of ill usage eiimpt • grasp on the arm. Ho cautioned the
reirents, and he believed the boy was then better treated ;
he was let out in the street, instead of being kept upst.tirs.
Witness bad some recollection of seeing the List witness
some years ago about the boy. Witness believed that
Conde had quite sufficient to keep his family in very fair
condition.

Caroline J. Brown, 72, Willis-street, Bromley, aid that
her attention was drawn to the deceased Seetll. nee or six
years ago. She turd to notice the shutter. of mo. room in
the house where Mr.. Conde lived. When at length the
shutters were taken down in the hot weather she used to
see the little boy like a ghost. standing perpetually apart
from the other children and the mother. (Mee he crawled
round towards his father, and the stepmother struck him
tremendous blow with her nst in the face. and sent him
to the part of the room in which he used to stand. The
father did not interfere. She never saw him get my food
until after she (witness) went to the station-house. It
was clear that the boy wi‘s being slowly starved.
John Conde said that there were no shotters to the
room. _ _ _

Mrs. Brown said that the window wets certainly covered
tp with boards.
Peters, the landlord, said that he was echloni at home,
and he never went upstairs until after the complaint w.:;
made, and he then got rid of the family.
Eliza Hawke, 17, Ellesmere-street, Rrorriley, the wife of
en engineditter, said that she knew the deceased f..,
year awl nine month.. :eh,. formerly lodged at No. 7.
Upper North-street. The child had asked her for bread
and water. lie Kul the a pp..,eince of being started, and
used to eat anything she g..re hen lavenously. She saw
the stepmother hest him set erely when he took some Ifi.di
front Mee. Murray'. cupboanl us. Good Friday last.
Mary Woods, ..2, Rundellettrect, said that she kin
tin deceased for four years back. He was gredually
during that time. Conde lived in the nest row t.)
witne4 at Itundell.street. Witnese used to ccc bile kept
continually in a corner of the room. He was 1.,
in the corner by TFICAU, of a rail, or part a A
bedstead ; he was hemmed off from the rest. The dee.
used to be generally locked. hut twiec :he heard him
groaning. and she went into the room ;nil saw hie, ha', .1
on the floor behind the rail. lie was not tied ur f...
seemed too weak to nand. Tie told her his wine
Billy Conde, and that he was hungry. Wittieso ea,
a bit of bread and butter, but before he had it eiz‘
stepmother came in and hat him fur taking it. pia..
came into witness' room awl blew her up for gis tug lam
the bread and butter, and the father, Jelei Cued..
threatened to throw her downstairs.
The Coroner briefly summed up the care, and said th.:t
the evidence seemed to point clearly to the omelinten
that the boy was deprived of life by systematic st Irv:awn.
and the case was therefore one of murder.
The jury unanimously returned a verdict of "Wilf',l
murder against John Conde and Miiry hi. wif.
The Coroner then issued his warrant for the ceainett.d
of the father and stepmother of the deceased to N.w.4.itr.
itrio,amwianal Court.itthe
ir trial at the ensuing 11431110114 of the etre!

When the two accused persons were bri..*
moved to prison considerable uproar took ''•
The mob, which was composed principally of u • ' •
made a determined effort to get at the,—
the groans and yells were soinethin: f t Ightfu I.
The police escorted the man and Lia wife towards ••
which had been procured. but the crowd. ei•i}l:.: •
seemed bent on tearing the supposed culprits to 1. -•
Conde struck out savagely at the women, and wit. ;1 e
assistance of the police. he kept thew at toy and so'
off pretty wel! ; but his wife was not fortunate, tor bon-
net and clothes were turn. and the police bof I. -tmr-
gle hard to cave her. With gnat difficulty tF. proo.cts
were got into the Cab, and driven off to Newg..te.