The Express.
London, England, 1868-11-09 00:00:00

ELECTION NOMINATION.

DEVOS9IIIIIL—The arrangements for
out the elections in the three divisions of the cot=
be as follows:—North Devon will be proclaimed on
Thursday, the 12th ; the nomination will take place on
Monday, the 16th ; the polling on Thursday, the 19th;
laP declaration of the poll on Saturday, the 21st.
East Devon aa -sroclaimed on Pride__ iy the 13th ; the
nomination will fait; on ...Wthi the polling
on Monday, the 23rd ; and tliir deelZatinn of the Pell
Wednesday, the 25th. South Devon will be proclaimed
on the same day as East—Friday, the 13th ; the nomina-
tion will be on Tuesday, the 24th ; the polling on Friday,
the 27th and the poll will be declared on Monday, the
30th.

In connection with Mr. Bright's visit to Edin-
burgh it may be intersaing to state that be has almost
entirely recovered from the hoar enema which to some ex-
tent marred his utterance at Birmingham in the previous
week, and that his voice is now in very good condition.
THE LAMBETH BATHS MEETINGS.—On Satur-
day evening the first of the seventh series of Working
People's 'I% inter Evenings at the Lambeth Bathe took
place. There wee a large attendance of working men and
their wives and families, and one and all seemed to tho-
roughly enjoy the varied entertainment which the Rev.
Mr. Murphy, the most active of the pmromoters of these
meetings, bad provided for them. V ‘Son, in which all
present Joined, and readings by Mr. Murphy. were the
principal characteristics of the programme. In openiagthe
proceedings Mr. Murphy, who acted as president and
leader of the choir, gave a hearty welcome to the great
crowd of working people present, dilated upon the good
that has been effected in the neighbourhood by these
social gatherings, and hoped that the opening season
would be more successful than any of its predecessor,.
Between the several musical displays Mr. Murphy read
the last telegraphic news, the local news, the news of the
metropolis generally, and the news of the world at large.
Be also read extracts from Mr. Bright's recent speech to
the working men of Edinburgh. The programme for all
the forthcoming Saturday nights wall be something similar
to that of last Saturday night, the only difference being
the change of subjects to be read and the introduction of
new music. Some amusement of an instructive character
is also provided for the other nights of the week. It is
intended to bold another South London Exhibition in the
course of next year in the Lambeth Bathe.
DF.ATII FROM DESTITUTION.—Mr. Richards
held an inquest en Saturday at the Knave of Clubs
Tavern, Club-row, Bethnal-green, respecting the death
of William Billet, aged 66 years, who was alleged to have
died from starvation while he was trying to support WIT..
telt on two shillings a week, allowed to him by the
guardians of Bethnal-green. The jury, having been
sworn, proceeded to view the body of the deceased, and
they found it lying in a small room. Neer the bed was a
silk weaver's loom, at which the poor man had died while
trying to work. Clara Billet, 6, Anchor-street, Bethnid-
green, said that she was the widow of the deceased. He
was a weaver. He had been out of work for twelve
weeks. He was very weak, for he hail very little
food to eat. One day he got out of bad,
and while trying to make silk at the
which was in the apartmout he fell down upon the loom.
That was last Tuftday. Witness ran up to him, and ho
said, " Oh, the work is too heavy for me ; I muted do
it." She caught hold of him in her arms, and he died.
She bell( ved that his weakness hail been brought on by
want of food. He was ill receipt of '2a. a week from the
parish—half in bread and half in money. On the Mop-
day he had got a pattern from a shop. That wa.4 the silk
that lie ass trying to fix in the loom. Coroner—" Why
did he not go into the workhouse t" Witness—" Be-
muse he said, ' I don't like the workhouse, and can't
bring impelf to break up the home.' I did not mind
going into the house, for I thought he would
be better in the boom than out, but he would
not go in. When ho was in work, twelve weeks
ago, lie never was able to earn more than a week. Oar
daughter lived with us, but she was out of work for the
last three weeks." Eli/a Iliektey, the widow of a boot-
maker, said that On lived in the same room with the
deceased and his wife since the death of her husband.
She was allowed to live with them, for she had under-
taken to pay the rent of the room, which was Bs, She sup-
ported herself by making trimmings. On Tuesday she was
present is the room when she saw the deceased, who was
her father, suddenly throw up his hands as if in prayer,
saying, " Oh, I feel so weak. It is too much for me." Ile
died alortlT atter. Witness believed that he died from want.
Dr. Hummed the body was well nourished, and the man died
from natural causes, brought on by effusion of serum on
the brats. The Foreman—" How can • holy be well
nourished when a man has had so little to eat for twelve
weeks I" Two of the jusore—" We saw the body, and it
was not well aoariabed.-" Another juror—" It could not
be well nourished as Sia. a week." The Coroner—" You
must give our verdict according to the medical
evidence. H has sworn it." After some consultation
the jury returned a verdictin accordance with the doctor's
evidence, but they expressed an opinion that the deceased
had died from want.

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