The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-07 00:00:00

HAY MARK.ZTS.

SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 15s Od; clover,
£4 Os to £5 15s Od; and straw, £1 4s to £1 14s per load.
Trade dull.

CUMBERLAND.•—Moadow hay, £3 Os to £4lss Od ; clover,
£4 Os to £5 15s Od ; and straw, £l:4s to £1 14s per load.
Demand inactive.

WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4lss ; clover
£4 Os to £5 15s Od ; and straw, £l4s to £1 Hs per load.
A slow sale.

In reply to the Commissioner, the witness said that his
house had four rooms and a kitchen, and the rent was 7s a
week. Himself, his daughter, and his two children—one
aged 13 and the other six—lived there. His daughter was
not married, but lived with a cabman under the same roof.
Witness did not include her earnings in the 20s a week.
Mrs Mary Clay, a neighbour of the Anfield's, said that
on Monday (the 29th of February) she accompanied Mrs
Anfield to the workhouse. Mr Cardwell said the note
she produced was not an admission order, and told her
to go to another gate. There the witness asked the person
who let them in to let Mrs Anfield sit down, but he would
not do so. He asked for a chair as Mrs Anfield was very
ill, but this was refused.
Mr Cardwell said that he had no questions to put to the
witness, but he still adhered to his statement of the previous
day.

Mr C. A, Christey was then sworn. He said that he had
not a recollection of the husband's getting relief, but he
thought he had given him an order for Dr Moore. His
memory was bad.
Dr. E. Moore said that he had attended the deceased
woman as an out-patient of the parish at her own house.
She was suffering from a.cold, and she was in bed in a small
room with a quantity of damp clothes drying on lines over
her head. He thought it would be very desirable that she
should be removed into the infirmary.
The Commissioner said that he found the poor had in a
great degree a preference for their own homes over the work-
house infirmary. He believed that if there were an infir-
mary not called the workhouse in the neighbourhood, the
poor would never have any objection to enter it.
The witness said that he had no doubt of it. He said
he gave a recommendation for the deceased woman to be
admitted to the infirmary. On the Monday night her
daughter came to him and said she had been refused admis-
sion, and asked for an order for nourishment. Witness gave
an order for milk, wine, arrowroot, and beef for beef tea.
Witness was subsequently present at and took part in the
post-mortem examination. Witness considered tho cause
of death to be congestion of the lungs. He did not consider
that congestion arose from starvation, but that she had had
inflammation of the lungs from cold previously. Witness
told Mr Gant he did not think starvation had caused the
congestion, but Mr Gant thought differently. Two or
three persons met the witness in the street e
deceased died, and told him of her exposure n after
deceased
workhouse gates, and that she had been refused
to the
nourish_
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ment. At their request he referred them beadle,
who declined to interfere, as
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guardians for getting up inquests.
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guardianshavecepresentheld whe:theshould husband did not wish it.
Aaron Anfield said, in answer to Mr. Collins, that he did
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not want the inquest.
The Commissioner said that if an inquest was necessary,
the wishes of the survivors could not always be consulted.
The present discussion was, therefore, without use,
The case of Mary Ann Anfield was then declared closed.
The Commissioner then proceeded to investigate a charge
of alleged cruelty against Mr. W. Runceman, a relieving
officer, in reference to a poor family named White, residing
at No. 19, Crabtree-row, Weatherhead•zardens, Bethnal-
green, and after several witnesses had been examined, the
proceedings were again adjourned.