morning, the poor woman was so ill that Mr. Cooper,
the Union surgeon, was sent for. He sent her medicine
immediately, and attended in the course of the day, but
too late to save her life; for, on his arrival, she was
already dying. At the inquest the people of the
lodging-house stated that she had been offered food, but
was unable to take it. The surgeon and the relieving-
officer were fully examined. After much deliberation,
the jury gave the following verdict:—"We find that the
deceased died from starvation and exposure to the cold,
and the want of the common necessaries of life; and
that there has been great and culpable neglect on
the part of some of the officers connected with the
administration of the poor-laws at Southampton, in
not receiving the deceased into the workhouse, and
providing proper lodging and nourishment on the nights
of Friday and Saturday, of last week; but no sufficient
evidence doth appear to the said jury, as to who are the
parties actually blameable." The board of guardians,
with the mayor in the chair, have held an investigation
into the conduct of Simmonds, the officer who rejected
the woman from the workhouse door. Witnesses deposed
to hearing him refuse her the relief ordered by the
surgeon, and tell her that "there was nothing for her
that night but the tramp-house." The guardians
resolved to indict him, and had him arrested and
brought before the bench of magistrates. Evidence of
his drunkenness was then adduced, and he was remanded.
In the meantime, Simmonds, and some other of the poor-
house officials, have been dismissed by the guardians.

Another case of Death from Destitution, attended
with circumstances of alleged official neglect, has occurred
at Manchester. Mary Hunter, a woman who gained a
scanty livelihood by selling apples, &c., was taken ill
with pain in her side on Saturday week. She lodged
in the kitchen of Mrs. M'Donough, a woman nearly as
poor as herself, and slept on the flagged floor, with but
a few flocks between her and the stones, and a piece of
carpet for her sole covering; she was corpulent,
however, and did not while well suffer acutely from cold.
Mrs. M'Donough went for a medical man several times
that day, but could not get one. On Sunday, the 30th
ult., she got directions to put on a poultice; which was
put on, without relief to the patient. On Monday the
poor woman was dangerously ill, and consented that an
order for the workhouse should be applied for; but Mr.
Pierce, the relieving-officer, had moved his residence
and could not be found for some time: he gave a
note to Mr. Noble, the parish doctor; and the note was
delivered, but "no one came that day." On Tuesday,
Mr. Noble's assistant, Mr. Brown, came, and ordered a
poultice; but said nothing about removal of the patient
from the stone floor. He directed Mrs. M'Donough to
come for medicine; she went, and was told she must
fetch a bottle—no bottle would be given with the medicine;
after further loss of time a bottle was got, and
the medicine procured and administered—without relief.
During Tuesday more poultices—without effect; more
messages backwards and forwards to the relieving-officer
and surgeon, with warnings that the woman would be
dead by morning. Visits were made by the officer and
surgeon late in the evening. On Wednesday the poor
woman grew worse, and on Thursday morning she died.
On a post-mortem examination, it appeared that she
died of acute internal inflammation; and Mr. George
Morley Harrison, surgeon, deposed that such a condition
would, in the first instance, be produced by exposure
to cold, and would subsequently be aggravated by the
want of proper nourishment and other comforts. The
Coroner's Jury returned a verdict of "Died from inflammation
of the lungs, aggravated by exposure and lying
in the place deserted;" and they expressed their unanimous
opinion that there had been neglect on the part of
the overseer and the medical man who visited the
deceased; recommending that a copy of the depositions
be forwarded to the Poor-law Board.

A third case of a similar kind has been discovered in
the Metropolis. On the 1st inst., an inquest was held
respecting the death of a middle-aged man who had
Died from Want and Exposure to the Cold. It appeared
that on the previous Friday morning, Mrs. Gibbs,
residing in Tyndall Buildings, Gray's-inn Lane, was
alarmed by hearing some person moaning in the cellar
of the house, and found the deceased lying in a corner
of the cellar, huddled up in a quantity of filth and dirt.
He was insensible, and Mrs. Gibbs immediately obtained
the assistance of several police-constables, who had him
removed to Holborn workhouse. He was stripped and
placed in hot blankets, and the usual remedies of
ammonia and brandy were applied; but he never rallied,
and died shortly afterwards. Two penny-pieces were
found placed upon two ulcers on his legs, and a few
pieces of stale bread were also discovered in his pockets.
He had obtained admission to the cellar by the window
which looked into the street. The coroner remarked
that the cellar appeared to be in the same bad condition
as before the cholera broke out; and that the parochial
authorities ought to have the place thoroughly cleansed
every week. The Jury returned a verdict of—"Death
from exhaustion, caused by exposure to the cold, and
the want of the common necessaries of life."

On the 2nd, Alexander M'Donald, a police constable,
was Accidentally Drowned, whilst endeavouring, along
with a brother constable, to cross the water of Leith, by
a dam-dyke, in pursuit of a person accused of assault;
his foot slipping on the ice with which the dyke had
become incrusted, he fell into a deep pool below. His
body was not recovered till several hours afterwards.

On Sunday, the 5th, the brig, Catherine Charlotte,
sailed from South Shields for Barcelona, with a cargo of
coals and iron, the crew consisting of the captain, mate,
and nine other hands. At 10 o'clock on the morning of
the 12th, when about 86 leagues up the Mediterranean,
the brig sprung a leak; their course was then changed,
and the pumps incessantly worked till Wednesday night,
when they found themselves nearing St. Finane's Bay,
in sight of the Skellig Lights, but the vessel so water-
logged as to be almost unmanageable. On Thursday
morning, after 2 o'clock, five men launched a boat,
leaving on board the captain, mate, and four other seamen
(who they expected would soon follow them in the
jolly-boat), and after 14 hours' rowing reached the
western coast of Keel, near Cork, in so exhausted a state
that one of them was not expected to survive the fatigue.
He was, however, brought round after some care.
When about four hours to sea, soon after day-light
they perceived the vessel going down in the distance.
The six who unwisely remained on board went down
with the unfortunate brig.

Frost having set in during the early part of the month,
the ice on the waters in the Parks was sufficiently
strengthened to tempt thousands of sliders and skaters.
The ice broke repeatedly, and many persons were
immersed. On Sunday, the 6th, a young man was skating
on the Serpentine, when the ice broke, and he was
Drowned. He had been warned by an iceman not to
venture on the part of the ice where he perished—the
rash young man instantly glided into the very centre of
the dangerous spot.—On Sunday the 13th, a large portion
of the ice broke in the Victoria Park, Bethnal-green, and
nearly a hundred people were plunged into the water.
The scene was frightful; and when all had been pulled
out that could be seen, it was feared that some persons
had been lost under the ice.

A Revolt in the Workhouse of Barham Union, near
Ipswich, broke out on the 6th and 7th. A great number
of young men had recently entered, the farmers having
discharged them at Christmas. They were riotously
disposed; and though the dietary was not bad or
deficient, they burst into the master's office and demanded
more food. On his refusal they broke into the dayroom,
tore up the seats and the floor, and threw burning
coals into the room beneath, which fortunately had
a brick floor. After much more disturbance the master
got a policeman; they seized the ringleader, but he was
rescued. The rioters broke into the hall, and ate both
their own breakfasts and those intended for the old men.
They then entered the married women's ward. A posse
of constables was now obtained, and some prisoners
made. The women grew violent and smashed the
windows. The military had been sent for, and a detachment
of Lancers arrived from Ipswich. Their services,
however, were not required, the police having succeeded
in quelling the riot.

An accident, fortunately not serious in its results,
occurred on the evening of the 7th at the residence of