The Express.
London, England, 1864-07-29 00:00:00

The prisoner seeing me held up kis hapds,which were
g, ma then fell on his lateen, exclaiming "SIVAS
tarl24 that he had game to the plain for prdee
went downstairs, and found the fanlight had bees;
;,,tl then sent for an officer.
v, I,ol—What size is the fanlight, and in it easy to

‘. g :odd:di—The fanlight is very small, and it is won.
, • the prisoner got through. The gizmo was broken
',,,:lorne of the wood-work. and the prisoner must have
by means of the knocker, there being marks on

~...1.
.g-rast 4.7.1a55. 3C—I wish to state that yesterday morn-
.,.;; i•risser was seen by a constable in Otto street
' a the :amiable, it being at an early hour, asking him
.., eis about he said that he had come from the cone-
".. 7, w about.
me men were following him
.
' f^.i.J. *207 C—f was celled to 43, Wardour-street this
..
-. Rol foiled the prisoner on the landing of the first
.. , asking him why he came there he said for pro-
' '..ru thieves. I took the prisoner to the station,
• ~...:1 he lived at Oldhamatreet, Manchester.
.i:re I the ~-aoler) —Both the prisoner'. hands are cut.
t.,..,t ..laes—On searching the prisoner some watch
• were found upon him, but not a farthing in money.
~.ssir-• I had a dispute with my family, and left home
nsia•
v. Ka,..1 —There is more in this than meets the eye. I
r ,:..,rd the prisoner for a week, and leave the matter in
L.L a, of the sergeant, who can communicate with the
, Y.; M ,echeeter. It is no burglary it is evident.
- ,I,:souer. who is a respectable looking young rasa,
4:::.,1 remanded.

,lENIABLE DEATH OF A CHEMIST FROM
MORPHIA.

INQUEST.—(THIS DAY.)
•...orning Mr. James Joseph Richards, the
, :owner for Middlesex, held an inquest at the
Heel Term, Pitfield-street, Horton, respecting
of Richard Tuckwell, aged 33 yean, who died
the following circumstances :
,;.pearcl from the evidence that the deceased was a
• chemist, and resided with Mr. Young, also
at No. 36, Pitheld-street. Latterly he had
~,,130.1 of diarrhica. He had come to town to
e himself for examination at Apothecaries'
• Ile had studied rather heavily latterly to
htmself satisfactorily. On Monday night het the
moot retired to rest about half-past 9 o'clock, when he
:ti Mr. Young, " Well, I feel tired, I shall go to bed.*
.n, teetotaller, and had not had say sleep on the pre-
r;ht. About 1 o'clock en the following morning he
to breath very heavily. Mr. Young endeavoured
him, but was uusuoceeefuL Mr. Young found
sus gbastit pale and motionless. Deceased had
that be should take a dome of morphia, which he kept
j !Armen in a glen. The deceased had prepared the
himself is the shop and took it upstairs with him. Mr.
ran for Dr. Blackmon, who attended, but deceased
il:ortly afterwards. The deemed had not taken any
on the previous day, and had taken the drug to procure
tad rest.
. . .

1. 7ani—eaThomas Bleck-more mid that he found the
in • 'Lite of inseosibility suffering from the effect,
Nserful narcotic. The usual remedies were admin.
, bat deceased gradually sank, and died in dye holm.
e examination disclosed the fact of great
2.45:i0n and elf union of serum into the reotrie.les. The
:TZe Os were quite healthy, but the stomach contained
..aotity of fluid of a usenish colour. The caws of

vis from au overdose of morpbi►
orputy Cormier remarked co the lamentable nature
.e. when the Jury returned a verdict to the effect,
7:2: the dammed died from an overdose of morphia
r misadventure medicinally."

RANK OF EGYPT.-(THIS DAY.)

\ traortlinary general meeting of the ahare-
:!,m ins held at 1 d'elork, at the Leedom Tavern, Mr.
"E. M.P. au the chair.

1"; e r;porisiaiidiliat the net prod* including a balance
u• 2d. brought forward from the previous half-
mounted to 187721. 12a. Id. This enabled the
-rlorsto recommend a dividend for the half-year at the

f 10 Der cent par annum (12,500/.). free of 'imam tax,
12s. 84. to be carried forward to the Deis

,;e report was adopted.

I •NI.N, BRIGHTON, AND SOrTH COAST RAIL-
k" DAY.)—At the half•yearly meeting of the
:irtors, bead this afternoon at the International Hotel,
Hoo•bridge, Mr. Leo Schuster in the chair, the report,
had already appeared in the Express, wee adopted,
r..'.:thridend at rate of 5 per cant per annum de-

N 1.15 BANK OF LONDON.-(THIS DAY.)—At •
meeting of the proprietor, held this day ►t the bank.
'.:.es-street, the resolutions for incsessing the capital of
:••ompany be 1.030,0J0f. were confirmed.

N EASTERN RAILwAv.--(Ters DAY.)—
r• ire informed in a telegraphic despatch from Newcastle
morning from the secretary of the company, that the
-th Eastern dividends are to be u follows :—Berwiek.
-.er cent. mr annum ; York, 4f per cent. ; Leeds, 3i per
• •. ; Carla* 7 per amt. ; sod Darlington. 8 per met.
Serjeaut Peteredorff, of the Home Circuit,
the Skeroorne Auras!, has been appointed Judge of
Exeter District County Court, in the room of the let.
Mr. J. Tyrell.

VAT OF THE CIVIL SERVICE CRICKET CLUB TO
L'IIND. —The following members of this club—namely,
E. P. Thesiger. B. Babinglou, W. H. Southall. G.
iitrotham, S. L. Griffiths, H. C. Malkin, J. L. Pattiuoo,
W. Peaks, C. Guy Pym, G. J. Reid, and C. Spencer
Eiqn.—will leave London to.morrowt travelling by
c- ;risk mail route via Holyhead to Dublin, where they
le_ be established at their old quarters, the Bilton Hotel
Mooday and Tuesday, the let and
proximo, they play by invitation of his Excellency the
1.7; Leutenant t the vice-regal court, on the ground
✓ vi,n.reged and se the 3rd and 4th spinet the
Its Club, in the Phomix.park. On Friday they pea-
t,: t.) the Curragh to play against the officers of the camp,
• hove hospitably stringed to quarter them for the night
Le. the game may be continued on the following day ; and
I.: ,itit will be terminated by a match against the North
e!.....0aad, at Belfast, on Monday and Tuesday, the Bth
COLLEGE or SURGEONS OF ENGLAND.-
7:- !Arming gentlemen having undergone the necessary
eiz.ltatioas for the diploma were admitted members of the
at a meeting of the Court of Erevan:we on the 28th
v./ —Megan. Ed ward Napier Dibb, Sheffield ; Henry
--ira Pollan, Epwortb, near Baistry ; Charles Vincent
Otley, Yorkshire ; and Albert Field, Bradford
1117:ents of the Leeds School). Allen Pennine, Winston ;
Porter Somerset, Claydoo, Backs ; sod James
M'llabon, LS.A., Rochester-tenses, Camden-town
I:!(:i.ring-cross Hospital). John Corner Leech, the-
-4.: a. h eron ; Edmund Nub, M.D. Edin. Kensington ;
Sheldon, 1L D. Edin. Stratgardmpon-Avon
tirersity College). Philip Edward Hill. Cardiff ; mad
rt:p George Phillips, L.S.A., Bayswater (of St. Mary's
Jj 'Pita!). John Rortrow Woodcock, Manchester • and
• Kelaal Lever, L S.A. Pactihant. De" Borate,
.'iliochester School). George Herbert Whidhoree, Guild-
-I.::.3treet ; and Alfred Brand, L.S.A., Bideford. Devon
t',.e Middlesex Hospital). Frank Argles, Maidstone
College), Francis Thomas Taylor. Deptford
.! s Hospital). Llewellyn Powell, Now Zealand (of
fiirtholoroeses Hospital). Thomas John Colman,
Vaughan Walsh Hall ; and Peter Hulse Gest*
-> Lon., Inverness.
I-go-Er:7'oN AND THE JCIKINIT OF THE
•L ,JV LORDS. —A contemporary elle :—" Tbe result
-e ulgment in the Lords was anxiously waited for by
-Irerton at the office of her agent. On being made
:=4e that the decision was against her she swooped, and
' ,Inn time remained unconscious, paling from one
fit into another. Restoratives yerendministered,

a short interval the poor lady rallied, and was
,cried in a semi-prostrate state to a brougham. and
to the resileoce of ber uncle in Camhridgeterrace,
'part." The iforning Port Lisa the following :—" A
-:*- reference to oath has been lodged by Mrs. Yel-
`l,l,. !be practical result of which is to prevent the
heing made fluid in Scotlead until the parties to
Lye Leen examined on oath. Their evidence given
I considered most important"
WI:DINA/CY SVICIDE.—A very sad case of
tc takes place at Fronts. A young man named
!...rne, not twenty years of age, returned to his
:•-a nights since from his work. Be wished a :met
s-d for him. but as there was no fire is the house his
* ' •,,,cted to dose, but his sister succeeded io getting
• • • -t. nei‘h hour's 6re. While she was away thedeosaaed
'• door and pat the keys in hie pocket. His father
•• ..-; them from him. A waffle ensued, and both
• that her father was hurt, a crippled gist's.
•• Murder," and on hearing this the deceased ran
bestir door, and in a few minutes, not more than
• v. n, Le wee, found by the police-oflioer, who had
heognis by • leather Amp he need to weer to
. • Ti. He was quite dead. At the coroner's loges.%
.' • ' ',red that he was not drunk. The jury returned a
• '"l ~de-se, and the burial of the body on Hater-
:soy Christian rites attracted • numerous
Gasette.
• A. , ttivrr.—On Tuesday night a sad
• • -arred in Keybant steamyard. A boy, 15years
. • v.Aper. was supplying water to a tank connected
pump (a vacuum pump) belonging to a steam
•i ,r rasing rubble, when be was jammed be-
'.
'`.•• wheel of the engine and the building. Hen
in great agony for two boars. while temporary
erected for his relief. One leg was ground to
r.. other was amputated on Wednesday morning.
r, I. an the Royal Albert Hospital, Devonport.
%%U.N.: THE Paorassoas. —The Cologne
a strange crime which has just been cont-
.. t..wo of Notherg, near Air-lit-Chapelle. Pro-
. • had left his booze. when another profaner, H.
on him, and, exclaiming, "We mast both
• ••• pistol at his face, wounding him most dreier-
! 4-n. taking from his pocket another pistol, M.
his own braise. Both bed played at eerie
',eht before, and p irted on the meet friendly
•f-slur Kluxen lies in a desperate state.