The Express.
London, England, 1862-05-14 00:00:00

MELANCHOLY DEATH OF ♦ SWEDISHTRAVILL

—An inquest was held yesterday morning at the Welling-
ton Anne, Waterloo-road, on the body of Dr. Nevus
Wikstrom, an eminent Swedish philosopher and trav4ler,
who died suddenly at Poole's coffee-house, Waterloo-road,
on Sunday. The unfortunate man arrived from Australia '
on Sunday. and stopped at the coffee-house in order to wait
for the two o'clock train to convey him to East Sheen. He
went up stairs to wash his hands, and was taken ill, and
died before medical assistance could he obtained. A gen-
tleman from the office of the Swedish consulate proved that
the deceased had travelled over nearly all the habitable
=and from papers found upon him it appeared that be
Hared greatly during his recent voysge from A ustralia.
Mr. Etlackinu, surgeon, who bad made a pust.mortem exa-
mination, said that he found extensive inflammation of the
lungs, and the body was very much emaciated consequent
on the inflammation and the utter prostration of the system
by the hemorrhage, the deceased not having had any medi-
cal attendance during the time. A witness having identified
the deceased, spoke of his high literary and scientific attain-
ments. A verdict was returned in accordance with the me-
dical testimony.
THE HENDON MIYHDYIR. —Yesterday morning
John Lawrence, who stands charged with the wilful mur-
der of his sweetheart, Anne (lox, by shooting her with a
loaded gun, at Hendon, was brought up in custody of two
constables of the S division of Police from the Middlesex
Hospital, in which institution he has remained since the
commission of the crime, and placed at the her before the
magistrates assembled in petty serious at Edgware. The
prisoner, who appeared in a very weak state, and presented
• very shocking appearance about the face from the fright-
ful injuries be inflicted on himself in the attempt to take
his own life after committing the murder, was allowed to
be seated. The evidence was merely • recapitulation of
that given on the coroner's inquest. The letter written by
the prisoner to his sister before the commission of the
murder, expressive of his intention to destroy himself, was
also put in. Altogether, the evidence was most conclusive,
and left no doubt that the prisoner had murdered the young
woman from jealousy, in the belief that she was about to
another man. The prisoner, who behaved very
calmly,mr was committed to take his trial for wilful murder
at the Central Criminal Court, and was shortly afterwards
removed to Newgate.
EXTRAORDINARY HAILSTORM IN CALCUTTA.
The following is an extract from a private letter received
by the India mail yesterday, dated Calcutta, April 8:
"We had a rather uncommon occurrence here the
other day—a hailstorm. The hailstones were lumps of
ice. I measured one two hours after it had fallen ; it
was nearly round, 2 inches in diameter, and 7-lOths of an
inch in thickness. I heard of even larger : one weighed
4 toss, or Dearly 3 ounces."
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lay sews tickets, fig! ; total 22,264.
A GOOD WATCH AT A MODIULATR PRICY—" The
stranger in walking through the City of London must be
astounbed to are so many establishments whose windows are
tilled with watches sad Jewellery of the most costly description.
Among these there is one fast rising into celebrity for the beauty
and excellence of Its productions—we mean the estehlistiment,of
Mr. J. W. Benson, watch toznufaatarer, of ES and 14 Ludgate.
hill, and 66 and 47, CoenhilL As a good watch is admitted on
all sides to be Indispensable to ties men of business, ar• have
grunt pleasure in pointing out a watch inanufactot7 where our
Mends can parchsee the article without paying an exorbitant
price.'—Daub Telegraph. Benson's Illustrated Pamphlet, post
tree for two stamps, Is descriptive of every constructional watch
now made. Watches sale by pot, to all parts of the giobe.—
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