The Express.
London, England, 1864-12-15 00:00:00

MELANCHOLY DEATH OF A CITY SOLICITOR.

INQUEST.-(THIS DAY).

This morning, Mr. W. Payne, the City coroner,
held an inquiry respecting the death of Mr. Harvey Boyen
Jones, a solicitor, aged 66 years.
James Cummington, scab driver, said that on Tuesday
afternoon he was plying for hire at the Great Eastern Rail-
way Station, Sboreditch. A gentleman called him and
said, " Drive me to Austinfrlars." He looked ill and cold.
On the way, be called out, " 1 feel very bad ; take me
somewhere to get medicine." Witness had to lift him out
of the cab into Mr. Lee's, • surgeon, No. 41, Bishopsgate.
street. He expired shortly afterwarda.
Police-coustable Gale, 676, City polio., said that ho
found upon the deceased • gold watch, 25/. 4s. 20. io
money, and several cheques, papers, and other valuables.
Mr. James Jervis. clerk to the deceased, laid that his
employer was the head of the firm of solicitors carrying
on business at No. 22, Austinfrian. He resided at No.
49. Montague-street. On the day of his death he was
going down to his country seat Guestingthorpe, in Essex,
for the purpose of shooting. When be left the office he
was in high spirits and good health, and he said that he
would return to home on Friday.
The Coroner having summed up, the jury returned a
verdict of "Sodden death from natural causes,"

THE Aar: CLrg.—The annual dinner of this
club was held yesterday at its house in Hanover-square
Mr. Thomas Hughes wss in the chair, and some GO gentle-
men (the necessary limit) sat down to dinner. The proceed.
jogs were as little formal as possible, and after "Prosperity
to the Club," "Art," " Literature," &c., had been given, the
members present adjourned to a conversations held in their
upstairs rooms. Here many floe oil paintings, portfolios of
water-colour drawings and other object. of interest.,
the work or property of members, were exhibited, and the
party, which was brilliantly socoessful, did not break upi
until early this morning. Amongst those present were Mr.
Horace Jones (the vice-chairman of the night), Mr. Tom
Angell (hon. sec, of the club), Mr. F. W. Burton, Mr. Val
Prinseps, Mr. Edmund Yates, Mr. F. Coelterell, Mr. F.
Walker, Mr. .T. C. Parkinson, ht.
RUGBY SCHOOL FL), rrnau..—The two house match
will be pl.yed on Saturday next, December 17. The two
best houses this year are the same es last year—namely,
the School House and the Rev. Jex Blake's House. _

The Liverpool Town Council yesterday agreed to
purchase the Woodlands and Walton-lodge estates, subject
to obtaining the requisite powers from parli►ment, for the
purpose of transforming them into a public park for the
north end of the town. _

LIVERPOOL FAT CATTLE Snow.—TL is show
opened yesterday in a large shed on the moods of the
7..iologicsl-gardens, Liverpool, There were 2:0 entries of
stock, and in every class the show was remarkably him being
much superior to the last exhibition. Among the winners
of prize, for cattle were the Earl of Derby (Highland oxen)
and Lord Skelmeredale ohorthorned heifer.) ; sheep, Mr.
Foljanthe 1 Leicester wethera►nd Southdown wetbent,
Mr. dames Nicholson (Cheviots), and Mr. Allan Pollok
(Irish wetheri); pigs, Earl of Sefton (large breed), Eoi of
Derby (email breed), and Mr. Thomas Crop, Suffolk, four
prim. (cup for best pig, middle, small, and large breed.).
PENTON VILLE but already been
announced that Captain Craig, the governor of the Penton-
vine Plum% has absconded with some 2,11001. of the mobile
money iu his possession. It now appear. that Captain
Craig made hi, way to Cardiff, and staved for several day■
at the Angel Hotel in that town under the trammed name
of "Captain Brown." If., however, sent the " boots"
several times to the Telegraph-ogles for mammies addressed
to Captain Craig. 1104 therefore there is no doubt enter-
tained as to hi. identity. The police authorities io London
having discovered the whereabouts of Craig, two detectives
were sent down, and singularly enough, they also took no
their quarters at the Angel Hotel. "Captain Brown"
complained of illness, and was 000 fined to his bedroom
from the day of the arrival of the detectives to his depar-
ture. The captain left the hotel without attracting soy
particular attention, for, it is believed, Liverpool. whence
he sailed for America, thus getting clear of the detective
officers, although staying in the ammo hones. This is a
remarkable inst►nce of the police being fairly baffled in
their endeavours.