The Express.
London, England, 1852-08-16 00:00:00

SUDDEN DEATH OF SIR JAMES PARKER.

Intelligfnce reached town at a late hour on Satur-
day evening of the sudden death of Vice-Chancellor Sir
James Parker, on the previous night at his country seat,
Rothley Temple, Lomhborough, Leicestershire. The
learned gentleman had been for some time labouring antler
an internal disease, and for the last few days of remaining
in town he had at intervals expectorated blood, but such a
sudden bereavement was not anticipated by his large circle
of relatives and friends. He wrs out with a party enjoy-
ing the sport of angling so late as Thursday last, and
up to a very brief period of his decease he betrayed no
symptoms to create alarm among those friends who %were
immediately associated with him. His age was scarcely
forty-nine, and he had only enjoyed his preferment to
the Chancery bench ten month. Sir James ;was the
son of the late Charles Stuart Parker, Req., of
Bloekairn, near Glasgow, and was born at Glasgow in
1803, and married in 1829 the daughter of the late Thomas
Babington, Esq., of Rothley Temple. He was educated at
the Grammar School and College of Glasgow, and graduated
M.A. at Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1823 ; he became
the seventh wrangler in 1825, and was called to the bar by
the Hon. Society of Lincoln's Inn in February, 1829. In
July, 1844, be obtained a silk gown, and in the month of
October last was appointed one of the vice-chancellors of
Ragland, upon the extensive alterations which then took
place in the Chancery courts; he received the order of
Knight Bachelor on the occasion of his promotion to the
judicial seat. Betides being one of the bendier' of Lin-
coln's Inn, he was in the oommineon of peace for Leicester-
shire. Sir James Parker contested the borough of Leicester
on the tory Interest la 1847. when he was defeated by a
very eoadderabie majority. He was a consistent tory, and
owed his elevation to no respect whatever to political
inflame.

PURSUIT or J. &town, THE PUOILIST.—On St-
eads,, Inspector Morton and Mr. Bochum of the East
Semen police, atteadedtefeet the Brighton beech to report
their promedlege he sereltet Johnny Broome, who as under
remgaboatne le the we at 'I C. d. at Brighton."
end wits lei from jostles dewlap the lam maime. Mr.
Dolma headed ap a assalter d dieements to Mr. Scott,
the preillety mogiftam, relative to the saptera and deten-
tion el. Nessess. Whoa Morton and Deese proceeded to
Ostend, atimine else lend Broome, they moted with them
a latter hem Lod Stralay, the IJedsedomehey of State,
teettennendiag them to Mo b meld at Ortmd, mid
musette, lira is allhedilltlemoselftenee they
requin. Misr they hill Met the two Idioms
had an interview with sbiof assmietiseer of police
at Ikernis, when they charged Drosses with having
absented from letplead, after hauls, hem indicted for
abeadai at earth, sad with betas • olomper. Broome
Aim amierweat an botooseipaisa 17 the ChM Commis.
oleesose/ Polka, whoa he abetted that he had been
aosemd loteheattep at suds, bet said that he wee innocent
of thitillso. H. elnißlied permission to proceed to
Honahnelgo en the *Mho se Prussia. The Chief Minister
of Foliates' ielhomed the sonstahles that although the
law of the
hem
est permit them to give up the
efiseass, hi.4llM the Belgian territories would
s dot 'Wowed would he made by the
easels be the earn that Broome was a sharper, and that
he weld be reavareled by the Belgian authorities to the
Peed= hoodoos, and if it were found that, from his rho.
motor being mada known to the Prussian authorities, they
weethl set great hie • passport, the Belgian authorities
would not have him in their country, but would return
with him to (Mead. and put him on hoard a British boat,
to be conveyed to England. Mr. Carpenter said there was
very little choose of Broome getting into Prussia. Theism
said it would take the authorities at least three
weeks before they got him to the frontier. When
they left him Broome was in prison at Bruges.
Mr. Scott uid he should like to hear something of his cep-
tore. Dodson stated that on the day his trial was to take
place, Broome proceeded to Tunbridge Wells, when he
took a ticket for Dover, bat instead of going by train he
hired a horse and gig, and drove to Hythe, and he hod
driven the horse so hard that soon after its return to Tun-
bridge Wens the animal died. At Hythe he hired a bah.
log boat and proceeded some distance to sea, when he got
on beard a steam boat, which took him to Calais, where he
ebtaised a pinyon for Brussels. On his arrival at Brussels
• pkthe purport endorsed and proceeded to Ostend. He
some day. in Brussels, and arrived at Ostend on
trteltiefJuly. Dodson and Morton traced him out on
the dtk st August, at a public house at tidend, and when
they told him with whet he was charged he profeseed the
meet pesheed limersaee of the whole transaction, but it
was el se wad._

SCREW e. PADDLEROX. The Peninsular and
Oriental Company's screw steamer Bombay, wt.ieb aft
Southampton 90 the 29th ultimo, reached Gibraltar in foist
days thirteen bouts. This is almost the quickest paussgm
ever known to be made, even by a paddle-bus steam, r. Thos
consumption of coal on board the Bombay is about tile:
tirds what it is on board a paddle-bos steamer of the sawn
size, and there are less perims employed is the engine de.,
pertinent of the former than In the latter.
Tne Nonni AND SOVSII WSISTERN
RAILWAY Lies will, it is expected, be opened about thS
7th of next month.