The Express.
London, England, 1865-07-27 00:00:00

SUDDEN DEATH IR A RAILWAY CA

INQUEST.—(THIS DAY.)
This forenoon Mr. John Humphreys, Middles
coroner, held an inquiry at the George and Vulture toes
High-street, Bt. Georges-in-the-East, touching the die
in • railway cserrimge of John Nolan, aged 43 yearn.
The deceased was a stevedore. li • at No. 17, Cie
wright-street, Norton-folgate, and on rowing I
went to the steamship Platter, lying in the Vy
ietorielbit
J. Kiss said that the deoeased saperinteodsd the I
of the steamer during the day, and appeared quite
At 7.3 S he got into a railway carriage at the Tidal Bs
station to return to town. Witness was Emoting, 'nib
deceseed said, "King, yon have had that pipe 19%404
Us me have a smoke." Whams gave him the pipe ; hie
it into hie month, sod upon taking the first " draw,' 14
down dead. He died instantly. When the train etoppeit
fihadwell station his body was removed from the mint
and taken to a shop in the neighbourhood.
Dr. Daniel Rom said that he was called to in Rd;
sewed by the police. He was quite dead from the chests
disease of the heart.
The Coroner having summed up.
The jury relented a verdict That deceased 111 WW
dead in a certain railway carriage from the 'NM ohs
of climes of the hsert."

At the Limerick Assizes a verdict for 601. is
costs has been returned egaiest Mr. Henry Dew Sprie
• cousin of Lord Muskerry, in a breach of promise as
The jilted fair one was a dairy farmer's daughter, fie
personal attractions had fascinated the swain into anti'{.
variety of love-letters, intermixing sentimentality vs
businesrlilos inquiries as to the condition of the co
The Cork Herald refers to another breach Ol prowls •
in which the plaintiff is of the sterner sex. A willows
55, • professional gentleman, sties, and has awed
aaw
of trial on a lady residing on the Great Island, Ale ill
widow for the second time, and some few years his erie
the sane of action being breach of promise of son*
Defence has been taken, and one shilling lodged is omit
satisfaction of the claim for damages. Kr. Batt, Q.C.
her been specially retained for the defence. Ili lo
comes en at the Cork Ands's.
Mr. Kenneth M`Loay, B.S. A., has bees ie.
some time at Balmoral, by command of the Queen 14w
leg a number of picked Highhuiders on her Vallo
estates. He is ale' commissioned to paint a askistiei
Colonel Farqultamou of Inveresuld's emu ; some of tis
of Fife's, in Braemar ; and some of Sir Charles Met
Highlanders. in Strathdon—all for her Majesty.
The trials on the experimental railway °verged
Cents continue to yield very striking results, and Chihli
commissioners are understood to have been perk*,
listed with all they have witnessed. The Italia iso.
innersare now en the spot, and it Is merited Net k
course of a few days the denial trials will bee:Wk.'''.
The Royal Sovereign, 5, turret-ship,
F. A. Herbert, has been directed by the Adi2'lsl!
remain for a short time after the departure of the Ifie•
squadron in Plymouth Sound, to enable the enter fog
of the gunnery ship Ounbridge to become acquainted. IF
semis of drill, with the principle of working
gem d
eeptional weight in tenets. On the Royal Some*, in
Spithend for Plymouth Sound, to meet the Frio* es,"
squadron, Captain O. P. Coles requested permiliil4l!
the Admiralty to &momently the ship on her ash'.
request was refused, on the ground that the ship go!
prooseding on a cruise in the Channel or to Ciserbesit•
merely going as far as Plymouth Sound sod hods
direct to Spithetd.
THE LATE SIR JOSEPH P.AXTON,•••••A
number of noblemen and gentlemen have feeseltl
selves into • committee, with the Purges of Be
Proper monument to the memory of the late cs !
Penton. Among the names united with this It
many who were his personal friend., end •dmirilogiu
Crthose of the Duke of Devoeshire
aned, Earl Granville Lard paletereles,
Egortoo. of fatten, e Spi;sker, Mr. Gladetsee;
Moho, M.P.. S. Laingth M.P A. a le,itogiti
IL P., Sir F. Crossley, Bark M.P. H. kor
Esq., Sir S. If. Pete, , and of artists,
men, end others well known, sad
nuny
on the liet. They propose to open • roma 0
list, that the memorial shall be a marble taM lei
might be planed os • idioms position in the
nape gardens of the Crystal Palace, arid that 001!
moo for the tue should be entrusted to Mr. Prn
Rome, to whom Sir Joseph eat for Itis heel
swathe before hie death. Hr. George ro_ „ow'
taken the duties of boa. secretary to the Imo
being raised.
At St. Joseph, Mo., they are orgaaisint„. •
Armorial' Buffalo Drive.* One hundred rad 50W1._,...
iedividuals are wanted to complete the 111 of "ms""
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