The Express.
London, England, 1866-11-22 00:00:00

THE CASH OP SCUTTLING THE SHIP SEVERN.

Yesterday at the Mansion-house the further examination
of Charles William Lee Webb, Thomas Berwick, and
Joseph Stanfield Dean, alias William Alsop, charged with
compiling with one Lionel Holdsworth o scuttle the
British ship Severn, with intent to defraud divers insu-
rance companies, was resumed (pursuant to adjournment
from the previous day) before Mr. Alderman Finnic, and
the Justice-mom was again crowded with • respectable
auditory. Additional evidence having been given, the
prisoners were remanded until this day week.
DEATH OF AN 01.1r31 EATER.—Yesterday after-
noon Dr. Lankester held an inquiry at the Prince Alfred
Tavern, Roman-road, Islington, touching the death of
Elizabeth Atte, aged 64 years, who died the previous day
from the effects of an overdose of opium. Mward Ware
kin, residing at No. 30, Alfred-street, Roman-road, said
the deceased was his mother-in-law. She lived with wit-
ness and her daughter, having been 30 years separated
from her husband, who resides in Norfolk. The deceased
did not rise at her usual hour the previous morning, and
on going to her bedroom door to ascertain the cause he
heard a peculiar noise in the room. He at once forced in
the door, which was locked, and found the deceased in a
dying state. He sent for medical assistance, and Dr.
Sewell soon after arrived. In reply to the coroner the
witness stated that the deceased had taken opium for 30
year.. Mr. William Sewell, M.R.C.S., said he was called
to the deceased at a quarter to 7 o'clock the previous
morning, when he found her in a state of stupor. He saw
the pupils of the eyes contracted, and he came to the con-
clusion that she was suffering from the effects of an over-
dose of opium. On making a post-mortem examination
he found the body emaciated and the membranes of the
brain, as well as the brain itself, very much congested.
The heart contained some dark fluid blood, and on exa-
mining the contents of the stomach he found 24 ounces of
fluid smelling strongly of opium. In the bedroom of the
deceased he found a box containing 14 grains of solid
opium. Sarah Watkin, the daughter of the deceased, said
she had been in the habit of buying opium for her mother,
wh consumed half an ounce of it in eight days. In reply
to the coroner she said the deceased had always locked the
door of her bedroom. She did not believe that her mother
took an overdose intentionally, nor yet that the doctor
was right in attributing her death to her having taken the
opium. Dr. Sewell said a fellow surgeon, who assisted
him in the poet-mortern examination, bad coincided in his
opinion regarding the death of the deceased. The Coroner
said that persons who took opium often took quantities of
it which they could not safely consume on all occasions.
As there was no positive evidence as to whether the ste-
mmed took the overdose of opium accidentally or other-
wise, he thought the jury could only return an open ver-
dict. The jury acted on the suggestion of the coroner,

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