The Express.
London, England, 1868-01-09 00:00:00

• Tramway closed. t Camel Impeded by Ice.

DEATHR rr.on DRlNK.—Yesterday morning Mr.
Richards, the deputy-oaronerl held an inquest at H.l,4er-
stonmbridge, Hutton, touching the death of Elizabeth
Baker, aged 32 years. W. G. J. Baker, 3, Mark's-place,
Haggerstone, said that the deceased was the widow of a
linendraper. Last August she was left a legacy of :zut,
and since that time had spent over lied. of it in dnug.
He was liar eon, and he had had words with her about her
habit of intemperance. On Thursday night he returned
home, and found her room door looked. It was broken
open, and she was found dead on the floor. Jesse Crew
said that he was the deceased's landlord, and he had not
' heard her move during the whole of tlie slay. It was
believed that she had been dead for several hours when 'he
was found. Dr. M. Greenwood said that when he was called
to the deceased he found her body cold, stiff, and dead. A
jowl-owed' examination of the body proved that
she was a woman given to habits of excessive driukiug.
The immediate cause of her death was fatty de-
generation of the heart. Drink and exposure to
the cold would cause that. The jury r: turned a verdict,
"That the deceased WOllllll was found lying dead on the
door of her room, and that her death we., caused by exces-
sive drinking."—Yesterday Dr. Lankester held an inquest
at the Silver Cup, Cromer-street, on the body of Elizabeth
Susannah Blackwell, aged 78, of 17, Draper-place, Somers.
town. The deceased, who received half-a-crown • week
from the parish and ten shilling' a week from relations,
was in the habit of getting drunk. On New Year's-eve
she received her weekly allowance, and got drunk with it.
She then retired to her lodgings, taking with her half a
qwwtern of rum. The following day she WWI found dead,
lying on her back on a chair, with her bead hanging over
one side and her feet over the other. From the evidence
of Dr. Paul, who made a post-wet* examination, it WAS
found that death was caused by suffocation through
extreme intoxication. The jury returned a verdict
accordingly.
ARREARS TN THE DIVORCE COURT.—As many SS
198 eases are standing for hearing in the Divorce Court in
the ensuing term commencing on Saturday next, of which
134 are to be tried without juries, 29 with common juries,
and 15 with special juries.
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preparation. and observed: "Ihave frequently prescribed air %de
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