The Express.
London, England, 1861-06-15 00:00:00

F. G. GARDNER, Socritary.
Custom•honee, London, June 12.

MeiRICAN MAIL.—LIVRRIVOL, SATURDAY.—The
Royal Mail Company's steamer Europa, which sailed tacky
for Halifax and Boston, took 191,7701. 10e. in pee* on
freight+
kiILTRAORDINARY DRAM PROW A WORN IN Tflif
BRAIII.—An inquest was held at the Walsall Werkbouad,na
Wednesday, before the coroner, Mr. Fletcher, on the body
of Rachel Ready, 90 years of age, an inmate of the 11111
house, wbo was found dead in bed on Sunday worming IRA:
On bet admission she complained of • pain in her head, and
was treated for it by the medical officer. On Saturday night
she went to bed as usual, but just before 11 o'clock ahem&
plained of her head, and said she felt as if she shoubl gem&
Ina few minutes, however, she appeared to get composed.
and to fall asleep. On the following morning, about six
o'clock, she was found to be dead in bed, but was quite warm.
Dr. Burton, the mediod officer to the union, intimated that
this eta a casein which he could not give a osrtitosee, and
therefore the coroner was communicated with, and • pat
mortem examination was made. Dr. Burton, in giving wed.
dance of the conditions he had discoveroi in mann at
making the poet mortem examination, stated that en
opening the heed of deceased he found the reins distended
with dark ocloured blood. There were so signs of recent
inflammation, bat in the ventricles a quantity of sangwins
eons matter was found, and the brain was softened iu place&
In the tuber ancillore at the top of the spinal loamy's
where the brain and the spinal marrow join, were four
hydatid sacs or eiatieirei relltsfori. These comlitions, he
considered, were sufficient to account for the suddenness of
the death of deceased. He had ascertained from her brother
that she had had convulsions a week or two before coming
into the yrorkhouse,and he had furtheraacertained that it wan
net uncommon for her to cat ',deluges. The bydated eisie
he had no doubt was composed of tile egg of the tape worm.'
the worm having been doubtless token into the body in
process of eating sausages sot properly cooked, compoaed
metaled pork. The worm thus taken into the body forced
its way into the various armies, the liver, the bead, eyes,
and brain, and deposited its egg, and this again forted its
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• verdict " Died of disease of the brain. —Sfa4rord-
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TRAFFIC RECEIPTS. —The traffic receipts of rail-
ways iu the United Kininloru for the week ending the Bth 1
Jane amounted to 626,3151., and for the corresponding week
of tut year to 517,6701. ; showing an increase of 8,6411.
The gross receipts of the eight railways having their tensile
in the metropolis amounted to 234.2971., and for the eon-
responding week of 1860 to 230,7951., showing • decrenp
of 5,4961. The decrease on the Great Northam
Seaway amounted to 2.1131. ; on the Great Waded
to 1,4431. ; on the London and North Wedges
to 1,7011. ; and on the Loudon and Routh
Western to 3,3921.—t0ta1, 4,6:.•21. Bat from Mil
must be deducted 571.,the increase on the Kaden Oesantien,
:rst. ou the London and Blackwell, 1,9211. on the
Brighton, and South Coast, and 1,1431. es
Eastern, together 3,1511., leaving the rieerenen an
5.494'!. The receipts on the other lines is the tfl=
Kingdom amounted to 2112.0181., and for the
week of last year to 277,8719., showing antitaTtneiZansalini
14,1431., from which most be deducted the deems, ea lie
metropolitan lines, leaving the total humps., ow, al
compared with the corresponding week of 1