The Express. — 1862-11-28 (London, England)

DEATH MOH ACCIDENTAL PODONINO. —Yesterday Mr. IL Raffia, Walthew, the deputy-coroner, resumed., at the Rodney Tavern, Old-street, St. Luke's, the inquiry respading tha death of Mr. William York Green, a bookseller, at 44. Old Greet, who was supposed to have mei• witted suicide. The deceased bad been for a number of years carrying on business at Si, Oldstreet, hut Ind recently fallen into ill health. All his property was mired • short time since, under an execution for rent. He became very desponding, es not even a blanket was left in the home. On Tuesday week last he was found dead in a hack room, with a broken bottle labelled "Poison" lying on the floor. He had, it is said, on one or two occasions preciously threatened to destroy himself. Dv. H. Letbeby, analytical chemist to the London Hosmlal, said that the broken bottle, labelled, "Yates, chmist," contained the remains of opium. The stomach of the deceased contained no food, but there were in the fluid, which was stained with blood, tueconic acid andd morphine, chief constituentsof opium. The absorption of opium into the system was generally so rapid that but very slight traces were ever found in the stomach, even when large quantities were taken. It was possible that in trying to procure ease from pain deceased took an overdose of laudanum, which, acting on the empty stomach, owed death, without deceased intending to destroy his life.— Mrs. Elizabeth Green, recalled, said that her husband bad been in the habit of taking laudanum in drops for rheumatic pair,—Mr. Rice, chemist, maid that three weeks agopot is deceased bought 60 minims of laudanum from him, but the bottle produced. Sixty minims of the drug were not sufficient to destroy life, and witness always wild may •ti::edWreford.-4"ThenljuryW strangers, when oarvwerdiheneta"lATZetqtne"ldusocesedti died from the mortal effects of laudanum, taken to procure ease from rheumatism." RAILWAY DIFFERENcES. —A dicagreement between the Midland and the London aod North. Western Railway Companies conceruieg the fwd. traffic between Stamford and London arrived at a very inconvenient point on Thursibsy, the 20th. when the NorthWestern trucks were impounded at the Stamford station by the officers of the Midland Company. Until a few weeks tine the North-Western Company used tits offices and buildings of the Midland power'mm noder sa agreement which also gave running over the Midland line between Luffenham and Stamford ; but lattecil the North-Western Company have found it desimble have independent warehouse room, and they, have alio made ma of their ltliaworth and Peterborough hoe for the conveyance of goods between London sod Stamford. W! believe that so long aa the North-Western Coinpany sob their goods either by way of Rugby or of Northampl, the Midland Company could not interfere ; but in nark use of their line to Peterborough. and running their trucb thence to Stamford on the Midland line, the Midland theirs.Co Thinpanyclaim cedlaimthew..traffii.c beithtizebromaugt.t aro ht towiStugefiol;naas. forced on Thursday, the 20th. About 40 of the swop; and plate-layers of the Midland Company were assembk,; on the arrival of the goods train from Peterbotough, and the North Western trucks were forcibly withheld WO the North Western agent. A rumour had gained curreo:y. that force would be opposed to force, and a number, 0/ " roughs" assembled in the station-yard iu the hops of Whit engaged • bat Mr. George Abbott, the Stamford represeetatire Si Issue. Chaplin sod Horne, had telegraPb4d London for todratious, and the reply was that the.l"; ceesthigs of the Midland Company were not to be resins., After being detained till 12 O'cliick, the tricks were est "° and delivered to the North-Western officers. We ore ll' formed that a proems Si seising the trucks has boss goe. through every day wpm but that there is no loge! 211 detention of the goods, they being delivered up inonabatel after the formal seizure.—Stamford Mercury.