The Brecon Reporter and South Wales General Advertiser

BRISTOL INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION. This exhibition was opened on Tuesday at the Drill- hall, Queen's-road, Bristol. The mayor of the city, Mr. M. Naish, was the chief agent in the ceremony, and delivered the inaugural address. The position which he thus filled was originally destined, as everybody is aware, for a greater public patronage. Lord Palmer- ston had some time since accepted the invitation to open the exhibition; but within the last few days, as all the world has equally learnt, he has been compelled, by a renewed attack of the only illness from which he seems ever to have seriously suffered, to decline ful- filling his engagement. The Chancellor of the Exche- quer, Lord Stanley, and the Duke of Argyll, to whom applications were successively addressed, were not prepared to fill the place which the unexpected indis- position of the Prime Minister had thus left vacant, and the committee of management felt that no other choice was left to them than to induce the mayor of their city to act upon this occasion as their repre- sentative and interpreter. The gentlemen charged with the management of the exhibition were very properly led by the loss of this personal attraction to redouble their efforts to ensure to the undertaking all the claims upon the public favour which the utmost attainable completeness in its internal arrangements could supply, and to those, at all events, who had an opportunity of witnessing the result those efforts weie not unavailing.' lb will probably be the general opinion of those who may be able to make the comparison that this Bristol collec- tion of objects of combined skill and industry fully equals in beauty and in general effect any that has been recently held in our English provincial districts. The Drill-liall, the place selected for the exhibition, lies at the point at which Bristol begins to grow into the new and mere attractive town or suburb of Clifton. It was built a few years ago, for the purpose of afford. ing shelter to the volunteers during their hours of exercise in wet weather; and hence the origin of the name by which it is known. It is a large room, of simple but commodious proportions, being about 150 feet long, and about 100 feet wide. The contributions to this exhibition are by no means confined to the city of Bristol; and, indeed, it expressly professes, in its fall title, to embrace with that city, the West of England, Gloucestershire, and South Wales." A very large portion of the objects have been furnished by working men, and the whole show is not unfairly described as an industrial exhibi- tion but specimens of the genius of the professed artists of either ancient or modern times have not been excluded by the committee of selection wherever those specimens seemed to harmonise with the general character of the undertaking. The bands of the 1st Gloucestershire Rifles and the 2nd Gloucestershire Engineers played in the building throughout t'he opening day and about 100 members of the Bristol Tonic Sol-Fa Association, under the direction of Mr. A. Stone, sang the vocal music. Tvvo o'clock was the hour appointed for the com- mencement of the opening ceremony; but, in con- formity with the programme of the day's proceedings, the representatives of the yariou.3 trades and friendly societies assembled at twelve o'clock at the old market, and then proceeded to the Council- house, where they were joined by the mayor, the high sheriff, and the town councillors. The united procession afterwards advanced to the Exhibition Hall through some of the principal streets of the city, which were decorated at frequent intervals with flags and banners. The mayor took hia seat on the platform of the building, and was there surrounded by the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, the high sheriff of the county, the Hon. H. Berkely, M.P., Colonel Bruncker, the military commandant of the district; Colonel Bush, the commander of the Bristol Battalion of Volunteers the Dean of Bristol, the Mayor of Bath, and a number of the members of the Bristol commercial community. The body of the hall was at the same time but partially occupied. The choir having sung the Old Hundredth Psalm, Mr. Eempster, the chairman of the exhibition com- mittee, invited the mayor to open the exhibition. The mayor then proceeded to address the assem- blage. He said: You will, I am sure, excuse me, when in the few words which I address to you I first express my sympathy with you in all our disappointment, that the Prime Minister of England is not in the place which I now have the honour to occupy (hear). When you remember how much the greatness of this manufactur- ing and commercial nation is to be attributed to the application of mechanical and scientific knowledge to its arts and manufactures, you will agree with me that there would have been peculiar appropriateness in the presence of a minister of the Crown amongst us to-day (hear, hear). However; in this our hopes and expectations were not to be realised. I must next claim your kindest indulgence for myself, having bsen suddenly called upon to open the Bristol Industrial Exhibiti&n. In these remarks I do not pretend to originality, but rather seek to remind you of some familiar facts appropriate to the object which has brought us together. Let me remind those of you who have lived as long as myself-and I am not a very old man-of the vast discoveries made during the last half century, and which daily minister to our comfort. I will name amongst these the general application of steam to all kinds of machinery the annihilation of distance by locomotive power upon our iron high- ways; the overcoming of wind and tide by steam navigation; the means of brilliant light which flow beneath our feet and illuminate our darkest nights; and the lightning speed with which thoughts are con- veyed to the ends of the earth by the electric tele- graph (hear, hear). When we think of these wonders, we can scarcely fix limits to future discoveries which coming years may reveal. To these, then, and similar causes, combined with the character Ðf her people, may be attributed the commercial greatness of England, of whose flag it has been said- Wherever it has floated, Upon the sea or land, There world-adorning trade has stretched Its eivilising hand. There enterprise has ventured, Her argosies high piled, There science strewed the earth with flowers. And kindly knowledge smiled. Now, my friends, the artisans of Bristol and other places, I hope your exhibition, which is so highly creditable to you, may be a means of contributing to these anticipated triumphs (hear, hear). No one can have properly inspected the contents of this building without being impressed with the skill and ability which are there manifested and displayed and as mayor of this city, and on its behalf, I thank you for j what you have done-, as honourable to Bristol; and I heartily congratulate you on the results of your efforts (cheers). I assume you that this day will be to me a ? memorable onein my.,Isar of office. I am sure, ladies and gentlemen, you who are not contributors to this interesting exhibition will join with me in hearty good wishes that our friends, the artisans of Bristol and elsewhere, may experience entire success in their meritorious efforts to establish in this city the Indus- trial Exhibition, which I now have the honour, as mayor, to declare opened (loud cheers). The "Hallelujah Charus" was here sung by the choir, and the Bishop of Gloucester, at the invitation of the Mayor, afterwards offered up a prayer, invoking the Divine blessing upon the work they had that day met to inaugurate. The right rev. prelate next pro- ceeded briefly to address the meeting, and expressed his belief that both the moral and religious welfare of the population was promoted by the holding of exhibitions of that description. The Hon. H. Berkeley, M.P., the Mayor of Bath, and others having addressed the meeting, a vote of thanks to the Mayor of Bristol for presiding was carried by acclamation, and the National Anthem sung by the choir concluded the ceremony.

MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF MISS BLAKE, AT SALISBURY. A great sensation has been caused in Salisbury during the past week, from the allegation that Miss Emily Sophia Blake, only daughter of T. J. Blake, surgeon, of Castle-street, had died from the effects of poison. The young lady was only nineteen years of age, and an exceedingly attractive person, and her death oocurred under somewhat mysterious circum- stances.' The following are the principal facts brought out on the coroner's inquest:—Mr. Thomas John Blake said: My daughter's name was Emily Sophia. She was nineteen years old in April. I had an assistant of the name of William John Storer. He left my employ about three weeks before the death of my daughter-I think on the 17th of August. He was on friendly terms with my daughter, and professed to be paying his addresses to her, but against my wishes. I discharged him for his irre- gular conduct and habits of intemperance. On Tues- day night I was sent for to go to Harnham, a little after nine o'clock. My daughter had not then gone to bed. She kissed me, and bade me good-bye. She had gone to bed previous to my return, which was a little after ten. When I left home she appeared as cheerful and well as ever she was in her life. She went out for a walk with her mamma in the evening. About half-past eleven I was sitting downstairs talking to my wife, when I heard some one screaming. My wife at first thought it was somebody in the street. Then there was another scream, which I knew to be my daughter's, I at once ran upstairs and found her in a dreadful state. There was no light in her room. My wife followed me uo as soon as she had lighted a candle from the gas. I went on without a candle. My daughter was undressed, in bed. I said to her Oh, my dear, what is the matter P She said, Oh, papa, I woke up so ill." "I said You shall go and sleep with your mamma to-night, and I will sleep in your bed." I thought she had been frightened, but after the lapse of a few minutes I found that some- thing worse was the matter. I soon gave up the idea of its being hysteria. She said, Hold me, hold me," every moment. We held her, and I asked her mamma if she had ever seen her like it before, and she replied No; do go for Mr. Coates." I at once sent for him. She had had two or three slight attacks of hysteria, but not frequently. Before Mr. Coates arrived I asked. her if she had taken anything to cause her illness. She replied, "No, pa, no." I was led to make the inquiry in consequence of the violence of the attack. Mr. Coates came in rather more than half an hour after my daughter first alarmed us, and I took him up to the room. I heard Mr. Coates ask her if she had taken anything, and she said, "No, no." Mr. Coates took up a glass, and asked what it con- tained. I told him it was a glass from which I had just given her a glass of chlorodine. He said, Give her another." I gave her thirty minims; she had previously taken twenty-five. Neither dose appeared to take any material effect. I afterwards went to Dr. Roberts and brought him back with me. This was about one o'clock. My daughter had pre- viously said to her mamma, "What can this be? What can this be ? I shall die. I shall die." Dr. Roberts pressed her two or three times to say if she had taken anything, and I believed he added "Because you are dying." I pressed her also to tell us, and she then replied "Don't, don't." I said "What have you taken P and she said "Pills." That was in answer to the inquiry of both Dr. Roberts and myself. We were both speaking together. I asked her how many, and she said Three." I said Who gave them to you?" and Dr. Roberts put the same question. She replied Mr. Storer." I then said When P" She said "About three weeks ago; just before he left." My wife came forward and asked Have you any more of them?" She, replied Yes, there are some in a box in the clothes drawer." We pulled out the top drawer, in which a box of bills was discovered. I believe my wife took them out. Afterwards we found another box. marked "Digestive Pills." There was no inscription on the other box. The, second box contained only three pills. My daughter had been in the habit of taking digestive pills for some years. The first box of pills was shown to my daughter by Dr. Roberts, and she said it was the one from which she took the pills. She was asked by Dr. Roberts for what purpose tho pills had been given her, and she replied To keep me well." She was was shortly afterwards seized with convulsions, and died about half-past one. She had never threatened to destroy herself. I know that Storer wrote to her two or three times after leaving, but those letters were inter- cepted. I read them myself. They were sent back to Storer by my directions on Tuesday, together with everything belonging to him. Mr. Storer had a private medicine-chest of his own upstairs, containing various drugs. I am not aware whether that chest contained strychnine.—-A paper was produced and read by the coroner, which had been found in deceased's bedroom. It was as follows:—"Miss Blake, at least Mrs. W. J. Storer, must soon follow, or the oonsequenr.e will be her husband must go to Salisbury to fetch her sharply." The document was in the handwriting of Storer. Mrs. Elizabeth Blake gave similar evidence, and added: About three weeks before Mr. Storer's leaving I think a packet of Battle's vermin-killer was obtained to kill some mice. A part of it was used. The re- mainder was used a night or two afterwards, and the paper was burnt. We placed it near a hole where we thought a rat came out. The next morning it was gone. That was the only time that Battle's vermin- kIller Was introduced into the house for some years.— r. W. U. Coates and Dr. Roberts corroborated all the tt^n points of Mr. and Mrs. Blake's evidence as to what took place in the young lady's bedroom im- mediately preceding her death. The symptoms were those of tetanus, but the history of the case was not consistent with the effects of disease arising from natural causes. The inquiry was then adj ourned until Thursday week. Mr. William John Storer, who has been arrested on the charge of having poisoned Miss Blake, was brought before the magistrates at Salisbury on Monday, when, after being duly warned, he persisted in making the following statement, which he read from a writing he had preparedI never made pills of any kind for Emily Sophia Blake, except compound rhubarb digestive pills, which I frequently made for her, and which her rather and mother some- times used. As near as I can remember, nine or ten weeks ago Emily Sophia Blake came to me in the surgery, and said she wanted to consult me. I was busy, and said I Nonsense; I can t speak to you now.' She said, «T must apeak to you.' She said she was t wo or three days over her time; would X make up two or three pills for it ? She said her mamma was fre- quently speaking to her about it, as if she believedsome- ttang wrong; not that I had had any intercourse with ner, tor I had not. I made her some pills composed vlnl™ aiid rhubara, and told her to take them at f TJt 1 ,d°n't know whether she took them the at?AnlilSi 4ay after» bat she told me they bad the desired effect. I never made pills for her of a different drug, she used to take cough pills, in which there was napthaline, but they were kept in the surgery, rea P £ and she used sometimes to get them for herself. Of the digestive pills I saw her take one three or four days before I left. Sometimes she took one oetore anner. Sometimes I made her twelve pillsi and sometimesJswenty.four. Shortly after my asking her father s consent to our engagement her ma speke to her in the drawing-room. They were rather against it at the time, and said she ought not to make up her mind so <l^ickly. I was outside my bedroom door, and I listened. I heard her aay that if she could not have Mr. Storer she would have no one else. I then came away and came downstairs. bedroom door, and I listened. I heard her aay that if she oould not have Mr. Storer she would have no one else. I then came away ana came downstairs. She told me downstairs what had passed between her ma and herself. She told me she would have nobody else but me, and that if her pa and ma tried to alter her she was sure to poison herself. I remon- strated with her, and told her that if they objected I would wait till she was twenty-one. She said fiha: hoped to be mine long before that. Since my leaving Salisbury on the 17th of last month, I have never sent her medicine of any description, nor a prescrip- tion to obtain any. As regards strychnine, I never had such a thing in my possession in my life. After leaving Salisbury I wrote two letters to her when I was ill in bed-stl ill that I didn't think I should write to her any more. When I left, on the 17th August, it was considered by our- selves and the family that we were engaged, and that we were to correspond. It happened that about a week after it was broken off somehow or other. Does it stand to reason do you think I should have poisoned one who was dearest to me, and to whom I was looking as my future wife ? I swear that I gave her no pills of any kind for five or six weeks before leaving the place, except the digestive pills. She might have had some previous to that. I declare before God and man that Emily Sophia Blake never received anything poisonous from me during hor existence. I didn't know that I was charged with murder until Mr. Lee told me yesterday. Then I didn't know whether I was charged with having shot her or cut her throat. If I had thought of such a thing I would have died with her. When Mr. Caldow came, I told him that I knew nothing about it, and that I would willingly go with him. I didn't know, until Mr. Caates stated it, that when she was dying she said she had some pills from me. She formerly had, but certainly nothing poisonous from my hands. I can't say that she did not say so with the intention of hiding the deed she had done with her own hands. She vowed that if the engagement was broken off she would poison herself, which she appears to have done-in what way I declare before God and man I have no knowledge. I shall be most happy to court inquiry. Strychnine was a thing I don't think I ever saw in the surgery, and I certainly never had any in my possession. Where she got the pills con- taining strychnine or any other poison, I can't say. If I had given them to her, why did she not take them before? I had been away from the house three weeks." The prisoner was then remanded.

THE NEWS BUDGET. A man named George Wallace, aged thirty years, was found dead in the earn warehouse of Mr. Hinkley, Wapping, on Friday, under singular circumstances. On Thursday he was missed from his work in the warehouse, and not again making an appearance a strict search was made among the grain on Friday, when he was discovered lying face downwards, dead and cold. He was turned over, when his face was found to be terribly mutilated by the rats. The Charge against Mr. Sprague.-The Recorder, in his charge to the grand jury at the Central Criminal Court, having expressed an opinion that there was no evidence to support the charge of rape which had been brought against Mr. Sprague, the grand jury, when the case came before them, ignored the bill without a moment's hesitation. An application was at once made to the Recorder for the discharge of the prisoner, and he immediately ordered him to be set at liberty. Death while Bathing.-On Saturday afternoon Thomas Wellborne, an old man of 72, who resides at Tanbridge Wells, but who was staying for the benefit of his health with his son at Brighton, went to bathe after dinner at one of the machine stands under the eastern cliff. After being some time in the water, he re-entered the machine, but came out again. Almost immediately after he had done so, he was seen by the attendants to suddenly fall down in the water, which was only about two or three feet deep at that spot. He was immediately picked up, and medical aid summoned. He was afterwards taken to Brill's Baths, and put into warm baths, rubbed, & under the care of Dr. Carter and Mr. Tuke, surgeon. How- ever, he never recovered. Four Men Drowned in the Thames.-A deplorable accident took place on the Thames on Wednesday, by which four lives were lost. It appears that about one o'clock the Zephyr, screw steamer, bound for Rotterdam, was proceeding down the river, and when off Daptford came into collision with a small skiff, which had nine persons on board. The whole party ware thrown into the river, and five of them were picked up by ballast lighters, which immediately put off to their assistance. The other four persons were drowned. Railway Officials "Fast Asleep. "-A. rarity in railway news is an accident without fatal conse- quences. Such an one happened at Chateauneuf-sur- Cher the other day, when the train passed this station without stopping. Several travellers thus found themselves left in the lurch, but they seem to have been good natured folk, who like getting up early for the pleasure of the thing, and whose business is not pressing, for they have not claimed damages from the company. It seems that engineer, stoker, and guard were all fast asleep. They allege that their wine had been drugged, but this has not saved them from dis- missal. The company's customers have been more merciful to it than it could afford to be to the de- linquents. Fatal Railway A^icteifc.— K. ,l dent occurred at the Norwood Junction, on Saturday by which Benjamin Winter, aged thirty-six, ganger of the platelayers, was instantaneously killed. It appears that the unfortunate man was driving in some keys on the up main line when the express that leaves Brigh- ton at 8.45 p.m. for London came up, and before de- ceased could get out of the way he was struck on the head by the buffer of the engine, and killed on the spot. The deceased. was an experienced hand; the engine- driver blew his danger whistle as customary, and the train was to the minute as to its time, so that the cause of the calamity is at present a mystery. The body was removed to the Jolly Sailors public-house, and information forwarded to the coroner, who will, probably, hold the inquest in a few days. Certificate of Merit.—General Bixio, "Ollr Nino," as the Garibaldians call him, has on his return from Portsmouth, written a six-column report on the immense superiority of the English over the French navy. Speaking of our shipbuilding, the only de- partment in which France can bear any comparison," he says—" The best French types are due to the genius of Dupuy de Lome, as all admit. In France, therefore, shipbuilding requires a man of genius, whereas in England you find docks and yards at every step along the four chief rivers-the Thames, the Clyde, tha Tyne, and the Mersey. One day they launch the Great Eastern, on the second the Warrior, on the third the Minotaur, on the fourth the Northumber- land, on the fifth the Agincourt, &c. How can the genius of one man be compared with the genius oi a whole nation P An Extensive Fire in Australia.—By far the largest and most disastrous conflagration which has ever occurred in Sydney happened on the 29th June, and resulted in the total destruction of St. Mary's Roman Catholic cathedral. This edifice,which is stated to have been one of the finest examples of church architecture to be found in the colony, is now a blackened ruin. The cost of the build- ing, it is thought, could not be less than = £ 50,000. The cathedral was not insured. There were several most valuable pictures by the old masters, which were hung about the altar, and in other parts, which have not been saved. One painting alone—representing the death of St. Benedict—was valued at £ 1,000. The chalices in the sacristy were got out, as also were all the more valuable vestments; these latter baing estimated at < £ 2,000. The arch- bishop's papers, and the other important records and deeds, which were in the clerk's office, were also saved from destruction. Tricks by Travellers.—A Baden correspendent, referring to the difficulty experienced just now in getting accommodation at the hotels of the German towns, observes: There is an artful dodge, it is true, by which you may force a landlord to take you in with the utmost security against any chance of a take in; but it has been tried again and again with such amazing success that it has at last been taken up by mere bunglers, and is considered now of comparatively little avail. There was a traveller who went about clad in very commonplace attire, and with most unpre- tending luggage. He never gave himself the airs of a Prince, or affeated the bustle of a Queen s messenger. He simply wrote the name of Baedeker' in large white letters on his black leather portmanteau; and oh, the talismanic powers of that name! Une chambre pour monsieur: mais comment ? Si ee n'est que diffioile, c'est fait. Si c'est impossible oela se fera.' Boedeker, if the stay-at-home reader knows nothing about him, is, or rather was, the name of the clever author of continental guide-books—a man who could pull down an hotel, or build it up in three days." The Oholera.-The Board of Trade have received from the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs a copy of a dispatch from her Majesty's Acting Consul- General at Venice, transmitting the following trans- lation of a notice issued at Trieste, with respect to oboiera: With reference to circulars of the 9th and 18th instant, No. 790 P., and 7,430, it is hereby mads kno*va tli&t arrivals by sea from all the ports in the southern coast of France, as likewise the ports in Asia Minor, situated in the Black Sea, are to be treated in conformity with pre. scriptions published with regard to arrivals from ports infected by, or suspected of, cholera." They have also received the following translation of a notice issued by the Portuguese Board of Health with respect to cholera" The Board of Health of the kingdom makes known that the Forts of Algiers are not included amongst the ports suspected of cholera morbus be- longing to the French empire, referred to in the notice of the 18th inst."—(Official Gazette, No. 18 .) A copy of a dispatch from her Majesty s consul at Alleppoi announcing that that place has been officially declared to be infected with cholera has also been received. Two Mischievous Youths sent to Prison.— James Corfcograsse and Frederick Pimber, two boys, aged respectively thirteen years, but whose heads scarcely reached the top of the prisoners' dock, were changed at the Clerkenwell Police-court with cruelly ill-traating certain sheep. Mr. William Love, of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani- mals, prosecuted, and the evidence of several witnesses produced by him went to show that on Friday after- noon the two prisoners were seen in a field contiguous to the Cattle Market, in which a number of lame sheep were placed to graze and rest till the following market day. Prisoners were watched for upwards of an hour, chasing, stoning, and beating the sheep about the field, and several of the animals were much exhausted through it. The prisoner Cortograsse drove one sheep, which w&s more lame than the rest, into a corner of the field, and beat it about the head with a piece of brick, causing weunds and bruises, whilst the other prisoner was engaged in another corner of the field beating another sheep about the legs with a thick stick. A constable was fetched, and after a smart run the prisoners were taken into cus- tody. Mr. D'Eyncourt said the best punishment for such cruel boys would be a sound whipping, but he had not the power to erder that, and by way of a warning to the prisoners and others he should commit each of them to the House of Correction for fourteen days. A Lieutenant Dismissed the Service.—A court-martial has been held at Davonoert, on board the Royal Adelaide, gaardship, in Hamoaze, for the trial of Lieutenant Henry S. Hamilton, borne on the books of the Indus for sarvica of sailing reserve. The charges against the prisoner were drunkenness and disobedience of orders. The following officers formed the court: Captains Mason, Grampus (President); F. B. Seymour, C.B., Royal Adelaide; G. L. G. Bowyear, Revenge; S. S. L. Crofton, Satellite; E. K. Barnard, Constance; F. S. Tremlett, Impregnable; and W. Eastlake, Esq., deputy- judge-advocate. The prisoner pleaded guilty, but submitted several certificates of character, which re- ferred to his services, both foreign and at home. Captain Symons also testified to the prisoner's good conduct. It was stated that the prisoner had seen considerable service in China and elsewhere, and had held the rank of lieutenant for nineteen years. The particulars of his offences were, that on the 28th of August last it was his duty to visit certain vessels in the steam reserve in the Hamoaze, according to instructions he had received, but that he failed in performing this duty, and was also discovered to be in a state of drunkenness en the same day. The court adjudged the prisoner to be dismissed her Majesty's service. Harvest Home in Berkshire.- S wallowfield- park, near Reading, the seat of Liaut-Colonel Sir Charles Russell, Bart., V.C., the newly-elected Con- servative member for Berks, was the scene of much rejoicing last week, the labourers on the estate, with thdr wives and families, being liberally regaled and entertained by their esteemed employer at the close of harvest operations. The company dined together opposite the mausion, and were joined by Sir Charles Russell, Mr. George Russell (recorder of Wokingham), the Rav. J. Kitcat and others, and at the conclusion of the festive part of the proceedings cheers were given for Sir Charles, Lady Russell, and family; also for Mr. Kitcat, and Mr. Mitchell, the steward. In the afternoon there was crick t and other sports, which was watched by Lady Russell, Sir Charles, and party, Sir John and Lady Harrington, and others. A very pleasant harvest-home has also been held at Lookinge-parkt the seat of Lieut.-Colonel Loyd Lindsay, M.P. for Barks; and at Maidenhead, Bouston, Faringdon, Cholsoy, Wallingford, Qompton Parva, and Shaw, Newbury, and other places. Bipcover?-of Human Remains at Ryhope Colliery.—Last week a remarkably interesting dis- covery was made at Ryhope Colliery by some workmen 0 engaged in quarrying in the limestone rock. The rock was blasted, and in removing the loosened frag- ments of rack the workmen came upon a large quantity of bones, including several human skulls, numerous skulls of other animals, such as foxes, badgers, &a., and a great number of human and other bonea. The place where the bones were found was about twenty feet below the surface, and about thirty feet within the bank. The appearances indicated that there had been a cavity in the rock which had at one time been filled with water, but there appears no means of accounting far the presence of the skulls and bones, except that they were washed into the hollow of the rock many centuries aga. Three of the human skulls, one of which is remarkably perfect, having most of the teeth in, with several other human bones, were taken care of by Mr. Gibson, the resident enginaer of the colliery, but a large quantity of other bones were unfortunately allowed to be carried away- The discovery will no doubt receive attention from geologists and antiquarians. A New Word for the Slang Dictionary.— Caleb Thompson, of 11, Robert-street, Hampstead- road. gold refiner, was charged before the magistrate at Worship-street Poiiee-courfc with an assault. Thomas Goacb, brakeamin on the Metropolitan Rail- way, said: On the arrival of the 10.28 p.m. train at the Bishop's-road station he looked into one of the car- riages and saw the prisoner asleep. He aroused him and the prisoner for his pains knocked him down. Prisoner tried to grean him.Mr. Yardley: What f —Witness: The prisoner tried to green him."—Mr. Yardley said he had had a deal of experience, but he ceitaialy could uot tell the meaning of being greened." Was there any one in court who could enlighten him ?-Witnesa: Why prisoner tried to murder and throttle me.—Mr. Yardley: That's green- ing" is it.—Witness continued: He called for assist- ance, whan Stevens, a porter, came up, and in the struggle he (prisoner) tore his trousers. He was locked up. —Prisoner expressed his sorrow, and said he would pay for whatever mischief he bad done.—Mr- Yardley said he should impose a fine of 40s.; but if he he would pay 7s. 6d<, the amount of damage done to the trousers, and a penalty of 20s. he could go.—This latter the prisoner assented to, paid the amount and left.

THE GREAT FIRE IN CONSTANTI- NOPLE. The Levant Herald gives the following particulars of the great fire in Constantinople, some account of which has already appeared by telegraph" Shortly before midnight last night (Sept. 5) one of the most de- struotive fires which has devastated the capital for thirty years, broke out on the Stamboul side of the Horn, in a house behind Baitche capoussi, and speedily ex- tended to the adjoining buildings. Fanned by a brisk north-east wind, the flames rapidly spread on either side, and in the line of the wind, up the face of the hill towards the Porte. As nearly the whole of this part of the city is wood-built, the fire spread in volume and intensity, like flame amongst spirits, en- gulphmg house after house, and mosque after mosque, till whole acres of buildings were ablaze at one time. In less than an hour from the first outbreak of the calamity the fiery tide had rolled up the entire face of the hill, till the waves of flame reached and brake in their lurid spray against the high wall which buttresses the parterre in front of the Porte. The total destruction of the latter seemed inevitable, when a slight change in the direction of the wind carried the fiery torrent round past the northern flank of the building, skirting it so closely that the houses immediately outside the gate of the official pile were all destroyed. Then the conflagration rolled on to Zilouglou, Taouk Bazar, Fazli Pasha, and Demircapon, sweeping houses, fountains, mosques, and every destructible thing before it. Nearly all the ministers and high military and police authorities hurried to the scene of the disaster as the night wore on, but all efforts to stem the blazing tide were vain. The feeble engines, though hundreds in number and worked by a whole army of toloumbajces, might as' well have played upon the crater of Etna, even had they been well supplied with water, which was nearly altogether wanting. House after house was lavelled in advance of the destroy er, to stay its progress by cutting off material aid to feed on; but as the flames successively reached the gaps thus formed they licked up the debris and rolled on as if never a timber had been removed. Whilst we write^ (September 6, seven a.m.j, the fire still rages, having through another change in the wind, turned down the broad slope behind the Porte, and reached the northern side of the Hippodrome. A rough estimate of the destruction already accomplished states the loss at about 1,500 houses and eight or ten mosques but this can be only a guess. The extent I of the calamity can only be even approximately ascer- tained when the fire shall have burned itself out. Happily the police report that, as yet, the disaster baa not been aggravated by loss of life."