The Brecon Reporter and South Wales General Advertiser

BPITOMS OP N3W3. Trial by jury has been introduced into Russia. Tne first volumeof a Hindostanee translation of Shakespeare has been issued at Bombay. A London latter says Lord Amberley disputes with the Solicitor-Genardi for Ireliiid the distinction of b:[1g the smallest man in the House of Commons. It has been found that sheep conveyed by r,i.l over fifty miles bring 2a. to 3a. per head more th; those driven on the roads. Mr. Fairbairn states that" wrought-iron girders of ordinary construction are not safe when submitted tc violent disturbances equivalent to one-third of the weight that would break them." Trinity College, Cambridge, will become pos- sessed of from < £ 60,000 to £ 70,000, under the late master's (Dr. WhaweilJ will. An order has been received in England for 20,000 ;ed shirts for Garibaldi, a larger stoak of that article thn any other individual in Europe possesses. An eccentric Dissenting minister preached on Sanday morning ia a Finabury chapel on the subject of the Natural History of the Devil." Is it said that the Chancellor of the Exchequer wiU, for the futur ?, claim income-tax from the London tailors who recently struck, as it was than shown that they made t3 a week. Sharp work that. The examinations for the scholarships at Rugby Soaool this year, four ia number, will begin on the 28 ih of June. Mr. S. Cave lias determined to bring before the House of Commons a suggestion that the fares shall i n all cases be marked upon railway tickets. On Saturday an inquest was held at Stratford on Shs body of Robert Bryant, aged 18, who was acci- dentally killed by a blow of a quoit on the head while playing with'others. The jury returned, a verdict of Accidental Death. It has been intimated by the manager of the Consolidated Discount Coaapaay that that establish- ment has resumed its business. In the year ending last September the London breweries consumed 4i224yl§3ib. of tngar, whilst bro series in thaprovinoes oaly used 1,685,603Ib. The qamtity used in Seofceh- breweries vreLs 809,7991b., and in Irish 88,1751b. The Nottingham town have resolved to iavite the Prince and; of Waks to honour the town with their, presence pn -the occasion of the visit of the British Association." A deputation have bsen appointed to wait upon theit Royal Highnesses. M. Arthur St. Martin, a French officer, of 17 I DI-a;,?cot-street, Chelsea, committed suicide the other day by blowing his brains owfc: in Halsey-atreet, by a pisHoL It appeared that tie deceased-was paving his addresses to a lady residing in street, and not being successful, in his suit shot himself as described. ICTews from Antwerp states; that cholera having broken out on board. t. steamer carrying emigrants fro.21 Luxemburg, the authorities have compelled the captain to put to sea, followed aud watched by a ship of the State, which has received on board four of the patients. The master of a merchant ship at Cardiff, Captain Watts, of the Bridgewater, metOhis death while-dining 03 board ship. It appears that a. piece of beef got lodged in his throat. The unfortunate man was ehokei, and before the lump "of meat caald be dis- lodged from the obstructed passage, he breathed his adt. The Q-aaseiits de France" announces the death of the apostolic missionary at Thibet, M. Gabriel Danrand, who has just fallen a victim -to his zeal, Staving been shot by a fanatic Mandarin. Between one and five o'clock on Saturday xaorning some perpons entered the Crown and Anchor public-house, Watery-lane, Birmingham, by forcing cpenthe back shutters, and stole a qaant-ity of wear- ing apparel, of the value of £ &. M. Duchartre, who has baen investigating the rite of growth in plants by day and night, considers th" greatest increase in length takes place at night. Hi3 measurements have been made on the vine, the gladiolia, strawberry, the hop,, and other plants. It would appear from experiments conducted in America, that shot dees not begin to move until a large proportion of the ckarge batiind it has been ignited, and that it moves throsgh one-half to one- quarter its diameter before the whole is ignited. We understand, says the Scotsman, that the Sanatus Academicus of Edinburgh University, at its meeting a few days ago, unanimously resolved to con- fer the degree of LL.D. on his Royal Highness Prince Alfred, on the occasion of his opening the Industrial Museum. It is stated that France has proposed the assembly of a congress for the settlement @f the questions now agitating Europe. The Italian Government, in reply, his offered to aooept the proposal, provided the cession ofVanetia. is made one of the bases of the preliminary negotiations. A Free Table.—The shop-keepers of Milan have established at the railway elation in that city long tables, at which every soldier finds bread, cheese, wine, and a cigar gratis. The mill belonging to Mr. Rawaon, at Thorpe, near Halifax, and a large quantity of valuable machinery, were destroyed by fire through the over- hiating of a fan shaft the other day. The workmen asaaped with diffioalty from the burning building. A presentation, consisting of a obeque for 1,000 guineas and a silver salver, has been made at (he Liver- pool Town-hall to the Rev. Dr. Howson, as a mark of appreciation of his long and successful services as yHftdpal of the Liverpool College. A Polish Prophetess. At Moscow, one egoless Potoeka, a Polish lady of rack, wealth, and fee auty, has been arrested for having predicted some llsae ago that the life of the E<nperor would be -itemed on the 16th of April. The lady had hardly been ae si fitted to prisou when she went mad. P. assing Rich. "-EPrl, Beauchamp has restored « e great tithes derived from Malvern, amounting to 30a a vear-, and given them to the church of St. .ars, Barnard's Green. The incumbent of Barnard's Green, the Rev. J. B. Wathen, an excellent man, has i Aoured among a poor and increasing flQck for many HRr,;¡ upon an endowment of 9a. a week. JEs33nce of Co-ffee.-The (Hncwnati Gazette says }n,t oure essence of ooffee" is now made in that city cat of the" oheapest, dirtiest molasses, which is boilad until it ropes, cooled in pans, and when hard, broken up and pulverised. Ground rye is then mixed with it, after which it ia boxed uy, each box being sold &.t 60o., and labeled pure essence of ooffee. Death of Mrs. ]Keble.This ladyi the widow of th3 late lamented author of "The Christian Year, ^•0^ at Brookside, Bournemouth, the same house in Vibbh her husband died, on Friday afternoon. She waa the daughter of the Rev; Mr. Clarke, incumbent cf Mopsey Hampton, and was married to Mr. Keble in 1835. Her health had been failing since 1862. [t, is stated that Prinoe Humbert was recentL r ire red the command of a corps of the Italian army pud declined it. "If I command a corps," he is re. ported to have said, and am defeated, people will say ibis comes of giving important commands to inex- perienced princes. If I am victorious* my chief of the etaff will get all the credit. I prefer commanding a division, and doing what I am ordered." About half-past eight o'oloek on Tuesday morning, » pa Richard Mills, residing at No. 8, Vauxhall-road, was crossing E95T.6 waste -land in:Montagu Btreet,,he found the dead body cf a newly-born maleinfant, wrapped up in t vo pieces of> white calico, and a piece of brown paper. The body was handed over to police-oon- 24-3, and taken to the Bradford, street station, v here it awaits a coroner's inquest. At a meeting of Liverpool merchants held on Toaaday,. resolutions were '.passed condemning the coarse pursued by Spain in ordering the bombardment c.f Valparaiso, and of the British admiral m not mter- f to prevent tha outrage, and also urging that a tsaiiud should be made upon Spain for compensation for tae loss sustained by British;, subjects in the de- s^radvioa of the city. The remains of the- late Lady O'Loghlen removed on Tuesday morning from her late r-eideece, Merrion-square,to the King's-bridge Teraimas, from whence they were conveyed for inter- eient to Esnis, county of Clare. Th& immediate rela- tions and friends of the deceased accompanied the <t"aiains to Clare. Tha Mortality of Convicts at Chatham.— The Government have appointed a commission, con- ÚIJg of Dr. J. A, Fraser. principal medical officer at Chatham Garrison, Dr. J. B. Cockbnrn, Royal Engineers, and the Governor of Millbank Convief, i Prison, to inquire into the circumstance of the recent mortality among convicts at St. Mary's- prison, and report thereon to the Home Secretary. A new textile plant has been discovered in Mexico. Its fibres are extremely long, having the appearance of those of hemp, but being far superior to the latter as regards fineness. By chemical means it may be reduced to perfect whiteness, and the waste may be worked into a pulp for paper. A Virginia justice of the peace was recently brought before the Mayor of Richmond for abusing a negro, fined 20 dols. and costs, and bound over in 500 dols. to keep the peace. Within the last twelvemonths the Wesleyan Missionary Society has received £ 8,663 from six donors only, amongst whom were the King of Holland and an unknown gentleman, who, a few days ago"Ieft XI,000 in an envelope at the door of itbe.sooiety's house in London. Two men have been committed to Carlo w j Gaol-for examination at next petty sessions at Fenagh, charged with waylaying and assaulting two gentlemen, Samuel Henry Watson, and W. C. Humfreys, Esqrs,, when driving from My shall to Fenagh a few evenings! ago. It is said the assailants fired a volley of stones at the gentlemen. The entire value of the imports into the United Kingdom from British India, exclusive of Ceylon and Singapore, amounted last year in round numbers to 3.7t millions sterling. Compared, however, with the 3 2 t, figures for 1864, a falling off is apparent of very nearly 15 millions. This decrease has arisen in a great mea- sure from diminished supplies and depreciation in price of raw cotton; likevvise from a considerable re- duction in the amount of sugar sent to this country. During the Week ending the 12th of May the visitors to the South Kensington Museum have bean as follows :—On Monday, Tuesday, and.Saturday (free days), open from ten a.m. to ten p.m., 10,320; ot-i Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday (admission 6d.)'f open from ten a.m. till six p.m., 1,816; National Portrait Exhibition, by payment, 3,584—total, 15,720; average of corresponding week in former years, 10,939 j total from the opening of the Mtisaum, 8,007,845. Weare i-tiformedi aays John Bu,l., thai. the ieso- lutio-as as to the diocese of Natal, to be; moved i at the meeting of the Society for the Propa- gation of the Gospel on Friday next, are likely to be opposed, not only by tha recognised leaders oi the Broad Church school, but, by leading prelates, who, even threaten secession: from the society if they are oarried. Under these circumstances it ia most im- portant that churchmen shoald rally round the ex- ecutive. It is likely to be a very stormy meeting. Between nine and ten o'clock on Saturday morning a Brixton omnibus, whilst proceeding past Brixton churoh on its way to town, lost one of its wheels, and precipitated a gentleman who was sitting on the roof headlong into the road, wbgn a van, which was passing at the time; passed over him, lacerating him in a shocking manner. Surgical assistance was immediately procured, and he was conveyed to, St., Thomas's Hospital, where shortly afterwards he: expired. Melancholy End ofaStock broker.- An inquest has been held in the Whitechapel-road, on the body of John Foater, aged 71 years, formerly a stock- broker in the City, but recently a potman in a public. house. He had given way to habits of intemperance, and the death of one of his daughters appeared to have greatly troubled him. He was found hanging in the stable of the tavern where he was employed. The jury returned a verdict-of suicide while of unsound mind. As there have been all sorts of mistakes about the correct designation of the Malay prince who is now staging in London, and who was presented at the Queen's court on Monday, we may here give the official account of that important event in the unimpeachable phraseology of the court newaman "His Highness Datu Tumongong Abubakar Sri-Maharajah of Johore, accompanied by Unkoo Mahomed Hadjee (his cousin), and attended by Bantara Jaiffr (private secretary), and Dr. Scott (in charge), were presented to her Majesty by Earl de Grey and Ripon, ner Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for India." Failure in the Iron Trade.-We have been in- formed, says the Birmingham Gazette, that the firm of Hartshorn and Ward, iron and chain merchants, of Dudley, had called their creditors together at Stourbridge, being unable to meet the existing pres- sure. The liabilities of the firm are said to be about X20,000, but it is' anticipated that an arrangement will be made with creditors. The firm have the con-, fidence of the inhabitants of the district, and their (probably temporary) suspension has oaused a feeling of sympathy towards Messrs. Hartshorn and Ward, who have during their commercial career endeavoured by industry and perseverance to gain commercial success. Bullets and their Billets.—" While everybody around us," saya the Temps, has progressed, the art of killing our fellow-creatures seems alone to have remained immovable during the last century. In the time of Marshal Saxe each man that was killed in battle represented a quantity of bullets equal to his. own weight. Notwithstanding the invention of rifled guns, the proportion remains about the same. At Solferino, for example, the Austriana fired 8,400,000 musket shots, while the number of killed among the French was but 2,000 and of the wounded 10,000. Thus a man was hit every 700 shots, and one killed every 4,200." Murderous Attack in a Chureh,-A shocking tragedy occurred in April last, in Hawkins county, Tennessee. The Rev. R. M. Hickey was preaching the funeral sermon of a rebel soldier on Sunday., While the sermon was progressing two brothers named; Walters manifested a disposition to disturb the audience. Eldridge Hand, a citizen of that neighbour- hood, remonstrated with them, an an angry quarrel ensued. In the midst of it one of the brothers drew a pistol on Hand, wounding him severely in the thigh. Upon this Sam Smith, a soldier, killed Walters upon' the spot. The other brother then opened fire upon Smith, slightly wounding him. Smith returned the fire, and the second brother fell mortally wounded. A Fashionable Shoplifter.—Elizabeth Sbaok- ling was charged, at the Soathwark Police-court, with stealing a piece of printed cotton, worth" about X2,, from the shop of Mr. Rutter, in the Blackfriars-road., She was seen by a policeman carrying something bulky under her mantle, and when asked what shej hai got she refused to tell. He then took from her a large parcel containing the piece of cotton, which he, had since ascertained belonged to Mr. Rutter, from whose shop it waa stolen, having baen exposed for sale in the lobby of the shop. The prisoner pleadedguilty. Sentence, three months' imprisonment, and hard abour. Suicide Through a Bank Failure.—An in, quest was held on Monday, before the Liverpool; deputy coroner, on the body of James Beane, 60 years of age, rent collector for Mr. Fairbrother, estate agent.' For the past fortnight he had been in a desponding" mood because he could not collect sufficient money for h;, employers, owing to the stoppage of Barned's g, nk. On Friday he hung himself in the office of the. Leeds and Liverpool Canal Company, Bankhall-street. He was found shortly afterwards, and on being cut down was taken to the dead-house, Prince's Dock. The jury returned a verdict-" Suicide whilst in a state of temporary insanity." The Public Health.—In the seconaweelt in May the births registered in London and 12 other large towns of the United Kmdgom were 4,351; the deaths registered 3,416. The assnal rate of mortality was 29 per 1,000 persona living, Londont the births of 1,003 boys and 999 girls, in all 2,002 children, were registered in the week. In the corresponding weeks of ten years, 1856-65, the average numbers corrected for increase of population, was 2,074. The deaths registered in London during the week, were 1,54!5. It was the eighteenth week of the year, and the average number of deaths for that week was, with a correction for increase of population, 1,322. The actual return exceeds the estimated number by 223. Another Experiment in Aerial Navigation. —The ascension of the baloon ship, the Esperance, of M. Delamarne, was to have taken place from the es- planade of the Hotel dea Invalides, Paris, last Thurs- day afternoon at four, but at six the vast machine was not yet fully inflated, and great difficulty was expe- rienced by the inventor in adjusting the screws, helm, Bails, &o. The emperor, who happened to be driving out and saw the crowd, came to the spot to inspect the apparatus, and conversed some time with the inves- tor, but at last, not perceiving any great probability of an ascension, took his departure. The crowd then became impatient and broke through the barriers. At a quarter past seven the oar was attached and the whole ascended some few yards from the ground and moved in the direction of the Invalides; but the balloon, being either damaged by the maohinery or over-weighted, burst, and fell heavily to the-,gcound.- GoMgnani. A Lady Killed by a. Brougham.-Aninquest was held on Monday at No. 23, Ebury-street, Pimiico, on the body of Mrs. Sarah Dray son, a widow laely of seventy years of age, who died from injuries received through being knocked down by a brougham, the driver or owner being at present unknown. It ap- peared that the occurrence took place at six o'clock on the evening of last Saturday week, in Elizabeth- street. The deceased sustained fractured ribs, the, left collar-bone was broken, and there were internal bruises. She died on Wednesday from collapse and shock to the system. The inquiry was adjourned for a week to enable the police to prosecute their inquiries as to the brougham by; which the deceased had been knocked down. Fine for Celling Unstamped Arms.— Penalty of £ 86 920.—A Liverpool firm has been summoned before the local magistrates by the guar- dians of the Birmingham Proof House for having sold 44 muskets and three pistols which did not bear the Government stamp, either of London or Birmingham, or the Belgian stamp (the only authorised foreign stamp.in use in England), and for having kept for sale 3,000 of such arms. By the former Act they had in- curred a penalty of Y,920 (or X20 per barrel), and .by the latter £ 66,000. For the defence it was stated that the arms were purchased at the time of the general disarmament in 1847, and that the defendants were in ignorance of the tlaw. After some discussion between the solicitor for the defence and the. magistrate, a fine of £ 100 was imposed. The Late Mr. Joseph Parkes.-A monument with the following inscription has been placed over the remains of the late Mr. Parkes, at Hastinga: -"This stone is erected-as a memorial of the useful and honourable life of Joseph Parkas, born at Warwiek, January 22,1796, died in London, August 11,1865. He was earnest, truthful, wise So he won the confidence of powetfal-men, and hia same will stand on the list of British worthies who promoted the great measures for the reform of Parliament j the reform of the muni- cipalities of England, the reform of charitable foutida- tiotis, the reform of the Court of Chancery. These were his chief public services. How kindly and generous he was in private life, how dear to many friends, how deep, the sorrow for his death, can oiily be known to those who have caused this stone to be erected as a,lasting memorial of their own grief and his great worth." Cogl,Trade.-The usual return relating-to coals, cinders, and culm, shows that-in the year 1865 the quantity shipped at the several ports of the United Kingdom coastwise to other ports of the kingdom amounted to 10,928,257 tons, a rather smaller quantity than in the year 1864, which had shown a large increase over 1863. 5,909,940 tons of coal were brought to London either by water or by railway, an increase of 433,000 tons over the quantity in 1864; 3,161,683 tons came coastwise, and 2,748,257 tons by inland navigation and by railway. 9,170,477 tons of coals, cinders, and culm were exported from the United Kingdom in 1865, an increase of 360,000 tons over the export of 1864, which in its turn had shown an increase of 534,000 tons over the export' of 1863. As much as 1,589,707 tons went to France in 1865. Action for Assault and Slander.—An action was recently brought by Mr. John Hodgson, beerseller, of Cronkeyshaw, near Roohdale, for slander and assault against Mr. James Lee, an innkeeper, at the same plaot, and who is also the huntsman of the har- riers kept by Mr. Smith Entwisle, at Foxholes. On the 4th of April, the last hunt of the season of the Rochdale harriers, an 'altercation took place, and in the course of it the defendant called the plaintiff a red thief," a poacher, and so forth, and said that he could not pay his maltster, and threw at him a pint pot, which plaintiff Warded off with his arm, no injury being inflicted. For the assault and slander plaintiff claimed X50. The defence was that both parties were in liquor, as was not unusual after the hunt meeting, and that the defendant had actually cooked and concealed hares at his house for purchasers, and the jury ultimately found a verdict for the plain- tiff-damages, one farthing. The Empress Eugenie and the Blind.— The Empress continued on Saturday her visits to the charitable establishments placed under her patronage. Her Majesty, accompanied by her ladies of honour, went to the Maison Imperiales des Qumze-Vmgts (asylum for 300 blind persons), where she was received by M. de Bosredon, Secretary General at the Ministry of the Interior, and by the officials of the establish- ment, as well as the nuns who diraot the service. After visiting the house in detail, her Majesty entered the apartments of several of the blind inmates, who' were deeply moved on hearing the name of their august visitor. Her Majesty afterwards proceeded to the Maison Engbae Napoleon. There, as well as at the other institution mentioned above, as soon as the Empress's presence was known, a great crowd col- lected, and greeted her Majesty with marks of the liveliest sympathy. The Empress has just granted to 59 indigent blind persons in the departments pensions of 100f., 150f., and 200f., from the funds of the Imperial Hospital of the Quinze-Yingts. Her Majesty has also ordered six others to be admitted as inmates of that establishment. Ferdinand BlhicL-Karl Blind, the stap-father of the unfortunate young man who perished in his attack upon Count Bismarck, has sent us (Standard) the following letter Sir,—With bleeding heart and bowed down with grief I place the palm of martyrdom on the grave of him who has been his mother's pride and delight, and whom I will ever regard as my true son. A nobler, a more loving nature than his it would be impossible to imagine. From love of country and freedom he was carried away to sacrifice himself, in order to spare to his fatherland the miseries of a wicked war. His was a heart full of devotion, full of filial kiudneas, full of the most generous aspirations. If others blame him, let it not be expected that I, to whom he looked as to a, father, should give the right to any one of saying that I reprobate him whose in- spirations have been the purest, and who has enthu- siastically—although to the deepest sorrow of my dis- consolate wife, of myself, and my family-given up his young and promising life in his country's cause.—I am, sir, yours obediently, KAEL BLIND. May lo." The Charge against an ex-Sergeant of Police.—At Liverpool, on Monday, Rionard Una- worthy Mi ex-detective sergeant of the county police force, was brought up on remand charged with steal- ing three roulette tables stored at the Bootle police- station, having been seized at Aintree races. Unsworth only resigned about a fortnight ago on being reduced to a constable, and received an appointment as in- spector of omnibuses, when a person ho had once had in custody split" upon him. This man, a hawker of nuts, deposed that on the 16th of November, 1864, Unsworth sent him to his house at Bootle for a. rou- lette table, paying his fare there by-rail and back by 'bus; that on his return to Liverpool, Unsworth met him and accompanied him to a pawn-shop in Vauxhali- road, where witness pawned the roulette board for 80s., and gave the money and ticket to Unsworth. Unsworth was committed for trial. Refusal of Outcasts to Enter a Work- house—Elizabeth Smith, Georgina Goodhall, and Ann Anderson, three young women, were again brought before the magistrate at Marl borough-street, charged with frequenting Hyda-park without visible means of subsistence. When before Mr. Knox on the last occa- sion they refused, notwithstanding they had no place to go to, to enter a workhouse, and Mr. Knox re- manded them for a week, in the hope that at the end of that time they might change their minds. They, however, still refused to go to. a workhouse, and Mr. Knox committed them for 14 days each, at the same time telling them that if at the end of that time they thought proper to attend the court he would try and find employment for them. French Students and the Authorities.' It appears," says the Patrie, "that in some of the o alleges of Paris, a number of students of the first-class had formed a project of founding an academy amongst themselves to which every pupil might send his lite- rary productions either in prose or verse, and in French, Lii in, or Greek, which were to be judged by a jury selected from amongst themselves at a public sitting, and the successful aspirants crowned. These young men, having collected some funds, hired a room in which their meetings were to be held every Sunday from three to five; and in addition they proposed to publish a journal reproducing the successful composi- tions. The authorities, however, seem to have thought that there were objections to such an arrangement, and when the young men lately appeared at the room i in question they were requested to return to their homes. Some of them, however, not being willing to give Way, drew uptha first number of the proposed journal, and sent off the copy to the priater but on the day when they were anxiously expecting to see their new organ they received a note from the printei7 to the effect that by an order from the authorities the Journal d' Academie could not appear. Serious Charges .against the Preston Burial Board.—Considerable excitement prevails' in Preston relative to the alleged mismanagement of the cemeteey, and to several irregularities in connec- tion therewith, which it is said have been going on for a long period. On Monday afternoon a meeting of ratepayers was held in the Corn Exchange, to consider the propriety .of memorialising Sir George Grey to send down a Government inspector to ma-kean inquiry into the cemetery ground, the books, -&o.; Mr. W. iHowitt, surgeon, occupied the ohair;-It- Was con- tended by differ eat speakers that many of the grave spaces at the cemetery were wrongly numbered; that i some graves had been sold to wrong parties; that in one or two cases wrong persons had been put in graves; that the books of the superintendent of the who I ground, who has just resigned, were in a confosed and irregular way; that gross mistake had been made in money matters; and that there had been no proper audit of the accounts of the burial board. A memo- rial to Sir George Grey on the subject was adopted. It was stated by the clerk to the burial board that Dr. I Holland was about to be sent down by Government.— .Afterwards a vote of censure was passed upon the Preston Burial Board for their negligence. The English Joint-Stock-Bank.—An inqui- sition was recently opened at the Sheriffs' Court, Red Lion-square, before Mr. Under-Sheriff Burehtoll and a, jury, at the instance of theCrOWn, against the English Joint-Stock Bank (Limited), carrying on business in London, Nottingham, and elsewhere, to recover a. sum of £ 82 6a. 6d., which; was deposited by a collector of the assessed, land, and income taxes at the branch (bank at Nottingham, for safe oustody, and still de- tained when the bank stopped payment. Evidence was given <6f the deposit, and that the bank was in- debted for the deposit to the Crown in the sum of .£82 6a. 6d. The Under-Sheritf explained the law to the jury on the subjeet-that the inquisition was ceceaaary to secure the money for he Crown, and they gave a verdict in accordance with the evidence. GAs lig-zplosion.-On Wotdnesday morning, about eight o'clock, a shocking accident occurred at the residence of Mr. Gamba.rt, the director of- the French Exhibition, in the Avenue-road, St. John'a-weod. Pre- parations were being made for a fancy ball, and the workmen must have neglected to turn off the gas properly, as there was a large escape of it, filling the basement of the house. A servant undeterred by the smell, incautiously struck a match for the purpose of lighting the kitchen-fire, when the whole exploded with a tremendous report, heard in all parts- of Si. John's-wood. One woman was killed and another so seriously injured that it was foundneceesary to remove her to St. Mary's Hospital. All the rooms in the basement, the dining-room, drawing-room, conserva- tories, and a picture-gallery, in which were several valuable paintings, have been totally destroyed. Mr. and Mrs. Gambart, and all the other inmatea, have escaped without injury, which is the more remarkable as the apartments in which they ware have been seriously damaged. Lord's Day Rest Aasociation.The 'ninth annu-alm-eeting of the Working Men's Lord's Day R-eat Association was held on Thursday evening at Exeter Hall, the Earl of Shaftesbury in the chair. Daring the year the society has circulated 470,000 publications in favour of the prohibition of all un.. necessary work on Sundays. Through its instrumen- tality 10,000 of the inhabitants of Birmingham, a like number in Manehester, and many thousands in other towns in the provinces have signed requests to the local postmasters to abstain from delivering their letters on Sundays, so that in some of the smaller towns the Sunday delivery has been voluntarily abolished. The receipts of the Association for the year amounted to XI,000, and the expenditure to .£600. Earl Shaftesbury spoke of, the inlfexibility of- purpose with which the working men had banded together for nine years to;proserve the Sabbath. He urged his hearers not to wait for legislation, but to raise up a strong tide of public opinion in support of total abolition of Sunday work. Messrs. C. Hill, Handel Cosshaco, R. Baxter, and others took part in the proceedings. Thou Wear a Lion's Hide!—The Pungolo of illan publishes the following communication from Venice:—"I write to give through you a useful warn- ing to the country. Austria is getting made, with all haste and secrecy, 40,000 Garibaldian uniforms. The object is evident; she will put 40,000 of her soldiers in those clothes, and hopes to derive advantage from the stratagem, either by causing confusion in action, which might enable her to make a bold coup demaAn, or by deceiving the population, and, in certain eventualities, paralysing their energies. I guarantee the truth of the above fact. Whatever precautions Austria may take to conceal her proceedings, none of her measures in Venetia can escape the thousands of eyes and ears ever en the watch in the interest of the common country." Upon which another corres- pondent gives the forthcoming commentary, taken from our own divine Williams:— Constance. War! war! no peace i Peace is to me a war! 0 Austria, thou dost shame that bloody spoil Thou little valiant, great in villany! Thou wear a lion's hide doff it for shame! Austria. Oh, that a man should speak those words to me!" Frightful Death.—On Monday evening an in. quest was held at the Ship and Castle, Portsea, before Mr. Swainson, the Admiralty coroner, on the body of John Carr, coxswain of the launch of her Majesty's ship Tribune. 23, Captain Lord Gilford, who met with his death under very distressing circumstances. The Tribune has but recently returned from the Pacific station, and was dismantling alongside the new jetty at Portsmouth Dockyard, preparatory to paying off. In swaying to knock off the maintopmast cross-trees two of the crew remained on the cross. The deoeased was knocked offi and fall upon the deck, a distance of more than 60ft., receiving such frightful injuries that he was killed on the spot. The other man, named Robert Taylor, the captain of the maintop, was. jammed between the cross-trees. The cap of his left leg was entirely smashed and his left arm broken. He was extricated; as speedily as possible and conveyed to Haslar Hospital, but it ia not expected that he can survive. After hearing the evidence, which clearly proved that no blame was attachable to any person, but that the accident was the result of pure misad- venture, the jury returned a, verdict of li Acoideiatal" death." Gossip of the O wL"—-We havo great pleasure in announcing that it is her: Majesty's intention to create his Royal Highness Prince Alfred a Peer of the. Realm, under the titles of Duke of Edinburgh and Earl of Kent. His Royal Highness wil1 most probably take his seat, in the HOGee of Lords on Thursday, the 24th of .May, her Majesty's birthday. As it has been rumoured that his Highness the Prince of Teck ia still in the Austrian army, and that in the event of war he n,ento it -ay be well,to state would have to join his regiment, it may be well to state that though the Prince retains his uniform, according to custom, yet he is no longer in, the army. Should war break out his Highness would, of course, tender ,his services to-the Emperor, who, however,.we trust,. swill not require them. Mr. Malefc has been recalled from Vienna, the impending war having, rendered it impassible to proceed for the present with the proposed commercial treaty. Ihe delay, however, will not pro- bably be without service, and will afford-time for maturing a more extended and satisfactory saheme.. Mr. Algernon E. West, late private secretary to, Viscount Halifax and Lord de Grey, haa been ap- pointed Deputy Director of Indian Military Funds. jair. Shaw Lefevre, M.P., the new Civil Lord of the Admiralty; has appointed Mr. C&rmiohaei hia private, secretary. Speech of King William.—The King of Prusi;is, recently gave audience to the General Superintendent^ t jand Preaident of the Protestant Consistory, andre; I plied to that dignitary in the following terms: "I am; especially glad of the opportunity of receiving under present circumstances the representatives of the Na- tional Church. The period we are now passing through its serious and decisive for the future of the country. 1 have only determined with an anxious heart, and after long and mature reflection, upon ordering mili- itary preparations. My Government and I do not desire war, and it is. not oar fa-al-t that the ally which. made a campaign in coza-ouou witli Prussia two years'^ ago now assumes a hostile atiitede. The mission of the Great German Powers ia to, act in ooasert for the welfare of Gbrmany., I,bave not provoked tke. existing; complications; buthro, &to in which Beaoe o-,tyanot possibly Jae íJ1.1,JA\tlti(A(h 1, Neathar; I, aar- any one can desire peace est any prioe. I have the full consciousness of my grave responsibility before God and the country; but 1 shall pursue with perfect confidencectbe way by which God is pleased to conduct me. The clergy should spread among the people a correct acquaintance with the situation, and pray for the king and the country. It. is still possible that peace may be maintained, but it-is necessary to look the future courageously in the face." In dismissing the General Superintendent, his Majesty added; I trust that we may meet again in time of peace." Painful Caser of Suicide.-An. inquest has been held in Walworth respecting the death of a married woman named Newling. The mother of deceased, an old woman of about ninety years of age, was the principal witness. She said the deceased had been parted from her husband, aDd had latterly resided with her in Vauxhall-street, Kennington. She was much depressed because the children (three in number, and aged respectively 8j 4, and 2J years) had been taken from her. Sometimes at night she was troubled in her sleep, and screamed out for her children. On Saturday afternoon last witness found her sitting on a chair in her: room, and evidently in great agony. A bottle was lying on the table, and deoeased said she had taken some poison by mistake, but as no poisons were kept in the house, witness thought her daughter must have bought that which she had taken. She wa8 removed, to St. Thomas's Hospital, and died there in about an hour after her arrival. Her husband attended the inquest* and said that she was a woman of drunken habits, and had broken up his home, but the previous witness told the court that the breaking up of which the husband of deceased had spoken was consequent upon his having to undergo imprisonment for a lead robbery. jury returned a verdict to the effect that suicide had been committed while deoeased waS in an unsound state of mind. Extensive Railway .Robberies.—Charles J ack sóní a-carter, was brought before the Liverpool magis- trates, on Tuesday, obargedwith having stolen a quantity of beer from the. Lime*street station. It transpired that the prisoner's-hoaee had been searched, and that about £ 300 worth of property, Which had been stolen from the railway, was found there con* and that about £ 300 worth of property, Which had been stolen from the railway, was found there con* cealed. The property included a large silver vase, I.. guns, pistole, jewellery, and other valuable property, showiag that an organised aystèill. of plunder had been practised for some time. The prisoner was remanded, in order that farther inquiries might be made. Fatal Accident to an Old Man.—Dr. Birt Davies, the coroner for the Borough of Birmingham) [held an inquest a few days since at the Grand Turk Inn, Liidg&te-hill, on the body of John Wellfli 60, labourer, 31, Bishop-street South. On the lat of May deceased had gone with a horse and cart tbj warehouses of the Bridgewater Canal, 154, Grefl" Charles-street, for the purpose of removing a quantity of grain. As he was standing near the door of tb0 first storey, he was observed to take a step backwards and fall through t the opening. His head struck the wheel of the cart below,, and ho then, tumbled heavily upon the ground. He waa removed to the Genera* Hospital, where he died from the injuries he received. Verdict, "Accidental death." Attempt to Upset a Passenger Train at West Hartlepool —Some malicious person or per- sons ma.dea.dehberate attempt to upset, 4, passenger train whiett runs on the connecting line between the HartlepoolS a night or two ago. Just at the curve ot the line oft passing along the bond-yard a of iron bar was plajed over the line, and as the lt train but one at might was proceeding to West Hartle, pool the tender of the engine, which was in:advaucop came in oontact with the bar and flew off the raito ploughing up the ground and carrying away a quantity of the railings, aroand, the bond-yard. The sudden stoppage of the train, and the escape of an immense quantity of steam, together with the shaking of the carriages, threw the passengers into a great statei o alarm, and the carriage doors were soon opened, oceupants rushing wildly out and up the emhankment. The engineman was obliged to put the engine fires 011 as the traffic during the evening was ^stopped, all. W* passengers for the rest of the night being the oompany's expense, between the two towns oa.bs. No clue has been obtained to the party who committed the dastardly act. Warlike Preparations in the Adriatic.- La, Patrie states that great defensive works a*6 | ts constructed at Pola and at Trieste. From the pom; of Grado and!Saivore coast batteries, are Ibi'ilg ekrected lalong-the shores of; the QtiM, white up,n tt,. iinole of Trieste -and on, the, jetty powerful batteries are beinfT erected, and in the town itself thert) ia being con- structed a series of iron-cased batteries, mounting W tiera of guns, whose fire, combined witla thas from tW citadel whioh commands the sea, will form a line ot defence for the protection of the port. Although is mow the maritime arsenal of the empire, Triea^ still possesses various establishments coniaecstad wit"! the Imperial marine, and it is, moreover, a commeroia port of the first rstnk. Near the citadel has beeIJ formed an intrenched camp for 15,000 men, and there does not appear to be any present intention of io, ,creasing that force. Should, ho wever, circuastance0 -require it, reinforcements can be obtained from L»|' bach,, where is now concentrated tha corps dramwe destinedto cover Illy ria. Clerical Vacancies and Appoiatmenta. The rectory of Cranfield, near Newport; Paguell, become vacant by the resignation of the i Rev. -,GeorgO Gardner Harter, U, A. formerly of Trimity College, Oxford. The bene lice ia worth .£465 a year,,and is i»t^ gift of Mr. J. C. Harter.—The vicarage of Hwiy Trinii? Charch, York, has become vacant by the death of tb<* Rev. Richard Turner, M.A. It is worth £ 90 a ye»'» jiand is in the gift of the Master of Wells Hospital' By Mr. Turner's death, the rectory of Todwick,. neaf Rotherham, has also become vacant. It is werth X165 a year, and is in the .gift- o £ =Mr. G. Bishop of Norwich h.as instituted the Rev. W. W" Darby- M.A., to the reatory of Shottisham, near Wood- bridge, Suffolk, in the room of the Rev. Edward i Francis, MiA. The Oev. Edward Cornfod" M.A., | of St. Jahn5s College, Cambridge, vicar of Cam, jand tha Rev. Maurioe William Ferdinand St. John, M. A., of the: iUniversi|,y of Durham, vicar of Franip* ton-<on-Severn, have been appointed diocesan 11" ispectore of schools for the diocese of Gloucester *il Bristol.. Healih of Scotland.—The Registrar-General April return for the eight principal towns of sho ws that theire were registered in that «onth 3,32™ j births, a number which was-exoeeded in April, 18(14; marriages, which is by far the highest number re- corded in April in the previous 10 years of tllo registration; 2,466 deaths, being 186 above the avef iage of April during the previous ten years, allowing ) for increase of -population. 41 per cent, of i were of children under five years of age. TyphuS i ahewed a considerable.idecreaae in this, month, nd caused only S'per. cent, of the total mortality. The deaths from consumption, inflammatory affeotioas of the respiratory organs, oroup,, and whooping-cough amounted to 960. The eholera column is a blank,, but there were 18 deaths from diarrheaa. 79 of the deaths in the month were from violent, causes, 34 of theta from fractures. 11 persona committed suicide, A- j ohili died in Glasgow from privation of food," and i an adult from, the eSeota of cold. The' month had I rather a low temperature. There was a more thall I usual amount of east wind. The, rainfall was scanty > I at Greenock it reached 2,*45 indhes, bat at, Dundee it waa only 0'35 of an inch. j A Boy Killed in a Coal Mine.-A,-). adjourned inquest was held at the Grand Turk, Ludgate-hill* Birmingham, before Dr. Birt Davies, Borough Coroner, I cencerningthe death of a youth named WilliaM Bhillipa, aged 13, who, it will be remembered, was scol- dentally killed by the falling of a portion of the roof of the Victoria Coal Mine, West Bromwich. J a.me Wycherley, the uncle of the deoeased, said he resided in Hatapton'a-b'iildings, Horton-street, West Brom- wich. About a quarter to eight o'clock on, the, morning of the 23rd of March, he and the deoeased wereat worK in the mine. Deceased was walking towards the shaft, when about three ewt. of the stone roof fell upon his lega and crushed them very much. He waa speedily removed to the General Hospital, where he died. Wit- ness added that the usual supports of mine roofs were in their proper position at the time of the accident. He did not believe that there was any blame to be at- tached to any one. The coroner said these were the facts. The evidence showed that the matter was purely accidental—A juror asked if the Government Inspector of Mines waa present ?-The coroner thought he was not.—The foreman suggested that he might be called.—The coroner said that; would be useless, as he waa not in attendance. He (the inspector) had heard all the facts, and it appears he did not consider it necessary that he should take any action in the matter- The jury ak,Q%Q» reJtanxejJi verd.ietj.%f Acoideutal •aaath,"