The Brecon Reporter and South Wales General Advertiser

AN INCIDENT IN THE EE FORM MBET- ING AT BIRMINGHAM. It is proverbial that at a great horae race a dog always gets on the course just before the start, and gives some trouble before he is got out of the way. So at a great open-air meeting like that of Monday there is always something to justify the presence of the guardians of tbe peace. We believe, however, there was only one prominent instance of this on Monday, notwithstanding the immense multitude assembled. It seems that Detective Spokes had his attention at. traeted by the movements of four persona in the crowd, and, under the impression that their inten- tion was to lighten the pockets of th-a lieges, watched their proceedings closely. Ha found, however, that their object was different, though not less nefarious. One of them was discovered to be acting in a grossly indecent manner to a young girl, and on seeing this Spokes seized him, and hurrjing him into an adjoining entry, secured him. An attempt was at once made to rescue him by bia com- panions and some of the few roughs in the crowd, and for a. short time stones and brickbats flew thickly about the heads of the police. The officers, however, behaved admirably, never losing their temper for a moment, they SHSO kept a firm hold of their prisoner, and a cab having been procured, he was safely con- veyed to the lock*up. Inspector Wilson, who was mounted, called on the crowd to support the police in fulfilling their duty, and his appeal was warmly responded to; and on a gentleman present calling for cheers for the police, three ringing shouts testified the goodwill entertained by the ma- jority of the multitude towards the force. We are sorry to have to add that in the melee Detective Spokes was rather badly hurt by a 4 brick-end striking him on the head. Several other officers received alight iu. juries in a similar manner, an Superintendent Spear's hat was crushed in the fray. On the whole, the inci. dent, while regrrctable in itself, served to show in the most gratifying manner the efficiency and forbearance of our borough police, and the readiness of our towns- men to sympathise with them when engaged in the performance of their legitimate fauctions.Birming. ham Paver. —

The Cattle Plague Regulations.—At the Wolverhampton Police-court, on Wednesday, before Mr. Isaac Spooner, the stipendiary magistrate, as many as five cattle dealers were charged with offences against the Cattle Plague Orders. The worst of the cases was one in which William Darlington, a large cattle dealer living in the town, and who does a con- siderable business with the London market, was fined X20, the highest penalty that could be inflicted, with the costs, for neglecting to slaughter a cow purchased in the Wolverhampton market within the four days required by the licence of removal furnished to him. The defendant had kept the cow on the racecourse from the 8th until the 16th of August, instead, of killing it on the 12th, and as this was thought not to be his first offence, the heavy penalty named was in. fiicted. In the other cases the fines ranged fromX2 to <85.

THE WHOLESALE RECEIVERS OF STOLEN PROPERTY. George Evana, alias Spicer, and Louisa Evans, alias Heard, who describe themselves as man and wife, and at whose house in the Waterloo-road a waggon-load of stolen property had been found, were again brought up at the Lambeth Police-court on Tuesday. Mr. R. Steele, barrister, attended for the prisoners. In reply to a question from the magistrate, Sergeant Ham said that in addition to the cases already proved against the prisoners, and upon which they stood committed, he had three others, in which the evidence was clear and conclusive. He then called Mr. William Sbilcook, traveller to Mr. Morley, warehouseman, Wood- street, Cheapside, who said that in the month of January last a box had been stolen from hischaisebetween Kennington-gateand Islington, and the eight pairs of stockings and the 133 odd gloves formed a portion of the contents of that box. In answer to a question from the magistrates as to how it was the gloves were all for the left hand, Mr. Shilcock said they were pattern gloves, and the practice was to send the left-hand gloves by one traveller, and those for the right by another. James Miller stated that his wife carried on the business of a laundress at Ashford-house, Battersea- fields, and worked for the family of Mr. Rawlins. About three months ago, while taking home the wash- ing of different families, he missed a basket containing the goods of Mr. Rawlios, in Royal-street, Lambeth; and the basket now produced he had no doubt was the same he had lost. He had to pay zC5 16s., the valile of the things stolen. Mr, Reynolds, a warehouse-keeper in 26, Milk-street, Cheapside, identified seven card-boxes and other pro- perty, and even a portion of a quantity of property stolen in the month of November last from the chaise of one of his towm travellers. The whole of the property identified by the witnesses was proved to have been found in the house occupied by the prisoners, and Sergeant Ham informed the ma- gistrate that there was one other case in which h") wished to have the evidence taken against the prisoners, but unfortunately the witnesses had got tired of waiting, and had gone away. Mr. Elliott expressed surprise that the witnesses should be allowed to go away, particularly as it was his desire to send six clear cases before a jury. He directed that the witnesses in the other Clses should be bound over, and that the prisoners be brought up another day.

THE DUTY OF A RAILWAY PORTER. Henry Stewart, a porter at the Putney Railway Station, appeared before the magistrate at Wands- worth to answer a summons charging him with assaulting Mr. Richard Herrington, an upholsterer, of West-hill, Wandsworth. The complainant stated that on Sanday, the 12th ultimo, he took a return ticket at Wandsworth station for town. Ou returning at night he asked the person who stamps the tickets at the gate in Waterloo station whether the train, which was about to start, stopped at Wgndsworth. Receiving a reply in the affirmative, he went by the train; but he found that it did not stop at Wa.ids- worth or Putney, and he was obliged to go on to Barnes, where he alighted. Having explained the error, he was allowed to get into a returning train, and he got out at Putney station, it being equally convenient to him as Wandsworth, and because, being late, he thought his daughter might be waiting there for him. He delivered up his return ticket to the defendant while on the steps, and he then called upon him to pay an extra penny. Witness then explained how he had been brought on, but the defendant "gripped" him on the thick part of the arm, and pulled him down the steps on the platform, and detained him. The defendant also said that if he did his duty he should give him in charge. That was the assault of which he had to com- plain, and he also said that he waa not a stranger at the station, as he had frequently paid the additional penny.—In answer to qaestions, the witness said he had not arranged to meet his daughter at Putney station. He admitted that he was leaving the station to look for his daughter after he had delivered up his ticket, and before he had given any explanation of the mistake.—Mr. Day man thought the complainant was wrong. As he was passing one of the stations with an improper ticket, it was the duty of the porter to demand a penny, as he would have been answerable to the company for it. As the complainant tendered an' improper ticket, the porter naturally thought he was doing hira out of tbe penny. As he (Mr._ Dayman) thought the defendant had a right to stop him, he dis- missed the summons. ====-

STRANGE CASE OF SUPPOSED CHILD MURDER. On Tuesday morning Mr. John Humphreys, Middle sex coroner, held an inquest at the Commercial Tavern, Commercial-street, Spitalfislds, relative to the supposed murder of a male child. John Thomas, 53 H, said that on Sunday morning last he was on duty in Wheeler-street, Spitalfields, when a man came out of a public convenience and told him there was a child in. side. He went in and found tho body of a mala child beside a piece of canvas. He called another constable to detain the man, and took the body to the station- house. The man gave his address and name, and then went away. The man looked like aoosteraionger. Beajamin Baanee, coroner's officer, said be went to the address given by the man, Charles Wynoh, at 25, Hyde-place, Hoxton. He found the house to be a lady's school. No such man as Charles Wynch was known there. The placa seemed to be very respect- able. Mr. C. Phillips, surgeon, said that owing to the state of decomposition of tha body he could not un- dertake to say what the cause of death had been. The child had partially breathed. It was a fully deyeloped child. The coroner having summed up, the jury re- turned a verdict That the child was found dead, but whether it had been born alive, and if so how it oame by its death, there was no evidence to prove."

A2WTEMM B QulVER" LIFEBOAT. The second life-boat, presented by Messrs. Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, as proprietors of the Quiver," to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, was launched last week at Southwold. A local contemporary gives the following account of the proceedings On Thursday all Southwold turned out for a holiday, occasioned by the arrival of a Serf Life-boat, pre- sented by the proprietors of the" Quiver" Magazine. At one p.m. all the shops were closed and business was entirely suspended. Tns streets were decorated with flags, many of which reached entirely flioross the road, and altogether the town presented a gay and festive appearance. The life-boat was conveyed free of cost by the Great Eastern Railway Company on the pre- vious day to Halesworth, where it was received by large crowds of persona who had assembled at the station for that purpose, and vvhere, it occasioned considerable excitement. On Thursday morning it was taken to Wangford by horses kindly lent by Mr. Bicker, and remained there for about four hours, to the great delight and astonishment of the rustic population, after w hieh it was taken by the same conveyance to Southwold. At two p.m. the church bells from St. Edmund's tower announced that the boat was in sight, and immediately the large assembly who bad gathered together to accompany it through the town arranged themselves in the follow- ing order:— 0 Two gentlemen on horseback with flags. Six men with staves. Band of the 14th Suffolk Rifles (Baccles). Sergeant at Mace, carrying the two silver maces belonging to the Corporation. Mayor and Corporation. Inhabitants of the town, &no Visitors. BOAT and CARRIAGE, With crew at oars, drawn by upwards of fifty sailors. Members of the Southwold Lifeboat Committee. Coast Guard Southwold Life Brigade, with Life Gun and Apparatus'. The boat-which is provided with a transporting and launching-carriage, from which she is launched with the crew on board, oars in hand, who are thus enabled to obtain headway before the breakers have time to beat the boat broadside on the beach-was received with three loud cheers, after which the pro- cession started, the band playing a lively tune, and the bells ringing merrily. The windows of all the houses in its progress through the town were crowded with ladies anxious to catch the first glimpse of the boat, and to welcome it by tie waving of their handkerchiefs. The procession passed through High- street to the Gun-hill, which was literally thronged, not only by inhabitants of Southwold, but also by large numbers who had flocked in from the neighbour- hood; and proceeded thence to the beach at a short distance to the southward of the Gun-hill, where, the tide being at the full, it was placed close to the water's edge, ready for the launch. The preparations bbiae completed, Captain Ward, R.N., inspector of the Royal Life-boat Institution, upon the presentation of the boat, ad- dressed the spectators and said, he had been deputed by the proptietors of the "Quiver" Magazine, under the direction of the National Life-boat Association, to present to the town of Southwold this lite-boat. He felt it to be a matter or regret, as no doubt it was a disappointment to them, that no one officially con- nected with the "Quiver" Magazine was present to address them. He had communicated with the pro- prietors of the "Quiver," but none could leave their duties. The gift was a noble one to the town of Southwold, and well worthy of their acceptance. He felt it would be most gratifsing to them to know that the whole burden of providing the means of saving life did not now rest on those who lived on the sea coast. The editor of the "QuivEr" had made appeal to those who lived in inland towns, and they had generously come forward and subscribed X2,000, chiefly in small sums composed of pence and shillings. This fact will be an encouragement to those who subscribe to maintain the efficiency of this life-boat, and also to the gallant boatmen, on whose pluck and ability the true value of this boat will depend. He observed that the "Quiver" lile-boat was adapted for in- shore wOtk-"he wCluid safely right herself in the surf. The other life-boat which they had on the coast waa a noble ona, and was adapted for out-shore work, so that with the two they were prepared for any emergency. The boat he placed in their hands to-day was constructed on the most recent and approved principles, she was not a theoretical boat; her value had been proved, Boats made on her principle had given the greatest satisfaction, and he, therefore, handed her over to the gallant crew with implicit confidence. He trusttd that the warm sym- pathy manifested by those who had witnessed the launch would not die out, but that they would rally round her crew, and keep her in a high state of efficiency. John Euataoo Grubbe, Esq., then said, the duty of returning thanks for Southwold to the proprietors of the "Quiver" Magazine devolved upon him. He felt the great importance of having a turf boat for this coast, and he reciprocated the observations addressed to them by Captain Ward. He took a deep interest in the National Life-boa,t Institution, under whose direction the boat was built. He felt. more than ever that the interest in life-boats was not confined to the sea coasts and maritime towns. Those who lived in inland towns warmly sympathised in the movement, as shown by their subscriptions to the "Quiver" Magazine. So excellent an example was not to be lost by the inhabitants of Southwold. He considered that the gift of this life-boat was not only a handsome present but a sacred trust, aLd so long as they were actuated by this spirit they would not want strong hands and stout hearts to rescue those endangered by the mighty deep. The Life-boat Association waa a most humane institution; it sought not only to save Englishmen, but men of all countries and climes from a watery grave. In concluding, he warmly thanked Captain Ward for the services he had so efficiently rendered in assisting at the launch of the "Quiver" life-boat. The Rev. W. Hay Chapman, M.A., incumbent of Southwold, read an appropriate prayer. The time for launching having arrived, the fasten- ings were removed, when Miss Sheriff*, in the custo- mary manner, proceeded to name the boat "The Quiver," and immediately afterwards the boat glided easily into the water, amidft, loild and continued cheer- ing, the band striking up "Rule Britannia." The crew, who had on their cork life- belts, now pulled lustily at the oars until they had got some distance from the shore, when they endeavoured to test her fit. ness for her destined service bytrjing to upset her, but finding this impossible by ordinary means they subsequently accomplished their purpose by removing all the tackle from the boat, and pulling' her over by ropes, only two men remaining in her, after which she momentarily righted herself amidst renewed cheering. The interest of the day was sustained by the Life Brigade performing their evolutions; amongst which we may mention the firing of the rocket and subsequently of the life gun, and the hauling to the shore of two lads who per- sonated shipwrecked mariners, and who were sometimes suspended by the rope in the life buoy, and at others immersed in the water, to the great amuse- ment of the spectators. After this the crowd gradually dispersed, but the band continued their performances on the Gun-hill until eight o'clock, where a consider- able number remained to enjoy the music. The boat was placed in the commodious and substantial life- boat house, which has been built for the now life-boat and carriage, and the life-boat station will long remain a monument of the philanthropy of the benevolent donors. The day, which was rather cloudy in the morning, proved exceedingly fine in the afternoon, and in the evening the moon with her silver light gave an addi- tional oharm to the whole scene. The band, under the able management of their band master, Mr. Pringfce, played admirably, and was a source of general enjoyment and admiration.

Swimming Match at Sea.-An extraordinary swimming match took place on Monday from Sheer- ness to the Nore light ship, a distance of four miles, between Coulter and Coody, the former the champion of the Serpentine, and the latter of Sbeerneas. The Londoner won easily by nearly half a will-. The first bale of cotton shipped from New Orleans of the crop of 1866 has arrived at New York. It is described as a fine specimen, and speaks well of the quality of the crop now being gathered. Cotton pick- ing is now going on vigorously in all parts of the south. President Johnson, who was at a loss what to do with the first bale of cotton brought to Macon, Georgia, which was presented to him by the oitizens 1 of that place, has determined to send it to the Paris 1 Exposition. t

EPITOI]3 OF lEWa. One of the "unknown prizes shot for by the St. George's Rifles, ON Saturday, turned out to be a thousand of bricks. What the lucky winner did with them is not recorded. The Midland Railway has paid £ 31000 on ac- count of the late accident to an excursion train. Mr. Sothern (Lord Dundreary) has received an epergne of X150 value, subscribed for at the time of the spiritual prosecution. A serious accident occurred a few evenings back at the Theatre Francis, Paris. Verdelet was acting in the Avare when, in coming hastily on the stage, his foot caught in a trap and he fell, breaking his leg above the ankle. He is going on favourably. Fatal Effects of Intemperance.—An inquest was held at Sutton on the body of Rebecca Gunn, aged 73 years. The deceased, on Wednesday last, was found by her son in a state of intoxication in a public-house. He attempted to carry her home, when she slipped from his arms, and three of her ribs were fractured by the fall. Yerdicb, Accidental Death. Amongst the many inventions of the present day, one has come under our notice which, as a machine, is most valuable to silk thro waters and manu- facturers. It is a great economizer of time and labour, and being self-acting it is not dependent on the attention of the workmen. This is the invention of a gentleman connected with the Royal Depot Mills, Macclesfield, and will doubtless ere long come into general use. Mortality in Sheep —Professor Simonds, after examining a fiock of sheep at North Walsham, Norfolk, thus describes the symptoms he observed I find that tha disease is not of the nature of cattle plague, but to be one essentially affecting the pulmo- nary organs, producing in its progress condensation and hepatization of lung tissue, and associated in many of the cases with a modified form of gasfcro- enteritis. The more prominent symptoms of the malady, to a general observer, are increased breathing, frequent coughing, loathing of food, diarrhcoa, and depression of the vital powers. The complicated character of the affection, together with the pecu- liarity of some of the symptoms, and the lesions observed post-mortem, fully justified the inspector of the district and the other veterinary surgeons with whom be acted in the adoption of precautionary mea- sures to limit the extension of the malady should it prove contagious. I Horrible Death.-Mr. W. Payne, the Sonfc'^wa-k coroner, held an inqnirv at P oppital, on 'ues' day evening, touching the death of Christopher Book. ¡' with, aged 45. Thomas Leonard, 11, William-street, Rotherbithe, said the deceased was a labourer at Mr. Harrison's tar distillery, Rotherhithe. It was his duty to fill a tub with pitch, and when the tub con- tained 26 gallons of hot pitch he and another man were to lift it and carry it away from the pitch tank and empty it into the mould. On Wednesday last' while he was carrying the hot pitch tub, he suddenly let go the handle and reeled backwards into the tank of hot pitch, When he was falling in he called out, For God's sake, save me;" but it was impossible to do so, and the deceased was dreadfully scalded by the liquid pitch before he could be got out of the tank. The deceased was left-handed, and his foot had slipped before he reeled. Mr. John Gill, house-surgeon, said that when the deceased was brought to the hospital he was severely burnt about the body. He expired from the effects of hia injuries on Friday. The jury returned a. verdict of Accidental Death." Religious Education in Workhouses.—A new provision appears in the Poor-law Act of the late session to the effect that if the parent or other nearest relative of a child, not belonging to the Established Church, relieved in a workhouse or district .school, make application to the Poor-law Board, the child may be sent to a school to be educated in the religion to which the child belongs. The Volunteers at Wimbledon seem to have lost every kind of thing save honour and wooden legs, for no less than 100 articles are advertised as having been left behind in the camp. Some young volunteers doubtless lost their hearts to the fair visitors, but let us hope these have been found by the fair, and will not be returned but exchanged by the like article. Narrow Escape from a Lion. — On Friday afternoon whilst the assistant keeper was clearing out the den of the performing lion and lioness, at the Vic- toria Theatre, the lion caught the man by his neck, tore his coat at the back, and lacerated his arm. Luckily, the proprietor, Mr. Cooper, was at the bars of the cage, and saved his man from being mangled to death. The late Sir Gilbert East was buried in the family vault in the village of Hurley, Berkshire, on the 24th of August; and the funeral of his brother, Mr. Charles East, took place at the same time. A large number of persons assembled to witness the funeral. The procession on its way to the church passed Ball-place, the estate of the deceased baronet, who was much esteemed in the district. A male infant, about 18 months old, in a horribly neglected and half-starved condition, was taken to the Greenwich Union on Saturday morning, haviag been deserted by his mother, who, under the pretence of going into a pawnbroker's in Daptford Broadway, sue- ceeded in getting a girl to hold the child. A descrip- tion of the inhuman mother has been given to the police, and which, it is hoped, will be the means of bringing her to justice. The Hop Plantation.—ROCHESTER, AUGUST 28.—A considerable improvement has taken place in the hops throughout the entire hop-growing district of Kent during the last ten days, consequent on the change which has taken place in the weather. Alto- gether the acomats from the various plantations are of a more assuring character. A pair of golden eagles raoont.ly took up their abode in a cliff on the shores of the late of Skye, and fired the ardour of two young sportsmen, who re- solved to destroy them. A a opportunity occnrred on Thursday, when both birds were shot, We are of opinion that, deny mg'themseh'fM the occasion for an unworthy boast, the young men would have been doing a more commendable thing h;id they spared these beautiful and now rare birds. Trke Bishop of Salisbury among the Con- victs.—On Sunday 54 convicts received confirmation as the hands of the Bitshop of Salisbury. His lordship arrived ia tue morning, and conducted the Communion Service. There were about 1,200 convicts, including William RoupelL The Fenian prisoners, 23 in num- ber, were, of coarse, absent, but were receiving the ministrations of a Roman Catholic gentleman in another building. His lordship preached to the con- victs in the morning and affiarnoon services. Mr. George Young, the well-known and highly. respected official assignee of the Leeds Bankruptcy Court, met with a very serious accident last week. He was about to proceed to Headiuely to visit some friends, and when near Woodhoase Bthr be mounted one of the omnibuses which run to that suburb. The signal for starting was given before he had fairly taken his seat, and he was thrown heavily to the ground. It was found thab in addition to being severely shaken he had fractured his right arm, and he was immediately removed to his own home. A frightful disaster has just occurred at Palermo. A powder mill, belonging to M. La B,ti bgrl. blew up, and some of the houses near were partly destroyed. The whole of the proprietor, consisting of eight persons, except one young man, about 19, who by chanca was out, was buried under the ruins. Many other persons lost their lives; according to some accounts 30, and to others 50. In an hoar after the calamity 15 corpses and two wounded persons were taken from the ruins. Several buildings caught fire, bat the combined exertions of the military and people succeeded in preventing the llamas from spreading. The Three Catherines.—Three ladies, all named Catherine—to wit, Catherine Gladstone, wife Of the Chancellor of the Exchequer; Catherine Tait, wife of the Biahoo of London and Catherine Marsh, author of tbe Life of Hadley Vicars "—have all felt impelled to spring forward at this juncture to do some- thing to save the poor children who are daily suffering the loss of their parents in the East-end parishes of London which are ravaged by cholera. Each of these benevolent women sees, without hesitation, that the only course to save these poor children from perishing, or from being paupers in their childheod, is to find for them quickly orphan homes. At a recent convocation, the Røv. Henry Lascelles Jenner, LL.B.. Rector of Preston-next- Wing- ham, Kent, was consecrated first Bishop of Danedin New Zealand; the Rev. Andrew Burn Suter, late Incumbent of All Saints' Spicer-street, Spitalfields, was consecrated second Bishop of Nelson, New Zea- land; and the Rev. Samuel Robinson Waddelow, Jate Cura,to of Bournemouth, was consecrated first Bishop of Grafton and Armidale, Australia, in the Metropoli- tan Catbedral of Canterbury; the Lord Primate, assisted by the Lord Bishop of London and other bishops, performing the ceremony, and the Very Rev. the Dean of Canterbury preaching the sermon. Suspicious Death near Southport. On Saturday an inquest was held at Crossens, near South- port, on the body of a woman, which had been found at the ebbicg of the tide on the Horse Bank on Thurs- day. When tha body waa found blood was oozing from the mouth, nose, and. ears. It was supposed that the body was that of a, woman named Sabina Smith, a hawker -of needles, &c., who left Little Ireland, near Soutbport, on Tuesday, and had not been seen after- wards. The jury returned a verdict that deoease4 met her death from the effects of drowning and external violence, but by what means inflicted there was no evidence to show. A Farmer Accidentally Shot, .-Avery serious accident happened on Friday morning at Pinnacle, near Ancrurn. Mr. A. R. Church, farmer, had gone out a little after seven o'clock, in company with his nephew. Tne young man carried a giiti, and it seems he had been walking a little behind his uncle, when the gun, which is said to have been at tuu-cook, went off, and shot Mr. Church in sec was carried home speechless. A messenger waa dispatched im- mediately to Jedburgh, a"ri f^ra. Baliantyne and Jeffrey proceeded at once to the place, where they found Mr. Church in a very critioal state. Crinoline Ag»i.n~?^r* W. Carter, coroner for East Surrey, held an inquiry, on Monday, at the King's Head Tavern, York-road, Lambeth, on the body of James William Clark, aged fivo years. The deceased was the son of a carpenter, living in Smith-street, York-road, Lambeth. The mother of the deceased left the child lying iti-front of the fireplace while she attended to her domestic duties. Upon passing by the chiJd, her crInolme caaie in contact with a sauce- Pax! ft'111 oon,t,aiaing seme gallons of boiling water, Wiich ft J on the deceased, by which means he T3 f^°»WrrSiy soalded all over the body, and died shortly afterwards from his injuries. The jury re- turned a verdict of « Accidental death." St. Paula Catbedral.-The Bishop of London baa appointed the following gentlemen to preach in St. fiul- 8 Cathedral on Sunday mornings in the month of bept,ember, 1866 :-Sept. 2, the Rev. John Edward Kempe, M.A., of Clara College, Cambridge, rector of r< s' Piocadi%; Sept. 9, the Rev. Thomas wriffith, M.A., of St. John's College, Cambridge, in- cumbent of Ram's Episcopal Chapel, Hemerton Sept. 16, .the Rev, Charles Marshall, M.A., of Trinity Col- t r-- lege, Cambridge, vicar of St. Bride's, Fleet-street; Sept. 23, the Rev. Benjamin Morgan Cowie, B.D., of St. John's College, Cambridge, rector of St. Lawrence Jewry; Sept. 30, the Rev. Edward Hayes Plumptre, M.A., of University- College, Oxford, Professor of Theology in King's College, London. Fatal Accident.—A young man, named David Leaman, residing in Stewart- street, Lochee, has lost his life under very painful circumstances. For some days he had been suffering from influenza fever, but the dis- ease was not so s-rioas as to incapacitate him from at- tending his work. On his mother entering his room on Friday morning, shoitly after five o'clock, to awaken him, she was surprised to find him absent and his clothes lying beside the bed. On looking out of the window, she caw her son lyinsf in a pool of blood, on tha top of a stone stair about 35 feet below. The body was immediately carried into the bouse, and medical aid sent for, but it was fonsd to be of no avail, as the vital spark had fled. It is supposed that while in a stupor from the effects of the fever the deceased bad left his bed, and drawing down the upper sash of the window, had leapt out and been almost instan- taneously killed. The Disturbances in Carsdia.—According to a letter from Athens, dated August 15, the disturbances in CaB.dia were increasing. Tbe Turks had begun hostilities, and several foreign consuls, particularly those of Holland, Sweden, aDd the United States, had suffered considerable damage. The consuls had protested. The French iia-val stations in the Levant have received orders to send a ship each to Candia, and the French admiral's ship has left Syra for the same destination. The United States consul had takes up the cause of the Candians, and advanced their claims with the Pasha, withou, however, breaking off his relations with him. The Kiog of Greece was ex- pected at the capital on the 185b, and a memorandum to the European Powers was to be issued. Workpeople at the Crystal Palace.—Messrs. Evans and Stafford, cigar manufacturers, of Leicester, treated their workpeople, on Friday, in number about 400, to an excursion to the Crystal Palace, vid King's- cross and Metropolitan Railway. The journey was performed without changing carriages. The train, gaily decorated with flaps and evergreens, accompanied by the band of tbe establishment, under the conductor- ship of Mr. H. Nicholson, of the Leicestershire. Yeo- manry Band, left Leicestershire at 6.30 a.m., (striving at the Palace a few minutes before eleven o'clock, returning at 7.0 p.m., and reaching homs again about midnight. This trip is quite a new feature in excur- sions from this district, for so large a number of employes, and was a grand treat to folly two-thirds of the company, who had scarcely been fifty miles from home in their lives. The Murder and Attempted Suicide in Somers-town.—At tte Clerkeiiweli Police-court, on Tuesday, Mary Butcher, a married woman, of Wiktead- street, Somers-town, was charged before Mr. Barker on remand, with having feloniously, wilful!y, and øf malice aforethought, killed and mu-dored Eaima Batcher and Agnes Butcher, her children. She wa3 farther charged with feloniously attempting to oommit suicide by drowning in a waterbutfc, on the 21st of July last. The circumstances of the case have already been fully reported. When asked what she had to say to the charge, the unfortunate woman,, who did not appear to hear or understand what was said to her, and who appeared very weak and faint, in answer to the officer by her side made some incoherent remark which was not understood in court. Mr. Barker committed the prisoner to the Central Criminal Court for trial, and she was then removed from the court, and at once taken to Newgate by the police in a cab. The liate Prince de Co ride.—The funeral at Sydney of this young Prince, the eldest son of the Duo d'Anmale, was attended by the Governor of New South Wales, the Premier, and other high function- arias, Sir W. Wiseman, and officers of the army and navy in fall uniform. The shops of Sydney generally were closed, the flags of the Coagulates half-masted, and the streets thronged. Tha prince was on a tour through Allstmlasir; and the East, and appeared to improve in health, while at Sydney, notwithstanding, a cold caaght on a fishing excursion. Bat he was naturally of a weakly constitution,'and the news of the death of his grandmother, Marie Amelia, ex-Queen of the French, produced a physical prostration from which he never recovered. On the morning after the funeral the coffin containing the body ot the Prince embalmed, and a small silver box in which his heart was inclosed, were placed in a eaaa and removed on board the ship Sea Star for England. The Prince waa in his 21st year. Royal Horticultural Society.—The gardens of this society at South Kensington were open free to tha public on Monday, in commemoration of the birthday of the late Prince Consort. The following bands gave their servicea gratuitonsiv. a.nd played at intervals throughout the (!aV-Ist 2f.;d Life Guards; A, E, G, H, and T Divisions of Police; and the drum and ? °f Boys' Refuge, Commercial-street, Whitecnapei. From an early hour large numbers etrea.med into the garden, and towards the afternoon it was as full of visitors as on eit,ber of the two similar occasions in 1864 and 1865. Between two and six o clocij not less than 140,000 eat+red the garden. It is stated that to enable the publio to inspect the flowers and plants with greater quiet; than is practicable on this holiday, the council have determined to open the gardens free on every Wednesday during the Months of September and October. Liverpool Annual Licensing Session.-On Monday the Liverpool borough magistrates assembled to determine upon the policy to be adopted in grantit) g new public-house licences, for which there were 158 applications. The bench was crowded, and the court was thronged to excess. Mr. J. B. Branoker presided. A huge petition, containing 31,227 signatures, of which 104 were those of ciergymbn, was presented, praying that the magistrates would grant no more licences at these sessions. Mr. J- R- J«ttrey, holding that the petition asked them to do wmit was an illegal and unconstitutional act, movfd that it be not received. It was, however, resolveu by a large majority to re- ceive it, and. ultimately the magistrates resolved, by twelvo votes to eight, to abolish the recently accepted "free trade" principle, and to return in the main to the restrictive one. On the arrival of the Royal train at Gor'itz with Bismarck and the K,ti £ ?! s.,tG3 young ladies of the town ottered ^rowns of jaurel to his Majesty, the Prince Royal, and Count de Bismarck. When Mdlle. B t«r ^ppr^whed.the terrible minis- ter to present her crown, ho said, My pretty girl, iLfw honour; I have not been a com- tant, ana I have had no part in tbe victories." The young lady was at first somewhat disconcerted, but |jie soon recovered, and replied, "Yet it was your Excellency who set tha war going." M. de Bismarck, laughing heartily, then took the crown from the lady. He would perhaps show less diffidence in taking the crown from the King, if he could. Sheep without Kidneys.—John Cummings, aged twenty-four, a labourer, was charged before the magistrate at Thames-street, on Saturday, with steal- ing four sheepa' kidneys, value sixpence, the property of the Great Eastern Railway Company. John Chinks Cummins, a police-constable on the Great Eastern railway, at the London-dock Station, Upper East Smithfield, said the value of the property stolen was small, but the object of the company was to put an end to a nefarious system of plunder. For some time past sheep imported from Holland and forwarded to the Newgate market salesmen were found to be with. out kidneys. By some this was thought to be a pecu- liarity in some breeds of Dutch sheep, but others in. sisted that sheep could not have existed without kidneys. To test the accuracy of the last-named opinion strict watch was kept over the workmen at the station. TheprisoneronSaturdaywaseBgagedinremov- ing some crates, containing carcases of sheep from Rot- terdam, when he was seen to put his hand in one of the crates and tear the kidneys out of the fat in a sheep. The prisoner then put the kidneys in his pocket. He collared the prisoner, and took the kidneys from him. After ho had Inven the prisoner into custody he found two more sheepa' kidneys alongside- a orate containing Dutch mutton. The prisoner said, he was only engaged for four hours at 4d. per hour. Mr. Partridge: The defence yon make is an aggrava- tion of your offence. The wages paid you are not low. Yon did not do this from wd,ut. I sentence you to six week a' imprisonment and hard labour for the unlawful possession of the kidneys found in your pocket. Pigeon Plying.-Therenowed match to fly pigeons from Brighton to London was decided on Monday, the winning pigeon accomplishing the distance in 61 minutes, and five other birds reached their homes under one hour and a quarter.