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      Continental No T E S. Fuan'ce. This Abru...

      palace . On Monday , the Prince was present at a grand review at Potsdam in the morning , and in the evening attended a ball at the French Embassy . He is said to be very courteous ; but , when General Wrangel called on him , he motioned him and his adjutant to sit down , and received the General ' s complimentary speeches in utter silence . This is believed to be in revenge for General Wrangel ' s presence at the Te Deum celebrated in the chapel of the Russian Embassy for the capture of Kars . The King has presented Prince Napoleon with the Order of the Black Eagle . TURKEY . The Courier of Constantinople , dated the 30 th ult . ( says a despatch from Marseilles ) , announces that Wilkins ' s bank has not succeeded in establishing itself . The Journal de Constantinople states that another English project on a smaller scale has been rejected . The Turkish bankers have made propositions which are not acceptable . A dispute has arisen between the Druses of Nauvan and the people of the plain . The latter have already appealed to the Arabs for protection , and it is to be feared that , in spite of the efforts of the Turkish authorities , this disunion may last a long time .

      464 T H E X, E A I) Ejr. [No. 373, Satur...

      464 T H E X , E A I ) EJR . [ No . 373 , Saturday ,

      Obituary. Admiral, Lord Radstock Died At...

      OBITUARY . Admiral , Lord Radstock died at his town residence , Portland-place , on Monday morning . He distinguished himself in the navy during the last war with France . His death was almost sudden . On the previous Friday , he attended at the Council of King ' s College during the distribution of the prizes . On the following day , he was taken unwell , and rapidly sank . He is succeeded by his only son , the Hon . G . A . W . Waldegrave , now in his twenty-fifth year . Mr . David Teevena Coultox , the founder of the Britannia newspaper , one of the contributors to the Quarterly Review , the editor , until his death , of the Press , and the author of a novel called ' Fortune , ' has died at Brighton of bronchitis , after three weeks' illness , in the forty-sixth year of his age . His end is thought to have been precipitated by his attendance , within the last month , on the death-bed of a brother at Macclesfield . He leaves a widow and two children .

      Accidents And Sudden Deaths. A Poor Woma...

      ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS . A poor woman , the wife of a blacksmith , was crossing the London and North-Western Railway , near the Fishergate station , Preston , when a luggage train suddenly emerged from a tunnel close by , struck the woman down , and kilJed her on the spot , leaving the body horribly mangled . She was in the company of another woman at the time of the occurrence . Her friend managed to leap aside in time ; but the deceased failed to do so , owing , probably , to her being heavily laden , for , in addition to her infant , she was carrying two bundles of rod iron for her husband . The child was thrown forward out of her arms , and was not seriously hurt . No blame is attributable to the driver of the train ; but the crossing is an extremely dangerous one , and the corporation has sanctioned its stoppage .

      Some workmen were on Monday morning making an excavation under a house in Old Ford-road , Bethnalgreen , for the purpose of laying down earthenware pipes in connexion with the main sewer , when a large mass of mould gave way , and buried one of the men alive . In order to release him it was necessary to remove the flooring boards of the back parlour , and cut away the rafters ; but half an hour elapsed before the dead body was reached . It was found in a crouched-up position . Two young gentlemen wore sailing near Southsea Castle , Portsmouth , on Thursday week , when their boat took a sudden heel , the ballast shifted to leeward , and , the water rushing in , they jumped overboard and began swimming to the shore . A bargeman near sent n boat to their assistance and succeeded in saving one ; but the other was drowned .

      Colour-Sergeant Edward Bnrnicoat , of the Royal Engineers , has met with his death while diving for the purpose of recovering the 82-poundor iron gun and carriage which accidentally sank during the experiments with Sir Charles Pasloy's newly > invented pontoons at old Rochester Brid ge lnat Saturday . Barnicnat was a highly experienced diver , and the manner of hi * death ia a mystery . When beneath the water , ho repeatedly gave signals for more air , but he never replied to the signals made to him from above . In the courts of about half an hour , ho signalled for lesB nir ; and , about ton minutes after that , lie was drawn up , quite dead The barque Irene , juat arrived at Plymouth , was caught in a hurricane off the Mauritius , during which four of the crow wore swept overboard and drowned

      A porter in tho employ of the London and North-Wostern Railway Company was running along by tho nido of a train in motion , whon ho came in collision with n man who was proceeding in tho opposite direction . Tha porter foil between tho platform and tho train , Und was bo horribly mangled that ho diod shortly after wards in hospital .

      Fall Of Houses. Three Houses Fell Down L...

      FALL OF HOUSES . Three houses fell down last Saturday morning in Tottenham Court-road , between Warren-street and Graftonstreet ; an accident which has resulted in the loss of five lives , and injury to several persons . Two of these tenements belonged' to Messrs . Maple and Co ., furniture warehousemen ; the third was occupied by Mr . Hunter , who was in the same way of business . A fire having occurred some weeks since at Mr . Hunter ' s premises , it was found necessary almost to rebuild them ; and this work was in progress when the accident happened . At the same time , Mr . Maple thought he would have some

      enlargements and alterations made in A is houses . Ihe district surveyor , having viewed the latter premises on Friday week , condemned the old party wall on one side of the range of tenements occupied by Mr . Maple , and directed that it should be underpinned , and that new brickwork should be put in from the ground floor to the first floor . It would also seem that the wall of the house No . 147 ( the tenement abutting on the party wall ) had been much cut about for the purpose of putting in a new bressemer , and that the ties connecting the front of the house with the next door house had been severed . These imprudent proceedings led to the tragical result .

      Soon after six o ' clock , Mr . Hughes , principal in the carpet department of the Messrs . Maple ' s house , was roused from sleep by the knocking of the men who were removing the brickwork for the purpose of underpinning the party wall . He rose , called up the young men connected with the business , and , about seven o ' clock , went down stairs to see what was being done to the wall . At that time , two of the carpenters , named Turner and Garnett , now dead , were working on the second floor . On reaching the ground floor , level with

      the street , Mr . Hughes saw two men with crowbars , knocking a large hole at each end of the party wall . Some bricklayers were also at work on Mr . Maple's side . Suddenly , one of the men called out , " See how the dust is coining from that wall ! I don ' t like that ! " The next moment , he exclaimed , " Ran-, Mr . Hughes ! Run for your life ! The wall is coming down ! " Mr . Hughes and three of the workmen rushed out , and immediately heard a succession of frightful crashes . The three houses had fallen , and several persons were buried in the

      . It was not long before a strong body of police arrived . The first persons got out were Mrs . Christmas , the housekeeper at Mr . Maple ' s , and two young women employed in the drapery department . They were on the second floor at the time , and were but little hurt . The escape of the housekeeper was very remarkable . She was dusting a pianoforte , and , falling in a hollow caused by the instrument and a beam , escaped with a slight graze of the legs . After some three quartersof

      an hour ' s work , the dead body of a young man , Frederick Byng , was found lying in bed , and evidently suffocated , no injuries being perceptible on his person . The cook , Anne Briscoe , was next got out ; then Mr . Taylor , jun , son of the contractor for making- the alterations , frightfullv gashed , but not dead ; then George Kevill , one of the labourers ( dead ) ; and lastly ( but not until nearly two o ' clock in the afternoon ) the two carpenters , Turner and Garnett . Some others were rescued early in the morning , without being much hurt . Mr . Taylor lingered till Thursdav , and then died .

      The appenrance of the ruins immediately after the catastrophe was striking . " On the kitchen range , Avhich yet clings with tenacity to its place in the chimney nearly at tho top of the house , " say the reporters , writing on the day of the accident , " there arc still the kettles , and on the mantelpiece over it the teapots and pewter wares which in a few minutes would have been brought into use for the breakfast of the establishment . For some time after the house had fallen , tho lire burnt brightly , and tho boiling water streamed forth out of tho kettle-spout on to the ruins below . In an adjoining apartment , portions of wearing apparel and a carpot-bag hang on the peys against tho wall , A lad engaged cleaning the knives escaped , although precipitated from the top of tho liousu , with only u few

      slight scratches . All around tho spot where ho wan found lie piled up in strange confusion tho lUbris of tho houses . The thick brcsnerncrs , strengthened with iron , which carried tho front of the houses , aro snapped in tho centre like thin laths of wood ; girders and beams aro broken and mingled in tho strangest of forms ; flooring boards are wrung from their joists , and shoots of lead , torn off like paper , aro rolled and ourlod up in curious shapes ; lath and plaster , brick and mortar , doors and staircases , window-frames and cupboards , bedsteads , chairs , tables , and lookinjy-glus . scs , aro smashed and broken and pounded up into rubbish ; and , as tho men work among tho mass , they full on a cup or n tmucor , or Homo other fragile piece of crockery , still strangely preserved , secure in its weukiiouH , amid tho general wreck . "

      An inquest on tho bodies wan oponod on Wednesday , whon a groat many witncsson wort ! examined ; but thoir evidence merely confirmed tho account just given . Tho inquiry was adjourned to yesterday , whon , aftor some additional testimony , it wns'further adjourned till Tuesdav .

      Our Civilization. ? Central Criminal Cou...

      OUR CIVILIZATION . ? CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT . The May session commenced on Monday , when after a long charge by the Recorder , who expressed his regret at the great increase of crime , especially of burglary as evinced by the unusually heavy state of the calendar Joseph Williams surrendered to take his trial for a misdemeanour in neglecting to supply his son , a youth of weak mind , with food and other necessaries . The facts have already appeared in this paper . There was no doubt as to the neglect of the j-outh ; but , as it appeared that the father was much from home during his business and that the care of the youth devolved on the mother ' who was herself somewhat afflicted in her intellects , the jury Acquitted Williams .

      William O'Sullivan , a young man of twenty , who had been a policeman at East Dulwich , pleaded Guilty to a charge of stealing a watch from the prosecutor ' s house . While on duty , he raised the window of the house , and took the watch from the sill . He was sentenced to hard labour for two years . James Gunn , draper , was found Guilty of stealing some shawls , silks , and gloves , the property of James Peggs and another , his masters . He was sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment . Frederick Berkhead , a well-droned young man ,-pleaded Guilty , on Tuesday , to two indictments charging him with embezzling different sums of money from his employer . He said he had been in diliiculties , and , being tempted , he had taken some of his master ' s money to save himself from arrest . The Recorder sentenced him to penal servitude for four years .

      Francis John Maybury , a young man , surrendered to take his trial on a charge of stealing a quantity of boots and shoes from Mr . Louis Neuberg , a wholesale manufacturer . The circumstances of this case have already appeared in these columns . Several other persons were accused before the Lord Mayor of being concerned with Maybury in the robbery ; but they were all discharged by the City magistrate . The evidence against Maybury rested almost entirely on the word of an informer , one James Desmond ; but he admitted that he was an accomplice , and that he had been discharged from Messrs . Moses ' s for robbing them . Maybury was Acquitted .

      True bills have been found by the Grand Jury against the persons charged with conspiring to injure and defame the Bank of London . A writ has since been granted to tlie prosecution , authorizing the removal of the indictment by certiorari into the Court of Queen ' s Bench , in order that it may be tried before a commercial jury . Eliza Higgins was found Guilty of the manslaughter of her illegitimate infant by dropping it down an area . The jury recommended her to mercy . She was sentenced to penal servitude for six years .

      John Sullivan , a young man , a labourer , was found Guilty of the manslaughter of a boy , whom , in the course of a quarrel , he had knocked down and kicked in the side . He also was recommended to mercy , and was sentenced to two months' imprisonment , the last two days to be solitary . The Judge took into consideration that he did not design to kill the boy . Barnet Greenhow and Mark Robinson , waterproofers , were indicted for threatening to accuse Ashor Stern of setting ( ire to his dwelling-house with intent to extort money . They were found Guilty , but sentence was p istponcd . Louis Leroy was convicted of uttering a forged cheque for the payment of J 2 l . In this case also sentence was deferred .

      Thomas Gcnge , a beershop-kecper , was Acquitted of a charge ( with the details of which our readers are acquainted ) of robbing a Prussian , named Simon Nelson , of 40 / . He had formerly been a policeman , and boron vcrv good character .

      Trial Of Bacon And Ii18 Wifethomas Fulle...

      TRIAL OF BACON AND II 18 WIFEThomas Fuller Bacon , and Martha Bacon , his wife , wcro placed on thoir trial on Wednesday at the Central Criminal Court on tho charge of murdering their children . Tho husband appeared anxious , but the wife exhibited the most entire indifference , contrary to her demeanour before tho police magistrate , during her numerous examinations . Tho reception of evidence occupied tho wholo day , and tho trial was then adjourned to the following morning for tho speeches for the defence . Tho first address was that of Mr . Sleigh for JWa rtlm Bacon . It rested chiefly on tho alleged tendency to insanity on tho part of tho woman , of which tliero liml MetcnJte

      been considerable proof during the trial . Mr . then addressed the jury for tho husband . " We do not here repeat tho dismal story , because our readers aro alrcmiy familiar with its details ; but the leading points of tho dcfonco of tho man Bacon must bo given . Mr . Mctoallo snu . — " Luckily for tho prisoner , one fact , according to ma ( Mr . Motcalfo'a ) view of tho matter , was quite conclusive of his innocence , and this was that it app « " ™ IIMl ' on tho day before tho murders wcro committed hu Juki gone to Mrs . 1 ' ayno , accompanied by his poor insane wife , and requested that sho would allow her daiigliu ' to bo with his wife during his absence , because J >« thought sho whs not fit to bo trusted nlono on account oi

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    • Leader (1850-1860), May 16, 1857, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_16051857/page/8/