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The evidence given before the coroner clearly shows i at the accident arose from the want of water in the ooiler . After a lengthened investigation the jury returned the following verdict on Thursday : — " That the deceased men died from injuries upon their heads and bodies , caused by the explosion of steam from the bursting of a boiler of a certain steam-engine , and that the said explosion was caused by the want of care and attention of John Burchell , the engineer , who had charge of the said engine . "* . Burchell has died since the accident , making a total loss of eight killed .
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PEBSONAL NEWS AND GOSSIP . Personal news is scant this week , and of gossip there is positively none . Speculation has been ¦ wholly engrossed in the " great lock question , " the bad weather , and the rush of our *« country cousins " to the Exposition . There is a rumour that the Emperors of Russia and Austria , and the King of Prussia will arrive in July , but it requires to be authenticated . The Queen and her foreign visitors were at the Exposition on Saturday morning for three hours . On Tuesday she went to the Zoological Gardens , Regent ' s-park ; and on Wednesday she was again at the Crystal Palace in the morning .
Lord Broughton had an audience of the Queen on Wednesday at Buckingham Palace , to present some presents from Newab Nazim , of Bengal , to her Majesty . The articles consisted of an elephant ' s state trappings of velvet and gold : the houdah , framed of ivory , inlaid with gold , with coverings of gold and silver embroidery ; astate palkee , or palanquin , also of ivory , inlaid with gold ; the covering of similar rich materials to the houdah ; a throne , or state-resting couch , of crimson velvet and gold , with a canopy richly embroidered with the precious metals , and supported by silver columns ; and a pair of gold moorchals , or emblems of rank , and a palkee or palanquin , for evening conveyance . These presents ¦ were brought from India under charge of Dr . Young .
Dr . Merle D'Aubigne , well known as President of the Theological Seminary at Geneva , but better perhaps as one of the historians of the Reformation , preached on Sunday afternoon in Woburn Chapel , Tavistock-place . The service was wholly in French . Mr . Shell was buried on the 28 th May at the church of St . Michele Visdomini , at Florence . The funeral procession included the whole of the corps diplomatique and the Austrian and Tuscan generals and staff . A Fancy Fair will be held in the Royal Gardens at Chelsea College , in aid of the building fund of the Hospital for Consumption , in the Brompton-road . As usual , several aristocratic ladies will act as shopkeepers on the occasion .
Lord John Manners has accepted the Reverend Dr . M'Neile ' s challenge to meet the reverend canon in Liverpool for explanation on the Papal question . Sir John M'Gregor , Governor of Tortola , died on the 11 th May . Her Majesty ' s sloop Helena being there at the time , the interment took place under a fire of minute guns , and the officers and crew aittended the funeral . A hostile meeting took place early on Tuesday morning between Lieutenants . M . Hawkins . of the Ninety-seventh Foot , and Viscount Maldon , Royal Horse Guards Blue ; the former attended by Mr . E . L . Denys , the latter by Captain Brownrigg . Lord Maldon received the fire of his adversary , and discharged his pistol in the air . Thus far the affair terminated . —Morninq I ' ost .
Professor Kinkel , of Bonn , gave his seventh lecture at Willis ' s Rooms , on Monday night . He described the character of the Spanish people , the constitution of the theatre , and the habits of the actors , and noticed that Spain was the first country to adopt a fixed theatre , and to employ women on the stage . In the latter part of his lecture he developed the lives of Cervantes , Lope de Vega , and Calderon , principally dilating on the latter . Marshal Narvaez arrived in town from Paris expressly to visit the Exhibition .
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The Prince Metternich left Brussels on the 9 th instant , with his wife and family , for Johannisberg . Before his departure the Prince was admitted to a private audience of the Xing of the Belgians . Queen Mary Adelaide of Sardinia was safely delivered of a prince on the night of the 2 nd of May . The christening took place on the following day , when the Royal infant received the following names : Charles Albert Ferdinand Maria Eugene , Duke of Chiablese . The Duke and DucheBS of Genoa were sponsors , and represented by the Queen Dowager and Prince Eugene Carignan . At Berlin , on the 7 th , the theatres were closed , and the Court passed the day in strict retirement . It wa » the anniversary of the late King ' s death . After attending divine service in the Charlottcberg mausoleum , the royal family strewed fresh garlands on his tomb .
The Vienna correspondent of the Morning Pott reports , without vouching for its accuracy , that the Czar , the Emperor of Austria , and the King of Prusssia will be in London in July . Have not these potentates enough to do at home ? or has Lord Palmerston appointed " The Fountain , Crystal Pulace , Hyde-park , " aa a rendezvous to hia ubsolutittt allies ? The King of Hanover ' s eightieth birthday was celebrated at llanover on the 4 th and 6 th . The King of
Pru » niu was pronent . A procession of Hartz miners , on the 4 tU iiiHUut , is described as highly original and interesting . Nearly live hundred of the-so hurdy men were present , the workmen either attired in white blouses or black bloimcH , with leathern aprons , and turned-up hats , currying their lighted lamps , boots , emblems , and banners , and the drivers urined with their whips , which they crack with Much skill as to form a sort of harmony . The ceremony began with thin whip Hiilute , followed by a hymn udtnirubly smug by nearly the whole body ; niter
the completion of which , a deputation from each class was admitted to the King's presence , and he received them in the presence of his guests , and listened most attentively to a gratulatory address spoken in the patois of the HartK . After the King had thanked them for their loyal sentiments , the deputation withdrew , and , having jdined their comrades outside , three cheers were given , accompanied by a repetition of the " whip salute . The festival was favoured by beautiful weather , and no mention is made of aocidents or disturbance . The King , who has now entered his eighty-first year , supported the fatigues wonderfully , and appeared to be in high spirits , and in more than ordinary strength . At the grand ball on the evening of the 5 th King Ernest remained m the ballroom until two o ' clock .
The Silesian newspapers relate that the Emperor of Russia put himself in imminent peril during his journey on the railway to Olmutz . He passed the night on the 27 th ultimo at Mazcki , whence he was to proceed early the next morning . The directors of the Silesian railway sent notice that they would come in person with one of the royal carriages and fetch him . Between Szczakowa and Mazcki the driver of the train in which the directors travelled espied another train coming on the same rail from the latter station . A signal was made that it should immediately return , the directors wishing to avoid delay in fetching the Emperor .. But the signal was not obeyed ; and it was only by great presence of mind , and with some difficulty that the train with the directors was turned and driven back with all speed to the station
¦ w hence it came , the other train persisting in chasing it , without regarding any signal or slackening speed , in spite of the imminent danger . On arriving at Szczakowa , it turned out that the Emperor had not chosen to wait till the directors fetched him , but ordered out a special train and started . When the announcement was made to him that the train with the directors was in sight , and that a signal to stop had been made , he gave the order to go on without caring about the other train . The will of the absolute ruler of all the Russias is , we know , accustomed to bear down all obstacles ; but still it would hardly be safe frequently to repeat experiments like the one related ; running full tilt against iron locomotives might prove too much even for the iron will of Czar Nicholas .
Monsignor Minucci , Bishop of Florence , proceeded on the 31 st ult . to the church of Santa Croce , which , on the 29 th , the anniversary of the battles of Montanara and Curtatone , had been profaned , and in the midst of the Austrain troops reconsecrated the edifice ! The Banking Chivalry of Europe has lately received an addition in the person of Baron James de Rothschild , of Paris , whom the King of Sardinia has named a Knight of the Order of Saint Maurice and Saint Lazare . A duel took place on Monday morning between M . Pierre Bonaparte and M . de Nieuwerkerke . The weapons used wereswords . After a fight which lasted ten minutes , and in which two swords were broken , M . de Nieuwerkerke received a wound in the thigh : the seconds then declared that honour was satisfied , and the affair was ended .
Charles Bonaparte , Prince of Canino , and formerly president of the Roman Assembly , has been frequently assailed indirectly with odious imputations as having instigated the murder of Count Rossi . Viscount Arlincourt and his Italie Rouge are responsible for this . The second son of Count Rossi lay in wait for an occasion to avenge his father ' s death . Charles Bonaparte was dining with a friend at a cafe on the Quai d'Orsay , on Friday week , when the waiter announced to him that a gentleman outside wished to speak with him . Prince Canino required his name , and , being refused , begged the mysterious stranger to wait till he had finished dinner .
Rossi sat down at one of the little tables outside the cafe , and when his adversary came out marched up to him , saying , " You are the Prince of Canino ? " Having received an answer in the affirmative , he aimed a blow at the prince ' s face . Mediators interposed to prevent the scuffle from going further , and the principals were led off in different directions . On Saturday afternoon they met again in the park at Versailles , and exchanged a couple of pistol shots each , without effect . The Prince declared that the imputations were calumnious . Rossi apologized , and the seconds declared the requisitions of honour satisfied .
The Baron Lerchenfeld , in the Bavarian chamber , accused the Yunker party of Bavaria of having behaved in a very cowardly manner in 1848 , and alluded to certain individuals who were said to have secreted themselves at the period alluded to in a Jewish synagogue . Furst Wrede felt himself personally insulted by this allusion , and challenged the speaker . After some preliminaries , arising out of the fact that more of the Bavarian Yimkers desired to show their courage , the meeting took place , at which after two or three shots had been fired by each combatant without effect , a ball from the pistol of Furst Wrede struck Baron Lerchenfeld in the left side . The wound is not dangerous , the progress of the ball having been stopped by the ribs , and the wounded man is doing well . Furat Wrede walked through the Chamber in the afternoon of the same day , and took his usual scat as if nothing had happened . Lord Portman a model farm in Somersetshire has been
burnt down . The Treasury have granted a sum of £ 800 in aid of the proposed Peel Park at Bolton . The Commissioners of Woods and Forests have retained Rufficicnt good sense to clone the new ride in Kensington-gardens on Sundays . The Lords of the Treasury have issued a general minute functioning the future admission into this country duty free of plate publicly presented to parties abroad . ' 1 he hiding-place of the witncmtcH in the St . Albun's case has been discovered . Inspector Beckerson , of the A division , traced three of the missing parties to Boulogne , where he found them living at their case , and evidently well supplied with funds . The Inspector ')* attempt to apprehend tlie m was frustrated by the French author ! tics ,
who told him that if he apprehended the men they would be reclaimed from his custody and set at liberty . Under these circumstances the Inspector has returned to report progress at head-quarters . The Prince Albert left Stromness on the 3 rd of June , to go in search of Sir John Franklin . M . Bellot , an enterprising French navigator , sails with the expedition . Bridget Lyons , who was under sentence of death for the murder of Margaret Fahey , at Warrington , and whose husband was executed a short time back , has received a commutation of her sentence . She is to be transported for life . lants took lace
The exhibition of American p p on Sa » turday at the Botanic Gardens , Regent's-park . The Rhododendron , in great numbers and variety , was the chief flower of the show . But the noint of interest was the blossom of the peony tree , a native of the peony district near Shanghai , in the north of China . This plant has flowered for the first time in Europe at the nursery of Messrs . Standish and Noble , at Bagshot . The flower is white , and about a foot in diameter . The plant exhibited was twelve feet high , and bore about five hundred blossoms . The Cork Examiner states that six of the electoral divisions of the Killarney Union are entirely exempted from taxation under the rate just declared , although in other divisions of the same union the rate is as high as five shillings in the pound . The six fortunate divisions are chiefly the property of resident proprietors who have given remunerative employment and aid to promote emigration .
The Boston Liberator states , that at the annual meeting of the Anti-Slavery Society in that town , the following resolution was agreed to : —" That as the honoured representative of the labouring classes of Great Britain in Parliament , and the fearless advocate of all measures of radical reform , George Thompson deserves to be welcomed with open arms on this side of the Atlantic , by all who profess to abhor injustice and tyranny ; and that , although events of the highest importance have occurred to cause the protraction of his stay in this
country beyond the period at first fixed for the duration of his visit , this society cannot but believe that the generous constituency represented by George Thompson , having respect to the influence of his labours in the United States upon the cause of liberty throughout the world , will Justify and approve of his departure from his original purpose , and estimate aright the value of his exertions in behalf of human freedom in this land . " Mr . George Thompson will sail from the United States for England on the 17 th instant .
The Builder publishes the following biography of Mr . Peto , M . P .: — " There was a divine who used to say , when preaching to the youths of his congregation , ' Beware of being golden apprentices , silver journeymen , and copper masters ; ' and with a like motive it may not be useless to mention that Mr . Peto , now only forty-two years of age , left school at the early age of fourteen , and being apprenticed to his uncle , Mr . Henry Peto , the builder , worked three years at the bench , used the trowel for a year , and passed the remaining three years of his apprenticeship at the mason ' s banker . When he was little more than twenty-one his uncle died , and left his business and his capital jointly to him and to Mr . Thomas Grissell , also a nephew . Their first work was Hungerford Market , their second the new Houses of Parliament —afterwards placed wholly in the hands of Mr . Grissell .
They built the Reform Clubhouse , the Oxford and Cambridge Clubhouse , the Model Prison at Clerkenwell , and many other large structures : the St . James ' s Theatre was completed by them in thirteen weeks . They also entered very largely into railway works , and to these , after the dissolution of the partnership , M . Peto confined his attention : we may mention more especially the Eastern Counties line , the line from Ashford to Folkestone , the Southampton | and Dorchester , the Oxford and Birmingham , and , in conjunction with Messrs . Betta , the whole of the Great Northern line north of Peterborough . When we say that there were employed on his work at one time 10 first-class locomotive engines , 2300 waggons , 916 horsea , and 14 , 800 men , some idea may be gained of their great extent , and of the energy and power required to keep all well in hand . There are many excellent traits recorded of Mr . Peto , but for none does he deserve more honour than for his
continued and enlightened efforts to raise the character of the large bodies of men engaged under him . Mr . Peto has earned for himself a great reputation for enlarged views and liberality , and has shown how much we may advance our own interests by attending to the interests of others . The American ladies seem determined to abolish petti * coats and adopt trousers as a substitute . " Examples " appear in many places in the Union . ' The first example , " says the Miltoaukie Wisconsin of May 19 , " the Nhort Bkirt and Turkish trousers has made its appearance on East Water-street this afternoon . The dress is of green silk , and the trousers of white linen , full , and gathered into a band at the ancle , with a short ruff . The appearance is extremely elegant and graceful . The . young lady who has had the courage thus to face the
Medeand-Persian law of long-established custom , and discard an awkward and uxeleun stylo of dress for one both becoming and commodious , deserves the highest praise . We trust that a host of others will follow her example , and leave street-sweeping to its legitimate professors . " " Yesterday , " says the Vleveland ( 0 \\\ o ) Herald of May 22 , " two young ladies , of fairest reputations and attractions , donned the new costume , uiul though the ' observed of all observers , ' made their afternoon promenade . Their dress was elegant and beautiful . ( Skirts reached to the knee , and loose trousers of white . " The Philadelphia Ledger of May 2 < l says : — " Chesnut-Btreet wast thrown into a singular state of commotion on Saturday last , by the appearance in the public streets , for the first time , of a pair of trousers upon thu lower limbs of one of the fair daughters of Eve . The scneation produced was greut . " "lho
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Leader (1850-1860), June 14, 1851, page 554, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1887/page/6/
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