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      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 , whe n G e n eral Wr angel called on hittiy he motioned him and his adjutant to sit down , and received the General ' s comp limentary 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 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 W ilki n s ' s bank has not succeeded in establishing itself . The Journal de Constantinop le 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 auth o ri t ies , this disunion may last a long time .

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      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 rap idly sank . He is succeeded by his onl y son , the Hon . G . A . W . Waldegrave , no w in his twenty-fifth year . Mr . David Trevena Coulton , 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 l Fortune , ' has died at Brig hton of bronchitis , after three weeks' illn ess , in the forty-sixth year of his age . His end is thoug ht 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 .

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      ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS . A poor w oman , the wife of a blacksmith , was crossing the London and North-Western Railway , near the Fishergate station , P res t on , when a luggage train sudde n l y emerged from a tunnel close by , struck the wo m an do w n , and- killed her on the spot , leaving the bod y horribl y 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 t o do so , owing , probably , to her being heavily lade n , 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 bod y was reached . It was found in a crouched-up position . Two young gentlemen were sailing near Southsea Castle , P ortsmouth , on Thursday week , when their boat t o ok a sudden hee l , the ballast shifted to leeward , and , the water rushing in , they jumped overboard and began swimming to the ahore . A bargeman near sent a boat to their assistance and succeeded in saving one ; but the other was drowned .

      Colour-Sergeant Edward Barnicoat , of the Royal Eng ineers , has met with his death while diving for the purpose of recovering the 32-pounder iron gun and carriage which accidentally sank during the experiments with Sir Charles Pasloy's newly- invented pontoons at old Rochester Bridge last Saturday . Barnienat was a highly experienced diver , and the manner of hi * death is a mystery . When beneath the water , ho repeatedly gave signals for more air , but ho never replied to the si gnals made to him from above . Iu the course of about halt a n hour , ho mgnallod for leas air ; and , about ten minutea after that , ho was drawn up , quite dead . The barque lrj . no , juat arrived at Plymouth , was caught in a hurricane off the Mauritius , during which lour of the crow wore Bwopt overboard and drowned

      A porter in the employ of the London and North-Western Railway Company wau running along by the wide of a train in motion , when ho camo in collision with a man who was proceeding in the opposite direction Tho porter foil between tho platform and the train and waa bo horribly mang l e d t h a t h o died shortl y afterwards in hospital .

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      « . CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT . The May session commenced on Monday , when af t er 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-Josep h 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 3 '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 iu 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 mouths' imprisonment . Frederick Berkhead , a well-dressed 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 difficulties , 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 stealiug 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 the 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 Hi gg ins 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 clown 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 considevation that he did not design to kill the boy . Barnet Greenbow and Mark Robinson , watcrproofers , were indicted for threatening to accuse Asher Stern ol setting fire to his dwelling-house with intent to extort monev . They were found Guilty , but sentence waa p istponed . Louis Lcroy was convicted of uttering a forged cheque for tho payment of 92 / . In . this case also sentence was deferred .

      Thomas Gcnge , a becrshop-keeper , waa Acquitted cf a charge ( with the details of which our renders are acquainted ) of robbing a Prussian , named Simon Nelson , of •!()/ . He had formerly been a policeman , and bore n very good character .

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      TRIAL OF BACON AND 1113 WIFE . Thomas Fuller Bacon , and Martha Bacon , his wife , were placed on their trial on Wednesday at tho Central Criminal Court on tho charge of murdering their children . Tho husband appeared anxious , but tho wife exhibited the most entire indifference , contrary to her demeanour before tho police magistrate , dining her numerous examinations . Tho reception of evidence occupied the whole day , and tho trial was then adjourned to tho following morning for the speeches for tho defence . Tho first address was that of Mr . Sleigh for Murtlm Bacon . Itrcstod chiefly on tho alleged tendency to insanity on tho part of tho woman , of which tlicro had boon considerable proof during tho trial . Mr . Motcnlle then addressed tho jury for the husband . Wo do not here repeat tho dismal story , because our readers arc already familiar with its details ; but tho leading points of tho uofonco of tho man Bacon must bo given . Mr . Moteulfo sum : »¦¦ mw ¦ »— - ~ jj

      % J m \ J \ 4 V # ft ft . * it ** m m * « ^ r w ^ ** * ^ ^ — — ^» * — " Luckily for tho prisoner , one fact , according to us ( Mr . Mctcalfo ' a ) view of tho matter , watt quit" conclusive of his innocence , and this was that it-appeared Hint o n tho da y before tho murders wcrq committed ho » nu gone to Mrs . Payne , accompanied by his poor niaimo wife , and requested that she would allow her dauymoi to bo with his wife during his absence , beoaimo lit thought she was not lit to bo trustod alone on account oi

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      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 jthese tenement ' s 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 . The 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 coming from that wall ! I don ' t like that ! " The next moment , he exclaimed , " Run , 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 bod } ' 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 quarters of 1

      an hour ' s work , the dead bod } ' of a young man , Iredcrick 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 , frightfully 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 Thursday , and then died .

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

      ¦ ¦ slight scratches . All around the spot whore ho was found lie piled up in strange confusion the < l 6 ( rris of tho houses . The thick brcssemers , strengthened with iron , which carried tho front of the houses , arc snapped in the centre like thin laths of wood ; girders and beams aro broken and mingled in tho strangest of forms ; flooring boards arc wrung from their joists , and sheets of lead , torn oft' like paper , aro rolled and curled up in curious shapes ; lath and plaster , brick and mortar , doors and staircases , window-frames and cupboards , bedsteads , chairs , tables , and lookintf-g ln . ssos , nro smashed and broken and pouudud up into rubbish ; and , as the men work among tho mass , they full on a cup or a saucer , or Homo other frag ile p iece of crockery , still strangely preserved , secure in its weakness , a m id t ho g uno r al wreck . "

      An inquest on the bod Lor wan opened on " Wednesday , when a great many witnesses wore examined ; but their ovidonco moruly confirmed tho account just given . Tho inquiry was adjourned to yesterday , whe n , after some additional testimony , it was further adjourned till Tucsdav .

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      OUR CIVILIZATION .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), May 16, 1857, page 464, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2193/page/8/