The Press.
London, England, 1855-10-06 00:00:00

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in confinement. Coninuinication was immediately
made to the bail acks at Weymouth for a strong body
of soldiers, who were soon on the spot, and double
guards were kept both on Fkiday, Saturday, and
Sunday, at every point *here they would be likely
to escape. We hear that about thirty of the ring-
leaders will shortly be whipped. Hari they suc-
ceeded in their attempt the cousepiences *mild
have been serious, as there ate no* ibont sixteen
hundred convicts in the prison.
THE STORM of THURSDAY fell with unprecedented
fury upon Liverpool. The steep► streets were swept
with the torrents of water whicn rushed through
them. About two p.m. a tretnendous explosion
occurred on the premises of Mr. Lawrence, a fire-
work manufacturer. The cause remains at present
unexplained, but a few minutes before it occurred
Mr. Lawrence noticed a strong sulphurous smell,
and expressed his fears to the Workmen that the
lightning might ignite some of the combitstibles.
Almost immediately after a terrific explosion
occurred, which not only blew up and destroyed
Mr. Lawrence's premises, but also the greater por-
tion of the publichouse and surrounding premixes.
It is supposed that the ignition of the combustibles
was caused by a flash of lightning coming through
the skylight window, as no lights were being burnt
at the time. So soon as the smoke had cleared
away a scene of utter ruin and destruction was pre-
sented, while, to add to the difficulty of relieving
those involved in the debris, the remains of the shop
were blazing furiously. A number of firemen, under
Mr. Hewitt, and several policemen, under Superin-
tendents Quick, Brennan, Walker, and Inspector
Sproton, arrived, however ; soon afterwards the flames
were extinguished. Fortunately no lives were lost,
as few people at the moment were on the premises.
Seven men, and Mr. Lawrence, were more or less
injured, but are doing well.
AN ATTEMPT AT ROBBERY on the North British
Railway was curiously discovered the other day.
Four of the company's servants one night last week
proceeded, in the dark, to broach a cask in a waggon.
The watchman, to facilitate the boring process,
placed his lantern close to the cask. Unluckily it
zontained aqua vita. When the barrel was per-
forated, the whisky rushed out and ignited at the
lantern, producing a conflagration which destroyed
the waggon and the whole of the goods in it. One of
the men was much burned.

A DEAD INFANT was found on Sunday last in
Kensington-gardens. The body was wrapped in
brown paper. An inquest was held before Mr. F. S.
Langham, deputy coroner for Westminster, on
Tuesday, and the evidence of Mr. Lances, surgeon,
was to the effect that he had made a post-mortem
examination, and that he fully believed the death
was the result of violence by the compression of the
nose and mouth, and that it was not the result of
accident. The jury returned a verdict of " Wilful
murder against some person or persons unknown."
A BRUTAL MURDER was committed at Hereford
by a party of drunken navvies on Saturday night
last. The men, without any ceremony, or, as far as
can he ascertained, the slightest provocation, burst
open the door of the house of a girl residing in
Bonsey-lane, entered the premises, and, pulling a
female out of bed who had only been confined about
a month, dragged her down stairs, and kicked her
shamefully. Her screams aroused her neighbours,
but before the police could arrive the ruffians had
gained a forcible entrance into an adjoining house
kept by one Priscilla Morgan. Whether any of them
had been in the habit of visiting the house, and were
on this occasion refused admission, leading to a
scuffle, is not known ; but it is certain that, on enter-
ing, some, if not all of them, conducted themselves in
a very outrageous manner. Seizing the girl Morgan,
they beat her not only with their fists, but with what
is stated by some persons to be a rolling-pin. In the
attempt which was made to apprehend the ruffians, a
collision took place between them and the police, in
which some of the latter came to the ground. Inti-
mately, four men, named James Ford, John Wilson,
Henry Williams, and Robert Scott (the foreman or
ganger), were apprehended and conveyed to the
station. house; but three others escaped during the
bustle occasioned by the crowd running hither and
thither, and striving to see the injured woman. The
police were throughout the night active in pursuit of
the fugitives, and on Sunday morning, in consequence
of some information received, Sergeant Griffiths and
police-constable Preece started in a trap for Worces-
ter, where they succeeded in captunng one man,
Charles Smith. The unfortunate woman died on
Sunday, after much suffering. Her face presented a
shocking sight, from the extensive wounds and dis-
colorations. An inquest was held on Wednesday,
and adjourned for further evidence.

LORD WATERFORD'S ENTIRE STUD of stallions,
broodmares, horses in training, steeple-chasers, Sce-,
is to be brought to the hammer at Curraghmore on
the 26th instant. It is rumoured his lordship in-
tends more than mere " weeding" of his stock, and
that he is about to retire from the turf.