The Express.
London, England, 1865-12-12 00:00:00

THE FENIAN TRIALS.

DUBLIN, MoiDat Nicer.
The trial of Jeremiah O'Donovan (Roma) was
proceeded with this morning. Previous to the
examination of Nagle,
The prisoner said he believed the trial was a legal
farce, and he would not be a party to it by being
represented by counsel.
Mr. Dowse said they were quite ready to con-
duct the prisoner's defence, but under those cir-
cumstances they would withdraw.
The informer was then examined and afterwards
cross-examined at great length by the prisoner.
Having been told by a juror and by the court that
he was wasting the public tine, he said that with
the prospect of twenty years penal servitude hang-
ing over him be bad a right to defend himself as
be thought best ; and as to wasting the public time
he had as much right to it as the judge or jury. He
proceeded to croes-examine all the witnesses for the
I crown in the same manner.
A special commission is likely to be appointed
to inquire into the escape of Stephens.

Tux ART Ilmos or Lonnon.—The annual report
of the Art Union of Loudon, with • list of members, has
just been issued, and heirs witness to the continued prospe-
rity and extended operations of this the oldest established
institution of its kind. he Almanac of the Union, also just
Issued, contains a large amount of information relating to
societies connected with art and science not to be found
collected in any other work.
FATAL EXPLOStON OP NAPHTHA AT THE /demo-
roixres RAILWAY Wotan.—Yesterday yr. W. J. Payne,
deputy.ooroner for the City. held an inquiry at Bt. Berth°.
lomee's Hospital relative to the death of John Millard,
aged 32 years. Mr. Henry Cameron said that he was
foreman to the sub-costae:ter of the Fiusbury Extessive
of the Metropolitan Railway, and an last Friday week the
deceased and a number of others were employed under him
at the new station at Charteestreet, Ferringdon.road„ At
half.mat six in the evening, the deceased, who was the
stmekeeper, went into the store-room with two men.
They serried a lamp, the 110012 being a woods° hou.e under
ens of the railway arches. In • few minutes witness
beard • loud explosion, as if a quantity of gunpowder bad
blown up. There were screams from the men, and one of
them, Charles Beach, ran out is flames. Witnese ran into
the storeroom to the assistance of the ether men, and found
the whole plans on fire, and the deceased in a mass of flames.
He was pulled out on to the phase-in, and with great
difficultJ the fire was extinguished. Witness asked tbe
deceased what had happened, and he answered that the
aapbtha had exploded. He and the other man, Charles
Beach. were sent to the hospital in a fearfully burnt wadi.
tion. Charles Beach, who appeared revered with bandages,
said that he was en iron fitter, employed in the construction
of the roof of the new station. When deceased end he
went into the stores the deicemotxl complained of the bed
light given by the oil lamp which he had to work by. Them
was no oil is store, end the deceased said that be would fill
the lamp with naphtha. He went to one of the three-
gallon jars containing naphtha sod filled his oil lamp with
he
it,
and then lighted it and placed it on the ground. While
was yet stooping down over it the sapbtha is it exploded in
his foam ad set his teed en fire, mad the place was le-
niently in a blaze. Witham was sat on fire,
we md bad to run a
out of the place. The proper Denham lamps re made in
peculiar manner, so as to prevent the spirit of the naphtha
evaporating and exploding. The imp that deceased filled
with naphtha for want of oil was • common oil lamp, and had
no contrivance of the kind. Naphtha was Rangyy used et
railway works for the mks of the brilliant light. The jury
returned a verdict, " That deceased died from injuries
remind from the accidental *spit:elm of • aaphtha :amp,
mid that so peruse ought to here charge of *eoliths lamps
who did sat theceagtay understand the snot them: