The Express.
London, England, 1865-12-21 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITAXL

ADMIR►LTY, DEC. 20.--tea'-Lien.
tomato F. Edems`; the Duke Weiliagtondi
Brett, to the B. F. Boveaava, to the ait:
Masters A. Breen), to the Wan, toe week* is mew
F. W. BA% to the Comberlesed, tor swim la-

riiter'edesieteat H. J. Chalk*, to the Timm.

THE FENIAN TRIALS.

DUBLIN, Wsninesnsr Num.
At the Cork special commission to y, John
Duggan and Jeremiah O'Donovan were convicted.
Duggan was sentenced to ten and O'Donovan to
five years' penal servitude. Charles Underwood
O'Connell was then put on his trial.

The Rev. Dr. Montgomery, the heed of the
nuitariaa body le the north of Ireland, has just died at the
see of 78.
The Nemeartie Clwonicte moor& the death of Mr.
Niahatas Wood, of Bettoe-hell, the oraiseet Wein

WitifElFF.
PHLEXACZITTICAL SOCIETY or GREAT MUTATE.—
The following candidates yesterday paned sb. ma
'mimeos as Pharmaceutical Oltsosista :—Titonaa
Tamworth ; James Hughes, Jamaica Beery If shilst,
Lowion ; Alfred Moinford, Westbury' Jobs fitiseitan.
AbFldell• ; David B. Sharp, Yak ; and Alfred 0. Wadies,

Wee.
BELVEDERE INSTn u LION eon AMID AND WORN-
Carr MERCHANT Swim—The committee el the above
institution met yesterday ; the president, lb. Thomas
Bario. M.P., is the chair. Therein!, also present Mamas.
C. H. Wigraoi (chairman of the oosamittee). William
liens (vionthairroun), Captain Vincent Budd, Captain Lisa.
R.N., Capt. Par Julio Heron Maxwell, Berk, R.N., Cot.
Nairn*, FI.C.S., Captain Trivett, Merry. B. W.
Silver, T. R. Zenon, Anthony Wilson, and Francis Laan.
R.N., honorary secretary. The minutes were read and cos.
firmed. The committee then considered the rater sad
tables el the Pension and Widows' Fend seriatim, which
were approved with • few verbal alterations. The bon.
secretary read a letter dated November 17 from the Board
of Trade in grower to hie letter dated August 16, replying to
• previous letter from the board on She subject press= by
an iotluential deputation—viz., • provision for merchant sea-
men in eld age to preserve them from the workhouse. The
substance of the letter =a that the Board of Trade could
not aid the committee either from the Mercantile Maria*
Fund or the unclaimed wages and effects of deceased mu.
chant seamen. The hon. secretary undertook to prepare a
petition to parliament on the subject, and to the Admiralty
for &share of the surplus income of Oresowirsh Hospital by
the sett muting. Giber business was despatched, and the
committee rose with a vote of thanks to the chair.
Tag FATAL Elmo/now or Cairns FIRE PAYER.
—Mr. Wm. Payne, the City coroner, held an inquiry you
terday &Nemec at the Mitre Tavern, Mitre-sliest, Aid.
eate, touchier' the death of two German awned Judi
Gustavus Luray and Isaac Julius Hayman, wbo lest their
lives through the explosion of • quantity of Mephisto-
Chimes firs. The third man is not dead se tweeted. Mtn
Sarah Symonds, the landlady of the house an which the
explosion took place, deposed to the facts reported yester-
do. Charles Lervay, 10, Bookhamchreet, New North.
road, son of the deceased man Leeway, said that his father
provided the money for his partner, Mr. Cohen, In the
cigarette business, nd it was only lait week that they
entered into the Moltiato-Chineee fire paper bust-
ness. The paper is ordinary whit* paper, soaked
in an acid, and when it is lit it goes off
with a flash. They kept a large quantity of it at their
office in Mitre square, and a general dealer named Julius
Hayman, living an Berry-court, New North-road. was in the
constant habit of calling upon them at their office. Mr.
Cohen, whose life the doctors despair of being able to
nave, stated that Mr. Hayman was smoking a cigarette•
and he let the paper with which he had lit eat fall into •
box of Chinese fire paper. An explosion followed, sad the
room was filled with flame. Mr. Cohen then jumped out of
the wiodow. Before that time Mr. Cohen thought that
Chimes paper was harmless. Mr. .7. Banmorr, 115, High-
street, Bow, mid he was a toy and fancy dealer. He advanced
Mr. Cohen 4W. to start in the cigarette busiuma, because
he was very poor. The Chinese paper had an explosive
powder upon it. It could be bought at any toy shop. The
coroser said that it was illegal for any parson to store fire-
works in • crowded neighbourhood, but unfortunately all
the persons who could in the present cue be held account-
able for the accident had expired, and be had been informed
that Mr. Cobea was then dying. It would be therefore
useless to adjourn the inquiry. The jury returned the
following verdict :—" That the two deceased persons lost
their lives through as explosion of Chinese fire at No. 7,
Mitre-square, City, and the jurors find that the said explo-
sion was aceidentaL"
Einocnino ACCIDENT AT TNI YEOVIL RAILWAY
STATIoN.—A fatal accident happened in Yeovil on Wed-
nesday (yesterday) at the goods station of the Bristol and
Exeter Railway, to William Tramiel'', foreman porter and
goods guard. It appears that about 8 o'clock in the morn-
ing the unfortunate man was engaged in shunting some
trucks, and whilst la the act of coupling two of them,
his toot slipped, and he was jammed in a frightful
manner between the buffers. He only spoke but once
situ...rail, his death being almost instantaneous. The de-
ceased was about 33 years old, and has, we regret to say,
left a widow and four children. He had been is the
service of the Bristol and Easter Railway about nine ow
ten years, the last six year. of which bad been spent at the
station here, where, in consequence of hie steady habits and
origin meaner, he was well known and deservedly re.
—Actor= Journal.
RAILWAY AcCID=VT. —Another accident occurred
on the Great Western Railway as Monday last, which
might have caused • most fearhd loos of life, but
fortunately terminated without any serious injury.
From information gleaned on the spot, it appears that
the 6 a.m. express train from Weymouth to Laid=
left the station at Maiden Newtou about the usual time,
and on its arrival at Evershot station the train ran
off the direct line, sod the engine got firmly embedded
on its side in • sand-bank. about seven yards from the
mouth of • Wesel. As a matter of course she scene wee
one of great confusion, the passengers being very much
shaken and frightened, but, as far as we have beard,
all escaped without injury. Inquiry was moos made
as to the cause of the accident, and nponLet:ia
to the office, the pointemse, Samuel
(who was the official in charge), was found fast
asleep. and it was ucertahred that he bad neglected to
turn the points, through which neglect the accident is sup-
posed to have bappeeed. Leoesrd was quickly lost sight
of, but was taken in custody by Police-tionstable Hereabout
an hour afterwards, =steed with neglect of duty. He is
to be beetled before a magistrate this day, and remanded
for the purpose of giving time to thoroughly investigate the
cane. Mr. lospector Morrison prosecuted on be of the
company. The same day. about half-put 4 p.m., soother
accident =meted war the same pia= When the bath
was on its way to Yount:later, • truck loaded with dose
broke down ;on this truck were several workmen loyed
on the ; two of them, seeing the dosser, leapedfrom
the truck, one of them escaped without any injury, bat the
other was severely Injured. the medical gentlemen who
attend= him giving but faint hopes of his recovery. Those
men who remained on the track escaped without say hp
jary.—Shertorne Journal.
LONDON Giersimi. Oxwisus COMPANY (LnaTzp).
—Traffic receiver for the week miffing December 17,
11,5191. 9e. 10d.