The Express.
London, England, 1868-05-08 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

CAMBRIDGE, MAY 7.
THE LATE ATTEMPT 'UPON THE bill Or THE
Dust or MDIEDURGH.—At a ooneregaties tide* y a graos
passed the Senate, proposing the presentation of an Addeo'
to her Majesty, congratulating her on the late escape of
his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh from assassi-
nation, and expressive of detestation of the attempt. The
address was read to the members of the Senate prasent by
the Vice-Chancellor, and the university seal authorised to
be affixed thereto. The text of the ad*en will be printed
on presentation.
Graces afro passed the Senate to confer the degree of
LLD. upon Professor Max Muller, IL A. ,Taylorian Professor
of Oxford ; to adopt the report of the Medical Studies Syn-
dicate, dated April 24, 1848; to appekat Mr. Swete,
Caine ; Mr. Mowat, Sidney ; Mr. W. H. H. Hudson, St.
Jibe's ; Mr. Turner, Trinity ; Mr. Searle, Queens' ; Mr.
Walker, Corpus Christi ; Hr. Beard, Bt. John's ; and
Mr. Chapman, Emmanuel, examiners at the previous
examination in the year ensuing. The grams passed
tutsnimomily.

KING THEODORE ON THE STAGIL—The Temps
says that the Chatelet Theatre, in Pane, is about to put
in rehearsal a grand drams in five seta and twelve
tableaus, entitled, Theodrus, King of Abyssivtia.

A meeting teas held yesterday afternoon at
Willies-rooms, with the view of benefiting the rank and
file of she British navy by augmenting the funds of the
society for supporting Scripture-readers at the different
naval aespor a at home and abroad, to visit the ships both
in commission and ordinary, naval hospitals, and marine
barracks. Vice-Admiral Sir J. HOPE presided in the
absence of Mr. Corry, M.P. who was prevented from at-
tendingby the decease of Lady Harriet Corry, his wife.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT A NORTH LONDON RAIL-
WAY STATION —On Wednesday ,evening, Dr. Lankester
held an inquest at the Boston Arms, Junction-road, Hol-
loway, on the body of Mr. William Cornelius Jenrdain,
aged 62, who up to the time of biz death, on the 4th inst., re-
sided at 8, Junction-villas, Junction-road. The relatives
of deceased state that on the Nth ultimo the deceased
went into the station named, that the train which he
wanted to proceed by arrived, but overshot the station •
little, and then backed. He got into a second-class com-
partment, but finding it was a smoking carriage he got
out, and was proceeding to get into another carnage when
the station-master seized hold of him. The train was not
then moving, but it immediately started, and although (as
alleged) he could have easily got into the carriage, the
station-master hung on to him. The train proceeded, and
finally in the struggle both persons fell between the car-
riages and the platform. the station-master uppermost.
They were dragged along some distance together,butbeing
brought in contact with a step, they were separated,
and the platform being a hollow one, the official
escaped with the loss of • part of his coat.
The train was <ben stopped, and when deceased was picked
up he was found to be seriously injured. He was taken
to his residence, where he died from the result of the
injuries he had received. A post-mortem examination
stowed that four ribs had been broken on the right side,
and two on the left, and the bowels had been so twisted
as to cause a stoppage. The station-master stated that he
had seen all the passengers who were going on safely
seated, and then gave the signal to start. The train corn-
meaced to move when the deceased jumped oat of a
smoking carriage, and running past a first-dims opened
the door of a second-class carriage. The train was then
foidg at a good speed. The deceased attempted to get
in, but slipped and fell with his legs " dangling" between
the train and the platform, and bolding on to the rail
of the door by one band. Witness had shouted to warn
deceased, but when he saw what had happened he blew
his whistle for the train to stop, and running to the
assistance of deceased, caught bold of him and told him
to leave his hold of the rail, but he would not do so, and
catching hold of witness's coat dragged him along with
him down between the carriage and the platform. After
listening to the conflicting statements the jury:adjourned
for the purpose, if possible, of obtaining further evidence.
FATAL FALL FROM AN OMNIBUS. —Yesterday
afternoon Mr. Humphreys held an inquest at Doric
Lodge, Bow-road, the residence of Mr. William Barnes,
aged 81, an architect, on the body of that gentlemen, who
w o was killed by falling from an omnibus. It appeared
from the evidence that the deceased visited the City on
Monday for the purpose of transacting some business, and
about half-past :3 o'clock he took the Bow omnibus at the
Royal Exchange to return home. He was accompanied
by his wife, and feeling rather unwell be desired to ride
inside, but there being several ladies who wished to go by
the vehicle, and there not being room for him, he rode
outside on the front seat with the coachman. A lad, in
the employ of a law stationer in the City, sat neat to him,
and as the omnibus waspaasing along the Bow-road, near
the residence of the deceased, be accidentally dropped some
small money in the road. The omnibus at the moment
stopped to allow s passenger to alight, and the lad got
down to pick up the money. It would seem that the de-
ceased got nearer to the end of the seat, and as be was
looking over he overbalanced himself and fell downwards
into the road. On being raised there was found • large
wound on his left temple, his skull was fractured, and it
was believed that his neck was dislocated, causing his
death almost instantly. The jury returned a verdict of
" Accidental death."

SD ICIDS or A CITY RATE COLLECTOR. —Yesterday
Dr. Lankester held an inquest at the Duke of Hamilton
Tavern, New-end, Hampstead, relative to the death of
Mr. James M'Creath, sged 39, collector of rates for the
parish of St. Botolph, Aldgate, who was found dying from
the effects of poison on Monday night on Hampstead-
heath, near Jack Straw's Castle. Mr. John Sparks, of 12,
King -street, Tower-bill, identified the body. He said be
had known she deceased for many years. He was a single
man. Latterly he had been very low-spirited, and had
said that when the Reform Bill passed it would Lwow
his work. He lest saw him alive a fortnight ago. He was
very abstemious in his habits, and his parish seeonnts
were quite correct. Mary Ann Sulu also deposed to the
deceased, her master, having been in low spirits and
strange in him manner. For five weeks he did not change
his clothes. She added that she attributed his strange
conduct to his having recently been converted to Boman
catholicism, and his fasting during Lent. The jury re-
turned a verdict of "Suicide while in an unsound state
of mind."

ATTEMPTED WIFE MURDER AT BRIGHTON. —At
Hove Police.ceurt, adjoining Brighton, on Wednesdoy •
hand-chairman, named Thomas Tana& aged 48, reside(
at 18, Upper Market-street West, was brought up on a
charge of attempting to murder his wife. The prisoner
had been for many years pest • very dissipated fallow, and
frequently ill•nred his wife. On Tuesday night, on his wife
remonstrating with him for striking her in the street, he
took from a nail in the bedroom in which they were seated
a hatchet, and struck her over the head, indicting a serious
wound. The poor woman at the time bad her youngest
boy in her arms who with herself was covered with blood.
Her little girl immediately ran for assistance, and altar
some neighbours had come to the rescue medical aid was
procured. Mr. Curtis a surgeon, was afraid the wound
would prove fatal. Tie prisoner expressed • wish Milt he
bad done for her, and also that he had killed himself. The
magistrates remanded him to the 14th mat. The poor
woman lies in a precarious elate.
THE ASSASSINATION OF MR. D'Aincif }Msg. —A
despatch from Ottawa, dated April 23, and published in
the New York pa says : —"Jean Baptiste La Croix,
who says he saw the pers
shot fired that killed D'Aroy M'Ocre,
has been subjected to a searching examination as to the
facts, and his testimony remains uoshaken in all the par-
ticulars. He has seen Whalen in gaol, and identified
him. La Croix is an ignorant Frenchman, although he
tells a straightforward and connected story. At the time
of the occurrence be concealed himself in a doorway, fear-
ing that Whalen might discover him and shoot him. Sixes
that time he has been afraid to speak about the natter
for fear of getting into trouble."
RELEASE OF FENIAN PRISONERS IN DUBLIN.
We learn by telegram from Dublin that last evening
" Colonel" Nagle one of the prinelpal persons in the
" Jacknell" expedition, together with Patrick Neil,* is
mhos' case an abortive trial took place at the last 8140
ands's, Frederick Fitsgibbon, Andrew Lconard,and Daniel
Lee, other members of the expeditionary form, were re•
lewd frees cpmtody. They intimate stair intention of
proteedh4 to Ames* on Satardsy next. Naglerlohle
morning railed Mr. G. F. Train in the Marshaleco p
and drain the day went thrash the law courts.
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