The Express.
London, England, 1868-08-20 00:00:00

KOBE EXTENSIVE FIRES.-(TOIS 10.1

Soon after the brigade had succeeded in ,toppin.,,
the progress of the tire at Northumberland-lesoe,
fleetwn of another serious fire over the south es 4 Nina
of London called them thither. It commenced in the et.
tensive patent rope manufactories, carried 00 by
Frost Brothers, in Blue Anchor-road, Itotherhits...
fire originated in tho jute mill and stores sad corrug.ii,-,1
iron buildings of one floor 150 feet long by 30 brood, ail
made such rapid progress that by the time the enginen ar
rived, the fire had travelled completely through the 1,401.1.
ing. The firemen were unable to obtain mastery user the
flames until the mill was most seriously damaged, the al•
joining premises being also damaged by water.
A fire also broke out on the premises known as Elid
House, Brixton, and the damage done is thus desmb.,;
in the official report:—" Elder-house. Brixton-road, intl:
joint occupation of Messrs.'. Maxwell and Sons, buiklrr
W. Pratt and J. Powell's Mahlon ; timber building of tr.
floors (used as workshops and stables), 60ft. long by 30:
broad, burned out and roof off ; first floor, occupit.l
Mr. J. Mangan, coachbnikler: workshop and eont.•s.
damaged by fire and water ; Mr. Stevens, damaged; N
Thornton-street, Brixton, in the occupation of Mr. R
Phillips, contents damaged by water; No. 8, Mr. B. t.
smith, end No. 9 Mr. W. Bonsey, fences damaged by
and breakage. 'Floe property destroyed is only pa
insured.

FOUR NURDERS AND A SUICIDE FR".W
DISTRESS.

The widow of a railway employe.% name.l
committed suicide in Vienna a few days back by swan.,
ing cyanide of potassium ; and she also put to death 11
the same means her young children, Rudolph. czol •
Gustave, 7; Rildugarde, 2; and her aged mother, 70. 1,7 •
of her little boys, Armin, 5 years of age, refused to take
cup of Uri containing the poison. and so raeaped. 11.•
motive which drove the woman to this terrible aet w,. r:.
deepest poverty.

42 TEMPT TO 808 A RAILWAY TIMM oF ;
TWO THOUSAND FOUNDS.

A daring attempt at robbery ha.; ju.vt been
at Madrid. A train was leaving that city Or Alicante,
when two men stepped from the platform into the Iliggaite
van, in which vcas a boa containing 2,0001. in 0,01 d., under
the care of the guard and a porter; the thieves wind
of the former to bind him, but the latter jumped out,
and gave notice. of the occurrence to the statiou-raa.t.l.
A looomotive with several men was at once wnt in pur-
suit, and overtook the train at Oetate ; when the thiev',
finding themselves in danger of being captured, three thi
boa on the line, and then leapt from the van at the net
of being killed. They, however, *leaped unhurt. and zot
clear off. The train being stopped, the guard
bound, and the treasure recovered, less a sum of
which bad been taken.

The appointment of Sir M. H. Beach, M.P., t)
the Under-Secretaryship of the Home Department plos
the office of Parliamentary Secretary to the Peer Lit
Board at the premier's disposal. The promotion does asl
vacate the hon. baronet's emit in the House of Comm
for independently of the clause in the Reform Act wild.
ing that there should be no re-election on a mere chug,
of office, an Mules-secretaryship is not oonsidered s so 4
held under the crown but is looked upon as the gift oi ths
Secretary of State. 'Mr. F. Stanley, who has bees are
pointed to the civil lordship of the Admiralty, will find
necessary to appeal to his constituents for re-election
The Standard is authorised to state that there is
no foundation whatever for the supposition which tu'
been made the subject of leading articles in newslars
that the Board of Admiralty decided on sudtume.
turret ship for one of the broadside ships ordered t‘,..!'
built, but abandoned its intention in consequence of 31'
Reed having threatened to resign if the original Pr
gramme were altared.
HEALTH OF THE REV. DR. COOKE. It giv''
us great pleasure to state that, according to the latest .1'
counts from Harrogate the health of the worthy Dr.O.rat,
was much improved, and it is hoped he will be able t.,
turn to Belfast in the course of the week.— Bel.fest 3' •
Lefler.
THE TißillsH ASSOCIATION.—Dr. Hooker
president of the British Association for the ',relent yor.
delivered his address at Norwich last night hei"r"
crowded and a brilliant assembly. He first described
th
action which the council had taken in several matttoer
t4''
importance during the year,referring especially
efforts which had been made to induce the government t
place thenatsmal history collections of the British Mueeo
under the control of a single officer, ✓
who should
''i"
directly responsible to a minister of the crown. 11'"'
passing on to notice the which had been c
is
eits
the different scienoes, Dr. ooker went on to speak o
advances in the departments of fOBl,ll botany and vet':
table physiology, and criticised at some length Darwin
theory as to the origin of species by natural selection.
THE NNW JUDICIAL OATH.—In the new Ap
just issued, the following concise judicial oath is flow to
taken by the new judges:—" I (giving the name) , I
swear that I will well and truly serve our Sovereign 1,51
Queen Victoria in the office of (repeating the name), a',
I will do right to all manner of people after the lairs aro
noshes of this realm, without fear or favour, affection,*
ill-will. So help me God."
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the late Bishop Lonsdale.