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At home from:10 till 12, and 6 till 8. 37, Bedford-square,
LOOM..

"I left Naples at 4 o'clock in the morning of the
2d inst., intending to go to Rome, and occupied the
seat which is vacant for one passenger in the
' courier' which conveys the letters par terre, tra-
versing the route of Capua, Gaeta, and Terracina.
At Gaeta I was asked for my passport, gave it, and
received it back again without any remark being
made. We continued our way till the carriage came
to the Delegation, where it was stopped by four
policemen, and I was forced out of the carriage, as
they pretended to speak to the delegate. On going
upstairs I found myself in a room occupied by a
number of the police, and two young men who
called themselves delegati. These were the same who
had asked for my passport but a few moments be-
fore. I asked what they wanted, and what their
motive could be in acting with such suspicion and
roughness. The only answer I received was an order
given to the police, who stood surrounding me, to
search me and my luggage. I remonstrated, and
showed my passport, which had the vise of the
British Consul at Naples and that of the Roman
Consul.

" I was answered by a coarse laugh, and told to
hold my tongue, for that I was a ' Swiss in disguise,
and no British subject at all ' and that they, the two
delegati, would teach the Government how to deal
with all such reactionists.' The order was given to the

police to search me. My things lay already strewn
about the floor, where they were left. Nothing was
found among them. They then proceeded to search
my person, stripping me to my shirt, and forcing

me to take off even my shoes and stockings. This
lasted some time, I refusing to submit, and was held
by four policemen, while the rest stripped me of my
clothes. G 1 eat violence was used, and I was left
completely exhausted, being in a very weak state of
health, and told in the most insulting way to dress
myself. _1 expostulated, threatened, and asked, but
all to no purpose, except to bring a torrent of abuse
and bad language. Nothing had been found appa-
rently to satisfy them, and there only remained my
writing-desk, of which they had not found the key.
They threatened to break it open if of my own
accord I did not open it. I refused to do
so, declaring that I preferred returning to
Naples, or sending a telegraphic despatch to the
Questura ' and my Consul, who would be able
to satisfy them. They refused to listen, declar-
ing tnat they were the authorities of the place,
and as for my Consul, I had none, for the Swiss
were no longer tolerated in the kingdom, and I was
one of the last to be sent away.
" The courier then appeared, saying that he could
not possibly wait any longer, and that if I were not
ready to go on he must leave me behind. The two
authorities answered for me, that I was detained by
them, and could not continue my journey. I asked
why, and was told that I had come with a false
passport, and should be taken back to Naples. I
protested, but in vain. The room was full of police,
who prevented me from stirring hand or foot, for I
was surrounded by them.
" The courier was a Piedmontese, and said to me
in German,—' But you speak German. I don't
believe you can be an Englishman, for I heard yon
talking German to your friend who accompanied
you to the door of the carriage at Naples.' He
then turned to the delegati, assuring them that I
was either an Austrian or a Swiss. The paper was
then given him allowing him to go without me.
" I have since heard that this man had suspected
me, from a remark my friend hal made to me before
starting, and that as soon as we arrived at Capua he
sent a telegram to Gaeta warning the police to have
me searched. This man was a Garibaldist, and is
called Matteo.

" As soon as he had left, I was again attacked, to
make me open my desk. Having many letters
which had been given me by friends to take to
Rome, I persisted in refusing to give the key, which
they had not been able to find. I was called the
most obscene names by the two authorities, one
of whom declared that 'he would see whether
I was an Englishman,' and challenged me
to fight him. I began to doubt whether I was
really in the hands of the authorities, and
feared to have fallen into the hands of thieves
dressed in the uniform of the police, as this is a
means employed almost daily in the provinces ; but
the Sardinian flag and cross removed my doubts,
and just then the Under Prefect entered the room.
A cabal ensued, in which I could not make myself
heard, and all I could perceive was that the Prefect
laughed a good deal, and then left the room.
" The fellow who had challenged me then came
up, and, haranguing me after the manner of a
savage chief, told me that I had given the last proof
of it, andan dht o o wouldkno
w teach
the
worth
not being an Englishman by not accepting his
entrails respectb blood
Italia
challenge ; that I was a vile Royalist, he was sure
°yth-of thent ra
ils to
precious
of Garibaldists such as his. My answer brought
such a blow from his fist at my chest that I reeled
back and fell over the chair which stood behind.
Another man entered and poked his first under my
chin, telling me it was all right ; I should soon be
done for. Some time elapsed. They then agreed
to telegraph to Naples, and after an hour, pretend-
ing that the answer had come giving them
plein
pouvoir,' they called in some 10 men of the National
Guard, the mayor and judge of the place, and or-
dered the police to search me again. I was then
literally stripped to the skin, and again left to dress

myself. The key of my desk was found; they
opened it, and amid the most coarse and obscene

language they began to search through the papers
me to
it contained. There were three letters given

deliver to friends of some of my acquaintances in
Naples, in which reference was made to the efforts
they were making for the return of the King. In
another was a detailed list of the forces throughout
the kingdom, which were armed and in readiness to

begin the general movement as soon as the King
should approve it. Thcse forces amounted to 80,000
men. The rest of the papers were private letters,
the greater part of which were from my mother.

These were haulett-over with the rest, and because
no one present understood English two Piedmontese
officers were sent for from the town to see what
these letters contained. After perusing them for
some time both declared they were not written in
English, but in what language they could not
exactly tell, and the younger of the two turned to
question me.
" A savage yell burst from the crowd surrounding
the table on which lay strewn my desk and papers,
and I saw the " del4cato" holding up a photograph
of my mother in Ode hand and a portrait of the
King in the other, on the back of which was his
signature. I tried to obtain them, driven as I was
almost to madness by the ill-treatment J had re-
ceived, but was held back by two policemen, and
my arms pinioned, while the operation continued.
.The portrait of the King was then thrown with
that of my mother on to the ground. Some pre-
tended to tread on them, and: the delegato' spoke
out a sort of form implying that the King and all
who followed him were the most infamous of crea-
tures, to which the whole company shouted 'Amen,'l
and ' Viva Garibaldi !'
" I was then taken guarded by ten policemen to
the inn, where I was locked into a bed-room, two
policemen being left with me during the night. It
was 10 o'clock, p.m., when I reached the inn. I
had not tasted food the whole day, and was almost
fainting from exhaustion and the brutal treatment
I had had to endure during the 11 hours I was de-
tained at the Delegagon. The master of the inn,
who knoWS me well, liroUght me some Supper, and
I went to bed, the policemen sitting beside me. I
was not allowed to stir from my room the whole of
the following day, being told that I must hold my-
self in readiness to go to Naples. At 4 o'clock p.m.
they allowed me to telegraph to my Consul at
Naples for the first time, begging his interference.
I received no answer to this despatch. I was treated
in the most shameful manner during the whole of
this day by the police, who never left me, and was
constantly assured of what the Piedmontese officer
had menaced me with in their presence the preced-
ing evening—that I deserved to be hung, and that
this would probably be my fate. I did not feel that
my life was safe an instant, and if I had not been so
strictly guarded I should have jumped out of the
window and fled for safety.
" On Friday morning, the 4th, I was forced to
dress myself in a few minutes, and hurried away
without being allowed to touch a morsel of any food
whatever. In the carriage were two delegati, two
policemen, and myself. There were four loaded guns
and three revolvers. The carriage was accompanied
by two mounted Carabineers. It was in this way
that I was escorted back to Capua. I was there
placed in a railway carriage, and arrived at Naples
at 6 o'clock in the evening, having again been ob-
liged to pass a whole day without touching food. I
attempted to drive to my consul, but was surrounded
by two or three men dressed in plain clothes,
whom I had not perceived before, one of whom
&c., and I
w said,a s
half 'l n
htahned
endr
hea of ff
rt
cheed
,Qi
nuteos tura,'
the carriage, and
the unknown speakers followed. Arrived at the
Questura, I am bound to own that I was shown
every attention possible, the Questor giving me
his office to lie down in, and sending for some
refreshment for me. I requested to go to my
Consul's, b'it was refused. At the same time
the Secretary-General went himself to inform
the Consul of my arrival, and of my wish to
see him. The Secretary returned alone, saying
that the British Consul had not found it necessary
to come himself; and, as regarded the papers, which
should be opened by the Questor, he (the Consul)
had said that the law should have its course.'
Accordingly, witnesses being called, and the Ques-
tor having allowed me to name whomsoever I pleased
for myself, the packet of papers taken from my
desk was opened, the papers read, signed, and a
proces verbal made of their contents. In this man-
ner the night of Friday was spent. I was cross-
examined, and refused to enlighten them upon what
did not concern myself ; nevertheless numbers of
arrests were made that night from mere suspicion,
others from their names having been found written
in my book of addresses; among these latter was
that of an old doctor, who had been recommended
to me three years ago when I was ill, but with
whom I had certainly had nothing to do in politics,
for I had never seen him since. This poor old man
is now in the same prison with myself.
" The following morning (Saturday) Mr. Turner,
the Vice-Consul, came to me, heard my complaint,
assured me that the Consul would protect me as
well as any other British subject, and then left me.
I have never seen the Consul at all, and the Vice-
Consul only once. I remained at the Questura
during Saturday and Sunday, and am bound to bear
testimony to the great kindness and consideration
shown me by all the officials, and the regret ex-
pressed by the Questor at being obliged to act
against me. I was also informed that the British
Consul had been asked whether he wished me to be
placed in conditional liberty, he answering for me,
as in this case the Questor would have no hesitation
in doing so. The Consul answered that he could
not take any part, and that the law must have its
course.

" Accordingly, on Monday morning, at 7 o'clock,
I was conveyed from the Questura to the prison of
Santa Maria Apparante. There, with all due re-
spect, I was placed in my cell, my hat being first
taken from me and my things examined. I have
not yet seen my Consul, and have no idea of what
steps are being taken, or if any at all, either to
hasten on my trial or procure my liberation. But
as the Count de Cristen is in the same prison, where
he has been detained nine months without ever be-
ing brought to trial, I have not much better to hope
for. The injustice of the whole proceeding is ap-
parent ; the ill-treatment I have received monstrous.
All proof against me is reduced to this,—that I car-
ried correspondence upon me which, if authentic,
tended to subvert the present Government atNapl es-
For letters written by others and given to me sealed
up I am not answerable. There are no proofs what-
ever that I had taken any part in what comes un-
der the name of conspiracy, for lam alone, and
have no associate,
" At the same time, I am treated as a condemned
criminal, and was for the first three nights obliged
to sleep on the stone floor of my cell till I had ar-
ranged to have the necessary furniture of bed and
chairs sent me from the town.

" The situation of the prison is healthy, and I
must own that the officials do not appear to do their
duty with unnecessary rigour. They are respectful
and well conducted.

" My health is already beginning to suffer from
the confinement, and would eventually, I feel sure,
quite break down if I had to endure this life long.
lam writing this in the night, as I should not be
allowed to send what had not already been seen,
either by the delegato here or the Questor of Naples.
"JAMES p. BISHOF.
" The Prison of Santa Maria Apparente,
Naples, April 11."

AN "AFFAIR OF HoNouß."—On Tuesday, early
in the day, an information wes taken before Mr. O'Donnell,
sitting magistrate, at the Capel-street Police Court, by
Alexander Staples, brother of one of the parties concerned,
to the following effect :—" That from information I have
received, I have reasonable grounds to suspect, and do verily
believe, that a hostile meeting is likely to take place be-
tween my brother, Robert Hughes, and a man named
Gerald Rochfort, and that arrangements have been made
that the above-named parties aro to meet this evening in
the neighbourhood of Clontarf, at 5 o'clock, for the purpose
of fighting a duel_" Acting on the information received, a
warrant was immediately issued for the apprehension of the
gentlemen who were about to encounter each other s ith
such a deadly purpose, and at between three and four o'clock
in the afternoon of the same day they were conveyed to
Capel-street Police-office in a cab, and in the custody of a
police officer. They were immediately brought before Mr.
O'Donnell, who had not left the bench, and bound over to
keep the peace, as well as to find sureties for their future
conduct towards each other. The cause of quarrel did not
transpire, but it is presumed there was a lady in the case,_-.
.Dublin Mail.

To-day the finishing stroke will be given to a
work whieh has been in progress at the Mansion
House for some Months, designed materially to en-
hance the interior splendour and convenience of the
official residence of the Lord Mayor, and executed
at a cost of some £2,000 to the corporation of Lon-
don. As the fabric, about 120 years old, was origi-
nally designed and completed under the supervision
of Dance, the architect, that part of it located be-
tween the vestibule and the entrance to the Egyp-
tian Hall, and now called the saloon, was a sort of
courtyard, quite open at the top to the weather,
and that within living memory. Many years ago,
however, the saloon was covered in with a horizon-
tal roof in glazed compartments, but this was always
rather unsightly, at so low an elevation as to de-
tract from the character of the building, with which
it had nothing in harmony, Mr. Cubitt, the present
Lord Mayor, with other gentlemen connected with
the corporation, had long desired to see an altera-
tion in that part of the structure, and the Court of
Common Council having willingly voted a sum of
£1,700 for the purpose, he has eheerfully put 'up
for some time with the discomfort attendant upon
the necessary works with a view to the convenience
of those who shall succeed him in his office, and to
the general internal embellishment of the official
residence of the chief magistrate for the time being.
A very elegant curved roof, with_ panels or compart-
ments of embossed glfiliil;doSigned by Mr. Bunning,
the City architect, has been thrown over the saloon,
supplanting the old flat ceiling, and some 10 or 12
feet higher. The effect has been to give a very im-
ir posing appearance to the interior of this part of the
building, and most agreeably to light it up, pre-
serving at the same time a harmony with the gene-
ral character of the whole fabric. Simultaneously
with this change the vestibule, saloon, and princi-
pal staircase have undergone a costly and tasteful
process of embellishment, which for years past
had been much wanted. Of these portions of the
building, throught the whole interior, the ceiling,
and the panelling and niches of the walls have been
painted in fawn, white, and grey colours, blended
with a profusion of gold etching, and presenting on
the whole a very handsome appearance. For the
first time these improvements will be seen by a
portion of the public on Easter Monday, when the
Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress will give the
customary banquet, which will he served in the
Egyptian Hall. Within the last few days, how-
ever, the hall has been partly denuded of some of
the finest pieces of sculpture which adorn it, eleven
of the principal figures. having been removed to
grace a department of the International Exhibition,
including all the more recent ones by the most emi.
nent ;of our native artists, in the production o:

which the corporation have from time to time
lavished large sums of money.

THE BOMBAY MAIL.

By the arrival of the Bombay mail we have re-
ceived files of papers from Bombay to the 27th of
March, and from Calcutta to the 18th of March.

We take the following from the Bonzbay Gazette
of the 27th of March :

" The English mail of the 18th of February ar-
rived in Bombay on the 12th of March.

" The Right Hon. the Earl of Elgin and Kin-
cardine, K.T., G.C.8., arrived in Calcutta on the
12th of March at a quarter-past five o'clock p.m.,
and at a quarter past six o'clock p.m. took the pre-
scribed oaths and his seat as Viceroy and Governor-
General in his Ex3ellency's Council.
" The Right Hon. Earl Canning, G.C.8., K,S.T.,
embarked for England on the 19th of March, and
arrived at Galle on the 24th.

" An evening reception was held at Government
House, Calcutta, on the 12th of March, at which
all the leading citizens, European and native, paid
their respects to the retiring Viceroy and welcomed
the new Governor-General.

" On the 14th of March addresses were presented
to Lord Canning by the European and Armenian
inhabitants of Calcutta ; by the Bishop, Arch-
deacon, and clergy of the diocese; by the Vice-
Chancellor and members of Senate of the Calcutta
University; and by the native inhabitants of Cal-
cutta.

" The Hon. J. D. Inverarity, provisionally ap-
pointed by her Majesty's Principal Secretary of
State for India in Council to be a member of Coun-
cil at Bombay, took the oaths and his seat as a
member of Government on the 24th of March, in
succession to the Hon. H. Reeves.

" The Calcutta Chamber of Commerce was to meet
on the 20th of March to memoralise Government
for repeal of the duties on twist and piece goods.
" Mr. L. B. Bowring, Private Secretary to Lord
Canning, has been appointed Commissioner of
Mysore and Coorg.

" Mr. R. Temple, Bengal Civil Commissioner of
the Central Provinces; and Mr. T. Strachy, to be
Judicial Commissioner.

"Ram Rao Sahib, a nephew of Nana Sahib, has
been seeking to excite a rebellion in the province of
Hyderabad, but has effected his escape, A reward
of 5,000 rupees has been offered for his apprehen-
sion.

" The Government of India has sanctioned the
construction of a line of telegraph between Agra
and Deesa ; the expense of such portions of it as
pass through Jeypoor, Ajmeer, and Mey war, being
borne by the States benefitting by the same. This
does not refer only to the expense of construction
but to the permanent maintenance of the staff and
material requisite to keep the line in working order.
After the cost of construction has been defrayed,
each State will be assessed at the annual rate ac-
cording to the importance to it of the line, or the
benefits derivable therefrom.

"In consequence of the new notes of the paper
currency not being numbered in Bengaleo and other
characters, the native Mahjuns, of Bengal, particu-
larly in the Mofussil, where the English language
is little mule.' Avot), intend to memorialise the local
government on the subject, on the ground of great
difficulties having been recently experienced by
them in making proper entries of such notes in
their account books.

" His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief of
India and party arrived at Mooltan on the 24th of
February, having ridden more than 700 miles in 17
days. His Excellency thoroughly inspected all the
stations and outposts on the route.
" Moghul Beg, convicted of the murder of Mr.
Fraser and other Christians in the Palace of Delhi
on the 11th of May, 1857, was hanged on the 14th
of March inst. in front of the Lahore Gate of the
Palace, close to the scene of the murders.

" Authentic intelligence has been received in Toor.
kistan to the effect that about 50,000 Persian troops
with 100 guns are on their way to Herat, and are
encamped in different places, and that Sirdar Sool-
tan Ahmed Jan of Herat, as directed by the lying•
of Persia, had ordered 16,000 sowars and infantry to
march towards Farrar and Candahar.
"At the latest dates the disturbance near the
Cossyah Hills had not yet been quelled, and the
Jynteeahs were extending their depredations.
The pearl fishery of the Seinde coast for one
year has been farmed to Mr. G. H. Coates for the
Illyi of 5,000 rupees.

" Assistant-Surgeon Robinson Boustcad, of the
Bombay Medical Establishment, has been cashiered.
" The health of the town and island of Bombay
improved slightly during the early port of the past
fortnight, but has again slightly declined."

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
(From the Times of India of March 27.)

The London mail of the 18th ult, arrived at Bombay on
the morning of the 12th inst., bringing telegraphic advices
up the 26th ult. The commercial intelligence brought by
this mail is of an encouraging nature, and has had a favour-
able influence on our markets generally. As we are still
without our usual telegraphic news via Galle, per Calcutta

degree of composure, and with devoted attention,
the unremitting and kindly services, rendered by
her spiritual adviser, the Rev. Mr. Cowan, chaplain
of the prison. For several days after the sentence
of death was pronounced upon. her Ate was com-
pletely prostrated, and seemed given up to utter
hopelessness. The religious instruction communi-
cated to her has had, so far, a soothing -influence
upon her mind. She has acknowledged her awful
crime to the chaplain, and given minute details of
its commission, all of which have been taken down
in writing, and communicated to the sheriff, by
whom the statement has been sent to the Lord Ad-
vocate, who will doubtless lay it before the Home
Secretary. It is in effect as follows :—She states
that she and her husband (who had been married ten
years) lived happily together till they came to re-
side at Carpshad about two years ago. Some time
after that, she says, the deceased Ann Hannah
acquired a great influence over her husband, which
caused differences between them, and originated in
her mind a jealousy of the deceased. On the morning
of the fatal occurrence she went to gather some sticks
for fuel,
.taking with her a rope, with which to
tie them, when Ann Hannah seeing her. object
cried, " Are you coming here to steal more of my
sticks?" An altercation ensued, and blows were '
exchanged. Tho prisoner then ,returned to her
house ; but, still heated with the quarrel, returned
to Ann Hannah's house to give her a beating, but
with no intention, she declares, of taking her life.
The prisoner no sooner entered the kitchen than
she was met by Ann Hannah, who gave her a violent
kick with a clog above the knee, inflicting a severe
wound, the scar of which is still visible. The
fight was then renewed, blows being struck on
either side; and, in the course
,of the battle, Ann
Hannah struck the prisoner with a wooden mallet
or beetle (and was thus the first, if this account be
true, to use this formidable weapon, which figured
so much at the trial). Ann Hannah having dropped
the mallet, it was picked up by the prisoner, who
struck the deceased a heavy blow with it on the
side of the head, by which she was stunned, and
in the frenzy of passion she followed up this blow
with others. The prisoner positively affirms that
the mallet was not hers, and was not taken by her
to Ann Hannah's cottage.—Dumfries Standard.

DREADFUL SUICIDE IN BLACKHEATH

YUNIVEL.

The following is a more detailed account of this
attempt than has yet been given :—" The passen-
genera by the twelve o'clock down train from Lon-
don-bridge, soon after entering the long dark tunnel
under Blackheath, were affrighted on Wednesday
by the report of a pistol shot in one of the carriages,
which reverberated along the vaulted roof with
startling effect on the occupants of almost every
carriage, many of whom imagined it to be some
danger signal, and were in momentary expectation
of a collision. On reaching the Charlton station
it was discovered that a respectable:dressed man,
apparently about fifty years of age, was crouching
in a half recumbent posture in one corner of a third-
class carriage with a frightful wound over the right
temple, which was bleeding copiously. The pistol
was still firmly retained in his grasp, the contents
having torn away a clear passage through the rim
of his hat, passed through the occiput, and lodged,
it is supposed, in the brain. Dr. Gatehouse was
promptly in attendance, and, together with the
stationmaster, accompanied the sufferer, who still
survived, to Woolwich, where he was placed on a
shutter and removed to one of the waiting-rooms.
Two other passengers, a man and a woman,
occupied seats in the same compartments, but
they were unable to assist the inquiry, the place
being at the time in utter darkness. It was '
ascertained by several documents found in his
pockets that the sufferer's name and residence were
as follow :—Henry C. Missing, draper and mercer,
Waterloo-house, Tranquil-vale, Blackheath. A
banker's memorandum-book, containing entries of
money transactions and deposits at the London
and Westminster Bank, 17s. in silver, and a
return ticket from London to Blackheath, were
found in his pockets, and on a leaf of his pocket-
book was written in a clear mercantile hand the
following M
y most beloved Wife—l am in a
peaceful state of mind this morning. My oppres-
sion is going off. I feel how blessed it must be to
be at rest ; and where, surely, we shall meet again,
to part no more. When I die—and I know not how
soon that may be—l trust you will not grieve for
me as one without hope. I know Christ came to
save sinners, and into his hands I commend my
soul. I cannot help rushes of despair, which have
been on me so often of late. They are not to be
got rid of. We are fearfully and wonderfully made.
The Lord gave and the Lord taketh away. 1 hope
by one manner or another a decent maintenance
will remain for you. H I live it must be otherwise,
for my mind is utterly incapable of working out the
bias towards a good result. Farewell, farewell !
God protect you, and forgive your distracted hus-
band !' Information of the event was telegraphed
by the station-master at Woolwich Dockyard to
Blackheath, and at half-past two the sufferer's wife
and one of the neighbours arrived in a cab. It was,
however, considered advisable that she should not
be permitted to see her husband, who was still
breathing but pulseless, and who survived till five
minutes past three, when he expired, Dr. Gatehouse
being constantly in attendance. It was stated at
the time that the probable cause of the act was the
withdrawal of his stock in trade, which he had
held on commission, and a want of confidence on
the part of the mercantile house in London, where,
it was supposed, he had that morning made a last
and successful attempt to redeem his credit."

ANOTHER FATAL ROCK OIL ACCIDENT.—An in-
quest was held a few days since at the Court-house, Neigh'
ley, before Mr. Thomas Brown, coroner, on the death of
William Gill, a retired factory operative, whose death was
caused by the ignition of some American oil which was
being stored for use at Mr. Sugden's mill. IVilliam Bar-
rett, of Keighley, factory operative, deposol,—On Fri•
(lay week, at night, I was in the cellar of Mr. Sugde'n's
old mill, in Keighley. I had taken in some yarn. Two
young men took a cask into an adjoining room. I Was told
it was oil. They pumped it out into a cistern. I had
closed the room I was in. I went through the room where
the oil wan. The men had a li^;lited lamp. T wont to look
at the oil, which they said was like water, taking the lamp
in my Ltad. When I had got within about 2 yards of the
oil it exploded and burst into a flame, reaching the top of
the room. One of the young men ran for an engine. I ran
for wet sheets. when I came back the cistern had been
pulled over. The oil covered the floor. I saw the deceased
come out of the room sadly burnt about the face. Mr.
Angus Cameron, of Keighley, surgeon, said—l was called
to see the deceased on the evening of last Friday week. He
was very severely burnt in the face, neck, and hands. I saw
little hope of his recovery. I continued to attend him till
his death. He died from the effects of burning. The jury
returned a verdict, that " Deceased died from accidental
burning from the ignition and burning of a quantity of rock
oil." The jury recommended that great care should be
taken in using this oil or storing it in an =purified state.