The Sun.
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THIS EVENING, at 7, BELLES OF THE KITCHEN. At 8,
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THIS EVENING, at 7, TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING
Mr A shley, Mr, Stephenson, and the Misses Harris. Followed
by LOST AT SEA: Mr A. Stirling, Mr G. Belmoro, Mr E.
Atkins, Mr Beveridge, Mr Stephenson, Mr Smith, Mr Romer;
Miss Rose Leclercq, Miss Eliza Johnstone, Miss Lennox Grey,
Mrs Leigh Murray And DOMESTIC ECONOMY: Mr G.
Beimore and Mrs L. Murray.

,wn.

message we announced last week, have from time to
time been brought to Zanzibar. This latest news, he
observes, may have no better foundation than preceding
rumours. At the same time it may prove quite correct. Sir
RODERICK himself has, in fact, received intelligence
precisely similar to that which was first announced
in these columns, but of later date. On re-
turning to London, he found two letters awaiting him,
one from Commodore HEATH, of the East African
station, and the other from Dr. KIRK, the British
political agent at Zanzibar. Both these missives were
of the same date, and both contained the informa-
tion published last week. On the 31st of August
an Arab arrived at Zanzibar with a letter from
his brother, the Governor of Unyanyembe, in which
it was stated that a servant of the Governor had seen
" the white man " at Ujiji, on the Lake Tanganyika.
Dr. KIRK estimated that four months must have
elapsed since the man who brought the information
left Ujiji. "If this news should be correct," says Sir
RODERICK, "it would certify that the illustrious
traveller was in safety at the end of last April." Of
course, everything depends upon the accuracy of the
statements made by the Arabs. Sir RODERICK
MURCHISON decides that it will be better to wait for
direct news from Dr. LIVINGSTONE himself before
coming to any definite conclusion. Cella va sans dire ;
but at the same time it is gratifying to find that all
the indications point to the doctor's safety.
These letters to the President of the Royal
Geographical Society left Zanzibar on August
31st; the travellers who landed at Falmouth last
week left on June 6th. It appears, then, that several
persons have brought reports to the same effect from
the interior. No one at Zanzibar believes that Dr.
LIVINGSTONE is dead, and, in fact, the excitement in
England causes some amazement in that part of the
world. Suspense on the subject will, however, soon
be cleared up. The letters received by Sir RODERICK
MURCHISON announce that a caravan from Ujiji was
expected at Zanzibar within a month.

THE Empress of the FRENCH is progressing rapidly
on her journey to the East. The " Countess do
PIERREFONDS" lost little of her Imperial character
whilst bravely sustaining the fire of salutes and muni-
cipal addresses in Corsica. But formality has dis-
appeared a little amongst the charming scenes of
Northern Italy, will become fainter and fainter amid
the classic remains at Athens, and may reasonably
be expected to vanish altogether when the
second cataract of the Nile is reached. There
is usually nothing very remarkable in these
attempts on the part of crowned heads
to shake off the trammels of formula and cere-
mony. But the journey of the EMPRESS cannot be
divested of a certain political meaning. It is re-
assuring in every respect to find that the EMPEROR
is not seriously ill ; for if he were, his consort
would not be rambling about Southern Europe,
and "visiting at her leisure the principal objects
of interest in the Levant." Still more noticeable is
the reception which her Majesty has met with in
Italy. It betokened no slight courage on the part of
the " Countess DE PIERREFONDS that she should
make a visit to that unsettled land part of her pro-
gramme, for it was expected that the Italians would
avail themselves of the opportunity to display their
discontent with France. So it has turned out.
The Italians have behaved admirably, and their
reception of the imperial lady has been "worthy of a
highly civilised, self-respecting, and sensible people ;"
but they have not the less shewn how they appre-
ciate her efforts to prevent the unity of Italy. Their
reception of the EMPRESS was respectful, but very
cold. They gave her illuminations and music and
entertainments, but very little cheering; whilst KING
VICTOR EMMANUEL, who is by no means on the
best of terms with his people, met with great
enthusiasm. The Italians contrived with praise-
worthy forbearance to repress their indignation—be
it just or unjust; but they would not simulate a
welcome which they did not feel. The reception of
the EMPRESS is a most expressive indication of
Italian feeling towards France. Probably
Italy ought to be thankful to the EMPEROR ;
but she is not; indeed, people seldom are
grateful to benefactors who give with one hand and
take away with the other. And Undoubtedly the
policy of the Imperial Government is open to this
charge. The lapse of a few years enables us to
judge more dispassionately respecting the events
attendant upon the union of Italy. The
excitement respecting the annexation of Savoy
and Nice has passed away. It is now
pretty generally admitted that the EMPEROR, in for-
bearing to attack Venice, chose the only alternative
open to him to avoid the dangerous assault of Prussia
on the Rhine. But the Roman policy and the Italian
policy have been fatally at variance. It might have
been good to promote the unity of Italy, or to sup-
port the temporal power of the POPE ; but it could
not be wise to attempt both at the same time. By
making war on Austria and by occupying Rome
France has pleased nobody.

THE remarkable revelations at the places which have
rejoiced in the presence of an election commission
have stimulated the attention of our legal contempo-
raries to the amendment of the present law. That

there is abundant need of amendment the fact that
bribery flourished in undiminished vigour at the last
election sufficiently testifies. But it is obvious that
modifications of a law which exists are always more
which begin by
up. The Law Times
pull-
ing hopefulddown
w nt h
pa
rn
vious ly sweepingto changes,
building
makes one or two suggestions in this way which are
well worthy of consideration. First and foremost it is
noticeable that the present system of election petitions
is calculated in itself to bring about the utter
failure of the law. Seventy petitions were presented
after the last contest, and yet only three commissions
were issued. The reasons of this disparity is
that no commission can be appointed unless the
judge reports that corrupt practices have pre-
vailed extensively. This he cannot do if evi-
dence is not adduced before him, and people who
present petitions are too much concerned for their
own interests to let the judge know all. The remedy
is as obvious as the evil. Petitions ought to be taken
out of the hands of private individuals, or at least a
request from twelve householders ought to be
answered by an inquiry. At present charges
of bribery are got up, not -to discover
truth or promote purity, but to unseat suc-
cessful candidates. If they are likely to fail in
this primary object, they are withdrawn ; and the
judge is bound to accept the affidavits of the immediate
parties that there has been no collusion. How much
these affidavits are worth, the Bridgwater evidence
may be cited to prove. Greater
facility for inquiry
and less control on the part of candidates are
the most pressing necessities which the experience of
the last year has shown. In addition it would be
better that a judge should perform the work, rather
than three barristers ; or, at least, our contemporary
suggests, without disrespect to the gentlemen now
sitting, the commissioners should be paid by
" piece," and not at so many guineas a
day. These suggestions deserve consideration,
as being simple and practical. With a better arrange-
ment of the existing machinery, there might have
been twenty commissions now exploring the depths of
British electoral iniquity, instead of three, sitting for
many weeks on three miserable boroughs which are
scapegoats for the rest.

HEALTH OF LORD DERBY.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

LIVERPOOL, Oct. 12, 11.15 A.M.

The announcement
of Lord Derby's death this
morning is incorrect. The flag on the Town Hall,
which had been half-mast high, has been taken

The latest report from Knowsley, just received,
states that no change has occurred in Lord Derby's
condition since six last evening.

THE LATE FIRE AT BAYSIVATER,-THE
INQUEST.

On Monday morning Dr. Lankester resumed at the Pad-
dington Vestry-hall the inquest on the bodies of the persons
burnt to death at the late fire in the Moscow-road, Bays-
water.

Mr. James Tetheridge was carried into the court in a
chair and examined. He said : lam a plumber by trade,
but lately have kept a little shop where, I sold confectionery,
tobacco, fireworks, and haberdashery. I had formerly a
license to sell fireworks, but it had expired. I was refused
a license on the last application. I had fireworks in my
shop at the time of the fire. I had crackers, squibs,
Roman candles, a few rockets. I had also fires. The whole
stock was worth £5 or £6. I never met with an accident with
them. I had two pounds of red fire and two pounds of
green. I did not make the fires myself. I bought them.
I never heard that the fires would explode themselves. Tho
purple and yellow I have heard will.
The coroner said it was import ant to know if these fires
exploded spontaneously. The witness : I have sometimes
a job to set fire to the green and red. I have been told
that the other colours will explode.
Ry the Jury : I had no gunpowder in the house. There

was canvas in the shop, but I do not think it caught fire.
The gas lamp was eight feet from the ceiling. The canvas
was dry, but it was at the back. If the gas was alight in
the shop I must have seen it. The Jacks always burned
candles. They had no petroleum. I only sold hair oil.
I had nothing inflammable. Stuart Jack, he thought, was
smoking when he came in. The Jacks cooked in their
room. There was no doubt that they had had a fire
that day. The mother did a great deal of ironing.
Mrs. Tetheridgo said that she knocked at the Jacks'
door and said, " For God's sake come out." She
rapped as hard as she could rap, and they did not
answer.

Mr. C. W. Berkshire said : I am a firework-maker. I
recollect selling Mr. Tetheridge fires the Friday before
the occurrence. There was a mistake. I sold him 41bs.,
21b. of red and 21b. of blue instead of green. They
will not explode unless ignited. I keep a quarter of a hun-
dred weight in my possession. I have been a firewoAc-
maker thirty years, and never know these fires to explode.
The Coroner said that this put an end to all the theory
that the red fire would go off.
William Collett, inspector of meters to the Imperial Gas
Company, stated that the meter was on the left hand side
of the shop. He examined it there on the 17th Sept. It
was then all right. He went there on the morning of the
fire. A search was made for the meter, but only certain
portions were found. It had exploded, but this must have
been after the fire reached it. The meter was an incipient
shell, and would hold about 21 feet of gas.
Police-constable 118 proved hearing the explosion and
running to the spot when he saw a lot of fireworks which
had gone off and been blown into the street with the
explosion. The engines came up about ten minutes after
he got there. It was impossible after he arrived to get
into the house.

Henry Wyatt, of 16, Moscow-road, said he went to the
house on the night of the fire, and heard that the children
were in the street. He assisted to get water, and the
engines did not come for twenty minutes. The water was
on twenty minutes before the first engine came. It bad
been reported that the deceased woman, Jack, was intosi
eated, but this he did not believe, for she was a very hard-
working, respectable person.
Several jurymen and witnesses testified their assent
to this.

John Cole, of 20, Moscow-read, said the one-horse engine
from the Queen's Mews Station came about twenty
minutes after the explosion. He should have thought
it ought to have been there in half the time.
The steam engine from King-street, Regent-street, came
afterwards. He looked at the clock, because the engine
was so long coming. lie (lid not think, if the engines had
come sooner, that any lives could have been saved.

Mr. D. H. Dunn, surgeon, proved having examined the
bodies of the deceased, and expressed his opinion that the
deaths of all were caused by suffocation. The marks
caused by the burns he believed to have been caused
ofter death. From the attitude of the boy Jack he should
say that he was suffocated in his sleep. The elder daughter
of the Jacks must have had her hands up. She might have
been overcome by suffocation, and dropped down on her
face.

Join Walker, of 11, Moscow-read, proved being present
at the fire, and being unable at first to got a ladder. He
heard nothing of the children, but he was told they
were in the house. It was then six minutes before
any fire came out of the back room where the children
were. He did not think if the engines had come sooner
any lives would have been saved. A ladder was
brought, but it came too late. If the engiqes
had been there ten minutes earlier, and had brought a
ladder, he could have brought out the children dead or
alive. It was five or six minutes after the explosion that
fire came out of the Lack room.
Several other witnesses were called, including the fire-
men, to prove that every possible effort was made to avoid
delay.
Captain Shaw, chief officer of the Metropolitan Fire
Brigade, gave evidence of the general efficiency of the force
and the increase of engine-houses, stations, and men since
the Fire Brigade had been under the control of the Metro-
politan Board of Works.

The Coroner having summed up the evidence, the jury,
after half an hour's consultation, returned a verdict
to the effect that Emma Tetheridge and others,
six persons received their deaths by fire, but how that fire
originated there was no evidence to shew. They also
recommended that a more efficient station should be placed
at tho Queen's Mews.

MAKE TIASTE.—" Now is the time ! Now is the
time !" For what ? To go through the Bankruptcy Court.
So we learn from the circular of a firm of " legal and general

accountants" which lies before us, and which is addressed
to all traders who are in pecuniary difficulties. Such
persons are informed, that whereas they may now obtain
an entire release from their liabilities, the blessed season
will not last for ever. " The New Bankruptcy Act "—say
these advisers—" takes effect on the Ist of January next,
after which the proceedings will be much more difficult, in
addition to keeping the debtor a long time before the
Court." Therefore "Now is the time ! " These enterprising
accountants are not far wrong, at least as regards the future,
and if they succeed in impressing any considerable number of
prodigals with the fact that going through the Court is
about to become a very hazardous process, with risks which
are by all means to be avoided, they will be doing the
public a real service. There is reason to hope that the im-
provident and thereckless are slowly awaking to the reality
of the case, and beginning to understand that it will be on
the whole much better for them to live within their means
and pay their debts, than to prey upon their tradesmen;
and this is what the Legislature intended.—Daily News,
ACCIDENT TO AN AUCTION PARITY.--A queer
accident happened to an auction party in Wales last week.
The sale of stock at a farm called Methlem, twenty miles
beyond Pwllheli, brought a large gathering of the leading
farmers of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire together. Whilst
the auctioneer was selling off some articles of furniture in a
room above the dairy, the bidders, to the number of about
150 persons, proved too great a weight for the floor, which
gave way just as Mr. Owen was giving his final
" Going, going, gone," to a piece of furniture, and the
whole party fell into the dairy below. The cries of
the men, women, and children were distracting. An
ex-mayor of the borough of Pwllheli was thrown into a pail
of cream, and was slightly injured, whilst a solicitor found
himself sunk in a ton-gallon cask of buttermilk. A corpu-
lent farmer, weighing a little over sixteen stone, was pre-
cipitated on a pot of butter, which broke and besmeared
him sadly. The whole contents of the dairy were ren-
dered all but valueless. Such was the corusternation of the
remaining bidders after the accident, that none of them
would follow the auctioneer to other rooms upstairs, and
the articles of furniture that remained unsold in other
parts of the house had to be taken downstairs.
TIIE FATAL FIRE AT NEWINGTON.—The excite-
ment in the neighbourhood of Newington consequent upon
the disastrous results of the fire which occurred in that
locality on Sunday morning last continues unabated, and
much astonishment is generally expressed that, considering
the fire was of such limited extent and short duration, the
hour at which it broke out, and the assistance that was
promptly rendered, it should have had so fatal a termina-
tion. It is clearly proved, however, that the fatal result
was owing, not to the flames, but to the dense smoke with
which the house was filled, arising chiefly from burning
cloth which had been smouldering during the whole
night. An investigation of the premises proves that the
fire originated in a small outhouse at the back, used partly
as a kitchen and partly as a wash-hotu. In this out-
house is a dust bin, where among other refuse waste slips
of cloth were thrown, and it is conjectured that some live

ashes being thrown into the bin late on Saturday evening
caused the ignition of these pieces of cloth, and the sub-
sequent ignition of the kitchen, composed entirely cf
laths and paper, the smoke from which penetrating into
the two small bed-rooms upstairs caused the catastrophe.
Mr. M'Micken, dressed in his shirt and trousers only,
opened the street door just after the first alarm, and re-
quested a man who was passing to run for the engines.
A neighbour said he had already sent, and Mr. M'Mioken
then said he would go upstairs for his wife and children.
He went upstairs, leaving the street door open, and that
was the last seen of him until he was brought out on the
point of death from the second-floor window. The staircase
burst into flame the moment after Mr. M'Micken had
wconded to seek his family, and any escape by thM AMMO
waa out cif.

TILE COLLISION NEAR NOTTINGHAM.

The inquest on the bodies of the persons killed through
the railway accident near Long Eaton Junction, was held
on Monday. The principal evidence was given by the
men in charge of the excursion train.—Thomas Catlow,
an engine-man in the employ of the Midland Railway
Company, said that on Saturday last he was the driver of
the excursion train from Leicester to Nottingham and
back. Ho was not certain at what time the train started
from Nottingham on tho return journey. His instruo-
tions on leaving Nottingham were, not to stop the train
until he got to Loughborough. There were thirty-
five carriages to the train. On the arrival of the train
at Beeston the semaphore signal was near to him and he
whistled it off. He slackened the speed and proceeded
forwards cautiously, and reached Long Eaton Junction.
On approaching the junction ho went over two fog signals,
and was shewn a red light. He still went on cautiously,
and passed two more fog signals. He brought the train
nearly to a stand, when ho was told there was something
in front. He continued to go on cautiously, and told the
guard to run behind, as the mail train would be coming
up. The guard asked for some fog signals, when
witness gave him some. Ho afterwards saw a man in
front beckoning him with a white light. Just at that time
ho perceived there was a train behind him, and his engine
broke loose from the train. He let the engine go a short
distance, and then returned to the carriages, which had
come to a stand. He waited then until assistance came,
when he brought the train into. Trent station. He did not
go to the place where the accident occurred, or leave his
engine. He knew the mail train was following him, and
he used all possible means to avoid an accident. Sa,ve a young
man at Trent station who appeared to bo hurt. He
afterwards examined the train, and found there were two
carriages short. When the collision took place, he did not
hear any noise. If he had not been obliged to reduce his
speed, he should have got out of the way of the mail train.
The rails were in a good state.—A fireman attached to the
same train corroborated this testimony.—J. Allen, a guard,
said he was engaged on Saturday last on the excursion
train running from Leicester to Nottingham. They left
Nottingham, returning to Leicester, at 11.35 p.m. On
approaching the station at Beeston the semaphore signal
was hoisted. The driver -whistled off the signal. There
was about a minute's delay in consequence of this, and
then they resumed their usual speed. They afterwards
went over other fog signals, causing another delay of two
minutes and a half. They were going six or seven miles
an hour when the collision occurred. Witness waa
knocked down and his lamp knocked out. He got
up to see what was the matter and found that the
engine had broken loose. He went to the end of the train
and found some of the carriages smashed. Subsequently
ho assisted in removing a number of dead bodies.
'William Elliott, the driver of the mail train, was first
cautioned by the coroner that he must not answer any
question that would criminate him. He said he started at
ten minutes to twelve o'clock on Saturday night with the
mail train from Nottingham. Did not know how many
carriages there were in the train. They were delayed
in leaving Nottingham owing to a special train having
gone out before them. They had beers gone about
twenty-one minutes when he started. He was to go to
Trent, and had fifteen minutes allowed for the journey—
an ordinary train was allowed twenty minutes. Ho
stopped at Beeston three minutes, and took seven minutes
to get to Beeston from Nottingham. That would leave
five minutes to get to Trent. On arriving at Beeston,
the station-master said the special had been gone two
minutes. Ile waited three minutes, and then proceeded
on his journey. He went at the speed of sixteen or eighteen
miles an hour. When he saw the break of the excursion
train it was only about ten yards in front of him. The
reason be did not see it sooner was owing to the dense fog.
No fog signals had been placed for him ; he had some with
him, and he gave these up to a guard to take back down
the line. When the engine struck the van he got down and
examined the place. It took a long time to remove the
injured passengers. Thirty miles an hour was his usual
speed going from Nottingham to Trent, and at the time
of the accident he was going at 17 to 18. The nights had
been foggy during the week, but Saturday night was
the worst.—John Prince signalman at Beeston station,
said he told the last witness that the excursion train
was before him, and he had better go on cautiously. He
could not see the signals more than ten yards distant,
owing to the fog.—Mr. Allport (general manager of the
company) stated that the reason why the express train was
allowed to start, so soon after the excursion train was that
the mail was a longer train than usual, and had a larger
number of passengers than usual, and that train having
to stop of Beeston, while the special train had not, it was
supposed the special train would have plenty of
.tin to get
clear out of the way. Several passengers gave evidence, but
it was of no importance.—The Coroner, in sumniirg up,
said if the jury were of opinion that the accident arose
from the fog they would return a verdict of accidents'

death. If, on the contrary, they thought blame attached
to the driver of either of the trains, they would have to
return a verdict of manslaughter. lie did not think the
evidence would justify such a verdict. The jury consulted
a long time, and ultimately returned a verdict of "Ace'
dental Death."

A " Steeple Jack" at Manchester has been killed
by falling from a tall chimney which he was repairing
It now transpires that Mrs. Stowe's wonderful
story of Lady Byron's life is not new. It appeared long
ago in Forney's Press, ono of the leading political news-
papers of Philadelphia.

THE TRIAL OF BARRETT.—The Irish Attorney-
General has applied to the Court of Queen's Bench at
Dublin for a writ of certiorari to enable him to move, next
term, for the removal of the trial of Barrett from the
county of Galway. The writ was granted.

STRIKE AT DROGHEDA.--Between 500 and 00(
hands—male and female—who had been engaged at the
extensive cotton mill recently erected by Mr. Benjamin
Whitworth, at Green-hills, near Drogheda, have struck
work. A little while ago the weavers received notice that
it was resolved by the managers their wages should be
reduced 5 per cent. ; and a similar reduction having taken
place some two months previously, the workers came to
the determination of refusing to work.

LONDON TO NE BURY ON A BICYCLE.---On
Saturday, Edwin Goddard, one of the employis at Mr
Soper's engineering works at Vauxhall, travelled on a
bicycle of his own make from the metropolis to Newbury,
in Berkshire (a distance of about sixty miles) in ten hours.
Goddard, whose parents reside in Newbury, left Vauxhall
at six o'clock a.m., took breakfast at Hounslow, and dined
at Reading, having accomplished nearly forty miles of the
journey. After a short rest he again mounted the machine,
and safely reached his destination. The weather on Satur-
day was unusually warm for the time of yoar.

MR. GEORGE PEABODY.—It IS announced that
Mr. George Peabody, who is now in this city, will soon
return to England. We hoped- that he had determined
to pass the close of his life in his native country, and we
should have been glad to keep him among us, if it were
only that we might have frequent opportunities of show-
ing our gratitude for his magnificent acts of generosity
Such a man as Mr. Peabody, however, has a claim upon the
affections of all the civilised world, and wherever he goes
he will be received with general respect and attachment
—New York Tribune,

OUTRAGE AT LETTEIU diabolical out
has been perpetrated in the peaceable town of Letter-
kenny. A species of bomb, composed of two canisters, ene
inside the other, filled with powder, scraps of iron, and
broken metal, was thrown into the house of Mr. James
Ward, through his office :window, breaking several panes
Mr. Ward suddenly started from his seat, caught up the
missile in his hand, and ran to the door, thinking he would
see the party who threw it, when it exploded, happily
without much damage, only singing his hand. A smith
named Calhoun observed a man with the match struck}
heard the crash of the window, and saw the person run-
ning off. Mr. Ward is bailiff to Lord Southwell's agent.—
Dublin Evening Mail.

PEEPS AT THE FAIL EAST.—The burning Ghat
is a large, handsome, lofty shed, open to the winds o 1
heaven, in which the bodies of tho dead are housed
Officials like our gravediggers do the work of selling the
wood and making all arrangements for consuming the body
We saw iron machines like small locomotives, minus th,
mechanism, which were intended at once to conceal, and t<
consume, the body, as in an oven, but they had not as ye•
been used. I will not describe the appearance of them
funeral pyres, and the sad remnants of mortality urer
them. .No relations or friends were near. The
body was left alone with the officials. The other
was—Well, en drawing near we saw an oh'
woman breathing her last as she lay motionles;
upon the wet oozy sand with which her grey hail,
mingled. Tier feet were in the water, and a wet cotter
cloth partly concealed her emaciated form. Four women
apparently her daughters, sat round her, watching for he]
last breath. They sprinkled the holy water of the strcan-
on her thin faco, her glazed eyes, and silent lips. An olc
her husband, with a young man beside him, sto
od
few zi.00,,
few yards off, and turned away their eyes, as if in sorrow
from the place where the dying one lay. When at last
neither eyelid nor lip quivered, a great cry of anguish
arose from the little group to the sky—to them empty of
a Father and a Redeemer. The boisterous crowd rushee
along with shouts of laughter, and the wild din of pipe
and drum filled the air; but these mourners found no cony
fortcr !r-0994 nrctr.