The Sun.
London, England, 1867-12-06 00:00:00

SINGULAR EXPLOSION.

An inquest has just been herd at Guy's Hospital rest:4647
Ing the death of a little girl eight years old, named Lai"
rence. Her father, who lives at Greenwich, said helol,,
a house painter and decorator, and that he was employe('
to make the lime-light to be used during the performaneeg
at the Greenwich Theatre. On Saturday morning, the
16th ultimo, while he was in the act of snaking it, an el'
plosion of hydrogen gas took place. He had placed sonle
old nails and some scraps of iron in a large glass vessel, and
he then poured three pints of water into the vessel. After
that he poured some sulphuric acid into the jar. Ther°,
were three pints of water in the vessel, and when he 130
poured three to six ounces of the acid into it, an explosion
took place, and he was covered from head to foot. He thet
heard loud shrieks, and upon rushing out of the work-912°1°
he found that two of his daughters had been injure'
The deceased had her throat cut, and blood was rushinff
from the wound. He placed her in a cab, and she was taken
to Guy's Hospital. Witness made the hydrogen gas el'allhP
other day in a bag of three feet nine cubic inches. That
lasted two nights. He had studied chemistry for 25 Year*,
and he believed the cause of the explosion was the cola'
ness of the preceding night acting upon an old solution of
water, iron, and sulphuric acid that was in the glass jam' at
the time that he poured the fresh solution into it through°
funnel. The old solution was crystallised. He Was 11(4
injured. The house-surgeon of Guy's Hospital having de:
posed to the cause of death, the jury returned a verdict °:
accidental death, and recommended that there shout'
be more caution used in future while hydrogen gas
being made. The coroner said that he did not think otl'
a dangerous compound ought to be made except in PlAceg
properly allotted to it.

INDIA.
The following heads of intelligence are given by the
Times of India of November 14 :
The preparations for the despatch of the main body of
the Abyssinian force are actively continued. Latest
accounts from Zoulla, state that the route to the highland
of Abyssinia had not been decided upon, but that 016
Taranta Pass had been avoided.
The diary of Dr. Blanc, one of the Abyssinian captifee'
has just been published in Bombay. It is the most in"
teresting account of the captivity that Las yet appearnaL
Sir Seymour Fitzgerald, Sir Robert Napier, and
chief officers of Government, are now in Bombay, but
RE. the Governor leaves for Mahableshwar in a fe"
days.
In response to a deputation from the Reconstruction
Committee of the Bank of Bombay, Sir Seymour Fit'e'
gerald has telegraphed to the E ecretaryof State to sanction
the Bombay Government becoming shareholders in the
new Bank.
The Bank of Bengal has opened an agency in
The committee appointed by the Government to
into the question of the proposed docks for Bombay 117,i
by the casting vote of the chairman, reported in favour "
docks.
In accordance with the officially-sanctioned terms of the
compromise, a dividend of £175 per share is being paid t°
the shareholders of the Bombay Reclamation ComPa'
by the liquidators of the Asiatic Bank. lend
Warrants have been issued against some two hunt.—
and fifty defaulting contributories of the Bombay
Stock Corporation.
Barracks capable of accommodating a regiment of o°l.
Biers have just been completed at Deolee, near D'l3e'

sack.
The doubling of the G. I. P. Railway line betvr e
Eg,utpoora and Nassick is expected to be finished by til

end of the year. of
During October 269,501 b. of cotton, of the value
£7,000, was shipped from Kurrachee.
The Governor-General held a grand durbar at Lticlai°ll
on November 10.
A slight disturbance is reported among the rnagitite.4
of Bhootan, but it is officially reported as of little

portance.
eral
The Government of India has taken up in a "'-
vb
spirit the reform of the Indian furlough rules.
The Right Honourable Mr. Massey returns t°
land immediately after bringing forward his next btic

in April.
Mootizeem Meeza, son of the old King of DO;C° 12:1
been captured at Nandair, near Hingolee, by ".° e

Murray.

THE PROGRAMME OF THE " AMAT,GAYA'ras;
OPERATIVE BRICK3fAKERS " FOR 1868 During the 13—v
week circulars, of which the following. is an exact c°,,Po44'
have been sent to every master brickmaker in 131aok'd
and neighbourhood :—" To the Master Brickmakers.,4
Blackburn and its Neighbourhood.—Sir, the followi;
regulations have been* unanimously agreed to 11 11
operative brickmakers of the Blackburn brancb, c:;00
authorised by the C.G.C. committee of the amalgarn3"
to inform our respected masters that we must 110'!'",ei 7c•
appeal for an advance of our current prices a Prt-vell
making for 1868, 4d. per I,ooa bricks, whieh
be divided as follows : 2d. for the kiln wheeler, and''‘`" for
the clay wheeler for 1,000 ; and that any non-society ni
you engage in casting your clay, or in any other brancilep
work in the brick-field, winter or summer, societY:lo
will not be allowed to work in the same field ;
further wish to inform you that all masters who let
.t", 4
jobs to any man must have a written agreement, "lido
by a society man, so that one man will not be P3idix„ itO
the current price of brickmaking of Blackburu an"
vicinity. We remain your obedient servants,—The
gaxasted Operative R.l7l9.k.naAliera of 131ackburii.