The Sun.
London, England, 1866-06-01 00:00:00

Terrible Boiler Explosion at Leicester.

Yesterday afternoon, at 20 minutes past four
o'clock, a boiler exploded in this town, resulting in
the serious, possibly fatal, injury of two men ; a
boy also having sustained injuries of a less dan-
gerous character.
Within the last two mcnths a person named
Wolstenholme commenced business as an elastic-
web weaver, and occupied a small factory, two
storeys high, belonging to Mr. J. P. Clarke, a cot-
ton-spinner. This factory was surrounded by build-
ings—in the front by hosiery warehouses, and on
either side by a number of small tenements, and a
hosiery manufactory, which the explosion has da-
maged to a very great extent. IVolstenholme's fac-
tory is a complete wreck ; the walls bounding the
factory yard are all blown down. Two out-houses
in the adjoining yard have shared the same fate ;
and the windows and doors of the tenements ad-
jacent have been shattered to atoms. Portions of
the boiler, slates, bricks, and timbers of the build-
ing are strewn in every direction. A portion of
the valve of the engine, weighing 121b5., was
projected with great violence over the high build-
ings of two streets, against the arch of a door-
way ou the Weiford-road, a distance of 150
yards, smashing apiece off the arch and causing the
greatest consternation to the inmates, one of whom!
had but just entered the house and narrowly escaped
etarede
with his life. Fortunately there were
persons in the factory at the time of the xybluosi explosion
Mr. Mr. WoLstenholme, his father, and hischild. The
adjoining
old man was blown into a dust-hole in an
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pressure of 100 lb. to the inch. The greatest ex-
citement prevails, and the street in the vicinity is
crowded with people.

THE CIVIL SERVICE.—Mr. Win. James Stephens,
having been one of the first 11 in a competition of 35 can-
didates, tube clerk in the St. Katharine Docks Department
of the Customs.—Mr. Arthur Neville Cooper, having been
one of the first 5 in a competitioin of 14 candidates, to be
clerk in the Inland Revenue.--Messrs. Robert Roberts and
Mau►ice Kelly to be assistants of Excise.—Mr. Thomas
Harrap to be extra clerk in the Customs.

The following is the text of the N.
by the French Ambassador at Frankfort 13111 u
de linbeck, the Austrian Minister, iu his character
of President of the Germanic Diet, midis, of course,
inutatis nzutandis, the text of all the invitations to
the Conference :
" The undersigned, Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary of his Majesty the Ein.
peror of the French, has been instructed by his
Government to lay before the High Assembly the
following communication. The difference which
has arisen between Austria and Prussia in
connexion with the Schleswig-llolstein question
has become a subject of great anxiety to Europe.
Public opinion is alarmed by the possibility of a
war in which so many various interests would be
engaged. France, Great Britain, and Russia,
themselves could notwithout uneasiness contemplate
the possibility of an armed contest which would
array against each other States towards which than
entertained equal friendship. The highest consi-
derations incited them to seek some means of staving
off that danger. The three Powers have consulted
among themselves, having the same idea of peace
and conciliation, and, after having interchanged
their respective views, have formed an agreement to
invite to a common deliberation the Governments
which are, or may be, implicateldtailny,tlLeddtishpeuctee—r.
that is to say, Austria, Prussia,
manic Confederation. The object of these delibera-
tions is one that must impress all minds. It is, in
the interest of peace, to resolve by diplomatic
means the question of the Duchies, that of the
Italian difference, and, finally, that of the re-
forms to be introduced into the Federal Pact, so
far as they affect the European balance of power.
If the Most Serene Germanic Confederation consents
to yield to this appeal, as the three neutral Courts
entertain a hope that it will, its Plenipotentiary can.
in Paris join those of France, Great Britain, and
Russia. As to the date of the meeting, it is desir-
able that it should be as early as possible. The
fir - -/A9u,sioug cretdby- tho present crisis cannot
be
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will show themselves disposed to suspend those pre-
parations, even although they should hesitate
to restore their forces to a peace footing. The
Government of the Emperor awaits with earnest
solicitude the determination of the Germanic
Confederation. The undersigned has the honour
to request his Excellency the Baron de Lubeck,
MiniSter of Austria and President of the Ger-
manic Diet, to transmit to that High Assembly the
invitation of the three neutral Powers, and to re-
ceive the assurance of his very high consideration.
" Frankfort-on-the-Maine, May 28, 1866."
The official record of the sitting of the Germanic
Diet on Tuesday last runs thus :
" The Federal Assembly receives, in the shape of
three identical Notes, addressed by the Ministers of
France, England, and Russia, the invitation to
assist in the deliberations which are about to take
place at Paris with a view to the maintenance of
peace. It is resolved to bring this invitation to the
knowledge of the high and the very high Govern-
ments, and to refer to a committee of seven mem-
bers the examination of this matter. The selection
of this committee has been made after the previous
nomination of the committee charged with the ex-
amination of the motion by which Limburg seeks to
be detached from the Germanic Confederation."
L'Europe adds to the foregoing some details :
" The committee of seven members to which is in-
trusted the duty of drawing up a reply to the invi-
tations of the neutral Powers is composed of repre-
sentatives of the following States :—Austria, Prus-
sia, Bavaria, Saxony, Hanover, Wurtemberg, and
Electoral Hesse. The inquiry of the committee will
be directed to the two questions : —l. Shall action
be taken of the invitation of France, England, and
Russia? 2. If the reply to the first question be in
the affirmative (as is probable, and, indeed, certain),
then by whom shall the Germanic Confederation be
represented ? We believe that there is no doubt
that the choice of- the Federal Assembly will fall
upon the Prime Minister of Bavaria, M. von der
Pfordten. The Diet will reassemble on Friday
(this day) to receive the report of the committee.,
and to proceed to a decision upon the two qiNstions
just mentioned."

Shocking Murder in Birmingham.

ONE BOY KILLED BYAIN AN OTHER
A most shocking occurrence took place yesterday after-
noon in Heneage-stroet, by which a boy only ten years of
age was deprived of life by another boy, who is his junior
by a year. The murdered boy is named John Davis.
He was a fine boy, ten years of age, and lived with his
parents in No. 4 Court, Henry-street, Ashted, and worked
at Mr. Steven's, the Dartmouth-street Glassworks. His
murderer is a little Irish boy, named Thomas M'Gee, who
lived with his parents in, Howard's-place, Hill-street,
and worked as an " edger" at the hinge manufactory of
Mr. Gold, in Great Lister-street. He had only been in
Mr. Gold's employ during a few weeks, but in time had
acquired the reputation of being a quiet, good-tempered
lad. The dinner-hour for the employes at both places of
business was the same, and Heneage-street Bridge seems
to have been a favourite resort of the lads in their leisure
moments. The bridge is distant a few hundred yards from
Mr. Stevens's, and about double that distance from Mr
Gold's place of business. To this accustomed spot a largo
number of boys repaired at dinner-time yesterday, and
commenced, boy like, all sorts of practical jokes the ono
with the other. M'Geo would seem to have been eating
his dinner, in the carving of which he mused a small
one-bladed pocket-knife, with a white bone-handle, when
the unfortunate deceased gave him a slight tap, whereupon,
in a moment of passion, he turned round and struck his
assailant a. severe blow in the left breast with the hand in
which was the knife. Davis, on finding himself wounded,
at once turned about and ran away in the direction of his
workshop. As ho passed along the street he was seen to
be bleeding profusely, and staggering in his gait, but before
any one could reach him he managed to get within his
master's gate, where he fell to the earth. He was promptly
raised and taken in a cab to the General Hospital, but died
on the way. On examining
him he was found to have
been stabbed in the region of the heart. M'Gee, when he
found whathe had done, at once tried to escape, and, getting
upon the canal towing-path, made off in the direction of the
bridge in Great Lister-street, near to where he worked. A
man named Thomas Crampton,
yard, Lawley-street, hearing the hue and cad ahnedenseed lounge, a t
lad running away, but not knowing
dwhhiantl, when he asked to
who lives in the flop? Pothlee-
once gave chase and speedily
000), ivho tools
him the arrival of Police-constab
be thrown into the canal. Cciaspnti
him to Lawley-street
him into custody, and conveyedvas the knife, M'Gee coolly
iii)rit:oncilaieffld the boy prisone-
station. On being asked whereN
and there it was found,
replied that it *as in hish pocket,
dogged silence, and on being locked
the lad maintained a
betrayed no signs of either sorrow
in ono of the cells.woift blood. Onu
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for his crime or ,
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been able to gather
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affair. 3PGee be brought before the magistrates this
boy in due COUMe.-.1317- its consequences.
morning, and the inquest
_will be held

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