The Sun.
London, England, 1868-05-08 00:00:00

a,recent sitting of the Glasgow Cideal , Lice-sairt,
before Dailies ,Alillar and Osborne, AnNeW -.encMck,
innkeeper, 4, Wallace-court, Bell-street, was charged with
a contravention of the 210th clause of the Glasgow Police
Act, which provides that it shall not be lawful for any
person to have in premises occupied by him within
the
if he city any greater quantity of gunpowder than
261 b. be a licensed retailer of the article, and
131 b. if he be not in possession of a retail license,
the penalty being a fine not exceeding £lO and for-
feiture of the gunpowder. The facts of the case,
as brought.out in the evidence for the prosecution, were
,-these :—Ateutenant and inspector of police havingreison
to believe that a large quantity of gunpowder was lying in
•darricrs quarters belonging to the defender, visited these
Ainarters, and found in one part of a shed twenty barrels,
.rld in another four barrels of powder, the whole amonnt-
ii3g to about 6)31b. Tile barrels were marked " gun-
•powder," and were lying among other goods. For the ;fence it it was stated that Mr. M'Kendrick though -the
• !evant of the carriers' quarters where the gunpowder was
:found, had sub let stances to carriers conveying goods
-to and from Cl s w and neighbouring towns ; that the
-twenty-four barreli were in these stances, had only been
-there for three quarters of an hour when. the police seized
-them, and were intended to be taken away that day to
LLarkhall, Carluke, and Kilbirnie by the carriers going to
obese districts.
Mr. J. L. Lang, who appeared for the defender, ana
sited that he had received instructions from Messrs. Hay,
Afe.ricks, and Co., and Messrs. Curtis and Harvey, the
owners of the gunpowder, urged —(lst), that WiCendrick
was not the real occupier of the premises, hiving sublet the
stances to carriers, and that in point of law these carriers
were in possession of the barrels ; (2nd), that the goods
being in transitu, not " held" in store, the 213th clause of
the Art, and not the 210th, should have been cited ;
aad
(3rd), that the owners of the gunpowder not being before
the wart, it would be a monstrous iniquity to forfeit
their Property without ai.ving them a chance of defend•
ing it.
. After consultation, the conrt sirated that they had bee*
advised/ by the assessor .(2.fr. P. 7'. Young) that the de-
fender was the occupier of the premises in the true mean.
ing of the Act ; that the proper clause had been cited, in.
ssmucTi as the 213th only applied to gunpowder being con-
veyed to or from the magazine ; and that it was within
their I sower, and was their duty, to forfeit the barrels and
their contents, whether the actual owners of the property
were i n court or not. The evidence, however, shelved that
Air. M'Kendrick had been placed in an unfortunate
position
without his knowledge of the circumstance, anz,
the court thought that the modified penalty of 215., Or
tweraw-one days' imprisonment would serve the ends of
justice. The gunpowder would, of course, be forfeited.
Lir. Lang intimated an appeal.

The King of Portugal has conferred upon Sit
Zan Bowring the Cross of a Knight Commander of the
Order of Christ, as a public testimony to his merits and
Services.

A bill has been introduced by Mr. Serjeant
Bally, Major Gavin, and Mr. Esrnonde, to extend to
Ireland the existing law of Great Britain as far as it
zffects the presence 0,7 military at Parliamentary elections.

KING THEODORE ON THE STAGE.—The Temps sayi
that the Chat6let Theatre, in Paris, is about to put in re-
hearsal a grand drama in five acts and twelve tableawc;
entitled, " Theodorus, King of Abyssinia."

CIVIL SERVANTS AND THE FRANCHISE. - A
numerously attended meeting of the officers connected
with the several departments of the Civil Service in
Glasgow has been held in that city, to petition Parlia-
ment in support of Mr. Monk's bill, having for its object.
Ile removal of the disqualifications hitherto so unjustly
imposed upon the civil servants of the Crown, as regards
the emercise of the elective franchise enjoyed by all othq
:lasses of her Majesty's subjects. •

A despatch from Ottawa, dated April 23, says :
" Jean Baptiste La Croix, who says he saw the shot fired
that killed D'Arcy M`Gee, has been subjected to a search...
ing examination as to the facts, and his testimonremain4
unshaken in all the particulars. He has seen Whelan in
gaol, and identified him. La Croix is an ignorant French-
man, although he tells a straightforward and connected
story. At the time of the occurrence he concealed hinmelf
in a doorway, fearing that Whelan might discover him
and shoot him. Since that time he has been afraid tsi.
speak about the matter for fear of getting into trouble.'

THE GOVERNMENT OF INDI.A.—A copy of the.
bill prepared by Sir Stafford Northcote and Sir James
rergnsson, to amend in certain respects the Act fol,
the pater government of India, was issued on Wednes•
jay. It is proposed tirt henceforth every member of the
In :ian u- d 1 staq b appointed for the term
years, and shall not be eligible for re-election.

le salary of such member is to be £1,500 per annum, to

De paid out of the revenues of India, but he is not to be
entitled to any retiring pension. A change is also pro-
posed in the remuneration to be paid to the auditor, who
is to have a salary of £I,COO a year ; but he is not to be
permitted to hold any other office under the Crown. In
future, compensations, superannuations, and retiring
allowances are not to be granted by royal warrant, but by
order of the Secretary of State for India in Council, and
in no other way.

FitIGIITFUL DEATH. —Dr. Lankoster has held.
... inquest at the Boston Arras, Junction-road, Hollo•
v..ay, on the body of Mr. William Cornelius Jourdain;
aged 62, who up to the time of his death, on the 4th
inst., resided at 8, Junction-villas, Junction-road. The
circumstances of his death are very singular. The re-
latives of the deceased state that on the 27th ult. the
Deceased went into the Kentish-town station of the
North London Railway ; that the train which he wanted
to proceedby arrived, but overshot the station a little, and
then backed. He went into a second-class compartment,
but finding it was a smoking carriage, he got out and was
entering another carriage, when the station-master seizea
him. The train was not then moving, but it immediately
started, and although he could have easily got into the car,
riage, the station-master clung to him. The train proceeded,
and finally, in the struggle, both fell between the carriages
and the platform, the station -master uppermost. They were
dragged along some distance together, but being brought
in contact with a step they were separated, and the plat.
form being a hollow one the station-master escaped with
the loss of a part of his coat. The train was then stopped,
and when deceased was picked up he was found to be
seriously injured. He was taken to his house, where he
died from the injuries he had received. The station•
master, in giving his evidence, stated that he had seen all
the passengers who were going on safely seated, and then
veve the signal to start. The train commenced to move,
when the deceased jumped out of a smoking carriage, and
running past a first-class carriage opened the door of a
second-class carriage. The train was then going at a gDod
speed. The deceased attempted to get in, but slipped,
and fell with his legs dangling between the train and the
platform, and holding on to the rail of the door by one
hand. Witness had shouted to warn deceased, but when
he saw what had happened he blew his whistle for the
train to stop, and running to the assistance of deceased,
caught hold of him and told him to leave his hold of the
rail, but be would not do so, and, catching held of wit
ness's coat, dragged him along with him down between
the carriage and the platform. After listening to these
conflicting statements, the jury adjourned for the purpose;
if possible, of obtaining further evidence.

SHOCKING AFFAIR AT DERRY.—For some days
past Derby and the neighbourhood have been placarcleC
with startling announcements that Mr. Worthington,

the " Star Diver of the World," would exhibit on the
River Derwent at Derby on Thursday afternoon and two
following days. Among other feats he was announced tc
jump from a height of 1.20 ft: into the river. The entertain•
ment was announced to commence at 2.20 on Thursday
afternoon in a field en the banks of the Derwent, between
Derby and Darleygrove. The performer, a young man of
about 22 0r23 years of age, appeared r n the ground at the ap
pointed time, dressed in abathing costume, and commenced
performing a series of feats under the water, including
drinking milk from a bottle, peeling and eating an orange,
blowing a trumpet, dm He also threw a lad into the water
and rescued him. The exhibition was to close with the high
leap into the water, and Worthington ascended the scaffold
three
isaobinmeit
put himself into position for diving, and jumped into the
river. oncelcoecsks.ary Aprfetperararteimonasi,niihnge
evo-
lutions of Ms body, and a inecrea gentleman on the
bank
hoinade
of the bystanders that he was a
bank remarked to some
river. In his progress dor. nwards
deadl
• side, and at once sank to the bottom of the
The people seemed to expect that he would rise to
man.oii Iris
Wor, t
water hington fell heavily on the top of the
trliiveers.urface, as was his custom, and some minutes elapsed
before any efforts were male to recover the body. At last
Mr. Smith, of Little Eaton, dived into the water, and
after several unsuccessful efforts succeeded in bringing the
lifeless holy of Worthington to the surface. Four medical
gentlemen, Drs. Topham, Jamieson, Pant, and Iliffe, who
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had been witnessing his performances, promptly attended
e
him on his being brought to the bank in a boat, and every
means were used to resuscitate life, but their efforts were
unavailing as life was extinct, the opinion being that he
died from concussion while diving. There was a large at-
and
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