The Darlington & Stockton Telegraph, Richmond Herald, South Durham and North York Review. — 1870-08-20 (Darlington, Durham, England)

HAILTLEPOOL-PLEASURB TAU OF THE 'BAND OF HOPE. -On Thursday last, under the direction Gf Mr Dixon Sharper—" the children's friend "—A delightful excursion by rail was organised for the members of the West Harts lepool Band of Hope. They assembled at the Druids' Hall, and then proceeded in " marching order" b the railway station, headed by the Excelsior Brass Band, which was under the leadership of Mr J. Pletts. Their destination was Nor. ton, where, by special arrangement, the children were admitted for a mere bagatelle into thefiower. show which was then exhibiting. They numbered nearly a thousand, and, with the aid of flags gull banners bearing teetotal mottoes, presented a pleasing sight. There was but one serious draw. back, which could not be foreseen. A. youth, named Frederick Maclean, aged 6 years, the son. of Mr Wm. Maclean, an employe of Messrs Delton and Gray, accidentally sustained a fall over some railings, and fractured his thigh. The limb has since been re-set by Dr Mackechnie.  The driver of the Croydon train, which on the Bth ult. came into collision with a train from the Crystal Palace, was on Tuesday tried for manslaughter at the Old Bailey, but was acquitted. _ _ _ _ _  At the meeting of the Birmingham Town Council, on Tuesday, the Mayor, Mr. Princei brought forward a motion for the formation of It, School Board, under the Elementary Education Act, which was carried.  The night express from London ran into train of empty carriages, at Carlisle Station, oxx Saturday morning. Carriages were plashed, and sixteen passengers injured. A Whale from 60 to 70 feet in length, has been cast ashore on the island of Barra.  On Saturday, a boiler explosion at Messrs. Stableford's brick-yard, near Leicester, killed two persons on the spot, and injured two others so badly that they died immediately afterwards, and seriously injured live others. We record a terrible scene that has occurred on the Glamorganshire coast. Three little girls gathering mussels on a sandbank were overtaken by the tide and their escape cut off. Several. most gallant attempts were made to rescue them, but in vain.  A fatal accident occurred at Norwich on Thursday night. A number of men were engaged on the Sewage Works, in Newmarket-road, when the sandy soil gave way, burying two men in its fall. One was taken out dead, and the other seriously injured. An inquest was held on Wednesday afternoon, on the body of Walter Lee, potman, found murdered at Brompton. Alter several witnesses had been examined, the inquiry was adjourned to Saturday next. Two men, it is stated, have been arrested on suspicion of committing the murder. The British hospital for diseases of the skin—which for many years has maintained & crowded out-patient department in Great Mail' borough-street, Regent-street, and more recently another of equal extent in Finsbury-square, L?ndon—has lately been anonymously presented with a £l,OOO Bank of England note; and tbe committee of management hope, by the aid of further contributions, to utilise the munificent gift entrusted to them.  Edward Briefly, a publican, has been corninitted for trial at Saffron Walden, on a charge of feloniously shooting at Captain Elliott, of Chesterford Park, on the platform of the Chesterford Railway Station. The case has created great excitement, and the feeling of the neighbourhood is said to be in favour of the prisoner, whose iirifle's name has been mentioned in connection VSL the cause of thet attack,