The Warrington Examiner. — 1869-05-29 (Warrington, Cheshire, England)

STEAMBOATS BIIHNED.—A despatch dated Cincinnati, May 12, and published in the .New York papers says :—"The most destructive steamboat fire that ever occurred in flu:, city raged this morning at the landings of the New Orleans and Memphis placket companies. The fire broke out in the steamer Clifton, and extended to the We stmo reland, Melnotte, and Mary Erwin above, and to the Cheyenne and Darling below. The six boats were soon enveloped in flames. The hulls of the Melnotte and Darling may be used again; the others are a total loss. The fire originated in the chambermaid's room on the Cliftonby the upsetting of acoal oil lamp. Fourteen kegs of gunpowder on the Cheyenne exploded and scattered theflamesto the Westmoreland. There were 200 barrels of coal oil on the Cheyenne, and 25 barrels on board the Westmoreland. The loss of freight was 100,000 dole., which is nearly all insured. The total loss is 235,000 dols." A WICKED Wira.—Atrial forattempted murder has just taken place before the Court of Assizes of Caen, in France. The accused were a young. married woman named Deshayes, wife of a smaU farmer, and their servant, a young man of 18, named Gagneu r ; the intended victim was the husband of the female prisoner. The woman had first taken Gagneur as her paramour, and then under the promise of buying him off from military service and marrying him when she should be a widow, had persuaded him to shootherhusbandasthelatter was returning home at night, she providing the gun, powder, and shot for the purpose, The husband, however, escaped with some rather severe wounds, and at once suspected his wife and theman : they were both arrested and ended by mutually accusing each other. Being found guilty, the wife was condemned to twenty year hard labour, and the male prisoner to twelve years of the same punishment. THE EXTRAORDINARY S GENE tie Coax TowN Cormen,.—One of the Cork journals gives the following report of the scene which took place in the Cork Town Council last week, when the ex-mayor had voted. for Mr. Hegarty.—Mr. Dominick O'Mahony, occupying a prominent position, rushed at the ex-mayor very excitedly, and asked him—Did he vote for Mr. Hegarty ?—The ex-mayor, who appeared totally unprepared for such an exhibition of popular feeling, was unable to answer the question for some moments. Mr. Nagle here interposed for the protection of the exmayor, and endeavoured to appease the pbople.—Mr. Dominick O'Mahony : You degraded yourself; you brought your office into degradation. (Cheers and uproar.) —The ox-Mayor: I voted according to my— (Great hissing.)—One of the crowd, who assumed a most menacing attitude towards the ex-m ayer, said, shaking his fist in his face—You were put into a position by the people, and you betrayed them. (Great cheering.) You sold the country. (Applause.)—The ex-Mayor: I did not. I— (Cries of "Shut up, you traitor."—Mr. O'Mahony : You degraded the position, sir. (Cheers.)—The ex-mayor: I voted as in principles dictated. (Cries of "To hell with you," and the most fearful commotion.)—At this juncture Mr. Nagle, Mr. 0' Sullivan, and other gentlemen interfered on behalf of the ex-mayor, and endeavoured to get that gentleman to leave the courthouse.—The ex-Mayor: Let me tell them. (Cries of "We won't hear you, you informer.")—A Voice: An, Dan, why did you vote for leatherbelly ? (Great Laughter.) —Another Voice: We'll stick Hegarty in the tauhole. (Much laughter.)—The ox-mayor: I am an alderman of a ward—(Uproar.)—A Voice: You ought to be a ward in chancery, you idiot. (Laughter and applause.) —Another voice : You will go out the next time, Dan. (Cheers.)—The scene became so turbulent that the whole council withdrew to an adjoining room, but the crowd followed Mr. 0' Sullivan in an excited state, and it required all the influence which his friends possessed to shield him from the violence of his former admirers. There was a large body of police in the hall of the court, but their services were not required, as the indignation of the mob, although very fierce, did not extend beyond menaces and abuee.