Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1870-05-06 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

ZOO. After a wen-contested race, Kelly won by aboot five boats' lengths. A telegram received from Alexandria announces that a new palace at Rimed', near that city, which has just been constructed for the Khedive at a coat of about £200.000, has been entirely destroyed by fire. It also states that there have been very few applications for the Daira loan in Alexandria. The P7-ogres Egyptien has been suspended or two months for its frank cotrufient on the loan.  A bishop, who was fond of shooting, in one of his excursions met with a friend's gamekeeper. whom he sharply reproved for inattention to his religious duties, exhorting him strenuously to "go to church, and read his Bible." The keeper, in an angry mood, responded, "Why, I do read my Bible, sir; but I don't find in it any mention of the Apostles going ashooting," " No, my good man, you are right," said the bishop, "the shooting was very bad in Palestine, so they went fishing instead."  A terrible accident has occurred at Rich mond, Virginia. It appears that the Court of Appeal was sitting in the Capitol to give judgment in a local Case exciting considerable interest. The room was. in consequence, crowd, dto excess. Whilst the case was procetding the flooring gave way, precipitating the whole of the audience into the room below. The ex tent of the injuries are variou-ly stated, but from 20 to 40 persons, including a number of State Deputie., were killed, whilst about 200 we e more or less seriously injured. Governor Walker who was iii court at the time, and the judges, escaped without injury —A later report states that the number of deaths amounted to the large number of 59, and that no less than 125 persons received injuries.  An attempt was made to murder Mr C. Buxton, m.P or East Surrey, on Friday morning, by his secretary, a young man named White, who was ouder notice to leave for some irregularities. On Friday morning he became so offensive that Mr Buxton or ered him to leave the house, assuring him, at the same time, that he would still endeavour to be of service to him. White leant over the table in a menacing manner, and said he did not believe a word of it Afterwards, when Mr Buxton's back was turned, White fired at him, and rushed out of the room into the street, and escaped in a hansom cab. Mr Buxton who was unhurt, followed him to the door, but could not secure him. White is supposed to be insane.  - ALLEGED TRADE OUTRAGES On Saturday night last, a bottle containing a quantity of gunpowder and a fusee was thrown iuto the drawing room of Mr ;•tward Johnson, builder, at his residence in Levenshume, causing great damage, and about the same time Mr Johnson's timber yard, about three miles from his residence, was set on fire, and the yard and five adjoining cottages were most seriously damaged. The outrage and incendiarism is attributed to the members of trades unions, owing to the fact that Mr Johnson has been using brick-making machines. The affair is in the hands of the I.olice, who have as yet failed to find any trace of the miscreants. Three other bottles containing explosive mattter were also found in the neighbourhood of MrPohnson's dwelling. A reward of £l5O has been offered for the apprehension of .the persona concerned in the outrage.