Brighouse & Rastrick Gazette. — 1880-02-21 (Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England)

ANOTHER ATTEMPT ON THE LIFE OF THE CZAR..  It is officially announced that about seven o'clock on Tuesday evening an explosion occurred in the basement of the Winter Palace at St. Petersburg, under the principal guard-room, by which eight of the soldiers of the Finland Regiment of the Guard were killed, and forty-five others were injured. The guard-room is beneath the dining-hall, and as the room in which the explosion took place had been secretly charged with dynamite and gun-co4on, and fired by a train from an outhouse, there is no doubt the outrage was designed with the view of destroying the life of the Emperor. The success of the plot was defeated by the unforeseen delay of the dinner hour, in consequence of the Emperor having been detained by the reception of the Prince of Hesse. Under the circumstances, all the members of the Imperial family escaped without injury. The news produced a feeling of Intense indignation throughout the city, followed later by congratulations on the escape of the Emperor. On Wednesday the city was gaily decorated, and there were thanksgiving services .in all the churches. During the day telegrams were received from the Emperor of Germany, the Queen of England and other Sovereigns, as well as from President Grevy, expressing abhorence at the attempted crime, and offering their congratulations on its failure. An official inquiry has been opened, and it is stated that three workmen were recently employed in the room in question, one of whom has since fled. It is feared that the crime will be followed by something like a reign of terror throughout Russia. The Berlin correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette, telegraphing information he received from St. Petersburg on Thursday, says—" The Czar is said to have been very much affected; so much so as at d one me almost to have lost his self-command. When, owever, Lord Dufferin called to congratulatei hi upon his escape, the latter remarked that it is to Divine Providence that he stands indebted, and that, God having mercifully delivered him twice recently from very imminent peril, he is content to trust his life for the future to His protecting hand." On the other hand, a telegram received through the Central News agency on Thursday night states—" The Russian officials here (London) discredit the statement of the Czar's utter prostration after the attempt on his life, and point to what occurred afber the attempt to blow up the Royal train on the journey to Moscow, when the Czar calmly remarked to those in attendance ---` This happened because you have neglected to teach your children moral duties. In the future attend to this, and such occurrences as have taken place today will not again occur to the disgrace of my people.' The Empress has not yet been informed of the explosion, nor will she be in her present state:" A Tines Berlin telegram says that, conscious of what had occurred, the Emperor, though visibly moved, never for a moment lost his selfpossession, and the Duchess of Edinburgh also displayed most praiseworthy composure.  ON Thursday, in the outskirts of Rotherham, a brutal murder was committed, it is supposed, by a farm labourer named David Ooe. The victim, also a farm 'shower, and named John One, was brutally battered to death with a hedge-stake. The prisoner was drunk when apprehended. AT the meeting of the Associated Chambers of Commerce in London, on Wednesday, Mr. Childers, in responding to the toast of "Our commercial relations with foreign countries and our Colonies," warned the country against returning to the system of deferential duties, the worst form of protection. No one valued more than himself the necessity of attaching our Colonies firmly to the empire. V 1.9 trusted that the signs of reviving trade wonld increase, and that no proposal would be ihacrelu the direction of protection, 10/44' nigatilctlijure inft triode with thea3,