The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1868-02-28 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

RESIGNATION OF THE PREMIERSHIP BY LORD DERBY.—The Express of Tuesday stated that acting on the counsel of his family and medical advisers, Lord Derby had resigned the Premiership, and that a telegram had been received from the Queen accepting the resignation.  ON -TUESDAY :ronwlico an inquest was held in the Britannia-fields, Islington, on the body of a full grown male child,found wrapped epin a parceL The medical evidence went to show that the child bad li‘ed, and that the mother had received no medical assistance at the birth. The jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against some person or persons unknown." AN iNqui.sv was held, on Tuesday, in Doveroad, Shoreditch, on the body of James Massey, aged 14 menths. On Saturday night the child had been put to bed, and a chair bad been placed at the bedside to prevent it falling out. Subsequently the infant was discovered banging by the neck between the rungs of the back of the chair, and quite dead. The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death."  A BOAT nacajor £2O took place on Monday, from Putney to Mortlake, between Thomas Roberts, a foundryman, and John Moore, a waterman, both o Rotherithe, employed at the King and Queen Ironworks. John Phelps was referee; V. Deal and D. Russell umpires. Moore won the toss, and took the Middlesex side. They eliceted a level start, shortly after which Roberts, who was much the bigger man, and smarter at handling a gig (in which they rowed), took a decided lead, and at the Point was two or three lengths ahead. In another quarter of a mile, however, his lead had been reduced, and near the Crab Tree they were neck and neck. Moore afterwards gradually got to the front, and won a well•contested race by four lengths. _  AT BOLTON Richard harrow was charged with wilfully scalding his wife and two children. The prisoner is a boatman, and the occurrence took place at Blackrod, near Wigan. Barrow entered the cabin of the boat late on Saturday evening in a state of intoxication, his wife and children being then in bed. His wife reproached him with his conduct, on which he deliberately took a kettle oil the fire, and poured its boiling contents ripen them. The wife was badly scalded on one side of her face and arms. The youngest child, a baby only 12 mouths old, lies in a very dangerous condition, and as its life is despaired of, the magistrate remanded the prisoner for a few days, to await the result of the injuries. _ _ _  PASSENGERS by the down mail train which left Plymouth about six o'clock on Friday morning had an exceedingly narrow escape. Soon after leaving the Bayle Station of the West Cornwall line the engine ran off the metals while crossing a viaduct. Breaks were applied, and the train was brought up, but so near was the engine to falling over that the fore wheels had actually come in contact with the wooden rails that bounds the viaduct, which at that spot looks over into the turnpike road. The railing having been broken, the buffers were overhanging. The fall would have been nearly 40 feet. Much praise is due to the engine. driver and guards for abutting off steam and applying breaks so promptly. The first carriage of the train was a third class, and was very full of passengers.