The Miner and Workman's Advocate. — 1865-05-20 (London, England)

NIAR.—The following ad. dress of condolence Upon :the delth of the Cz,arewiteb was presented to the Princess Dagmar of Deninark, through Baron de -Budberg, by the Russians- at the time residing in Nice :—" The misfortune which has hstruck our august imperial family • and the whole of 114ssia is rendered still more poignant to as .by the 'thought of the grief which at this moment agitates 'yotir heart. The profound affection which your royal highness entertained for our Grand Duke encourages u to express the strong interest we feel in this painful and touching sorrow. We supplicate your royal high, .respectful h _attace, s.to believe that we shall always pre..,.erve, as an in. nes heritance bequeath the cherished prince we d: bequeathed by , pinre, the sentintents .of the. most ment and the ',Sincerest devotion to your ,augusb r • •P person." k Tani inzwriTY.—At the II SINGULAR CASE OE hi Lst"","-i- Willi amt.. mersmith Police Court, ou iton.ay, ss-,‘ William Jackwit better known among APorting 131-7- - son, , obtain' the Ameacan Deer,' wits Charged VI b mg 20s, by false .representatiati.i-John Ainaer, a. oy 12 )-yeae, 0t age, in the servico Of Mr. Farr, s',l4rocar, of_Moatpel. lier Terrace, •Notting, Hilt,, said that on Friday hei de. , livered some goods tho house, of a. Maclaine Pitter. .68 be. was walking. away ,r came running up to lihn,and, said 'that Madame Pittcr wanted him to bring a pet of black currant jnin ni'.! half a. pound of arrowroot, also to bring back edrange for a•sovpreign, tolling. to be. quick. Witness 'haAeued-houle, o.btained the articles and utquey, amino his roturnaket.the' prisoner, . who asked for the qi.ary'4o. and sajd hu wo going to Mr. Farr with two parcels iie'd thAt he, Would give. him ,t I. sovereign. Wii-nesst handed hira,the money, and at his request w•mt,tc; Madame. Pitiltr's with 0.4:, veils, Where ha food that,they not. been ;ordered, AO 41. hat the prisoner had not 'WO to Ur, rary.—For the -defence, it was contended pat this was, a c^a so of miFitaltin identity, , and it was satisfactorily proVe4',.that flowittcould not, have been in that particular nbigubourliondi it the time _thoopg.act ielabery Waft L001'0444. 1,110, Afagistrato , told hini that he left the Court without a stain upon his ,sharacter.  • oCvlie its PK, Ir. P. •  A Cabinet Council was licqd op Saturday afternoon al Cambridge House.  On the 10th there was a shock of earthquake at Lisbol very distinctly' felt. • The-Countess De Montijo, mother of. the Empres,s 01 the French, is about to visit Scotland. The Dublin Daily Express announces the death of Sir Thomas Staples, father of the north-east bar. It is said that not less than ;000 photographs 01 Booth, the assassin, have been sold by one metropolitan firm.  The Hon. Geotero Edwards had an interview With the Eight Hon. Edward Cardwell on Saturday at the Colonial Office.  Mr. Smiles's "Selflielp" appears in a, French translation, with the addition of biographies of Frenchmen who have helped themselves. _Farmers in the South of England are now selling the privilege to gather water-crosses, abd the latter have ju consequence risen in price.  The Phizadqpitia Inquirer- publishes a report of the murder of Corbett, the man who shot Booth but the statement apPears'to be untrue.  The progress of the railway between Chard and Taunton has been stopped, owing to the navvies on the works having struck for a rise in wages. Mr. James Walker C. 8.., Governor-in,Chief of the Winward Islands, had an interview on Saturday with ths Right Hon. Edward Cardwell at the Colonial Office.  The Czar.and his family are• living at the Villa Hailigenberg, near Darmstadt, where they will remain till the 20th and expect, to arrive at St. .Petersburg on the 24th.  The Titus Paris correspondent says the staff officers are so numerous in the Mexican army that in preparing the budget for 1864 their cost could not be exactly ascertained.  A letter from Canea (Canada), announces that the olive crop of 1864-5 has turned out most unfavourably, and that prices have ruled so *high as to prevent ,any purchases for Europe. Wo (Post) understand that, in consequence of the infirmities attendant on Old age, Count Kielmansegge is not likely to i•csunie his duties as Hanoverian .Minister at the Court of St. James.  A return just issued shows that the amount of capital which water companies, municipal corporations, and other :bodies have taken power to raise since 1848 is £11,074,032 li)s. by shares, and £10,935,122 13s. 4d. by mortgage or bond.  A