The Bee-Hive. — 1870-10-08 (London, England)

CONVEIZEC ON -S,CIN;TIFIC INSTRUCTION. —A conference wa.a held •in the Industrial and Fine Art Institution, Wakefield, the other night, for the parivee of _considering the best means of disseminating serentige know-ledge'. 'Mr. W. 11. Lee; the pre's-ittbrit,' Was in -the chair, and several Other infiuthitial person. -were. present.. The discussion which took plaee elicited .many useful suggestions, and a resolution. tvati passed: requesting the council of-the institution to make science a prominent feature in its labopr.r Alinor,lisnx. SEssloss.—At these sessiens,. two cases of public' interest were concluded. After a Protracted investigaion, William,-Archer, a policeconstable; . was found guilty 9f. assaulting Mr. Jatuei.Doad at a recent fire in Clerkenwell. In the 6.Btir4e of the inquiry, the -proseoutor's witnesses, ineludinwseveral 'respectable persons, were accused of:perjury. At the closefhewever, this imputation was.withdrawn: The defendant was recommended fo'rnercy,. and tho'cOurt inflicted a fine of 20s.—In the. case of 'Richard Donald, the broker, who was convicted on Friday of Wilful damage while levying a (Usti-pis on, the 'premises of a beer-house keeper, the learned judge liaised a sentence of one month's iniprisooDient with hard labour.. MYSTERIOUS ArizArrt.—.An extraordinary story is reported from Leicester, the details of which, if they are not mere invention, or the substance of a dream: remind- one of-the murder !committed a few years since on the North London Railway by .31 a foreigner named Ariller upon Mr. Briggs, a bank Thenarrative sets forth that a Mr. Deville, a ,marble • tuerel-urnt, of Brussels, was on his way from.Peterborotroh. to Leicester by the last train on Satitrday night, and that. shortly after leaving the Saxby.Station 'a !stranger 'entered the same compartment, we- presume, whilst the train was in Motion. . SubseqUently Mr. Deville fell asleep, and the erigine'vVak nearing Brooksby Station before he woke up. As he did so the strange passenger struck at, him with a stick, and a struggle ensued, during which his nssailant drew a revolver from his pocket, which, .however, he threw out of the window. Mr. Deville, it is said, held the fellow in such an iron grasp as to make him cry for mercy. Thereupon Mr. Deville mest charitably released him, and the would-he murderer or robber, opening the door, stepped out .on the footboard, adjumping off before the train came to a standstill, effected his escape. • At Brdoksby the affair was, reported to the station-master, and the train went back to the spot where it was represented to have occurred, but without result. No trace of Mr. Deville's antagonist or of the revolver was to be found. It is added, that there were left in the compartment of the carriage with Mr. D,eville, a carpet bag and parcel and a broken stiCk, for which no owner seems to have turned up. THE WORKING CLASSES AND THE FRENCII4REPinnic.—The French Committee of National Defence in Louden have written- a letter in acknow, .ledgment of the, various demonstrations held in London in srippOrt df the French Republie, and of the' serviees .of the deputation to Mr.' Gladstone ,fiona-te 41.40:organisations. -The .following a translation Of the, letter :—" English Brother's,— The French 'Cornmittee of National ,Defence at londen`;:after hAvitig-heen present at varioua meetings-rnptably that. of the 19th September, at Trafalgar-square and that at Old-street—take this occasion to thank you in the name of all of its members for the prOofs of sympathy which you have so . energetically manifested, not only for France, but also for the Republic which for the second time rises from its tomb. Thanks, brothers, 'thanks! We shall never forget this proof of what a free people can do,,and, above all, what wq owe to those who, like you, understand that the liberty of .erance IS the liberty of the universe—to those who, like you, working-men and English Republicans, understand that to forward the Cause Of labour and of peace is to awaken the principle of solidarity, which makes the' strength of the proletaire and the ruin of privilege. Health and fraternity! " (Signed) MARC RATAZZI, President, and others.