The Commonwealth. — 1866-10-27 (London, England)

EPITOME OF NEWS.  A Mormon bishop, who died recenDly at Lake City, left 11 wives and 47 children to mourn lose.  On the Boston and Worcester Railway, in the United States, ministers of religion are allowed to travel at half price. At a meeting held in Wigan, on Monday, it was resolved to erect an infirmary for the town and neighbourhood.  The Mayor of Belfast entertained Sir Hugh Cairns at a banquet in the Music-hall of that city on Friday night. The banquet was of a private nature. About 150 gentlemen were present. who received thlz Sing of Prussia on his triumphal entry into Berlin have been presented with gold brooches, ornamented with the head of the King and the Prassian eagle.  UVL int.er,..b..b.— islit 11.0,v11 QueLAo !IPr at an American auction-room, a husband and wife ran up an article from five to thirteen dollars, The wife won. _ _ _ .  Fatal Accident through "Larking." A party of young men were in a boat, near Batterseabridge, on Friday, when the hat of one of them named Smith fell into the water, and in endeavouring to recover it, he fell overboard. Every exertion was made to rescue him, but in vain.  Captam Arkwrig.,nt, whose death on Mont Blanc was recently reported, was aide.de-camp to the Marquis of Abercorn, and occupied the same position during the Viceroyalties of the late Lord Carlisle and the Earl of Kimberley. He was much esteemed by the Irish public. MichatAmas Term.—The two new "chiefs," Lord Justice Cairns and Chief Baron Kelly will take take their seats at Westminster for the first time on the 2nd November, the commencement of Michaelmas term, after receiving the congratulations of their brethren at the Lord Chancellor's breakfast. Shocking Death of a Chilaf rom Poison.— On Wednescay night an inquest was held in Thomas. street West, Ferry-roatl, on the body of James Ellis, aged three years. The deceased had got to a cap. board where a bottle of cyanide of potassium was kept, and drank a quantity of the liquid. The deceased expired shortly after. The jury returned a verdict of “De3,th from .cyanide of potaesiam taken by misadventure."  Death in a Skittle-ground. —An inquest was held at Dittos, on Wednesday, on the body of Samuel Eagles, aged 19, who came by his death while engaged in a personal contest with a man named John Price during a game at skittles in a public-house. He was taken up in a state of insensibility, and died next morning. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death.  Mr. Forster addressed an assembly of nearly 3,000 of his constituents in St. George's. hall, Bradford, on Monday evening. His whole address was devoted to the discussion of the Reform question, and in illustration of the policy, the wisdom, and the justice of the House of Commons at once settling the question, which blocked the way to other reforms, by the adoption of a comprehensive measure of Parliamentary Reform. Observance of an Ancient Custom.—The 18th of October being St. Luke's Day, the master and wardens of the Clothworkers' Company, attended by 20 aged freemen, clothed at the expense of the company agreeably te the will of Sir William Lamb, the founder of the Melbourne family, who was Lord Mayor and master of this company in 1568, walked in procession to St. Michael's Church, where a sermon was preached, suitable to the occasion. They afterwards retired to the ball to dinner.  A.ecident through Leaving Fire - arms about.—On Saturday morning, Hannah Brookes, a girl 13 years of ago, servant to Messrs. Cookayne, of Angel-street, was engaged in dusting a room,when she took up a loaded pistol which had been incautiously left upon a table, and began to dust it. As she lifted it by the muzzle, and was dusting the stook and trigger, it very soon exploded, blowing the forefinger of the right hand clean away, and severely lacerating the hand.  Another Suicide by a Soldier.—On Saturday morning another act 01 suicide by a soldier the second within a month—was committed in the Canterbury barracks, the unfortunate man in this case being a private in the 3rd Dragoon Guards named John Henry Williams. The deceased, who had been 24 years in the service, came off sentry duty on Saturday morning, and retired to the barrack•room and cut his throat from ear to ear with a razor. An inquest was held on the body the same day by Mr. -T. T. Da Lasanx, coroner, and a verdict of "Temporary Insanity" returned.  Embezzlement of £B,ooo.—At the Barnsley Police court, on Monday, before the sitting magistrate, Mr. E. C Bower, John Clarkson Sutcliffe, late manager of the North Gawber Colliery, near Barnsley, was brought up on remand, charged with embezzling certain money belonging to his employers, Messrs. Richard Thorp and Co. The defalcations amount to between £6,000 and £7,000. The prisoner was, on the application of his attorney, remanded to Monday next, the bail being fixed at £lO,