The Blandford and Wimbourne Telegram. — 1881-06-10 (Blandford, Dorset, England)

COMIT-MARTIAL sat at Devonport on Tuesday for the trial of Lieutenant George Leward Hastings Deacon, H.M.S. Indus, who was charged with being drunk at iness on the 19th ult. The Court considered the charge proved, and as the prisoner had been previously tried for sleeping on his post and otherwise neglecting his duties, th?y ordered him to be dismissed from the service. DAvm Jacxsox, miner, while in the house of one named turns, near Whitehaven, took his pipe out of his month and placed it in his coat pocket, where he had several csrtria4ers of dynamite and dynamite caps. Imrneiiately afterwards an explosion occurred, blowing off ackson'sriht hand above the wrist, and a part of his cheek, Ilains'a sister, with whom he was talking at the time, was also injured about the face. The door and windows of the house were blown to pieces. Jackson's right arm had to be amputated.  A MAN named Taylor, along with two other men named Tatlow and Foster, were employed near the top of Mount. street, Derby, in "flashing " the sewers for the corporation. He had to go into the passage under the ground with a light, and no sooner had he entered than a tremendous explosion of foul air occurred. He was blown with great force up through the month of the sewer, one side of his head being completely carried away. Death must have been instantaneous, His fellow workmen also received injuries.  THE members of the City Police Force have just bad served out to them a helmet of art entirely new construction. It is made of blue cloth, which harmonizes with the colour of the uniform, stretched over a cork body with a lengthened peak at the bask, which effectually protects the nape of the neck from the stm's TayP, and in wet weather will carry off the rain on to the centre of the cape instead of, as in the old helmet, allowing it to drip between the cast collar and the stock down the wearer's neck. The men are said to be loud in their praises of the lightness and coolness of the helmet, but come doubts are expressed as to whether it will be as durable as the heavier felt helmet,. Da. JAMES SnerriseD of Swansea committed suicide no Satnrday morning under distressing circumstances. H. was met in Grove-nlaoe, with something glittering in hi hand. The constable, taking from him a large dissectinc knife asked, "What have you done?" The reply w,s. "God knows what I have done." Mr. Shepherd attempted to walk to the police-station, but fell into the arms of the policeman. He had stabbed himself between the lower ribs. The deceased, who was fifty years of age, and unmarried, was a native of Yorkshire. He had retired. from practice.  Tr tp works in connexion with the enlargement of the Fenchurclpstreet Railway Station, which is being extended eastward as far as the Minories, are making rapid progress, and when completed the area of the station wiil be almost double its present she. A large number of houses, situated between the eastern borndary of the ‘tatton 371(1 the Minories 'have been swept away to clear the ground for the enlarged station, which will absorb the whole of what was formerly known as Gold-square, and a huge portion of Cooper's-row, and John-street. ON Sunday, the 22nd ult., at the church of Ebernoe near Petworth, Sussex, notice was given by thei-dliAsting minister at both morning and afternoon service tbat petition against the return of atheists was lying in the vestry for signature, and requesting the attendance of parishioners for that purpose. - •  IN Algeria, M. Bringard, inspector of telegraphs, has been assassinated, with his escort, between Frandah and Garyville. Twenty-six men were killed, Ur to Saturday 14 public Acts and sixty local strdutes had received the Royal Assent in just live months horn the commencement of the Session. A TBRRIBLE storm broke over Gatchina, St. Petersburg' on Saturday morning, killing a policeman, overturning a granite column of the monument of the Emperor Paul in the Imperial Park, and otherwise doing an enormous amount of damage. A NUMBER of boys were bathing on Thursday afternoon in a pond near Redhill Junction, when they were disturbed, and ran across a level crossing. Just then the Brighton express was coming along at a great speed, and knocked one of them, named Goffe, down, killing him on the spot.