The Miner and Workman's Advocate. — 1865-05-13 (London, England)

TIRE MINER AND WORKMAN'S ADVOCATE, SATURDAY, MAY 13, 15465.  of the Angels. He was also the chief of an order called the Oblates of St. Charles Borromeo. The members of it are, for the most part, priests who were formerly clergymen of the Church of Enaland _ • -  - - Lord St. Leonards has brought in a bill for the prevention of strikes and lock-outs. The bill proposed the fOrmation of a court of arbitration to which the disputants might apply after receiving the licence of the Crown. The court would be composed of not less than two and not more than ten masters, and a like number of workmen, besides the chairman. He said he should not push forward the secondreading of the bill, but leave it to be read and discussed in the country. The bill was read a first time.  At the Central Criminal Court, on Wednesday, the grand jury returned true bills against the Messrs. Barry, charged with certain frauds upon insurance companies. An application made to postpone the trial to the June sessions was acceded to. John Samuelson, convicted of stealing £7OO, the property of the Bank of England, was brought up, and sentenced to five years' penal servitude. It is said that the trial of Constance Kent will be removed to this Court, and will take place at a future session.  Two. cases of violent assaults on women, one of which ended fatally', and the other, it is feared, will have the same termination, were reported to the police on Wednesday. In one case a man, named Kilduff, is charged with the murder of a woman, named Costello, with whom he was living. The man himself called to his landlady in the morning that his wife was dead or dying, and went himself for a doctor. The woman was found to be dead, under such suspicious circumstances that he was taken into custody. The state of the room showed that a violent struggle had taken place. The other case occurred at Whitecross-street, St. Luke's, where the wife of a man, named Banks, was found insensible and deluged in blood, with no fewer than three fractures of the skull. She was removed to the hospital, but is not expected to survive. There is some reason to think that the husband, who admitted his guilt, is insane.  The principal news brought by the Belgian, from New York, is the definitive surrender °f Johnston's army. The terms of surrender were the same as those granted to Lee. Dick Taylor is said to be willing to surrender if he is offered reasonable terms. The only Confederate forces in the field were those of Kirby Smith and Taylor. An extensive curtailment had been directed to be made in the Federal Government military expenses. Mr. Seward and his son are both improving. According to the New York Herald, Harrold, the accomplice of Booth, had made a confession. Lewis Paine, said to be the person who attempted Mr. Seward's life, had been arrested. An awful calamity had occurred on the Mississippi. A steamer with 2000 paroled Federal prisoners took fire, when 1400 lives were lost. The Registrar General has added Hull to the number of' towns from which weekly returns of births and deaths are made. The rate of mortality has fallen considerably during the week, as it is reported to be only 24 in the 1000 on the aggregate of the eleven towns. London shows to advantage in the return, as the average here is only 21 per 1000. Bristol alone is one lower, and only Hull and Salford as low. Liverpool, as usual, is highest, followed by Glasgow, the rates being 34 in the former case, and 30 in the latter. The total number of deaths in the eleven, is 2626, to which London contributes 1236, or 81 less than the average of the last ten years. The births were 4044, of which 2074 belong to London.  'The city of Dublin was gay with illuminations on Monday night, and the principal streets were thronged with sight-seers up to daylight. The thoroughfares were in many cases impassable from the crowds of people; but the greatest good humour prevailed, and there were no accidents. There had been a silly seditious meeting on the previous day, at which the people were recommended to treat the Prince with silent contempt—advice which found no favour from the crowds on Monday night and Tuesday. The Exhibition was opened amidst great popular enthusiasm.  Mr. Alderman James Lawrence was on Monday, elected member for Lambeth in the place of Mr. Williams deceased. There was no opposition, and no interest was shown in the proceedings. The alderman, on being declared duly elected, thanked the thin group of persons gathered round the hustings for the honour conferred on him, and especially for having been sent to Parliament as a representative and not as a delegate. Referring to the rumour of a contest at the general election, he said he would be prepared to meet it, as he believed the working classes of Lambeth would have more confidence in a resident like himself than in a stranger. A shocking attempt at murder and suicide in which it is feared the latter at least will be only too successful, was discovered on Tuesday morning in the Hackney-road. An Italian named Moratti married an English girl a few months ago, but their union was an unhappy one, and the wife on one occasion left him. She was induced to return, but the quarrelling continued, and on Tuesday morning both husband and wife were discovered with their throats cut, though neither were dead. Both were conveyed to the hospital. There seems to be no doubt that both wounds were inflicted by the Italian. Mr. Carttar, the coroner for Kent, was engaged on Monday in the investigation of a mysterious death by drowning in the Thames. It appeared that on the evening of the 26th ult. a young woman of loose character was in company with some others at Blackwall ; they had been drinking, and getting into conversation with a waterman and another young man, they proceeded to Charlton, where they had more drink. On coming back to Blackwall, the deceased woman and the waterman remained in the boat, and in about twenty minutes the woman wa3 misaed, end the watermati either cannot or will not give any account of how she got into the river, where her body was afterwards found. The inquest was adjourned.