The Press. — 1855-09-15 (London, England)

TAH.OR living in the Rue Chariot, Paris, committed suicide, actuated by almost as singular a motive as that which caused the death of the great Vatel. It, appears that he had been unsuccessful in making a uniform for some great personage, so that it was sent back to him and left on his hands ; and, as it was so spoilt in the cut that there was no possibility of making it fit., be, in a fit of despondency, suffocated himself with the fumes of charcoal.  A YOUNG MAN, of respectable family, named Boiron, was on Saturday tried by the Paris Court of Assizes for forgery ; and two other respectable young men, named Seailles and Piquet, were tried with him as his accomplices. The case was rather curious : Seailles and Piquet, who are students, bad to undergo examinations in order to obtain the degree of Bachelor of Sciences ; but, fearful of being rejected, they got Boiron to personate them, and be passed the examinations for them under their names, and was passed in their place. To obtain a degree it is necessary for the candidates to sign certain documents, and Boiron, on one occasion, signed the name of Seailles, and on another that of Piquet. The jury acquitted Seailles and Piquet, and convicted Bairon. The court sentenced the latter to three years' imprisonment, and 100 f. fine.  Mucu sensation has been created lately in the counties of Somerset, Gloucester, and Wilts, by the number of burglaries which have been successfully perpetrated. An extraordinary and ratber an amusing capture of three fellows gives some hopes, however, that a check will be put to the proceedings of the gang by whom the public have been so long kept in a state of dread. It appears that on Sunday evening the Rev. Mr. Meade, vicar of Wingfield, near Bradford, Wilts, went to church with his family, leaving the vicarage entirely unprotected. About half-past six o'clock a little boy of twelve years of age, named Henry Gilson, the son of the parish clerk and constable, who was playing near the vicarage, happened to have his attention attracted by two strange men, whom he afterwards saw enter the Rev. Mr. Meade's premises. He immediately went to the church and communicated to his father, who was officiating at the time, his suspicion that all was not right at the vicarage. Mr. Gilson at once interrupted the usual formalities of the public worship by declaring his suspicions that the parson's worldly goods were in danger, and after a short conference the congregation set off towards their pastor's house, which they completely surrounded, thus cutting off all means of escape. Some of the boldest of them then entered, and found there a fellow named Joseph Withy, a returned convict, and two others of the same stamp, whom there is reason to believe are ticket-of leave men. All doubt as to the object of these uninvited visitors was speedily removed by the discovery that a large quantity of plate had been packed up in a carpetbag, ready for removal, and would no doubt have been speedily transferred to some distant place but for the opportune discovery, as a vehicle was driven from the neighbourhood by the supposed confederates of the thieves soon after the congregation so unexpectedly emerged from the church. The burglars were secured and handed over to the police.  879  ON Wednesday evening a most fearful accident occurred on the Reading and Reigate Railway, by which three persons were killed, and several more so seriously injured that their lives are despaired of. It appears that the train which left London bridge at four o'clock, not arriving at the Reading station at its proper time, inquiries were made, when it was found that a fearful collision had taken place between the down and up trains, the points having been turned the wrong way. The crash, which happened about two miles from Reading, was described by those who witnessed the scene as most fearful. The first carriage of the down train, a second-class, was coalrletely smashed, and all the passengers either killed or dangerously wounded. Three men were picked up quite dead, one an engine driver, and two passengers. Surgical assistance was in immediate attend. ance, and every aid was rendered to the sufferers. The names of the killed are : Mr. Christopher Bilton, Mr. Francis Beant, Mrs. Fynmore, and J. Crosley, driver of the pilot engine. The following were injured :—Mrs. Norton, Miss Skinner, Miss Ransom, Miss Banning, Mr. Sowdon, H. Harrison, fireman of the down train, and J. Fergusson, fireman of the pilot engine. An inquest was commenced on Thursday, and adjourned after some preliminary proceedings.