The Miner and Workman's Advocate. — 1864-07-23 (London, England)

AIND WORKMAN'S ADVOCATE.  • LONDON, SATURDAY, JULY 23, 1864.  SUMMARY.  The woman Blake, who horrified her neighbours in St. Luke's—though only too much accustomed to scenes of suffering—by leaving her six children to starve, and two of whom did starve outright, has been committed on the coroner's warrant to take her trial for manslaughter. The evidence given at the inquest was sickeningi in its details, and the jury had no hesitation n returning a verdict of manslaughter against the unnatural mother. A. boy nine years of age lost his life on Wednesday in a singular manner. The proposed railway, in its progress into the City, causes the demolition of a number of houses about Somers Town and Agar town. A number of boys hang about the workmen to pick up strays and waifs which they may turn into a few cop. pers. In this case several of them attempted to pull out the wood-work of a window-frame, and swaying it to and fro, they loosened the bricks in which it was embedded, and the whole wall fell, crushing one of their number to death.  A diabolical assault has been committed upon a young lady on a moor near Glasgow by an Irish labourer named Michael M‘Glinchey. The atrocities committed by this monster on his victim are beyond descnption, and the unfortunate object of his brutality and lust lies in a condition that forbids hope of her recovery. Fortunately the perpetrator of the outrage is in safe custody. There were 1,300 deaths registered in London last week, divided in pretty equal proportions between males and females. The deaths from measles continued high, but it does not appear to be on the increase. There were nearly a hundred deaths from diarrhoea, and of these 84 were of children less than two years pa The aggregate number of deaths was 88 in excess of the ten years' average. The births were 1,874 in number; the corresponding number for the last ten years was 1845. At the Metropolitan Board of Works on Tuesday the draft of a bill :prepared by the President of the Poor Law .Board was read. The bill is intended to provide refuges for the casual poor of London who may. be found i houseless in the streets between eight n the evening and eight in the morning, the expense to be levied by an equable rate all over London,  and to be collected with the Metropolitan Board of Works rate. Several members of the board expressed their dissatisfaction with the bill, the consideration of which, however, was deferred to another meeting on Friday next. A coroner's inquest was held on Tuesday on the body of the man Trist, who committed suicide on his mother's grave in Nunhead Cemetery a few days ago. The evidence given, and still more a letter written by the deceased just before his death, which was read in court, pretty clearly proved that the unfortunate man was insane, and the jury returned a verdict accordingly. The experiments at Shoeburyness still continue, and have resulted so far in showing the superiority of the Lancaster gun over its competitors rifled on the French, the Scott, and other systems. The shooting of the 600pounder gun has given great satisfaction, the accuracy of its aim being as remarkable as the length of its range, while as the gunners get used to it they can ° handle it much more effectively and load it more quickly than was at one time supposed to be possible.