ENGLISH MAIL NEWS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1099, 5 February 1872, Page 2

ENGLISH MAIL NEWS.

A terrible accident has just occurred at Coblentz. Between the Moselle bridge and the village of Neuendorf is situated a laboratory for the manufacture of Bhell. A- large quantity of these missiles brought back from, Paris were in process of being emptied, when by some accident, which will probably never be ex? plained, " an 7 explosion took place; soldiers - of .the Augusta Regiment of Guards, and three artillerymen were blown to atoms, . and nine severely : wounded. The remains of the unfortnate men which were with difficulty collected, were interred with military honors, the whole garrison having orders to attend. A match for the billiard championship was. played lately at St. James's Hall bY ween W. Cook, the champion, and Joseph . Bennett, ex-champion on a new table manufactured by Messrs Cox and Yeman. The game commenced at eight o'clock, and was not brought to a conclusion until nearly one. Cook won by 58 points,' ' The billiard championship at Cambridge University has beeti won by Mr G. Wrey, who defeated Mr Taylor, of :; Jesus College. ■ : ■; .:/-.-■.. ' At the prison of Versailles there is said to have been a terrible scene the nigfit after the seven men were sentenced to death for the assassination of Generals Clement Thomas and Lecpmte. Lagrange howled and yelled and kept on dashing himself against, the door of his cell. Herpin-Lacroix was mad with rage, and two turnkeys had to pass the night with Verdagner, who had worked himself into such a passion, that Ijhe medical men feared he would be seized with apoplexy. All the prisoners protest their innocence. The Post Office authorities are sadly retarding the ' healing process which is going on in Ireland. A correspondent of the Dublin Evening Mail calls attention | to the fact that telegraph poles are being imported into Ireland from England, although they can be procured on Irish soil with equal facility and without incuring. the expense of freight, &c. The following extract from the " bill of entry" for the 34th November, "needs no comment.:"—"Per Henry and Mary, from Barrow, 100 tons telegraph poles;" The freight .from Barrow is 8s per ton or thereabouts, without including the expense of loading dr discharging]; so that probably not less than LSO had been sacrificed to the principle of centralisation in this solitary instance. The writer, without in the slightest degree approving the cry for Home. Rule, cannot help thinking that the supporters of the movement gather strong arguments in its favor from occurrences such as this. ■•...;.. The utter recklessness of colliers with regard to their own lives and, of those of others *is exemplified by the evidence given at an inquest held at Thornhill, .near Dewsbury, on the bodies of Henry Wilcock and Robert Brook, coal miners, who lost their lives by an explosion of gas in the Hastingley Colliery; Thornhill, on September 27. The inquiry had been repeatedly adjourned for want of evidence to show the state of the lamps used by the men when the explosion occurred. The colliery had taken fire, and it had been Jound. necessary to flood the work-' ings. On .Tuesday witnesses gave evidence that the mine, having been pumped dry, had been entered, in the places where the deceased, and four other men (three of whom were buried) had been working lamps were found unlocked, and two with" parts separated ; and in the clothing left behind by the miners, in ' their hurry to escape the effects of the after damp, were matches, .'tobacco, and secret keys, by. which the lamps had been unlocked. The jury returned an open verdict, but censured Hie recklessness of the men. Until, however, such stringent regulations are adopted as will effectually prevent miners from thus playing with fifejand death, no censure will be of any avail to prevent. them from indulging in such luxuries as tobacco and self-destruc-tion. •■■'* ' .. ' ■''■ •" '■■ ■':■■'■'■> '•'•/ iT The Archbishop of York has, it appears, been distinguishing himself of Christian muscularity. * A correspondent of the Manchester Examiner says tnat a few evenings ago a man, evidently not suffering from Bishopsthorpe in charge of a horse and cart" laden with meat} which had become entangled in, a. heap of stones. His cries brought to his assistance another man who happened to be passing near the spot, but the efforts of both were insufficient to extricate the horse and cart from its unpleasant; position; and thus matters might have remained until now but for the timely arrival of the 1 Archbishop of: York, who, at. this juncture, with a party of clerical friends, drove up in his carnage; 7 His grace, observing the, state of Wfairsj at once ordered his coachman to ,Btop, jand he and his friends descended into 1 : the road. The Archbishop then put his shoulder to the wheel, and with a few vigorous pushes succeeded in getting the ; imprisoned horse and its load once more at liberty. Nor did his good deeds end here, for, heedless of the mud-stains which he had contracted during his exer- » tions, he administered a few words of salutary advice to the erring waggoner, and then re-entering his' carriage proceeded on his journey. "■.. ■'■■•-• The Figaro contains a long account of a visit paid by M. de ViUemessant to " his King." The only really important' revelations which the writer n^akes are that the Count de Chambord had no ideja of abdicating, and that he is.willing to open his arms to the members of the younger branch. M. de Villemessant interrogated " his King " on the flag question, and suggested that his Majesty might get out . of the difficulty by. leaving it to the National Assembly to decide in favor of the white, the red, white, and bine, the red, or any other standard. The Oouiit; condescended to explain his. late manifesto on the subject of the white flag, but ibis explanation M. de Villemessant withholds from us for State reasons. . The editor of Figkrb lias taken upon himself to invite " his King" back to France, and strongly advised him to show himself to his people. The Count laughed heartily when he was told that many people suppose that he walks about dressed like a bishop and crosier in hand. At Versailles the opinion appears to be that {lie Count de Cham-' bord has made considerable concessions to his cousins, and that at the meeting of the National Assembly it will be found possible for the Legitimists and Orl&inisls to act together and form a powerful • monarchical party. The article in the Conshtutioiynel which I quoted, several days ago is again being talked abouV together with a liberal monarchical Constitution voted by the Chamber and re* f erred to the people.