... TRE GUNNVERJYACCIDEN'T ae POR TJA ND. THE - HR3IN ECR. as An inquest was l:oeld At the Breakwater Hotel, on Thm's- -Is day last, before Mr. F. C. Steggall, district coroner, on the body of Thomas Flisher, a men employed at the Portland C- Breakwater works, who iet with his death the same to morning through a shot discharged from her.Majesty's slip *I Blenheim, whilst the crew were engaged in ...

... SERrOUS MARGE AG'IArST STOWELL, TH2 I2IPO2MYR. 1. Thomas St~owell, a well-known individual, who has for it many years past earned an unenviable reputation as a corn- Ifmon iniformer, was summoned before Sir .R. W. Carden, at the Gujidhall Police-court yesterday, to answer the charge of conspiring ith others not in custod~~ to cheat and defraud I.Meesrs..Lockhart and Sons, manafacturers, of ...

... THE GLOUCESTER BLECTIO. IV cjR [FROMt OU OWN REPOLTEr.Oa] GLOUCESTER , T revtl The inquiry into corrupt practices at G io ucstcr was resumed this morning at the Shirehbal befo re tlb commissioners, Messrs. Vaughan, Fitzgerald, and Sir W. Ha vter was present, and was examined. Mr. G. Moffatt, late M -.P for Ashburton , v rs firna amined as to th e interview at the Reform Club iD L. sp oken to b ...

... PARODUCE MAREETS-YMSTERDAY EVENING. The markets for colonial produce wtre all very quiet to- day, aud the principal articles were ebtainable nt foruter rates. Russian produce is in more demand. There are large public sales of Tea announced for next week. SUGAit.-The miarket closes quiet to-day, and prices for the week are about Gd. to Is. per cwt. cheaper. The follow- ing are the plirticulars ...

... COURT OF BRALNrKRUPTOF , ending ?? Mr Comnissioner IIOLBOYD.] nin from I, RE JOHN LOCKcART MOnToN. y in the* The bankrupt, a merchant of Finch-lane, Coonhill, who ?? lately sentenced to penal servitude, was brought up average ricustody upon the question of examination. stfcti of JCSUiino xmnto The accounts are vcry volueuinous, and extend over no less tthere a Jhan 138 sheets of paper. atthere ...

... POLICE IN7TEl JIGE.CE-YESTERDAY. MANSION-HOUSE. .Ro/crt Cook, described as of 52, Upper Stamford -street, traveller, was charged with indecently assaulting Mrs. M. A. Combern, a lady residing at Camberwell. Mr. Lewis appeared fcr the defendant. The complainant said: Last evening, between seven and eight o'clocl. I got into an omnibus at Cainblerwell-gate to go to Cornhill, wnere I was to meet ...

... SERIOUS VMIARGE AGAIN'ST A P1?EACBR. On Tuesday, at the Birkenhead Police-court, before ar. R. Bryans, a highly respectable-looking man, of clerical ap. pearance, was brought up on a charge of deserting his wife and family. His name was Jabez Glyde, 40 years of age, and he described his occupation as that of a preacher. Mr. M'Nernie, relieving officer of the Wirral Union, at j3irlenhead, ...

... CENTI'I!, CR1IMI/NAL COURT-YESTERDAY. I OLD COURT. [Before the RECORDsnR.] 71 'lter clularsy AbCobe, 29, was arraigned upon two in- dictmients chlarging hili with forging cheques for the suars of £18 I0s. and £:21 10s. The prisoner pleaded guilty to both charges. Mr. Tirtdsl Atkinson, who was instructed to prosecute, informed the Court that the prisoner had been in the service of a solieitor ...

... COURT OF ANJiERUPTCY-Y ERDAT. LBefore Mr. Commissiciser s t.nN,) I5' SiE it:5'f5'c taat, 11obert This was onI examination ineeting. Th la sritr oert, lieywoordt, was a grocer and ?? gOr, lig r Homertoil. Thie iw(:oll'ifti extencl ever a peril of the montis, rem-in Di~f~ifN onthe10 hJun. 1838,whe the. bankrilpt Will in a deficiency of 92.37i3 3s. dd(.. and endl 2219 Juy IS, the ditto o thf°'1, ...

... INSQ.LVEN'T DEBTORS COURT-YESTP.DAY. I I~~. LBeufre Mr. Depiuty-Commissioner Dows.S,) TUE CAREER OF A YOUNG MAN-IN ItE GEO,.GE IlENRY CLUNTON. This insolvent, a young man of 2W, was opposed by -Mr Sargrood for Mr. M~ing, proprietor of the Brunswick Hlotel, Liverpool, end supported by Mdr. Reed. A creditor named Hughes opposed in person; and M~r. Way was for the in- solvent's mother, Mlrs. ...

... TilE LATE -EXTRA OIDM',IY ' C.ASE AT I ^AS.2'Ery ADJOURNED INQUEST. Yesterday morniung Mr. J. I1li tire , the. coroner, -was to har- prmceeded withl an inquiry wbich he com aenced on | Siturday, the 17th. inst., in roi'ence to thoe mysterious death of a mnlo child, aged threc weeks, whose body had been 'exbimel by order of the I{ tuc Secretary. Fronm whit now turns out to be am unautthorised ...

... TElE TRIAL TRIP OF THE GREAT EAAST.ERN. U DISASTROUS AND FATAL EXPLOSION. m [FROx ouR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] HI PORTLAND ROADS, SUNDAY. m The telegram which I forwarded you on Saturday, imn- o mediately upon going on shore at Weymouth, will have St informed you that we came to anchor in Portland-roads at d( 9.50 on Saturday, and will also have apprised you of the w unfortunate accident which ...