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The Bishop of London has caused formal notice to be served upon the Reverend James Bonwell, incumbent of St. Philip's, Stepney, of his Lordship's intention to issue a Commission under the provisions of the Church Discipline Act, for inquiring into the grounds of the scandal existing against him in reference to the recent inquest at Stepney into the sudden death of the illegitimate child of Elizabeth Yorath.
A deputation headed by Mr. W. F. Russell, M.P. for Limerick, waited on the Duke of Newcastle on Thursday, to urge the reappointment of Sir George Grey as Governor of the Cape of Good Hope. Reporters, how- ever, were not allowed to be present, and the result of the interview has not transpired. Public report, to which the Duke alluded, has already anticipated the result. Sir George, we believe, remains at his post.
There are indications that the builders strike will end by the secession in detail of the master builders from the Central Association. The fol- lowing builders have given up the document :—Ayres, Whitechapel ; Watts, Pimlico ; Jackson and Shaw, Westminster ; Axford, Finsbury ; Ashby and Son, City ; Jackson, Kensington ; Alden, Kensington ; Spicer, Brompton ; Wardle and Baker, Thames Bank ; Jay, City Road ; Bell- man, Finsbury Square ; Glynn, Islington ; M'Leland and Bird, Osna- burgh Street; Heath, Bishopsgate Street ; Thorpe, Peckham ; Batter- bury, Regent's Park ; Rowe, Camden Town ; and Evans Brothers, Whiteeross Street. On Tuesday, Mr. Myers waited on the masons and offered to withdraw the document as far as they were concerned ; but the masons refused unless the concession was extended to the other trades.: A return from the Masters Association states that 11,691 men have gone to work under the declaration. The number of men who have ac- cepted work in places where the declaration is made a shop rule is 2335.
..The Coroner's Jury empanelled to inquire into the causes of the fire on the 7th instant in the Bucklersbury Stores of the Paraffin Company, de-
livered:on Tuesday the following verdict 1st. That the fire was acci- dental, but the Jury are of opinion that there was great neglect and the absence of necessary precautions. 2d. The Jury are further of opinion that the storage of so large a quantity of paraffin oil was dangerous to the im- mediate neighbourhood." Mr. Tindal Atkinson said that the company would receive the verdict, and would act upon their suggestion, and store the oil in smaller quantities. The proceedings then terminated.
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