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The Liberals, as was anticipated, have triumphed in Buckingham- shire. After a spirited polling on Saturday, during which Mr. Caven- dish never lost the lead he obtained at starting, that gentleman finally carried the day. The High Sheriff, on Monday, declared the poll to have been—for Cavendish 1617, for Hamilton 1454; giving a Liberal majority of 163. Mr. Cavendish returned thanks in a brief speech. Mr. Hamilton took up a much longer time in endeavouring to explain how it was he had lost the election, and to answer, at the same time the =art fire of "chaff" liberally directed upon His explanation was, thathe had been taken by surprise; - that hie opponent knew that the late Member would be made a Peer, and was therefore early in the field ; that Mr. Cavendish employed "a host of paid agents," whereas Mr. Hamilton only had some who worked "gratuitously, without fee or reward." Mr. Hamilton, on behalf of "the great Conservative party and the tenant-fanners of the county," insisted that they had met not with a defeat but a " check " ; and he looked forward in anticipation to the time when he would again give Mr. Cagendish "a run over the Buckingliamehire hills."
The clergy of the Archdeacoury of Liverpool met a few days ago in the Board-room of the Collegiate Institution to deliberate on the new move- Ment on behalf of middle-class education. In the resolutions passed, they express a sincere desire to cooperate with the University of Oxford, "so far as their conscientious convictions will allow" : but they cannot conceal from the public and the University, "that many of their body have serious misgivings respecting the effect which in likely to be pro- duced on the religion of the middle-classes by that regulation which pre- cludes proficiency in divinity from receiving honourable distinction. They therefore respectfully request that that part of the proposed scheme may receive careful reconsideration, and especially that such steps as seem desirable may be taken for obtaining the general sense of the clergy of the Church of England on the subject."
• The Town-Council of Manchester, through the Mayor of that city, have presented a testimonial consisting of a vote of thanks to the Executive Committee of the late Art Treasures Exhibition. The ceremony took Place in the Town-hall with the Anglo-Saxon accompaniments of sub- stantial viands and generous wines.
The shiplanilders of the Wear, 1400 in n.umber, are "on strike " : they turned out when the masters proposed 4s. instead of 58. per day ; the employers now offer 4s. 6d.—the men refuse it.
The strike of colliers in the Aberdare district is more general than over ; some who had returned to work have been compelled by threats to turn out again.
Thomas Johnson, an American sailor, is in custody for sending a letter to the soldiers of the 9th Regiment, in barracks at Sunderland, inciting them to mutiny, to disarm their officers, appoint officers from the ranks, and pro- claim a republic. Johnson has been examined by the Magistrates. There seems to be no doubt that he is insane.
Mr. James Hunt, Poor-law Auditor of the Oxfordshire and Warwick- *ire district, who was one of the sufferers .by the late accident near Cheri- bary, on the Oxford, Worcester, and 'Wolverhampton Railway, has aince died. He did not appear to have sustained any !serious hurt from the collision n poet-mortem examination showed that death had resulted from the bursting of an aneuriamal sac and a flow of blood into the abdomen.
The laceration of this sac might have beau sissesaS. yacnitawneut or exertion : did the railway accident actually cause it-? This will be an im- portant que,stion if an action for compensation should seise. The Coroner lass adjourned the inquest in order that a full inquiry may take place.
Miss Mary Woods, an aged single lady of Liscard in Cheshire, a sleep- walker, rose from her bed during the night, walked through the village in her night-dress, entered the Mersey, and was drowned. Later in the morn- ing her body was discovered floating in the river.
An engine-driver has been killed at Gorton station, on the Manchester and Sheffield Railway, by breaking a rule during the improper absence of a pointsman. Holland, the driver of the engine, as the pointsman was not in his box, told his fireman to move the points that he might cross the rails to enters shed ; while crossing, another engine came along the line ; there was a violent collision ; Holland was killed, and the fireman of the second engine was hurled to the ground and sustained a concussion of the brain. The signalman, Taylor, who had left his post to get beer at a public-house, was taken into custody.
An accident of an unusual kind, but not unprecedented, has happened on the railway between Ramsbottom and Accrington. In ascending a long in- cline, eight stone-trucks broke away, and ran back for two or three miles ; a passenger-train approached ; the driver stopped it, but had not time to back his train, and a violent crash followed. The engine and first carriage were nearly destroyed.
A boiler at Harehills Lane Colliery, near Leeds, exploded on Tuesday morning, killing Mr. Joseph Garside, one of the owners of the colliery, and seriously wounding two other persons. The boiler was phi; there seems to have been a deficiency of water.
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