Liverpool the same day. A warehouse, in a narrow thoroughfare called Manesty Lane, was recently almost destroyed by fire, and for some time a staff of workmen have been engaged in removing the more dilapidated portions of the building. The operations comprised the taking down of a brick chimney 90 feet high, and while this process was going forward the chimney fell on the adjoining premises, which were used by Messrs. Legg, Brothers, as a hat and cap manufactory, and by Messrs. Peek, Frean, & Co. as a biscuit warehouse. The shock destroyed the stability of the building, which collapsed and became a ruin, the rubbish completely blocking up the street. Upwards of sixty persons were employed by Messrs. Legg, and of these about thirty, chiefly women, were working in the factory at the time of the disaster. Some of them escaped as the building was falling, but twelve were buried in the ruins. The scene of the catastrophe immediately attracted a crowd, and a large body of police and other persons having arrived with the object of rendering assistance, energetic exertions to rescue the unfortunate persons covered by the débris were instantly made. In a short time they were dug out. Several medical gentlemen were in attendance, and the wounded were attended to. Eleven of the injured people were conveyed in cabs to the Royal Infirmary. Three of the women died from their injuries.

8. ANOTHER STEAMBOAT COLLISION.-Early this morning a serious collision, by which two lives were lost, occurred between the London and North-Western Railway Company's boats "Duchess of Sutherland" and "Edith." The "Edith," under the command of Capt. Richard Owen, left the company's wharf about 1.25 a.m. for Greenore with from sixty to eighty passengers besides the crew on board. The "Duchess of Sutherland," commanded by Capt. Beaumont, was on her passage from North Wall, Dublin, and came into collision with the out-going steamer "Edith," between the City of Dublin Company's jetty and the breakwater head. The "Edith" was so violently struck on the starboard bow that she sank in three-quarters of an hour. A fireman, named Jones, and his brother, who slept in the forecastle, went down with the vessel. The weather was calm and clear.

SWIMMING FEATS.-Captain Webb's exploit of swimming across the Channel has given an extraordinary impetus to the display of the art of natation, and during the past few days a number of swimmers of both sexes have appeared in public. First in the field--or rather river-was Miss Agnes Beckwith, a young lady fourteen years of age, daughter of the well-known professor of the art, who swam with ease from London Bridge to Greenwich. Miss Beckwith's example was followed, and her feat eclipsed, by another female swimmer, Miss Emily Parker, the sister of Harry Parker, also a celebrated swimmer. This young lady, who is a few months older than Miss Beckwith, swam from London to

Blackwall, a distance of nearly seven miles, in one hour and thirtyfive minutes. Taking the water at ten minutes to six on the first of a rather slow ebb, the swimmer, amid the cheers of thousands of persons on the bridge, and of the occupants of a large number of row boats, as well as of those on board the steamer which accompanied her, at once commenced a steady chest stroke, which she maintained to the close. The boats, of which there were about 100, crowded round her, and in spite of the efforts of the Thames police, remained so close to her during the whole of the journey as at times to cause her considerable inconvenience. At 7.10 Harry Parker entered the water and swam with his sister to Blackwall Pier, which was reached at 7.25, or one hour and thirtyfive minutes from the start. The swimmer, on returning on board, did not seem at all exhausted, but repeatedly kissed her hand in response to the hearty cheers with which she was greeted. The crews of most of the vessels passed during the journey crowded the rigging of their ships and cheered enthusiastically. Miss Ellen Saigeman, the swimming mistress at the Brighton Baths, and Miss H. E. Dicks, an accomplished amateur, and the daughter of a local tradesman, swam from Shoreham to Brighton, a distance of between five and six miles. Mr. Cavill, the proprietor of the swimming baths in the Fulham Road, swam from Putney to Blackwall pier in the teeth of a strong wind, accomplishing the distance, which was near sixteen miles, in less than four hours. AN EXTRAORDINARY SCENE took place at the Guildhall a few days ago. Between the hours of one and two o'clock a phaeton and thoroughbred horse were standing near the Guildhall Tavern, with a groom in charge by the side of the animal. From the restlessness of the animal or some other cause the reins fell down behind its legs, and it at once set off at a furious gallop across the Guildhall yard, dragging the phaeton behind it. The servant in charge tried to catch hold of the reins, but was thrown down and much shaken. The horse, pursued by policemen and other persons, made its way to the entrance to Guildhall. Here it suddenly disengaged itself of the carriage by smashing it against the stone entrance, and leaving it there dashed up the entrance to the great hall through the porch, galloped across the building, and actually climbed the dozen or so of steps, and finally stopped in wonderment in the corridor close to the pillar-box and the Chamberlain's office. It is a matter for congratulation that nobody was hurt.

A companion story to this is told of a mad dog which found refuge in Buckingham Palace. The poor animal, a Russian wolfhound, after being chased by the police, volunteer firemen, and soldiers about the streets of Belgravia for several hours, was driven into the equerries' house at Buckingham Palace, from which it appeared it had escaped. Great consternation was caused throughout the palace, and the soldiers, firemen, and police,

having got the animal into a forecourt, a telegram was forwarded to the Lord Chamberlain to know if it should be shot. So far as could be learnt no one was bitten, and the poor brute was shot.

9. BOAT ACCIDENT.-A serious disaster has taken place at Plymouth to a large boat laden with Royal Marines. There had been a rifle prize competition at Mount Edgcumbe, and fifty Royal Marines were returning thence to the mainland in a paddlewheel boat, worked by hand, belonging to the Admiralty. Before it had proceeded more than 200 yards the boat swayed over and went down. In a moment the fifty men were struggling in the water. Many swam ashore, some were brought in by boats, but others floated away in the darkness, and no less than ten of the Marines were drowned. The boat appears to have been overloaded, and the verdict at the inquest was "Homicide by misadventure."

11. A FRIGHTFUL COLLIERY ACCIDENT happened to-day at Dennington Wood, Shropshire, belonging to the Lilleshall Company. At six in the morning eleven men were let down the pit in two gangs of six and five. Then a horse was sent down, but no one was at the bottom to receive it, and the breaksman's shouts met with no response. This led to an investigation, and it was found that the pit had in the night become filled with noxious gases. By "bratticing" and by re-opening a road twelve yards in length, which had become filled up with débris, it became possible to pass from the bottom of one shaft to the bottom of the other. In effecting this much risk was run by the workers, who had constantly to leave and return to bank, stupefied by the poisonous gas. Presently the carcase of the horse and the bodies of the two miners who had been told off to receive the animal were found. The other nine miners, there was reason to believe, were all lying dead in the "inset," about five-and-twenty yards from the bottom of the upcast shaft. Upon descending it would be their duty to remain there until the fireman, who was one of their party, had gone round the workings with his test lamp, and had reported all safe. It was not possible, even with all the temporary means available, to get respirable air at any nearer point to the deceased than seven yards. Through this deadly seven yards one or other of the exploring party rushed, groping with outstretched hands, trusting that he might clutch a body and drag it into the air and light. Again and again they succeeded, and again and again they failed. Dead miners and half-dead rescuers were sent alternately to the top of the downcast shaft. Ten dead bodies were at length brought up, and the eleventh man, who was still breathing when discovered, died immediately after.

ACCIDENT TO THE DORKING COACH.-A serious accident has happened to the London and Dorking coach. As the coach, which was being driven by Captain Cooper, was nearing Burford Bridge, the pole of the vehicle snapped in two. The coach was then on a steep incline, and Captain Cooper whipped

his horses, in the hope of reaching the bottom of the declivity without disaster. The coach, after swaying from side to side, turned completely over with a terrible crash. The sixteen passengers were thrown with great violence, some on the ground, and others over a bank into a meadow. Assistance was soon at hand, and the whole of the passengers, who were found to be more or less injured, were conveyed to the Burford Bridge Hotel.

-SUPPOSED MURDER IN WHITECHAPEL.-A murder of an extraordinary character has, it is supposed, been brought to light by the apprehension of a man, Henry Wainwright, and a woman, Alice Day, who were found in a cab in the Borough with the remains of a mutilated and partially decomposed body wrapped up in two parcels. The man and woman were subsequently brought before the Southwark police magistrate, charged with having in their possession the mutilated body of a woman, supposed to have been murdered some time back. In the course of a lengthy inquiry at the police court, and subsequently at the coroner's inquest, it appeared that Wainwright was a brush maker, formerly carrying on business at 215, Whitechapel Road. He had left this place about nine months ago, and since then had been working for Mr. Martin, at 78, New Road, Whitechapel. On the 11th of this month he asked a fellow-workman, Stokes, to come with him to his former house to carry a parcel for him. Stokes went upstairs and found two very heavy parcels, weighing three quarters cwt. and half cwt., wrapped in American cloth with a rope tied round them. There were also a chopper, a shovel, and a hammer, which Wainwright desired Stokes to take home and sell as his own. Meantime Stokes took one parcel and Wainwright the other, and carried them out into the street. Presently Wainwright put his parcel down and desired Stokes to take care of it whilst he went to fetch a cab. When he was gone Stokes partly opened one of the parcels and saw a human head. He closed it over again when Wainwright came back with the cab, helped to put the parcels into it, and then, as Wainwright drove off with them, he followed the cab, endeavouring to attract the attention of some policeman. The first he spoke to only laughed at him, and it was not till the cab stopped at the Corn Exchange, in the Borough, when Wainwright got out and carried one of his parcels into a shop called the Hen and Chickens, that the police interfered and apprehended him, and the woman who was with him, an actress named Alice Day. The parcels were opened at the police station and found to contain the remains of a female human body, in eleven pieces. On searching the room in Whitechapel Road, it was discovered that some of the flooring had been taken up, and the body had evidently been buried beneath it, and with it a quantity of chloride of lime, which had to a certain extent retarded the action of decomposition, though it had not, as was apparently intended, destroyed the smell. The chopper was found stained with dirt and fleshy matter. On

inquiry into the prisoner's history, it appeared that he had lived for some time with a young woman named Harriet Lane, a daughter of John Lane, a gas manager at the Waltham Abbey Gunpowder Works; she went by the name of Mrs. King, and hore him two children, who were put under the care of a Mrs. Wilmore, Wainwright paying for their maintenance. In September 1874 Harriet Lane was living at No. 3, Sidney Square, Mile End, and on the 11th of that month she left her lodging for the purpose, as stated to Mrs. Wilmore, of going to live at 215, Whitechapel Road, which at that time was uninhabited, and only used as a warehouse by Wainwright. From that day, an exact twelvemonth before the discovery of the remains, Harriet Lane was never, as far as the evidence went, seen alive. She was 23 years of age, and as far as identity could be proved with such mutilated remains, they seem to have corresponded with the description of the unfortunate young woman. After a very pro

tracted examination at the Southwark Police Court, before Mr. Benson, Henry Wainwright was committed for trial on the charge of murder; and his brother, Thomas George Wainwright, who appears from the evidence to have been implicated with him, was also committed as accessory to the murder. Alice Day was discharged.

13. ANOTHER COLLISION IN THE CHANNEL.--The steamship "Sir James C. Stephenson," Captain Bell, of South Shields, 2,000 tons, with a general cargo from London, bound for Bombay, arrived in Plymouth Sound this day, and reported having come into collision with the German barque "Herzog Ernst " when off the Eddystone the same afternoon. At the time of the collision, two o'clock, the "Sir James C. Stephenson" was proceeding down the Channel, and running before a stiff breeze from the east, and before the German vessel could alter her course, the steamer struck her amidships and threw her instantly on her beam ends. She was so damaged that she immediately filled with water, and without staying to secure any of the property they might have had on board, the whole of the crew, with the captain, jumped on board the "Sir James C. Stephenson." The steamship sustained some rather serious damage in the collision, and her commander, Captain Bell, immediately bore up for Plymouth.

THE QUEEN AND THE COLLISION IN THE SOLENT.-Some considerable discussion has been excited by the publication of a letter addressed by Colonel Ponsonby to Lord Exeter, Commodore of the Royal Victoria Yacht Club, to the following effect :

"Dear Lord Exeter,-It has appeared in the course of the recent inquiry at Gosport that it is a common practice for private yachts to approach the Royal yacht when Her Majesty is on board, from motives of loyalty or curiosity. It is evident that such a proceeding must at all times be attended with considerable risk, and in summer, when the Solent is crowded with vessels, such