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tempted in Dublin , the victim being the informer Warner . He was set upon by a man , and stabbed in the neck with a dagger . He struggled with his assailant ; but the fellow escaped . Later , however , a man named O'Connor , who had been in the Confederate army , was arrested and identified as the would-be murderer . He is believed to be- the same man that murdered

the policeman O'Neill a short time ago . Warner is not expected to recover . An accident of a most serious character , but which ifc is fco be hoped will nofc be followed by loss of life , also happened to an excursion train on the London and North Western Railway . The train left Northampton early in the morning , and was joined at Bletchley by two others from

Oxford and Banbury . The train thus became a very great one , and was drawn by two engines . It was proceeding at a very slow space when , near Watford , it was , through some mismanagement , run into the abutment of a bridge which crosses tbe line . The passengers were many of them much cut and bruised , and one poor fellow , who had been in the guard ' s

van , was removed in au insensible condition to Watford . The two engines were destroyed , and one or two of the carriages smashed . The service of trains along the line was for some time disarranged . Ifc is announced that the Consolidated Bank will protect the current and deposit accounts of the customers of the Bank of

London . A meeting of the shareholders of the New Zealand Banking Corporation was held on the 22 nd inst . Mr . H . A . Hankey , chairman , explained that tbe difficulties ofthe hank were entirely owing to the exceptional state of the money market . The balance sheet exhibited a satisfactory result , and ultimately a resolution adjourning tbe meeting for a few daj-s , and authorising the directors to adopt certain measures to protect the interests of the bank , was adopted .

¦ Tbe Peace Society has held its annual meeting at Finsbury Chapel . Mr . Henry Pease , late M . P . for Durham , presided , in the absence of his brother , Mr . Joseph Pease , the president of the society , who was prevented from attending by indisposition . The secretary , the Eev . H . Richard , was likewise unable to be present on account of domestic affliction . The meeting , notwithstanding , was of a most interesting and important

character , The report , which w * as elaborate in its details , dwelt principally upon the growth in this country of a feeling favourable to the interests of peace , and approving the policy of non-intervention , The speakers included the Rev . Hugh Stotveil Brown and Mr . W . Morgan , the latter of whom delivered an interesting speech with reference to his visit , as

representative of the Anti-Slave . ty Society , to Jamaica . Resolutions in accordance with the objects of the meeting were carried with acclamation . The International Horticultural Exhibition in South Kensington , was also opened Tinder the most favourable auspices . The display of flowers is said to be magnificent ; and the arrangements of the exhibition are such as to give all classes

of the community an opportunity of visiting it . The Prince and Princess of Wales , Prince Arthur ancl Princess Helena , the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge , Princess Mary and Prince Teck , visited the exhibition , and were received by Sir Wentworth Dilke . The exhibition closed on the 25 th inst . ——An extraoidinary attempt to murder a husband bas been made at

Putney . It seems that Henry Cushion and his wife , Jane , had quarrelled , and on Sunday agreed to separate . On Monday night the man went home and to bed , where be fell asleep . He was awoke by his wife cutting his throat with a razor . She had first tied hands to the bedete ' ad , and entangled his feet in a rope . However , be got afc libert y , and got out of the house . She followed him , hoggins that he

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would nofc transport her . in a fainting condition he was found by the police and taken to the station , where he made a statement . He was afterwards removed to tbe workhouse infirmary , and there remains in a precarious condition . Tbe woman was brought up at Wandsworth police court and remanded . Afc Bow-street police court Victor Widemann was brought up and charged with having committed fravuValent bankruptcy in

France , and absconded thence with large sums belonging to his creditors . The object of the bringing him up was to obtain an order for lrii extradition . The facts were proved by witnesses , and the case stood over to give time to Mr . Montague Williams , who appeared for the defence , to consider the evidence . An important meeting of persons interested in preserving the

business of Overend , Gurney , and Co ., was held at the London Tavern on the 23 rd inst . Mr . Sheppard moved a resolution approving of the re-establishment of the company on certain safe and well considered principles . Mr . Sheppard was of opinion that a good deal of fche business could be kept together , and that the institution of such a discount company was a

commercial necessity . A long and rather warm discussion ensued , and eventually a committee was appointed to determine what course should be persued . There lias been a Tory banquet at Tewkesbury to celebrate tbe return of Sir Edward Lechmere . Tbe affair took place on the 22 nd inst ., and appears to have been rather solemn in its

character . Two reasons may be assigned for this : first , the Tory candidates had been beaten at Devonport , and , second , Sir John Pakington was present . Sir John , with more than his usual pompousness , inveighed against the Government Reform Bills ,

and was especially severe upon Mr . Gladstone ' s announcement that no prorogation would be advised until the Bills were disposed of . Tbe annual meeting of the Aborigines Protection Society was held at Radley ' s Hotel on the 23 rd insfc , The proceedings were of an interesting ancl diversified character . The chair was occupied by Lord Alfred Spencer

Churchill , who commented on fche New Zealand war , and protested against the ruthless proceedings of General Chute , ' the commander of the colonial forces . Mr . Foreman , a missionary from British Guiana , pleaded the cause of tbe Indians of that colony . Mr . M'Cullagh Torrens , M . P ., eloquently vindicated the rights of native races generally , ancl the obligations in relation to them , which had been too often neglected by Great

Britain . Mr . R . N . Fowler paid a high tribute to the character and services of the late Dr . Hodgkin , and explained that his memory would be perpetuated in connection with the purchase of Lennox Island for the Indians . Mr . James Bell also enlarged on the same subjects . Mr . Home Payne mentioned some encouraging facts which had come under his observation in Jamaica . The Rev . T . Powell , of Polynesia , invoked British sympathy on behalf of the

Samoan natives , who were held in slavery in the guano islands of Peru ; and the Eev . J . H . Patterson , of the Punjaub , spoke on the state of affairs in that part of India . Victor Widemann , who , it is alleged , is an absconded bankrupt from France , was brought up again at Bow-street , on an application to hand him over to the French authorities . After heaving the evidence , Sir Thomas Henry decided that the prisoner must be given up ; bnt the case stood over vrav . l the 23 th inst ., to enable Wicleiiwn to call witnesses .

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