outhouse, which was loosely built, at a distance of five miles from the place. The bodies of the killed were horribly mutilated, and the wounded in the infirmary presented a frightful appearance from the extensive injuries which they had received.

THE EXPLOSION ON THE BRIS TOL RAILWAY.Tuesday the in quest was held before the county Coroner, at the New Inn, WickWar. On proceeding to the stable á sickening sight presented itself; there lay the remains of the two who were killed instantly; Jones was completely naked except his boots; one side of his face and the lower part of his body had been blown away, which gave rise to the belief that he had the barrel of powder in his arm when it exploded. The head of Stephens was a shapeless mass, and he was otherwise much injured. Ben nett's body lay in a back kitchen, and was dreadfully injured. The first witness called was,

John Stephens, who said, I have been employed as a foreman under Mr. Brunel for nearly fifteen years, but am at present a subcontractor under Mr. Nowel; the injured men worked for me; on Friday evening, after work, I told James Jones, one of the men killed, who had charge of the powder, to put it in the black smith's shop, and take it out again on Monday morning before the men came to work; we have put it there frequently before on Saturday nights, for safety, as the door has a lock, and the key is kept by the banksman; on other hights the powder is left in the open air. On Monday morning, about a quarter before seven, I

called from the shaft to see

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about some fresh horses, as the water was gaining on us; I went down to the blacksmith's shop, and saw several men there. stopped about two minutes talking to my cousin Matthew Stephens, and then ran off to see for the horses. When I had gone about thirty-four yards I heard the explosion. It did not appear to me louder than the report of a fowling-piece. I turned, and saw something like a bundle of burning rags coming in the air towards me and fall within a yard and a half of where I stood. I took no notice of it, there being a rumbling noise that took my attention, and in about a second after a quantity of timber and stones fell around, but nothing struck me. At that instant I heard the cries of the poor fellows who were hurt, and afterwards found it was the body of Jones that had fallen by my side. There were nearly a hundred men at the spot in five minutes, and we rendered all the assistance in our power. We found that two were dead, and another died about two hours after. We brought them all here; and Mr. Roberts, the surgeon, attended them immediately. The only way I can account for the accident is, that Jones must have gone to work behind time, and that he was in the act of taking out the powder when it caught. When I was there I did not notice the powder, and thought it had been removed according to order; neither the blacksmith nor any of the men could have thought of its being there. They were all very sober

men.

`Two other witnesses were called, but nothing further was elicited, all who were present in the shop

having been either killed or taken to the infirmary. The inquest was then adjourned for ten days, when it was hoped some of them would be sufficiently recovered to

attend.

The names of those dead areMatthew Stephens, twenty-seven, single man ; James Bennett, twenty-nine, wife near her confinement; and James Jones, twenty-seven, single.

GLASS COFFIN. One of the workmen employed at a new glass house, erected at Mexborough, near Doncaster, having manufactured a

glass coffin, has bequeathed it to a cousin who holds a situation in Guy's Hospital, in trust to enclose his body in it when he dies, in order that his cousin may see whether his corpse decays more rapidly than if he were in one of wood or lead! The coffin is made of clear glass a quarter of an inch thick, six feet two inches long, twentyone inches across the shoulder, and fifteen inches deep. It is ornamented with the usual decorations of the "narrow house" in blue glass, with the name of the intended occupant on the lid !