Fifteen persons have been killed by a colliery explosion at W. Stanley, England.

Mac Lean, the assailant of Queen Victoria. has been adjudged not guilty, on the ground of insanity.

The Dartmouth trustees at a meeting last evening, after much debate voted to paint all the college buildings.

Three hundred converts to Mormonism arrived at San Francisco on the steamer City of Sydney yesterday.

The entire business portion of Independence, Mo., has been destroyed by a cyclone. Seven lives were lost and many injuries are reported.

Prof. Wolcott Gibbs read two papers before the National Academy of Sciences yesterday-one upon "Electric Batteries," and the other entitled "Researches in Complex Organic Acids."

The majority report of the Garfield expense committee recommends that the following appropriations be made: To Dr. Bliss, $25,000; to Drs. Agnew and Hamilton, $15,000 each; to Dr. Reyburn and Boynton and to Mrs. Edson, $10,000 each.

The Bostons defeated the Brown University nine by a score of 18 to 0 in four innings yesterday. Other games were: At Providence-Providence vs. Lowell, 3 to 0; at Pittsburg-Detroits vs. Alleghenys, 6 to 0; at New Haven-Yale vs. Atlantics, 9 to 6. The rain stopped each of these games.

The trial of Bowdoin students for hazing began at Portland yesterday. Testimony was given against the men on trial by Gen. Chamberlain that they had visited Strout's room to get cider. Three freshmen also testified to the defendants coming into their rooms and compelling them to read Latin, play on the flute and subjecting them to other indignities.

THE WEATHER.WASHINGTON, D. C., April 20, 1882-1 A. M. For New England, partly cloudy weather and rain, southwest to northwest winds, stationary or lower barometer and temperature.