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,REPULSE OF ROUMANIANS I BEFORE…
REPULSE OF ROUMANIANS I BEFORE PLEVNA. CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 20.-Reports are cur- rent here that the Russians made an attack on Hevna. yesterday, but were repulsed. It is also asserted that the Turks have made a re- connaissance on the Roumanian bank of the Danube beyond the Island of Salgrine. The state of affairs in Armenia resulting from Ahmed Mukhtar Pasha's defeat is not regarded here as desperate. CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 20.—The Minister for Foreign Affairs has sent the following despatch to the Turkish representatives abroad: "Ghazi Osman Pasha telegraphs as follows:- On the 19th inst., at sunset, the enemy attacked our positions on the right of the line of battle, but was repulsed, as in former engagements, with considerable losses. The outposts continue at intervals to exchange musketry fire, supported by artillery fire. CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 20 (Evening).—Ghazi Osman Pasha telegraphs to the Seraskierate, under date 19th inst., as follows:—"To-day, the enemy attacked our positions at Rador on our right wing. The assault was made by a battalion of infantry, preceded by sappers, who attempted to plant gabions, but the attack was repulsed. Our projectiles exploded several ammunition magazines. The enemy con- tinued the cannonade. Yesterday the Russians made an attack upon our positions to the east of Plevna, but were repulsed." (RUSSIAN OFFICIAL DESPATCH.) RUSSIAN HEADQUARTERS, GORNY STUDEN, Oct. 20.-The Turks recaptured, on the evening of the 19th inst., a redoubt before Plevna which the Roumanians had on the same day taken. On the Lower Danube a body of Cossacks captured near Seilyk, on the road from Tchernavoda and Silistria, a Turkish transport consisting of one hundred waggons of provisions, escoited by a body of 150 men. Twenty-six Turks were cut down, 32 were taken prisoners, and the rest dispersed. On the 18th instant the Cos- sacks routed two squadrons of Turkish regular cavalry, killing seven of them and taking two prisoners. (FROM THE CORRESPONDENTSOFTHE OBSERVER.") BERLIN, Oct. 20 (7.43 p.m.). The Russian victory in Asia Minor is con- sidered in military circles here to be the turning point in the series of Russian reverses. Intelli- gence of a success in Bulgaria is confidently anticipated, in spite of the fact that the Turkish Government reports the repulse of the Russian left wing in an assault made last night upon Plevna. The bombardment still continues, and three Turkish redoubts upon the east and south- east of the place have been evacuated. The Roumanian troops have carried their ap- proaches to within twenty yards of the great Gravitza redoubt. Vigorous measures are being taken for the reinforcement of the Russian army. Orders have just been issued for the mobilisation of the whole of the batteries belonging to the army reserve. The Turkish Government has ordered the formation of a new force for Armenia; 20,000 V men will be despatched at once from Constan- tinople. The Governors of Sivas, Diarbekr, Mossul, and Bagdad have received orders to make a general levy of all the able-bodied men in their respective districts. According to the latest accounts Mukhtar I Pasha left Kars with the bulk of his army, and I retired in the direction of Erzerum. Kars will be completely invested by the Russians in a few days, The rails intended for the Fratesti-Simnitza railroad have been seized in Hungary as con- railroad have been seized in Hungary as con- trrband of war. CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 20 (4 p.m.) The reports of Mukhtar Pasha's disorderly retreat, with the loss of many guns and a whole division, are now said to be unfounded. The Grand Vizier has received a telegraphic despatch, stating that the Turkish general bad left Kars, and was occupying a good position, which would save Raschid Pasha from annihi- lation. Osman Pasha has received reinforcements amounting to several thousand men, and has just telegraphed to the War Office that he has repulsed a serious attack upon his right, inflict- ing a loss of several thousands in killed and wounded. The Turkish losses have not yet been ascertained. It was asserted this morning that the Rus- sians had evacuated the Shipka Pass.
THE SITUATION AT SHIPKA.
THE SITUATION AT SHIPKA. Fighting near Dedebal: 200 Russians killed. CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 21 (7 p.m.)-Reout Pasha telegraphs from Shipka on Saturday:— The enemy to-day opened a violent artillery nre. which reached the redoubts on our extreme right. We sustained but little damage, and our loss was insignificant, while we in- flicted great loss upon the Russians. On Friday, as a party of Russians were engaged in fetching water, two battalions of infantry, supported by cavalry and artillery, attacked Dedebal, near Thifnovadere, but were repulsed with a loss of 200 killed and 400 wounded. We lost several wounded." Suleiman Pasha telegraphs on Saturday as follows:—"To-day a detachment of cavalry, stationed in the vil- lage of Nessova, repulsed a body of Cossacks. Our loss was slight. A reconnoitering party, despatched from Silistria, has advanced as far as Gabritza, and is still absent. The redoubt on the Island of Sapa, opposite Silistria, keeps up a destructive fire upon the enemy's outposts at Kalarashi* The commandant at B&zardjik announces that the Russians are pushing numerous reconnaissances in the surround- ing district. He is taking measures to meet them. Ismail Hakki Pasha telegraphs from Massoun on the 15th inst.:—" To-day we made reconnaissances to our left and to our right, and, encountered the enemy in double strength at IgdirandTcharikili. An engage- ment ensued, which lasted six hours, and re- sulted in the defeat of the Russians, with a loas of 70 killed. Our losses were trifling.
THE CAMPAIGN IN ASIA.
THE CAMPAIGN IN ASIA. CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 20 (4 p.m.) Official intelligence received here denies that Rachid Pasha has capitulated, and states that he occupies a strong and impregnable position at Hassein Tape and Tehin Teile, in the Aladja Dagh, twelve hours' march from Hessar Bogbaz, where Ghazi Mukhtar Pasha is at present.
THE GREAT RUSSIAN VICTORY…
THE GREAT RUSSIAN VICTORY IN ASIA. The Russians Advancing on Erzerum. (RUSSIAN OFFICIAL DESPATcn.), Kaeajal» Oct. 21.-After the battle on the 15th our main body marched on the heights of Vezuikor and Orlok, and operated against the enemy s positions at Madykars, Sarykanish, and Mazka, in the- battle of the 15th, on the heights of Aladja, We lost in killed seven officers and 223 men, and in wounded 49 officers and 1162 men, The troops of Ismail Pasha, numbering 27 battalions, attacked the positions of General Tercukasoff on the 14th inst. Their ouerations were principally directed against the village of Chafaby, but the enemy were everywhere driven back and compelled to retreat to their entrenchments. On the night of the 16th inst. Ismail Pasha evacuated his position at the foot of the mountain. He was pursued during his retreat by General Tergukasoff, who on the 18th inst., occupied the positions on the heights of Sara, formerly in Turkish occupation. Our loss on the 14th did not exceed 24 wounded. On the 17th inst. the Khoperschen Cos' :cks, commanded by Colonel Perrin, captured a i Turkish detachment at the village of Savy, consisting of 23 officers, 200 men, and several mountain guns. Since the 14th tranquillity has been re-established in Southern Daghestan. In the central part of the province two en- gagements occurred with the insurgents on the 15th and 16th, near the village of Lawasche, where the detachment under Col. Macasliidses killed 300 of the insurgents, and captured a large number of horses, several flags, and a quantity of other booty. Our loss was 24 killed and wounded. (Daily New. despatches.) KARAJAL, October 17 (Afternoon).—General Heymann is advancing on Erzerum. Kars is surrounded, and negotiations for its surrender have been opened. Seven pashas, 18,000 Turks, and 40 cannons have been captured hitherto. All resistance ceased on the evening of the 14th inst. The headquarters are now at Vezinkevy. General Laaarefi is marching against Ismail Pasha. CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 21.-The Turkish de- feat in Asia Minor is much more serious than it was at first reported to be. It is almost a complete collapse. Ghazi Mukhtar is driven back to Kars, and 9000 men under Rascliid Pasha, who are cut off and surrounded, it is believed, will have to surrender. Ismail Hakki Pasha, with the southern division of the army, is also taken in rear. Thirty-two guns were captured, seven Pashas were killed, and it is reported that 10,000 men were either killed or wounded. Reinforcements have been sent from Constantinople. The Turks state that the battle lasted for twenty-four hours continuously, and that their ammunition was entirely ex- pended. TURKISH MEANS FOR THE DEFENCE OF ERZERUM. PERA, Oct. 22.-Ismail Pasha is advancing to the defence of Erzerum with 30,000 men; 112 guns are in the town ready for its defence.
THE FIGHTING AT PLEVNA.
THE FIGHTING AT PLEVNA. RUSSIAN HEADQUARTERS, GORNY STUDEN, Oct. 21.—The following are the details of the fighting for the possession of the redoubt before Plevna:—On the afternoon of the 19th four Roumanian battalions left the fourth parallel for the purpose of attacking the redoubt. They were, however, met by a violent musketry fire, which compelled them to fall back. At half- past six in the evening the commander of the Fourth Roumanian Division made a fresh attack upon the redoubt. The three foremost strong battalions were left in the trenches, where they remained for one hour, during which they vainly endeavoured to carry the redoubt. The troops remaining so long in the trenches gave rise to a premature report that the redoubt bad been taken. The Roumanians were finally compelled to withdraw, with a loss of two offi- cers and two hundred men killed, and twenty officers and 702 men wounded. The commander of the Seventh Regiment of the line is among the wounded. It is expected that the losses of the enemy have likewise been considerable, as a heavy cannonade was opened by the Rouma- nian batteries upon the flank and rear of the Turkish reserves coming up to reinforce the defenders.
BAKER PASHA'S MOVEMENTS.
BAKER PASHA'S MOVEMENTS. CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 22 (11.20 a.m.).-A Russian reconnoitring detachment has left the Dobrudscha for Kavarna. Baker Pasha has made a reconnaissance as far as Popkoi without meeting with the enemy. Beyond that place, however, he found that the enemy had established batteries. These opened fire upon the Turkish troops, who returned to their camp, having accom- plished the object of reconnaissance. The bridges over the Lom remained intact. The Governor of Thilippopolis has arrived here.
THE SITUATION AT SHIPKA.
THE SITUATION AT SHIPKA. CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 23.—A telegram from Reouf Pasha, dated Shipka, Oct. 22nd, says:- Yesterday and to-day the enemy opened a general fire from guns of large calibre, direct- ing their aim chiefly at the Pestina battalions which command the route of the Russian com- munications. We replied to their fire as neces- sity required. Our loss was forty-four wounded and seven killed, while the enemy suffered con- siderably." FIGHTING ON THE LOM. BUCHAREST, Oct. 23.—There was fighting yesterday on the Lom, and the cannonade was distinctly audible at Giurgevo. Prince Peter Karageorgevich is sojourning in Bucharest. CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 23.—A despatch from Suleiman Pasha, dated Oct. 22, contains the following:—"To-day, 18 Russian battalions, with cavalry, and four batteries of artillery, took up a position it Youvantchiplik and Kara- sankeni, and made an attack upon four companies of Turkish troops, forming the advanced posts of the enemy beyond the Lom, which river constitutes the front line of our positions, near Kadikein. These four com- panies being supported by batteries on this side of the Lom, forced the enemy to fall back with considerable loss. Our losses were slight." FIGHTING NEAR RUSTCHUK. RUSSIAN HEADQUARTERS, GORNY STUDEN, Oct. 20.—On the 17th the Russians had a successful outpost engagement near Chaukoi, with a body of Turkish troops and Bashi Bazouks. Reconnoi- tringexpeditions from the corps stationed before Rustchuk have also fought engagements with the eneny. An attack made during the night of the 16th by a body of 4000 Turks with five guns and 300 Circassians, upon the Russian cavalry detachment, under Col. Lewis, near Rodmirze was repulsed. Several attempts at surprise undertaken by Circassians have likewise been repulsed. The Turks at Rust- chuk have bombarded the railway station at Guirgevo, but without success. DEFEAT OF A BODY OF BULGARIANS. CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 23.—Chefket Pasha, in a despatch to the Porte, dated Orchanie, Mon- day, announces that a reconnoitring cavalry detachment from the head-quarters at Rado- mirtza had advanced to the River Iskai and defeated a body of Bulgarians, innictingupon them a loss of sixty killed and wounded, in the course of a reconnaissance which was pushed forward as far as Livanitcha. Twenty Rus- sians were killed near Tchornayarik. RUSSIAN ATTACK ON SOLENIK. CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 23.-Intelligence re- ceived here announces that the Russians at- tacked Solenik yesterday. The result of the engagement is not vet known. An important battle on the Lom is believed to be imminent. Affairs are quiet in the Dobrudscha. The Rus- sians have made no attack upon Silistria.
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Joseph Brunner, a Swiss citizen accused of forgery, has been arrested by the Liverpool police, having arrived there, via Hull, in company with a woman. He will be handed over to the Swiss authorities.
ITHE MIDLAND RAILWAY FRAUDS.,
THE MIDLAND RAILWAY FRAUDS. SHOCKING SUICIDE. On the 19th inst. Mr. Westerman, father of E. Wea- term an, who is chained with being concerned in the Midland Railway Frauds, committed suicide at his residence, Queen's road, Nottingham. The deceased, who has been superintendent of the Midland perm&n- ant way for many years, has of late been in great dis- tress owing to the arrest of his son in connection with the disclosures which have been made at Carlisle. During the last few days his mind'has been so much affected that he has been constantly watched. This morning he cut his throat with a. penknife, and died in a few hours afterwards.
THE DESTRUCTION OF INVERARY…
THE DESTRUCTION OF INVERARY CASTLE. The Duke and Duchess of Argyle, the Princess Louise, the Marquis of Lorne, and the Ladies Camp- bell left on the 19th in the Duke's steam yacht for Rose- neath, which will be their residence for some time to come. There was a large turn-out of the townspeople to witness the departure, and the fare- well greetings of the noble family were given with a warmth and freedom never before witnessed, at least in the present generation. As the yacht moved off a hearty cheer was raised. Before leaving the Argyll Hotel the Duke warmly thanked Mr. Macpherson for his attention to their comforts, and left a handsome sum for distribution amongst the servants. He was also presented by the Princess with a portrait of her- self and of the Marquis. Lord Lorne returns to In- verary this week to attend the county meeting. Mr. Salvin, the architect, arrived from London on the 18th, and was in consultation with the Duke as to the restoration of the castle.
METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENON.
METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENON. An extraordinary meteorological phenomenon was witnessed at Portland the other evening. At II thirteen minutes past six a luminous object, similar to a meteor of intense brightness, appeared in the'north-western sky. Its passage was in a direct downward course, leaving behind it a bright line of silver whiteness which gradually assumed a horizontal position, and finally faded away at twenty minutes past six, having been plainly visible for the spaoe of seven minutes.
THE MARRIAGE OF THE DUKE OFj…
THE MARRIAGE OF THE DUKE OF NORFOLK. The London correspondent of the Manchester Guardian writes: — "Cardinal Manning being unable to be present at the marriage of the Duke of Norfolk next month on account of his call to Rome, I hear that Monsignor Capel will tie the nuptial knot. The ceremony will surpass any- thing of the kind seen in England since the Refor- mation, and it is expected that the Pope will specially delegate an ecclesiastic to bestow the Pontificial blessing." This special delegate, as we learn from another source, will be Monsignor Berdini.
FIRE AT ABERGELDIE CASTLE.
FIRE AT ABERGELDIE CASTLE. About half-past two o'clock on the 16th instant, Captain Knollys, who is staying at Abergeldie Castle during the illness of his sister, Miss Knollys, was awakened by a strong Bmell of fire in his bed- room, which is situated on the top flat of the tower, in one of the wings of the Castle. On rising from his bed the Captain discovered that a piece of wood in connection with the mantelpiece had been ignited by the flames in the grate. He at once pro- ceeded to the basement of the building, and having procured the assistance of Police-sergeant J ones, who was stationed there on duty, the two re- ascended the staircase, and by means of several buckets of water extinguished the flames before serious damage was done. No one in the castle was aware of the occurrence till evening. It was providential that Captain Knollys discovered the fire so opportunely as he did. Had it not been for his promptitnde and activity the flames would in all probability have spread and wrought a national calamity.
A ROMANTIC STORY, i
A ROMANTIC STORY, A singular rumour has gained considerable cur- rency here to the effect that the late Visoount Fitzgibbon, that gallant cavalry officer who was supposed to have fallen in the celebrated charge of the Six Hundred at Balaclava, did not meet that fate which was generally, if not absolutely, believed, but that, on the contrary, he is at this moment on his way to claim his estates. It was never ascertained whether the Viscount was really killed or not; the fact of his never having been heard of since being the only one that removed almost any doubt as to his ftttal end. It is now stated that when last seen he was leaning, appa- rently wounded, on his horse; that he was taken prisoner by the Russians, and shortly after, for some insult alleged to have been given to a Rus- sian officer, was transported to Siberia, whence, his term of exile having expired, he is returning to Ireland. A statue of him adorns the Wellesley Bridge.-Dublin Express.
WILL OF THE LATE WARD HUNT.
WILL OF THE LATE WARD HUNT. The will and codicil of the Right Hon. George Ward Hunt, First Lord of the Admiralty, were proved on the 6th inst. by Mrs. Alice Hunt, the widow, the sole executrix, the personal estate being sworn under £ 16,000. The testator leaves to his wife j6500, his horses and carriages, and the interest of JE20,000, charged upon his real estate, for life; she is also to have his mansion house at Wadenhoe until the marriage of his eldest son, and th on a residence at Oundle; to his son Walter Robert, a cottage at Sunningdale, Berks; to his son, Allen Thomas, a cottage at Market Har- borough; and memorial gifts to all his children; to the servants at yearly wages who have been three years in his service at his decease one year's wages. Testator's eldest son, George Eden Hunt, takes the settled estates under the entail, and the residue of the personal estate is settled upon trusts similar to the uses declared of the real estate.
A CLERICAL ANTI-VACCINATON…
A CLERICAL ANTI-VACCINATON MARTYR. ( At the Ulverston Police-court, last week, the Rev. John Postlethwaite, of Broughton-in-Furness and of Coatham, Yorkshire, a member of the Ulverston Board of Guardians, was charged by Mr. Sykes, clerk to that board, with disobeying an order made by the bench for the vaccination of his three children. Defendant pleaded that Government had suspended by an order in Council the operation of the Act where an epidemic of measles prevailed, which had been the case at Broughton.-Mr. Sykes replied that defendant had had abundant opportunities of obeying the order before and since the epidemic. Defendant was fined 10s. and costs. He said it was not a question of penalty with him, but the liberty of the subject. England was at present under the tyranny of State doctors. He had nothing to distrain upon except the clothes on his back, and he was ready to go to prison. He had put all his property in the hands of trustees for the benefit of his motherless children, and he would rather rot in prison than that his children should rot through vaccination.
LADY STRANGFORD'S FUND.i
LADY STRANGFORD'S FUND. Mr. Eugene Schuyler writes to the Daily News: I have noticed lately in the English newspapers attacks and criticisms upon Lady Strangford for her management of the fund entrusted to her last autumn and winter, for the relief of the Bulga- rians. Allow me to say that I was in Philip- popolis and its neighbourhood last November, ana had an opportunity of seeing the arrange- ments made for the distribution of this fund. They were in every respect excellent, and I was much struck with Lady Strangford's energy and perseverance, in spite of illness and fatigue, p t and especially with her power of management and business faculties. She did very great good -much of which would, perhaps, have been done in no other way, and the subscribers to the fund are to be congratulated that their money was en- trusted to such hands, and so well laid out. Lady Strangford's balance sheet has been published, and speaks for itself. I think that no doubt whatever should be felt as to the proper distribu- tion to the Bulgarians of the remainder of the fund. Great caution is obviously now required, when even the assistants of distributors of relief may be imprisoned and executed, and it would be unwise to enter into all the details of the work of relief which is now going on."
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The Barrow School Board have determined to establish higher grade schools within the borough and to open science classes. It is also proposed to establish trade eohools iuthe town.
RETIREMENT OF LORD JUSTICE…
RETIREMENT OF LORD JUSTICE AMPHLETT. The Worcester Journal states that Lord Justice Amphlett has, at the recommendation of his medical advisers, abandoned his intention of resuming his judicial duties at the November sittings, and has, in consequence, resigned his position as Lord Justice of Appeal; but it is ex- pected that he will, in a few months, be able, occasionally, to take part in the judicial business of the Privy Council.
THE ORDER OF THE BATH.
THE ORDER OF THE BATH. The Queen has been graciously pleased to confer the honour of the Companionship of the Civil Division of the Order of the Bath on the under- mentioned gentlemen :—Professor Fredk. Augustus Abel, F.R.S., Chemist to the War Department, and President of the Chemical Society; Mr. Ralph Thompson, Assistant Under-Secretary of State, War Office; Major Charles Wm. Wilson, R.E., late Assistant Quartermaster-General, War Office; Major-General Charles Wright Younghusband, F.R.S., R.A., Superintendent of the Royal Gun Factories; Mr. Charles Walpole, latn Assistant- Comptroller of Legacy Duties; Mr. Geo. Everest, late head clerk of the Criminal Department of the Home Office; Mr. Robert Baker, Inspector of Fac- tories; and Mr. Alexander Redgrave, Inspector of Factories.
.DOUBLE MURDER IN NORFOLK.
DOUBLE MURDER IN NORFOLK. A terrible tragedy took place on October 19th at Wymondham, near Norwich, within a short dis- tance of the scene of the murders committed by Rush. In the suburbs of the little village of Wymondham lived Thomas Mayes, aged 70, veterinary surgeon. Behind his house stands a blacksmith's shop, in which worked Henry March and Henry Bidewell, the former having been 34 year$ in Mayes's employ. About noon March and BideWell quarrelled so loudly that they attracted the attention of Sarah Ann Bailey, Mr. Mayes's servant, who went and looked out of the window, when she saw March knock down Bidewell, and strike him across the head with a bar of iron. The girl ran downstairs and told her master, who ran out to interpose. March was heard to say that as he should be hung he might as well finish Bidewell, whom he again struck with the iron. When Mr. Mayes endeavoured to restrain March he was in turn knocked down by the infuriated man, who also inflicted frightful wounds upon his head with the formidable bar of iron, leaving both injured men lying one across the other in the ash- pit of the shop. March went home. An alarm was quickly given by the maidservant, and March was taken into custody, when he confessed to Mr. Paynton Pigott, Deputy Chief Constable of Nor- folk, who had promptly driven over from Nor- wich, that he had done the deed, but he hoped the men were not dead. To the officer who had apprehended him prisoner had said, I have been a soldier, and he thought to have the better of nie, but I was before his time." March's hope was quickly dissipated, for Mr. Mayes died at half-past two in the afternoon, and Bidewell at half-past four.
THE PENGE CASE.
THE PENGE CASE. The following, says the British Medical Journal, is the text of the memorial presented to Mr. Cross in this case, drawn up and signed by Sir William Jenner, Dr. Wilks, and many other eminent men. The memorial, it will be seen, is drawn on purely professional grounds, on the supposition that the I verdict was due to the medical evidence. They considered this to be so imperfect that it was the duty of those who knew better to protest. The memorial was prepared and cir- culated on Saturday morning among some of the most eminent medical men in the metropolis. It was presented to Mr. Cross on Wednesday the 10th inst.—" We, the undersigned hospital phy- sicians and surgeons, having from our position en- joyed special opportunities of observing the ohanges which disease and inanition respectively induce in the human body, beg leave to state our opinion that the morbid appearances described as having been observed post mortem in Harriet Staunton's body are such as indicate death from cerebral disease; and that such symptoms as were recorded during the last few months of life, and especially those which are described by Dr. Longrigg as immediately preceding death, are not the symptoms which starvation could have in- duced, but are usual and characteristic symptoms of certain forms of disease of the brain." The medical memorial presented to the Home Secre- tary in the Penge case was, sayB the Lancet, sup- ported by 733 names, and additional letters uf authority to append signatures arrived too late for use. The sole purpose of the action taken in this matter was to show that the medical evi- dence adduced at the trial did not prove the fundamental proposition submitted to the jurv, and upon which the whole superstructure of the case for the Crown was based.
THE IMPORTATION OF FOREIGN…
THE IMPORTATION OF FOREIGN ARTISANS. On Saturday, a meeting of the operatives con- nected with the Wolverhampton building trades was held in the largest public hall there, to pro- test against the introduction into that town of German operatives by the Master Builders' Association. Mr. J. D. Prior,' of Manchester, general secretary of the Carpenters' and Joiners' Association, presided; and amongst the speakers were Mr. Thomas Halliday, president of the South Wales Miners' Association; Mr. Juggins (Darlaston), general secretary of the Nut and Bolt Makers' Society; Mr. C. Williams (of Birming- ham), general secretary of the National Associa- tion of Operative Plasterers; and a representative of the Tinplate Workers' Association. The course which the Wolverhampton carpenters and joiners had taken in refusing to abide by the arbitrator's award was universally condemned. The chairman said that there was nothing to fear from the in- troduction of foreign labour into England, if it was only introduced fairly, for the foreigners would have to execute a very different class of work from that which they had been accustomed to before they became competitors of much im- portance to Englishmen. Before long the Germans in Wolverhampton would, in his opinion, be found returning to their native country, with- out any coercion, just as those in Manchester were doing. Mr. Williams observed that to the Germans he would say: II If you will oome and behave honourably, and make England the land of your adoption for a time, and do that which we do, you are welcome. If, however, you will not do this, you can go back home for we will have nothing to do with you." Mr. Halliday said that if employers in England intended to introduce foreign labour, it behoved the working men of this country to follow them up very closely, and defend themselves manfully. He advocated the holding of public meetings throughout the country to warn the nation of the evils that would accrue if foreigners were extensively introduced. The following resolution was passed with enthusiasm: 11 That this meeting emphatically condemns the p) a-ctice of decoying foreign workmen into this country by false representation to counteract the efforts of English workmen to obtain a fair remuneration for their labour.
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Last week, as William Williams was passing an ashpit on Swinton road, near Manchester, he observed a parcel, and on opening it was surprised to see that it contained the bodies of two dead children, newly born, but one of which was in an advanced state of decomposition. The bodies were wrapped in a copy of the Manchester Guardian of the 25th July last. GENTLEMEN FINED FOR DOG FIGHTING.-Dr. Bond, of Statham, and Mr. George Hall, an independent gentleman, of Lymm, were charged at the Lymm bessions, last week, by Inspector Carter, of the Royal Society, with cruelly ill-treating a dog by inciting it to worry another, on Oct. 13th. On the afternoon in question Dr. Bond incited his dog to attack one owned by a man named Newton. The two dogs fought for about ten minutes, during which time Newton asked the defendants to take the animal off, but instead of doing so they quietly looked on, and Hall said, "Don't part them, let them go on; I would sooner pay than part them." Newton's dog was severely injured about the legs and body, and for several days it could only crawl about. The Bench considered the case proved, and fined the defendants £1 each and costs, 92. 711. Sir Rutherford Alcock will contribute an article on Africa to an early number of MacmillaiCs Magazine. The series of Scotch concerts in St. James's Hall, London, giyen by Mr. Kennedy and his family, terminated on the 17th inst. Miss Irby and Miss Johnson left England on Oct. lwth for the Bosnian frontier. Dr. Laseron is preparing to #tart for the seat of war with a staff of nurses to work under the Russian Red Cross Societv. On the 18th inst., the printworks of Glengowan, near Airdrie, was totally destroyed by fire. The flames were discovered early, but no means were at hand to extinguish them. The works were re- cently purchased by Messrs. John Glen and Co., Glasgow. The damage is estimated at not less than £ 15,000. The Berliner Tagblatt states that the scarcity .of non-commissioned officers has never before been so keenly felt in the German army as at the pre- sent time. Even young men who gave in their names as candidates for the stripes have with- drawn their applications and quitted the army at the expiration of their first period of service. THE JUBILEE SINGERS.-rhe Jubilee Singers, from Fisk University, who ha7e been giving con- certs almost continuously during the past six years for the building and maintenance of Fisk University, Tennessee, having completed their second tour in Great Britain, left London last week en route for Berlin. The Peruvians are much discontented at the manner in which the London journals have treated the fight between the Shah and the Huascar, and one of the papers declares that the English people should be disabused of their erroneous ideas respeeting Peru and her inhabi- tants. The Manchester Courier publishes a description of the tramway scheme which it is proposed the Manchester Corporation should adopt. It is on an extensive Bcale, as may be gathered from the fact that, if carried in its entirety, it will involve the construction of over 40 miles of single lines, and cost nearly £ 130,000. A complete network of tramways will then have been laid, and the omnibus traffic will be almost entirely superseded. On the 18th instant, a conference of the British Temperance League was held in the Brad- ford Mechanics' Institute, under the presidency of Alderman West. Three papers were read bearing on the temperance question, and resolutions were passed in favour of temperance principles. In the evening a public meeting was held in St. George's Hall, when Mr. W. T. S. Daniel, Q.C., presided, and addressed the meeting. The Hon. C. Carnegie, after inspecting the Dundee police force last week, remarked to tpe Police Commissioners that the force had been kept below its proper strength in order to effect some small saving, and he strongly censured such penuriousness." The commissioners would be held responsible for any disturbances of the peace, housebreakings, or assaults on the police which might occur so long as the force was under-manned. The chaplain of Horsemonger lane Gaol, in a report to the Surrey magistrates, calls attention to the burial of murderers from .a sanitary point of view. He states that in that gaol 13 bodies lie buried side by side in a double row within a few feet of the well which, until recently, supplied the whole establishment with drinking water. A few feet further off three other bodies have been recently deposited. RESCUE OF A CREW.—A fishing smack has landed in the Humber Captain Peterson and ten men, forming the crew of the large barque Orpheus, of Norway, bound from Sweden to London with deals. The Orpheus was caught in the North Sea in the gale, and received such injuries that she soon became water-logged, and was at the mercy of the gale. A fishing smack, however, observed her signals of distress and succeeded in rescuing the entire crew. The nave of Exeter Cathedral, which has been restored at a cost of £15,000, was re-opejaed last week. Services were held, wherein several bishops and over 300 clergymen took part. The Bishops of Winchester and Oxford preached on the 18th, and on the 19th the Bishops of Salisbury and Bath and Wells delivered sermons. The Bishop of Exeter was presented with a pastoral staff by Lord Coleridge on behalf of several noble- men and gentlemen. The Board of Trade inquiry respecting the stranding in the Baltic on the 7th and 14th of July, of the ship Royal Tar, has resulted in the cancel- ling of the captain's certificate. The court was of opinion that on both occasions the captain was j under the influence of drink. They recommended that a first mate's certificate should be granted to him, and that after two years' satisfactory proof of sobriety and good conduct his certificate as master should be restored to him. An inquest was held last week on the body of Miss Alice Mary Briggs, aged 25, residing at 2, Torriano gardens, Camden road, London. On Sunday, the 14th inst. she returned from church, but at half past eleven was discovered lying in- sensible on the floor in her bedroom. She died early next morning, and a j)ost-mortem examination showed that a large clot of blood was lodged in the 4th ventricle of the base of the brain. It was stated, as an extraordinary coincidence, that three years ago a sister of the deceased died under pre- cisely similar circumstances, the clot of blood being found in exactly the same position on the brain. The Lancet says:—"The sanitary state of cer- tain of the Royal residences, and notably of Marlborough House, is not only defective to a degree which constitutes a standing danger of what would be a public calamity, but it is dis- creditable, as an evil example set before the eyes of the country at a time when the claims of the health science are beginning to be forced on general attention, and in some measure recognised and obeyed. No more ready and effective mea- sure can be devised than an inquiry conducted by the official authorities at Whitehall into the sanitary state of the Royal residences, beginning with that occupied by the Prince of Wales in Pall-mall. It should be exhaustive, and the report ought to be made public." SIR C. RAKHLEIOH, M.P., ON THE WAR.—Speak- ing at a ploughing match at Laureath, Cornwall, last week, Sir Colman Rashleigh, M.P., after alluding to the importance of taking steps to stamp out cattle disease in England, made a pass- ing reference to the war. The Russian reverses had been attributed in a great measure to the fact that the Turks were armed with the Martini rifle, and it must be satisfactory to Englishmen that English soldiers were similarly armed. Although he was afraid until one decisive battle was fought mediation would be of no avail, he was glad to think the Ministry desired to put a stop to the war. HULL THEATRE.—RETIREMENT OF MB. SEFTON PARRY.—Mr. Sefton Parry, the proprietor of the Hull Theatre Royal, and late proprietor of the Sheffield theatre, has announced hia retirement from the management of that house. He takes the step in consequenoe of the great difficulty he has had in overcoming his serious illness of laBt Christmas. Mr. Parry was also the proprietor of the Holborn and Globe Theatre, London, and the Greenwich Theatre. The two former he recently sold, but the other he still retains. It is stated that Mr. Parry intends to retire to the south of France, there to seek that warm temperature which his health requires. He has let the Hull Theatre to Mr. Wilson Barrett. EARLY CLOSING.—A meeting for the promotion of early closing in the retail trades of the East- end of London was held a few days ago in the large room attaohed to the Seamen's Chapel, in the Commercial road. The chair was taken by Mr. Robert Bentham, M.D., M.R.C.S. The meet- ing was largely attended by persons hiterostedin the early closing movement, and was addressed by several speakers, who strongly condemned the very late hours of business observed by many tradesmen in the East-end. Three resolutions were passed, and it was decided to fcrm a local committee to endeavour to suppress the" late- hour system." Mr. E. Kennedy, secretary of the Early Closing Association, announced that other meetings of a similar nature would be held in the district I The Brussels journals state that the viaduct now being constructed for the Dison to Herve Railway, near Verviers, has fallen in. Two work- men were killed and seven injured. The Berlin papers announce the arrival there of a leading member of the English Post-office to Btudv the system of subterranean telegraphs which the German Post-office is developing. On Saturday the Forest Vale forgemen in the employ of Mr. Russell, Forest of Dean, were given a month's notice to cease their contracts, this being an alternative to their refusal of a reduction in wages. The Penbridge Cotton Mill, Burnley, was burnt down on Saturday. The fire broke out shortly after six o'clock, and continued for three hours, When the building was gutted. It was insured to the extent of £ 15,000, but the damage will pro- bably be £ 20,000. In the recent storm great damage was done to the monument on the summit of Moel Famma, the highest point of the Clwydian range. This monument was erected by the inhabitants of Chester to celebrate the fiftieth year of the reign of King George ID. Mr. George Macdonald has left London for Italy, where he will spend at least a part of the winter. He has on hand a large share of literary work, and among it what will probably prove to be a work of fiction not less important than the Marquis of Lossie." Peculations have been discovered in the ad- ministration of the Russian relief fund for the refugees in Montenegro, which are alleged to amount to several hundred thousand francs. The Prince has ordered an investigation into the cir- cumstances.-Times. GENERAL GRANT.—General and Mrs. Grant left Victoria Station, London, on Saturday morning by the ten o'clock express for Brighton. They will, during their stay, be the guests of Mr. James Ashbury, M.P., who will give a dinner party and reception in their honour. The office of permanent, or second, secretary to the Admiralty having been abolished, it is now intended (the Standard says) to establish an under secretaryship. The salary drawn by this official will be nearly equal to that of the abolished office, but a saving will be effected by a reduction in another direction. EMIGRATION TO SOUTH AUSTRALIA.—The Scottish Lassie, 853 tons, Captain le Couteur, chartered by the Agent-General, Sir Arthur Blyth, K.C.M.G., left Plymouth on Thursday for Port Adelaide with 273 emigrants under the charge of Dr. Thomas Diver, surgeon, among whom were 66 single female domestic servants, under the care of Mrs. Deere, matron. On Saturday, in conformity with the resolution passed at a meeting of the Clyde engineers and ship builders' association, a number of ironworkers were locked out in the upper reaches of the Clyde. The number of men is comparatively small, as several squads of riveters accepted con- tracts last week, and consequently it will be some time before they can be dismissed. Mr. Madox Brown has recently completed one of his finest oil-pictures; not large, but still large enough to do no injustice, so far as that point is concerned, to a subject that is great in an uncom- mon degree. He names it Cromwell Protector of the Vaudois. The two grandest Englishmen of the time, Cromwell and Milton, are the personages; with Andrew Marvell as a subordinate but worthy third.—Athenceum. A LADY GAMBLER.—At Newmarket, just previous to the running of the Cesarewitch last week, the ring was surprised, and not a little appalled, by the spectacle of a lady appearing within its sacred precincts. Nor was the lady's adventure there confined to appearance, for as one of the book- makers was shouting out after the manner of his kind the odds he would lay against a given horse, the lady produced a dainty book, and lifting up her voice said, I'll take you two hundred to ten." The Knight of the Pencil turned round, however, and, raising his hat, said, I never bet with la.dies.Yanity Fair. A NEW WAR MACHINE.—A Jersey mechanic has invented a new explosive machine, for which he claims destructive powers far surpassing any hitherto known, ana which is capable of being employed either on land or sea. Desirous of giving the Turks the benefit of his invention, he has for that purpose been in communication with the Turkish Embassy in London, submitting details of his machine. He has received a very favourable reply, acknowledging the value of his invention, but with an intimation that his offer could not be accepted before the matter had been brought before her Majesty's Government, which he is led to understand will be done. POLISHED GRANITE IN ARCHITECTURE.—Polished granite in external architecture has been greatly overrated, in the south especially (in Aberdeen itself external polish is really little used). It be- longs to the purely mechanical sources of effect, and tends to give a showy and splashy appearance to external architecture by no means agreeable, unless it is used with great moderation and judg- ment. Still, there is no doubt that the decora- tive effect of the material, especially in its chro- matic aspect, is only half brought out until it has received at least a certain amount of polish. A very fine surface and a good effect of colour and marking can be elicited from the granite when it has reached its intermediate stage of polish, when the surface is smooth, and the markings clearly brought out, but before the glassy lustre is put on it. Having regard to the showy and over-glittering effect of fully-polished granite in external archi- tecture, we recommend those who employ granite ornamentally in this way to turn their attention more to the half-polished stage, when almost all the fine effects of polish, architecturally speaking, are realised without the glitter which detracts so much from the repose of a design.-Builder- LEGAL ARITHMETIC.—If we are, at some future time, to be blessed with a public prosecutor in the southern part of Great Britain, it will be well to assure ourselves of his accurate knowledge of the science of arithmetic, as otherwise fife may chance to be laughed at, as was Mr. Lang, the Procura- tor-Fiscal, at Glasgow, a short time since. Pressing for a conviction against the first of two druggists for selling adulterated citric acid, the Fiscal innocently betrayed his ignorance of deci- mal fractions by exclaiming against the presence of lead to the enormous extent of -37 grains per pound. When it was explained to him that this signified about one-third of a grain, and that the difficulty of producing pure citric acid was very great, he abated somewhat of his wrath, but burst out in the second case, in which the quantity of lead amounted to -4 grains per pound. The de. fendant pleaded that as his case was similar to the preceding one, which, asthey say in the North, had been II continued for a week, it might be con- tinued" also, but the Fiscal protested; "No, .0. This is a much more gross case." A glance at the non-theological works of ColenBo might prove useful to Mr. Lang, and save him from trouble and ridicule in the future.—Iron. THE ILLNESS OF Miss ENoujTs.—Last week's British Medical Jorurnal says that during the stay of the Prinoe and Princess of Wales on board the Osborne, Bonnermain, the Prinoe's under cook, and Miss Knollys, in attendance upon the Prin- cess, both, as it is supposed, eontraoted typhoid fever. The former died on the 12th inst., and the latter, as we are sorry to learn, now lies se- riously ill at Abergeldie Castle. Miss Knollys illness has been severe, but hitherto without com- plication. Her highest temperature has been 105'5 deg. Fahr., and, with all the reservations which, of course, are neoessary in such a case, Bhe appears, according to our latest intelligence, to be progressing favourably. Thursday was the 23rd day of the illnesB. The highest temperature on Wednesday was 101 deg. Fahr.; the patient then had a good night, and on Thursday the tem- perature was normal and pulse 84. Although, however, the progress of the malady has so far been favourable, the oondition of Miss Knollys cannot fail still to occasion grave disquietude to her many friends for some days to come, the course of typhoid fever being proverbially uncer- tain. The kindly anxiety of the Prince and Princess of Wales for the patient knows no bounds