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RAILWAY EXTENSION.
RAILWAY EXTENSION. The Globe of Oct. 26th says:—" Besides the railway amalgamation schemes which will probably occupy attention during next session of Parliament, it is stated that a tract of country in South Lincolnshire, hitherto beyond the reach of any railway system, will be the subject of a hard-fought battle between the Great Eastern and the Midland and South Lin- colnshire Companies, each of which is seeking to establish in its p own way additional communication, trid Sleaford, with the South Yorkshire coalfield."
THE FRAUDS ON THE ARTISANS'…
THE FRAUDS ON THE ARTISANS' DWELLINGS COMPANY. THE SENTENCE OF THE PRISONERS. On the 26th Oct. the prisoners, Dr. Baxter Lang- lev, Mr. Swindlehurst, and Mr. Saffery, who were all found guilty on the previous evening, were brought up for judgment at the Old Bailey. The Attorney-General said that the prosecution had reason to believe that the defendant Saffery had to a great extent been made the dupe of others, and that he had done what he did to a great extent under their influence. He also stated that, with reference to those counts upon which a point of law had been raised, he should not ask for judgment upon them, but merely upon the counts for conspiracy. Sir H. James, on behalf of Swindlehurst, urged that he had all his life borne a most honourable character; and presented a memorial, signed by nearly 600 per- sons connected with the Artisans' Company, praying for a merciful consideration of the prisoner's case, on the ground of his good character and the great services he had rendered to the working classes. Dr. Langley begged to be allowed to address the court in mitigation of punishment. He earnestly urged the court to pass a lenient sentence on the ground that a heavy punishment, however much it might be alle- viated by the medical officers of the prison, would, in his state of health, be tantamount to a sentence of death. He had passed a life of intellectual activity, and to shut him up in a prison would entail upon him a far greater amount of suffering than would be felt by a person in other circum- stances. He declared that he had never entered into any compact with Saffery or the other defendant in reference to the money he had received, and said that he had never held any communication with Saffery, but the money was given him by another person; and he solemnly declared that when he took the money he had not the slightest conception that he was commit- ting a criminal offence. It was not until lie had Communicated with his legal adviers that he bccamo aware that in taking the money he had been guilty of a criminal offence; and he begged the court take this fact into consideration, and that a lenient sentence would be passed upon him. He concluded a most earnest appeal for mercy by saying that what had now occurred would be a solemn warning to him for the remainder of his existence, and he assured his lordship that when the money was oifered him he was told that the company would not be in any way preju- 'diced, and that if he did not take the money it would only go back into the pocket of Saffery. The defendant Swindlehurst also begged to say a. few words in mitigation. For fifty years he had devoted his whole mind and attention to improving the condition of the working classes, and providing proper accommodation for them. He was the pro- jector of this company, the object of which was to provide healthy and proper accommodation for the working classes, and which was started ender great difficulties, and he had only re- ceived a salary of JE40 a year during the ten years the company had been in existence. An arrange- ment was made that he should be paid 5 per cent. on the amount of the share capital, and he considered the company owed him £ 15,000 at the piesent moment. He asked for mercy on account of these facts, and the serious blow that had been inflicted upon his family by this proceeding. Mr. Commissioner Kerr said that the defendants had been convicted substantially of obtaining the sum of £ 23,912 by fraud upon the company witu which they were connected, and the jury, upon the evidence, fould not have come to any other conclusion than the ne they had arrived at, of finding them guilty of this offence. The matters they had urged in mitigation trere always urged by persons in their position; but the Court had a duty to perform in the interest of the public, and that duty must be performed with firm- ness. He then sentenced Mr. Baxter Langley and Mr. Swindlehurst to 18 months' imprisonment, and Mr. Saffery to 12 months' imprisonment.
WILLS AND BEQUESTS.
WILLS AND BEQUESTS. The will, dated August 10, 1877, of Sir William- son Booth, late of Paxton Park, Huntingdonshire, who died on the 26th of August last, was proved on the 5th inst., by Sir CharlesBooth, the brother, and John Marsland, the executors, the personal estate being sworn under £ 90,000. The testator directs all his real and personal estate to be sold and converted into money, and out of the proceeds thereof he gives to his executors £100 each; to his brother Henry William Booth, an annuity of 12QO for life; to his butler, Noah Rowell, an an- ulty of £50 for life; to his farm bailiff, Thomas Ashwell, and his servant, William Last, legacies of £ 50 each; and the residue to his four nieces, Mary Georgina, Frances Agnes, Florence, and Amy Laura, the daughters of his said brother Henry William.-The will, dated October 5, 187(j, of Mr. Charles Gonne, late of Robertson terrace, Hastings, and of the Lawn, Tunbridge Wells, who died on the 17th ult., was proved on the 15th inst. by William Gonne and Edward Gonne, the sons, the executors, the personal estate being sworn tinder £ 90,000. The testator leaves legacies to his daughters and others, and the rest of his pro- perty to his four sons, William, Charles, Thomas, and Edward. — The will and codicil, dated March 19, 1874, and August li, 1877, of Mrs. Sarah Clementina Gowan, late of Woodlawn, Dulwich, who died on the 12th of August last, were proved on the 27th ult. by Chas. Cecil Gowan and James Fraser Hore, the acting executors, the personal estate being sworn under £ 45,000. The testatrix leaves an annuity to her sister and a few legacies to her sons and others, and the remainder of her estate to her three daughters, Elizabeth Hyde, Cecil D'Olier, and Edith Emily.—The will, dated October 6, ISO*, of Sir John Henry Townsend-Farquhar, formerly of No. 4, Berkeley street, and late of Blacklands House, Chelsea, who died on the 14th of August last, was proved on the 11th inst. by Sir Albert Townsend-Farquhar, the brother, the sole ex- ecutor, the personal estate being sworn under £4000. The testator gives, devises, and be- queaths all his real and personal estate to his said brother absolutely.-The will, dated May 1, 1876, of Mr. Frederick Mortimer Lewin, late of Halfway street, Bexley, Kent, who died on the 17th of June last, was proved on the 2nd inst. by Charles James Abbott, Colonel Edward S. Beamish, and the Rev. John N. Fuller, the executors, the personal estate being sworn under JEMOOO. The testator devises his real estate in specific par^s to his daughters, Mrs. Beamish, Mrs. Thompson, and his son Mortimer Lewin; a cottage, with JE100 per annum, to his housekeeper, Julia Reeves, for life; the rectory meadow, adjoining Bexley parish church, upon trust, out of the rent, to keep in repair his tomb and a tablet in the said church to the memory of his an- cestors, and the balance of such rent for the peer of the parish; the residue of his property he leaves to his said son.-The will, dated March 16,1871, oi the Very Rev. William Gowan Todd, D.D kte of tarkhouse, Blackheath Park, who died on tli* the 27th of July last, was proved on the 3rd inst. by Francis Ridout Ward and W. H. G. Bagsbawe, the executors, the personal estate being sworn under £;300. The testator gives all his person aj estate in trust for the benefit of fatherless child- rea, at the discretion of his trustees, recommenc- ing to them first of all the fatherless children 1ll the institution known as St. Mary's Orphanage, Greenwich.—Illustrated London News, Oct. 27th.
A SPIRITUALISTIC PERFORMANCE…
A SPIRITUALISTIC PERFORMANCE STOPPED BY CAMBRIDGE UNDER- GRADUATES. On Saturday night a number of Cambridge under- graduates stopped Dr. Lynn's spiritualistic per. formance at the Guildhall, in that city. They smashed the chairs, overturned the tables, took possession of the platform, and threw banjos and other things into the middle of the hall. Dr. Lynn was struck in the face with some coins which were thrown. The proctors arrived, and quelled the disturbance, clearing the hall. The ladies in the reserved seats were terribly affrighted, and left at an early stage.
A BOATSWAIN DISMISSED FROM…
A BOATSWAIN DISMISSED FROM THE NAVY. A Court-martial assembled at Devonport on Saturday for the trial of Thomas Henry Grills, boatswain on board the Narcissus, who was, on the 9th of October, drunk on board his ship. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and explained that when at Glasgow he went on shore, intending to return in the officers' boat, but missing this boat he re- mained on shore all night, the first time he had slept out of the ship for nine months. During the night he took a little spirits, and became in- sensible. Next morning, on recovering sufficient consciousness, he went on board, but he regretted to say he remained in the same cloudy, stupid state the whole day, and felt the effects of what he had taken for several days afterwards. He believed he must have been drugged, as he drank but little. He asked the court to take a lenient view, as he had been 24 years in the service; he had a wife and nine children, and dismissal from the service meant ruin to him, and poverty to them. Commander Cameron said he knew the prisoner to be a hardworking and industrious )fficer. The court adjudged him to be dismissed from H.M.'s service.
THE BISHOP OF MANCHESTER AND…
THE BISHOP OF MANCHESTER AND TRADES UNIONS. The parliamentary committee of the Trades Union Congress sent a bound copy of its last year's publications to the Bishop of Manchester, with a complimentary letter in recognition of his valuable speeches and letters on the labour question. The following letter, acknowledging the receipt of tne volume, has been received by Mr. Hcnrv Broad- hurst, the secretary of the committee:—" Bishop's Court, Manchester, Oct. 25, 1877.—Sir—I am very much obliged for the report of your committee and for the kind letter which accom- panied it. I shall read the volume with great interest, as it touches upon many questions upon which I desire to be accuratelv informed. I will not deny that I take a profound interest in these social problems, which are second in importance to none as affecting the well-being of the commu- nity and our industrial future as a nation. Chris- tianity, if we cannot solve them, yet ought to be able to help in tlieir solution by preparing the mind for a calm, unbiassed, and equitable consideration of the case in all its elements, and in what you are pleased to say I have done in the matter I hope I have not stepped beyond my province as a minister of the Gospel in pleading that this is the temper in which discussions touching the rights of capital and labour should be conducted on both sides. It surely indicates that something is needed when at Bolton it has just required a strike of nine weeks, involving severe distress and a loss of j690,000 in wages, to arrive at a settlement which might as easily have been arrived at without a strike at all.-I remain, sir, in entire sympathy with every really upward aspiration of the working people of this country, your faithful servant, J. MANCHESTER.—Mr. Henry Broadhurst."
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Great complaints, it appears, have been lately made concerning the quality of the bread rations supplied to our soldiers. The Lancet believes this question at present occupies the attention of the heads of the War Office. In a fortnight, says Vanity Fair, the 93rd High- landers will be about 500 under its establishment. The Horse Guards have urged that every exertion should be made to obtain recruits. Aberdeen- shire, Banff, and Kincardine,which constituted its sub-district, are, however, perhaps the worst re- cruiting counties in Great Britain, owing to the high rate of wages, and either it will be found necessary to enlarge the district, or to obtain Englishmen and Irishmen to fill up the ranks of two of the most national corps in the army, viz., the 92nd and 93rd Highlanders. RABBIT BREEDING IN ITALY.—Mr. Colnaghi, the British Consul in Florence, in his report on the industries of Turin, states that the breeding of rabbits was entirely neglected in Italy until 1873, when it was taken up by Messrs. Costamagna, furriers, of that city. Thinkmg that a supply of these animals would not only be useful to their trade, but that rabbits would form an important article of food for the poorer classes of the popu- lation, a breeding establishment was erected in a few months, with GOO cages for that number of does, with a larger number of compartments for the young. The prejudices of the public have been combated by publications and by facts. A shop for the sale of rabbits was opened, and in four months 12,000 head were killed and sold. Messrs. Costamagna not only taught how the rab- bits were to be cooked, but added example to pre- cept. They distributed in various parts of Italy upwards of 1000 animals of the best breeds, and have also placed at the disposal of persons of small means 1500 rabbit families-in all 9000 animals- with their cages, Ac. The debt thus incurred by the receivers is redeemable by a small annual quota of the products. ARREST OF BETTING MEN.—On Friday, Oct. 2G, two detachments of the Leeds police entered the Robin Hood Inn, Vicar lane, and the Malt Mill Inn, Lower Head Row, in that town, and took into custody some forty betting men, many of whom were found plying their calling at the time when the policemen appeared. At each of the public houses they found betting books, lists. &c., scattered about the rooms in some confusion. At the Robin Hood the landlord was among those arrested, and at the Malt Mill the landlord was taken into custody along with a number of habitual frequenters of the house. The capture excited considerable interest, inasmuch as most of the professionals preferred to be conveyed to the Town Hall in cabs. The defendants com- pletely filled the dock in the Leeds Borough Court, and after the charge against them had been briefly opened by Mr. Henderson, chief constable, a re- mand was granted for a week. The great body of the defendants were bound o^er in their own re- cognisances of jE50, and the principal of them in sureties of E100 each. EXTRAORDINARY DISCOVERY OF A PETRIFIED GIAXT. —A remarkable discovery has just been made in Colorado-namely, a petrified giant, supposed to be pre-historic. The discoverer was a Mr. Conant, a merchant of many years' standing in New York, who once represented the county of Suffolk in the State Legislature. On the 16th of September he drove out from Pueblo to a place about 20 miles distant, where he had often found petrified fish, sea turtles, serpents, and fruit. He was accom- panied by his son, and while eating his luncheon under a tree his attention was attracted by some- thing protruding from the ground, which looked like a man's toes. With the assistance of Mr. Conant, Jun., he commenced digging, and soon un- earthed a petrified man of enormous size. The giant was in a reclining position, the left knee being slightly drawn up with the left arm resting on it, while the right hand was laid across the left breast. The length of the figure is 7ft. 5 £ in., its arms 4ft. long, and the hand is 12in. long from the wrist bone to the end of the longest finger. One foot has been broken below the toes. The other foot is quite perfect, and is 13in. long. The toes are somewhat flattened out. The features of the face resemble those of an Indian. The forehead recedes from the eyebrows, and the head is large. After being removed to Pueblo, the giant was taken to Colorado Springs, where he was exhi- bited gratuitously for three days. He was then carried to Denver, and has created intense excite- ment, thousands of persons flocking to see him. By a strange coincidence Mr. Barnum was at Denver when the giant was found, and some people were ill-natured enough to suggest that there was some mysterious connection between the two. Mr. Barnum, in a letter to the New York Tribune, indignantly denies that there is the slightest truth in this rumour. He has, how- ever, seen the giant, and was so much struck by his appearance that he offered 20,000 dols. for him. This offer being refused, Mr. Barnum made a. further bid of 25,000 dols., provided that upon examination Professor Marsh, of Yale College, or any other equally competent authority, pro- nounces it to be a genuine petrification. Mr. Conant, however, declines for the present to come 1:) terms, and will not sell the giant at any price. all Mall Gazette
THE RIDSDALE JUDGMENT.
THE RIDSDALE JUDGMENT. Lord Chief Baron Kelley has published a cor- respondence between the Lord Chancellor and himself on the subject of the Ridsdale judgment. It appears that the Rev. P. C. Ellis was reported in a newspaper to have stated that the Lord Chief Baron had declared the judgment of the Privy Council on this occasion to be an iniquitous one, and that it was not a judgment based on law, but upon policy." His lordship now writes that he never used these words, though he certainly authorised Mr. Ellis to say that he dissented from the judgment, and that he very much regretted not to have his dissent formally recorded. Fur ther, he may have hazarded an opinion that there was much of policy rather than of law, though, perhaps, unconsciously to themselves, in the judgment of the majority of the judges." The Lord Chancellor replies that he believes it to be the duty of Privy Councillors not to divulge the circumstances connected with the judgments of the Council. To which the Lord Chief Baron re- torts that he never understood that it was obliga- tory after a judgment to maintain silence as to whether it was come to unanimously or by a majority. At the same time, he desires it to be understood that in anything he has said or done he meant no disrespect to his colleagues.
THE SAD DEATH OF A GENTLEMAN…
THE SAD DEATH OF A GENTLEMAN AT LEICESTER. With reference to the death of Mr. Sidnej Ellis, son of Mr. E. S. Ellis (chairman of tht Midland Railway Company) which melancholy occurrence was reported a few days ago, a cor- respondent writes: The deceased, who was 26 years of age, was a young gentleman of great promise, and was universally respected. A few days previous to his death he delivered a lecture on chemistry to an audience of working men. Like his father and other members of his family he was a tota, abstainer, and was intimately asso- ciated with the Leicester Temperance Society. It is but a few days ago that his father, at the annual meeting of the Congregational Union Temperance Society, referred with pride to the fact that his sons w7ere all abstainers. Universal sympathy is expressed with Mr. Ellis and his family in their expressed with Mr. Ellis and his family in their sad bereavement." It transpired at the inquest that the appearance of the body when found in the laboratory, led the medical gentlemen at once to suspect that hydro- cyanic acid was the cause of death, and on look- ing round they found a book open at an article on "Cyanide of hydrogen." On the laboratory table were several bottles, one of which contained hydro-cyanic acid (Scheele's strength). It was the opinion of the medical gentlemen that the deceased, who was short-sighted, had stooped over the hydro-cyanic acid (the most fatal of all poisons), and inhaling the vapour, was struck with death almost instantly. It was stated that pro- bably the deceased was not fully aware of the very great potency of the drug, and also that masks were generally worn when it was being used. The jury returned a verdict of death from the accidental inhalation of hydro-cyanic ac."cl vapour.
DETAILS OF THE INDIAN FAMINE.…
DETAILS OF THE INDIAN FAMINE. (From the correspondent of the Times.) CALCUTTA, Oct. 28 (6 p.m.).—The famine ltC, counts still continue most encouraging. Yester- day's gazetted general remarks for the week end- ing October 25 state that in Madras the north. east monsoon has not yet burst, but a good general rain has fallen in nearly every dis- trict, and harvest prospects are everywhere good. In most districts prices are falling, but I they are stationary in six, and are rising in one or two. The harvest, where gathered, has yielded a fair outturn. The number on the reliei works is 484,365; in receipt of charity, 1,060,034: showing a decrease of 45,939 and 223,932 respec- tively compared with last week. In Mysore the crops are flourishing. The number on the relief works is 72,202; in receipt of charity, 88,759; show- ing an increase in the former of 9696, and in the latter a decrease of 14,991. The Mysore report for the week ending the 6th of October states that harvesting continues and sowing operations arc general, the lands being prepared for the late crops. The number gratuitously fed in the relief camps is 103,750, or a decrease of 22,154. The Englishman of the 22nd, however, contains a rather alarming telegram from Madras, dated October 19. It runs as follows: In Bangalore, from 17 to 28 corpses, famine victims, still daily picked up in the streets. According to municipal returns, 236 bodies have been found in the streets in the ten days ending Wednesday. It is officially reported that this terrible rate of famine mor- tality is general throughout Mysore." This telegram tallies with information which I have received, but I have good reason for believing that the subject is receiving earnest attention from the Government. In the central provinces pros- pects are generally good. The rabi sowings are progressing in the north-western provinces and Oudh. The recent rainfall has proved generally sufficient for the rabi sowings. In the Punjab they are progressing, but more rain is required in Amritsir, Jullinder, and Peshawur. In Scinde there is no improvement. The Madras report for the week ending the 29th of September says that a general statement of gra- tuitous relief shows there are now 1026 inspec- tion circles. Relief is organised in 13,879 villages out of 30,731 in the distressed region. The total number on the works is 591,143, and of those in receipt of gratuitous relief 1,522,270, making a grand total of 2,113,413, or a percentage of 13-17 of the population in ten districts. The reported deaths during the week in the camps and relief houses are 4439; among those receiving village re- lief, 7692; or a total of 12,131. The outlay on the relief works in the week has been 464,878 rupees up to the week the total is 24,693,433; on gratui- tous relief in the week, 906,687 rupees, with a total, up to the week, of 8,970,427: making a I grand total of 35,035,425 rupees. The imports of food and grain by sea have been 16,056 tons. Colonel Merriman reports from Bombay a de- crease of 21,107 in the number of those on the re- lief works, a decrease of 7240 in young children, and a decrease of 5221 in the numbers of those in receipt of charitable relief. The total expenditure up to October 6 was 10,961,067 rupees. A telegram received dated the 25th states that the north-east monsoon has at length burst.
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Bridgend, Glamorganshire, is flooded by an overflow from adjacent rivers. The streets are converted into canals, and business is suspended. A fund is being raised to build an Academic Hall at Oscott, as a testimonial to the Very Rev. Spencer Northcote, D.D., late president. The proposed building will be called The Northcote Hall," and is estimated to cost £2500. Galignani reports that the horse trainer, Paul Smith, of Ibos, near Tarbes, has just met with his death under the following unfortunate cir- I cumstances :—About three weeks back, in giving a dose to M. Dauphole's filly Laure, he received a slight bite in the arm. He at first neglected the wound, and gangrene set in a few days back and carried him off after great suffering. THE LATE MDLLE. TITIENS.—A London corres- pondent writes: Some rather sharp things are being said about the friends of the late Mdlle. Titiens. It is pointed out that they are trying to get up a memorial to her by means of a public subscription, yet at the same time it is announced that all her personal effects are to be sold by auction. It is not as though she had been a poor woman, and her relatives were compelled to take this course. The deceased actress left nearly £ 50,000, which Figaro states to be the largest fortune, save one, ever made on the stage, and which was earned while she was supporting nearly r3 all her relatives. Fortunately, the prevalent rumour that she had sunk her fortune in Mr. 1 Mapleson's new opera-house was without founda- tion. She died in opulence, and thus there is no, excuse for putting up to auction her clothes and iewela.
,THE MARQUIS OF LORNE.
THE MARQUIS OF LORNE. A correspondent writes that "there is good reason to believe that the Marquis of Lorne will shortly be raised to the peerage. In anticipation of this event arrangements are being made by a number of the lairds of Argyllshire (which county the Marquis represents in the Liberal interest) to obtain the seat for the Conservatives. The gentle- man to be brought forward is Mr. Wnigficld Mal- colm, jun., of Baltalloch. It is possible that a Liberal leader will also be brought forward."
DEPRESSION IN THE CLEVELAND…
DEPRESSION IN THE CLEVELAND IRON TRADE; SALE OF IRONWORKS. On Tuesday, at Middlesbro', a valuable series of blast furnaces and colliery property in liquidation were offered for sale by auction. The first to be offered were the Lackenby Ironworks in Cleve- land consisting of three blast furnaces now in operation, and seventy acres of leasehold land for 99 years. The bidding commenced at £ 30,000, when Mr, Fletcher, the London liquidator, put in the reserve of £ 45,000. The bidding con- tinued from that figure between Bolckow. Vaughan and Co., Limited, and Mr. Dodds, M.P., the latter being the purchaser at £ 50,100. He also bought West Hunwick Colliery at £2050. For the South Durham Iron Company's three blast furnaces at Darlington, and 1G acres of freehold land, no bid was made, as was the case with another iron works last week, such property being at a great discount, as shown by the fact that several other similar properties have been in the market for a long period, for which no pur chaser can be found.
LADIES' TEMPERANCE CONFERENCE.
LADIES' TEMPERANCE CONFERENCE. A largely attended and important Conference of ladies was held on Tuesday in the Masonic Hall, Birmingham, under the auspices of the British Women's Temperance Association. Mrs. Lucas, sister to Mr. John Bright, M.P., occupied the chair, and there was a good attendance of dele- gates from various parts of the country. A paper was read by Mrs. Professor Fowler, M.D., Lon- don, on "The hereditary influences of alcohol," in which it was claimed that the tendencies to drink were transmitted by drinking parents to their children, who either became victims of drink, or their intellectual faculties were impaired, which was crue to children. Mrs. Parker, of Dundee, president of the Internat onal Woman's Christian Temperance Union, also spoke, and, an illuminated address of sympathy was presented to the association by the Grand Lodge of England Good Templars. A large public meet- ing was held in the evening, when Mrs. Gould, wife of the American Consul, presided. Addresses were delivered by Mrs. Lucas, Mr. Councillor White, chairman of the Improvement Courts 01 the Town Council, and others.
MR. MACDONALD, M.P., ON COLLIERY…
MR. MACDONALD, M.P., ON COLLIERY EXPLOSIONS. The first of a series of meetings to urge the im- portance of adopting some general means of re- stricting the output of coal previous to a confer- ence of the miners of the country, to be held in Manchester during December,took place on Monday at Wigan. The chief speaker was Mr. Macdonald. M.P., who, speaking on the subject of explosions, said that wherever gas was not diluted and ren- dered harmless, wherever human lives were taken away through a colliery explosion, wherever an arm wasmained or a limb destroyed, thatwas a crime— at least in his opinion—against the law of the coun- try and in the sight of heaven, and ought to be so considered by intelligent men. During the last 26 years 95 per cent. of the lives lost in colliery disasters were traceable to neglect on the part of the managers of mines and the bad regulations. Speaking of the present state of the coal trade, he said it was a fallacy to call it depressed when there was more coal being wound. Dur- ing the last few years there had been an increase in the output, and 1877 would show a still further increase. The real cause why coal wassocheapwasowingtothe ex raordinaryamount of capital brought into the coal trade during the good times in 1873, mainly due to the action of company promoters in London. As to the remedy to be adopted, he argued that the production must be lessened, and to do this less hours must be worked. He advised them to discuss the ques- tion at their own collieries and boards, and to send representatives to the forthcoming confer- ence in Manchester, in order that the action to be taken by the men might be a united one. (Cheers.)
GREAT FIRE IN IRELAND.
GREAT FIRE IN IRELAND. A fire broke out in High street, Portadown, on Sunday night, and, spreading rapidlv, destroyed property estimated to be worth £ 40,000.
- BURSTING OF A WATER MAIN.
BURSTING OF A WATER MAIN. On Oct. 26th a main of the Chelsea Water Works Company burst at the corner of Bremer street, T'uck- ingham Palace road, opening up a gap I in the road four feet deep and several teet :1cru, The water rose high in the air, and rushing along the road swamped the adjoining shops. A hansom cab and a cart, be- longing to Messrs. Walling and Co., fell into the gap. The driver of the cab was severely shaken. Barriers 'Were immediately erected, and the traffic was diverted.
THE DETECTIVE FORCE.
THE DETECTIVE FORCE. We are informed that Col. Henderson, acting under Mr. Cross' orders, has introduced certain new but only provisional measures in connection with the Metropoli- tan detective force. The measures are said to be the establishment of an entirely new department at Scot- land yard, to be known as the Department of Crime. and of which department Mr. J. K. Davis, legal adviser to the commissioner is to be chief: the aboli- tion of the name" detective," and the substitution for it of officer of the department of crime;" the placing of inquiries in difficult cases into the hands of super- intendents and inspectors of divisions and sub-divisions; and the reporting to Mr. Davis of all undetected easea.
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The Glasgow News states that on October 24th it was reported at the Southern Police Office that it., A bouse at 85, Cavendish street, a woman was found ill it, bed, and the dead bodies of two newly born infanta in a state of decomposition lying Oil Is ihelf, wrapped up in paper. It is stated that torn* friends called on the 16th October, when the VODU residing in the house admitted giving birth to twits chiidr^r.
EARL BEACONSFIELD AND GLASGOW…
EARL BEACONSFIELD AND GLASGOW UNIVERSITY. The Principal of Glasgow University has re- ceived the following letter from Earl Beacons- field:— 10, Downing street, Whitehall, Oct. 26th, 1877. Dear Mr. Principal,—I have always hoped that during this autumn, in retiring from the post of Lord Rector of your university, I might person- ally have bade farewell to my constituents, but the great pressure of public affairs and my indifferent health at last convince me that this would not only be imprudent, but is impossible. May I then, through you, express to them my regret at this not slight disappointment, and assure them that their original confidence, and still more the repeti- tion of their kind feelings are among the happiest and proudest moments of my life. "Believe me, ever sincerely yours, BEACONSFIELD."
THE MASONS' STRIKE IN LONDON.
THE MASONS' STRIKE IN LONDON. A "Central News" telegram states:—The thirty-nine Canadian masons on their arrival from Liverpool on Tuesday morning at the Midland Railway Station, Kentish Town, were taken to the White Horse Tavern, Fetter lane, instead of to Mr. Dove's Works, Islington, as originally in- tended. During the day they were constantly visited and treated by delegates from the Central Strike Committee, and a very larje proportion of them were induced to go off with the men on strike to the Sun Inn, Mason street. Very if.w of them are expected to go to work. About two- thirds of their number areFrenchCanadians. They frankly admit that the agent who engaged them told them all about the strike here, and that their contracts were signed with a full knowledge of the fact. Their tools were consigned to the agents of the master builders as a pledge for the fulfil ment of the engagement. The Canadian agent 11 zml 11 reports that an emissary from the Masons' Society had arrived in Canada, and was going about amongst Canadian masons threatening them with sure death if they went to England to work. and telling them, amongst other falsehoods, that the mayor of Montreal had been advised by the Lord Mayor of London that no Canadian workmen would be safe there. In the letter addressed to each of the men he engaged, this agent says, "I want you to understand that the men arc on strike in England, having refused the wages now offered to you, namely, ninepence, or eighteen cents per hour. The master builders are getting tired of men refusing to work and striking at pleasure, and have determined to put a stop to this, and are applying abroad for help to carry out their contracts."
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The death is announced from Vienna of Her! von Her beck, director of music at the Austrian Court. The floods at Bridgend, Glamorganshire, nave subsided. The inhabitants of the town have, however, appointed a deputation to wait on the president of the Local Government Board for his advice and assistance in taking measures to avert the disastrous effects of these periodical floods. It is proposed to found a high school for the city of Oxford, the mayor, aldermen, and citizens having long felt a reproach that, being the site of one of the most ancient and famous of the Univer- sities of Europe, it has been absolutely without any recognised grammar school available for the sons of the citizens. Two DEATHS FROM HYDROPHOBIA.—An inquest was held on Monday night in London by Dr. Ilardwicke on the body of Mrs. Elizabeth Roth- weH Dobell, the wife of a grocer living in the Weedington road. Evidence was given that or. September 16 she was bitten in the thick part oi the thumb by a pet dog, but took little heed of the injury at first. The dog, having afterwards bitten ù, cat and a kitten, was destroyed with prussic acid, and then Mrs. Dobell had the wound in her hand cauterised; but she became alarmed, shuddered at the sigbt of water, refused food, and ultimately expired of hydrophobia. The jury returned a verdict 01 death from natural causes.—In another case. Richard Cheshire, a clerk on the London and North Western Railway, was bitten on Sept. 27 last by a mad dog, on the St. Albans road, Watford, and lingered in great suffering till Sun- day last, when he expired. He leaves a wife and three children. ALARMING OCCURRENCE IN SHROPSHIRE.—A fort- night ago the Vicar of Stirchly (the Rev. Hugo Morton Phillips) was placed in his last home in Strichly churchyard, at the ripe old age of 80; tinoe then his faithful clerk, also over 80, and who, like his master, officiated over 50 years in \h« same church, has also been gathered to his fathers. Just as the congregation wore assembling for divine service on Sunday morning in the church in which they were wont to hear the familiar voice of their late pastor, the church suddenly parted down the side walls, as well as entirely across the ceiling and roof, causing the greatest consternation amongst those within the sacred edifice, most of whom ran outside, whilst a few remained underneath a massive arch with apparent safety during the service. The qn&int old church, dedicated to St. James, was built in the year 1100, and is consequently over 700 year. old. Not only have the panahionert lott their vicar and clerk, but their church he. 9 altio given T/av.
RAILWAY COLLISION NEAR MANCHESTER.
RAILWAY COLLISION NEAR MANCHESTER. Between eight and nine o'clock on Monday, an alarm- ing collision took place at Ordsall Lane Station, near Manchester, on the London and North-Western Rail- Manchester, on the London and North-Western Rail- way. The passenger train which leaves Liverpool for Leeds at seven o'clock was approaching the station, when it overtook and ran into an engine and tender, which was on the same line, and pre- ceding it. The passenger train was going at a good speed, and therefore the shock was a serious one. Comparatively little damage was, however, done to the rolling stock, but the passengers were roughly shaken, and several of them have sustained injury. The only dangerous case was that of Mr. Wm. Herbert Dawson, a warehouseman residing at Eccles. He was taken to the Manchester Royal Infirmary in a helpless 3tate. In the same compartment with him were two other passengers; one of them, a lady, had one eye injured, and the other passenger was severely shaken.
MR. GLADSTONE ON THE COUNTY…
MR. GLADSTONE ON THE COUNTY FRANCHISE. Mr. Gladstone contributes to the Nineteenth Cen- an article on The County Franchise, and Mr. Lowe thereon." He observes that the real objection to the proposed extension is the unwillingness of the farming class to enable their labourers to vote at all; and that the opposition of the Government was based on party motives which could not be avowed. Mr. on party motives which could not be avowed. Mr. Gladstone goes on to say that both Mr. Lowe and himself must be prepared to stand the recoil of their own guns, and that they have no right to withhold the franchise on the ground that the peltslwtrywill in the long run follow the parson and the squire. He suggests that the working of our Parliamentary system is not determined exclusively by the condi- tions of the franchise or the distribution of seats. The old system prior to 1832 was not condemned on its working demerits, but for anomaly and irregularity, and especially the exclusion of the middle class; and if that class had no divine right, then it must be asked whether any other class of the male com- munity, or indeed the mass of the community, had its qualifications. He did not recommend leaps in the dark. Believing that we have light enough, lie considers we had practically to deal with the question of household suffrage in the counties, and that the qualification strictly speaking is only a question of degree. The inequality alleged as an objection is in- herent in all representative institutions. Referring to the qualifications for Parliamentary life, he considers nothing can make up for a falling off in the voung men whom we need for the coming time. In conclusion, he says, let us not exasperate the nation by witholding the franchise from that moiety not least qualified to use it well.
GLOVE FIGHT FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP…
GLOVE FIGHT FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE WORLD. Another of these exhibitions took rlace at Sadlers Wells Theatre, on Mondav, between Tom Allen, of Bir- mingham, and Tompkin Gilbert, of Lincoln, for the so- called championship of the world and £100. Outside the theatre, a large body of constables were massed previous to the fight, and though perfect order pre- vailed among the people awaiting admittance, there were general anticipations of an official inter- position. Sparring preceded the more serious business, and this entertainment was opened by Rollins, of Hull, and Pat Perry, of Birmingham, in which the former was utterly at sea. When at last Tom Allen, stripped to the waist and wearing drawers to the knees, stepped into the ring, his imposing frame sent what betting existed to very long odds in his favour. His height is five feet ten inches, and his weight on Monday was exactly fourteen stone eleven. He was in tolerable conditirn, and perfectly confident. Tomkin Gilbert by his side appeared a mere stripling; in height five feet seven and a half, his proportions were small compared with those of his opponent. He was still extremely fleshy, and his lack of muscle was remarkable. Scaling only twelve stone ten, he was at once seen to be at a great disadvantage. His supporters. however, displayed amusing belief in his prowess. He was seconded by Jein Dillon and Tarrant, of Notting- ham; Allen's seconds being Bat Mullins and Bill Driscoll, both of the west end of London. Round 1 furnished perhaps the most singular exhibition the ring has ever produced. Meeting in the centre of the 24 feet arena, the men sparred for several moments to discover each other's peculiarities. On the part of Allen this display demonstrated the highest science, but his antagonist indulged in a succession of extraordinary antics that positively electriiied the spec- tators. He had no position, but hopped about, picked his feet up, and shrugged his shoulders, as an astonished pugilist remarked, like a French dancing master." Allen led off, but being somewhat slow, the blow was evaded, and Gilbert capered about with apparently the most exuberant glee. Allen, how- ever, presently stepped in, and delivered bis left flush on his opponent's nose, drawing blood. Gilbert skipped away in a knowing manner. but Allen, striding up to him, hit away with both hands, punishing the bewildered Lincoln man severely. The second, third, and fourth rounds lasted hardly half a minute each, Gilbert being coolly pushed to the ground. In the fifth round Gilbert opened with determination, and followed his man all round the ring; but the smile on Allen's countenance spoke volumes, and he closed the round with a straight knock down blow. The Lincoln boxer had now abandoned all his buoyancy of movement. He seemed to realise his absurd situation and nervously re- treated. Allen followed closely, hit him a^ain and again without returns, laughed at his opponent's efforts and did what he liked. After slogging" right and left in the seventh round Allen threw his antagonist and Dillon claimed a foul, but it was dis- allowed. Gilbert then declined further hostilities, and Allen was proclaimed champion of the world after a scene not absolutely brutal, but certainly pitiable and ludicrous.
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The recent heavy rains have caused a disastrous flood in the Irwell, and many of the lower portions of Broughton, near Manchester, are under water. The-Elizabeth Taylor has arrived at Bristol, from Wilmington, with the mate dead, and the captain and two of the crew seriously ill, it was believed from yellow fever, but the sanitary officer certifies freedom from contagious disease. "WHAT'S IT'S REAL VALUE?"—"The Price She Paid is the title of a new novel. We don't know what the article was, but it is safe to say if she bought it at an auction, and another woman there was desirous of becoming the owner also, the price she paid was more than four times as much as it was worth.-American paper. THE FATAL RAILWAY COLLISION NEAR NORTH- AMPTON.—On Monday a coroner's jury at North- ampton returned their verdict in the case of the fatal railway collision at Castle Ashby, on the 18th Oct., between a Midland passenger train and a North Western ballast train. The jury found Inspector Gibson, of Northampton, and Signalman Gardener, of Castle Ashby, guilty of manslaughter. CHURCH DISPUTE AT BLACKBURN.—The worship- pers at St. Peter's Church, Blackburn, are at loggerheads with the Rev. E. A. Ilignett, whom they designate a High Church Vicar. He is attempting to introduce Hymns Ancient and Modern in opposition to the congregation. The vicar, in a special address, has expressed his determination to enforce the high sacramental character of the Prayer Book. THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH AND His FIDDLE.—A Loudon correspondent says An interesting story is being told about the Duke of Edinburgh. One day he thought lie would beguile the tedium of life in Besika Bay by a little music. The admiral and the chief officers of the fleet duly gathered on the quarter-deck of the Sultan to hear His I Royal Highness perform. His music was on its stand, liis fiddle was in his hand, and after a good, deal of tuning the strings and rosining the bow the Duke made a start. But he soon came to a stop; then he began again, and again there was a halt. Then the Royal fiddler, with (so the chronicler says) a blush, though that must be in- accurate, said, "I beg pardon, gentlemen, I cannot play to-day. I have forgotten the tune." So there was no opportunity of testing if music bath sufficient charms to soothe the savage Turks. A JOURNALIST CONVICTED OF FRAUD.—At the Central Criminal Court, London, on Saturday, before Mr. Commissioner Kerr, Henry Kirk Swann, 38, described as a journalist, was indicted for obtaining £100 by false pretences. The pro- secutor was a young man named Arthur Simmons. In September last he answered an advertisement in a, newspaper for a clerk and cashier. This brought him into communication with the defendant, who I was the proprietor of a newspaper published at Lich- field called the Lichfield Chronicle. He represented that he required a clerk at 30s. a week salary, but he wanted JE100 as security, The prosecutor sent down a cheque for £ 100, but when he went down to Lichfield to enter upon his duties he found the paper had stopped and the offices were shut up. The prisoner could not be found, but lie subse- quently sent a letter to the prosecutor promising to repay the money with 5 per cent, interest. The prisoner was convicted and sentenced to twelvp months'hard labour ==— ■»- Michael Dodd was committed for trial in Dublin on Tuesday, on a charge of wilful murder of his wife. The Earl of Beaconsfield arrived at Eridge Castle, on Monday, on a visit to the Marquis of Abergavenny. The by-law which the Liverpool Town Council for some time have had in contemplation, render- ing it imperative for all velocipedists to carry bells, was passed on Monday. The Bristol Times records the death of the Rev- J. B. Riddle, M.A.. vicar of St. Thomas, in that city. The Clergy List gives the vicarage of St. Thomas, which is in the gift of the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, as worth £120 a year. The chairman of the Greenock Provident Bank stated at a meeting of shareholders that £312,000 had been lost in wages during the lock-out on the Clyde, while £ 156,000 had been spent by the trade unions to support the men out of employ- ment. Two MEN BURSED TO DEATH.—Two labourers, named Thomas Morgan and James White, have died from injuries received in a fire which occurred on Monday on the premises of Messrs- J. Fry the and Co., wholesale fancy cabinet manu- facturers, of High road, Ealing. Damage amount- ing to nearly £ 40,000 was done. Seven other buildings were greatly injured by fire and water. A memorial was on Monday presented to the Liverpool Town Council calling attention to a shocking case of hydrophobia which had occurred,. the victim being a boy who had been bitten by a stray dog, and urged that stringent precautions should be taken to prevent such animals from in- festing the streets. The memorial was referred to the head constable, it being understood that he would take decisive measures. Charles Bangle, a servant, was on Monday charged at the Marylebone Police Court with stealing 84 spoons, two salt-cellars, a diamond ring, two gold chains, one bracelet, one locket, four t5 Bank of England notes, £5 in gold, and a number of forks, dessert knives, and other pro- perty, altogether valued at £ 150j belonging to Miss Hannah Maria Chambers, in whose service he was living as butler. He made no defence, and was committed for trial. Herbert Moore, described as a gentleman, of 10, King street, Grosvenor square, on Monday, was charged at the Worship street police court with having assaulted Mary Ann Cocks, a governess, in a second-class carriage on the Great Eastern Railway, and further with having at- tempted to bribe a police constable. Mr. Hannay said it was a case for a jury, and fully committed the accused for trial at the sessions, fixing his bail at two sureties in £100 each, and himself in £-100. WIT IN THE NORTH.—There is something very ruthless about the shafts of wit occasionally dis- charged from the gallery. Charles Mathews has recently been on a tour in the north, playing My Awful Dad." The lively farce was preceded by a melodrama, long drawn out, at the pro- longation of which the gallery, anxious for the appearance of their favourite, showed much impatience. At length a voice from above was heard to say, "Look sharp, or Charley'11 be too old to play!"—May fair. A LIGHTHOUSE-KEEPER DROWNED.—Intelligence reached Penzance on Tuesday, from the Land's End, that one of the lighthouse-keepers of the Longships Lighthouse had been washed off and drowned. The accident happened last week, but the rough weather prevented any communica- tion, and it was only by signalling that the news was ascertained. The name of the deceased was Boyle. He was a young unmarried man. This is the second or third accident of the kind that has happened within the last few years. A DOUBLE MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.— A Brussels correspondent, writing on Sunday, says:—A terrible crime has been committed here this morning. A shoemaker of the name of De Brackelaere was lying in wait for his wife—from whom he has been living separated for some time before the church where she had gone with her landlady. When they came out of the church he stabbed them both with a large knife, and next himself. The two women expired almost imme- diately, and the assassin, who is severely wounded, was brought to the hospital. WORKING MEN AND THE PARIS EXHIBITION.— Working men's excursion clubs to next year's Great Exhibition in Paris are in course of forma- tion in many parts of the metropolis. The men are to pay into the hands of the treasurer one or two shillings weekly, according to the time they join, so that each will have to his credit this time twelve months £5. 4s. The working men who visited Paris during the Exposition of 1867 were able to stay a week in that city for £ 5. 2s. 6d., and it is believed that next year's trip will cost no more per head. The movement may be imitated with advantage in other great centres. HABITUAL FEMALE DRUNKARDS.—A meeting was held at the Mansion House, London, on Monday, the Lord Mayor presiding, to take steps for pro- viding an industrial home for women who have become habitual drunkards. Dr. A. Carpenter moved, and the Ordinary of Newgate seconded, a resolution affirming that drunkenness had greatly increased, which, as well as another resolution to establish a home for female habitual drunkards, was passed. It was also resolved, on the motion of Mr. Morlev, M.P., that the committee and the Lord Mayor be requested to organise a deputation to wait upon the Home Secretary, to urge the ne- cessity of such legislation as migl t lessen the evil resulting from the use of intoxicating drinks. A GUNPOWDER EXPLOSION.—A powder mill at Millesimo, Italy, belonging to the Count Zerbini, blew up a few evenings back. Only one man was on the premises, and he was asleep. The quan- tity of powder in the building was about seven hundredweight, and it blew up in two portions, at intervals of a few minutes. The first part de- stroyed the roof, and threw down the wall of the room in which the man was in bed. He rushed through the breach, and had not got far before the second explosion sent around him a shower of bricks and rubbish, but he escaped unhurt. The building and machinery were totally destroyed. The disaster is attributed to spontaneous gene- ration of heat in the paste in course of prepara- tion. An interesting marriage was celebrated the other day at Moscow, the bride being a lady of considerable beauty, boundless wealth, and aged twenty-two. The bridegroom was four-score and six, and his profession was that of begging. The fact is, that the young lady's fortune could come to her only upon marriage. Her relatives had nxed upon a parti who was particularly obnoxious to her. Still she wanted her fortune, and accord- mgly she cast her thoughts upon an old beggar man to whom she had been generous for some years, and she undertook to pay him 300 roubles if he would marry her and straightway depart, never to see her any more. These conditions he cheerfully accepted, and the marriage took place, all the beggars of the town assembling to see the ceremony.—May fair. TnE DFKE OF TECK ON CRICKET.—At the annual dinner of the Richmond Cricket Club, on Satur- day, Sir Henry W. Peek, M.P., presiding, the Duke of Teck replied to the toast of his health and that of the Princess Mary, and said he was very pleased to meet so many members of the Richmond Cricket Club, of which he was a very poor patron. He had great admiration for the game of cricket and began to take lessons, but he only learnt that he was too old to learn. The more he saw of cricket the more convinced he was how greatly that and other such games had in- fluenced the national character. There was no cc doubt, moreover, that it had a most beneficial effect upon the health of the individual as well as upon the character of the nation, and for this reason alone, if for no other, he hoped the fond- ness for the game of cricket would never diminish in this land. A CLANDESTINE GAMING TABLE.-The Correc- tional Tribunal of Marseilles has just had before it a charge of keeping a gambling house, brought by the police against M. Henri de Possel, 50 years of age, belonging to a good family of the district. He had led an idle and irregular life, and was long connected with the Turf. In 1870 he had exten- sive transactions with the Government of National Defence to supply horses, by which he made a profit of 300,000f. He soon, however, dissipated it, and then opened an establishment which he called the "Cercle Litteraire," but which, how- ever, was nothing more than a clandestine gaming table, to which young men were enticed and then fleeced by sharpers. The accused had taken flight, but the tribunal condemned him by default to the maximum penalty, six months' imprisonment and GOOOf. fine. De Possel was the unole of GuGrin,. who committed suicide a few months ago at Monaco, after a heavy loss at play.