English News.

Clutha Leader, Volume II, Issue 68, 28 October 1875, Page 7

English News.

! Mrpii^s*h^ friends, left London for Hamburg for a time^Ja , *.. „- a.XA XVOMAUAaM. Thiers dacjinps; ,tprppserc*he Senate., -* H^.prefers the Lo^ei^p^e^,,^- | ■ Birmingham is , manufapturirigi wa> material for Germany, j France^ arid Japan.. v . . . A'AiA * y> A ii{ Alexander. Cpllip i6,;s!ujpbsed to, h^ye. fled "to Buenos .Ay'ifes^.';.,, • T ','> ! : ; ) //„ AA^A, The exports to New Zealand amount L 283,750. '--•■;• ..""• •"''■>,•"■ '■ i! '* — ;; ; TheJUexandra at the .Gloucester docks, [ has; been; destroyed.. _, _ 3 . . a. A A fire; at* RyiefF; ,;' : in ftussia^has 96-? i stroyed 300 houses." { Seventeen liy f es were, lost;, and twenty injured.; by ,ari- .^xplosibri ; on boa.ro! a Spanish steamboat. ' ■'"■-'■"-'-' , A lady from Batfi named, JVtain waring and one of hersons haye.died atHeideP berg from- eating- poisonous fungi in mistake for mushrobhis/l A ■'. I *\ ',7 Subscriptions ;haye , been ..started by working men for the erection oi a statue to Plimsoll near the East-enddpcks. ' The Prince of Wales' visit tb" Sheffield was a distinguished success.. The Prince and "family afterwards left for Scotland.} .-, * .*;.,. „,;,, '. The Duke of Edinburgh has. , nepn handsomely entertained in Russia jpy his father-in-law-A scheme for army organisation will: engage Mr Gathorne Hardy's -'attention ' during the recess. , The Indian 1 Financial Statement was! made by Lord George Hamilton on the 9th of August. •''--' - .-.-.;■ j The cost of Moody and Sankey'sj London mission f *was, -.oyer.; L28,00Q.. This was slightly m.orp than the receipts., 1 The; P. and. Q,; Company have purchased two new steamers pf -3,000, tpns; each, and have another building of 3,400 tons. -■■ ■ "' , A terrible railway accident has taken place on the Midland line, near- Skipton. •Seven lives were 105t... At the final, meeting of, the Cospat-I rick Relief Fund, a balance of L 542 was distributed amongst the several applicants. „--. .-, „ A statement that Cardinal Manning was adiriitted to the Royal circle and introduced tp„ the Queen at a garden party has been denied, , ■[*,>■ *.-.;■;- j An amendment proposed by Smollett; \ condemning the. policy of borrowing large sums each year without regard tp the income, was negatived by 66 : .to; 31*1 Very heavy rains have occurred in India,.causing floods and J[oss_of life ori the Delhi and Punjaub line, besides great damage to property. . ', • A schism has taken place between Mr Whalley and Dr Kenealy. • The former refuses to accept the political leadership ofthe latter! . _ _•-_'..■.

A marked decrease has taken place during the past year in the amount of emigration from the. Clyde to Canada arid the United States.

A testimonial of the value of L 1530 was presented to Mr and Mrs S. C. Hall, of the > Art Journal./ by.the.Earl. of Shaftsbury, in cbmmembratiori of their golden wedding. Complaints have been raised about Colonel Baker's sentence. The question of his military status has been. settled by the Queen signing his dismissal. Elizabeth Panneli is in pustody at Petersfield, near Portsmouth, for pouring furniture polish into the mouth of an infant as it lay asleep. - - • . It is estimated that there Were over! a, million dollars' worth of coral obtained last year from the Mediterranean by the coral-gatherers of Naples. The Duke of Connaught has arrived at Berlin, after visiting the Grand Duke, of Baden. The Duke has been promoted from the raLk of captain to that of major in the Seventh Hussars. Michael Murphy was sentenced to death at the Central Criminal Court, for the murder of Charles Jacques, in, Eastham Road. Prisoner, in a fit of delirumtremens+ji&dA'vrithout any provocation beaten cjeceased to death. .. . The King of Italy has made a prejsent to the. Queen of six handsome arid highbred Italian ponies;, four , chesnuts (t\yo entire and two geldings) and ..two ' r gr|ey mares, which reacbed the<Rpyal Mews, Piralico, in safety and good condition. : Fobt-and- Mouth ".disease has : brokleii

out amongst Eter . Majesty's, hjerd iof Shorthorns at Hampton .Court. Be*-, tween 40 and 50 animals are under veterinary treatment. „ „ ... - Dr r "Vatice- Smith .Quo .of *. the .l^ew Testainerit Revision Committee, told a •meeting at Wolverhampton that the* * revision would, he thought,~occupy nve years yet. • ,_ , At the. Norwich Assizes. recentl-j|, a special jury awarded 1 .Mr Gilman, solicitor, Norwich, *£6457..as .compensation for injuries received in the Thotpe collision', pn the -GreatEastern Railway. Dr Eenealy, speaking at a Tichboi-ne meeting at vHollowayy:denpunc6d in^ strong language .the lenient sentence, on Colonel Baker,. ,which, he said, would . not have-been-pronouncad. if there had been . triennial .Parliaments. . , - , A melancholy accident occured--near Bargeri. totfeK -a sitpmantip- spot* in ; Three eld,erly lady .visitors were bping et very slleep hill, when thS' "shaft of the dogcart -WafjM sho^ff^ahxl-th^ whole ofthe • occuipants were, thrown put , .Two! of were \lstyJwtiiffitiffijt and t%l drivef^ftjyouftgsm^j-lianot expected to recover. The, -third lady was also severely injuriedi . ; U j

i Goyßtef^sgrlv^ of^buth^AusjtHiraFhl^e^ ;mander of the Me^offS® Michael and [St. George. Mr JS. A. Weld, Governor jo^Ta^spa^iajj^id D;r* Hector, of New l^bland, ! 4iave been- Wade -'fc/binpahibiuj jof the s^r-M Qrd?r^ 7ff tr „, T cr ' - | Ken^alyV^son sent a l ' challenge to ;Maj6rDieklbn*j ori account of his speech j ufcithMHausea'of finmmrind q ourrColpnel ; R^jter's^case*; ty pie, suggestion pf the ' Speaker, Disraeli, and the Duke of ! Cambridge, to whom the matter J was ; ref^n-jre*^, ..^the .-.Jattpr^watf treated with I contemptuous silence. " *'"''. i .*■ A frightful catastrophe is reported rit Barcelona. ,The'J { Spanish";^Steamer Express was'"bj < b\yn' 'up .'jin' 1 tne *har»or lately through 1 the 1 explosion of some wrif jmafeHaltwith'jwhibhKshe/W&s being loaded.-, r-Fifty pepons are said to have been killed.' \ *Cafdfndi !:; Maffiuingi- iri 4S re6mving'a deputation— of ■ Maltese "residents - in Ebnddn, delive-rbd a'fi address? touchirig on- the <*■ tendenpyiof - Europe, and the probability of .-sanguinary war, from] .which the 1 ParjaPy Would ' emerge with renewed powfer.:-. :<, . ; •*. •-- >.., '"', A't/the.l4v6r|ipP"l ; PbliPe r CbUrt on one da"y^'a;wb^ frial pnua c'b'arge pf fra'ctUririg^ the.-skull^bf a ; man. With -a poker '; anolpier womari.was i charged! with) " f sariously : wounding a person on the head :. with a door, key ; another; was • sent to jail for violently; assaulting a. person with ,a stone, and: a fourth .woman "was remanded on ai charge! of, freaking" *tlie, arm of a person who refused to'giye her a penny towards a pint of beer. . y,- . . ... " A A- *' During Ja severe: a; young man named Nicholas Woodman; was struck dead by lightnirig' ;, at Haydon Bage, Northumberland. Thej horse he wa^ridipg was also killed, as' was the horse ol.agigclpse by.' ,The/-Ppt'ei^prpugh' Advertiser \ says; that "acentendrian named' Allen Barsby! whose age' is 'proved •by 'the" parish register. - He is -hearty, can see to read, and can wall^^-the^axden. A te!£gi)su#*fr^ ' Con-f tinjm&tfHWpV|i§ay^ : Theipriest, Don G^il'-^rimd^^y ;l^aria^4fes. been i-Eftted. iriNa^well of G^^MSeAWdnndlA^n the Grand Terr|f^£^yp^posed,tp be act of "IWslljt^^^ are .spjMete; nß;^l^y ;l»!e|[fißVft small car-*-**s|||:^ and^e^Elia^ J'-* 9 Press calls ? ljfp"r; :.*a J iriodincatibh of the proflgjHiVtlW^ aXa;* j - j £$bltfo | B>rijaud< I d^^^w^i^ .Bsan 5 : Prince CKarles'bf Bavaria"; " Professor Smith of Dublin; Lord Grantly, Water|lpo hero j William . Bennet, veteran actor. * " ' '"* ; ' * - * ' '----.."• .'.' j i The fppt-and-mouth disease is rapidly spreading in , England arid Irelapd. Meanwhile the stringent regulaitipris threaten to stop the importations. The . : price of meat is already advancing, and the public are growing anxious. - - A sham .fight took place near Belfast between two armies of'Orangeirien, J one of the.m, decked* in green to represent the forces bf James 11 , the other in orange as representing the battallioris of William. There was a vast coricourse of spectators; At the' Police - ourt the Mayor thanked the citizens for the good temper displayed on the previous day. . A marriage occurred the other day at Carnarvon under peculiarly romantic circumstances. The. bridegroom was a returned convict! .and at l the time ofthe wedding was awaiUrig. his trial at the Assizes for. theft. .The bride had assisted bipa in his thieving enterprise, and was also waiting to be tried. On the morning of the wedding the* two: lovers were escbrtbd by the police to the Roman Qailiblic Chanel, where.. they were united together in , the bbrids of matrimony A Irririiediately after the - ceremony they, took . thsir departure ,to the Assize dpurt.. where, they .were arraigned before" Lord Coleridge, and' .convicted of ..the' crinre~ laid to; their charge. The bridegroom was psen^ _ tepced to .five years'., penal seryitude,arid*the' bride' to ''six' months' iiriprisori- • merit, with hard labour. •:*.. * : . Mr J-yfponey^.an.extensive^ wine apd spirit merchant, ancl a gehtleiriari highly respebted in Dublin,* has been arretted on a charge of; grossly .assaulting; a 7ma^riedla4y,na / n^ed ( Milton inA^ailwjay carriage^ bet Weed Dublin" ahd Drtfghbda.' : ,The .Russian :wprld> anppunpes; the formation in ,S| .P.eter^b.urg.,pj' a.rjtpcipty of ladies .who have renounced the usp of . -siM dresses-arid -^eryLlQther larird of ex;pensive atire,iP; order, to fimpipy, jhe : money._ so saved in the education 1 of poor, .orphans. tj( z jariies Kingf, tf^sfoCKirian, while conveying the prlip bull J'.. lJey don Duke" to' the BVentWobd Agricultural Show, entered tbb trUck to ascertain if the animal wes secuifeTy fastened, and *^vas ihen. attacked "bjj the bull .arid kill edj. The iitfse against J^P*rris Willjaih-3, a< draper, charged with abducting O'dptain, Thomas? driughtieri a- -Wealthy- heiress^, was dismissed by the Carnarvon-Magis-trates-, the young lady; having left home -of her own free Lwilh ; t ;.... y... y. ( . *. ,Au At a * < Spelling-bee";which l taQk-piace in the Music Hail,-Boston,.n.S,A., jthe •cpntestan|s were. fifty b,pys ( |elec^ed^rpni < the "ni-^ier schools of the City, ang -pfty editors^eportersjprQfesapra a,nd printers . ■ Thefpcmtest a^length i^ar^pwpd down toj - -**"*■**- -*-^ **-J- »<fc- wJ _ i tl. fata J.|-*^ 1* *"*" '-* *^» **!■* **• !'''■*•" *■* J a printer and one or the^poys. wheß, the - 7i.*fti~ tit's *WK?Tr«>O , 15 -I!S:m.'j "j. ■d-rnl-ii^ -rwAA •-.- typo &*W i & ' riiisspert : ttte~ * « : cbttn]waDl^ ,,,^^'lictory wli-i de'clarpdi for the'boy^ . .;*•>-* v.,,^.-**.- 1 , -«*.*.,'-» --'-."I