News by the Mail.

Clutha Leader, Volume II, Issue 85, 24 February 1876, Page 7

News by the Mail.

' 'Qiq % Ljverppol Town Council decided Ho erect in' one of the niches of-'-St. Georges-H all, a statue to the late Mt • ~/~Graves,-jfcf.P.*. ?. . -.-'•.. .v"\ jji ":' : .t-.;'C The Duke of Buccleuch v has: just con- : 'tribute^ £100 -to the rinnds .of the „j f Society "for the Incretse of the; Home v #?-'*:■ -* ; Mr Gibson, M.P., who Vas present at the \ Historical ji^ajpsr*s ' meeting-, at Dublin, denied a statement - -made in the opening* < address, Y.to the ./-effect that Ireland ;was | povertystricken. He ,• alleged tliati the savings : .of the peopleexceed.ed lastyearj's by two ." Jinillions,- and tnat tSe ;; stream of--Gmi-fgration was. steadily diminishing. An inquiry was held on the body' of „. Edwin Russell, who died from the effects of a blow, near his right , ; eye, "from Robert Ghadwick, a member of the Oldham Town Council. The .verdict of thejury was^justifiable homicide. A verdict of £1000 has been obtained inithe High Court of Justice by Mr : Edmonds, solicitor, : of Newent, Glou-, * cestershire,. for libel against the Western Mail,' of Cardiff, for a report and an article, on unfounded charges/ of the wilful of his wife,* made against the plain tiff.ahput three years ago. Thetißishop of Exfifer, 4 speaking at Launce§ton on the ,S^ciJ|iftres e as bearing 'on the question of tem|||||n£e, said he considered all mini^^^^r^the Gospel i ": should give up the use%Psiimulants as ; part of the life of prayer and: fasting necessary to the- realisation, of their " sacred calling, _ but in all cases the matter was one for individual con r : science. A Berlin despatch to the ' Times ' says the Prince of Montenegro concluded negotiations for the loan of a million dollars, which the Sclavonians agree is guaranteed by Russia. At Burton-on-Trent "the system of funeral reform, has been inaugurated by Mr Wardle, a leading brewer, and V* chairman of the school board, who has ■ carried out the interment. of his. mother in accordance with the principle of Mr Seymour Haden, the wicker coffin being furnished by Mr Kirby, of Derby. The ; usual funeral trappings were all dis- "■ pensed with. Austria's project for the pacification / of the Turkish provinces has net been sent to the great powers, for reasons "unknown. It- k stated that the prin*cipal feature orfhe great powers' proposition relative' to reforms in Turkey, is that ambassadors of central powers at Constantinople shall exercise permanent control in the execution of reforms in the provinces. Stephen Blundell, undertaker, Mary ..his wife, and Frederick Petty, journey"mao, were committed for trial on the of receiving money on false pref^p^^ss&s to burial of. bodies of several * children, and larceny of clothing at : • Southampton. ; The loan of £500,000 asked by the - Dublin Corporation for the purification ' of the Liffey, has been refused by the Lords of the Treasury on the proposed The Earl of Derby has been formally installed as Rector of the University of 'Edinburgh, and delivered an inaugural address in the evening. -He made a ■" speech before' the Working Men's Convention, in the course of which he " denied that the Suez Canal purchase signified a reversal of "England's policy ' on the Eastern: question, and disclaimed any desire on the part of the , Government to establish a protectorate over Egypt. He declared that the only ' object of the Government was. to obtain - additional security and uninterrupted access to India, . ..• j The Admiralty has issued to commanders of Her Majesty's ships an : "amended circular in. regard to fugitive slaves. It, orders .that any slave re- . ceiv^d on .^s ßritish, man? of- war on the -high seas shall be retained abroad until "he "can JSe landed in a connlry or transferred to . a..y,essel .where . his liberty will be .secure. Fugitive slaves asking admission to a British man of-war :when . in territorial waters of foreign States must-only he admitted if their lives are ' endangered. They must not be kept lon board alter .the danger has passed, but no demand for. "the . surrender of slaves is to be entertained by the. commander. ; The circular , was .condemned. A public meeting was held in the Town Hall. at Birmingham, "at which "-resolutions. were passed denouncing the injustice of the pew system in the Church of /England, and approving of free, and .open pews. .A movement has been set on foot "among 1 the" former students of the late' Principal '.Lumsden, Free Church lege, Aberdeen, to raise subscriptions for a fitting testimonial, A marble bust is talked of ; as the most appropriate memorial.. r , . The United ; States Circuit Court at Illinois has held that the translator of a play from the French is entitled to a copyright. in a double sense as trans-; latpr rt and in the- eye of the law as author," both by the statute and the common law. Thus the American translator .of a play by Victor Hugo will be held in law to be the " author" of the play. ' • ; Count .^mdt. zii Eulenbur|*,; who was - betrothed -£6 Prince Bismarck's daughter, died a short time ago -ok ~^ypbtis~ ""fever. "Prince Bismarck ret'ceived- an autograph letter .from, the jt 3?itipe|&r Witijam, condoling with him > /ion , thp! premature, death of •.the-.young; , /-Sount. ,-'"■' '■■ c

;AL;despatc'h; from 'Berlin ,says the in favour of. the propositions contained .in the American iciiculSri! relating., 'to /Cuba, j German commerce iS; seriously injured by Cuban disorder.p/^tris:Statqd;t|iat;th;e Constitutional pafty m Spain expects to get from-115'to-120 seats in the Cortes. - The Queen, has been pleased to hestow a civil list pension of £75 a year I on each of the three younger children of: the late Mr. J. . W. W. Birch, British Resident .at the .Court of Perak, and it is understood that the Secretary of State for the Colonies will make provision for the. eldest. son in the Colonial service. .These orphans, whose' mother died in lß7;o,"are left in circumstances of the greatest need.

: A<sad discovery was made at Kind's Lynn on Sunday, 12th December, A water-logged fishing smack was brought into the roads on Saturday afternoon by a steamer trading 1 between Lynn and Hull,, and . on Sunday morning" .when the tide-was out the smack was found to be the Beautiful Star, of-Kirk-caldy, and the bodies of five men out of the eight' forming her crew were discovered in their berths. No news has been received of four boats — two belonging to .Cellardyke and two to St. Monance— which left "Yarmouth and Lowestoft on the 17th and 19th ult., and all hope- of their safety has been abandoned.

•-.The ' Weekly Scotsman,' of Saturday November 13, has the following paragraph: ffThe dulness of trade in Glasgow is evinced by the number of unemployed men in the city at present. A deputation of those who have obtained temporary employment at streec cleaning from the Town Council waited on the magistrates yesterday, and asked that the remuneration paid to them— Is per .day— -should be increased, and that they should be provided with clothing. Both requests were, however, refused, on the ground that the winter, dnring which it is expected a great deal of destitution of this sort will have to be relieved, is only commencing."

The Rev. John Canning, Roman Catholic priest of Stranraer, lectured in the Les\valt, Parish Church, his subject being "The Fickleness of Science." There w : as" a large. attendance, and the Rev. F.-J", B. Johnston, minister of the parish occupied the chair. It was anticipated that a disturbance would be created, and the superintendent of police and a constable from Stranraer were present. No disturbance, however, took place, and the lecture, with the exception of a few trifling interruptions, was listened to with attention. A Homan Catholic priest in a parish church is an fevent of rare occurrence, if not unprecedented, and has excited some talk in the district

Next to the way to the East, the ''mobilisation of the British Army." has been the prime public question in Britain of. late. Home News readers need not be told that the question of the army has been a " burning' one " for years past. The iC new regulations," the "abolition of . purchase," the character thereof, the laws, the militia, and the volunteeis have time and time, almost each and every oae of them, had their day. The acts and doings of continental nations are not altogether unknown to our readers either. At last, in spite of the proverbial red- tape and. the conservatism of officials, a new move. has been made, and now, as Punch has it, we have a wonderfully easy working system — on paper — propounded. The chief results of the scheme have been briefly summed thus : —Of the eight army corps which, under it,. we are to have, the first is composed only of regular troops. The second of tworthirds of regulars and one-third of militia, the remainder of a nucleus-of regulars supported by militia and assisted by yeomanry. There will thus be placed at our immediate disposal 290,000 men for tha protection of England, 40,900 for foreign service.

The romance with which novelists have invested the profession of a detective has to a great extent been neutralised by the hardly-suppressed smiles of the public. at the frequent failure of these functionaries to get farther on the path of inquiry than " a clue." Occasionally, however, it muss' be admitted that their efforts are crowned with the most brilliant success, and that they achieve results little short of miraculous. An instance of marvellous astutness on the part of a detective is reported from Plymouth. It seems that a Police officer from Liverpool was despatched to Jamaica to bring home a defaulting cashier, who absconded to that island some r .months ago. In course of time the detective landed at Plymouth with his .prisoner, whom he had safely brought home— the only: drawback to the success of his mission being that the prisoner is. now at large, and the.de^: tectiveishimself in custody. The contretemps happened in, this wise.: On arrival at the detective arid -his charge ; pr.oceeded>tp khotel, where, the latter, taking advantage, it is stated, of his custodian "Having fallen asleep in the r smokingiroom jof ■ the : establishmen t, ;-'* stepped out," and has not seen fit to return..; The Li verpool. authorities, behin*' much annoyed at the disappearance of the defaulting" cashier have arrested rche -detective/ ..They have, therefore, soinethjngf tp-show as the result of '-thejr .exertions, .and may with justice ;boast that r tjhis is move thaji, can be said in mitny cases where an oflßcer has been "despatched in search of a fugitive.