English News.

Clutha Leader, Volume IV, Issue 183, 11 January 1878, Page 3

English News.

Thomas Laxton, a Stamford solicitor, has been sentenced to nine months' hard labour for fraud. It is expected that Bailie Collins (h.°rtd of rhe publishing firm of Collins & Sons) will be the next Lord-Provost of Glasgow.. . A man who attempted a balloon ascent near Worksop was killed by the balloon collapsing and falling from a great height. Legacies amourring to nearly L9OOO. have bean left to the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary during the financial half-year just closed. A man named John-Scholey, a pork butcher, was choked in ' a Sheffield eating-house whilst having his dinner. He died before a medical man Could arrive. Young L'-idies who wear what are sometimes called deer-stalker hats, have taken to raising them in acknowledgement of the salutations of their male friends. The Vatican is reported to be plotting a proclamation of the temporal power of the Church. Tha thing is incredible, but. with the Vatican nothing is impossible. At- a meeting just held in Tipperary, the spirit. traders of that town, numbering 103, have unanimously agreed to aid the Sunday closing by taking 'out six (lay licenses. ... From all parts of the United States accounts are received which sbpw that this season's wheat crop will be the largest- over produced. It is proposed in Germany to make wall paper which will adapt itself to the degree of illumination to the room, be-, coming darker as -the room grows lighter-, and- vice versa. „ ; - In Breslau a successful attempt has been made to erect a paper chimney, •about so feet high. By a chemical preparation the., paper is .rendered impervious to the action of fire or water. For" sis years the /working class electors of the inhabitants of Dumbarton have had a ■majority in the Town Council; five, of . their candidates retire at this time, and a determined effort ia : being made. by the old power party to " unseat them. • . During the past year- many valuable articles were deposited with the police by London cabmen, . tbe principal: being a bag of jewellery, valued at LIOOO, a case containing LTOO'O' 'in "Bunk of Eng 7 land notes, and a diamond --necklet-worth LI000; : ■In all these cases the drivers were suitably rewarded. -.. A travelling blacksmith and, his. wife i have been apprehended in Linlithgow for child-stealing.. They, were seen to abuse most cruelly, a little girl of about -eleven years, because -she -had not succeeded in, begging sufficient for their rapacity, and on inquiry it was found that the poor7thing . :had>; be.en.stolenfrom Bristol by -the pair. ,' ; The evidence in an action which came before Sheriff:' Spens, shows how complicated relationships.. .may become. Tlie pursuer's first wife, when 'slie' died, left him the' happy -father .'of -.'several daughters. He,- married a second ;time, and the brother of this second wife, arid defender in the action, attracted by the charms of . -.one-^Qf .7 his sister's, ; stepdaughters, wooed and won 'her , : .and; became son-in-law ! ';cb '.his'; bro'th'er-in-law.jwho was his father-in-law and step-son-in-law, as* well' 'as -'brother ! df bis ■' fafher-.iri-Taw.'s\ wife.-WiThq;: defender's' wife .was., also step-niece "of heristepmOtlier's a brother; 'as "Well 1 as- daughter rof^'diei'bhusba'nd's.-;. fhtliHt-intla-vv,. j The children,. jpf. 7 defender /will, of "/course.;; sfarid m cvi ; iou^ of; : the'4pafties.l-<iTlieyivwill /be,.* step l ; .grandebildrep v to „ ..the r /pur|uer/s j ,>vife,> - who/will /also; bp / their- MSBV^an'd ." step.7," gra n d ehildreri.an dcgr*ftpdQb^ild3 , e n t,p r; f He' ,puYsu;fe%ims^ /j: :

z::; . Lord,,. Lytt.op,. has.. giyen....his..consent to the marriage "of the Maharajah Tdf Mysore^a youth* of 'Tq'years ofage. ; ' Over r 3060 British arid - foreign cage birds, parrots, ana\p#i-roqhets are now on exhibition- at .the Royal Aquarium, Westminster' *'"''" * ! : „ Paper wheels-are now being tested under one of the heaviest locomotives running over- the Philadelphia and Baltimore railroad. : ? The; Queen has made a: donation of L2-OU to the Red- Gross Society for the relief of "the sick and wounded of both armies i a the East. The Yorkshire Penny Bank has 470 branches, a reserve fund *of L23,G00, and deposits to the amount of threequarters of a -million sterling. The Duke of .Hamilton", ''during his stay of six days' at Hamilton Palace, shot : 37 3-J brace of grouse, * 4 brace ot black-game, 4 hares, and -2. snipes. It has been resolved by the Sheffield Town Council to apply to Parliament for a scheme of improvement involving an expenditure of . .several . hundred thousand pounds. Richard Wright, one of the wealthiest wholesale and retail grocers in Dublin, committed suicide the other day. by shooting himself through. the bead. Thirteen betting , men and bookmakers were each fined Lo and costs, at Liverpool, for carrying on their •business to the obstruction of the free passage of the streets. Although sentence of death has of late years, been;- frequently pronounced in Belgium, it has never been carried into execution since 18G5. The ICing refuses, it is said, to -sign a. death warrant. . . At the annual meeting of the Scottish Arboricultural Society, held in Edinburgh, the Right Hon. W. P. Adam, of B-lairadam, M.P., advocated the establishment of a school of forestry;in Scotland. A handsome fountain, erected on Gleniffer Braes, Paisley, was on' Saturday afternoon dedicated to the memory of Hugh M'Donald, author of "Rambles Round Glasgow," "Days at the, Coast," &c. • The Vatican is preparing a surprise for Scotland. ' The congregation of the Propaganda contemplates re-establish-ing the Catholic hierarchy "north of the Tweed. The project it is said, will take effect at the Consistory, to be held at Christmas. The telephone may be well enough as a musical disseminator, but what the country needs is the invention of some sort of telephone which may be applied to hand organs and tin-pan pianos in such a manner, as to conduct the music noiselessly off, where it will not become offensive. — Chicago Times. A motion proposing that it be recommended that intoxicating drinks should not .be used at induction dinners, was brought forward in tbe Synod of Lothian and 'Twee'ddale, by' Ml* Jamieson, Portobello. After some discussion, .a negative -to this, proposal, moved by Dr Phin, was carried by 21 to 4. ■ . . : .. ■ At the : Guildhall, London,' Frederick Ancliffe, the alleged publisher of tbe Sporting Clipper, ' was fined L2O and costs . for printing certain advertise.; ments in that paper offering to give inj formation upon sporting events. Mr , Cox,.' proprietor: of, the Licensed Victuallers' Gazette, was fined a like amoirnt for a similar offence. Among Brigham' Young's numerous wives there was not one' { who could be ranked as a really handsome women. They embraqed nearly all the varieties J between blonde and "'brunette, 'but presented no specimen whose- good looks I rose; to' the average of female loveliness di*-palyed in almost any country photographer's show-case. ~^N"ew York Sun; . . An almost incredible story of brutality comes Ttoiii ''Sheffield. A month' ago a man named Coleman broke bis wife's rib* -arid then absconded;- He returned home early next morning, and finding the poor woman asleep in bed, he struck her.- a terrible blow on tbe. head -with a bed rail, and also .broke lier arm. " Mrs.C'oleman is considered to be in a dying state. The husband is still at large. • ' : ; - :. - "■'.-•' 'A' A ■'.. ■'. . While .a MrsM'Athy was engaged at some dopiestic work in a yard in Rutherglen, she observed her girl, three years ".'of age, projecting "from the third: storey Window 'of her house, and'before she could raise an alarm, the child overbalanced and fell. „ .The mother rushed; forward, ,and succeeded in partially intercepting the , girl,..and. thus saving . her., i'mm certain.cleath. '„ M rs' l\P Athy >' _ was.- herself rendered^ pnconscious by the shock. 7 7 '•■ „-•'... .'• Among the roundof. suitable amusements at the ,cpmihg Christmas Festival at the Dublin Exhibition Palace, a place: has beerf given to a^Children's Exhibition of dolls. A series'; of 'prize's will be given-to'the best-dressed dolls/,; on : the understanding) that : after, their ex-. diibi*ion 7a; seleotiop f 7will7be;purchased by, the lessee .of the Pajncetpr prpsenta-. . tion to sick children Vfn t "the ciky/hos-pitals.-—J^ußlm^F^pre^ : ' '; .At'the. lhoritblv' meeting of the Freej; Tresbytery of Glasgow, Dr-Adhm ,te.|| pruned, in r'efer'ehce" "fo^ Church, that the. cpngregatiopr wfth- , unanimity ; cprdiaiiry had jnPide , as , nfinisfer'to - sifCceedrDr^Some^ AP f *depuC^t^ a}|r^aj^djO-f ||ie|||j^y|^y^p| Jsts^d * \ be . ; ci rcu mstan^ce^- i inlfchn in ecfcipp' wtila ' c t\\^H urefo^Ph e^Prelly tpy ia^ed ,'r.!^ee.ig';ar^ji^de^

Swiss watches are at present imported, into fjerVnany ir fo millionTrahcs-iaririually. \-.y. -Ai% A. % AA ','. „, By the completion of a telegraph-line Al from Berlin to Kiel, the ; Ge'rman's-" ; laave7 now 923 , miles of subterranean .cables :-" in operation. .'- . " ' 7 '' A-*A--yiV-t 7. ,. It is announced that' Lord LecorifiAhl, in.additionto his former gift of LIO,OOO, has given a '. further sum of !Lis,6QoJtp'' ■ ;■ the Irish -Churoh.--.- ;. -a: : /aA aaX'AAi '".;." j, At Port Glasgow, ;an 'nn successful municipal candidate fainted 'when' r, re. turning thanks, . after, -the; resu.lt.of, the poll was announced. No less than Ll 100 was contributed through the box placed outside the Mansion House in>~ pence, .-.silver, and gold, for tbe Indian. Famine Fund. Carew; a farmer,, in Tipperary, has been found dead in bed> \yith bis throat cut. and his body bashed ; in several plages. His wife and daughters have been arrested oh suspicion. ' M. Ma.xime dv Camp, in liis sketches of Paris, says .that there- is always in Paris a 'floating population of 45,000 vagabonds, thieves, and escaped convicts, who pre ripe for revolt. At Sheffield, a shoemaker in a drunken fit, stripped his wife naked and toasted her before the fire till her screams brought a policeman*, to her assistance. He was bound over for six months , •',. We (Vanity . Fair) hear on ' good authority that His Royal .Highness the Duke of Aosta, formerly King of Spain, has. serious intentions of withdrawing, from political life and of entering a monastery. In consequence of the recent illness of the Prince of Wales's son, all tbe r drains of Marlborough House have been undergoing repairs, which has necessitated their Royal Highnesses "" the Prince and Princess of Wales taking up their residence at Clarence House on their way through London..; .: ' , > .- Mr Spurgeon in a recent-lecture said he had in his congregation a fair proportion ot all sorts of people, except the nobility, whom God had given up. It was one of the hardest things* in '•' the world for God to. do .to raake\a .* nobleman into a t Baptist, and .it. was a thing which rarely took. place. "'"""' At Bowling Ironworks, Bradford, a grindstone, -7, feet in diameter, aud weighing between 4 and 5 tons, broke while revolving at a rapid rate, and the pieces flew in various directions. A man who was working at the wheel was killed on the spot, another was injured, • and considerable damage was done to the building. A tailor named Lynch was sentenced to death at the Central Criminal Court for the murder of his wife. The prisoner and deceased met "in" a London street with the view of being reconciled, a separation having taken place ; o,wing to .deceased's intemperate habits, ; when the. accused suddenly drew a, knife from his pocket and cut his wife's 'throat. At the opening of the divinity -class in Edinburgh University, - Professor ""- Flint said there might be differences of opinion in the -interpretation, of the Confession of Faith with, which it would be unwise for the Church to interfere. At the same time he held that the Church bad an abstract, right to interpret her own formulas, although ..he believed she would; only: assert it when she became." foolishly insane/ A very bad case of attempting to extort money by. menaces .-was. -,tried in London. Miss. Slade, a niece of the well-known Admiral Slade, bad been engaged to a Greek named Tbeorides, but the engagement was broken off. The rejected lover ponspired with a person named Golei-o to obtain a large sum of nioney from Miss Slade,. under a threat that if his demands- were unsatisfied her* letters, X which we're very dreadful," would be made' public/ The police were called in, and the staihdlers were' 'convicted; - and sentenced "'to""< seven years' penal Servitude each,/. -Xo At the Warwick county petty sessions, William Mason, a labourer, was charged with •assaulting.. ; Misß.fM. H. Courtney, daughter of the. Rev! H. C. Courtney, rector' of. Hatton.. ".' The young lady, , while; "walking- in a meadow, near the rectory, ,; was ; 'met'by- the prisoner, who put bis arras round her neck and endea- ! voured to,' kiss j: h'er7" ' She, however, escaped from him arid 'rah home, and . gave an acc6unt;o'fiwhat:had:hftf')pened. The prisoner,- who bad. recently .been in gaol far a similar, offence, was sentenced .to three .months' imprisonment, with hard labour. ' " ? ; ."' :; ' The . health of the Prince I'*lmperial1 '* Imperial - ■ (siiys v Coming : Events) ; is=- causing his mother-' a nd : his j 'considerable .anxiety.- ; /-He suffers from: lameness, the result of an operation,,perfprmed tJ on his ..--;-; foot when achild by Nelafoh. aiid this :: has been .further • aggravated ;>by an^accident 'which ihe mettwithvo.las'tiyear at . : Dorking. ° Some -young "officers returning*- from ATdershpt, prepared.a bonfire 7 in the garden ipf ah.bbfe} ? a>^ little sur- ; prise'-for the l?.^infc.e"Jon;;liis^arriyal there. 77 A^hen;th^ .ofctbeibracet*s,;topk^^^ sho.ulders'und .;Aarrj,eq\ 8 him , f pp close ijxX, A &hesre,. standing tbrp^en.'j pi 1 lar^i sa/asAq^f able to look ;-y ji]|ht;lnto^ o \me^omioojooiM tv i-IS 7barre'ls;^ .AA.Ay^^siMmW^^^^ penal; -msmg^nmM fintp fth^h^^^-e^sjb^^^^^g "som^^km^^m^^^^^m, a s a|g|#hdejihl^^p^^l^pa