BRITISH & FOREIGN
By Electric Telkghapii.—Copykight. [Reuters Telegrams.] THE QUEEN'S HEALTH IMPROVING. AN IRISH JURYMAN THREATENED. THE DYNAMITE CONSPIRACIES. REVELATIONS BY A PRISONER. THE ANNEXATION OF NEW GUINEA. THE DUBLIN ASSASSINATIONS.— TRIAL OF CURLEY. EIGHT JURORS FINED .CI OO EACH I'OR N ON-ATTENDANCE. LONDON. April Hi. An official bulletin issued this morning regarding the hesilth of the Queen announces that Her Majesty continues to improve. Her recovery from the accident at "Windsor Castle, is however, slow, and it will l>o impossible for Her Majesty to stand or walk for some time. The foreman of the jury by which the prisoner Brady was convicted of the murder of Lord Cavendish and Mr Burke has received several threatening letters, and is under continual police protection. Bernard Gallagher, -who was arrested at Glasgow in connection with the Fenian conspiracies in various cities in England, has boon convoyed from Glasgow to London. It is, however, denied that he turned informer against his alleged accomplices. In consequence of revelations which have been made by a prisoner now undergoing a •sentence of penal servitude regarding a case of murder and conspiracy at Clare, Ireland, ten persons have been arrested by the police. In the House of Commons to-day a question was put to the Under-Secretary for the Colonies regarding the reported annexation of New Guinea. In reply the Hon. Evelyn Ashley confirmed the announcement, and informed the House that the Island hud been taken by the Queensland Government in the name of Her Majesty the Queen pending a decision by the Imperial Government on the subject. Mr Ashley added that the annexation was deemed expedient in order to prevent- the acquisition of New Guinea, by foreign powers. The trial of Daniel Ourley. the second of the prisoners charged with the murder of Lord Cavendish and Mr Burke, was commenced in Dublin to-day. On the opening of the Court eight jurors who had been summoned were found to be absent, and were ordered to pay fines of .-€IOO each. .
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3668, 17 April 1883, Page 3
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