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Dunstan Times, Issue 1089, 13 April 1883, Page 3

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HOME AND FOREIGN. London, April 4. The Oriental Bank Corporation have declared a dividend of 2 per cent, for the past half year. April 5. A man was arrested at an hotel in the Strand to-day with a quantity of dynamite in his possession. Two othar men believed to he accomplices of his have been arrested at A factory, which is proved to have been: used for the mani.fadi.iiro of dynamite, has been seized by the police at Birmingham, and is now occupied by a strong force of constables. Several arrests, have been made of persons believed to be connected with the manufactory. -b : . : - An American named Dalton was arrested last evening in connection with the dynamite conspiracy, now being investigated by the police. Another man has been arrested, charged with being concerned in the explosion of dynamite by which the Local Government Board Offices in Whitehall were wrecked on the 16th nil;. , j i April 6. A serious explosion, -caused by the 1 accidental discharge of of dynamite which was being used for blasting purposes, occurred to-day and caused the death of 40 men who were wording near the scene of, the explosion. ' . - r, i General Thebaudin has conceeded hisobjection to General- Gallifex as commander of the cavalry, aqd thqUabmet have accordingly directed,,, Ggneral Gallif ex to carry; out the autumn iSanoauvres, General The-! haudia retains his'ffbrtfhlio as Minister of War. , ".ivi-JJi'".. , , . ~ t ‘ Michael Dayjtt had publicly condemned the use of (Jycaituto, and said that, the policy df usingit would destroy all chance of effecting fi&tnohal or special reform in Ireland durmg.'the present generation. The Czar is recalling officers now in Bulgaria aaiLfhe Tekkea to, attend his coronation. , „ . A female Fenian has been arrested at an hotel in the Strand, in possession of 2cwt of dynamite. Two of her accomplices have also been arrested in Southwark, and dynamite was found in the possession of each. An American named Whitehead has also been arrested in Birmingham in possession of 2cwt of dynamite. Additional precautions are being taken to ensure the safety of Windsor Castle and the public buildings in London. Pour men named Norman, Gallagher, Wilson, and Dalton (the last an American), who were recently arrested in London, were charged at the Bow street Police Court to-day with being in unlawful possession of an explosive material which it was proved emanated from Birmingham. The prisoners were remanded till Thursday next. The police have information that the accuse I had been supplied with considerable sums of money from America. In consequence of an alarm that an attack upon Windsor Castle is intended, the military guard at that place has b:'en largely increased, and the utmost vigilance is being exercised. A man named Kirton has been arrested at Euston, and a brother of Gallagher, now in ■custody, jj. ia | )een arrested at Glasgow on charges of complicity in the intended dynamic outrages The police believe that the Fenians intended to cause several simultaneous explosions of dynamite in different parts of London. A man is known to have started from Birmingham for Windsor carrying with him a quantity of dynamite. He managed to evade the police on the journey. • The new Medical Bill introduced by the Government lias been read a sec >nd time in the House of Loros. It recognises colonial me lical titles and degrees. exp. oted. The Parnellites fear that the condition of affairs in Ireland will induce the Government to propose to make the Crimes Prevention Act permanent. London, April 7th. It is believed that the dynamite which has been seized in the possession of the several persons recently qrrested was in tended for a widespread explosion in London. The search swhich has be»n made of Whitehead’s factory at Birmingham, which was seized on the sth inst., has disclosed material for tne wholesale manufacture of nitro-glycerine. In consequence of recent discoveries at Birmingham, a de’achment of troops has been sent to the force now garrisoned there. \ The two men Casey and Flanagan, who were arrested at Liverpool on March 31st, charged with illegally landing explosives at Cork, have been further[examiaed, and 1 tommitted for trial, April Bth. • An American named ' -Ausburgh was arrested in London^-yesterday with a quantity of fjn his possession. It was immediately and was found to be addressed to .IToEE'.jio the prisoners 1 Casey and Pianagan, niflv Under committal r &t Liverpool.- ‘ r **■* The health of the QSeen is improving, and Her Majesty -is-iriuch stronger. April 9th. The Standard says that Sir Hercules Robinson wiil ntdr return to the Cape. Bight men have been arrested in Clare charged with, murder and conspiracy. The threats made by the Nihilists, and the activity which that party are displaying in Russia, will probably cause the Czar to postpone his proposed coronation. Norman, the man recently arrested in the Strand in possession of dynamite a expected to turn informer. His brother and a man named Gallagher are charged with the attempt to blow up a bridge and the gasometer at Glasgow. An attempt has been made at Ohuwa, in Canada, to blow up one of the Government Departments. Berlin, April 4. Thirty men residing in Schleswig-Hol-stein have been sentenced to banishment for refusing to serve in the German army. The National Theatre in Berlin was destroyed by fire to-day. The building was fortunately empty at the time, and no deaths are reported. A number of Socialists have been arrested at Ciel, a town in the province of Schleswig Holstein. “ Cairo, April 4. Earl Dufferin, replying to a petition presented to him by a number of Europeans praying for a permanent occupation of Egypt by British troops, has intimated that the British force now in the country will not be withdrawn for the present. V ■ - St. Petersburoh, April. s. Intelligence is to hand from Moscow announcing the discovery of a mine in that city, which is believed to be the work of 1 Nihilists. . -April 6. Further intelligence to hand from Moscow denies the truth of the statement cur- , rent yesterday that a mine had been discovered in that city.