NEWS BY THE MAIL.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2330, 21 September 1881, Page 3

NEWS BY THE MAIL.

ME BRADLAUGH'S ATTEMPT TO ENTER THE HOUSE OP COMMONS.

Mr Bradlaugh has carried out hia promise, and on August 3rd attempted to foroe his way into the House of Commons. Early in the forenoon some 4000 or 5000 persons had collected in the Palace Yard, and cheered tho arrival of deputations bearing petitions in favour of Mr Bradlaugh's admission. The petitioners were all respectably-dressed artisans, and they were allowed to march in small parties into Westminster Hall. They bore their petitions in their hands, and conducted themselves in an orderly and becoming manner. In the meantime, as the crowd was rapidly increasing in numbers and becoming more "demonstrative, a large body of police held in reserve was ordered out, and no difficulty was afterwards experienced in preventing disorder in the square. Mr Bradlaugh reaohed Palace Yard, aooompanied by his friend Dr. Aveling, about noon. He was received with loud cheers by the people, who were immediately after he passed in kept away from the gates, so as to clear the passage for members, who were now arriving in large numbers. Mr Bradlaugh was received by Police - Inspector Denning, who asked him what he proposed doing. Mr Bradlaugh, after shaking hands with the inspector, said that he intended to go into the lobby and insist on his right to enter the House. He and Dr. Aveling, accompanied by the inspector of police, crossed over to Westminster Hall, where the petitioners were found drawn up behind a row of police. A loud cheer was raised in honor of Mr Bradlaugh, who, however, did not for a moment pause, but walked rapidly through the doorway and into the members' cloak room. He next appeared at the door of the House, in the lobby itself. The sergeant-at-arms (Captain Goseot) was on duty inside the House, the deputy sergeant (Mr Erskine) and the assistant-sergeant (Mr If. Gosset) were on duty outside the door of the lobby. Here were gathered several messengers of the House. Close by were about a dozen police, and the remaining space in the lobby was crowded by members, who watched with great curiosity Mr Bradlaugh's next step. Soon after the doorkeeper had announoed that the Speaker was in the chair, Mr Bradlaugh, who stood only a few feet away from the ] door, made a movement in advance. • The way was blocked by the officials, and, as he again made an attempt to advance, he was addressed by Mr Erskine. Mr Bradlaugh was understood to say, in the slight commotion which ensued, that he was there as the duly elected member for Northampton, and claimed his right to enter the House and take the oath and his seat. Mr Erekine then said, " I have orders not to admit Mr Bradlaugh." Mr Bradlaugh oaid the orders were illegal, and he must insist on his right to enter. The excitement was now at its height, and the messengers closed up firmly, quite blooking the space in front of the door, which was olosed. Mr Bradlaugh again demanded admission, whereupon Mr Erskine said, "|My orders are explicit not to admit you." The moment Air Bradlaugh heard this he made a step forward. He was promptly stopped by the messengers, with one of whom Mr Bradlaugh came into immediate collision. A small party of police then interposed and took hold of Mr Bradlaugh, who was prevented from making any further attempts to enter the House. The members behind him quiokly made way, and in another moment the constables were conducting Mr Bradlaugh across the lobby towards the stair leading to the cloakroom, and out into the yard. Mr Bradlaugh appeared to offer considerable resistance, and he more than once called out, "It is illegal." However, the officers ot police, having received their orders, bore him swiftly away. In the passage leading out to the yard Mr Bradlaugh's coat was torn down on the right side, hie waistcoat was also pulled open, and otherwise his toilette was much deranged. The members flocked down the stairs closely on the heels of the struggling party, but no pause was made until Mr Bradlaugh was placed outside the precincts of the Palace Yard. The polioe appeared to exercise the utmost care not to use greater force than was necessary to overcome the force exerted by Mr Bradlaugh ; but even so, when Palace Yard was reached, Mr Bradlaugh, who is physically a. powerful man, seemed to be quite exhausted. He was surrounded by constables, and outside this ring there was a miscellaneous crowd of members and others. The heat and excitement appeared to produce faintness in Mr Bradlaugh, who gasped out that he wanted a glass of water. A constable brought this at onoe, but the faintness had quiokly passed away. The crowd in Westminster Hall and Palace Yard had by this time quite roalised what had been done, and they rushed directly to the spot where Mr Bradlaugh was. The police were ordered to disperse the crowd, and this having been accomplished, Mr Bradlaugh began protesting against the treatment he had received. Speaking in an excited and indistinct way, he informed Inspector Denning that he should oome there again with a force at his back which would compel them to admit him. He was asked by the inspector how many he could bring, and Mr Bradlaugh was understood to say, "Many thousands —under a million." He subsequently declared that what he meant was that he could bring a large force there if he wished to. The pressure from the crowd now having abated, the police drew away from Mr Bradlaugh, who was left standing alone for some time, and news having been brought ont to him that his case was under the consideration of the House, he thereupon composed himself to await the result. Many of his friends came up, and he reoeived their condolence or congratulations, as the case might be. Here he remained, standing on the path at the entrance to the House a little to the left of Westminster Hall, until information was brought him of the vote approving the action whioh had been taken. He very shortly after this took his departure.

LORD BEACONSFIELD'S HOUSE.

Tho residence of the late Lord Beaoonsfield, in Mayfair, the house in which the late Premier died, has lately been " on view," in prospect of the furniture and fittings being sold by auction. The first room into which the visitor entered is the library, the front room on the ground floor. This hada handsome Indian carpet, and the furniture here is Chippendale. The dining room, which leads out of the library, had polished oak furniture, including a sideboard, evidently made to fit a recess. A very handsome Turkish carpet covered the floor. Next to tho dining room and library, interest centred in the late statesman's bedroom. This is on the first floor and is remarkable for the hangings. The walls were covered with blue silk, having roses in bloom spread gracefully over it, and the same material forms curtains alike for the window, for the bad, and coverings for the chairs. The ante-rcom to the bedroom was similarly decorated. The draw-ing-rooms, on the same floor, are in great contrast, so far as color is concerned, to the bedroom and anteroom, the curtains, chairs, ottomans, sofas, and tables being covered in brilliant crimson satin damask for all except the tables, for which velvet is used. The sale of tho furniture in the house has been concluded. The Arabian bedstead used by the earl, with the set of oretonne furn'ture, brought 14£ guineas. An indulgent chair fetched £7 10s, and the chimney glass, 68in. by 4Sin., £6 sb. The front drawing-room ourtsins, of handsome crimson satin damask, brought the highest price of any lot, 43 guineas being the sum at which they were knocked down. One indulgent chair in the drawing-room brought £lO, a companion chair only £8 19s, and a lady's indulgent obair brought £7 10a. Two satinwood pier cabinets brought 15» guineas each, and an ecarto table £B. A little "whatnot" seemed to take the fancy of many, for the large sum of 22 guineas, apparently far above its intrinsio value, wbb reached. The chimney glass and console plats, one 90in. bv 54in., the other 102 in. by 61in., went for £9 10s each. A large bordered Persian oarpet, 28ft. by 16ft., sold for 30J guineas, while the one in tho baik drawing room, 26ft. 9in. by 15ft. 10in., fetched 35} guineas.

MR GLADSTONE " SENTENCED " BY

THE FBNIAN3.

We are indebted to the " Evening News " for the following : —" O'Donovau Rossa has replied as follows to some Dublin newspapers, who scouted the assertion that the Premier had been sentenced to death by the Fenians : ' Yes, the verdict of wilful murder has beei. recorded against Gladstono, the Governor of Ireland. How the penally for that is to be borne we cannot say ; but we can say that a friend of that murdered girl Byrne has left at our office a sum of SOOdoia. as expenses to meet " the lords of justice " in the case. The verdict of wilful murder holds good against Gladstone whilst Gladstone holds Ireland in a

state of war. The " mythical " men " Coleman," " Mooncy," and " O'Danr;?!," wir.h their friends, have oommand of this 500 dole, and then will try to do their work for liberty in «pite of the police officials of Cheshire, and Flintshire, and Hnwardcn Castle.' The

American paper " Sunday Mercury " gives i the following particulars of how the 'sentence* was arrived at: 'We met in New York ; the immediate locality is immaterial. The president handed the secretary a newspaper containing the cable despatch, which was r«ad amid deep silence, " Now," said the president, "it seems to me we have a solemn duty to perform, Let ns then, impressed with the solemnity of our oaths and inspired by the sacredness of our cause, the freedom of our native land and the brushing from the face of the earth of individuals through wh.'ai our people are murdered in cold blood, proceed to action. Let us remember that tne murder which we sit here as a jury to consider is that of a defenceless and dißtrac'ed young woman whose only crime was a wild protest against the destruction of her hoine, and her father's home. We are men ; a woman's blood—a sister's blood—cries to m» from the ground for vengeance. The preei. dent spoke in slow, deep tonoß. Then one of the directory—he holds as important position in a wholesale importing house in New York —rose slowly, and, lifting his right hand towards the ceiling, said, " I move that the secretary record in red ink in the seoret book a verdict of ' Wilful murder against William Ewart Gladstone,' Prime Minister to her Britannic Majesty, Queen Victoria of England." " And," said another, " I will, with the brother's permission, add that the verdist of the Directory be communicated to the London Branch Oounoil, and through it to our executive missionaries now on duty in England." THREATENING PBINCE BISMARCK. Prince Bismarck has just been favored with the following epistle :—" To His Illustriousnees the Imperial Chancellor, Prince Otto von Bismarck, —Oh, great iron, as well as inert Beichskanzler, what all do we not hear and read of you ? Nought but folly. Do you believe, then, that you can escape the punishment imposed on you ? Nay. What we have onoe vowed of you will of a surety come to pass; yea, though you should thicken the police ring intended to gird you about from the avenger of your perpetrated tyranny. How it is with you in Kiseingen we know quite well. Sad enough it is that you have brought it to such a pass with your wretched, tyrannous policy that you are not even sure of life. But go on expelling industrious men from Germany, and thus all the sooner will you make the acquaintance of the gravedigger; for as for us the dice then fell, eo for you have they been also cast. ... Of your son Wilhelm, too, with his masked and ridiculous manner of speech, will we soon vow something if he ceaseta not to rave. The Bismarck brood must be rooted out." This silly effusion bears the Hamburg postmark. In publishing it his Highness thought, perhaps, that it might facilitate the efforts of the police to find the sender, perhaps also tell against his opponents at the coming election. Accompanying the letter were cuttings from the Progressist press of Hamburg (which is in a minor state of siege), and that leads the " Norddeutsche " to lay the feeble yet wicked production to the charge of that party. DISASTROUS RAILWAY COLLISION. A fearful railway collision took place at Blackburn en the afternoon of August 8 th, by which five persons lost their lives and many sustained serious injury. The incidents of the disaster are thus narrated by the Blackburn correspondent of the " Daily News" :—One of the most frightful and extraordinary railway collisions known in Lancashire occurred at the Blackburn station yesterday afternoon at five past three, between the Liverpool express, due in Blackburn at six minutes past three, and the Manchester express, due at 314 p.m. The Liverpool express arrived punctually, and an engine immediately backed up to the rear of that train for the purpose of shunting a Pullman carriage to attach to tbe Sheffield express, which was shortly expeoted. The engine had just been coupled to this carriage when the Manchester express, which was travelling at a terrific speed, dashed into the engine, and caused a wreck of the most appalling description. Tho two engines locked into each other, and the crash sent forth a most deafening noise, which rent the air. Two of the carriages of the Manchester express were completely telescoped, and debris was piled up in a heap and scattered in all directions. A siokening sight immdiately presented itself, and the screams of injured passengers, mingled with the roar of steam and the cracking of wood. All possible assistance was speedily rendered, and several medical men soon appeared on the scene, including Drs. Stephenson, W. Cort, A. Oort, Pollard, and H. A. Grime. The passengers were extricated from the debris as speedily as possible, and removed into the waiting rooms, where their injuries were attended to. The second and third carriages of the Manchester express were telescoped, the end of the third into the rear end of the second, and they had risen to a great height. The fore part of the second carriage was down on the ground, and the passengers of these two carriages were very much injured. The Liverpool train consisted of eight carriages, including a van, a first and second class carriage, two thirds, and two composite carriages; and the Manchester train consisted of five ordinary and one composite carriage. Mr Charles Lomax Tiplady, accountant, of Blackburn, who had taken a second-class ticket for Haslingden, had just entered the train when the collision took place. He was so seriously hurt, that although he was at once taken out, he did not speak afterwards. He was removed to the Star and darter Hotel, opposite the station, and expired in the course of about half an hour. Mrs Hargreaves, of the Commercial Inn, was in the same train, and she sustained fatal injuries. The man Roberts, named below, was the only other person in the compartment with Mr Tiplady, who sat opposite to him, and he escaped with very slight injuries. The unfortunate gentleman named Yeasi expired just bb he was being oonveyed into the Infirmary, and Mrs Swift died Bhortly aiter admission. The driver of tho stationary engine, Redforth, perceiving that a collision was inevitable, jumped on to the platform, and was knocked down by a buffer, which was severed from one of the eneinas, and, flying at right angles, struck the driver, who was afterwards removed to the Infirmary. The driver of the Manchester train stuck to his post, and miraculously escaped uninjured. It is stated that this is the first time he has driven an express tram. He applied the Weßtinghouae brake when about twenty to thirty yards off the entrance to the station, but for some unaccountable reason the brake failed to grip the wheels. The driver states that the bruke would not act, but admits that he did n&t quite understand its working.

THE CYCLONE IN MINNESOTA

A correspondent who Tisited New TTlm, t~e scene of the recent disastrous cyclone, sends the following description of the ruin wrought:—" The firet place where acy of the effects of the storm were seen was about three miles west of New Ulm. Here it toro down a house and killed a number of cattle and horses. The members of one family saTed themselves by going to the cellar before the storm reached them. Where the sform struck the railroad track the ground is lined with bedding, furniture, wagon wheels, farm machinery, &c. We6t of New Ulm the wind tore dovrn the telegraph poles and completely ruined the orops ; tie heads of wheat were cut off us clean and Bmooth as though done with a heading machine. From the place where the town first struck into New Ulm everything was swept away for a width of about a mile. The sight is sickening. Trees were torn up by tae roots, and neither a houao uor a barn ia left standing in the line of the storm A v?en:leman who stood on a bluff two raiies uo:L:~. of New Ulm, aud witnessed the cyclone, says it was the grandest and most terrible sight cf which he was aver a witness ; one cloud came from the north-west and one from the north-east. When they met it appeared to bo a contest as to which should have the right of way. The storm struck New Ulm and lasted just twelve minutes, and in that brief time no less than 300,000 dob. worth of property was destroyed and a number of persons killed and many woui.£oci. During the storm there was a perieci. blaze of fireballs. It would have been almost ae dark as night had it not been for the continued flashes of lightning. It would take columns to give a full list of the lost property, but ar. estimate places the damage at 300,000 dois. The three churches were completely destroyed, and Turner Hall was partly demolished. Glass fronts wero completely wrecked. No less than 100 horses wore killed, many being lifted bodily and carried a long distance."