LATER ENGLISH NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1676, 5 April 1886, Page 4

LATER ENGLISH NEWS.

I London, March 18. It is officially announced that Sir Charles Warren will be appointed Commissioner of Police m London. All Transatlantic vessels which have arrived m the Clyde during the past few days report terrific weather on the passage. „..'.* The Conservatives at ," Birmingham have already had caucuses for the next general election. They have decided" to acrain contest all of the seven districts of thb cityBradford, York County, has v had a niad dog scare of a serious kind. In January a mad dog ran through the streets, and bit 20 persons. . One of them ,died on March 12th, m terrible apony, with all the symptoms of hydrophobia. The other 19 have consequently been thrown into a state of fearful apprehension, lest they too may be attacked by the disease. ' Thirty thousand unemployed held a meeting m Hackney to-day. There was also a large gathering of unemployed at Manchester. Berlin, March 14. . An orphanage for boys, m the town of Voerdi, province of Arnicberg, was destroyed* by. fire. Five of the inmates perished m the flames, and tliirfcy others were injured. ; " The stationtnaster whose neglect caused the Mentone and Monte Carlo railway accident, has committed suicide at Nice, whither he had fled. GENERAL SUMMARY. The. London aud ..North Western railways discharged 1000 navvies, mostly Irishmen, on March Bth. The officers of the company explained that the depression m trade inado the action necessary. Louise "Hart, a procuress iti the West of London, was committed for trial on March 9th, charged : with providing I young girls for a number of aristocrats. In inarch a tremendous snowatorui prevailed m the north of England, suspending traffic on many railways. They caused much suffering among the passengers on various trains which were snowbound. Some of the trains, were embedded m snowdrifts for forty-eight hours. The loss of cattle m transit was enoruio'is. A dispatch containing intimations j from official sources indicates that the | Queen has been persuaded to modify her determination to remain m private. She has, however, decisively declined to hold the Court at Buckingham Palace even for a short p»-iiod m the sprih The London Missionnry Society received advices from Zanzibar on Feh 24, to the effect that two men who returned to that place from Nzegana report that that they saw Bishop Hamington with 50 met) of his expedition taken out for execution. A mob of 800 attempted to run riot iv the streets of Birmingham on Feb 15, aud pillage the streets. The 'police were prepared and promptly repressed tho attempt • Sir Charles Dilke has decidud to persevero m his policy of silence -iv regard to the serious disclosures made during the recent divorce trial. He will make no explanation of his "conduct to the Chelsea electors. Sir Charles Dilko has gone to the south of France, where he will remaiu for six months. Mrs Crawford the respondent m the CrawfordDilke scandal case, has gone luto seclusion m Italy. Californian wheat reached the lowest price on record m the English market on February 17th. A cargo sold m the Mersey at3ls 6d per quarter. The marriage of Earl Cairns ("Lord Garmoyle) to Miss Adele Grant, daughter of Mrs Beach Grant, of New York, will take place m London iv July. C'oro Pearl, the well-known Parisian deini-mondarine, claims to be the daughter of Professor Nicholls Crouch, the author of •• JLathleen Mavourue«n." Howard Vincent, M.P. for 'Sheffield, has been offered the office of Chief Police Commissioner of the City of London. ■ discount Dupplin, heir of the Enrl of | Kirmold, died at Monte Carlo on March ' 9th. It m rumoured that he committed suicide owing to heavy losses at the gamingtable. He was only 37 years old. Mr Froude, the historian, has declared himself against Home Rule. ■ The Marquis of Salisbury has gone to Cannes for his health. Princess Eulalia, sister of the late Kine Alfonso, was married on the I3tlv to Prince Antone, son of the Duke de Montpensier. Tue Prince's present to the bride was a dress that cost 4&2000.