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Thames Guardian and Mining Record, Volume I, Issue 24, 3 November 1871, Page 3

The English telegrams which arrived by the ‘ Nevada’ yesterday will be found in another place. The health of Queen Victoria still appears a matter of anxiety to the loyal portion of her subjects. The troops are to be withdrawn from Canada immediately. Great strikes are reported in the engine trade and collieries. A great gun cotton explosion took place at Stowmarket and killed and injured a large number of persons. An attempt was made to destroy King George IV. Monument, near Dublin. Another railway collision has occurred, by which about forty persons were injured. There appears to be nothing of any very special importance. There is a matter for rejoicing in the fact that the terrible scourge of cholera has not reached England, but on the other hand the fact that the potato blight is spreading, is prophetic of much misery and distress to the poor. The large reward of £250 offered for the discovery of the Eltham murderer has as yet failed to bring any other individual to justice than the man who has been already charged and acquitted. The shocking murder of Chief Justice Norman at Calcutta by Mahomedans on his entering the Supreme Court House on the 20th September is said to have created a profound sensation in India. The murderer was arrested, and after trial sentenced to death. The deceased was 51 years of age, and was one of the most popular of her Majesty’s judges. The balanco of the telegrams are made np chiefly of accidents and offences.