THE DYNAMITER DALY.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2244, 25 November 1886, Page 3

THE DYNAMITER DALY.

The dynamiter Daly, who was sentenced to penal servitude for life some months back, is said to be very ill at Cliatlum prison, and the Ii bh National League .md its friends declare his state lms been brought on by cruelty of wardeis, <fee. Meetings were held at Limerick last week, and touching references made by \arions Breakers to the convict's heomm, pattiotism, and what not. In order to check any mistaken feelings of sympathy for the man one has (as a correspondent in the daily papers lemiudsjjiv, (merely tirjcolbct the nature of his crime. Daly, who h:ul for sometime been living at Binnmgham, was arrested at Chester station with time charged bombs on his peKson. Lettets found in his house fiom Brennan, the American Fenian, clearly revealed his in tentions. He had resolved to gam admission to the strangers' gallery of the House of Commons through an Irish member, and thence to tlnow a bomb on the table in the course of a debate ; the Parnellites having been warned to absent themselves. The explosive effects of Daly's bombs was afterwards tried by Colonel Majendie at Woolwich. He arranged a dozen wooden "dummies," the size of men, round a table lesembling that of the House of Commons, and then exploded the bomb. Every dummy was pierced and lacerated by bullet wounds, of which any single one would have been fatal. That is to say, if Daly, the heroic and patriotic, hail not mercifully been caught and safely locked up, every English statesman of standing on both sides of the House might, and piobably would, have been done to death by him.

A London' cablegram to the Melbourne Telegraph says ; — "The continual del.iy iv arranging for the Initial of the body of the late Archbishop of Sydney, is causing much scandal. The body is still un buried, nor has the funeral service been performed. The body has merely been laid on the steps of the family vault. The family of the late Archbishop are awaiting action in Sydney to determine whether, in accordance with the request, the body shall be sent there before finally deciding on the burial. The Presa condemns the conduct of Cardinal Moran in the matter, he having been left residuary legatee by the late Archbishop. "Megrims,"' says one of the papers in describing this witness at the inquest, "has got back a portion of her good looks, but there waa a terrible difference between the girl as the now stood in the box and the girl we used to tee her at the first enquiry. Her deep black eyes were equally bright, and her strong nerve was unshaken; but her face was thin and pinched-looking, and her voice was low and hesitating. She was dressed in a yellow-coloured linen duster ulster, and wore a Bailor hat that became her well ; but she seemed, taking her all round, terribly shattered." A Strange History. — At Belfast, Victoria, an incident has happened which revives a singular history. The dead body of a man having been found on the sand hummocks along the coast, about six miles from the town, an inquest was held. The deceased who was known as "Billy Craytish, 1 ' had lived for the last twenty - five years heriritlike in a cave on the coast, and had obtained a living by catchiug fish and making brooms and mats. The evidence showed that his name was William Archer, and that he had a strange history. According to a witnesss who knew the deceased intimately, it appears that forty-five years ago he was sentenced to transportation for life from the Old Country of Tasmania, for the alleged crime of shooting a gamekeeper while poaching. He had been in this district for about thirty years. About thirteen years ago a man in England on his deathbed confessed that he ami not William Archer had shot the gamekeeper, and that Archer had been wiongly oonvicted. Archer's friends, who weie in a good positiou, communicated with the authorities in England, with the result that Archer received a free pardon, and arrangements were made to pay his expenses to England. The old man, however, refused to go back, stating that his life had been ruined by an unjust sentence. A verdict was returned of death fiom old age and exposure. Contrasting the differpno" between the first Cup race in 1851 and that uf ISSB, " Timotheus" in the Ar_rus morali-ed thus :—" Yes ; time h.is eh m^"d nv>>*t thntgsat. Flemin^ton. Dre-shcn i-h<imred. Crinolines may nor be altogether unknown, but the ladies h-ive treated it in a "get thee behind me, S "Un " fashion. The scene has changed. Melbourne was invisible from the course then. Now, the city is cominsr down to it, and spires and buildings crown the nearer hills. The courbe is transfoimedout of recognition — its ways, and its building", and its style. But tho great change is in the people. They were all hardheaded l B itihhers' who attended in the old time, whose talk was either ' horsey ' or of the gold fields. Now the crowd is largely composed of young people, who were not born in '61, or were not in their teens, or, at any r.ite, weio not out of them. The dress, the youth, the wealth are all new. The city in '01 was absolutely incapable of such a show as yes terday, no matter what enthusiasm had been worked up, for there was not the luxury, nor the equipages, nor the milliners, nor the ladies The cr> was of hard times. People did not hesitate to say that Melbourne was done for, The Otago diggings had just been opened out, and Dunedin was supposed to be the real El Dorado There may be passing clouds again, but those who can contrast the Cup of 'Gl with the Cup of '86 wiil never be pessimistic about Victoria. Therk is not a great deal to be said about the late Mr Samuel Morley, whose death so many people are just now deploring. He was a highly philantrophic and conscientious but not specially entertaining man, and stories about him are few. Mr Morley had a holy horror of theatres and theatre-goers, to which he attributed much social mischief. He had a special aversion to the Gaiety Theatre, and on one occasion inveighed against the place publicly at Exeter Hall. John Hollingshead, the then manager, was intensely angry, and retorted in a most unexpected manner. "Mr Morley," said he, " blackguards burlesque in public, while all the time he makes tights for my balletgirls on the sly.'" On investigating the accusation in the city the unfortunate philanthropist found it to be only too true. His establishment had for years reaped substantial profits out of the garments refarred to, and there was nothing for him to do but hide his diminished head in silence. Mr Morley has left his share of the Daily News to his son Arnold, the Liberal whip. The journal in question has not, it seems, after all, benefitted materially by Mr Frank Hill's retirement from the editorial chair. Lucy began well, and would quickly have made it a readable pap*r enough, but the proprietors interfered with him, just as they did with Hill, and he already threatens to leave. The greatest journalistic success of recent tirres has been made by young Harris with the Evening News. When appointed editor, two years ago, the paper had a circulation of 10,000, and it was well-nigh moribund. It now circulates from 72,000 to 80,000 copies daily ; in fact has become the working man's paper. "Laura," said Mi> Parvenu, on the pier at a certain seaside resort, to her daughter, "go and ask the leader of them orchestras to play that 'Sympathy from Meddlejnhn' over again. It's buch an awful favourite of mine, and your father's too !" Yes ! It is certainly true. Ask any of your friends who have purchased there. Garlick and Cranwell have numerous unasked for and very favourable commendations from country customers on their excellent packing of Furniure, Crockery, and Glass, &c. Ladies and gentlemen about ti furnish should remember that Garlick and Cranwell's is the Cheap Furnishing Wharehouse of Auckland. Furniture to suit all classes ; also Carpets, Floor Cloths and all House Necessaries. If your new hou- c is nearly finished, or, you are going to get married, visit Garlick and C ran well, Queen-street and Lome-street Auckland. Intending purchasers can have a catalogue seat free.