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THE TEESDALE MERCURY—WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 1886.

TORPEDO BOATS. BRITISH iOiJA(J(JO. THE IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. AN IRISH BREACH OF PROMISE t UiNlVERSin The Admiralty have issued an important fleet OU CASE. Although we cannot affect to be very hopeful of the circular with reference to the training of leading RACE. A At BeKast Assizes, Judge Harris-n and i special success of Lord Harris's forthcoming experiments in BOUSE OF LORDS.—THTTBSDAT. stokers and stokers in the use of arms, and in the The weather on Saturday was better t ACTHOE jury have been engaged in the hearing of a breach of tobacoe cultivation, it is just as well that they should THB ATTITUDB OF RUSSIA. management of the machinery and boilers of torpedo tators of the great inter-Universty tJ* I pr mise action, brought by Miss Lizzie A. Cumming be made. An idea kss come into existence that the Lord Rosebery informed Lord Cranbrook that orders boats. Hitherto the stokers have been classed among bably, than the crews. It .was brignt against Mr. William M'Mechin, a magistrate, and pro­ British soil and climate are suited for this industry,' were to be given at once, if not already given, for the the ratings " that do not necessarily require previou* though not too much so ; but the LSI prietor of the Cogry Mills. The plaintiff is the sis*er while in some parts of Ireland it is a grievance aga;n>t return of the Russian Squadron to Suda Bay,and that servitude in the navy, or only to a limited extent,"* doubtedly blowing hard, without ^4 of ihe manager of defendant's mills, and claimed English rale that the cultivation of the plant is for­ nishing in strength. The banks of n? <1 her Majesty's Government had received from the and were relieved from gunnery drill. The following CHAPTER IV.] £2000 damages. The case for the plaintiff was that bidden by the brutal Saxon. Of course, th< re is no crowded. Though the start did not uv Russian Government the most cordial promises of co­ regulations are consequently new: AH chief stokers, ss A,BOP.A MUNTEd the defendant proposed to her when she was already question either that tobacco can be grown in the operation. leading stokers, stokers, and second-class stokers are 1.30, by eleven o'clock pedestrians in m *' ATVI to his cy«J engaged to a schoolmaster named Orr, and at his British Isles, or that the leaves are capable of being ELECTRIC LIGHTING. to receive instruction in rifle, cutlass, and pistol drills were making their way along the towij but <*»e belored f«J desire she broke off that engagement. The defendant worked up into a to'erable—barely tolerable, however various points of vantage on the line of The*"" shining on hid Lord Houghton moved the second reading of the from the gunnery staff of the ships in which they, J used to come under her window at night, aud roll —smoking material. All that was proved long ago. . A» "Vhe deuce and all to] Electric Lighting Act (1882) Amendment Bill, the serve before being drafted to sea; and a second-class Despite the fact of Oxford winnino himself in a rug and blanket, both in summer and What we presume to doubt is the commercial success "'^liloaoUed Bruce CaJ object of which was to extend the term for which stoker entered after the date of the circular will be bridge were made favourites atthesUrt ' winter. On one occasion he was attacked by the of the venture—and that is doubting everything. For provisional orders were granted from 21 to 30 years, required to have a fair knowledge of these drills since the crews went into trainim, ' m bulldog which belonged to the house. Previously imported tobacco, immeasurably superior to any we ,^sfP'ShisraiUingofh^? ?riw fne a with power to increase the term to 42 years with the before he can be rated stoker. Continuous service fluctuated immensely, first one and nj^ te the p'aiatiff accused the defendant of abstracting could hope to raise, is now sold retail for 4s. 8d. a TsP' °u A been a heart-ache L concurrence of the local authorities. The noble lord chief stokers, leading s okers, and stokers will be pound. This includes duty, however, and if being preferred for the race. The Oxotf S intimated his willingness to introduce in committee a the letters which she had received from Mr. to Bourne End, were a remarkably s?^ rSiere ^Jftoewof the unJ trained in the working of machinery and manage­ that be knocked off, the cost price will be Is. 2d per r Clause reserving to the Board of Trade power to pro­ Orr during their courtship, and thereupon he during the second week of their sojoajj J P*? jaioes Bickerstaff aal ment of boilers of torpedo boats, and passed as pound for well-flavoured though coarse tobacco. Now, S r 1 **» ' i •iSren should marry so* long the term beyond 42 years if the circumstances told her his love and desired her to give mersley's seat they fell off considerabi"' qualified on giving proof of satisfactory pro­ Lord Harris estimates the cost of growing an inferior rCh up Orr. She consented, and he put his arms 1 &' jSnVhenthey had] of the case rendered extension desirable. After a ficiency. Any stoker who is qualilied in torpedo article in England at 64d. a pound. If, then, 2d. each matter of fact, never recovered their tjl around her, and called her by the pet name of present f ^%un to think thai short conversation, in the course of which Lord boat work and can pass the examination for trained : thing that did not enhance their chanogrf " Caudle." Mr. Orr's letters were burned in the de­ be added for respectively, the grower's, m a n ufact u rer s, of all others be"? Camperdown suggested that the details of the measure man in cutlass, rifle, and pistol exercises is to be rated having to row in an old boat in the acta oW U fendant's pre-ence in the drawing-room. The plaintiff merchant's, and retailer's profits, we arrive at about Xhe« * ?f « Not that thfl could only be satisfactorily settled by a Select Com­ trained man and to receive the Id. a day extra pay. rather strong wind made th- water klJ - wlf subsequently visited the Isle of Man with her mother the same figure as is now paid for the superior article. » ^Uikenie,whneLooi mittee, the second reading was agreed to, and sub­ Any qualified stoker who is employed on torpedo boat places a little rough, and the choice of J?' r and sister, and the defendant took herabout, returning But it would not pay the gr jwer of such a highly de 1 But now it seem* sequently, at the close of some further discussion, the duty is to receive the regular extra pay of tne rating rather more than ordinary ad vantage Ejoquis-dm°° . with her to Ireland. Last year the plaintiff went to speculative and risky crop to work on such a narr m he WM faip bill, with the others which had gone through that under the Queen's Regulations, 1879, when living on south-westerly direction of the windaoVa.' Manchester, and received a letter from her sister which margin as 2d. a pound. He would probably require U,e stage, was referred to a Select Committee. board by order and actually cruising away from his tion at Hammersmith-bridge, it meant«. H l* rfrom Floras bright eyd told her that it was rumoured that defendant was double the sum, and in that case the home article t!0 n ship either with a fleet at sea or in carrying out to the crew on the Surrey side. 6 °th*vetowoo ln™ '~«i HOUSE OF COMMONS. going to marry some one else. On returning to Ire­ would be undersold by the foreign. No fair analogy j W " f daughter and a spinj lengthened experiments. When employed running can be drawn with France and Belgium, because the ' AFFAIRS IN THB BAST. land the defendant met her at the Belfast Railway THE RACE, lsr the boats for educational or experimental purposes fiscal systems of those countries differ from ours, and id• Insaw a little hope fd Mr. Bryce stated, in answer to Mr. Bourfce and Mr. Station, and he advanced with outstretched hand, At 1.15 it became known that Oxford h= beJ for not less than six hours continuously a day, but tne was seriously ol Ashmead-Bartlett, that he could not give any infor­ which, however, she ignored in consequence of what afford a certain degree of Protection to native-grown toss, and at 1.30 precisely the Cambrid ?:'j under the conditions of harbour service, he is to B • Atherstone w ^ ^ mation with respect to the future position of the she had heard. She never spoke to him afterwards, tobacco. In olden times the enormous cost of freight i their station on the Middlesex side ,,e receive 4d. a day. In the event of its being found E rtiSrBtrtenfff. and] ' Prince of Bulgaria. Negotiations on the subject were and he was married on June 8. Counsel for the from America and the East heavi y handicapped minutes later the Dark Blues, who got necessary to employ on torpedo boat duty stokers who ^"'n'vo^g Insufficient proceeding, but they had not arrived at a point when defendant denied the promise to marry, and argued tobacco imported thence into Europe, but this is no the wind, swung round to their boat on have not qualilied, the same extra pay or allowance • t vou spoke out," he sail it would be desirable to make a statement. With that if such a promise' were ruade one farthing longer the case, and the British tobacco-grower there' side. Betting ruled at 6 to 5 on Camtmil r'VZ 7ny^Shilly-shally on tbj of 4d. a day may be granted to them; but in all casi s r respect to the disarmament of Greece, he could not damages would be sufficient, as she had jilted one man. fore loses his one advantage.—Graphic. Lewis Lloyd, the umpire, being accomBBiS **\? v^r like her, l*r~l the preference or such employment is to be given 'then add anything to what had appeared in the The defendant, in his evidence, said he consented to small launch between the two beats, ind«i^ ^snoUungiuthewayofT to qualified men. The instruction in torpedo boat public press as regarded the attitude of the Greek t' e plaintiff's engagement with Mr. Orr, and wished of both, a capital start was effected an duties, so far as the machinery and boilers are Government. He might, however, say that her her every happiness. The witness never proposed to the Oxford men, who hitherto have be« concerned, will be given by the engineer officers FASHIONS IN FANS. \mne «f all that, sir." Majesty's Government adhered to the engagements her, and met her accidentally in the Isle of Man. different in starting, were quick in getuVJ S under the direction of the captains of the M " wTvthe deuce dont entered into by their predecessors. The departure of Ultimately the jury found for the plaintiff, damages Elia asserts that jokes came in with candles. It the water, and during the first 20 strok^S] Steam Reserve at Chatham, Portsmouth, and Devonport, is almost as certain that flirtations came in with fans. the Russian Squadron from Suda Bay was only a £200. rowed by each boat in a shade less than batf] ^MowthprewM none of tl and the senior officer at Malta and Hongkong, and Can there be anything so exquisitely tantalising as a g temporary movement for the purpose of obtaining the nose of their boat crept visibly np v » eirl; when a mama, other foreign dockyards where torpedo boats are f provisions, and he had reason to believe that the cleverly-wielded fan ? It is a woman's rapier; with the Cambridge ship. The contrast bet*»| :;;V„ s^rents.asth«best stationed. During the training of eich stoker ho Ruesan vessels would at once rejoin the Allied it she can parry or thrust. It is also her shield, for boats was remarkable, as the Cambria-^ EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS. should make at least six runs both in a first-class and Squadron. behind it she can take shelter from the attacks oi in­ derm and bright, in all the glory of n 1 A parliamentary paper just issued shows that in a second-class boat, two of which should be at full visible eyes. Fans are as old as the Pyramids, for T CONTAGIOUS DISEASES (AKIMALS) ACT. while the Oxford men were rowing in an sn jj 1885 the total number of persons who emigrated from power, and the others at powers varying from half to Mr. Heneage informed Mr. Chaplin tlat the Govern­ the walls of Thebes were decorated with illustrations oar belonging to the London Rowing Ch^S three-quarter full power. A man should not be con­ CLmeif I say tixat so« ment intended to introduce a bill to Amend the the United Kingdom was 264,385, of whom 207,644 of .fans and fan-bearers. The Egyptian girls at the which was tanned to the colour of mahoeur | sidered qualified until he can keep steam for full wish« on the part of the J Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act of 1878 before the were of British origin, 5^,783 were foreigners, and Court of King Pharaoh were as skilled in the use of time that Craven Steps were reached Uw»'i power for any length of time ordered. A notation of Ud»?s Young people haw Easter recess. the nationality of 2058 was not distinguished. Of the fan as the bewitching senoritas on the Prado to­ little to choose between the two boati it i these 184,470 went to the United States, 22,928 to a man being passed as qualified is to be made on his day. It is supposed that fans first made their appear­ CROFTERS BILL. Tree the Oxford men, who at this time won, m rt n nt British North America, 40,689 to Australasia, 3960 to certificate. On returning to a Steam Reserve after ance in England during the reign of the Virgin Queen, f„d deueedlF i P* \ * T( The nouse resumed in committee consideration of out well, and rowing perfectly, began to !_ „ ! The thing's settled, II the Cape of Good Hope and Natal, and 12,338 else­ three years' absence or upwards, a man should be re- 3se the Scotch Crofters Bill, which occupied the greater and one of the first that were imported to this country their position, and after passing that anas] where. The total number of emigrants in 1884 was qualifled, if in all respects fit for the duty; in the from Italy was presented to Elizabeth as a New Year's io'her?'' ... port of the evening. mark in 3 min. 38 sec., continued to ing^l 5 ut 303,901. The number of immigrants landed in the event of non compliance with this condition the rating gift by Sir Francis Drake. Upon the handle of this Like Yes. B something lead. The central point of interest was B , i ve Miss Bickerstaff as a I HOUSE OF LORDS. — FRIDAY. is to be taken away. The names of trained men in a t 0 United States in 1885 was 113,549, of whom 81,540 fan was her Majesty's portrait, painted upon a half- bridge, where a foul might easily have < STATE-AIDED COLONISATION. came from the United Kingdom, 10,079 from British ship are to be recorded after those of the stoker moon of mother-of-pearl, and surrounded by diamonds the two boats were, as nearly as possible, i Bah ! Nonsense! Love is • The Earl of Harrowby moved for papers on the North America, 8272 from Australasia, and 13,748 mechanics in the Engine-room Register, and the and pearls. At the Queen's death twenty-seven fans level, and there was an almost inandibtj c ited in real U'e. subject of State-aided Colonisation, and urged the letters "T. M." in red ink are to be placed after fcot wanted in real life. Yousl from other parts. The total n amber of immigrants in were found among her articles of dress, one of which relief when from the Press boat panting b I without love, and i Government to consider the subject with a view to the name of each trained man. If a trained man Eery well without love, 1884 was 123,466. was valued st £400. In one of her portraits Eliza­ within easy view of the struggling cmid such definite action as would afford real relief to a is considered incompetent for torpedo boat work niness" . beth is represented as holding a fan of feathers. Fans evident that there need be no interruption oitk large portion of the labouring classes. Earl Granville his nam} may, with the approval of the com­ Bonard sighed involuntari.y. I are also seen in the portraits of the Lady Mayoress The time up to this point was 7 min. 19 see. 1 said the subject was receiving the attention of the mander-in-chief or senior officer in charge of the irent story of his mother's lifej INTERNATIONAL PENNY POSTAGE. of London in Hollar's " Theatrum Mulierum," and of as the temporary bridge had been left beWj Colonial Office. They had addressed a series of ques­ station, be removed from the list of trained men, and l she had pined aud withered fon Mr. J. Henniker Heaton, M P., writes : " As I shall Richard Cromwell's wife, Dorothy. Gentlemen ap­ obvious that the station was telling a t tions to the representatives of the Colonies in this his additional Id. a day is to cease from the date of ,H to some natures wlmt thestf have no opportunity of explaining in the House of parently had taken to using fans in the reign of James The Oxford boat began to shoot ahead at • country, in order to ascertain their opinions on certain such removal, a notation of which is to be made on lihee repressed the worawordss thatiiaftc ij Commons why I did not accept Mr. Hutton's amend­ I., as we read of Lord Chief Justice Coke carrying a and before Chiswick Church had beta • points, and lie would produce papers on the matter his parchment certificate. First-class and second- Cia n,noi smsvreanswer to biss father's ee• l ment to confine my scheme to the British Empire fan when he went on circuit. We are also told that Dark Blues led by a clear length. Here tlxi at no distant date. The Earl of Iddesleigh approved class torpedo boats at Chatham, Portsmouth, and I'm afraid neither Miss Bid alone—and thereby lost, it is asser-ed, forty voVs —I fans were not only of service to soothe the fevered exeeedinglyrough, and on ahead it looked* lgct on without IT, sir,- i*sm the course taken by the Government as sound and Devonport will be appropriated and retained as in­ Id get on without it, sir," he venture to trouble you with this explanation. There blood, but also as birches to correct troublesome noticeable also that the Oxford men, ronril |K- you have set your heart on I judic'ous. The motion was withdrawn. structional boats for use in the training of stokers in M was a large party in the House whose constituent children, for with them fathers and mothers slasht heavy boat, and keeping their fatal working the machinery and boilers of torpedo boats. -•'| neve—rbe.r v*=. " I HOUSE OF COMMONS. have extensive relations of a business chiracter with the daughters in the time of their besom principle travelled far more comfortably ttwsl At Malta and Hongkong similar boats are to be set fWhat do you mean ?'' COMMERCIAL CONSULS. Prince, Germany, Italy.and other Europran countii- s. when they were perfect women." In the year 1709 water than that of the Cantabs, who, it til shall apart for practice, and at the other foreign dockyards 'Jus', what I say. I On the order for Supply, Mr. M'Laren called They pointed out to me that they would not vote for fan-making in England was an established trade, and of the course, seemed to be all abrcai [ k. r.-'iiff.'' where torpedo boats are stationed such practice is to attention to the successful efforts of the German and the amendment for the above ror.son, and because we the fan-makers of London formed themselves into a were splashing terribly. It was noticeable,! i sh*U." be carried out as local circumstances will permit. sin you sn^ ii. other foreign Governments in pushing the trade of might depend on the increased postal trafn; with the company, still existing, although the industry no that the Dark Blues did not increase their le The hulls of the torpedo boats at the foreign dock­ ihe will not hire me." their respective countries in foreign markets in com­ Continent to make up for the loss of rcv-nue from longer occupies an important place among our national as might have been expected. All the i yards are to be under the charge of the dockyard lave you asked her ?** petition with English manufacturers, and moved that other places. The seconder of Mr. Hutton's amend­ sources of wealth. Paris now finds London in fans. Barnes Mr. Pitman continued to keep up is officers. At Malta the machinery of these boats "», but we came to a mutiM the Government ought to consider the desirableness of ment then suggested that the United States, or all Even our largest fanmakers pay periodically visits to desperate spurts, and by the time that i is to D9 under the charge of the inspector of t>he lias g>ven her heart, appointing properly-qualified diplomatic agents in all English-speaking countries, should be included in the the gay city on the Seine, where there is a distinct was approached, it became entirek obras* machinery, and at the other foreign dockyards t her hand, to someone else ; i foreign capitals or seats of Government for the arrangement. This appeared at first sight an ac­ colony of fan-artists, who submit their newest race was not yet at an end, and that thet under the charge of the chief engineer of the dockyard. fcmed me when we parted tha express purpose of promoting the extension of ceptable plan, and it was certainly pnpular with the designs to the representatives of English stroke would have to call upon his meatus Directions as to charge of the hulls and machinery •Did induce her to marry me." British commerce. Mr. C. Palmer seconded the representatives of Ireland, who have so many houses. Addison attacked fans and the "art inch of reserve strength which they possesstl of the boats at the home ports are contained ll slull write to Sir James. motion. millions of their countrymen in America. I of flutttering," satirically • describing " the gazed at by an enormous crowd, the two bosij in the Dockyard and Steam Reserve Instructions. m. Ihe thing is settled, I tell Mr. Hutton suggested that the Government should had in the early part of the evening read timorous flutter," " the angry flutter," " the modest simultaneously under Barnes-bridge, the f The complement for the instructional boats at each p am afraid you will rind that follow the example of the United States, whose a letter from a leading American, urging that flutter," " the amorous flutter," and many other leading by about half a length, in the bois«i( ^n six months she will be her I home port is to be—one engineer officer, one engine- Consuls sent home most valuable reports relating to penny postage might easily be extended to New York, topical flutters. Feather fans then began to give way obvious that it was anybody's race, since *J to dn as she likes. And, with room artificer, one leading stoker (selected for the the trade and manufactures of other countries, espe­ and stating it was not more expensive to send a letter to silk and paper fans, which were made a yard wide, beyond was smooth, which favoured the Casrn^ ou, sir, illow me to say that I i purpose, himself a torpedo boatman). The instruc­ cially as they affected the industries of their own. from London to New York than to the Orkneys. But and were painted by the best artists of the day. The in their light ship, and it was conspieu*8 .Bd to in irry any woman who O tional boats are to be occasionally changed, in order Mr. Goschen deprecated the idea of the House of in answer to this suggestion of embracing English- Gentleman's Magazine for 1753 contains a description Oxford men could no longer maintain tleir" Pwish to be my wife. We are 1 that instruction may be given in working the several Commons bringing diplomatic pressure to bear en speaking countries it was panted out to me that if of 12 fans, *' elegantly executed, which at a late cele­ the station. 17 min. 50 sec. had nowetap**" 'always shall be—but nothing i types of machinery fitted in the different torpedo foreign countries for the advancement of British such a resolution were carried great offence would be bration of the Communion in a certain church of this start, and there yet remained a fair pi***! h:-TH was nothing to be done. I boats. When an instructional boat is laid up for re­ trade; but held it to be the duty of the Government taken by our neighbours the French, the Germans, metropolis were actually displayed by way cf screens up to the finish. Both crews were evidently* taken the affairs into theirowi and the Italians. In this conflicting state of opinion pairs or periodical survey-another of the same class is to so many' pretty faces disposed in a semi-circular , to increase the means of information for merchants and both strokes called upon their men to'l >therStone was very angry hel to be temporarily substituted and is to be returned in ni find manufacturers, through our agents abroad. He the original motion was insisted on, the amendment arrangement about the .holy table." Some verses, effort, but the Oxford men did not s son to marry. He" wis! an efficient state when the instructional Iboat is again to suggested that the Foreign Office might consider was negatived, and ' the Imperial' party to the bearing date 1750, commence "Mira! take this gamely as the Cantabs, and in the •Jl '• the old place before he died] fit for service. Opportunities are to be taken, when whether they could not train men specially for the number slated voted for the Government. Mr. H. H. painted fan, Of it make the most you can !" In 1731 which ensued up to the finishing point,thej*| •noiher lady to take the pU the ships of the Mediterranean and China squadrons service, who would be acquainted with our indus­ Fowler, Mr. Osborne Morgan, and Lord John Manners a tax was proposed on fans, which was calculated boat, being lighter and faster than that of» K^'IIT. but could see no one tJ are at Malta or Hong-kong respectively, to give the tries, and have some knowledge of foreign languages. were all sympathetic, but said it would not pay. It would produce about £20,000 a year. This tax was helped them slightly, insomuch that thej • !}<* wa.t a bit," his lawyer advl torpedo boat stokers practice in the torpedo boats set t,,emaU{r Mr. Bryce said the Commercial Department of the will be the duty of the 128 members (or, with pairs, never levied, however, but the amount it was esti­ creep up slowly, until at last the two boatt P - " He's quite yd apart for the purpose at those ports. If possible, the nalp Foreign Office had been asked to draw up a scheme 140 members) who voted for penny postage to show mated to raise gives an idea of the important position for a moment a hundred yards below ttePJ and strong, and will practice is to consist of five runs in each boat, two of for augmenting the Consular Service, and securing a that it will pay, and in a few days we hope to be able the fan held in social life. In the following year the again Mr. Pitman strained every nerve,lr '.Pea.se God. Let him chor which should be at full speed; each run is to 0 more prompt collection of information regarding the to announce the formation of a Universal Penny Fanmakers' Company petitioned the East India backed up ; so that by the time that W to be happy.- be for one hour without stopping. The cap­ trade of foreign countries. The Government could Postage League. One word more. Mr. Fowler cal­ directors to discontinue the importation of fans, and reached the Light Blues were two-thirds of tains of ships carrying torpedo boats are to « •t^T' k^yer. was ad not support the motion, because it would involve a culated the loss at £360,000 a year. During Sir ladies were asked to buy only those made by their the fore. Thus Rowland Hill's agitation the authorities calculated the arrange for each boat to steam twice a month for own countrymen. This appeal evidently was of no tt very large expenditure. )n ^,°° y»an who ever M about one hour and a half each time at about three- » w'Ui the squire. Mr. Bourke objected to the appointment of a fresh loss at a million and a half a year. The profit on the avail, for the English fan trade continued to fall CAMBRIDGE WON quarters speed, and once every three months for one army of commercial consuls, and recommended British Post Office to-day is just three millions a away. The prophecy penned by the poet Gay in the the best and most gallant race ever n J hour at fu'i speed. This is to be in addition to manufacturers to obtain persons better qualified, by year." early part of the last century has certainly come to Putney to Mortlake course in what «T any steaming that may be required for torpedo prac­ their knowledge of languages, to represent them as pass:— seemed the slow time of 22 min. 2H "^'Zt owed no signs of falling ial_ tice. The particulars of the working of the machinery be remembered that the tide was a we« J serious, arid leJ agents and travellers abroad. Gay France shall make the fan her artists' care, A MURDER AT ABERDARE. of the instructional boats are to be recorded in the over the best part of the course the wiw £uthe showed no preference] The motion was negatived. And with the costly trinket arm the fair; At the Merthyr Police-court, before Mr. North, ordinary engine-room register. The particulars of the the men's teeth. . stipendiary magistrate, Elizabeth Welsh has been re­ in fact, the whole of his prognostication is remarkable SUNDAY CLOSING. working of the machinery of second-class boats at­ Oxford have now won 23, and IJJ^B ttft;«cl«totl manded charged with the wilful murder of Elizabeth for its truth: af The adjourned debate on the second reading of the tached to ships are to be recorded in red ink in the The following are the times ™?/!£f Jordan, at Aberdare. The occurrence took place at f The fan shall flutter in all female hands, Shters "sident fl Sunday Closing Bill was resumed by Lord Cranborne engine-room regis er of the ship. During the training years: 1876, 20 min. 19 sec.; 18'"i. fitr °i in a speech against the measure. On the House No. 1, Mary-street, a four-roomed dwelling occupied And various fashions learn from various lands; mUL of the stokers arrangements should be made for each 1878, 22 min. 13 sec.; 1879, 21 9 by Mrs. Howlett, a sister ef Welsh. On Tuesday For this shall elephants their ivory shed, - Andi^.^ewthe old hf dividing the bill was read a second time by 101 to 41. engineer officer andengine-room artificer in the Reserve 21 min. 23 sec.; 1881, 22 min. llngt0a wi,hit d afternoon the three women and another sister of Mrs. And polished sticks the waving engines spread. 188 Several other bills were afterwards forwarded a stage, to be present as often as possible during the running 12 sec. ; 1883, 21 min. 18 sec.; %,,r «*s andT ' * H Howlett were drinking together. Mrs. Howlett's His Clouded mail the tortoise shall resign, including the Sale of Intoxicating Liquors on Sunday of the instructional boats in order that they may onardtumed 1885, 21 min. 36 sec.; 1886, 22 mm. "1 Ittle did hi. * A* 1 (Durham) Bill, which was read a second time. The husband, an engine driver, was absent on his duties become familiar with the construction and working of •nd round the rivet pearly cirdles shine; at Swindon, the other husbands were away also. On this shall Indians all their art employ, bill prohibiting, under a penalty, the Sale of Intoxi­ the machinery and boilers of these boats. f 6 hordes cating Liquors to Children below 13 years of age, led Welsh, who has had a very checkered history and who And with bright colours stain the gaudy toy. PARLIAMENTARY HO^j «l>ionabla of huT^ to considerable discussion, and on a division was read has only lately come from a house of mercy at Feather fans have now returned to favour. One If the House of Commons % second time by 132 'x> 115. Cardiff, intended to go to London as a laundress, and made of ostrich feather, shaded like a rainbow, with adopt the early-closing movement '"^^ this circumstance led, perhaps, to conviviality. A STRANGE MURDER CHARGE. handle of light tortoiceshell tied with plush ribbons means, it is high time that publi'V. A feeble old man of about 70 years of age, named shaded exactly to match feather, is exquisite. Stiff most desirable ref.-rm should be en«V^tflj quarrel took place between Welsh and one of her C tohila M •REVOLUTION IN ROUMELIA. Dennis Danagher, has just been arrested at the Rath­ feathers in various colours are also much used, curved it be by means most foul. We *•* , «A ' °Phetu^^1 °X> sisters. Jordan interfered and, it is alleged, was P^^^thebeggar-r-- APRIL 2. struck on the forearm by the prisoner with a quart keale Workhouse on a charge of murder, said to have into a kind of heart shape, with a cluster of mara­ se . The attitude of Greece is considered alarming, and blood. Her wounds subsequently received surgical R.M., Patrick Kelly deposed that he was coming home effect of one of the prettiest is that of a grey fleecy if this be carried that the division s-. ^ij from the fair of Rathkeale on October 15,1855, in Prince Alexander of Bulgaria has replied in the nega­ attention, and she was removed to her own house, cloud with the figure of Aurora most delicately followed by a motion to »»r.*\ , ately ufficiei; fc^ad E"S »«""e of «3 tive to the Porte's urgent request that he would adopt where she died the same evening. The prisoner ad­ company with his father Michael Kelly, when they painted. This is edged with old silver lace—a lovely Mr. Blake is of opinion that a s V fereatu^8 * »fter me. the Turco-Bulgarian agreement as approved of by the mitted she struck the injured woman with a quart overtook Danagher near Riddlestown. An altercation harmony. There is a fashion in fans as in everything to carry out this organised obstruct10 ^ ^\ Kmor^* - They .peak Powers. Another telegram was despatched to his jug, and said it served her right, as she had no busi­ arose between Danagher and his father, and he saw else. One thing seems certain: the little instrument of health could readily be formed. Highness yesterday by the Turkish Government. ness to interfere. Mr. Phillips, Aberdare, appeared Danagher take up a stone and hit his father, who grows in favour. The toy of the coquette and the right. It would, of course, be betrJ ij'J d>t. a^"*^ farther into I immediately fell, and was carried into the house tin? From Belgrade it is announced that a Ristich Cabinet for the prosecution. The deceased woman had several companion of the chaperon, the fan wilt ever be in­ Commons could be placed on the f ^ ^ of Thomas Daly, where he was treated by Dr. 1 will probably be formed to-day. children. cluded in the catalogue of a lady's necessaries.— house and compelled to ciose its <| ^•ja* ' Pearse, now living at Newcastle West, but died the L^hiami^V-eooard 7* Lady's Pictorial. How gladly would the overworked following evening from the effects of the blow. »,S. an bo ftr^V*0 bh» • ' JUDGMENT has been delivered by Mr. Justice standing order to lower the gas at *^ a IT is stated that the effect of the proceedings now Witness had not seen Danagher since that night. U lo Denman and Mr. Justice Cave in the Ipswich election being actively taken against the Mormons will be to Thomas Daly said that when Michael KeUy, deceased, IT has been ascertained that the provisions of the and to turn if off completely when ^1 last unit of the midnight hour 15" ^°* ISLi^r ~ H petition. Both the members—Mr. Jesse Collings and drive them from Utah, and that they have selected was brought into his house he was suffering from a Crofters Bill as at present drafted could only be held TbebealtW" Mr. West—were unseated, the election being voided to confer the right of fair rent and fixity of tenure on Blake's revolt will succeed, - e et Nevada as the place where they will make a final stand large wound on the head, apparently inflicted by a of their »*^>| E?- He —»* * »»«4on failed I through bribery and corruption by agents or others. for the maintenance of the Mormon institutions. stone. John StackpoOle, who was at Daly's house at the present tenants. Should a tenant surrender his sentatives and the value ol •»•--- !A few persons will be reported for bribery and others THE Income-tax Commissioners have required the the time, gave similar evidence, and said he had heard holding, his successor would have no claim to the ad­ point urgently to the need of this T t'^MJ o. Menu jfor corruption, and in one or two instances their certi- Dublin Corporation to pay income-tax upon the sale that Danagher killed Kelly. None of the witnesses vantages conferred by the bill, but would hold bis —Lancet. "^'^jt jficates will be withheld. croft under the ordinary conditions of land tenure. of water by meter, the amount being £3000 for could identify the prisoner as the man they knew 31 TnE agitation in the Belgian ^J^feJ A • NEW extension line, which gives the Rhymney 1883-4, and £5000 for 1884-5. The claim, however, years ago. It appeared, however, from statements The crofter members who had placed in the first instance a different interpretation on the provisions pears to be subsiding, but a dyna • . , r • Hailway direct communication, conjointly with the ll will be resisted. The Commissioners base their claim made to Police-sergeant Hoey by the accused that he taken place at the Cronfestu P » pi I Great Western Company, between Cardiff and upon a decision in the case of a Scotch corporation. admits being the man who threw the stone at Kelly. of the measure regard this disqualification as a fatal broken out at Lessines, whither Werthyr Tydvil, has been opened for traffic. Con­ THE Sub-Sheriff of the county of Limerick, Mr. After the night of the occurrence he left the neigh­ flaw, and before the bill leaves committee a strong siderable facilities are afforded by the new passenger effort will be made to modify its provisions in favour despatched Frederick Hobson, proceeded from Rathkeale to Athea bourhood, and went to Cork, disguising himself. The HEE Majesty's Government ha^"* rvice of trains. the other day, for the purpose of evicting seven tenants police were a long time looking for him, and he had of the incoming tenant- mation from St. Petersburg «>» J£i^ rTHE captain, second mate, and boy of the French on the estate of the representatives of the late Arch­ several narrow escapes of being caugnu He worked GHEAT excitement prevails at Motne*, IL conse ediately' having revictualled will imm' png Dix Freres have been landed at Queenstown by deacon Gould. Two of the tenants settled with the at Blarney and Ballincollig for about 27 years, and then quence of an outbreak of fever and small-pox. The the Sunderland steamer Efficient, which arrived from agent, Captain Verschoyle, and arrangements were came to Limerick, where he has been working for magistrates were called upon to investigate some Bay. , tX^Zti ELBVKN hundred men employe j (Boston for orders. The shipwrecked Frenchmen, who made for readmitting the others as caretakers. At some years, and only ventured near his native place riotous proceedings which had arisen from the re­ were in a very weak state from exposure, state that moval by order of the Town Council of a patient from Works, Lincoln, the property ol ^T0)^. i the Rathkeale Quarter Sessions, before the County last week. Sergeant Hoey arrested him from a 1Q8 have come out on strike ag» ^* ^ f p**J |they were at sea a considerable time from Martinique, Court Judge, Mr. Purcell, Q.C., there were no less description given him by Patrick Kelly, son of the a room in a thickly populated neighbourhood, and the 0 pound to Boston with salt, when a fearful hurricane burning of the clothing and bedding of the sufferer in of their wages and the i^Uodacv^ r than 49 ejectments for non-payment of rent, and of stte work. The men paraded the ~ \f. A [overtook them, tore away her masts and made a these but two were defended. Decrees for possession I deceased, about two years ago. The prisoner was the sheep market, on which occasion the Medical deI but the proceedings were very 0?* (Wreck of the vessel, and caused her to leak badly. On were granted in almost every instance. < remanded to Limerick district prison. Officer of Health and the Sanitary Inspector were ithe 2nd ult. the barque Sarah Anno picked off four of attacked by an angry mob, who threatened to throw TELBGRAMS from Westport ann" ^ b£l A MARBLE monument has been erected in York D,n them into a fire which was lighted for that ostensible boats Orwell and Banterer have» £ 1^1 «t dogs lie. as i the crew and sailed away, leaving four on the wreck. Minster to the memory of the officers and men of the IN addition to the sum of £3000 already voted for purpose. Three men charged with participation in take the potatoes with which tnej ^p*jm Vox 15 days, the men endured frightful sufferings, 1st Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment (late the purpose, the Admiralty have approved a further the lawless proceedings were fined, and it was inti­ starving inhabitants of the w'ftn^, e "f jtheir vessel being tossed about at the mercy of the 65th) who fell in New Zealand, India, and the Soudan. c ^elements; and on the 17th one of the number died outlay of £548 on the annual refit of the Royal yacht mated that a prosecution would probably ;»e instituted of Ireland, owing, to the ««•"'_» THE Lord Advocate is taking charge of the Scotch 4i*ZA from fatigue. During the morning of the 20th the Alberta. against a man who has two children down with small­ weather. The gvKboat Bntom^ business in Ihe House of Commons, in the place of D4S •Efficient appeared and rescued the three survivors, MRS. MAST ABBOTT, widow of a clergyman, has pox, and the discoverv of whom in court caused much Mr. Trevelyaa. for (he islands a dav or two *Z°> .when tb"y had given up all hope of being saved. died at Southsea, aged 101 ^ears. " consternation. port.