The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-08-30 00:00:00

SENTENC2 ON BURGLARS IN PARIS.
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At the Assize Court, sentence was recently passed
on the members of the desperate band of murderers
and robbers known as the Neuilly bald, on account of
some audacious burglaries committed by them in that
suburb. Cornet was condemned to death for the
murder of an old woman named Durand, whom he
and his accomplice Marquelet also robbed. Marquelet
was sentenced to penal servitude for life; Delbarry,
another member of the band, to eight years' penal '
servitude; Bereneer, a receiver of stolen goods, to ten
years imprisonment. Franque was acquitted.
THE DUKE OF EDINBUREM.

On Saturday the Duke of Edinburgh, Vice-Admiral
of the Channel fleet, now in Lough Foyle, was pro-
sented with addresses from the Corporation of Derry
and governor and members of visitation of the
Honourable Irish Society, now on a tour of inspection
over their estates in the north of Ireland. As the
vessels are anchored in Lough Foyle, about fifty miles
from the city, the civic party were conveyed down the
river on the gunboat Wasp. Amongst those preselt
were the Mayor of Derry, Sir Henry Bruce,
P., Sir
John Whittaker Ellis, M.P., governor of the Irish
Society, Lady Ellis, Sir W. Miller, Sir Edward Reid,
Mr. H. C. Heise, deputy-governor of the society,
Alderman Savoury, &c. The visitors were received
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on the quarterdeck of the Minotaur, the flagship of
the Vice-Admiral, by his Royal Highness, who had
with him Prince Alfrei of Edinburgh.
The Mayor of Derry presented an address welcom-
ing his Royal Highness to Lough Foyle, congratulat-
ing him on having succeeded to the command of the
fleet, and expressing devoted loyalty and attachment
to the throne and person gf his august mother. The
address contained the following passage: "We would
fain have bid your Royal Highness welcome within
the walls of our beautiful and historic city, and have
been honoured by receiving and entertaining you
there; but this is an honour to which we look forward
at some not distant future, when, as we trust, in the
exercise of a vice-regal sway over a happy and peace-
ful Ireland, and accompanied by your royal and im-
perial consort, you may visit us as direct representa-
tive of our virtuous sovereign."
The Duke of Edinburgh, in reply, said: Gentlemen,
accept my warmest thanks for the address of welcome
to Lough Foyle which you have just presented to me,
and for the flattering terms in which it is worded. I
much regret that I cannot accept the hospitality
offered me by the citizens of Londonderry, but I am
sure that many. Officers of the Channel Squadron will
thankfully avail themselves of it. low not fail to
convey to the Queen and the Duchess of Albany your
expressions of sympathy with them and all the Royal
Family in the great loss that they have sustained by
the death of my beloved brother. In conclusion, let
me return you my sincere thanks for your good widhes
for the Duchess of Edinburgh and myself.
Sir John Ellis then read and presented an address
on behalf of the "Society of Governor and Assistant
of London of the: New Plantation of Ulster," welcom-
ing the Prince to the estuary, oE Lough Foyle, which
forms part of the estates granted to the society by
King James 1., and declaring it to be .a happy circum-
stance to find the family of the reigning house devot-
ing themselves with so much zeal.:and ability to the
public
which licduitiesthwehy h
which devolved
ion them and the profes-
sions .
The Duke of Edinburgh, in responding, said—Gen-
tlemen, it is a source of great satisfaction to have re-
ceived the loyal address which you have preserted to
me on behalf of the members of this ancient and
honourable society, and I thank you very sincerely
for your congratulation Oft nik attaining to the com-
mand of the Channel fleet—a position which lam
very proud to occupy. It is particularly gratifying
to a member of the Royal Family to be addressed by
a body established for such a good cause, and I shall
make it my special duty to convey to the Queen your
expression of loyalty and attachment to her Majesty's
Throne and person.-

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2#E3ENTATION to the LORD 2124,Y0R.
On Saturday a deputation from the Shipwrights'
Coppany waited upon the Lord Mayor in the Venetian
Parlour of the Mansion House, London, for the purpose
.-at .asking his acceptance of a souvenir of the occasion
of a presentation to Lady John Manners, of a
bust of Lord John Manners, late Master of
the Company, the ceremony having taken place at the
Mansion House,.by the permission of the Lord Mayor,
.who also gave a banquet on the occasion, which was
attended by many distinguished persons.
Mr. J. P.erkins, the Master of the Company, in in-
troducing the deputation, which consisted of Mr.
--rity Saunders (senior warden), Mr. Wynne
Baiter, Mr. J. R. Pascoe, and Major T. D. Sewell,
said the album which they asked the Lord Mayor
.as a souvenir of the presentation of the
bust of Lord John Manners to Lady Manners,
contained the autographs of all the subscribers
to the bust. Lord John Manners had rendered great
services to the Shipwrights' Company in giving an
impetus to the making of models of ships. The
Company was a poor one, and had no hall, and when
they determined to present to Lady John Manners a
bust of her distinguished husband, who was a past
master, the Lord Mayor not only kindly gave use of
the Mansion House for the purposes of the ceremony
of the presentation, but also treated the company in
a manner which had rendered his year of office re-
markable. The Company was desirous therefore of
thanking the Lord Mayor for his kindness on the
occasion in question, and in the name of the sub-
scribers he asked his lordship to accept the album,
which was Of considerable interest from the fact that
it bore the signatures of many distinguished persons.
The Lord Mayor, who was accompanied by the
Lady Mayoress, in reply, thanked the deputation and
said it had given him particular pleasure to entertain
the members of the Shipwi ights' Company at the
Mansion House, on the occasion of the presentation of
, the bust to Lady Manners, as Lord John Manners
was a personal friend of his of long standing. The
Shipwrights' Company were fortunate in obtaining a
person like Lord John Manners as master, and in fact
it was a fortunate circumstance forall the City Guilds.
The Lord Mayor, in conclusion, again thanked the
deputation and said be should look upon the presenta-
tion to him that day as one of the happiest incidents
in his year of office.
The deputation then withdrew.
The album was a very handsomely bound volume,
emblazoned with the arms of the City of London and
those of the Lord Mayor, and containing a suitable
address. It was stated incidentally that it had been
made by blind persons.