The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-05-22 00:00:00

EPITOME OF NEWS,

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

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The Earl of Iddeeleigh is sitting to Miss Lili Stsecil
Poole for laisportrait, which she has been commissi°
to paint for the Beaconsfield Club, Pall Mall.
A telegram has been received in Dublin, from ICeir
South Wales addressed to Lord Enniskillen, P,r;
raising the help of Australian Orangemen to
Loyalists of Ireland.
It has been explained in Dublin that there are fce
deliveries per annum from the chief arsenal of tra
Empire to the Irish military centres and that
despatch of two million rounds of bail cartridge tn 3
other ammunition from Woolwich was one of theseeaa
The report that General Roberts was to be reen
from India, and be placed in command in forces to 01
down the Ulster Loyalists should they rise in rebellioni
has no foundation. It is pointed out that Sir Frederica
Robert is himself by family an Ulster Presbyterian, 013
by syrnnathy not only a Loyalist, but an Orangeman.;
At Cambridge Assizes, on Saturday, Jas. lEfeutn
farmer of Bythert, Hants, was charged before Dsc°to
Polleck with corrupt and illegal practices at the
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Parliamentary election for South Huntingdonsnt
The prosecution was instituted by the National Libele:,
Club. Mr. Murphy, Q.C., and Mr. Dankwert fora,at°'
prosecution, Mr. Edward Clarke Q.C., M.P., and 01"
Winch defended. The trial lasted nearly six VI
and in the result the jury found the defendant 0
guilty, and he was discharged.
On Saturday an enquiry was held at Sunderls%
into the alleged drunkenness of George Ramsay, 11;
second mate of the sie)mship Statira. When l'ea
vessel was 011 a voyage from Monaca to Bona, Rain%
was drunk when on watch, and went below, leavieg tt'a
vessel in charge of no one. At Dunkirk ha was sgital,
drunk, and refused to obey orders. The Court su°
pended his certificate for three months.
A terrible hurricane, causing great devastationi
swept over the town of Krossen, in the province ca,
R Andenburg, on Saturday afternoon. Several build' ,
e blown down, and nearly all the houses had them'
~-ofs and windows damaged. A church tower
thrown down, and in falling destroyed a neighbourill
house. The services of the military and firemen bn f
been requisitioned to clear away the &brie, oat 0
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which se, eral dead bodies have already been extriestedean
A number of persons have been injured,
seriously. Two ships on the Oder have foundered, nc
of their crew being drowned.
It is announced that the Government of New •Zef;
land will oppose the cession of the New Hebriclega,a'
France in deference to the Presbyterian Church of to"
colony.
Owing to rainy weather, the British and Rusin°
members of the Afghan Boundary Commission 0111/
left Charstrambeh on the 7th inst.
According to Reuter, a large amount of fever
dysentery is reported among the troops in "UPI'.
Burmah.
A good many cholera fatalities and fresh cases of ,t!
epidemic are reported from Brindisi, Bari, and Vetni",, :
The Chicago police have arrested Lingg, the n'i
who threw the dynamite bomb during the late Socis.'"
riots in that city.
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His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge - r
present on Saturday, and responded to the toast of
Majesty's Forces, at the annual dinner given be,
tall
James APCsarel Hogg as Chairman of the Metropoll
Board of Works. et
It is stated by a correspondent that the Governilleto
has made an exception to its recent determination to,
cease granting free pardons to accomplices In ,tbe
furtherance of the detection of crime so far as
murder of the police-constable at Fenny Compton le
concerned. A free pardon will be offered to anY°l39i
giving information in this case, and not the netu
murderer.
Myers defeated George in the mile race on Sattird,tin
at Maddison-square Gardens, New York. this being t'n
third and the last of the matches arranged bet W 8
them, all of which have fallen to the American. at
The Rev. H. 0. Shuttleworth presided on Mot-Idsi';
the annual meeting of the National Sunday Leaga':
and congratulated the members of the organisatic"
upon the progress they were making. • al
Her Majesty's Government have ordered the Adrilirto
Commanding-in-Chief on the Australian station
plant the Peitish flag on the Kermadec Islands, to t'
North of New Zealand.
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Alfred Weller, landlord of a public-house in Li a
Moorfields, London, was brought up at Guildhall, sin r
pleaded guilty to the charge of keeping his hou:e in
betting purposes. He was fined £5O, with the alterinsi
tive of three months' imprisonment. A man ner3e
Henry, who had acted as his tout, was fined £2O. an
Twenty thousand tailors' journeymen who were, Y„
strike in Chicago have resumed work. Another poll
man has died of injuries received during the I
Socialist riots.
On Sunday last the American fishing schooner
Doughty was seized off Cape Breton.
Several portions of the town of Mery have beesi
flooded, owing to the breaking of a dam
On Monday the United States Senate passed a
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limiting the commercial privileges of foreign vessels
those accorded to American vessels at the ports
which those foreign ships belong.
Sir Charles Dilke occupied the chair on Monday ni,g"l
at a special meeting of the London Liberal and RarlinsA
Council. The proceedings were somewhat noisy.
resolution was passed declaring unabated confideo':
in Mr. Gladstone, and expressing the hope that til°
second reading of the Home Rule Pill may be carriecitio
The monster petition from Scotland against ,
setting up of a separate Parliament in Ireland was prre,
sented on Monday to the House of Commons b 9 14;
J. H. Macdonald, the former Lord Advocate. It p
signed by 106,891 persons, and presented the forte
great ball as high as the table. It was brought into
House before the Speaker took the chair.
A mass meeting of the inhabitants of Durham "- t
held in the market place on Monday nieht, to protes,
against the Sunday Closing Bill for the County Severn`
thousand persons were present. A small body of tee'
totallers attended, and, on attempting to make the'll‘
selves heard the meeting grew very noisy, the teroPfor,
mice advocates were hustled, and eventually the poll'
had to interfere to protect them. Several of thenl,
including Professor Pearce, the Rev. H. E. Fox, and tb:
Rev. B. Wilkinson, sought protection in the Town /Dn.
A resolution condemning the bill as an unwarrantaS"
interference with the liberty of individuals, and
tending to promote class and piecemeal legislation, YtrY-
adopted.
The Rey. H. C. W. Phillips, vicar of the Lye, Stouf.
bridge, was announced to preach in the local Congregt:
tional Chapel, on Sunday afternoon last, and l"
anticipation of his officiating, crowds wended their wilt,
to the place. The Stourbridge County Express
poined out the illegality of the act, aria a copy of the
paper was sent to the Bishop of Worcester, who wr°l
to Mr. Phillips, stating that " there is no doubt this
the law of the Church of England does not allow
parson in holy orders to preach or officiate in a buildinlb
not consecrated or licensed by the bishop." The letter,
concluded," As your preaching would be a breach °'
ecclesiastical law, I feel bound ta request you not tO"
do it."
In Dublin, on Monday, the Scottish Equitable Muttls,
Assurance Company, mortgagees on the estate of Loit''
Annaly in the counties of Dublin and Longford fr%
72,000, sought to have a receiver appointed, the intwvtel,
rest being a year in arrear. The Standard Assura
Company, mortgagees for about £40,000, supperted the,.
application. The encumbrances were stated to amount;
to £120,000. Lord Annaly alleged the difficulty 0-`
obtaining rents. ,Tudge Monroe allowed the matter tn.
stand over until July 1, stating that if the interest ever`'
paid no rule would be made.
At the Cardiff Police-court, on Monday, Arthur lir'
Corry, a member of the "Human Nature" ComParq?
which has been playing in Cardiff for the last fortniglivar
was charged with assaulting a builder of the town 1/7
striking him on the head with a stick, inflicting a sevel
wound. It was alleged that the defendant ap_
another actor smashed the windows of the compls"?
ant's house, and that the defendant struck the coo6a'
plainant a violent blow when the latter sought to ejec:
them from his front garden. The defendant was fine'
Thomas Fitzpatrick was tried at the Manchester
Aszizes on Monday for shooting at a watchman namecl
Anderson, at Bury, in February. The prisoner's wife'
after a quarrel, took refuge in the house of the prose'
cutor, and remained for several days. The prisoner
one morning rushed into the house, and, on being
spoken to by Anderson, took out a revolver and fired,'
the bullet grazing his arm. Fitzpatrick then pointet
it at his own breast and pulled the trigger, but
missed fire. He was sentenced to eight years' penal'
servitude.

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At the Richmond Police-court, on Monday, Margaret
Brooks, an Irishwoman, was charged on remand wit;
violently assaulting John Hurran, by throwing* lighted
paraffin lamp at him, at Mortlake, on the 9th hist;
Complainant, who has undergone much suffering II"'
Richmond Hospital in consequence of his severe in'
juries, was still unable to attend, and medical evidence
having been given to that effect, the prisoner was agsi°
remanded, bail being refused.
By order of the Home Secretary a coffin was oP
Monday exhumed at Leicester Cemetery in the presence
of the town clerk and other officials, under singnlef
circumstances. A short time ago a dead body was clic
covered at the workhouse, four days after its suppose('
interment, and strange rumours were
.circulated as ilf;
what the coffin actually contained. On being opelie'
it was found that the coffin was empty.
At Tipton on Monday James Hunt and Frank Wilker
of Birmingham, were each sentenced to three months
bard labour for a savage attack on three policernee:,
Whilst Divine service was being held at Perry Bit
Church a large number of men assembled near to t,'l"
church, and created a disturbance. Upon the peill
interfering, the prisoners and others struck them
otherwise assaulted them. One man was removed w
the hospital badly injured.
At Newcastle-under-Lyme two blacks, named,.
Mellish and Lea, natives of Bermuda performing Wit'
Sanger's Circus, were charged with :tabbing three
the townsfolk of Newcastle on Sunday night, two beia:
seriously injured. The prisoners were stated to bay!
run like madmen through the town, stabbing at anyell:
they met. The prisoners, who offered no defence, vat"
remanded for inquiries.
A fatal accident occurred on Monday at BfessrS'
Clayton and Shuttleworth's engineering works, Lincole:
Contrary to orders, William Foster, a foreman of
circular saw in the saw-mills, attempted to put a strag
on a pulley whilst the machinery was in motion, aIL
the pulley going at the rate of 200 revolutions a mintin,
Foster was caught in the pulley and dreadfully Intl'
lated. He died in a few minutes afterwards.
Patrick Quigley, a farmer, living at Knockjames, feet,
miles from Tulle, county Clare, was shot dead on StlPf
day night whilst sitting at his fireside. A number (1)„,
shots were fired through the window, inflicting shoe go
ing wounds on the unfortunate man. The crime. !A
agrarian, Quigley having recently taken a beyeottm-
grazing farm.
A small cutter was brought to Hull on Monday whl...e
had been seized by the Customs on the Lincoln
coast off the Humber, having on board a cargo el
bales of tobacco. It appears that through an acciafhe
to the rudder the vessel drove ashore, and, on
coastguard going to render assistance, the tobaeco.w7i
discovered on board. The vessel was therefore selle
and taken to Hull.
wnEN the late Lord Alvanley fought a duel at Welre
waDd Scrubbs, and got home safe again, he gave„oft.
ha .kney coachman a guinea. "It is not for tas-1
1119 there." said he. "but for bringing me hack."

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