, 1875-09-08
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burg having been expelled from the
chapter for voting Liberal candidates at
the recent elections, has appealed to the
Bavarian Government for redress.
Fifteen seamen were charged at Ply
mouth with refusing to proceed to sea
with the ship Sunbeam, an American
vessel. The men alleged the ship to be
unseaworthy, and a survey, made by the
Board of Trade Inspector, confirmed the
statement of the men, who were
discharged.
The Russian Government is believed to
contemplate the formation of a CONNER
eial road through the Yunnan provinces
OF the Chinese Empire, and to be willing
to cooperate with Great Britain in open
ing the Western frontier of that empire.
In the British House of Commons DR..
Kenealy complained of the exemption of
Col. Baker from hard labour during his
Imprisonment, to which Colonel Dickson
retorted by a reference to DR.. Kenealy's
own case, when, in 1850, he was sentenced
to q months imprisonment, without hard
labour, for ill-treatment of his son.
Lord Carnarvon, replying to the repre-
sentations of q deputation, said the Colo
NAL Office had no power to afford informa-
ton as to the levels of the African Sahara,
which it was proposed to submerge for
tha.purpose of forming a canal communica-
ton with the centre of that continent.
A vase of old Chelsea porcelain realized
the sum of 1850 guineas.
Foot and mouth disease las again bro
ken out with great violence in Kent and
Sussex. 4 cowkeepers were fined for not
giving information OF the existence of the
disease in their herds.
Mr.. Gilman, a passenger in one of the
trains which came into collision at
Thorpe, England, last September, and
who had sustained very severe injuries,
obtained a Verdict against the Great
Eastern Railway Company on the 9th
August for $4,000 damages and 9497
medical expenses. The Judge stayed exc
cution, to allow the defendants to move
for a new trial on the ground Of excessive
damages.
The O'Connell Centenary was celebrat-
ed in London on the 9TH Aug. by a dim
ner, at which a considerable number OF
Irish M. P.'s were present, who in their
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try to Home Rule. The event was also
celebrated by the Irish residents in most
of large towns of England and Scotland.
At Patrick, near Glasgow, there was some
rioting, and about so Irishmen were taken
into custody.
The O'Connell Centenary in Dublin
was remarkable for the enormous process
sion which passed through the streets to
the meeting place, where, however, the
Lord Mayor failed to obtain a hearing
through the interruption of the Amnesty
sympathizers. At a banquet in the even
ing the same cause led to a premature
termination of the proceedings. (Times)
The Berlin Court of Appeal has direct
ed the release of the editor of the Frank
fort paper, imprisoned for refusing to de-
clare the author of@an Objectionable artl-
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The Moderate members of the Spanish
Constitutional Committee have published
aprotest against including the principle
qtdfreedomo of worship in the future con-
stitution.
sAirace in Boyton life-preserviDg dresses
was 'swum in the Thames on the 10th.
There were 10 competitors, and Mr.. Law
renee Whalley was the victor.
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