The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-04-03
ACROSS THE ATLANTIC.
THE RESPITE OF Or. LAMsoN
Attn. Request of rrr,ld.at ArtAut-str.lullor'.
AaGSlu'-Ths Oxford. d.ClnSddss Boat Race.
An Irish Lsay InprlsOa.d- Disaster
at S.a-FOrIEn News Notes.

LoNDoN, April o.-The 06srrer to-day
says We are authorized to state thai
at the request Of President Arthur, the
Secretary Of State for Home Department
has respited DR.. Lamson until the 18th
inst, pending the arrival Of fceRain evidence
from America. Sir William Harcourt Is
always willing to afford adequate time tor
die examination. The circumstances, It Is
alleged on responsible authority, are in
favor Of the convict under sentence Of
death. The prisoner, however, has
been distinctly warned that respite
granted under these circumstances raises
no presumption Of final reprieve or com.
mutation OF his capital sentence. It has
been the practice where reSpites are grant.
ed for the purpose Of further inquiry into
the matter either Of law or fact, that where
the inquiries show no sufficient ground for
interference the sentence takes It's course,
In the case ot Thomas Mansell in '57, the
prisoner was executed after respites grant
ed by Sir George Gray extending over six
months. In the case Of Michael Barnett,
who was executed for implication in the
Ulerkenwefl explosion in 1868, CATHERINE
Hardy, the Home Secretary, granted re-
spite Of fortnight's duration for the pur-
pose OF further inquiry into facts alleged In
exculpation.
LONDON, April Eli the water be rough
tomorrow Hanlan and Boyd will use
English boats, ifsmooth they will use Cana
dian boats. The betting ut New Castle is
five to two and two to one on Hanlan.
Both men are in fine form and remarkably
confident.
ST. PETERSBURG, April 2.-The two as
sassins of Genenl Strelnikotf were not
hanged. The Car did issue an order for
their immediate execution, but suisse
quently countermanded it. The body Of
General Streinikof was buried this morn.
ing with full military honors.
LONDON, April 1.-The Cambridge crew
were the first to come out on tbe river
They took the Middlesex side. Final bet.
ting WAS five to one on tho 0xforls. The
boats started at one minute past o'clock.
Cambridge was first to take water, and
Immediately led by half boats length,
but were caught and passed by the Oxford
boats before fifty yards had been trayers-
ed. At the soap works, mile and half
from the starting point, the Oxford crew
were leading by four boat lengths. At
Hammersmith Bridge, two furlongs further
on, they were four lengths in front OF Cam
bridge, and of ChesswiCk Mall the latter
seemed to be fairly done with. The OK
ford crew finished in good form six lengths
ahead. They won as they pleased. The
Cambridge men were exhausted at the
finish, and their rowing wasirregnlar.
Time OF Oxford crew, twenty minutes
and twelve seconds; Cambridge, twenty
minutes and thirty-seven seconds. The
tide and wind were both favorable for
good time. Among the spectators were
the Prince ot Wales and Duke OF Edin-
burgh.
DUBLIN, April l.-Arthur Herbert, JUS
tice Of the Peace, who. was shot dead while
FetaEning from Castle Island Petty Ses.
sions, was the person whose expression OF
regret that the police had not fred upon
rlotous mob, was some time ago the sub
lect OF discussion in the Commons. Since
ms murder eleven lambs that belonged to
him have been maltciously stabbed.
Mary Power 0'Connor, sister OF Thomas
Power O'Connor, member OF Parliament
for Galway Borough, was prosecuted at the
Athlone Petty Sessions today, for advising
tenants OF Parish Drum, County Roscom-
mon, not to pay their rents. She was
ordered 10 find bail or go to jail for six
months. She elected to go to Jail.
LONDON, April 2.-The Spanish steamer
Yreuracbat, Capt Ugarte, from Liverpool
for Porto Rica, came in collision with
the Royal Mail Company's steamer,
Doura from Brazil, off Cape Finisterre,
Spain, Saturday night. Both steamers
sunk. The steamer 1Iidalgo rescued seven
teen persons from the Doura and 81 from
the Yruracbat, and landed them at Corunna.
Thirty Of the crew of the Yruracbat, in
Guiding the captain and pilot. were
drowned. Thirty.fve Of the Doura's pas
sengcrs were saved. The number drowned
is unknown.