Denton and Haughton Examiner, etc. — 1885-09-19 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

VIZ., the bill to amend the Employers' Liability Act, 1880, the increase in the number of factory and workshop inspectors, the I further increase of mines inspectors, the further prevention of loss of life at sea, the extension of the Employers' Liability Act, 1883, to the shipping trade, the bill for the further regulation of railways and for the prevention of accidents thereon, the bill for the making the possession of a certificate of competency compulsory in the case of enginemen on land as is the case in the marine servioo, the removing of all unnecessary obstacles to the appointment of workmen in the civil and magisterial service of the country, the abolition of all property qualification in our local government system, such a reform of the land laws as is best calculated to set free the springs of national industry and to promote home consumption of manufactured goods, the restitution of educational and other endowments to the service of those for whom they were originally intended. The importance of electing a Parliament for the government of this I the greatest Empire in the world cannot be over-estimated. There is no secular duty so sacred as this or fraught with such consequences for weal or woe. There are unmistakably signs that the era of social I reform is nearer at hand than at any time in our history. Crimes, which are mainly the result of poverty and wretchedness, are being unmasked, cries of the victims are penetrating into quarters where the cry for justice never before reached. We wish you to study the,se problems, and devote yourself to the unravelling of them. Our highest duty is not disposed of by attending to our own wants. We who have a political power are in a large measure responsible for the condition of our poorer neighbours. To the constituencies which have adopted genuine labour candidates we make a special appeal, and trust every effort will be made to secure the return of labour representatives to Parliament. We offer these remarks with a full sense of justification of the work of the Congress since the last Reform Bill, and which was set forth in circulars in the early part of the year, encourages us to hope for still greater things in the future. We ask you to help us in realising this hope, and thus discharge your duties of citisenship to the best of your ability, in the interest of your country, and to the advantage of your fellow men.  Jona WILLOUGHBY, a scavenger, of Abingdon, has been charged with murdering his wife On August 11. It appeared that the man was constantly threatening his wife, and on the morning in question a neighbour heard him say, "ill do something for you before night." About noon the prisoner's little boy ran out of the house crying that his father bad hit his mother on the head with a hammer. On some persons going to the house, Mrs. Willoughby was discovered dead upon the floor with her skull smashed in. The prisoner lay close beside her with a terrible gosh in the throat. A hammer and a razor covered with blood were found in the house.  LORD IDDESLEIGR has consented to speak at a fite to be held in Sherborne Park on October 3. Lord Alington a-ill preside over the meeting, which is to be held in support of the Hon. Humphry Sturt's candidature.  The Derbyshire Agricultural Show, at Derby, was most successful exhibition. As usual, the chief attraction was the leaping competition. For the open competition the horses entered formed a magnificent display, the prizes bringing together some of the best jumpers in England and Ireland. The premiums in this class are among the largest offered by any agricultural society. The Earl of Lfartington and the Earl of Shrewsbury were conspicuous exhibitors in the Great Champion Leaping classes. An additional feature in the jumping classes were the prizes offered to the Derbyshire Yeomanry Cavalry, a number of the members of which had entered.