Denton and Haughton Examiner, etc. — 1887-01-15 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

GREAT FIRE AT MANDALAY. A large fire broke out the other day in Mandalay, and 400 small houses were burnt down. A strong breme was blowing, and it was difficult to check the flames. The fire was of act idental origin. The people behaved well, and the Burmese policemen were very useful. The column which left for the Shan States has established without opposition a post at Pyingoung, 21 miles to the west of Hlinedat.  Tar little sloop Homeward Bound, with a register of only 41 tons, is journeying from Natal to London, and was last safely heard of at the Azores. She is manned by three Norwegians. who built their own boat at Ilarrismith. in the Orange Free State, and brought her 250 miles on a waggon to Natal. The Homeward Bound carries a Royal mail bag from Capetown to England, and dies the mail flag, presented by the Capetown authorities. Already she has successfully passed through some very bad weather on her way to the Azores, and her captain, Ingrald Nilson. hopes to mate England in a fortnight from St. Michael's.  AT Kirkcaldy Police-court, Thomas Beveridge labourer, a young man of 23, has been charged with a desperate assault upon his mother. and with inflicting injeri g upon her, from the effecta of which she immediately died. The woman's body was discovered by the neighbours lying upon the staircase of her dwell. tag. The prisoner made no statement in his &tenth, and he was remanded to the Sheriff's Court on a charge of murder.  No. GLADSTONE has written to the Bomber Bridge Liberal Club thanking the members for their gift of choirs fruit sent him on his birthday. He says: " I heartily thank you for your kind gift and kind words. I beg to testify my interest in your society by placing at your disposal a packet of copies of my recent pamphlet on the Irish question. These perhaps some of the members of the club may like to possess." A PO RUC meeting has been held at Dundee for the purpose of forming a submarine mining corps for the defence of the River Tay. Admiral Maitland Dougall explained that new buildings had been erected at Droughty Castle, and would shortly be occupied by Royal Engineers, who would instruct the volunteres in laying down and working the mines in the river. About 50 men joined the corps. .  Willi reference to the announcement made in a morning paper the other day, to the effect that the officers and men of the brigade of Guards who are on the roster for foreign service have just been medically examined as to their fitness for foreign service, it is stated that, although a battalion of Guards which is one of the first on the roster for foreign service were recently medically examined, it was metely to ascertain what men were tit to be re-engaged for a longer period of service than that for which they were originally enlisted. •AN earthquake has occurred in Tams. At Mandia two slight shocks were felt, but no damage was done by them. During the night a more v:o!ent shock occurred at Djemal. Several houses and more than one mill were laid in ruins by the earthquake there. Seven people were killed, and a largo number were more or less seriously injured. Dismal is a town with five thousand inhabitants.