The Warwickshire Herald. — 1899-12-07 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

DILLON AND IRISH UNITY. Mr John Dillon, M.P., has addresssd a letter to Meatus. Jeremiah Jordan and Thomas J. Healy, Ml'. a, with reference to the recent unity negotiations and meeting, at which his name was placed on a committee then appointed for the purpose of further negotiations. He states that in his opinion the country has lost all faith in the possibility of the reconstruction of a United Parliamentary Party by negotiations between members of Parliament, and that he very much doubts ^rhether the country would now accept any settlement arrived at by the members of Parliament in that hearty and unquestioning spirit whic'l alone could give it permanency aria value. In view of these considerations, while wishing well to any attempt to restore unity, he cannot see his way to act on the committee. under  rrancis smiti,, the young sailor lying sentence of death at Durham for murdering Henry Ceeley, has been reprieved, the sentence being commuted to penal servitude for life. Smith since the crime has become entirely paralysed, and was carried into court at his trial on an ambulance.  General Otis cables from Manila, confirming the surrender of eight hundred Filipinos to General Lawton at Bavomboug. There was no fighting. There was a recent appointment of a woman head gardener to the Marquis of flute's grounds. The German Emperor and Empress have expressed themselves as & lighted with their recent visit to England. - - - •  The wife of Oom Paul does not like domestic complexities, and has solved the servant question by doing the house work herself. 'ins Duce ot tiamoridge visited Lowestoft on Saturday to start the work in connection with a new pier which is to be constructed at the north end of the borough at a cost ot £60,000. The town was profusely decorated, and the distinguished visitor was accorded a hearty reception. An address having been presented by the Mayor, the Duke then. , amid cheers, cut the turf with a silver spade. Sir Lvelyn nood has written to the organiser of the Tam-o'-Shanter Fund speaking in high praise of that headgear, and asking for one for himself. The Board of Trade announce that masters of vessels engaging Spanish seamen at Bilbao are requested to obtain the sanction of the Spanish authorities to the engagement, and to give an undertaking to repatriate the seamen.  in'Plaank, the nephew of Cetewayo, says that among the Zulus there is an almost *Mamal hope that the Britisji arms will be victorious. Lord Crewe had an attack which narrowly- escaped being rheumatic fever, but he is DPW happily on the road to recovery. Sir Hubert Parry has been nominated to the professorship of music at the University of Oxford, in succession to S r John Stainer. A gentleman nas given a London firm an order for twenty plum puddings, and each one contains either a half-sovereign, a gold thimble, or a bone button. These puddings will be sent to Scotland, and the fun will begin when the unfortunate possef,or of the bone button realises what he has miss(d, or when a lucky finder of a half-sovereign realises what be might have swallowed. The Royal pudding will contain a silver casket guarding a diamond and opal brooch, which is winch £lOO. The casket is small, but it hi quite large enough to be see%