Widnes Examiner. — 1882-06-03 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

LATEST NEWS.  Mr. Trevelyan, the Irish Secretary, arrived in London i‘onl Dublin yesterday.  The Marquis of Conyingham died yesterday afternoon at his London residence.  Mr. John C. F. S. Day, Q.C., has been appointed judge in .be place of Load Justice Bowen.  Mr. Thomas Brennan, secretary to the late Land League, was released unconditionally from Kilkenny gaol yesterday morning.  Mr. Mundella, who is at present in Dublin on a visit to the Lord-Lientenantp.is expected to resume his parliamentary duties on Monday.  On Thursday evening a portien of the hut encampment ot Pembroke dock, the quarters of the 23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers were destroyed by fire.  The St. Petersburg Official Messenyv publishes an Imperial order abolishing the present West Siberian Government and establishing a Government of the Steppes. Cardinal Manning has, the Press Association learns, directed petitions to be signed protesting against Roman Catholics being tamed for the support of board schools, of which they cannot consistently avail themselves. At Corfe Castle yesterday, Joseph Kingsford was committed for trial for the murder of his companion, Thomas Rigby, a pedlar, by smashing his head with a stone, on Whit-Monday.  A meeting of the Irish Parliamentary party was held yesterday, Mr. Parnell presiding, at which, after discussing the Coercion Bill, it was decided to propose further amendments to that measure.  A serious poaching affray took place on Thursday.night in the woods on Lord Kestevens estate at Irfford. A keeper named Syford, while out on duty, met three poachers and demanded from them their game, etc. A serious conflict ensued, in which Lyford was seriously injured. Two of his assailants have since been arrested.  Many of the leading Liberals of the country have decided in celebrate in a few weeks Mr. Bright's 25th year of representing Birmingham. The exact nature of the caremony has not yet been agreed upon,. but will be settled at a special meeting os the executive committee of the Birmingham Liberal Association on Wednesday next.  The Press Association learns that arrangements are being made by the London and Counties Liberal Union for a great political demonstration, to b 3 held at the Crystal Palace, in celebration of the jubilee of the passing of the Reformation Act. No date has yet been fixed, but the middle of August is regarded as probable. In the First Division of the Edinburgh Court of Session yesterday, judgment was given in an action at the instance of Miss Josephine Hubert, an actress,. against Mr. W. Bentley, a well-known actor, for the paternity of a child, born in 1876. Their lordships sustained the judgment of the lower court, finding that the pursuer had failed to prove her case, and dwelt strongly on "the disgraceful nature of the case, and falsehood shown oi . both sides."  An unprecedented cricket performance took place at Lords yesterday, when Barnes and Midwinter—playing in the match Marylebone Cricket Club V. Leicestershire—put on no less than 454 runs while they were in together. At the luncheon interval Barnes was not out, 264, and Midwinter, not out, 186. On resuming the former only added two, and the latter one, and the innings closed for 546 runs.