Widnes Examiner. — 1881-11-05 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

LATEST NEWS.  Daniel Macken, president of the National. Land League, was arrested yesterday and sent to Dundalk gaeL Last night's Gazette contains orders for Court mourning for the late Royal Highness Mike Greek William Alexander of Wantemburg. The Gazette contains notice of granting of the Rev. Wm. Jno. Knox Little the dignity of Canon in the Cathedral of Worcester, void by the resignation of Dr. Bradley. The Spartan, a new steamer of the Union Company, intended for Cape service, made her trial trip on the Clyde . yesterday, and was considerad eminently satisfactory. Mr. Ryan, of Doon, County Limerick, who has undergone a long term of imprisonment under the Coercion Act, was unconditionally released yesterday from Limerick Gaol. A telegram from Vienna of yesterday. says an Imperial decree has been issued to-day which ordains the formatioa of separate Bosnian corps d;armee by recruitment in Bosnia. On Thursday, at Ballinsloe, a tenant farmer named •Murray had his skull fractured by another farmer, named Patrick Dowlan. Murray is in a dying state. Dowlan was arrested.  Rear-Admiral Watson, late Commodore at Hong Kong station, succeeds Rear-Admiral Camie as superintendent of the Devonport dockyard, the latter replacing Rear-Admiral Foley at Portsmouth. Messrs. Kenny and Cantwell, Castlecomer, county Kilkenny, who have evaded arrest for a week, having notified their arrival from England to the police, were arrested under the Coercion Act and conveyed to Naas, yesterday. The Land League School at Mill-street, county Cork, was suppressed by the police yesterday, this being the third time. Children state they will not attend the national school while a Boycotted teacher is allowed to remain. Considerable excitement was manifested at Kilrush, yesterday, in Consequence of the Kilmurry harriers baying been prevented hunting the district by late Land Leaguers. One gentleman was specially pointed out for Boycotting. The execution of Wm. Osman, sentenced to death at Chester Assizes (Or wife murder, at Woodley, has been fixed for Monday, 14th inst. A memorial, praying for a commutation of the sentence has been extensively signed in the district.  Shortly after the murder of Peter Doherty three shots were fired into the house of John Doherty, his cousin, joint tenant with the deceased of the farm from which a tenant was evicted. Cauliffe, a former tenant, and a man named Alm, riasy have been arrested. All the constabulary on beat duty in Limerick, on Thursday, dispensed with the batons which they ordinarily wear, and carried loaded revolvers by their sides, in addition to the sword bayonets with which every man is armed. The order to carry the revolvers is said to have been received 02. Wednesday from Dublin Castle. The Transvaal Committee, at a meeting in London, terday, passed a resolution condemning the terms of the Convention recently ratified under protest by the Boers as calculated to lead to further difficulties. One of the Committee just returned from the Transvaal stating. the feeling among Boers against the treaty to be as strong as against the original annexation. A telegram from Loughrea states that on Wednesday night a farmer named Doherty was shot dead while entering his own house in Carrigan, about 11 miles from Loughrea. Doherty, it is alleged, had been boycotted for some time, but it is also stated that the cause of the outage was that 'he had paid his rent. The police have succeeded in making two arrests. Mr. F. Byrne, secretary of the National Land League of Great Britain, has received a letter from the secritary of the Blackburn Branch, giving further details respecting the interference of the police with the proposed meeting. He says the Exchange is licensed for stage plays, and opposition has been threatened to a renewal of the license if meetings are allowed. The secretary adds that the branch will probably sue far breach of contract if refusal of the hall is persisted In. •