Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1888-11-24 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

PALII.W.TON' said that war, were usehil because they taught people the geography of foreign lands. The movements of Royalties erenstimes teach us the geography of our own I land Ido not know how often I have beard ! the question 'eked during the last twenty-four ! hones, "Where is Port Victoria?" The Empress Victoria landed there on Monday, and the has given the place a sudden notoriety, which it nevor had before. It may therefore be worth saving that Port Victoria stands on the right shore of the mouth of the Medway, immediately opposite Sheerness. It is the terminus of one o: the branches of the South-Eastern Railway. To fix its position nusi. clearly, it is opposite Southend, on the Kent side of the estuary of the Thames. Seldom need hitherto as a landing place, it may become popular ere long sa the most convenient eastern port at the spot where the river merges completely into the sea. Port Victoria has probably a future before it. especially now that it bail beau patronised by Royalty. • _ •  ItrALLT, it ii WO silly. The police have again got the bloodhounds to track the murderer. Their lives have been insured, so that their owner may not lose any money by their use. Bat with ! an exasperating fatuity they are being" located," as the Americans say, in the vicinity of Pimlico. This means that they would have to he sent for, at a time when every moment is important, from a distance of some six miles, as though there were no place in Whitechapel where the dogs could be loaged. Scotland Yard seems in a double sense to have lately lost ite head.  al•obtion of the eOal and wine &dies will pat rather an unpleasant duty on the new London arookv Connell The deeeit canoed by the abandonment of the eoal duties will have to be filled tip, and I believe that thee will involve an addition to the rates of 4d or 5d in the £.  I. satisfactory to lesas that the entries of lire stook for the coming Smithfie4d Snow are , in each department larger than in any other recent year. Lest year they were more numerous than usual; but the numbers for the show of next month are considerably higher. They consist of 320 eattle, against 300 in 1t81: 197 sheep, against 113; and 86 pigs, against 83. • •  WHIMIZE the attempt i attempted crime of reorder n Whiteebapel may be imputed to the strocioes fiend who has butchered so may victims is at lead open to doubt. We are bound to believe ! that this attempt on a poor creature's life berm in tbe Fame manner. The assassin, by horrible deftness in the manipulation of his weapon, took Use life of his victims in an instant, and then had opportunity undisturbed to wreak his insensate Isssion for purposeless mutilation. In this instance there was no posh dexterity in dealing death. The women who was attacked had time to scream, and her assailant tied. The police say they know him. At all events, they 1111.1) good description of him, and if they miss this this they are very poor at detective work. Let us hope that soon there will be an end of the frantic exasperation which prevails eormerning these murders ; but that can only be by the nitsmoat being caught._  Tan Tories lost a voile on Tneeday night h" the soinnolenes of Sir M. fficknßeacht:'t , President of the Beard of Trade slept peacefully ' in his room through the division. and never once beard the division bell. Upon the beet estimate current last week I set the Government majority upon Mr Gladstone's amendment at ninety; which is six mare than the actual number; and therein high displeasure in she lifmisierial ranks became the Conservative party and the Diasentieatedid net tome forward in greater stariagth. The Liberels Cad3lo up better than any other party in the Home.  Tun Liberal Unionists do not shrive spank in wthatewith the same confidence in the prospects of their cease as they profess in public. Some •• afto I stated that Sir Henry James was by no means sanguine, and DOR I hear that Lord Derby admits that Rome Rua is inevitable. do convinced is he that an Irish Parliament is Corning diet be is now concerned chiefly with Ike question of what in Trish Parliament will do. They will not be able. at any rate. to &anything to injure the noble Earl, for eiveral years ggo, with • &reed sense of what wee corning, he sold his Irish estates.