Denton and Haughton Examiner, etc. — 1883-04-21 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

GENBRAL SIB ALEXANDER GORDON, M.P., has been summoned to Venice on account of the serious illness of his daughter. Pending his return he has "paired "with Sir Henry Wilmot. THOMAS LEATHRD, the man who murdered a fellow- i risoner Inn police-cell at North Shields by stabbing him in thirty places, has been, at Newcastle Assi/es, declared to be insane, and ordered to be confined during her Majesty's pleasure. GENRRAL" BOOTH has opened a new Salvation Army barracks at West Brighton, and the proceedings throughout were most enthusiastic. The barracks are capable of accommodating 1600 persons, and are situate at the end of Conway-street. THE recently-founded Steven scholarship in agriculture in Edinburgh University has just been competed for, and the examiners have decided to recommend to the Senatus that it should be conferred upon Henry Praia, Longforgan, Perthshire. The scholarship is of the value of .ti7o per annum, and requires that the holder should attend the annual meeting of each of the four leading agricultural societies— namely, the Royal, I the Bath and West of England, the Highland, and the Royal Agricultural Society of Ireland—and furnish arepoet on their more important features. There were seven competitors. MR. GLADIiTONIS lately attended the perform, sum of " Colomba "at Drury-lane Theatre. He met with a very warm reception, the whole audience rising and cheering for several minutes. The Prime Minister remained throughout the whole of the opera, and frequently applauded the performance. THE foundation-stone of the llampstead, (London) Congregational Church has been laid by the Rev. Dr. Moffat, who, in a brief addlses, contrasted its elaborate design with the rude structurm which, as a missionary, he was accustomed to erect for the natives of South Africa, and expressert his confidence that the work earnest on there wouM be attended with the Divine blueing. The ceremony woo followed by a luncheon, at which several members of Parliament were amongst the speakers. AT the North Biding Infirmary, Middlesbrough, Mr. Belk, coroner, has held an inquest into the circumstances of a quarrel between a man named Shanahan and a boy named Connolly. The former, at the Eston Steehvorks, threw a small missile at Connolly, who was working aloft on a crane, which, hitting him on the head, caused bins to fall some distance on to the iron rails beneath, with fatal resulta. A verdict of manslaughter was returned against Shanahan. Cesotimea—The Bost Cement tor Broken Articles, ed. Is. Postage Yd, Kay Bros., Stockport Sold everywhere, Mit. BRIGHT has consented to preside at the public meeting at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, on ,1 Wednesday, May 2, which will close the proceedings of 1 the Liberation Society'a Triennial Conference, to be held in London on that and the preceding day. AT half-past six in the morning a lighterman, named Jeffery Abbott, saw off C..erry Garden-pier, Bermondsey, London, the body of a man floating in the Thames, and, having secured it, he towed it ashore. On the body being examined, it won found that the throat was cut almost from ear to ear, there was a scar on the ri„ht temple, and several teeth were missing. The body was much decomposed, and, it is conjectured, must have been in the water several weeks. The deceased appalls to have been between 50 and 60 years of age. Ile was 51t. Din, high, had dark hair, was bald on top of the head, and had only o-te leg. He was dressed in a diagonal cutaway coat, diagonal vest, and black cloth trousers, sidespring bode, blue stripe cotton shirt, lavender-striped sock, and black silk ,ravat. The body was removed to the mortuary. Nothing was found upon it to lead to its identity. MIL STONEHOOSE scost has been sworn in , as the new Recorder of Southampton.