Widnes Examiner. — 1883-06-30 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

THE EXAMINER, SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 1883  THE STATE OF IRELAND.  Dr. Spottiswoode, President of the Royal Society, died in London on Wednesday.  General Sir Edward Sabine, soldier, explorer, and savant, 1 Mr Healy was on Monday nominated as the Nationalist died on Tuesday. He was barn in October, 1788. ' candidate for County Monaghan, Mr. Monroe, Q.C., as the Upwards of £3,000 have been already subscribed to Canservative, and Mr. Pringle as the Liberal candidate. I ; the fund for the establishment of an observatory on Ben The Royal Marine detective force doing duty in Ireland is Nevis. to be broken up next week, when the men will return to their At the Central Criminal Court, London, on Monday, various divisions. William Joseph Lynch, alias Norman, one of the men A Dublin correspondent says it has been arranged that the arrested in connection with the dynamite conspiracy, was agrarian, murder, and conspiracy trials, which were at first discharged, the Treasury offering no evidence in considera- intended to be removed to Dublin, shall be continued on the tion of the prisoner having given informetion at the previcounty circuits. The venue in each case will, however, be ens trial. changed. A parliamentary return shows that the amount received The state of Mr. M‘Mahon's health will, it is reported last year by 2,115 school boards from rates amounted to from Dublin, prevent that gentleman from contesting County £1,834,756, the average rate in the pound being.ss. 64. The Meath in the Nationalist interest. Mr. John Wm. Jameson, amount raised by loans was £1,138,053, and'£lBo,ll6 of of Stillorgan Park, County Dublin, is mentioned as a proloans was paid off., The balance of loans outstanding was bable Conservative candidate. £12,806,031. Five prisoners, who were sentenced at the Sligo Winter VALUABLE VIOLINS —At a recent sale of violin i the fol. Assizes, by Mr. Justice Lawson, to 12 and 18 months' imlowing instruments were sold at the sums named: A violin prisonment respectively, for obstructing fox hunting at by Antonius Stradivarins, 1687 (known as the "Spanish Rahassane, near Craughwell, were discharged, on Monday, Stradivarius," and brought to England by Ole Bull), £500; by the Lord Lieutenant, though their term was only half ' a violin by Joseph Guarnerius, 1733, £290; a violin by Jos, expired, consequent upon a memorial forwarded to his ExGuarnerius, 1739, £245; and a violoncello by Francesco cellencv by Captain Nolan, M.P., who reported that the Rugerius (formerly the property of George IV.), £330. district was in a peaceable state. BILLS OF SALE AND Featerans.—ln the week ending June Mr. R. H. Metge, M.P. for county Meath, has resigned 23, 1883, there were 231 bills of sale in England and Wales his seat. In his farewell address he proclaims himself still a decrease of 647 over those of the corresponding period to be a Nationalist, but states that circumstances have arisen last year; and the failures gazetted numbered 184, which render it impossible for him to continue to represent a decrease of 40. Totals for the portion of year to June 23, the county. Mr. Parnell was returned with Mr. Metge at 1883, are—bills of sale registered for England and Wales, the general election for Meath. On Mr. Parnell electing to 6,023, a decrease of 17,928; the failures gazetted number sit for Cork, Mr. A. M. Sullivan was elected, and on the 5,256, a decrease of 138.—Stubbs's Weekly Gazette, resignation of that gentleman in February, 1882, Mr. Davitt