Widnes Examiner. — 1882-05-06 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

MISCELLANEOUS.  With the exception of the ravage caused by the recent storms, the crop reports up to the commencement of May are mainly favourable.. The British Government has asked for the extradition of the three Englishmen who are implicated in the robbery of jewels from the Hatton Garden Post-office. A Ballot was on Tii;,;t;,y mvi a: third t:MG iiTtd passed in the Manx House of Keys. It is modelled on the act which is in force in Great Britain and Ireland. _ _  - A serious explosion has taken place at a gunpowder manufactory near Bilbao. Three persons were killed outright and several injured. An explosion has occurred.on board the steamer Marion, on the Wateree River, in South Carolina, by which nine persons were killed and several injured. A telegram from Hong Kong states that after a bombardment of two hours' duration the French have taken possession of Hanoi, the capital of Tonking. The Russo-Turkish War Indemnity question is still unsettled, and promises to remain so, the demands of the Russian Ambassador being opposed by a powerful minority in the Turkish Cabinet.  At Ormskirk, a young woman, a dressmaker, has died apparently ftom the effects of a fright sustained by suddenly hearing the loud yelp of a dog as she was walking through the street.  The Press Association is authorised by the Home Secretary to state that G. H. Lamson, before his execution, confessed his guilt to the chaplain of the gaol, and acknowledged the justice of his sentence. The Norwich magistrates on Saturday, committed Wm. George Abigail, aged 19, for trial at the Ipswich assizes on the charge of murdering Jane Plunkett, 23, at Catton, Norwich, on the previous Taesday, by twice shooting her with a revolver.  A mine has been found under the Spirovo station, on the Moscow Railway. It was most carefully constructed, and was furnished with conducting wires. It is reported that a mine has also been found under the Imperial pavilion at the exhibition intended shortly to be held at Moscow. Strange rumours are current as to the relations between Germany and France. One story says that a treaty is being negotiated by which Germany will guarantee France in her possessions, and in return France will pledge herself to a reduction of the army and not to form an alliance with any other foreign Power. An extraordinary attempt to assassinate Mr. Vanderbilt and Mr. Cyrus Field by infernal machines sent through the post has just been discovered through one of the machines exploding in a mail bag, fortunately without doing much harm. The cause of the attempt is not stated, but it may be supposed to be connected with the financial operations of the two gentlemen. We have intelligence from Paris of a desperate engagement between a detachment of the French Foreign Legion escorting a topographical expedition and a large body of natives near Tigri. The Foreign Legiou are reported to have defended themselves heroically, and to have remained masters of the field, after having killed several hundreds of their opponents, but with a loss on their own side of 37 killed and 30 wounded. On Tuesday, an authoritative statement was made that Mr. Willoughby was not murdered on a French railway, as at first believed, but that he fell out of the door against which he leaned on rising suddenly from a long sleep. During the official investigation in France, it was proved that the guard had not fastened the door, and to screen himself that officer had made false statements.  The Riga Ga:ette published an account of an agrarian outrage committed on the 28th ult. near Hosenfoth, Courlaud. The victim was a landowner, named Baron Nolchen Apprichon, who was fired at from behind some bushes near the road. One shot destroyed the sight of one of his eyes, and the remainder of the charge entered his arm and shoulder. Some 'weeks ago an incendiary fire occurred on Baron Nolchen's estate.  News of a desperate attack upon two companies of French troops in Algeria has come to hand. They were escorting an exploring expedition on the Moorish border at the time, and were attacked by 2,000 horsemen—but according to another report by 6,000 natives on foot and 1,800 horsemen —under Bon Amena, who is said to have been killed along with hundreds of his followers. The French loss is given at forty soldiers and two officers killed, and the baggage had to be abandoned. TEE LARGEST Dock IN