Widnes Examiner. — 1882-04-15 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

ISCELLANEOUS.  At the Easter Vestry Meeting at St. James's, Hatcham, on Tuesday, there was a repetition of the noisy proceedings of the last few years. Dr. T. A. Elias, a well-known medical practitioner in Southport, died with awful suddenness on Tuesday while visiting a patient. Lady Harriet Scott Bentinck, who succeeded in 1879 to the Ayrshire estates of the late Duke of Portland, has just died at Naples, in her 80th year. Sir Richard Gilpin, Bart., who was for many years one of the representatives of Bedfordshire in the House of Commons, has just died in his 82nd year. On Tuesday, Sir Henry Lech, the retiring governor of the Isle of Man, and Lady Loch were presented with addresses in the ancient metropolis cf the Island, Castletown. Ellen Robinson, sentenced to death at Omagh Assizes for the murder of her child, has had her sentence commuted by the Lord-Lieutenant to penal servitude for life. Mr. William Cockerel', of Cambridge, barrister-at-law, of the South-Eastern Circuit, has been appointed Recorder of Sudbury, Suffolk-, vacant by the death of Mr. T. H. Naylor. Arrangements hays been made to hold a general conference of agricultural labourers in May for the purpose of urging upon the Legislature the necessity of an early consideration of the county franchise question. It has been decided, the Army and Navy Gazette understands, not to bestow any honours •n• rewards on the officers, non-commissioned officers, and men who took part in the action at Majuba Hill. On Monday morning a prize fight took place in a field at Tottenham between two labouring men named Wright and Watson, for a stake of £lO a-side. Twelve rounds, occupying 35 minutes, were fought, when Wright gave in. The fight, which was uninterrupted by the police, was witnessed by a large number of spectators. A stone weighing half a ton was removed from the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway just in time to prevent a train from Manchester being wrecked aL Neepsenden, near Sheffield. It is stated that a dozen men were seen rolling the stone on the 'hie ten minutes before the train was due.  During the past week the West Cornwall spring mackerel fishery was very successful. The catches ranged trom 2,060 to 4,000 per boat, one night some of the boats having up to '7,000. Prices were firm, and ranged from 255. down to 13s. 6j. per six score. Nearly all the fish were forwarded by rail for the Paris, London, and principal provincial markets. The official programme of the Irish Exhibition to be opened in Dublin, in August, was issued on Saturday. The exhibits are classified under six heads, namely, raw material produced in Ireland, articles manufactured in Ireland, machinery suitable for Irish industries, Irish 'home and ,cottage industries of all kinds, art work by residents in Ireland, and a loan collection of paintines, sculpture, carriages, china, plate, lace, embroidery, and antiquities. A shocking accident, resulting in the death of Miss Rutter, of Huddersfield, and injury to Miss Lattimer, of Bradford, and Mrs. Webster, of Barnsley,lms occurred at Silkstone Fall, near Barnsley. The ladies awompanied Mr. Webster, a confectioner, in a pheeton to Silkstone Fall to visit a relation. In returning the horse Wok fright. Mr. Webster fell out of the vehicle, and the ladies jumped from the conveyance. Miss Ilutter fractured her skull, and died instantly. Tim HATTON Gs,unrrr