The Bee-Hive. — 1873-01-11 (London, England)

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.  FuthAf.  The direetork of the Bank of England reduced the rate of discount yesterday from 5 per cent. to 41, per cent., and a corresponding reduction is being made in the interest allotved for deposits.  Yesterday afternoon, about it quarter Past three o'clock, the Whole Of the -Upper floors of the granary of the Lion Brewery, near Charing-cross Bridge, On the Surrey side of the Thames, 'fell in with a tremendous crash. There were many tons of malt in the upper floors, which fell on the men beneath. Mr. Webb, the manager, one or to clerk' s and other nien are missing, una aro supposed to be buried in the ruine.  Five months since John Firmly, aShopr keeper, was murdered near Nenagh, and Michael McGrath who was suspected as the murderer, suddenly dissappeared. Last night the police arrested McGrath near Nenagli, just as he was about to start for America, and he was committed yesterday to take his trial at the assizes.  A telegram from Dublin states that Mr. Gladstone, having recently informed Mr. Segrave, of Lurgan, that there were only 21 political prisoners, Mr. Segrave has written to the Premier stating that there are upwards of 50 prisoners. Mr. ngrave adds that. the Irish vote in England, Ireland, and Scotland will overthrow the Government unless the men are released.  The Swede charged with murdering, between Montreal and River Plate, the mate of the Emma Second, was brought before the Southampton magistrates yesterday, 'and remanded for Board of Trade instructions. It was proved that the mate attacked the prisoner with a belaying-pin, and was stabbed on approaching him the second time.  A Hampshire eorrespondent assures us that in consequence of the decision come to last week refusing the requested immense in the pay of the Hampshire constabulary, many of the oldest and most experienced officers (if the force have sent in their resignations, that others are about to do so, and that, if an sncrease is not made in the pay, quite 100 men will have left the force by Easter. Lord Cairns Was engaged with the Albert arbitration yesterday. It is stated that Lord Cairns will make a further dividend of 18 0(1. in the pound, making the whole amount paid 3s. GI  A man named Thomas Nelson was charged at the Liverpool Police-Court yesterday with embezzling £l,OOO, the monies of his employer, Mr. Jeffreys Vaughan A. Fruit, a rice Merchant. He was remanded till to-day. At the monthly meeting of the Kinsolo Harbour Board four resolutions were proposed and passed calling upon the Government to purchase the Irish railways, in conformity with the growing desire of That country. One resolution repudiated the 4.ea of taxing England or Scotland for any hiss that might result from the reduction of fares.  Last week the total nutubc.r of paupers in the metropolitan districts WIN 109,941, of whom 45,783 were in workhouses, and 74,158 received outdoor relief. This was a dee/ease, compared with the corresponding week of 1872, of 12,706, and of 40,435 mid 40119 respeo tively, compared with 1871 and 1870. The number of vagrants relieved on the Wit day of the week was 457.  The Lord Mayor had before Min at the Mansion-house on Wednesday a charge againq two Germans, destribed merchants, who Were acou6ed of hatriug disposed of goods of the ualue of upwards of £3,000, which they had obtained au credit within four months of their adjudioation AS bankfuptB. A remand was ordered.  A *lse, answering in Some respeets the des-. oription of the Great Coram strt•et murderer has been arrebted by the Sheerness police on suspicion. Re gave his name as Pius frfeKinwm, and his age at 23 years. So far, however, nothing has transpired to connect him with the commission of the oriole.  The'cleath of Mr. J. Winter tioott, who for the two Parliaments following the 1832 Reform Act, represented North limits with Mr. shaw Lefevre, now Lord Eversley, is announced.  Lord Cairns the arbitrator in the Albert Assuranoe Company's affairs, hits, upon the applioation of the ifoint Official Liquidator, ordered the payment of a seoond dividend in this arbitration. The amount available permits of a dividend of is. 6d. in the pound,. making with the previous dividend, 35.1 6d. Notioe or the date of payment of this seoond dividend is to be sent to every claimant as seen SS the necessary calculations have been made.  '