Widnes Examiner. — 1885-01-03 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

REDISTRIBUTION BILL.—The outlines of the scheme Plumstead were on Saturday in a state et considerable ex- drawn by the Beundary Commissioners for the division of citement on the occasion of the funeral of the young girl Kent into eight constituencies have just been received. Laura Wilson, who was on Monday murdered at 13, Beres- West Kent will be divided inte Dartford and Sevenoaks ; ford-street, Woolwich. The interment took place at the Mid -Kent, Mallinge and Tunbridge ; East Kent, Ashford, parish churchyard of St. Nicholas, Plumstead, the Streets Faversham, St. Augustin's and Isle of Thaset. The Bonn. and roads throughout the route (a distance of about smile dary Commission has fixed inquiries to be held on January and a half) being lined with spectators, considerably inter- 6th at Newcastle, Bth at Appleby, 9th at Carlisle, and after. tering with tramway and other vehicular traffic. The wards at Glamorgan. Inquiries concerning the electoral church, which which was in charge of Messrs Hartley and areas of 18 counties have now been held in England and White, churchwardens, was filled to ovetflowing, whilst be- Wales, and the reports on these are in the printer's hands. tween 2,000 and 3,000 people remained outside. As the Boundary Commission inquiries were held on Tuesday at body was carried in and out of the sacred edifice a solemn Herefore and Gloucester, Mr. Henley presiding at the former requiem was played on the organ by Mr. Hawke& The and Major Tulloch at the latter. The commissioners' funeral service was performed by the Rev. J. M'Allister, scheme was generally approved at each, but comments were vicar of St. Nicholas, Plumstead, and the scene was a solemn offered on details. Mr. Henley, Boundary Commissioner, and affecting one.—At Woolwich, on Tuesday, Frederick held an inquiry at Hereford on Tuesday. The official Marshall was charged with causing the death of Laura Wit- scheme, dividing the county into the Leominster and the son, on the 22nd inst Mr. Poland prosecuted, and intima- Ross divisions was generally approved The Boundary ted that the prisoner would be charged with murder. After Commissioners sat at Tralee on Tuesday and considered a briefly sketching facts attending .the murder, as already number of objections to the proposed division of county stated, Mr. Poland called Mrs Hewitt, the occupant of the Derry. Major Macpherson, Boundary Commissioner, held house where the deceased lived, and she deecribed the en- an inquiry on Tuesday at Downpatrick, in regard to the trance of the deceased into her bedroom at 2.30 a.m , hay- preposei division of the county under the Redistribution ing been stabbed to the heart. The deceased's father pro- Bill. The official scheme proposes to divide Comity Down daced letters from the prisoner to the deceased threatening into four districts, named after the towns of Downpetrick, to " awing " for her, and that "Charlie should never have Barnbridge, Newtownards, and Dromnre ; but all parties apher." Another letter was found on the deceased after death proved the alternative proposal to name the divisions North, dated the 21st. Prisoner was remanded. On Wednesday South, East, and West Down. Conferences of gentlemen the magistrate's inquiry into the mnrder was continued, representing both political parties in Cheshire were held on when further evidence was given against Marshall. De- Tuesday, the Liberals meeting at Crewe and the Conserveceased, it was shown, was to have left her place the day tives at Knatsford. At each gathering the Boundary Corn. after that on which she was murdered, her desire being to missioners' scheme for subdividing the county into eight net out of reach of the prisoner, of whom she stood in fear, electoral districts was discussed, and the suggestions of both It was further proved that the prisoner did not sleep at parties—which do not appear to vary in any vitally imhorne on the night of OA murder. Another remand was portant particulars—will be laid before the Commissioner at granted. Chester.