The Dewsbury Chronicle, and West Riding Advertiser. — 1873-09-06 (Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England)

OOO. It is proposed to erect a permanent gallery of pictures and valuable objects in Liverpool, at a cost of £15,000. Two new comets were discovered last week: the one by M. Henry, at Paris; the other by M. Borelly, at Marseilles. Mr. Disraeli, as Lord Rector, will deliver the inaugural address to the students of the Glasgow University in November next A protest has been forwarded to the Committee of the Stock Exchange against any recognition of the proposed new Turkish Loan. A convict' at Hawlbowline Works nearly killed the warder, Campbell, on Monday, by striking him on the head with an iron jumper. The Baroness Burdett Coutts, accompaeied by Mrs. Brown, Sir James Lacaita, and Mr. Hassard, left town on Tuesday morning for Edinburgh. The Russian commander in Khiva is campaigning against the Turcomans who massacred 2,000 returning Persian liberated slaves in the vicinity of Khiva. Edward Abbott, who was sentenced to death at the last Somerset Assizes for the murder of his infant daughter, at Knowle, near Bristol, has been reprieved on the ground of insanity. At Westbolden Quarries, Shields and Sunderland. on Monday, while six men were preparing a hele for blasting the gimpower exploded. Two men were killed, and three seriously injured. Senor Rornah, the celebrated gymnast, narrowly escaped a violent death on Monday while performing at Leamington. A horizontal bar broke in two, and he just caught the end in time. The tailors connected with a firm at Bury have struck work, in consequence of their employers reducing their wages id. per hour. A general strike throughout the town is anticipated. At Birmingham on Monday, Cannon Hill Park,.a recreation ground of about 60 acres in extent, a gift to the town by Miss -Rylands, was publicly opened in the presence of many thousand persons. By the promotion of Captain Rowley Lambert, C. 8., to flag rank, a vacancy occurs among the Naval Aides-deCamp to her Majesty the Queen, which honour the gallant captain has held since April, 1870. A cable telegram states that the amount of the Geneva award has been all deposited in the Treasury in gold. prenaratory to its formal payment through certificates of deposit next week at Washington. The United Service Gazette states that Rear Admiral Houston Stewart, 0.8., Comptroller of the Navy, will at no distant date succeed Rear Adrniral Hornby in the commar d of the Channel Squadron. Colonel Sir Andrew Clarke, R.E., will take his departure for Singapore towards the end of the present month, in order to assume his functions as Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Straits Settlements. The Times' Calcutta telegram says the Murrees attacked the Khelat troops near Bagh, captured two guns, and retired successful to their hills. The Yarkund envoy has left Suez. Mr. Forsyth left the Murree main party at Leh. At Donane, in Queen's County. a labourer named Moran and a pensioner named Dowling have murdered one Brown, a shoemaker, by beating him until he fell down dead. The cause of the violence was a dispute about a girl. The Monarchical party lay stress on the allegations of the hostile press that the establishment of monarchy would be signal of a war with Germany and Italy combined. The official decree regulating Marshal Bazaine's trial will shortly be published. The General Congress of the International opened on Monday at Geneva. Thirty delegates were present, representing the federations of Eneland, France, Alsace, Holland, Switzerland, Belgium, Italy, and Spain. M. Werri ken, a Belgian, was elected president. The Daily News has some reason to believe that it is in contemplation to raise Sir John Coleridge to the Beech, probably with a peerage, and that the offices of Attorney-General and Solicitor-General will be filled by Mr. Watkin Williams and Mr. Henry James. The following telegram has been received by the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company :—"