The Cannock Chase Examiner. — 1877-05-18 (Cannock, Staffordshire, England)

CHRISTENING SCENE. Saunders' News Letter was on Tuesday purchased le - On Sunday night, the Rev. Dr. Gregg, Vicar of On Sunday afternoon a girl, who alleges that the the Dublin Bankruptcy Court by Mr. Burniele for 03 ' -- nnnlirmed the etateinent be made • few Rector of All Saints' Church, West Bromwich, in the hundred pounds. t-o-sintion to leave the Church father of her illegitimate child, took her offspring to The Blackburn Town Council hali decided top •• - A.eisiOn in the the church to be christened. On the question bolds, ehase the gas works of the town, now the property.' --t 'What name do you give this child ? ' a private company. - *he young woman replied, Frede- The death is announced of "Grand Bourbon," thi " --- ant names, Frederick .r.. willei, finest tree in the Orangery et Versailles, at the eit "snood age of 445 years.— The Farmer. • ----. net mere than 66 years of age, Uri .tii. of 20 milesl numbe - .. ~..„,, 1  Saunders' News Letter was on Tuesday purchase,. the Dublin Bankruptcy Court by Mr. Burnisle for six hundred pounds. The Blackburn Town Council hob decided to pee ehase the gas works of the town, now the propseil,4 a private company. The death Is announced of "Grand Bemires," th, Sliest tree in the Orangery e Versailles, at GI ig 'snood age of 445 years.— The Farmer. All pensioners not mere than 56 years of age, Brij fa Frosts% and witbin a riding of 20.allea, number nearly 700, have been called up for eight days' at Fulwood Barracks. Berl Percy will, on the lst June, move in the Houk of Commons that it is expedient that an intjuiry should be lustliqted into the practice of vaccination, for tie purpose of ascertaining whether it cannot be (•oli. ducted in a more satisfactory manner than it is at present. "  Madam states that many North American naval officers and engineers have gone to Russia to serve is the Russian navy. Passing through Germany. they at ,ted that many more are coining, and that a steamer with a cargo of torpedoes is en route from New rod for St. Petersburg.  A strange affair is reported from Bray, a fashionable suburb of Dublia. The body of an elderly num of respectable appearance was on Saturday discovered hanging from a rope passed over a projecting atone hi a ruin on the seashore. The hands were tied together with a handkerchief.  Two sisters, named Hunter, occupying a respectable position at North Shields, were on Monday committed for trial at the Northumberland Assizes on charm et fraud and forgery. The accused had insured the lite of another sister who was in delicate health, one them personating the latter. At a village called Drinagh, near Dunmanway, county Cork, a shocking murder has been perpetrated. Two farmers were disputing about some land, whet one, named Brien, sel/ed a spade and struck the other, named Mole), repeatedly on the head, fracturing he skull.  Three ladies were last week admitted to the register of the Irish College of Physicians. cne of them. Dr. Louisa Atkins. has already been in practice it London, sad the two others, Dr. Sophia des Blake and Dr. Edith Pechey, were amongst the earliest Edinburb students, All the three ladles had already taken degrees on the Continent. A sea lion cub was born at the Brighton Aquarium early on Monday morning. The mother and child are doing well, and great hopes are entertained that the little stranger will he reared. This is the first occasion that a sea lion cub has been born in captivity. The event will be interesting to ladies, as it is a species of sea lion which affords the beautiful sealskin cloaks, hats, Se., so much patronised by the fair sex. Richard Batten, aged 31, was charged at the Mary. lebone Police Court, on Moaday, with burglary et the house of Mrs. Smile Lumley, 211, Devonshire terrace, II yde Park, and at the house of Mr. Stagg, 23, Ceg, hill, Paddington, and with stealing from the former place jewellery valued at £7O, and from the latter jewellery of the value of .£llOO. Ile was arrested while endeavouring to pawn some of the articles. He wee remanded. Goer.