Denton and Haughton Examiner, etc. — 1890-04-26 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

KENT. change has adopted a petition to the Chamber A raw <Web, of over 20 years ago has just been of Deputies, the preamble of which states that recalled by the liberation of Constance Kent, who was the demonstrations on the let of the coming convicted of the murder of her little brother under month are intended to support the demand for most extraordinary circumstances. The death an eight hours' working day, and other objects sentence was commuted to penal servitude, for oho supposed beneficial to the working-classes. In was little more than a girl at the time she committed Germany a desire has been manifested to accom- the crime. The case may be remembered by many, ' modate the intentions of the workers to the wishes but her release from prison at the present time is unous for two coincidences. In the first place, as in of the Emperor in the matter of a general 1011-..6,.. cue 0. the t brothers Davies, she was extremely day, while in Austria the authorities will, it is '" young, and certainly was much provoked by the believed, take measures to show that prevention is better than cure, on account of the late systematic iffitreatment of her stepmother, a former governess, whose child she murdered. The other serious emmtes in Vienna, and the threatening curious coincidence is that in "A Village Priest," nose attitude of coal miners in Mora', is. being played at the London Haymarket theatre, the pivot of the drama is the revelation of a confession Tun International Exhibition at Edinburgh, confided to a priest, and Constance Kent's confession specially devoted to electric engineering, general of guilt was with difficulty extracted from her by a industries. and inventions is to be opened, as clergyman. originally intended, on the let of May. It is announced that the Dnite of Edinburgh, on account W"'" 71.'m7AIEVTIN7glig."4.Tingt, of the absence of the Duchess of if., will take .7iLt?if.otlir, of rash. y I'm/ the leading part in the opening ceremony. The TOE highest chimney in the world is one in cornicehandsome building, which contains a splendid , tion with the Imperial Foundry at Halsbruche, in collection of varied specimens in the departMents ' Saxony. When it is fully built, it will be 4101 t. in mentioned, has been erected in a fine locality at- height. Merchiston, and the general !style of architec- 1 COLONEL Mcrae has opened an inquiry at Southtura resembles the French renaistance, though • • smpton, in reference to an application from the Town the structure is ornamented with minarets, and Council to borrow £6lOO for the purposes of public the main entrance flanked by two tall towers in baths. The Corporation have acquired the site of the Oriental typo. Ample means of recreation the present baths, which are very inconvenient, old are being provided for visitors in the surrounding they propose to construct two largo swimming and a stretch of beautiful grounds. The Exhibition number of private baths. The site Is on the western is intended to celebrate and commemorate the I shore, close to where the new Southampton West opening to traffic of the magnificent Forth Station is to be built, and other improvements Bridge. carried out, at a coat of nearly a quarter of a million _ , sterling.