The Dewsbury Chronicle, and West Riding Advertiser. — 1872-07-20 (Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England)

GENERAL.  The rivers Don and Rother, at Sheffield, have subsided. There is now no interruption to railway traffic. Seven cases of drowning are reported from Sheffield. An alarm of fire was raised late on Friday night week at the International Exhibition, when it was found that flames were spreading in a corrugated iron building belonging to Messrs. Spiers and Pond. Fire engines were soon in attendance, and but little damage was done. The Morning Post understands that no conference will be necessary to settle the only amendment made by the House of Commons to the Lords' amendments to the Commons' arnendments to the Ballot Bill. It is very probable that the Royal assent will be given to the Ballot Bill next Monday. The annual demonstration of the South Yorkshire miners took place on Monday at Barnsley, there being more than 8,000 miners present. It was stated that the accounts of the association showed a balance in their favour for the ten months of £6,000. Of the expenditure of £12,000, only ,E 92 had gone in supporting members on strike. Resolutions of a congratulatory character were passed, and also in favour of the repeal of the Criminal Law Amendment Act, and calling for the repeal of the Truck Act. Lord Southampton is dead. The deceased Peer was Lord-Lieutenant of Northamptonshire, a Conservative in politics, and is succeeded by his son, who is only five years old. Another advance was announced on Thursday in the price of coal. The merchants notified their intention of increasing the price of household coals to the extent of 2s. per ton over and above the advance recently made, and about which the public so loudly complain. Unless some action is speedily taken by the Government to check the enormous quantities of the black diamond annually leaving our shores, the condition of the poor during the coming winter promises to be a very gloomy one indeed. The Band of the Grenadier Guards arrived in Liverpool on Thursday, from Boston, on board the Inman steamer the City of Antwerp. The official rate of discount has been raised by the Bank directors to 312 per cent. John Deardon, 60, boatman and coffee-house keeper, Leeds, was, on Thursday morning, again placed in the dock at the Leeds Police Court, charged with the wilful murder of his wife. Mr. Malcolm again appeared for the prisoner. Mr. Slingsby, gunsmith, Mr. J. Wilks, another gunsmith, and Mr. A. Carter gave additional evidence, which, however, scarcely differs from the facts already published. Mr. Malcolm having intimated that he should reserve his defence, the prisoner was committed to take his trial on the charge of wilful murder. Still no clue to the Hoxton murderer. The police, it is believed, are altogether on the wrong scent, which they are following up with the ' greatest carefulness and fidelity. They, of course, know best, and smile at the bare possibility of anyone else lenowing better. But, as the Telegraph observes, "Everything seems to point to the crime having been perpetrated for some end other than plunder, and the discovery of that end must be the step towards ascertaining who is likely to have Wen the criminal. After all, burglars do not choose midday as the time, a petty newspaper shop as the scene, and a couple of small tradeswomen as the. objects of a double assination."