The Blackpool Herald. — 1885-11-27 (Blackpool, Lancashire, England)

ADMISSION TO -GARDENS, PAVILION, ASSTS. &O.  £4824 3 10 6566 4 91 6606 12 24  8982 0 1  A meeting of the Electric Tramway Company is to be held to-morrow, and it is more than likely that the proceedings will be somewhat lively. Some of the shareholders are far from being satisfied with the result of the first year's working. It was stated in the company's prospectus that they had got a seven year's lease from the Corporation, with right of renewal. This " right " is now questioned, a prominent shareholder yesterday even going so far as to assert to me that the company have no such right of renewal at the end of seven years. This point I have reason to believe will be brought forward at to-morrow's meeting.  I understand that the electric cars will cease to be run by horses to-morrow. It is to be hoped that Mr. Smith's patent will turn out a complete success, for it will undoubtedly prove a great attraction during the season. The fear now expressed is that when the full complement of cars is placed upon the line, the electric current will require to be too highly charged, and that the works will not stand. Whether these misgivings are real or imaginary, I must leave for the future to determine.  Speaking of the public companies, one cannot help but feel that the balance sheets are far from being reliable indexes of the true state of the town. Without wishing to pose as a Job's comforter, I believe it is some time since things were at as low an ebb as they are in Blackpool this winter. The tradesmen complain, the lodging house-keepers complain, in fact everybody has something to say about the bad times, and look where you will there are numerous evidences of poverty and distress in our midst. Aye the pinch is now being felt in many quarters where it is least suspected and where its pressure may hitherto have been unknown. Widen the promenade, indeed! Better provide the people with the bread they have now so much difficulty in procuring.  The three men, Rudge, Martin, and Baker, who are charged with burglary at Netherby Hall, attempting to murder three police officers, and with murdering Constable Byrnes at Plumpton, were again before the magistrates at Carlisle on Monday. Some formal evidence was given in completion of the case for the prosecution, and the prisoners were committed for trial at the next assizes. Two of the constables who were so brutally maltreated by the prisoners are still under medical treatment, and could not appear to give evidence. It has now transpired that these burglars were at the Lytham coursing meeting previous to going north, and that they received several letters and telegrams at the Post office in their own names.  Further interesting particulars, local and otherwise, with reference to the burglar Moody and his adventures, will be found in another column of to-day's issue.  The annual coursing meeting comes off at Pilling next week.  Mr. W. Peters, of the Clifton Livery Stables, Church-street, Blackpool, ran a 'bus to the Ciarstang fair on Tuesday last.  It is stated that certain farmers in the Fylde are following the example set by the farmers in Kent, and are butchering on their own account. Mr. Whiteside, of Larbrick, has already killed two beasts, the highest price for the best cuts being Bd. per lb. delivered. Three farmers have taken a butcher's shop in Poulton; their highest price is Bd., and other parts in 'proportion. Is this the thin end of the wedge which is to lead to cheaper butchers' moat?  "Better late than never," is an old adage which was fully exemplified yesterday morning at a church in the Fylde, where a marriage took place. The bridal party arrived at the sacred  •