The Blackpool Herald. — 1888-03-02 (Blackpool, Lancashire, England)

BISPHAM.  BINPHAM SUNDAY SCHOOL —On Tuesday evening last the Rey. C. C. Tancock, M.A., head master of Roggell Hhool, delivered a most interesting-and highly instructive lecture on "Rome.' There was a large and appreciative audience, over which the rector, the Rev. G. Leighton presided. The lecture was splendidly illustrated by a number of yiews,shawn by a p twerful lantern, which was well manipu'ated by Mr. Ainsworth. Amongst the views, which were much admired, was a general one ..f Rome showing the Collosseum,the church of St. Peteril, the Vatican, and other ancient hull lino!. Splendid views were also given of the Amphitheatre an I of S. Peters,described as the most handsome Church in the world, of some of the catacombs, or underground paisages along the sides of which the a-cients use I to bnry their dead, end which in all measure about 550 miles in length; and of the capital. and a number of old' ruins. —At the clo‘e of the 1-cture the Chairman said their best thatdis were due to Mr. Tancock, and to Mr. Ainsworth. for the able manner in which the subject had been dealt with. He was sure that all present had passed a most instructive, interesting, and agreeable evening. The proposition was heartily accorded, and the procse tings terminated with the singing of the National Anthem.  Da. TANNER AND EIS Fltyltss. —Dr. Tanner is about to be marrie I to a lady in Cork with a fortune of nearly twenty thousand pounds. The Doctor's friends say that hencefortn he has to abjure strong langaage in the House and out of it. MURDEROUS Pasemi. eittAttatr —An inquest was held at Liverpool on Monday on the body of • child, aged six weeks, son ot an unmarried woman named Boodle. Evidence was given that the man with whore the woman was living told her he would marry her if she wonld kill the child. She then, it was alleged, neglected it, and it diel from starvation. The jury found a verdict of wilful murder aginet the mother, and of being accessory before the fact a .inst the man. The prisoners were committe I for trial. The St. Jamee's Gar lie calls attention to the cost of the abortive mission of Sir H. D. Wolff to Cairo and Constantinople, and asks L trd R. Churchill if he has nothing to say about "this most gross abuse of public money." The Conservative organ says : For finding Sir H. Wolff something ,to do, the bill for the year 1886-7 amonats to £l4 167 ; and adding to this the sum charged in 1885-6. the total comes to £25.046. Twenty-five thousand pounds for a jobwhich (if it needed doing at all or was worth attempting) might have been better done by Sir W. White, et Constantinople, and by Sir E. Baring at Cairo! Of the amount spent in the first year gi 502 went for postage and telegrams, and (besides £5,000 for salary) £3,222 for "personal ex:enses an colt of entertainments,' £1,084 for wages and gratuities, and £566 for incidental expenses. Besides, there is something more for 'locomotive expenses (250)). %rod another little stun (£285) for carriage hire. This is the bill after it had been revised by toe Foreign Office, 'who,' says the Auditor t;eneral, hive disallowed consider. able items originally charged by Sir H. Wolff for entertainments, Ste.' "