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The Northern Guardian. — 1894-04-28 (Hartlepool, Cleveland, England)

QUESTIONS IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS. SPEECH BY LORD LONDONDERRY.  In the House of Lords last evening Lord Londonderry asked the Government for further information with regard to the murder of James Donovan at Glenhara, County Cork; whether Her Majesty's Government in any way attributed the murder to the speeches of certain of their Irish supporters denouncing the so called system of " land-grabbing ; " and whether' in consideration of such speeches au d the recent brutal murder, they would not reconsider their avowed policy of repealing the only Act capable of dealing with agrarian crime in Ireland? His question to the Government divided itself into three parts. The first was simply for further information of a brutal murder, which he advisedly termed " agrarian " ; the second question opened up the political aspect, and he intended to show that the terrible outrage was to be directly traceable to speeches which had been made by the Irish supporters of Her Majesty's Government. The noble marquis then referred to speeches delivered on the question of land-grabbing by Mr Dillon, Mr O'Connor, and others, and asked the Prime Minister whether he endorsed their sentiments or not. If he did not, then he should repudiate them. He noticed that the Prime Minister was very reticent in their lordships' House on Irish policy, and he could only recall two speeches of consequence which the noble earl had ever made on Irish subjects in their lordships' House. The next point to which Lord Londonderry addressed himself was the reconsideration by the Government of their policy of repealing the Crimes Act; and he cited figures to show that the rise and fall of agrarian crime in Ireland were determined by the existence or non-existence of a Crimes Act. Recent experience showed that no conviction could be obtained in the proclaimed counties unless there was a change of venue. Her Majesty's Government did not appear to appreciate the condition of Ireland or the remedies applicable for her state, All they seemed anxious for was to submit measures to the House of Commons which would benefit law-breakers. Lord Moukswell said the Government had no further information to give with regard to the murder of James Donovan, and it might defeat the ends of justice if he were to make public the information in the hands of the police. With reference to the second question, those who had been consulted sail they did not attribute the murder to "land-grabbing," and it could not fairly hs attributed to atl; :72cchos puido by any of the IriTiupporterS Pi the Governttleet. Earl Spencer said he had when at the Irigh Office done his best to repudiate boycotting, and the Government now did all in their power to prevent and suppress it. The Government were not responsible for speeches delivered by Mr Dillon and other Irish Nationalists, and he thought there was no need for the Government reviewing their policy with reference to the repeal of the Crimes Act. The subject then dropped.
The Northern Guardian. — 1894-01-18 (Hartlepool, Cleveland, England)

THE HENLEY MURDER.  At Henley, to-day, Walter Rathall was further I charged with murdering Miss Dungley, at Lambridge House, on December 8 last. The first witness was George Smith, of Henley,l' who went to Lambridge House on the morning of Da:ember S. He found the body covered with dirt and bkood, and having fifteen wounds. Witness then disetibed these wounds at some length. On washing the face several bruiser were seen, and the ri.tht leg and both arms were much bruised. There were no signs of attempted violation. Witness !bought the wounds on the neck were catuted by a sharp instrument, and those on the head, arms, and hands by a blunt instrument. A person might linger some time after receiving the injuries &scribed. Crcets, gemination : There was blood upon the poker when witness saw it in Supt. Keal'a custody. He could see no blood stain now. he wouuds might have been caused by a WOllOlll. Mr John Chambers, auctioneer and surveyor, of Henley, produced the plans of Lambridge House and neighluan hood, which he had prepared at the request of Supt. Keel. George Dawson, late foreman of Lambridge Reuse, was then called. He knew Walter Rat hall, who was his brother-in-haw. Witness, when going to dinner the day before the murder, saw Rathall, and they spoke about work and the weather. He afterwards saw Rathall going towards Lambridge. On Friday, December 8, he left Cambridge House for home about 4.13. Having seen Miss Dungey in the kitchen he had tea, fed the pigs, a.nd did odd jobs about the garden. He then went to get beer for his wife, had slipper, and retired about a quarter to 10. Soon after Froomes called him, and they went to Lambridge House. He had heard the retriever barking about a ' quarter to seven. Witness then described the ivareh around and in the house as given by the ' boys Froomvs. The blood on the front (ber knob was dry when witness and the Frootnes found the body. They did not touch it, but came to the con- , elusion that. life was extinct. Witness identifiedl pieces of the stick and rammer produced. Witness footprint on a flower-bed near the drawing- ' room window on Saturday morning. He covered it up by instructions of Superintendent Kea. , The Court then adjourned for 15 minutes. On resuming Dawson was not, forthcoming, but after waiting 10 minutes be arrived. Croas.examined : Witness said previous to his marriage he had slept in Cambridge House with . Miss Dungey. One day last summer he foetid Miss Dungey crying. She said there had been a scene. Mrs Mash was going to deceased with an umbrella • and Mr Mash came in between them Here a long discussion with the Bench occurred as to whether these details were relative to the • Case. Mr Wood said things were imputed to his client a poor man, and things might also be imputed to other persons. (Loud and prolonged applause.) • Witness, continuing, said he saw two footprints in the lower bed.
The Northern Guardian. — 1894-04-25 (Hartlepool, Cleveland, England)

AFGHANS.— The Khyber Pass is part of the Afreedee country.. The Afieedees are a powerful Afghan tribe, numberat least 23,000 fighting men. They are at present friendly to !the British, and are subsidised to the extent of about a lac of rupees a year. The Afreedeesd are a fine athletic race of highlanders, lean but 1 muscular, and with a springy step which marks their mountain origin. They generally wear a coarse home- ' manufactured cotton shirt of blue, loose trousers, Closing in tight at the ankles, nert sandals 'of straw, and a scanty turban placed jauntily on the head. They are generally armed to the teeth. A huge Khybery knife, a brace of pistols with old flint locks, a powder horn, a cartridge case, a flint and steel, a long matchlock, a bottle of water, and a snuff-box form the ordinary kit of the Kb-her warrior. They are, like all Afghans, of the Mohammedan religion of the Sunni sect, with the exception of a small section, who are Stt's Muslims, but their moral status comes tar below that of the religion they profess. Ruthless robbery and treaeherous murder are to the Afreedee the very salt of life. He is trained in crime from his very infancy, and expertness in thieving is the sole Characteristic whelt leads o d ist inef ;on among them, and is a virtue which maidens seek in their future husbands, and which mothers fondly look for in their new-born babes. It has been truly said that every Afghan boy, at Itti very birth is consecrated, as it were, to crime. As soiin -as the youngster learns to walk, a hole is dug in the wall similar to those made by burglars, and the lad is encouraged to pass backwards and forwards, whilst the delighted spectators shout out, " (ial shah! Ghat shah ! Ohal linh r #4, "Be a thief! Bo a thief! Be a thief !") Brought up from earliest childlioed amid scenes of treachery and revenge, the Affective resists all attempts to civilise hint, arid it. is resnarkable that smart years of service in on InOlot regiment work littlenr no change in his moral aro. Most prol,ably lie doses his Tyl i7itary career tiv si.i!,?erly disappearinr with his Enfield rifle, and-whop the deserter is melt- 10dZed in his moire vi!!:rz, , will Imse the impertinenee to semi his mAnHeles' to his creamamba,/ carer. The erne. ! s_si,f the !amen; ed 'Earl lenye wee an freeriee of the Nhylicr Iris name was there All. r item ittint.td nyder, outside the walls ,:f l'efthz,w.ir, to. avenge a blood • f,,,nd, and wp., L•4l-:sportt,(l 11) the Andattians, where he Viceroy of India to satisfy his privt. revenge. Vie wes a hatelsome men, es fair es a in,) cynic', ch I rie eyes and brow-t beard. Er, frrtllt fa'? ,Eurnlx,ans, but he had the iion,l of an Afreedee, an heart which knew how to arel,c but sorer to ho-give. —Slinda.v at linme,  " MA," said a small boy. sppr,.•:Aioq his mother, snd exhibiting unmistrtia'ile • of ievere Pain, "Do green apples gn.w i • -1 wife  spap,onl.:  leaven F  - Tilt following quaint, J s to be seen in ono of thy. Th.., "I am anxi‘usly expeetir, "Here I am.  on liuo-,nu:l  311  f•5'.2.7."  two the cold woi V.IS 44) lA, folios' Ler It.t.l.tatici.
The Northern Guardian. — 1894-01-29 (Hartlepool, Cleveland, England)

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWSIA STRAGE WOOING.  LAMB, Jeweller (temporary premises), 4, Charles Street, fur Christmas Presents and New Year Gifts. Telephone, 4,l6l.—Advt. W. MAXWELL, Jeweller and Silversmith, for Christmas, New Year, and Wedding Presents. Wedding Rings. "The Clock," Surtees Street.—Advt.  Last few days of the Great Sale of Diamond Jewellery, Marble Clocks, Bronzes, Watches, Cutlery, Fancy Goods, &c. Messrs Wilkinson and Shiers, Auctioneers. Lithgow's Victoria Salerooms, Charles Street.—Advt.  OUR PRICE for New Mainspring or Cleaning Watches and Clocks, ls bd. None but practical workmen employed ; no apprentices kept. Jewellery Repaired. Electro-plating and Gilding at J. M. CROZIER'S, The Watchmaker, 76, Lynn Street, near Musgrave Street. —Advt.  TI death is announcA of Mr Edward Reynolds, the editor of Reynold's Newspaper, who was 79 years of age. The execution of George Thomas, who murdered his sweetheart at Carmarthen, is fixed for February 13.  A Manchester telegram reports the arrest of the woman Deakin, accused of the murder of Betty Heald, at Northvvich, with whom she lodged.  The Leeds unemployed paraded the streets of the city on Saturday. They entered the banks and restaurants en route, deman ling money and food. Police interference was necessary.  The traffic on the Manchester Canal for the week ending Saturday was not quite so busy as the previous one. Sixteen vessels came along the canals against 24 in the preceding week.  Mr William Wilson, a member of the Workington Town Council, has determined to oppose Sir Wilfrid Lawson at the next election. He is a Unionist, and has a large following among the working classes.  We regret to record the death of Mr Andrew Leslie, of the firm of Messrs B.and W. Hawthorn, Leslie, and Co., shipbuilders, ilebburn, the sad event taking place on Saturday, at Coxlodge Hall, Gosforth. The decearsed gentleman was 75 years.of  age. Councillor F. F. Smith, ex-mayor of Rochester, has been presented with a silver cradle from the Corporation and the magistrates and the Medway Conservators, over which bodies he presided, to mark a pleasing event which occurred during his mayoralty.  During last evening's service at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Birkenhead, much commotion It as caused by Mr David Mac Cullan, soap manufacturer, being carried into an ante-room in an apparently fainting condition. He died before medical aid could be summoned.  Mr S. Squires desires to acknowledge, on behalf of the Port of Hull Society's Sailors' Orphan Home, the receipt of £5 5s 3d, being the result of the tootball match between Masters and Mates v. Engineers, and to thank the West Hartlepool Club for tlie free use of the ground, and all who contributed to its success.  Everybody, says the Chri.ltian World, knows the popular hymn in Sankey's collection, "A Light in the Window for Thee." The author of it, E. W. Dunbar, has just died miserably as a tramp in Coffeeville Gaol, Kansas. Dunbar was formerly a singing evangelist, but he fell into vicious ways and was incorrigible. Onsa:
The Northern Guardian. — 1894-05-28 (Hartlepool, Cleveland, England)

MURDER IN NEWCASTLE.  A MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR.  Yesterday afternoon, a startling discovery was made at Gosforth, showing that a shocking and serious crime had been committed. Some lads, shortly after one o'clock, were crossing a field immediately to the north of the new bicycle ground, near the tram terminus, when they saw the body of a woman lying on the ground, about ten yards from the gate. She was evidently dead. Information was given to the police, and Supt. Spratt proceeded to the spot. He found that the deceased, who was lying on her back, was a woman apparently about 30 years of age. She was a little over five feet in height, of stout build, broad face, black hair, cut short, and was dressed in a blue serge skirt, red and black bodice, gre, n and black tartan shoulder shawl, black stockings, and a pair of old boots. There was no bonnet to be seen. Her clothing was all in order, but, from her appearance, it was believed that an outrageous assault had been committed upon her. There was a large fracture of the skull, which leads to the impression that a blow had been dealt to her with some blunt instrument, pibbably a heavy stick. Superintendent Spratt had the body conveyed to the Gosforth Police Station, where an external examination was made by Dr. Page, of Gosforth. That gentleman found the fracture indicated above to be a very severe one, and it is stated there was evidence of injury about the body, but the nature of the injury is not precisely determined. It should be mentioned that no money was found in the pockets of the deceascd ; the wily article dia-1 covered upon her was an " Empire " programme. She was totally unknown to any person about the village, and, though the strictest inquiries were made by the police yesterday at all the villages between Newcastle and Morpeth, and at both of the latter towns; no tidings whatever as to her identity had been gleaned up to midnight. It has been stated that a woman answering to the description of the deceased was seen accompanied by a man in the vicinity of Gosforth at a late hour on Saturday night. The affair, it will be seen, is shrouded in mystery, but the idea is generally entertained that the woman has met with a foul death. The latter impression is deepened by the fact that there were signs of a struggle on the ground where she was. discovered. These signs did not seem to indicate that she had been struggling with any person, but rather lead to the belief that, after receiving the blow on the forehead, she had staggered to the spot, fallen to the ground, and had attempted, but without avail, to rise to her feet. Her hands were clenched, and there were impressions in the wet soil, where her hands and feet had been, of the severe struggle she had made to get away from the place.
The Northern Guardian. — 1894-01-22 (Hartlepool, Cleveland, England)

THE HOLY SOULS.  To the Editor of The Northern Guardian.  SIR,—I beg to return Mr Leng my sincere thanks for his courtesy in offering a few observations to convince me that lam wrong. He has, however, failed in his efforts. He refers to some portions of Scripture, but I fail to see how they bear out his doctrine. Sin in Scripture ie represented as a debt; but if a debt be cancelled by another the debtor is then free, and if Mr Leng examines his fancy testa again he will see that those punishments are awarded only to those who have not availed themselves of the benefits of free grace. If the 240 fathers he mentions were trebled in number, I should still hold by the teachings of the Word of God. It is acknowledged upon all sides that purgatory is a place cf punishment. Now, before you justly punish you must condemn. Yet St. Paul says, Rom. 8 and 1, "There is no condemnation for them that are in Chri.t Jesus." I might till pages with Scripture disproving the doctrine; but the book is open to all. The very title of Mr Leng's lecture is a proof of its fallacy, The Holy Souls. Just think if a just God and merciful Father sending a holy soul to get frizzled up in the flames of purgatory! 0, what an absurdity,: how, Mr Leng seems to deplore the effect of so ina.ny different beets. Has the Church of Rome ha.: no part in all this? I think she has; and as he claims seniority for that church, has she fulfilled her mission? Emphatically, No. The Pope of Rome cl..ims the title of Christ's Vicar on earth. Now a, Vicar is supposed to carry out the laws and orders of his Bishop. Let um see if such has been done by them. Now, Mr Editor, I will not ask you to fill the pages of your valuable journal by a review of Romish history, but permit me to notice one or two events as cases in point. If Jesus Christ, the great Bishop, bad been president at the Council cf Constance in the year 1414 when over 4150 priests and dignatories of the Church of Rome assembled to settle the affairs of that church, would he have sanctioned the dragging up of poor John Huss and Jerome, of Prague, and burning them at the stake for her,sy, when their only heresy was preaching the Gospel in its simplicity and purity? Again, when that miscreant, Louis of France, caused a miilion of his , Protestant aubjects to be ruthlessly murdered and Port Royal destroyed, would be, as the then reigning Pope did, have sent to Louis hie eternal benediction because he had effected such a holy and righteous extermination? And yet be claims to be the Vicar of Him who was meek and lowly, who said, "If they smite you on one cheek offer them the other." lithe Church of Rome had obeyed the command, "Go ye forth into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature," there would have been no Protestants as there would have been no glaring errors to protest against. If Mr Leng would read the opening verses of the 59th chapter of Isaiah's prophecy, and apply them to Roman Catholicity, he would hit the mark.— Yours, &c., A
The Northern Guardian. — 1892-05-02 (Hartlepool, Cleveland, England)

THE "PRUSSIAN TRICK."  Like the Eastern Caliph Haroun Alraschid, Frederick the Great was fond of walking about his capital unattended. He usually wore a shabby uniform and the large military cloak of a private soldier, and often visited the taverns that he might see how his troops behaved when off duty. On one of these excursions his attention was attracted by a soldier of a line regiment who was spending his money freely, and who at last asked the king to join him in a friendly glass. After some pressing Frederick consented, but hinted that his new friend was too liberal, and that the pay of a private could not support suzh indulgence. The linesman looked at him quietly for a moment, half emptied his glass, and said, mysteriously— " Ah ! but I've learnt the Prussian trick !" "What is that ?" asked the king. "I'm surprised that an old soldier like you is so ignorant," said the linesman; "but it will be safer not to tell yon." This roused Frederick's cutiosity, and he pressed for further information. At last his companion said, "Well, if you must know, I sell everything I can possibly do without. We are at peace ; what do I want, with a steel sword blade? I have sold it, and made myself a wooden one." And he gave the king ocular demonstration of the fact by unsheathing his  weapon. Frederick concealed his astonishment, and soon quitted the tavern. Before long the regiment to . which the linesman belonged was ordered to parade ! before the king. The troops were drawn up, and when Frederick arrived he rode up and down the lines till he discovered his former companion, and then ordered him and the man next to him to come to the front. "Now," said the king to the man whom he had -rm.t in the tavern, "draw your sword, and cut off this fellow's head !" "But, your Majesty, he has done me no harm." " Draw !" shouted Frederick, "or I'll order out a file of men, and have you shot for disobedience to orders." The linesman was equal to the occasion. He grasped the hilt of his sword, looked at his neighbour, and then upwards, and exclaimed, " Well, if I must, I must ; but to save me from the guilt of murder, I pray that my sword blade may be turned into wood ! " And ILK he drew his sword, to the astonishment of every one but the king and himself, sure enough the blade was wood. Frederick laughed grimly, and said, as he turned to ride "way, "I see you dounderstand the Prussian trick take care you don't play it once too often."  J. Hitt, Surgeon Dentist and Chemist, 2. Burn R 034 (Twc minutes' walk from Stranton Chur.h). Artificial Teeth in Gold, Platirrirn, or Vulcanite at lowest charges consistent with nod workmanship.  • TORACCOMSTIS Gnirte, ad. "flow to Corn Tobacconists Outfitting-Co. (Regd.)lB6 Euston Road condona
The Northern Guardian. — 1892-10-27 (Hartlepool, Cleveland, England)

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.  Footballs cheapest at Laveriek's, wholesale general dealer, Whitby Street, West flartlepool.—Acirt.  WATcnEs thoroughly cleaned, Is 6d ; new main. spring, Is 6d •, brooch pins, 2d. All work guaranteed 12 months.—J. M. CROZIER, 76, Lynn Street, West Hartlepool. —Ada  A Russian physician says that sufferers from neuralgia pains may be relieved by throwing a strong beam of light from an are lamp upon the part affected.  The new Pall Mall Gazette is to be brought out at the beginning of the year, but it will not bear that name for reasons of copyright. The name of the journal has not yet been decided upon.  The fine leopard which Dr. Moloney brought ea a present for the Queen from Rundliza, one of the most powerful Sultans in Central Africa, has died at Zanzibar, after the nine months' march to the coast.  At the London County Sessions yesterday, the notorious Tottie Fay was convicted of having stolen the sum of £3 10s from a commercial traveller named Hetherington. Sir Peter Edlin sentenced the accused to three years' penal servitude.  The autograph crave is taking new and startling shapes. A lady in Vienna has started an autograph table cloth for the names of guests, and illustrious people have been good enough to write their names for her in order that she may copy them in silk in the fabric. But this development, novel as it may appear, becomes insignificant when placed in comparison with the freak of an American lady, who has started an autographic petticoat.  The prisoner Martin Grady, charged on suspicion of having murdered his mother, whose dead body was found near her residence at Callan on Wednesday of last week in a shockingly mutilated condition, was brought before a magisterial court of inquiry at Kilkenny yesterday. Great interest centered in the investigation, which was of an exhaustive character. At the termination of the proceedings the prisoner was returned fol trial at the Assizes.  With regard to rnmours of prodigal extravagance at the Court of Berlin, a gentleman who moves in . . .  Imperial German circles s—ays that the story, though it may be denied, ought not to be discredited. The Emperor is largely responsible for his wife's extravagance. His expenditure is as unbridled as the appetite of an Eastern potentate, the pleasures in which he indulges being conceived in an almost romantic form of luxury. When in Rome he distributed no less than £40,000 in Court presents alone.  A Keighley young woman was placed in a painful position on Tuesday morning, when she was to be married at a church in the town. Her prospective husband, who had been at her house on the previous evening, failed to put in an appearance at the proper moment. After an awkward wait, the young woman set off in search of her coy swain, and found him at his work, where, in answer to her inquiries, he stated that his overnight reflections hail forced him to the conclusion that matters might as well remain as they had been. Pon. OFFICE NoncE.—On and from Sunday next the letter-box at Belle Vue post office will be cleared at 2.30 p.m. instead of 3.30 p.m.