The Dewsbury Chronicle, and West Riding Advertiser. — 1875-04-10 (Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England)

OOO.  , A committee is being formed among the Irish in England to extend Ui England and Scotland the movement to present a national tribute to Mr. Isaao Batt, M.P. A coroner's jury at Little Braddon, Essex, on Tuesday, returned a verdict against Harriet Boulden, domestic servant, for the wilfnl murder of her newly-born infant. Mr. Plimsoll was announced to address a meeting of working men, in Liverpool,on Wednesday,on protection of life and property at sea. He was, however, too unwell to attend. A committee was formed at Sheffield, on Wednesday, to erect an Eye Hospital in the town, towards which the Mayor (Mr. Mark Firth) has promised a handsome donation and an annual subscription.  General Sir Charles York'e, G.C.8., has been appointed Constable of the rower of London, and Lieutenant and oatos.Rottdorum of the Tower Hamlets, in the room of the late Field-Marshal Gomm. At the London Bankruptcy Court, on Monday, the failure was announced of J. Soulsby Anderson, of Threadneedle-street and Llanelly. The liabilities are estimated at £33,000, and the assets :3,000. Some experiments in steam are about lo be made by the Society of Arts, with the co-operation of the Admiralty, on board 11. M. steamer Arrow, the engines of which will be used for the purpose. At the Liverpool assizes, on Saturday, £1,600 was awarded to George Shannon, engineer, who sued a London shipowner for damages for injuries sustained through a collision and boiler explosion. In reply to a deputation, on Tuesday, the President of the Board; of; Trade said Government had no intention of withdrawing the Merchant Shipping Bill, nor would they consent to its being referred to a Select Committee. Another undoubted centenarian, Mrs. Ann Harrison, relict of Mr. 0. Harrison, farmer, Hempsyke, has just died at Whitby. Deceased was born at Burniston, near Scarborough, in 1774, and was in the 102nd year of her age. A Shanghai telegram states that the Fusing steamer thence to Chefeo, has been in collision with an ocean steamer. The first vessel sank and the latter was badly damaged. All hands except the third engineer were saved. At the large meeting of cutlers, held at Sheffield, it was resolved to support the outwoikers against an attempted reduction of their wages to the extent of a penny in the shilling, They have not had an advance for 65 years. An affray, in which pistols were drawn, lately occtu.red in a Nashville court, and among the incidents were a justice hiding under a desk, the overturning of a stove, and a man sitting down rather unwillingly on the burning coals._  A. London correspondent says :—The tide of feeling appears to be turning against Messrs. Moody and Sankey, notwithstanding thp their audiences do not visibly diminish. Even the Christian World writes against the Evangelists.  The Dec de Montpensier has been refused a passport to return to Spain, on the ground that if it were granted, the ex-Queen would consider herself entitled to one, and the Spanish Government does not consider the present moment opportune for her return. At an inquest held at Sheffield, on the body of a child which had been overlaid by its mother, it was proved that the mother was intoxicated when she went to bed, and had lost seven children in a similar manner. She was severely censured by the jury. On Tuesday, a deputation from the Bills of Lading Association waited on Sir Charles Adderley to protest against the efforts of steamship owners to free themselves from liability for the acts of their servants. Sir Charles expressed general concurrence. The failure is announced of Messrs. George B. James and Co., lumber dealers, Boston, Massachusetts, with liabilities of k:460,000. The suspension is also announced of Messrs. William Pryor and Sons, Halifax, N.S,, and of the Equitable Life Insurance Company, Elizabeth, N.J. At the Bristol Assizes, on Meniday morning, Charles Little, who, on Saturday, pleaded guilty to forging the name of his employers, Messrs. Sturge and Co., surveyors, and embezzling several hundred pounds of thf.ir money, was sentenced by Mr. Justice Lush to five years' penal servitude.  The Secretary of State for War has approved of the names of the volunteer force being retained in the army list subject to the ordinary rule, viz., "That the officers send a notification to the Under Secretary of State for War of their being alive on the Ist January and Ist July of each year.