Middlesbrough & Stockton Gazette and General Advertiser. — 1874-11-26 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

JANES &TS & CO. Homceopathic Chemists; 48, Threadneedle-street; all. 170, Piccadilly. Works for Dietetic Preparations, E ton-road and Camden Tow*, London  6  • NOTES  Nix TOM HOOD, dun on Friday.  • Damao's: to the extent of £15,000 was, done on Friday, by fire, to the sawmills of Mr H. liewsum, Lincoln.  Tim Queen and Piincess Beatrice left Balmoral on Friday afternoon, and arrived at Windsor Castle this morning.  AnTrink ORTON has been removed to Milbank Prison, and will be a witness in the trial of Dr Kemmly at the Centrkl Criminal Court.  FIRE broke out in Broughton Coilimy, Wrexham, on Sund,.y. Svveral horses were burned, awl on Monday the fire Was spreading.  TUE Victoria Cross has been conferred on Captain Mark Sever Bell of the Royal Engineers, for distinguished service at the battle of Ordashu, in Ashantee.  WILLIAM \YARDMAN, a miner, residing at Brockburn, near Edinburgh, has been sentenced to seven years' penal servitude for attempting to murder his sister, ,by cutting her with a razor. _______  TELE Rev. Ebenezer John, vicar of Caeran, Glamorganshire, has been cited to appear before the Court of Arches, to answer a charge of drunkenness and neAlect o't duty during the last two  rears_  PRINCE BISMARCK and PRINCE GORTSCHAKOFF have interchanged courteous visits at Berlin. The Russian gime has expressed his belief that the peace of Europe will not again be disturbed for many years to come.  LADY STIRLING MAXWELL, of Bier, was seized with a fit of apoplexy on Saturday, aid fell on the fire. She was so severely burnt that her fingers had to be amputated. She lies in a very precarious state.  AN unknown man, who said he came from Bishop Auckland, was taken to the Durham Police Office on Monday night apparently drunk. At nine o'clock he was found dead in the cell. It is believed that he died of starvation.  THE South Wales coal trade is again in a depressed state. Large accumulations are taking place at the pit banks, and as existing contracts expire next month, it is expected another drop in wages will have to be made in January.  MR DISRAELI has accepted the Lord Rectorship of Glasgow University, and thanks the students fin- his re-election. This will probably be made the occasion for another Conservative demonstration in " the second largest City of the United Kingdom."  ELIZABETH READER was charged before the Birmingham magistrates on Friday with bigamy committed thirteen years ago. Her first husband was seriously wounded in a skirmish between Americans and Spaniards, and left as dead. Ms wife believed herself to be a widow, and married again. Reader survived, and returned to England to claim his wife. Hence the present action.  A daring robbery from the shop window of Mr Swinburne' Durham, was committed on Friday evening. The shop is opposite the police office, and the robbery was effected by cutting a hole in the window glass with a diamond. A gold watch and five silver ones were stolen. Iwo men and two women belonging to Newcastle were apprehended on suspicion, as they were seen loitering about the street.  A SALUTARY warning has been given to wife beaters by the Lanchester magistrates. Richard Muddridge, a pitman, was sent to prison for a month, with hard labour, for knocking his wife down, and kicking her on the side. The magistrates stated that this crime had been so common, and the violence so brutal, that they were determined to put it down. We trust all other magistrates will follow their example. Nothing short of the trade-mill or the lash will teach these fellows respect for the law.