Widnes Examiner. — 1882-08-19 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

THE AUTUOR OF " SKETCHES OF CONVICT LIFE," ETC. precau.ion feelings on seeing a mere boy treated with cruelty, were Mr. Forster resigned his position as Chief Secretary to the The cruelties practised by warders upon convicts at Dart- sentenced to three dozen lashes with the cat, 23 days' bread Lord Lieutenant owing to his inability to concur with the moor and other convict prisons, are not usually done in the and water diet, and to wear iron chains for six months. o owfhli rcohrki ins intended t eanndde dentgoincoe.anrtievreacrstitfhoebcsaerrveledessbnyestshoermus. stupidity Ministry in the unconditional release of the imprisoned e i Some time since the AcClimats ation Society o.f.,Ne.vir Zea- presence of other prisoners. Not that the warders have any- That is a fair specimen of what is done in convict prisons mrnbers of Parliament in Kilmainham. Earl Cowper was 0,„ 4,,,, a th., ennvico. for _the in the name of prison law. _ _— .. succeeded by Fqi-1 Pnr,,,.... et.- p......:4—+ nr th. _ . .  who, however, did not resign the latter post and the effice of Chief Secretary was filled by the appointment of Lord Frederick Cavendish, hitherto Finance Secretary to the Treasury. A few hours after being sworn into office, the latter gentleman was murdered in Phoenix Park, Dublin. Lord Frederick Cavendish was succeeded at the Irish Office by Mr. George Otto Trevelyan, who had hitherto filled the office of Secretary to the Admiralty, while a successor for Mr. Trevelyan at the Admiralty was found in Mr. Campbell-Bannerman, who had previously acted as Finance Secretary to the War Office. The post which Lord Frederick Cavendish had vacated on his appointment-as Irish Secretary, viz., that of Financial Secretary to the Treasury, was accepted by Mr. L. H. Courtney, the Under Secretary for the Colonies; while the Honourable Evelyn Ashley, Secretary to the Board of Trade, succeeded Mr. Courtney at the Colonial Office. At the War Office, ' Sir Arthur Divett Hayter, one of the Lords of the Treasury, took the post vacated by Mr. Campbell-Bannerman; while Mr. John Holms, also a Lord of the Treasury, was appointed secretary to the Board of Trade, in succession to Mr. Ashley. The two lordships of the Treasury thus vacated were filled respectively by the appointment of Mr. Herbert Gladstone and Mr. R. W. Doff, member for Banffshire. The other Cabinet Minister, Mr. John Bright, Chancellor of the Ducky Df Lancaster, retired in the midlle of July, being unable to agree in the active Egyptian policy of the Government. The vacancy has not yet been filled up. In the House of Commons the first vacancy was created by the retirement, through ill-health, of Sir Charles Russell, , one of the members for Westminster, whose place was occupied by Lord Algernon Percy (Conservative). Mr. C. S. Alsopp (Conservative) was returned for Taunton in place of Sir W. Palliser, deceased. Mr. Sullivan, B.L , who had contemplated retirement from public life for some months, having accepted an" office of profit under the Crown" at the opening of the session, rendered necessary a new election for Meath county, when Michael Devitt, though ineligible to sit, was returned unopposed. Mr. Bradlaugh having been expelled from the House, a new writ was issued for Northampton, the re-election for that borough taking place on the 2nd March, when Mr. Bradlaugh was again returnc:d. Mr. Walter Powell, member for Mal mesbury, having ascended in a balloon, was never heard of again. His seat was filled by the return of Mr. C. W. Miles (Conservative). Mr. Jones Parry, formerly member of the same borough, was elected for the Carnarvon district; while Mr. C. T. D. Acland was elected to till the vacancy for East Cornwall, caused by the elevation of the Hon. Agar-Robartes to the Upper House in succession to his father, Lord Robartes. Mr. M. Devitt having been formerly declared ineligible to sit in the House, a new election took place, when Mr. Edward Sheil, formerly representative for Athlone, was returned.unopposed. Major Vaughan Lee (Conservative), one of the representatives for West Somerset, having resigned his seat through ill-health, Mr. E. J. Stanley (Conservative) was returned unopposed. The murder of Lord Frederick Cavendish created a viicancy for the North-west Riding of Yorkshire, which was filled by Mr. Isaac Holden (Liberal). The other impending changes are that for the Haddington Burghs, for which Sir D. Wedderburn has resigned the seat, and that for Halifax, which seat Mr. J. D. Hutchinson has announced his intention of resigning owing to impaired health.