Denton and Haughton Examiner, etc. — 1882-03-04 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

LIEUTENANT R. LLOYD JAMES, the officer in command of the Bangor batteries of naval volunteers, has been entertained at a banquet, and presented with a service of silver plate.  AT THE Pram( SESSIONS, Sittingbourne, a roan named Ebenezer Bower, who is called the " School Board Martyr,'' was summoned by the Milton authorit'es for neglecting to send his children regularly to some elementary school. The Bench fined the defendant ss. for each child.  AT THE MECHANICS' INSTITUTE, Slough, • meeting of the residents of the district was held, under the presidency of the Rev. P. W. Phipps, the vicar, for the purpose of considering the deßirability of altering the name of the village to Upton Royal, and memorialising the Postmaster-Generd and the directors ef the Great Western Railway to um the some. Mr. Frederick Charsley, Registrar of Eton College, proposed that the portion of the parish of Upton-cum-Chalvey, now known as Slough, should in future be called Upton Royal. This was carried. In opposition it was stated that the name was very ancient, the village having been called Le Stowe," as for back as 1440, when Eton College was built, the bricks for which were made at "Stowe" 442 Tett.. ego. .  DURING TEN BREAKFAST HOUR at the dye works of Messrs. Whittain, Pendleton, Manchester, the boiler exploded with great force. One workman, who was engaged in drawing water for the boiler, was struck on the head, and no severely injured that he died shortly afterwards in the Salford Hospital. The other workmen were out of the way at breakfast. THE MISSISSIPPI bas overflowed its banks between Memphis and Vicksburg, and the water extends fifteen miles on each side of the usual channel. Thus extensive areas of corn and cotton-producing districts are flooded, and great damage has been done. . .  AT A MEETING of the management committee of the Liverpool Liberal Association, the following resolution was unanimously adopted: "That, in the opinion of this committee, the action of the House of Lords in attempting to frustrate the operation of the Irish Land Act by commencing an inquiry before it has had time to operate, is fraught with great danger to the best interest, of the United Kingdom, and .lls for resistance by all Libera/s; and, further, that it be rmpectfully represented to her Majesty's Government that no assistince should he rendered to the committee appointed by the House of Lords, either by occupying any place thereon or by offering any evidence before it." MR. Stme ItgEvße has given a ballad concert In the dome at the Royal Pavilion, Brighton, when every available seat was occupied, over 3000 persons being present. Ile was assisted by Madame Marie Rose, Madame M. Klanwell, Miss Spencer Jones, Mr. Henry Pyatt, Mr. Barrington Foote, and Mr. Herbert Reeves (vocalists), Mr. W. Coenen, solo pianoforte; M. Hellman, solo violoncello; Mr. G. Wetter; Philharmonic Choir, with conductors Mr. F. Kingsbury and Mr. R. Taylor, Mr. time Reeves sang a sacred song, " I heard the voice of Jesus say "(Coetien), "My pretty Jane" (for which he was thrice revAlled, but refused to grout aa encore), and "The Bay of Biscay." AN INQUEST has been held at Chester before the city coroner touching the d.th of Hannah Millet; who was thrown into the river Dee by her mother, sad was washed up by the recent high tide. Evidence was given to show that the mother conceived a strong dislike to the child, took her to the river, and threw her into the water, After her arrest Mrs. Millets was removed to Broadmoor Lunatic Asylum. the coroner instructed the jury that it was not within their province to inquire into the state of the mother's mind, and the jury at ono, returned a verdict of "Wilful murder.. .  UPON THE ARRIVAL of the nine p.m. mail train at Berwick-upun-Tweed from Edinburgh to London, the door of a third-class compartment was found open. Inquiries along the line elicited the fact that a man, apparently a tailor, had been in the train at Dunbar. A search was made, and the dead body was picked up neas Orwell Main, Dauber.