Weekly News. — 1890-01-23 (Blandford, Dorset, England)

PORTUGAL AND ENGLAND.  A Times telegram dated from Lisbon on Saturday say.: The Duke of Palmella, who was once in the British Navy, has not only foolishly returned the Baltic medal to Mr. Petre, when it would have been sufficient not to wear it, but he has, we understand, dismissed all his English servants, as sonic commercial houses have given up their English trade con nections. The Duke of Palmella, who is wealthy as ultra-patriotic, is unpatriotic enough I am told to keep the bulk of his fortune in the British Funds. Even an English clown, who had an engagement at a circus here, has had it cancelled. One could never have believed, unless one witnessed it, such a display of petty rancour on the part of a nation which prides itself on its chivalry. It is truly a pitiable and a saddehing spectacle for all friends of Portugal. It is pleasant amidst the din and rumour of battle and death--death to everything English—to see that the Portuguese journals can tied spars to advocate a pressingly charitable subscription to relieve the shocking destitution from which the lower cla,ses in Lisbon are suffering. Queen Amalia is taking an active part in this good campaign, and has given a diamond brcirch which she wore, in order that it might be converted into money, to relieve the crowds of miserable people who had assembled in the streets. The commerical war continues to increase in the same manner as one suicide provokes others. A Vigilance Committee is to be appointed to watch the Custom House returns, and to denounce any re ceivers of British goods,and the sharp Yankees cable their willingness to supply their commodities cc take the place, doubtless, of English coals, while Mr. Blaine, in order to prove American triendsliii, for Portugal, maintains a more aggressive attitude than that of Great Britain on the Delagoa Bay railway claims. The Via publishes an alleged declaration from a Mr. Macgregor respecting the crimes of the missionaries at Blantyre, which are so horrible that the Ilia shudders with rage and shame.  On Friday night an express train from Chicago for Cincinnati, ran into the rear of a train of mixed carriages near Cincinnati. Four persons were killed and a dozen injured, the engine of the express leaping nier the rear carriages of the other train and smashing them to hplinters. The wreckage afterwards caught fire and the Cincinnati fire brigade was hastily summoned to render aid, but belore they arrived 11111118 of those wliii had been injured, and were lying in the &brim were badly burned. The express train was not 'mob damaged with the exception of the engine, but the conductor, baggagemaw, and brakeman of trait were killed, while the engineer and fireman wore injured. Most of the eseualities were among those travelling in the mixied  train. The "Tillotson Newspaper Syndicate" announce that amongst their authors for stories for the coming year are the Marquis of Lorne, Thomas Hardy, G. R. Sims, Adeline Sergeant, J. Monk Foster (author of "A. Pit Brow Lassie"), Bore Russell, Finch Mason (who is writiug a series of short hunting stories), George Manville Fenn, William Black, L. T. Meade, G. A. Henty, Mrs. Oliphant, James Greenwood, and the Queen of Roumania. They will also publish short stories by James Payn, Clark Russell, La& M. /afajendie, Mn'. Campbell Freed, Mr. Joseph Hatton, 3lrs. Cashcl Hoey, Commander Cameron, Helen Mather', Mrs. South. worth, and otheirs  Several valuable hounds belonging to the South Notts peek have been poisoned while hunting on the Irliotham estate.  From particulars received at Moacow regarding the suspension of Lieutenant-Colonel Alikhanolf, thief of the Mery Military District, it would appear that he was superseded by Prince Beboutoff, owing to his arbitrary and brutal conduct towards the native population. Quite recently a Turkoman deputation arrived at Mary in order to prefer a complaint against him before General Komaroff, the Commander-in-Chief of the Truly:avian province, but by Lieutenant-Colonel Alikhanoff's orders they were attacked by a body of soldiers, several of then being killed and many wounded.  ---- While an insane widow, named Byrne, was out walking with her son at Ballygoneen, county Wicklow, she threw hermit into the river, which being greittly swollen, swept her away. The son gallantly plunged in after her, but his head came in contact with a boulder, and he narrowly escaped death. His mother wac drowned, "  The prei•unit winter, one of the most remarkable that has been known in Russia for many liyears. During the last fortnight the capital has experienced such mild weather that it in difficult to believe it is a Rumgiem winter. The ice on the canal has melted, and it ixllW ax warm in St. l'etniaLtrg as it is in London or Paris at this time of the year.