The Dewsbury Chronicle, and West Riding Advertiser. — 1872-11-09 (Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England)

OOO.  On Monday the Prince and Princess of Wales left home for Elvedon Hall, Nof folk, the residence of Maharajah Dhuleep Sinjh. A heavy gale passed over Cardiff on Saturday and Friday; Much damage was done to the shipping, but no lives were lost. •  The Lady Chapel of Chichester Cathedral, restored as a memorial of Bishop Gilbert, has been re-opened. Sir G. G. . Scott was the architect.  The Japanese Ambassadors visited Birmingham on Monday, and were received by the President and members of the Chamber of Commerce.  Charles Brown, accountant, of Liverpool, was found on Wednesday in his office with his throat cut. It is supposed that he committed suicide.  Mr. Bruce is engaged in preparing for the consolidation of the Factory and Workshop Acts, for which purposd a bill will be brought in next session. On Wednesday a very violent storm visited Glasgow and the neighbourhood. Great damage was done to property, and more than one person was killed. The Dublin Amnesty Association has declared its intention to put forward for Cork either a political prisoner still incarcerated or Mr. John Mitchell.  The Attorney-General for Ireland addressed a meeting of Liberal electors at Londonderry on Tuesday. He was constantly interrupted by the home-rule party. The death, at an advanced age, of Mr. F. Robinson, Mus. Doc., one of the choir of the Dublin cathedrals, a composer of sacred and secular music, is announced. Serious floods prevailed in the neighbourhood of Sedgmoor Valley, Somersetshire, on Sunday night, and nearly a mile of turnpike.road to Landport was inundated. A warrant was issued on Monday for the apprehension of James Homer. secretary to the Wolverhampton Gas Company, who absconded on Saturday with £2,000. A young Irish candidate •for literary honours is about to publish a first novel, baying the siege of Londonderry for its central point of action.—Athenmum. The ril7M9' Philadelphia correspondent says that the horse disease is rapidly abating in New York, but has greatly increased at Philadelphia and the south and west.  The ninth Exhibition of Water-colour Drawings, Dudley Gallery, will open in February next. Contributions must be delivered on the 6th and 7th of January. The volumes collected for and sent to the Strasburg Municipal Library already amount to 15,000, and some thousands more are in the hands of the committees in Paris and Italy. The Tiinee correspondent in Calcutta telegraphs that since the outbreak of cholera there have been 828 cases and 529 de.tths among European soldiers, their wives, and children in Bengal.  The horse epidemic, which has committed such ravages in America, has made its appearance in several parts of Devonshire. In the neighbourhood of Tiverton it has assumed 3onsiderable proportions. Madame Arabella Goddard has been engaged for a prolonged tour in 1873, commencing in Australia, where the . pianiste will remain some months, and then proceed to California, terminatint, her tour in America. It is rumoured that Mr. Roebuck is likely to be brought out; as a candidate for Sheffield, should a Vacancy occur. It is said that he would have the support of the Conservatives' as well as other sections of his old constituency. The Echo undeestands that the Government has been advised that the parks regulations are in force, and that the questions arising out of the amnesty meetings on Sunday are under the consideration of the Home Office. Mr. Laing has issued his address as a moderate Liberal to the Orkneys %lectors. He is the only candidate yet in the field, and offers a general support to the present• Government whilst Granville, Palmer, and Harting. ton lead. _ _ _ _  _ It is stated that, consequent on the death of Dr. Goss, a new Roman Catholic Bishop-io will be created; that of Lancaster ; and that the diocese of Liverpool will be made into an archdiocese, including Lancaster, Salford, and Beverley. The demonstration in favour of releasing the Fenian prisoners passed off quietly in Hyde Park on Sunday. There was no interference. The attendance was very large. Resolutions in favour of releasing the Fenian prisoners were passed. k Several candidates are already mentioned for the vacancy at COrk. It is said that thesNationalist party will iavite Mr. Romayne. Mr.Sliaw member for Bandon, is mentioned as the Home Rule candidate, and the Mayor of Cork is also spoken of. At the instance of the Metropolitan police authorities, Mr. Newton, the Marlborough•street magistrate, on Alonday:granted summonses against the speakers at the Fenian demonstration of Sanday, for an alleged breach of the Parks' Regulation Act. At a meeting held at the Mansion House, on Monday, or the furtherance of a proposal for purchasing Alexandra Park, it was resolved to take no further steps to complete the guarantee fund until the terms of sale be communicated to the Lord Mayor. The evacuation of Rheims by the Germans was completed on Wednesday morning, without any difficulty. The inhabitants gave a hearty welcome to the Gendarmes Mobiles. ThC captain of the Pompiers, in taking possession Of the Hotel de Ville, called out " Vive /a France,' and the Mayor, who has been two days in the office, replied with a shout of " Vive la :Republique." There was ireat enthusiasm among the population, and the town was en fete. There .was a partial illumination; and the theatre was opened for the first time.