The Warwickshire Herald. — 1886-08-05 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

EVERYTHING.  A STRONG CASE has, it is said, been made out in the prosecution of the Chicago Anarchists. The actual thrower of the bomb which killed the police, has been recognised as Rudolph Eichuanbelt, who ha A committed suicide.  AT Stockton-on-Tees, on Sunday, Mr. 13radlaugh, M.l'., delivered two addresses, one on the political crisis, and the other on the new Parliament. He said he had an account to settle with the new leader of the House of Commons, and he intended having it settled. THE number of visitors to the Colonial and Indian Exhibition for the week ending July 31st was 188,622. Total since the opening, 2,159,020. THE " Hero," a new armour-plated turret ship of the "Conqueror" type, has arrived at Sheerness, in order that her engines might undergo a series of trials. The vessel has only been a little over two years in construction—the shortest time ever occupied in a Government yard in building an ironclad ' of this description—and, when completed for sea, she will represent over half a million of the nation's  THE Crown Prince of Germany has given an audience to Prince Samson Dido, of the Carneroons. Prince Dido conversed for half an hour with the Crown Prince and Princess in English, and was highly elated at his reception. NEXT month the people of Albany, the State capital of New York State, purpose celebrating the 800th anniversary of the foundation of their city. Its first settlers and founders were Dutch emigrants from the little town of Beverwyck, in Holland, about seven or eight miles north of Haarlem. They gave the name of their mother town to their new settlement on the Hudson, and the name with so many others rdmained till New Amsterdam passed to the English Crown in the reign of Charles 11., and became New York in honour of his brother James. Ileverwyck became Albany, from the Duke of York's Scottish title.  THE prospects of the partridge season in Kent and Surrey are reported to be exceedingly promiging, large coveys of young birds having already been seen in many districts. ON Monday, at Folkestone, the master of a French fishing vessel, belonging to Feehamp, was fined 10 for fishing in English waters off Dungeness. This was the second case heard at Folkestone within a week, and the fishing laws are so frequently broken that Sir Edward Watkins has applied to have a gunboat stationed on this coast instead of a revenue cutter.  THE tenants of Captain St. Leger Baring in North Cork, having been refused a concession of 25 per cent. in their rents, posters have been issued offering pecuniary rewards for private information of all persons holding dealings with any agents connected with the property. MR. MICHAEL DAVITT has gone to America, where he will engage in a lecturing tour. He will also address the Irish Convention at Chicago, and will remain in America four or five months.  THE Liverpool Exhibition was on Saturday visited by 40,000 people. Of this number 3,800 were there on the invitation of the Mayor, who paid all expenses connected with the visit. The number who have visited the exhibition since the opening by the Queen is over 1,115,000. THE borough of Croydon has adopted a new coat of arms, in which the crest is a fountain, signifying in heraldry water (for which Croydon is noted). It is supported by rye grass. More rye grass is grown at Croydon than in any other town in England. THE Board of Admiralty have decided to hold an official inquiry at Portsmouth into the causes of the railway accident which occured in the dockyard during the isit of the colonists, and it is understood that Admiral Graham, Comptroller of the Navy, will officiate as chairman.  HER MAJESTY'S ship "Sappho," which was under orders to prepare at Sheerness for commission, has been condemned as unfit for foreign service. THE late Miss Gamble, of 66, Portland Place, has left Girton College, Cambridge, a legacy of £19,000. OWING IG the excessive rainfall in Derbyshire during the breeding season, there is a great scarcity of birds, and the prospects for the 12th are far from encouraging. The broods are considerably later this year than usual. It is improbable that the Duke of Devonshire's moors will be shot over before the end of the mouth._ _ _ .  A STRANGE Turkish dwarf, named Ahlurrahman, fifty-two years of age, and only twenty-four inches high, has just arrived in Paris. He was formerly the jester of Abdul-Azis, who conferred on him the title of Pasha, and on the death of his patron he escaped to the court of the Shah of Persia. He now comes from St. Petersburg, and has asked for a private audience of M. Grevy. THE Greek gipsies are proving themselves a great nuisance at Liverpool. They are still encamped in the Zoological Gardens, and are most accomplished and persistent beggars. None of the Transatlantic Steamship Companies will take them to New York on any terms, and the Greek Consul is trying to have them sent via Antwerp. IT is stated that in the debate on the Address it is the intention of the Irish Members to direct attention to the present condition of the Land question, and to the number of evictions which are threatened in the course of the winter. AN International Competition of Sewing Machines is to take place at FoLtgia. in Italy, from the 20th October to the 30th November next. . .  ... SIXTY thousand persons are estimated to have taken part on Sunday in a demonstration at Waterford, in memory of Thomas Francis Meagher, a leader of the 1848 rising. Three Parnellite Members spoke on the occasion, Mr. R. Power stating that the struggle for Home Rule would be continued, and he believed it would eventually be conceded.