Widnes Examiner. — 1882-02-18 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

THE STATE OF IRELAND. -- I MISCELLANEOUS. Eteven men were arrested under the Coercion Act on Sunday night, near Swintord, county Mayo, charged with being concerned in murderously beating three men. A number of incendiary fires have taken place between Michaelstown and Knockling, in County Limerick. Outrages have been principally committed on the tenants paying rents.  It is reported that much damage has been caused in some parts of Scotland by the gale and floods of Monday. It is officially announced that Prince Leopola's knee is nearly well, and that his Royal Highness will shortly return.  • Some boats were capsized during the gale on Lough Erne on Sunday, Lieutenant Smith (of the 105th Regiment), his servant, and two boatmen being drowned. The Rev. Lionel Brown, of Worcestershire, committed suicide on Saturday by shooting himself. Pecuniary dill'', c alties are believed to have induced the act. The execution of Robert Templeton, for the murder of Betty Scott, at Lower-house, Burnley, on the 3rd January, took place an Monday at Manchester. Marwood was the executioner.  The arrangements which have been in progress between The O'Donoghue M.P., and his creditors were completed on Monday, and Le hon. member will resume his seat in the House at once. _ _ _ _  At a meeting of the City of Glasgow Bank shareholders, on Tuesday, Mr. Boyd, Edinburgh, presiding, the liquidator's report, showing a surplus of £119,000, after paying everything, was taken as read. A special meeting of the Liverpool Liberal " 900" was held on Tuesday night, and a resolution was unanimously adopted in support of the Government proposals on Parliamentary procedure. Lord Cranbrook opened the new Mechanics' Hall, at Horsefrith, in Leeds, on Saturday, and dwelt upon the value iof mechanics' institutes in promoting culture and cultivatng higher ideas of the dignity of labour. At the usual periodical banquet of the English commercial community in Paris on Saturday night, there was a strong opinion expressed as to the necessity for a treaty and closer commercial intercourse between the two countries.  The exchequer returns from April 1 to February 11 are £72,223,981; expenditure, £73,184,667; balances, £4,747,310. In the corresponding period last year the receipts were £70,790,366 ; expenditure, £70,111,323 ; balances, £7,381,791. A lamentable accident occurred at Blackpool on Monday. The outer wall of a house in course of erection was blown down, and three brothers named Turnbull, who were playing near it, were buried in the ruins. Two of them were killed on the spot and the third was very seriously hurt. At the Derby assizes, on Saturday, Mr. Justice Hawkins passed sentence of 20 years' penal servitude upon William Goddard, a slater, for kicking his wife to death at Chesterfield— At the same assizes, George Bestwick, a collier, was sentenced to penal servitude for 15 years for the manslaughter of Samuel Falconbridge at Belper. The Earl of Cavan, father of Lord Kilconsie, the Liberal candidate for Taunton, has published a letter, stating he wishes it to be distinctly known that his principles are Conservative, lest anyone should be misled to vote Liberal through personal regard. It would be a great sorrow to him if the principles prevail which aim at destroying the bulwarks of the Constitution. _  Lord Salisbury, acknowledging receipt of a resolution passed by the Shrewsbury Beaconsfield Club, says he earnestly hopes that Conservatives will see in the present deplorable condition of affairs a powerful incentive to do what in them lies to counteract the principles which animate the policy of the Government. In conseqaence of the answer of Mr. Gladstone to Sir Wilfrid Lawson, asking him to wait for the Local Government Bill (which would have certain bearing on the question of licensing), the Executive Council of the United Kingdom Alliance on Tuesday night addressed a circular to members of Parliament urging them to press upon the Government 'the importance and the urgency " of the question. A meeting at which the Lord Mayor presided was held, on Tudday, at the Mansion House in support of Lady Bective's movement for promoting the prosperity of the British woollen trade. The Marquis of Salisbury made an eloquent appeal to the arbiters of fashion—a power of which he confessed he had the vaguest notions—and to the women of England, as patriots and humane persons, to do all they could to encourage native industry. An emphatic warning to persons who presume to marry wards in Chancery without the consent of the Chancellor had been obtained, was given by Mr. Justice Fry, on Tuesday. The learned Judge stated that in one day two cases had been brought before him, in each of which a man had married a ward of Court without having obtained the necessary sanction. In each case he had committed the bridegroom to gaol, and directed an inquiry into the validity of he marriage. Addressing a crowded audience at the Hall of Science, London, on Sunday morning, Mr. Bradlaugh said what he intended to do, with regard to the refusal of the House of Commons to allow him to take his seat, was that, unles the house vacated his seat or arrested and detained him in custody, or a bill of attainder was passed depriving him of all his civil rights, he would take his seat as member for Northampton this session, though on the question by what means he would effect this he would keep his own counsel. At the Leeds assizes, on Saturday, William Bray, a comic singer, sued the London and North-Western Railway Company for damages for injuries sustained in a collision a t Norrnanton on tha sth January of last year. The plaintiff had been ill ever since, and it was stated to be doubtful if he will be able to resume his professional duties, at all events not for twelve months to come. He kept a beerhouse, in addition to which lie earned, before the accident, from one to two guineas per night. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, and he was awarded £l6OO damages. TERninLE