The Potteries Examiner : — 1871-11-04 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England)

ALLEGED VIOLATION OF VIE FISHERY LAWS.The New York oorreepondent of the Echo rays,— There is great excitement in the seaboard town of Gloucester, canoed by the announeement there that an English maumf.war was enticing off Cape Ann to intercept the fishing echooner E. A. Horton, of Gloucester, for alleged violation of the fishery laws, When the English vessel appeared, Collector Babson, of Gloucester, telegraphed to Bceton for aid, and four war vessels will soon be on the spot to prevent a recapture. All this looks threatening, but therein no reason why it should lead to anything serious. The Gloneester fishermen would be glad of a quarrel, and no probably would General Butler, but the nation will do only what is just. No recapture of tho schooner on the high seas or in Amerioan waters Ten Russian cuiraseed fleet has met with will be permitted but on a formal demand by the as other accident. On the 20th of October, in the Canadian authorities the E. A. Horton would, I feel roadstead of Cronetadt, the turret ship Admiral mom be promptly restored to await the result of the SpiridoEf ran into the monitor Admiral Lceareff, eonslegal prooeeding. ; her cutting out by the fishermen mitting severe injury. being manifestly an act which the United States ran- SHOCKING SUICIDE OF A CIIhMIST. Mr. Cornet endorse. bett Smith, a wellknown chemist and amulet, of FLOODS IN INDlA.—Alle”'s Indian Mill says : High-street, Bromsgrove, was found dead in bed by —The damage doe° by floods still forms a prominent hi. housekeeper. An inquest was held upon she body; topic in the papers. Nearly one-half the stook of when, from the evidence, it appeared that deceased, s cattle in Bengal in said to have perished; a result bachelor, aged 41 pease, and well known an a man of which means heavier and heavier debt for many a a jovial and easy temper, had been drinking rather cultivator. Berhampore has again been flooded, of late. On the table in hie sitting.rcem was found Gwalior has suffered from a great flood. Jammer° an ounce bottle indf full of prneMe acid, and by his has almost disappeared in the swollen Goolutie. bed-side, on a chair, was a medicine glass, A heavy storm of rain has washed down many native which had contained some liquid. Underneath buildings in Ghatepore. At Sultanpore in Oacie the the candlestick was a paper, upon which was written Goomtie ban rieen 13 feet higher thou the high flood in pencil, in deceased'alrandwriting, "From this world of lest year, doing nearly as much damage as at of long ceffering and trouble I now make my exit. Jasuspore. At Pertabghur the beautiful bridge Over the Friends, farewell." There were also some vague ex. Says, only four years old, has been " swept away like pressionn. The light was put out, all the room wan old refuse." The whole of Eastern Curds, in short, is in perfect order, and decea nod was lying with his under water, or nearly useless for purposes of traffic, hands folded upon his breast, an though in a deep, At Luoknow 40 inches of rain fell in five days,which calm sleep. After hearing the evidence of Dr. would amount for the terrible floods on that side of Prosser, and the other teetimouy, the innY India. The consequent lone of life must have been turned a verdict that deceased committed suicide by greater than we are over likely to ascertain. The taking prosaic acid, whilst in a state of temporary reports, on the other hand, from most parts of insanity. Bengal are more favourable, and in Bombay and the lalffitoVl3o