The Blackpool Herald. — 1885-01-09 (Blackpool, Lancashire, England)

EATRICE. , A Reuter's telegvsio arew New York states that Mr. , It. Gibson, of Liverpool, WU found in the street in A Whylsor eorreapor,l.ent telegraphs that the mos that city on Monday in a dying condition, and after- rine of Princess tie-1-1'..."4"` b'4a4-1 Henry of tfthe • wards expired. It is believed that the cause of desk berg is to 5,,...'5,,...e place at S, ObM. was heart •- • • expected ,s disease. veindsor, about the middle of April next. t _ Colonel the Hon. f' 'v.... 121 %• • .:-eartee terantnam ocose oleo on rumoured that the Princess after her marriage avßi Monde --./g= entered, the army as ensign and lieu- live st Froguaore House, the place where Prince Albert te"."....0t hi the Scots Fusilier Guards in February, Victor was boru. 1836, and remained in that regiment till he obtained • • his promotion as colonel in the army in January, 1865. TBE IRISH MEMBERS, Air. Henry Thomas Cole, Q.C„ died on Monday his residence 4, Glendower.place, South Kensington. We understand that the only new project which the aged 68 years. He was seized with a fit when at Irish members intend to bring forward in the approach. luncheon on Saturday, and remained unconscious until log sitting of Parliament ie a scheme for local self. his death. Mr. Cole was Recorder of Plymouth and govern meot—that Is, for the establishment of county Devonporty and was formerly Mr. for Penrhyn and boards and similar institutions, The question of Falmouth. national 'self-government Is not likely to be raised Grist:lock fully upholds ite reputation es the rainiest heiore the newarliament is elected. The amendmept town in Scotland. During December the fall amounted of the Labourers' Act and legislation for the benefit of to 1153 inches, and the total for the year was 75 37 the national school teachers are suhjects upon Which inches, being 837 above the average id past years. The bills haws already been introduced, and the prosecution heaviest fall was on the 10th July, when 369 inches , of them as well as resistance to the renewal of the was registered in 24 hours, the heaviest on record in (,oe' rzko Act may be taken as matters of course. Greenock. On Sunday afternoon and evening the picture galleries and museum at Leek were opened for the first EXTRAORDINARY A cC3DENT /X A time on Sundays, and about 3,000, or nearly one-third • of the entire population, passed the turnstiles, while sa accident Which reettlted fatally to one lady and in hundreds could not obtain admission. The visitora fojuriee to several other persons occurred on Sunday were chiefly of „ the working classes. The Rev. J. evening at the Presbyterian Church, Gloucester Road, Hankiuson delivered a short address upon the content., Chalk Farm, during divine service. The officiating of the building, minister, the Rev. G. Watson, had scarcely commenced Two men named Frank Bellamy and James his discourse when a small gallery, which had only Cameron, were remanded at Carnarvon on Monday on recently been erected, rave way, precipitating its occua charge of fraudulently obtaining large quantities of j pants to the ground. The greatest confusion prevailed eutlery from Mesas. J. H. Preston and Co., Sheffield. for some time, but the gentlemen present exerted The prisoners had in their possession pawntickets re- themselves to extricate the unfortunate persons buried lating to sealskin jackets, gold and silver watchea, in the debris. This was accomplished with consider. jewellery, guns, &c.' which had been pawned in various able difficulty. Medical em as istance w summoned, and parts of the United Kingdom. I an examination showed that Miss tfaitlaral, an elderly The Dublin coroner held an inquest on Monday on maiden lady, residing close to the church, was dead, the body of an English gentleman found dead in bed having sustained a severe scalp wound and several at the Shelbourne Hotel, Not appearing at breakfast other injuries. Five or six other persons had sustained the door of the room Occupied by deceased was burst injuries, the most serious case being that of a your open, and he was then found deed. A small erupt, man' who had an arm anda leg broken. The servit. phial of chlorodyne on the table led to the conclusion was brunght to an abrupt termination. The cause of that he had died from an overdose. the gallery tailing is said to be the weakneee of a luaus The rivalry between the Great Western and South- upon which it principally rested. Western Railway Companies, occasioned by the many points at which their lines meet, has ended. Both companies have issued circulars to their respective staffs instructing them to do all in their power to assist in each other's business. This state of affairs has been induced by the great outlay to which the shareholders have been subjected in consequence ol the companies opposing each other's private bills. The Committee of the VeA African Confervice sat on ifonday, and was occupied for three home with thi discussion of the English project regarding the slave trade. Finally, the English proposal was agreed to, binding the Powers exercising sovereign rights or inliueuce in the Congo Basiu to adopt every means to atop the slave traffic, with the addition proposed by America, to extend the prohibition to the traffic on land equally as to that on water. A frightful attempt at suicide was made on Satur. day by a middle-aged man, who cut his throat in front of the altar in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, Lome, during the celebration of mass. This nem.. eii4l,ed the closing of the church until it could be re. consecrated, which was dune in all haste by Meneignore Grossi, the Bishop of Tripoli, under a commission from the cardinal vicar. It is thought at the hospital that .the life of the would-be suicide may be saved.