Runcorn and Widnes Examiner. — 1872-09-21 (Runcorn, Cheshire, England)

BIRIUNGILAY.—The Birmingham milkmen met on Wednesday, and resolved to advance the price of milk to 64. per quart for new and 4d. for united milk. The reasons assigned for the step were the high price of cattle, the prevalence of cattle disease, and the Act of Parliament tor preventing adulteration. nese roe Demo Durex a at. owe ilotres.—A publican at Jars ow, near Newcastle-on- I yes, has been tined lUs. and oostafor being drunk on his own premises. He was also hued 60. and costs for having Ins house open during prohibited hours. The Ante were on. done , on Ids home*.  THILVIIB AND (lawman nocanED.—Two young meu lecoutly ounetcted of r..bbery with violence were flogged at Newgate, on Tueeday. Both euffered tamely, toand indulged in "howl. of agony ;" cud we are told the etrugglea of oue of them booame almmt frantic..  Da. LivINGOTONE.—The London correspondent of the New York IPrald ham received the following telegram from Bombay, under date September 17, 440 ,—" Letters from Dr. Livingstone, date July 2, 1872, have been received at Zanzibar. 113 was still at ruyanyembe, was well, and wee waiting the arrival of Stauley'a tecond expedition." A Brrriso M. FINED £lOO. Mr. W. Walter, well known in connection with Badlie and Walter, the notorious betting or "discretionary investment " agents, was on Saturday, at the Bow•street, police court, London, lineal £lOO and costa to issuing circulars inviting pereous to joi4 his system of discretionary investments.  Arrax.rrzo Smarm or • Crtaars.— The Rev. Mr. Cowbuu, Curate of Christ Church, Heaton Mxris, near Stockport, atteuipted to cut hie throat with a razor. Hie wife, who was near her confinement, caught him in the act and knocked the razor out of his hand, but not before a de.. gash hail been inflicted. Surgical assistance vae immediately ulna tiled, but he is still in great danger. The insane act is attributed to excessive study. Soora• ticiaacx Coitows.—The practical bueinees at the Social Somme Congress was brought te • Hose on Wednesday, by • general m.ting iii the Mechanics' Institute, Devonport. The s-cretary reed the report, which states that the meeting would compare favour. ably with any preS3ts magma: The council hod accepted . invitation to hold the next uougrese at Norwich, and the council would recommend that the 1074 congress be held at til.gow.  lsibw Dux or ermisiu.ro.— Vonity Fru', says that the private chums of the kuig of Hanover are in the course of seta meat, and ilia Majesty is in treaty for the purc.hase a considerable esmte in England, whore he will probably reside henceforth. Be will re tam the tit alar rank of king during hie Ida, but the Crews' Prince will only succeed to jut tale of &Duke of Cumber laud and Itiviotdals.  rms. Antigun AI. Till Butiaminam _li relation t Prince Arthur's visit tu Birmingham, the Itepublicau Club of that towu have passed a unauiMOUI rmulutiou utesting ...gaunt public rates being upended in gin burning aud tither antiquated fooleries, under pie ...I,e uf doing irti Ruyal ur uthee personages, believing such iamp,nug w,th public money to be illegal and uot pruvided fvr by any Act if l'arlia- '  latart Co.—The net tonnage of coal available for nee in the Irish coalfieldm in stated by Mr. Hull, of the Irish Geological Survey, to be 102,260,000. Au .0u as the Ineh muiere found that euuttlieni had been entered into in Ireland for the o..upply of coal to the royal mad mousier* plying between Holyhead and Kingstown they itrucli to increseeil pay It is expected that coal will chilly he largely imported from India.  Tie Jimmy IN BEfoirw —Ou Saturday, the Jesuit Bniaelen appeared beture the Brussels Correctional Tnhunal to answer the accusation cf " violation of domicile." He had forced his way into the chamber of Profvesor Attineyr, of the Brussel. University, who when on the point of death, had given express order. not to admit any priest of the Roman Church to his room. The Jeatut was sentenced to a tine of 1,1k0f., or one mouth'. impneoumef t no care of non-payment, and to tho oast.  A Lovka ki.uzengo Hnus.r.—At W eht Bromwich, last week, a young woman named SIIIICOX asked her swe.thoait, Joseph Norman, to go to a wake with lier• Hs refused, and she went alone, but returned in company with another young man, which caused great pain to her lover. hoeing his distress, the gut said '1 suppose you will go mid hang yourself after this" Unfortunately, Ni rmau did so, and at the inquest a verdict of suicide whilst temporarily insane was re turned, the girl being also censured fur her heartlees conduct.  Row MI Exeunt Las NOT Axt;loo.—The Spanish Consul in London has sent his Government a memoir on England, in which he remarks is surprising the scarcity of places suited to social relaxation, "cafes being almost man own, and dancing halls. maintained chiedy by foreigners and visitors for the season," while the clubs serve mainly for the communication of fruitful ideas, for the development of industry, agriculture, and commerce, and for the discuseion of the enterprises which promote the wealth, power, and prestige a this great nation, within and without the United States.  Tea Mn,z Quuriorr ru The PoTraiwis.—Lut Friday, the milkaelleis of Hanley had a meeting to eon. eider the new law relating to milk adulteration. It had been reported to the Town Council, by Dr. Walker, borough medical °Neer, that of eighteen samples or milk which he had analysed, only three were genuine, five beipg adulterated with some gritty material. At the milluellere' meeting the idea of not putting a little water was ridiculed ; and it was facetiously remarked by one that pure milk might disagree with the public if the change was too sudden. It was resolved to raise the price of milk. Tar New hirmars Fos Paserros. Mr. John Holker, Q.C., of Devonshire-place, Marylelione, who has just been returned to Parliament in the Conservative intermt for the borough of Preston, ia succession to the late Sir Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, is anon of the late Mr. Samuel Holker, of Bury, Lancashire, by Sarah, daughter of Mr. John Brocklehurst. He was born in the year 1828, and was educated at the grammar school of his native town. He was called to the Bar, at Caray's Inn, in 1864, and chose the Nerthern Circuit, practising at the Manchester, Salford, Bolton, and Preston sessions, and x °aiding at Manchester. He obtained a silk in BM. He .w enters Parliament Inc the first time, and is the eat sew useetbee slisoted tube the Ballot.— Th. Zmec