The Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser. — 1866-06-02 (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England)

GENERAL NEWS.  The washerwomen of Workington and neighbourhotidbhave struck for an advance of  wages. i , Prince Couza is n;Pa'ristbut; does not appear- in society. •D Yorkshirethas6.Nrolthiteerfi ; to every 1000 of the population, the gross number being 13,059, and stands. 52' in' the' iti.der of Merit. The prinee* OlOtildi is said to be for the third time in (tin intereiting situation. The coloured sailor stabbed ;last week at Bristol 'by a-Tatike4 Inpiblic.house brawl is yield tobe in 8,1;4)6i/state. On Satvrday morning a boiler explosion took .plialinMessrs.'yßiatlien's paper .mill, Lfiddenden, ,Itiar Halifax, 'and ;the ;firer-up, Thomas/Ingham, was killed. F•ltis . that Mr. Gladstone has sanctioned egi loan tO the Irish railway 'Companies bonds, arriving at .maturity during, the monetarylanici.L atil no i -The:-"Fie-eilitin'sraotuthal'Praiinourices that Archbishop Cullen:lihaS been 'elevated to the ,position -of atirdithe • We continue to receive -..e.ry; satisfactory re.*irts of the linproirementin the 'health of Mr. Hodgson, _M.P., and it is arranged for him:to .fetarn toihicresidenee; MeWby Grange, in the course_ of Saturday, ' ,ifl j 1  -A petitibrioiwonoti lb course of signature in different parts of the country, by women, only, praying thatinth* -,Ratulercof Commons3-aliciuld provide for the repiesentation, of all4hciuseholders, Wiihotit distifictionof sex, whO possess the necessary property or rental qualification., On the occasion:76f ,the anniversary at the, Queen's birthday, theala • of Birmingham (Mr. ,EdminitY 'Ads); • d 3000 school' children at Aston-park.filOg q.ll The Triinckif Walealas ,lionsented to lay the first stone of theinew North Staffordshire Infirmary at Harfehill, near . Stoke-aipon-Trent, on MoLday, the 25th &June. Warner, the.FeiiianoilifdrnierOsilikely to recover from the effects of his woundis: He was to have sailed. for ',Catidalrizitlikis family on the 31st inst. 18111 no . Mr. J. Calvert Stronge; .divisional (police ;magistrate of DUbliiiilhas been appointed sO.licitor ofi inland'm ievenhe in: Ireland, in the room of Mr. Smyly,Q.C., deceased., . ; rso Sir GlAarles)Wdodolow .Viscount Halifax, is about to be presentedby hiS.Halifax consti-i -tuents withbatina! ~(1; e.nt .aervice of plate of the value of upwar s of £lOOO. , A inovekent isriiiiiiiibeing---made in Franc el secure the abolition of the punishment. 6 !death. ~TheNnestiori; Which will shortly ceme on for considerationfthn ,the French Senate,,is :awakening' gjeati interest, and several leading senators are expected to speak in favour of tliel - : The cattle plague returns shoWedli slightin-1 crease last weekpliemumber.of new emelt be-I :ing 1932 against 1912,the: week previous. In the metropolitan district there . were eleven: new cases, as against ten tha week before. Nol new cases were, recorded inthe south-eastern counties. The late ,Rev. 'John. Miles, 8.D.., incumben of the noly Trinity. Chinch, ~BiShop's,road, _paddingtowlias bequeathed in charity nearly £70,000, to be divided between Mary's Hospital. Eaddiugton, Ahe Society for Prot meting Chriatianr:Knowledge, and ;the Sociefiy4 .for the Pxopagation ofothet..Gospel in-,Foreign parts. .tir. 4:116i) Twahrakentaamedilieeling haAre.beenJdom mitted for trial for stealing £llB, thect•roperftyi - of •Mrs..vit*VelOwni I a -, bleachier, nearliotting-i ham. One of .the prisoners had cashed,aTchotitiO .for the aniputut,i.aaidt,pretended that; iherliad: been robbed of the gold, which was afterwaiiia found,* Aziossession.othLs brother. _ A leather medal having been offered for the:, worst poloiblepconundrum, the prize was un-i hesitatingly awarded to the . following, se-I lected frogn several,. hundreds sent in Why is rascality like the breast ,of a Jowl r, ‘, 13ecause it ik* pipeft,of , A letter from Rome says thatrithe date fo ' the leaving cgrps oisscupatiOT there lias"uow die- 11th Of pe 11, it4ymai4ai liteyand that perp.6 it will Vo'llbtiger'Act PA. the protectiOn Of Ili Pope' bukonly as a corps of observation in regard to, evenkln the kingdom of Italy. A few. 44 since, a woman, 61 years of age, was burned, to death in Sheffield in consequence ofc.the ignition of her dress by treading upon.alueifer match. On Saturday eowip.g. ~ Mr. George Forsyth, agent of the Nes'. -13riti;hr Railway at Waver ley Bridge.Statitiii, Committed suicide at Norham, whither -le had gone for a change of air after an attack of fever. A fataFcarriage accident'happened near Stroud Ligt*esk. The vehicle was upset by a runawaklibl493, and a 'lad was *killed, and Miss Bowly,4o:yoaiof age, who was 'driving, sustained concgssion of the,brain. . Two giilawere burnt to death in London a few days :since.: .. In one case the girl's clotheS were ignited,gthilst she was sleeping in front of of the fire,-and. 'the 'other set her skirt on fire whilst looking in the glass to adjust a portion of her tfreis:"llu ii?„,ill6 • The ManChestAiStainp Office was broken". to on Sundv night, and stamps of the value' of £7OOO ":,07§,i4ittfien. A reward og ..£400" has been or he apprehension' of the Of,. fendersi,,Vciy q4l. at present the:Lanthoritiei have no clue. THE Loss, OF