The North Cumberland Reformer. — 1891-04-09 (Carlisle, Cumbria, England)

OOO.  The Empress Frederick, mcompanied by Princess Christian, visited the Roy4l School of Art Needlework in Exhibition Road, Loudon, on Saturday, as well as the depot of the school.  The Football Association's match between representatives of England and Scotland was played on Saturday, at Blackburn, and was won by the English team by two goals to one. After Divine Service, on Sunday, the Queen drove to St. Vallier, nine miles from Grease, whence a splendid view is obtained. Prince Henry is reported to have completely recovered hum his attack of measles.  General Sir Francis W. Greniel), Sirdar of the Egyptian Army, has forwarded a iecond consignment of Egyptian curiosities to I.,vaasea, bis native town, for presentation to the itval Institute of South Wales.  The Liverpool steamer Ingretia, fmni Galveston for Liverpool, put into Queenstown on Saturday with her cargo of cotton on fire. The extent of the fire is not known, but steam is beii.g injected, and it is believed the fire has been subdued, The Rev. bamuel Wesley, a clergyman of the Church of England, has offered £2OO towards the enlargement of the Wesleyan home for soldiers, Buckingham Palace Road, London. For the week ended 28th ult, a further decrease took place in the number of vessels reported asi shipwrecks, there only being ten for last week. four being British owned.  Despite the endeavour to stamp out sheep-wo try ing in North Wales the evil is still very rampraut Mr. Ellis Williams, of Bwkhgw)n Farm, Artlaogr has had some dogs among his ewes and lambs, and they have killed over twenty lambs ancr-maina nearly fifty more.  Princess Louis of Battenberg, daughter of thti Grand Duke of Hesse and granddaughter of Queen Victoria, completed her twenty-eighth year otx Sunday, and her brother-in-law, Prince Alexander of Battenberg, the ex-ruler of Bulgaria, was thirtyfour.  The latest instance of the recognition of the claims of women is to be found in the Chum/ of ngland. The Church Pastoral Aid Society have just initiateda new policy by voting a grant to the incumbent of an East End parish for the employment of two female workers.  At the inquest at Llandudno on Saturday relative to the death of Miss Edwards, lodging-house manager, who attacked her brother with a knise aud then stabbed herself to death, a verdict was retmmed to the effect that she committed suicide while Wmporarily insane.  For selling beer while not in possession .af a license, John Tyrrell and Hugh Jones wero, on Saturday, fined by the Chester county magistrutes fifty pounds and twenty-five pounds respectively. Their customers were workmen on the Manchester Ship Canal. The death is announced at Ardrossan of Mr. A.. D. Bryce-Douglas, managing director of the Naval Construction and Armaments Company, Bal Furness. As As a marine engineer he had considerable reputation, and built the engines of some of the bestknown Atlantic liners.  The solicitors to the Boy Messenger Com pany were served on Saturday with notice, on behalf of the Attorney-General, that the Court of Qu,s•en's Bench will be moved for an injunction to restrain the company from collecting and conveying lettors. Her Majesty's ship Wye, Staff-Comm:ander W. S. Chambre, has arrived at Sheerness Dockyard,ith a portion of the marble figure of a bull which ilea been brought home from Ephesus, and is intended to be sent to the British Museum. The fragment of sculpture weighs four-and-a-half tons, and is said to be over 2,000 years old.  The Queen has been pleased to signify her inten— tion to give to the Royal Cinque Ports Yacht Club, of which the Duke of Connaught is the commodore, a Queen's Cup, to be competed for at the annual yacht regatta to be held at Dover, in June next. The Royal Thames Yacht Club race, from. the Nore to Dover, will be sailed on the 6th of June,  At Luton, on Saturday, in a case of wifb-beating, the woman asked for a judicial separation, but the Bench refused, and it was intimated that after the decision in the Clitheroe case separation orders would not be madet A wife could leave 'tier husband if she chose. The Bench also refused a maintenance order.  The Empress Frederick's appreciatica of art is well known, and since her arrival in London sha has, accompanied by Princess Margaret of Prussia, visited several studios. Her Imperial Majesty is anxious that the modern school of English painters should be adequately represented. at the Berlin Exhibition.  We are to have apples all the year round. During last week the first contributions by the Australian garden of Pomona have arrived in London from New Zealand and Sydney; and now it is gratifying to know that one hundred and twenty thousand eases of " Cleopatra.s " and "Cox'd Orange" have left Tadmania for the Thames.  The Duke of Devonshire has consented to lay out tee acres at Silverlands in garden plots. The site Is adjacent to the High Peak section of the London. and North-Western Railway. The land has been. staked out in plots of a rood eacih, at a rental of 15s. per plot per annum. The whole of the plots have been quickly taken up..  In connection with the chewge of trafficking in children brought against Joseph and Annie Roodhouse, further evidence was given at Bow Street, London, on Saturday,tvith the view of showing that the female prisoner had obtained infants and money on the pretence of ad opting the children, but had. ; subsequently disposed of them. Extraordinary scent .s have occurred at the Easter l• vestries which are now being held in • County ; Donegal. In one pat ish the rector has locked the church against a defeated churchwarden and hie, supporters, and ref us es to surrender the key. In. another the rector wa s called a liar, arid on an attempt being made to eject the accused blows were struck, and a free figb.t took place.  The reports which have been circulatted as to Sir Henry Thompson's health are, we (St. lainee. Gazette) believe, a goad deal exaggerateil. The distinguished surgeon is making satisfacte,ry progress towards recovery. Hro is sable to leave. Ms bed for a snort time daily, and his medical adv.isers believe that he will bOOll be able to resume walking exercise.  What appears to be a iftsgraceful ',entrap has been Perpetrated at the Ifahibition af the Royal Society of British Artists.. A landsca 'Lae by Mr. Zimmerman, which htynga on the wails and has been sold, was discarded to be slashe 1 through, apparently with a periknif e, by some mu t chevious or malicious person. a appily the injury is .not beyond repair, as the cut is a "clan" one. The committee of the society are taking. steps te haves tigatis the matter. •