The Warwickshire Herald. — 1887-12-22 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

MIL. FERGUSON, of the Royal Horse Guards, Master of the Household Brigade draghounda, met with a serious accident while hunting near H.rton Manor, Bucks., on Saturday. Mr. Ferguson put his horse at a five-barred gate, but the animal failed to clear it, and came down, throwing down its rider heavily to the ground. Mr. Ferguson was picked up in an unconscious state. He remained insensible till Sunday morning. MB. SPURGEON has written from Montone to say that he had now made up his mind to stay there until the second Sabbath of the New Year.  Tim Earl of Londeaborough has intimated that he will be very glad to make arrangements for providing labourers with allotments on his East Yorkshire estates. THE dead body of • respectably-dressed woman, whose name is not known, has been found by • constable at Fulham, a few yards from the river. The deceased had bled much from a deep jagged wound across the throat. A sharp piece of glass bottle lay near the body, and it is supposed that the wounds were caused by this. Is now seems clear that Aubertin, the would-be murderer of M. Jules Ferry, is hopelessly insane. He is in such a state that his death Is anticipated, but even if he recovers all idea of • criminal prosecution will be abandoned.  AT Heath Towu, near Wolverhampton, Robert Heap, landlord of the New Cross Inn, first threatened to murder his wife and then committed suicide. He had been thinking heavily for some time pet, owing it is saki, to the depression in trade.  IN the week ending Dec. 17th there were 257 bills of sale registered in England and Wales, an increase of 14 over those of the corresponding period last year; the failures gazetted number 107, showing an increase of ll.—Compiled from Stubbs' Weekly Gazette. ATTILII the catastrophe at Barnum's Show, Alice, "the widow of Jumbo" the famous elephant, who perished in the fire, was opened and was found to contain over 300 pennies, part of a pocket-knife, four cane ferrules, a piece of lead pipe, and some pebbles. The skull was cut and the brain secured intact. AT the Central Criminal Court George Harrison, 38, stonemason, has been convicted on indictments setting forth that iL the disturbances on Nov. 13, arising oat of the attempt of a procession to march to Trafalgar-squaie, he feloniously struck one policeman with a gas-pipe and stabbed another. He was sentenced to five years' penal servitude. AT a meeting of the Cheshire Chamber of Agriculture Mr. George Slater brought forward the subject of the unemployed, and alluded to the number of youths brought up in idleness and ignorance of the duties of life. He moved a resolution declaring that it had become a matter of necessity that the children of those persons who were dependent on wages for a livelihood should be required by law, after their school days, to devote themselves to some useful occupation. The proposal was described as impracticable, but the discussion was adjourned. Tax Rev. Mr. Jones, a missionary representing the London Missionary Society, has arrived at Sydney, and states that he has been expelled from the Loyalty Islands by a small force which was specially dispatched from New Caledonia for the purpose. He has lodged a protest with Lord Carington, the Governor, against his expulsion. fax mysterious death of Police sergeant Cantwell is reported from Rathdowney, Queen's County. He had just arrested a tinker, when he was found dead in the day-room, with the prisoner standing beside him. Suspicion at first not unnaturally pointed to the prisoner, but an inquest has shown that the cause of death was heart disease, accelerated by excitement. ON Sunday evening the Rev. Thomas Nattrass was conducting the service in a Wesleyan Chapel at Bowdon, when he was seized with illness, and died before medical aid could be procured. The deceased gentleman was between 50 and 60 years of age. Heart disease is supposed to have been the cause of death.  TELEGRAMS have been received from Beyrout speaking of an archa3alogical discovery of unubual interest. Two ceinetries have been discovered near Sidon, which are believed to be of very great antiquity, certainly not later than the Phamician era. The telegrams add that according to appear• aimed both the rock tombs and sarcophagi appear never to have been disturbed.  SHEEHY, an Irish M.P., has been sentenced to three months imprisonment for using laaguage calculated to incite people to commit breaches of the Crimea Act. He appealed, but was immediately arrested on another charge. A TZLILGRAM from New York says the remains of the Anarchists who were lately executed there, and of Lingg, who committed suicide in prison, we reinterred in one grave on Sunday. Twelve linndred people attended the funeral. A TELJEGRAM from New York states that the 80th birthday of the poet Whittier was celebrated at his residence in Massachusetts on Saturday. MICAPTAIN SHAW has, it is stated, made a report which absolutely condemns six of the London theatres.