Denton and Haughton Examiner, etc. — 1882-05-20 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

JOHN FRED. MAY, one of the solicitors Committed to nine months' imprisonment for bribey at the elect., 1880, has bee:. discharged by orter of the Home Secretary on the ground of ill-healtl-. May was zgent for the Conservatives. Woo. Mair, solicitor, agent for the Liberals, sentenced to a similar tern of imprison; ment, i; still in prison. LLOYD'S AGENTS at New Yorlrtelegraph that the Pliny (s), from Rio de Janeirr to New York, is ishore on Deal Beach. The passenters and crew were rescued, and probably the mails and cargo will be saved. The Pliny is owned by the Liverpool, Brazil, and River Plate Steam Navigation Compute (Limited), Liverpool, was built at Barrow in 1878,and registers Still tons gross. JADIES NICHOL FLEMAIG, formerly a director of the City of Glasgow Ilstk, was brought before the sheriff a raw days ago, etarged with entlezzlement of part of the funds of the bank, ant was formally committed for trial on that extrge. The amount in question is said to be nearly a ROHM] sterling. AT LEEDS ilagaret Roan, a well-dressed woman, was sent to tool for three months for obtaining money by fortune-olling. AN IN./ITEST has been held at Leicester on the body of a moo named flopkin, belonging to Wellingborouo, who atempted to murder his sweetheart, I named Elizabeth Viccars. The couple left home together j became their parents objected to their marriage on f religious groends, and, while walking by the side of the canal, Hopkins kissed the girl, bade her good-bye, and Lien seizins her rushed with her into the canal. He was drowned, tut she woo rescued. The jury returned averdirt of " Suicide whilst temporary insane.' 'TENET ALFRED TEED, farmer,Whitchurch, wan charged on remand, atthe DoreetCounty Police-court, with a bruta: assault upon Levi Bridle, a neighbour of his. The Town Hall w. crowded. Mr. Howard, Mayor of Weymouth, appeared for the defence, and Mr. Tweed, of Holiton, appeared for the prosecution. Several witnesses was, called, and prisoner was remanded, bail being rctused, IN MAGNIFICENT WEATHER a numerous body of gentlemen, members of the Brighton and Sussex Natural History Society, took part in the first field excursion for the semen a few days ago. The rendezvous was the , ancient village of Cuckfleld, and loving taken train to Haywarda - heath Station, the party inspected the numerous objects of interests to route, as well as in the I more immediate vicinity of the village, ond returned I home late in the evening. I TIM DORSET Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry have assembled at Dorchester hr the anno .1 training. As three of the bandsmen were /recce lag to the county town lien trap, one of the trate broke, and they were thrown into the road, Mr. Han, the bandmaster, fell on I his head and was seriously injwed. He is not expected  to recover. MATTERS still continw unsettled at the Festiniog slate quarries conwment upon the refusal of the employers to shorten tin hours of work. Every effort is being made to °bylaw a strike, which would be most serious, since nearly 10,00 melt would be affected. CIRCULARS have been liberally distributed amongst the tenant farmers of Wales asking their opinion of the merits of he following alternative schemes for remedying the gievances of s kick they complain: The f equation oft WeLh Lind Leagne to have the direction of all ewhined a ovomeuts on the port of agriculturists in lb prirrci ality, the head: rplartem to be on the joint cofines of North and South Wales; th ; establishment of e separate executive for North and South Wale+ respecively ; the gcncral rateselan in Walm of the Farmers' .liianee ; and the mtabliehment of farmers' sock ties in:very oari band village in the principality.  AT THE PETTY SIMMONS, Gainsborough, George Musoave, a large farmer, of Perry, was sent to prison for fourteen days for having assaulted a woman 73 years old, by breaking a rake-shaft over her head, and otherwise illtreating her. Two years ago prisoner was charged with breaking some of the ribs Cl the same W 011.1.. M. lIYACINTHE Licrson, better known ELI Plre Ilyaeilithe, has delivered a lecture on Catholic reform in the Assembly Rooms, St. Leonards, Hastings. A MEETING has been held in the Mayor's rooms, Leeds, for the purpose of conAdering die propriety of convening a public meeting to raise funds to assist the emigration of persecuted Jews from Russia. It was resolved to request the Mayor, who presided, to issue an appeal to the people of Leeds on their behalf. Subscriptions amounting to £250 was announcedIT 114 OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED that the Prince of Wales will visit Reading in July during the forthcoming show of the Royal Agricultural Society. AT