Denton and Haughton Examiner, etc. — 1883-06-09 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

RIOTOUS PROCEEDINGS IN SCOTLAND.  A ,erions encounter has taken ilace be.ween a crowd of people and the railway officials and police at Strome. ferry, the western terminus of the likzli!anti railway. The disturbance arose from an attempt by the ice ,ple to prevent the desecration of the Sabbath, and ha I ec death, been pre-arranged. It was inte...ied to die etch mime fish by special train to catch the limited stall at levernve for London, but on the fishing steamer s lightn britht seen a crowd of about 1.-.0 people armed with chid, amt sticks turned oat and effectually preveit.ed the OA from being landed. The railway authoritim ,o .14ht the aid of the chine, but their ;obit force were tottlly hinting ft to displace the mob, who remained maters of the situa lion. The °dicers were it ii re orbs!. severely bandied. A suggestion was made to send for military aid, but tide, was not carried out, it being anticipatul that the crowd would disneree at the close of the Sabbath. The fish being fresh, the loin will be great.  A. DISASTROUS FIRE has occurred at Chatham, and was not extinguished until a public At use, a grocers shop, and nine other house, had ban destroyed, and :is most of the tenants had not their goods hen, ell, much misery has been occasioned, nearly twenty families being rendered homeless, aerial:met al/ their f welter° deotroye I. The tire broke out about one o'clo,k a.m. at the eroceee shop kept by Mr. Luffy, and the ilameseprrad with great rapidity. The Carpenters' Arms public-home and the other adjoining house fiuickly ignited, and for some time the fire had it all its own way, fo, no wie thought meters, the Volunteer Fire Brigade. When the brigade, under Lieutenant Barfield, arrived, the tire had assumed most alarming proportions, several ho see then bring in dame., some of the occupants of whieh, owing to the rapidity with which the tire spread, had IlArrOW escapes with their lives. There was a splendid supply of seater, soil the brigade, assisted by the loe.al police, worked most creditably; but, owing to the hold the fl re had reached before their arrival, it was five o'clock before they got the mastery of the flames, and by that time the betties had been lestroyed. SIUMTLY after one o'clock in the morning a most determined suicide was committed from the letoria Embankment, London. Whiles member of the E division of police was patrolling the Embankment near the Adelphi Stairs he was accost,' by a man, who said— " There will he a job for you, old man." Immediately after, and before the constable could catch hold of him, he ran by the Obelisk and leaped into the Thames. Alfred Iloakaday gave information to the Thames police stationed at the Waterloo Floating Pier. The galley was manned, an,l after dragging about ten minutes they managed to recover the deceased. He was taken to the Royal Humane Society's Receiving House, and on the arrival of Dr. Mills, the divisional surgeon, life W 93 found to be extinct. The deceased W 99 identified by hie friends at St. Martin's Mortuary 119 George Moore, aged 41 years, late residing at IS, Tanker-street, Ernry-lene. TIIK following letter has been received in reply to Cal resolutions !awe" at the recent Liberal meeting at Royston, and at which the Spefiker of the Homes of Commons aldressed his constituents "10, Downingstreet, Whitehall, May, am directed to Acquaint you that Mr. Gladstone has received the resolutions which were adopted at the recent meeting of the Royaton and Bassingboum Liberal Asstriatio: s. The expresaions of confidence in the Government which the first resolution contains have given him much pleasure, and he lege that his thanks for them may be conveyed to the members of the associations. lam to mild that her Majmty's Minister, may be relied npon to use their best endeavours to overcome the difficulties in the House of Commons which impede legislation. —I am, air, your obedient servant, E. W. Flean.Tox "  AT a luncheon at the Royal Pavilion, Brighton, the Deputy Provincial Grand Master of Sussex, Bro. P. M. Scott, Past Grand Deacon of England, was presented With a silver goblet and a puma containing 700 guineas in recognition of services rendered in the interest of Freemasonry during the past thirty years. The testimonial which was subscribed for by the brethren of the Sussex pros-lure was presented by Provincial Grand Master Sir W. W. Burrell, Bart., M.P.