Alston Herald, and East Cumberland Advertiser. — 1877-05-19 (Alston, Cumbria, England)

ILA., for nearly thirty years vicar a! Aston Cenriew, in the diocese of Woreerier, has Reigned his living cod been received into the Church of Boma  A shock of earthquake has been felt el the Vidley of Coeirie (Strathern) and in the immediate neighbourhood. The movement seemed totters' from south-west to north-west, and was accompanied by a sound resembling distant thunder. At Weymouth, as Auctri.n seaman has been sent to prison for two months for attempting to throw the captain of tile schooner Hind overboard, whilst on • voyage from Gibraltar to Bristol. In the struggle the captain bad to use his revolver, hitting the prisoner across the head with it.  The Cipilii unoerstands that the Government in 41pointed at the financial remits of the application of the Mayfair scheme to the chief offices of Inland Revenue- Tito net money saving is just oil, whilst many deserving officials have been driven from the service, and the prospects of others most meterlally damaged.  lit a village oaled Drinagh, near Danraanway, County Cork, • shocking murder has been perpetrated. Two farmers wire disputing about some land, when one named Brien, mooed • spade and strut* the other, named Harley. rope itedly on the head, fracturing hls skull. Brien has not yet been apprehended. Daring the passage of the South Eastern Company's steamer Ale:anal, (Captain Paul) from Boulogne to Folkestone, • lady passenger was seen by • young ohild to jump overboard. The child being frightened did not give the alarm until the vessel had gene some dittanoe, so that it was useless to turn book to seek for her. The  name of the lady is unknown. At a meeting of the Metropolitan Beard of Works it wee stated that the amount of compensation to be paid for the slaughter of cattle in London since the beginning of the year, under the cattle-plague regulations, was £6,457, against which a large sum had been received for the sale of what proved to be sound meat ; so that the net loss was only £2,477. In January ast • man. named Shaw wee buried in a colliery at ()rad* by the fall of ocial; but owing to dangerous gases being in the vicinity of the fall it was decided to dam up the workings without the body being recovered. Work has since been renamed, and at a public meeting it was decided to petition Parliament to compel the owners to adopt means for the recovery of the body.  In consequence of a serious disturbanae having taken place in ilemgley, by a publican throwing spuits into a grave whilst the funeral service was being read, the vicar awl churchwsidens have made able-law prohibiting any person excepting those belonging to the funeral cortege from entering the churchyard oaring the ceremony. This law was enforced on Friday, and ociereioned DO hale surprise to the persons airembled.  Mr John Biniee Fawcett, about forty-two years of ap, ha* been found dead in his house. 14, Versaillesroad, Upper Norwood. The cleansed had been missed for some hours, and was at length d sneered quite dead in an ante-room. It is supposed that the deceased ownnutted suicide, as a glass was found lying empty at his side, and which had °manned oxalic add. The affar hu cast great gloom upon the family and neighbourhood.  It is slated by the Memel&ester Guardias that the Rev James Arthur Poole, 8.A., curate of St. John's, Miles Platting, has resigned his curacy and been received into the Roman Catholic Church. Mr Poole waa ordained a deacon by the Bishop of Manchester on the lit of March, 1874, and appointed to the curacy of Oswaldtwiatle, which he held about two years. He removed to Manchester in 1876. Ile was a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin.  While • procession of twelve young ladies, lightly dressed, were going through an imposing ceremony at fiedgley Roman Catholic Church, end carrying a newlywindiest' and beautiful statue of the Virg n Mary, one of the lighted candles which each earned set one lady on fire. Great cobra, ration prevailed. The flames wete cleverly extinguished by the adroit soden of one of the congregation, or the consequences would have been fearful.  A sea accilent ban happened in the Moray Frith, by which two young 16.1 s were drowned. While a Nairn fishing boat -as being anchored the chain caught the legs of John Main, one of the crew, and dragged him overboard. WillAin Main, ushipmate, jumped into the water to effect rescue, John being unable to swim. John never rose to the surface, however' and William was taken down by the current, and both were lost. The father ef one of the lads was a witness of the accident.  THZ SEOZISION OF Dc