Denton and Haughton Examiner, etc. — 1883-03-31 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

VISIT TO APSLEY HOUSE.  By permission of the Duke of Wellington, a party of about 40 membere of the composing department of The Doily Chronicle recently paid a visit to .1 psley House, under the charge of Mr Charles Holman, the Duke's steward, and Mr. W. Broad, groom of the chamber. Aft, viewing the various orders, plate, and premmte made tot). late Duke, and other imeresting relics of the days of Waterloo, including his swo d an I coat, with Tipper Sahib's hat and coat and sword, the party were shown the various mins, with the Waterloo Boom, the wells of which are hung with painting. by Sir W Correggio, F. Grant, Sir E. Landseer, A. Ostade, Burnet, Claude, Spagooletto, Jan Steen, Teniers, Velasqum, Sir D. Wilkie, he., and the sculpture by Nollekens, Canova, and Chnotry. The party were greatly pleased with their visit, and were deeply indebted to their guides for the courtesy and attention shown them.  A lAD named Benjamin Flydes has been received at the Infirmary, Derby, suffering front terrible injuries, lie was in charge of a chaff-cutting machine, when he fell among the machinery, and one of his feet was cut off and a thigh was broken. . . . _  nix Hanley borough magistrates have had brought before them a shocking owe of assault, cola. mitted by one prisoner upon two others in the cells of the local police-station. A powerful collier, named Johnson, who was drunk, was taken to the police-station, and put in a cell alone with two other prisoners, whom he at once commenced to attack, kicking one on the head, rendering him insensible, and striking the other in the face. Chief Constable Windle explained that owing to insufficient accomodation sometimes a does prisoners had to be put in the same cell, and some day this state of affairs would end seriously. He had not brought the matter before the Watch Committee as he had been tote that other quarters were going to be provided. The Mayor ordered that subject to be brought under the notice of the Watch Committee, and said he had felt it hie duty to visit the cells from time to time, and they were not only a disgrace to the borough but a disgrace to common humanity. The prisoner was then sentenced to one months hard labour.  THE after-Easter evening servieee, at seven, usually held in the nave of Westminster Abbey, will this yeu be held in the choir, commencing on April ley and continuing till the end of July. "  AT Waston-Super-Mare recently, a lad named Sebley, was fined LI for laughing, talking, and cracking nuts in the Salvation Hall. The defendant plmded that the grotetnue antics of those who conducted the servioe induced him to 'nigh, but the Bench held that however groteeque or ridiculous the Salvation Army service, might be, they must be protected when they were in their mem licensed room.  THE body of a respectably-dressed middle-aged female has been found in the itea off the Parade. Hastings, and she is supposed to have committed suicide from the pier ; £3O were found on the body, and letters addrevied to Mrs. Dawson, Peckham, London.  THomas NlKAL,farm labourer,Norton Lindsay, boa been charged at Warwir.k with maliciously wounding his wife. The parties are both young, and have only been married eight months. On the night in question she was in her brother's house, when prisoner came there and ordered her to go bonne. She refused, and he then dragged her from her chair. Then, having gone home and obtained a knife, he returned to the cottage, and, showing the weapon to his brother-in-law, said, "Yen see this, Tommy ; ' he added, "and this is what I am going to do with it," and instantly seized prosecutria by the hair, pulled back her head, and made a dash at her throat with the knife. She stopped the blow with her right hand, And one of her fingers was wounded by the knife. Prisoner and his wife fell upon the floor, and the brother-in-law turned to disarm the accused. In the straggle Mm. Nears arm was cut, and • piece was broken off the point of the knife. The prisoner reserved him defence, tad was committed for trial at the ensuing  THE Hove Commissioners at a recent meeting considered a report from the special committee which was appointed to inquire into the steps to be taken to remedy the insufficiency of the railway accommodation to the town, and approved the recommendation of the committee : " That the Board should wait the opportunity which must come sooner or later, to encourage and support a proper scheme for a new line." AN ounce of coal represents an amount of energy which, if entirely expended in doing work would raise 695,0001 b. one foot high against the force of gravity, or would do 695,000 foot-pounds of work. In an ounce of gunpowder is stored about 100.000 lootpounds of energy. An ounce of zinc repreeenA a t ore of only 113,000 foot-pounds. An cameo 5f COppt. moments a store of about 69,000 foobounds only. An ounce of hydrogen gas will yield, by combining oxygen, 2,925.000 foot-noun& of work.