Bridlington and Quay Gazette. — 1883-12-01 (Bridlington, Humberside, England)

NEWS IN BRIEF.  A movement, somewhat on the lines of the Irish Land League, is reported to be making progress in Wales, several branches of the league having been already established. At the extraordinary municipal elections at Leeds on Saturday, which were fought on political grounds, two Liberals and two Conservatives were returned in the room of four Liberals. On Saturday, at Bow Street Police Court, London, Thomas Hoseason was formally committed for trial on the charge of conspiracy to cast away the steamship Denia. Bail was refused. A telegram from Ancona reports that 200 priests have held meetings with a view to organise a strike in the event of the failure of their efforts to have the amount paid for saying mass increased. - It is stated that Mr. Carew Davies Gilbert, the lord of the manor, an 1 one of the two principal property owners in Eastbourne, has signified his intention of presenting the Corporation with two silver maces. The Bishop Suffragan of Colchester has, with the approval of the Bishop of the Diocese, appointed Dr. Walter Phillimore to be an official of the archdeaconry of Colcheeter, in the room of the late Dr. S wabey, General James McQueen died at Canterbury on Sunday, at the age of eighty-six. He entered the army in 1814, at the age of sixteen, and from 1854 to 1856, during the Crimean war. was commandant of the Cavalry Depot at Canterbury. Major Carr, of the Royal Horse Artillery, was thrown from his horse while hunting on Saturday with the Ward Union Hounds, near Priestown, county Kildare. He fell so violently that his skull was fractured, and death was almost immediate.  alreed , kt the  A destructive fire occurred at Saucemeres Farm, Manoden, Herts,Con Saturday night, wbest nearly all the buildings were burnt. Labourers were seen to eat the roasted pigs and chickens, and half-raw pieces of pork were thrown at the police. The Stanley Cattle Market at Liverpool, which has been closed by the magistrates' orders for the last ten weeks in consequence of the prevalence of the foot-and-mouth disease, reopens again this week, being placed on the same footing as all other cattle markets. The Zouave, Jacob, who still continues to practice spiritualiem and the art of healing, was, at Paris, on Saturday, condemned to six days' imprisonment, 100 f. fine, and 5001. damages, for breaking a woman's arm, and to sf. fine for the illegal practice of surgery. According to the calculations of the Belgian Association with regard to the abuse of alcoholic drinks, the annual consumption of spirits is now 121, and that of beer 254 litres per inhabitant. Messrs. D. G. Pinkney and Sons, the owners of the steamer Nisero, stranded at Acheen, the crew of which are reported to be in the hands of the natives, on Saturday received a telegram from Penang, saying that a war vessel is being despatched to Acheen to protect the crew. The city magistrates at Canterbury on Saturday sentenced Edward Bartlett, an enginedriver in the employ of Mr. Alexander, of Henihill, to one month's hard labour for being drunk and driving a steam roller at a furious rate through the main thoroughfare of the city. Some regret is expressed at Sheerness Dockyard by the senior petty officers —masters-at-arms and writers—whose uniform differs but little from the executive officers except in the distinctive badges of rank, that the boon conferred upon the latter in being permitted to wear greatcoats during the winter months has not been extended to them. At Hull, on Sunday, a woman named Gavigan is stated to have been dangerously wounded in the back by her husband, who hurled a knife at her, Inflicting a deep wound. He was cutting tobacco at the time, and the alleged assault was the result of a quarrel. The woman was in a critical state, and her husband has been arrested. Mr. Nisbett, the treasurer of the South-Eastern Railway works at Ashford, committed suicide on Saturday. As the Brussels express train was nearing Ashford Station, the unfortunate man deliberately threw himself before the train. His head first struck the engine, and was shattered past all recognition, while both legs were severed from the