The Blandford and Wimbourne Telegram. — 1880-10-29 (Blandford, Dorset, England)

OOO. of which was given by the late Mrs. Thornhid Ged, of Stanton-in-Peak. The Russian revenue for 1879 amounted to £60,195,000 and the expenditure to £61,389,000. On this showing a surplus of £1,806,000 was realised, but in reality the accounts show, not a surplus, but a very heavy deficit. It is said that Mr. Justice Lush will be raised to the Appellate Court, in the room of the late Lord Justice Thesiger; that Sir Jam s Hannen will retire from the presidency of the Divorce Court, and be succeded by Mr. Justice Hawkins. The Great Western Railway Company have offered a reward of £5O for information that will lead to the apprehension of the person or persons who attempted to throw a train off the line near Cardiff by placing a large stone on the rails. At the Thames Police-conrt on Tuesday, three boys, residents of one of the homes under Dr. Barnardo's care, were charged with riotous e•nduct and with assaulting another inmate. The injured boy was unable t, appear and the case was adjourned. The inquest upon the body of Mrs. Messenger, who was shot by her brother-in-law, William Herbert, in Finsbury Park, on Friday, was held on Tuesday when a verdict of "Wilful murder" was returned against Herbert, who is still in the Royal Free Hospital, The head waiter of the Royal hotel, Ilfracombe a German, named Adam, committed suicide on Sunday night by throwing himself from the upper floor of the hotel. He was a married man, with two children, and was depressed be receiving notice to leave owing to the winter reductions of the establishment. A female shoplifter, who is believed to have been carrying on an extensive system of robbery, has been arrested in Paris. She is a native of Brussels, named Madame Arntzen, and the police believe that they will be able to prove that she has been long robbing the Paris drapery establishments, and sending the plunder to confederates in Belgium. Viscount Folkestone, M.P., the Right Hon. Edward Gibson, M.P., and the Rev. E. H. Perowne, D.D , Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, have consented to act as judges of the essays in the competition for two prizes of £lOO and £5O respectively, offered by Mr. W. H. Peters, of Headfield, near Exeter, for toe best essays on "the demoralising effects of Liberalism." The Irish Government have opened their campaign against the lawless leaders of the land agitation. Mr. T. M. Healy, secretary to Mr. Parnell, M.P., and an active member of the Land League, was arrested at Bantry on Tuesday, at the instance of the Irish Attorney-General. The arrest has caused not a little sensation in Ireland. It is expected that others will speedily follow. The funeral of the late Lord Justice Thesiger took place on Monday. The relatives and friends assembled at the residence of the deceased shortly after ten o'clock, whence they proceeded to Brompton Cemetery, where the interment took place in a newly-made grave immediately behind the late judges father. Major-General Lord Chelmsford was chief mourner, and the seven carriages which followed contained the immediate relatives and friends of the deceased, besides many personal friends. The first part of the service took place at St. Jude's Church, South Kensington, where Lord Justice Thesiger was a regular attendant when in town. The Attorney. General, several of the judges, and a considerable number of the members of the bar were present.