The Northern News. — 1898-11-05 (Carlisle, Cumbria, England)

OOO. The Blackpool police are continuing their crusade against street betting. At the Borough Police Court, on Monday, Joseph Sidvrell, who has previously been convicted, was charged with frequenting Carter-st., Blackpool, and taking bets. He. pleaded guilty and was fined £5 and costs. Edgar P3re,ciley was charged with a rimilex offence, which he denied. He said he was waiting te speak to Sidwell when the police decoy asked him to take a bet. He did so, and handed the paper to Sidwell. He was fined £2 and costs.  A curious incident —Ts— reported from Peterborough. It was found in London that the insulation was too imperfect to get a message through. The Peterborough officials, on testing ior location discovered that there was contact with the wires ernnewhere between Glinton and Market Deeping. An employe set off in haste upon his bicycle to remedy the defect, and was surprised to discover that a dead snake, over four feet in length, was hanging upon the wires. It is assumed that some lads had, in a mischievious mood, thrown the snake up to the wires, where it caught. _  Judgment was given at Liverpool in the Board of Trade inquiry into the loss by fire of the Lverpod ship Hollinvrood, on a voyage from Sydney to Liverpool, in August last. The suggestion was that a portion of the ship's cargo, consisting of hides and hide strips, spontaneously ignited. Dr. Dupose, adviser to the Explosives Department of the Home Office, /ran called as a wiliness, and favoured th:s theory. The Court found that the fire had. fact, arisen from this cause. The Court also found that no wrongful sot had been oommitted by the master or officers, and did not deal with their certificates.  Miss Elisabeth Cartwright, of Edgbaaton, Birmingham, by her will just proved, left £3OO to the Home for Incurable Children at Maids Vale, London; £5OO to the Home for Waifs and Strays at Handsworth, Birmingham; and £5OO to the General Hospital, Birmingham, in aid of the Samaritan Fund, the above-named legacies being payable on death. The will further provides for the payment on oertain contingencies of the following further legacies:-1,000 to the Children's Hospital, Birmingham; £5OO to the Certificated Nurses' Institution, Birmingham ; and £5OO to the Clergy Pensions Institution.  The British branch of the International Aseociation a Journalist Friends of Pesos held a meeting at the offices of the International Arbitration Association, Strand, London. Several speeches were made in oondemnstion of the alleged want of moderation shown by certain great British newspapers in their discussion of the existing crisis. Resolutions were adopted heartily approving the Czar's resoript, and declaring the use by the Press of language or of illustration calculated to arouse racial antipathies as detrimental to the public interest, and a violation of the right functions of journalism. It was reported that a number of provincial editors would be elected members.  Mr. Justice Bighorn ham communicated to the Home Office a strong representation in favour of oommutation of the death 110MAIK100 passed on Dr. Whitmarsh. Hill Lordship, in passing sentence, told the prisoner that be would forward the jury's recommendation to mem to the "proper quarter," and that he would WM oars that everything that oould properly be said in support of the recommendation by Wan should be said. His Lordsfen is understood to have recommended that the cuiprit's crime would be sufficiently punished under the oircumstances by • maximum sentence of seven years' penal servitude, and that it is probable that the condemned mem may escape with five years' imprisonment. The charge against the man and woman Neil and Brady, of York-place, Portman-square, of procuring the girl Alice Conway, was resumed at the Old Bailey. There was a dramatic scene when the jury came in with their verdict. They found both 'prisoners guilty. As soon as he heard the result of the case, Neil, the "strong man," "the drill instructor," half turned, then lurched for ward, and fell to the floor of the dock in a fit. A doctor was fetched from an adjoining court, and, after an examination, pronounced him to be suffering from a bad attack of syncope. He hoped h• would recover, however, in half an hour. The Common Serjeant directed that the case shou.d be put back for sentence.  Sometimes drink disturbs the serenity of the domestic hearth in Ireland as in England. Mr. MactDonagh knew at least one Irishman in Limerick whose life was made miserable by • drunken wife. She had sold everything in the home for drink ; and as a last resource she threatened to commit suicide if money to procure more liquor were not forthcoming. Next morning, before proceeding to work, the husband, driven to desperation by his wife's ixiciduot, left hie two new 1-#:ors on h. table, telling her to "select the best one ov Shim." Al night when Pat came home, trembling with apprehension, he found his wife huddled up in a corner, not dead—but dead drunk. By her side was a pawntic.ket and on it was written, "Two rasors, is. 6d." The Metropolis has been subjected to invasion 1/ an explorer, who is engaged in even a more difficult 'enterprise than Major Marchand has carried out. He is an Italian of good family who has set himself the task of walking round the word. He started from Algiers, and ham reached England on his way to America. His wife, a tall, fine-looking woman, accompanies him. She wears tailormad. clothes, and could not be distinguished from any other well-dressed lady, but the husband is got up in a Frenohilled style, with a blue cloth cloak and kipi. He speaks in confident terms of the success of his object, which is for a heavy wager, and he is frank enough to tell us that he considers the English are not the only people who can milk long distances. The Birder arrived IA Aberdeen on Monday, and, after breakfast, continued his journey to Balmoral. He was met at Aberdeen by a very large crowd, who manifested much enthusiasm.  Sir Henry and Lady Campbell-Bannerman, who have been abroad for the last three months, have been travelling in Austria and the Tyrol since they left Marienbad, and they are expected to arrive next week at Belmont Castle, their place in Perthshire, for the winter.  The Prtnoe of Wales and his family go at the end of this week to Sandringham, where they will remain over the birthday of the Prince, November Oth.  will has been proved of the late Dr. William Gardiner, af Ashton-under-Lyne, the per•onal estate being veined at £66,020 183. 4d. Dr. Gardiner bequeethed £l,OOO to the Glasgow lljniver*ity Court for the purpose of founding scholarships, bursaries, or exhibitions  The price of Liss,- has fallen one penny per 4141 t. loaf in the Metropolis. The Princess . accompanied by the NA* of York. ohm arrived in London from Denmark. This Roman Catholic columns ay in Carnarvoa have decided to erect a Pro Cathedral, at a cost of £lO,