The Kenilworth Advertiser. — 1875-05-08 (Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England)

CHT/1.1211 was entertained by the Derby Chamber of Commerce on Saturday. In reply to an address, he pointed out that the railway system on the Continent was not equal in extent, and was not carried out to the same perfection, as in this 07. Axle Revivalist service at Her Majesty's Opera House, on Friday afternoon, the Bishop of Ely and the Bishop of Melbourne were among the ministers on the platform, and the Marchioness of Westmeath and the Duchess of Sutherland occupied seats in the Royal, box. As & media* of the Liverpool borough magistrates It was stated that the total number of prisoners committed to the borough gaol during the past quarter was 3,089, of which 1,600 were female adults, and that the female portion had been so crowded that tfty of them had to be sent to Lancaster gaol. An enquiry by the Board of Trade has been held at Leith, with reference to the loss of the Mimi on the Sandman Reef on the 3rd of April, while on a voyage from Sunderland to Grangemouth, with whiting. The certificate of the master, Alexander Wright Wysart, was suspended for six months. A xenon' in the Fauboorg St. Germain, Parisi, has recovered 4,0001. damages from the Univers for having advised Christian women not to patronise his shop. The reason for this advice was that it was habitually opened on Sunday, but one Sunday it was 'dosed, a notice being affixed that it was on account of repairs. Tam steamer Hindoo, which has arrived at Liverpool from Bombay, has brought probably the largest and most valuable cargo ever imported from lain'. Her cargo consists of 14,615 bales of cotton, 26 bales of wool, 2,993 packages if myrabolame, 480 out. of ear yarn, 819 out, of linseed, and 1,572 cwt. of hemp. Mn. O'Connor Power, M.P., has adopted invitations from several American cities to visit the United States and lecture on Home Ride and the present condition of Irelond. In order to fulfil this eamoment Mr. Power will, at the aid of the present session, make • tour of six months through the States. Is the Exchequer Court, on Saturday, in the ewe of Pugin v. Bligh—an action by the well-known architect, Mr. Pugin, against the editor of a papa , published in Ramsgate, to recover £25 money 111114-.• a redid was taken by consent for nominal dimigges, the defendant expressing regret for certain =IOW slow he lad used. Xis a ease tried at Sheffield, on Friday, in whieh man named Haigh was charged with stealing 100 pigeons, it was stated that 2,000 pigeons had been stolen in the town this year. The magistrates expressed an opinion to the effect that, in the interests of morality, licenses ought not to be granted for pigeon-shooting places. The summons against Haigh was adjourned. Sin:owls being the twenty-fifth anniversery of the birth of the Duke of Connaught, the event was celebrated at Windsor with the usual honours. The bells of Bt. George's Chapel and of the parish church were rung, and salutes were fired in the Long Walk, at Fort Belverdere, and from the Royal Adelaide frigate, at Virginia Water. Jsasiusa O'Brien, late agent at Cardiff for the United Assurance Society, was summoned before the Liverpool magistrates on Friday, on a charge of withholding £45 Ss. belonging to the society. The ease has been frequent adjourned, several points of law being involved, and the Court now ordered the defendant to pay the money, or be imprisoned with hard labour for three month. ON Friday morning a distressing suicide occurred In Edinburgh. A respectablydreseed woman dragged an empty box from the outside of a draper's shop in the neighbourhood of the North Bridge, and, placing It at the edge of the balustrade, mounted upon it, and jumped over the bridge, falling on the rails of the sidings at the Wavezley Station of the North British Railway. The height from which the woman fell was over 200 feet, and she was killed instantaneously.  to the MW  A =roam obtained by Sir Charles Dilke shows that the total number of electors on the Parliamentary registen now in force in England and Wales is 2,501,206, of whom 1,448,779 are in boroughs, 840,360 in counties, and 12,067 in universities. In Ireland the total number of electors is 230,246, of whom 175,414 are in counties and 55,022 in boroughs. In Scotland the total number of electors is 289,789. of whom 195,176 are in boroughs, 84,752 in counties, and 9,861 in universities The total number of electors in the United Kingdom, aeoording to this return is therefore 2,221,241; but no mention is made of Dublin University. On Friday morning, Perkins, the champion walker, undertook to accomplish the difficult task of walking four miles within 28 minutes, the backer of the time being Mr. Costello. of Liverpool. The event created great interest, and there were a large number of persons present, the course being the main road about a mile from the town of Oxford where the late Westhall accomplished similar feats. Stockwell was referee, and Perkins was the favourite at sto 4. The champion did the first two miles in just about 14 minutes, but was beaten by about 37 seeonde. A HILL introduced by Lord lihafteabury in the House of Lords to further amend the law relating to chimney sweepers has been printed. It provides that eertifieates are to be issued by the chief officer of poliee in each polies district, authorising persona to earn on the business of chimney sweeper in the district, that these certificates are to be renewed yearly, and are not to be transferable, and that any person acting as a chimney sweeper without a certificate shall be liable to a fine not exceeding ten shillings for the first offence, and for every subsequent offence to • fine not exceeding twenty shillings. Any person convicted of an offence under this or any other Act may be deprived of his certificate by the magistrate, or a note of the conviction may be endorsed upon entificate. A (mon' when complained to about selling bad eggs, said: "At this season the hens ain't well and vary often lay bed eggs."