The Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser. — 1890-04-19 (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England)

GENERAL NEWS.  Sir John Lubbock intends to withdraw his Early Closing Bill and substitute a motion in favour of the principle. Lieutenant Bounden Wordsworth, of the 2nd Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment, committed suicide on Wednesday by drowning himself in the Severn, near Worcester.  A fire broke out on Wednesday at the Theatre Royal, Birkenhead, and considerable damage was done to the building and stage properties before the flames were extinguished. At Sligo, on Tuesday, the acting editor of the Sligo Chainpi,n, and the secretary of a branch of the National League, were each sentenced to three months' imprisonment for conspiracy under the Coercion Act. Appeals were lodged. So far from cantemplatin,g retirement, we hear that Major Isaacs, the member for Walworth, has been visiting the congested districts of Ireland with a view of studying the situation respecting the Irish Laud Bill.  The Carnarvon Boroughs election resulted in a Liberal victory, Mr. Lloyd George (GladstonianLiberal) being returned by a majority of twenty over Mr. Nanney. The late Mr. Swetenham, Q.C., M.P. (Conservative), had a majority at the last election of 136.  The London and North-Western Railway is now paying for wages in two of its spending departments £502,000 in the half-year. These two departments are the maintenance of way and works and locomotive -power. For wages in the running of locomotive engines alone £267,000 is paid in the six months. .  The •yearly united meeting of miuisters of the Independent, Presbyterian, and Baptist Churches was held in London on Wednesday. Several resolutions were adopted, including one against the Tithes Bill, and others in favour of free education and supporting the demand for the disestablishmint of the Scotch and Welsh churches.  At a meeting of the Irish Parliamentary party on 'Wednesday, in the‘ House of Commons, Mr. Parnell presiding, a resolution was adopted deploring. the (kith of 11r. 31atthew Harris. 31.1'. for East I ialway, and exin.essing sorrow that 11,, had h.,t been sitired to enjoy the victory of the Irish pe. pie in their nzitional struggle.  The gross value bas been sworn at £1,339,172 13s. 2d. and tia• net value at £1,388;617 13s. of the personal estate of the late Mr. Christopher Rice Manse' Talbot, of Marghain Park, Port Talbot, " Father of the noose of Commons," who died on the 17th ,hanuiry last, aged 87 years, having represented Glamorganshire in Parliament for 60 year,.  The Ruskin Musetun, which has recently been pla dii Moersbrook I ball. Slicithld, was formally hand"l VCr to the CorpOrati,m.uf that town on .I.llcsday. :Lnd opened to the public. The inaugural ceremony was undertaken by tin, Earl of Carlisle.. A large representative company assembled on the occasion,. Mr. linskin's kindnes, in loaning the colletion to Sheffield for twenty years receiving cordial apprftiation.  At a meeting of Mid-Oxfordshire Liberal delegatesii Wednesday, Mr. G. IL Denson. of Iluliol (...)-0,,g.• and Kensington Court Mansions. Wit,: .•el,l'ttqi a, the Liberal candidate for the division at the next election. The 11cv..1. Dssian Davies, of BournemOuth, formerly Com'mgat I and minister at. Tolling,ton Park. London, has, it is said, been selected as Liberal candidate for East Canuarthen shire it the next general election..  The proseentholl by the Excise authorities of a innutur of clubs in Liverpool for t Mug intoxicants without being licensed. have been followed by police proceeding,s against the same institutiiius for betting. Th.! tir,t ~f the ease-. that against the Beaver hi h. was heard at the police eourt lin Wednesday. Two defendants were each Ilind £29 and costs., and. tv others Were, at their ilwo request, sent to the sessi“us for trial, bail being allowed. Altogether 107 ji i Its have 'CU  I hear (writes a London correspondent) of a markable nominee. A woman, lately a convict, has married the chaplain of one of the home county gaols. The clergyman in question was a widower with a large family, and thi• wedding only became known tliniugh au oflieial of the penal (It nartnnld complaining I hat the wife luel not repiirted hers( If ~11 the ticket of leave. In IN ai,,quence of the la. t coming out tht• clergyman ha, asked i(,r and becn ;ippoiitt id to another prison in the North of England.  The inquest relative to the death of 31. Albert hiedon. who on Fdday ,hotilimqlf at ditl lii ni (IA l'Europe, Liiee,ter Square. after woundlug it girl with who el iii had been ii ring, wL 01.11,4 tut l'iteday and tuljourned for a week. 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