Widnes Examiner. — 1882-05-13 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

ANOTHER AGRARIAN OUTRAGE IN IRELAND.  S.)1113 excitoment has been caturd by the rews of an agrarian outrage near Bchnullet, county Mayo. Late on Wednesday night a man named Barrett, whd had taken a small farm from which the tenant had been evicted recently was shot whilst sitting in the kitchen of his house. The shot, wh'ch came through the window, was not immediately fatal, Barrett lingz.ring till Thursday. It is said,he had been warned not to take the farm, which is on the propsrty of Mr. Bingham, who was himself shot recently. One arrest , has been made. A Central News correspondent telegraphs : •—Barrett, the man shot at Doolagh, Belmullet, on Wednesday night, has died from his wounds. The gun was fired through the window, end Barutt, who was in bed, was shot in the thigh. His Ivife was also injured. Barratt had received a warning to give up his farm. The previous tenant has been arrested..  Same moonlighters on Thursday night attacked a farmer's I house near Foynes; becaking the windows. Mr. S. Kelly, 3.1'., injured by an explosion while exploring an old colliery in the Rhondda Valley, died yesterday. The nomiaation for the Nofth-West Biding took plane. at 13rad;ord yesterday; the Hon. Gathrone Hardy (C.) and Mr. Isaac Holden (L.) being candidates. The Pal ;fail Gazette understands that Mr. Courtney wilt be sonceded as Under Secretary for the Colonies by Mr. Bvelyn /totley, Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade, and that Mr. Campbell Bannerman will be succeeded as financial secretary to the War Office by Sir Arthur Hayter, at present one of the Lords of the Treasury. The Upper Houss of Convocation yesterday appointed a committee to draw up a form of prayer to be read in churches dm hag the continuance of the troubles in Ireland, arr 4 another form of prayer to be read in private houses -dal log the same period. The Queen and Princess Beatrice, attended by Sir Henry Ponsonby and colonel Garditer and suite, left Paddington yesterday afternoon by special train at 525 for Windsor. Her Majesty., who was escerted to the station by a detachment of Id% Guards, was received by the chief officials. There were very few spectators to witness the departure. rn the trounds surrov.ading the surgery of Dr. Art on, at Foleshilt, a tomtit has kr the fifth year in succession built its nest in a wooden letter bax, and' is now sitting on nine eggs. The bird obtains ingress and egress by means of the aperture through which the letters are dropped, and the visits of the postman and doctor in no way disturb her.  Tha low tides during the week have prevented the fish from running up, and little has been done either in the upper or le-wer waters of the Dee. The Chester fishermen have netted about 25 fish, while the trammel net men at the esteary have only secured some half a score. The tides are expected to be more favourable during next week. The flefuermen have, however, experienced the most successful spring sport for many seasons past. The committee of the North-East Lancashire Amalgamated Weavers' Association, in their annual report, say they are ssrry they are unable to congratulate the members up= the staple trade of this country. They had bones during the latterlraltbf iast year that ere this they would have induced the masters to advance wages, but trade has not maintained the position it held during that period. On Thursday evening a man named William Rigby Chamberlain, of Balshaw-street, Bolton, committed suicide. He had worked at Messrs. Thtelfall's foundry for 20 years, and latterly he bad complained of being over-worked, and had requested to be placed on a less laborious job. This was refused, and on Thursday night Chamberlain strangled himself with a scarf tied to the bed-post. When found by his wife he was dead, with nearly the whole of his body resting on the floor. Yesterday morning over 1,000 dyers and pressers in the employ of Sir Henry Ripley and Sons, Bowling dye works, Bradford struck work against a proposed reduction of lOper cent. The men proceeded to other large works, at which notices of a similar reduction had been given. These notices will not expire until to-night, when a general turnout is expected. Serious riots took place two years ago when 3,000 dyers were on strike. The police have grave apprehensions of trouble