Widnes Examiner. — 1887-11-12 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

TOUCH AND GO."  Poor Liverpool! There is a total deficit of £50,000 to add to the £20,000 of last year. Ah, that is an "exhibition "—but of what  Mr. Henry S. Northcote has been hdnoured by her Majesty with a baronetcy. It is tinderstood that he will be known, like his father, as Sir Stafford Northcote. But why not Sir Henry by way of distinction? Can it be that he thinks he will not otherwise arrive at distinction?  The young brewer at Barnes, who committed suicide because he was a rejected suitor-, and left a note asking that the photograph of the lady of his love should be "pinned into the flesh over his heart," was certainly suffering from temporary insanity. 0, love, love, love, it's just like a dizziness, And won't let a poor body go about hi* business.  The Rev. Charles Berry, of Wolverhampton, has been definitely called to Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, at the annual stipend of 10,000 dollars; It is not abad salary-22,000 a year ; and we can well believe that the reverend gentleman will listen to the call. This extraordinary success is a feather in the cap of Lancashire. Mr. Berry was born at Leigh, and educated at Ormskirk.  Mr. French, Q.C., who made such a good fight of it for the Liberals of the Newton Division at the last election, has been giving an address at Ashton. It is to be hoped that this is the first step in the direction of again paying his addresses to the constituency. The electors are wiser to-day than they were a year ago; they know what Coercion means, and have come to say, as Mr. Chamberlain once said .that "they hate the name, and hate the thing."  Mr. Fronde, the historian, is pretty candid as to his view of the Irish question. His remedy for the present state of things is "a military or quasi-military authority." He adds, to his correspondent, "You have never yet succeeded in governing them constitutionally, and you never will." According to his doctrine, our present government of Ireland is the best possible government; or perhaps we ought to amend the statement by saying the worse things get in Ireland the better it will be.  Lord Derby makes short work of the contention of those who argue that the English ',Church in Wales cannot be disestablished because it is part of the English Chkirch. Ile'says :—" The right of the Legislature to deal with the question of Church establishment and endowment in Wales is not affected by the fact that Wales is for ecclesiastical purposes one with England. The power that united them can separate them." Precisely, a church established by law can be disestablished by law.  Mr. Gladstone takes I the same view. In a letter written on Monday he says :—" It is quite true that in the Church law and order the Welsh dioceses are simply dioceses of the Province of Canterbury; but so fax as a statute can go the Church of Ireland wt(s made one with the Church of Scotland. The political union was completed." Ergo—the Church of Ireland having been disestablished, the liegislatin-e is competent to disestablish the Church either in Wales or in Sootland.  It is natural that great interest should be taken in the condition of the Crown Prince of Prussia— so much depends on his life---but, on the other hand, it is not difficult to understand why the Prince is somewhat hurt at the five way in which certain newspaper correspondents discuss the chances of an operation. It is not pleasant to be dissected befote death. It has now been decided that there shall be no operation; and it is gratifying to learn that there is a distinct improvement in the health of the Royal patient.  'At Newton, on Saturday, a dozen constables were presented with certificates of proficiency as members of an Ambulance Class, while two bronze claret jugs were presented to Dr. Valentine for his valuable services as instructor. When is there to be a move made in Warrington for training the borough police in a similar. way ? We are quite sue that the medical men will be ready to give their services, with a view to the police being put in a position to*render first aid to the injured. A word to the wise should be' sufficient.  P.C. Smith, of Rainford, has come Off second best in a curious encounter with William Rothwell, who is the captain of the Star Recreation Football Club. He found Rothwell the other Saturday night at the door of a public-house, and said he should charge him with being ,drunk and disorderly. But Rothwell was awake, and believing he was "as sober as a judge," or P.C. Smith, he immediately presented himself at the surgery of Dr: Murdock, who attended the police court on Monday, and testified that his visitor was sober on the night in question. There were other witnesses ready to corroborate, and there was nothing for the bench to do but dismiss the case. P.C. Smith was told thai he had made a mistake. If he would-be even with Rothwell he must take a dootor with him next time.  Speaking at Manchester, on Tuesday, - Mr. Goschen said :---" Apparently when Mr. Parnell pronounced the word 'autonomy,' a transformation soon took place, and the army which was marching through rapine suddenly came to a halt under that magic word." Now, it is very wrong of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to jeer at the use of that blessed word "autonomy for diti not Sir Gilbert Greenall (or somebody on his behalf) introduce it into the address which was issued when he sought the suffrages of the Warrington electors in 1885? It is true that Sir Gilbert was at that time depending upon the supporters of Mr. Parnell. But what of that ? " Autonomy " has not ceased to be a blessed word. Mr. Goschen should speak more respectfully of a word which is a