The Potteries Examiner : — 1878-02-16 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England)

XII., to ninety-t AO; and Gregory IX,. who was a centenarian,  The French papers congratulate themselves upon the harmony which prevails between the local workmen and the artistes of all nationalities who have been sent by their Governments to arrange their respective sections in tee Exhibition buildings. The long-expected biography, of Mr. Cobden is at length in a fair way of being completed. Mr. John Morley has undertaken the work, and will no '1 dont): mat, r into it with as ninch energy as its importance in these stirring times demands.—Leeds Mercury. On Saturday. the workmen engaged in the removal of St. Werhurg's Church, Bristol, found amongst the rubble a small silver coin. It is rudely nale. and (without any reference at hand) we (Bristol Post) should think that it is assignable to the reign of one of the Edwards, prohably that of Edword the First, and it may be one of the coins struek at the Boyd Mint, in Peter-street, Bristol.  The Central News publishes the follcwing telegram from the Royal Observatory, Greenwich : tt M. Palliser announces the discovery of two minor planets: one of tenth magnitude in RA., ten hours twenty minutes, N.P.D. 77 degrees fifteen minutes, daily motion six minutes north. The other of twelfth magnitude, in R.A., nine hours twenty-three minutes. N.P.D. 77 degrees 37 minutes, daily motion 16 minutes north."  On Monday night a young lady, named Maude Margaret Orban, committed suicide by taking vermin killer. She was an orphan, and formerly lived with her grandfather and grandmother, persons of independent means, at Hull. She came to Sheffield on a visit, her grandfather being desirous of obtaining a situation for her. She vO3 to have' gone to one on Tuesday, and it is believed that this caused her to commit suicide. She was highly educated and very high spirited. Weston, the pedestrian, now in Glasgow, started on the 4th inst. to walk 400 miles in five days. The time allowed for the undertaking concluded at tcn o'clock on Saturday tight, but Weston had only done 326 miles In the course of his walk Weston injured his foot, and was in consequence obliged to rest many honrs more than he would otherwise have done. Weston has annotuned that he will repeat the attempt this week, and that he will afterwards walk 1,500 wiles in 629 hours.  On Sanday and Monday large quantities of armour-plates were despatched from Sheffield for immediate shipment for Austria, principally in order to complete the armament of the Tegethoff. Same of these plates are fourteen inches and others nine inches in thickness. The consignment in all amounted to several Imndred tons. There are also large lots of government and other plates of ten and twelve inches in thickness for the l'ngliah War Office, mostly for the Sheerness defences. In both cases the orders have been completed with as much despatch as has been possible. The import of matches, kerosine oil, and needles into China, all of which are steadily assuming the position of necessaries, shows each year a steady augmentation. Now that hasnpsae easily obtainable, the consumption of kerosine and other illuminating oils is becoming general, and even in out.of.the way villages in the interior these oils can be purchased. Flint and steel have yielded to the supremacy of lucifer matches. The Swedish matches seem to be preferred to the better but mare covtly article prepared in England. Eag,lish-made needles, against which there used to be a great prejudice some years ago, arc, owing to their remalkable cheapness, gradually deposing the coarse, rude native article.—Doily Chrouide. The Duke of Westminster, speaking at a meeting of the Chester Mendiaity Society, on Saturday, eaid the aurae of intemperance was to a great , extent owing to the wretched state of many of the ' habitations provided for the labouring classes in England, and be believed the Artisans' Dwelling Act might with advantage bc adopted in Chester. As showing how opinions differ on this question. the Mayor of Chester, who afterwards spoke, expressed his belief that it would be useless to provide good dwellings until they had instilled habits of temperance into the people. Drunkards would not occupy or pay for good houses if they had the chance.  The Bei. James Kelly, of Liverpool, whose name became notcrioue recently in connection with some divorce proceedings, preferred a charge of libel, at the Bow-street Police Court, on Saturday, against Mr. G. D. Webb, the head of a firm of solicitors in Chancery Lane. The complainant's wife, who bad instituted proceedings ag,aiust him in the Divorce Court, and to whom he had been compelled to pay alimony, died on December 219 t last, but be wits not informed of the fact by his solicitors, Messrs. Webb and Kelly (the latter being his son), till eight days afterwards, and, in answer to a letter of remonstrance, received the letter complained of. The magistrate, in dismissing the charge, expressed an opinion that all ill. feeling shculd have been buried in the grave of the deceased lady. Proceedings were taken the other day against the manager of the Aquarium Theatre, London! and since then nine SUM mosses have been taken out by the London School Board against Mr. Meunier, proprietor of Hengler's Circus, Argyll street, for employing children under ten years age and others above that age, in contraventie the Elementary Education Acts of 1876. T was also a further complaint that some _ . . . _  cliiid-re'n- it; employed had not obtained nee of proficiency in reading and writing, e due attendance at any certified act. . .  ilengler, through his leg'alrepresentat4 guilty, but urged that the children priced of education, as they went • lady as half-timers. The tnagistr Mr. Bungler to pay the costs or summonse, said be did not a, being engaged in such enterta; On Tuesday morning, at Triekett, a birdeatcher, wf late Liverpool Assizes of _ . .  wife, was Executed wit County Prison .at Kir' been made to obtain man, who was stron. the jury, on the I quenee of her dru provocation. T. cessful. Mar used a rope v culprit died had bees.' to the m' Roman oelebr  o! bete of t7rie ificates r d any se, pleaded Were not ac.,o 901001 Tee:11ate, in orae.ing the whole vials grove of children .nmentz. eight Velnelc, Jaynes .o was con f vietea at the the wilfnl murder o his nin the precincts of the saale. Creat efforts baa eve for the wretehe a repri a gly recommendea to rserey tonna cones that tas wife, in Akan habits, had givenlatn gret oe efforts wore, however. wood was the evecutioner, and ,hiela gs ve a arop of eight feet. T the slightest struggl withoute. A penitent, ana was most ottan F i nistraticris of the Bev. Fattier °' eeply Catholic chaplain of the gaol. Ilass atea in the prison at seven o'cloelt morning, furl the condemned man sivea the Communion. lie Waged deb A sada&