Denton Examiner, Audenshaw, Hooley Hill and Dukinfield Advertiser. — 1877-05-19 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

SCOTCH PILGRIMS AT ROME.  The Pope, on the 13th inst., received the Scotch pilgrims, who were led by Bishop Strain,Vicar Apostolic at Edinburgh. Among them were Mr. Montaith of Otrstairs, Mr. Hunter Blair, Mr. Ogilvy Fairlie, Lady Alexander Lennox, the Rev. Lord Archibald Douglas, the Hon. Mr. Maxwell Stuart, Mr. Alexander Fletcher, Major Graham, the Misses Sperling, Mr. Martin Dow, Jerome Vaughan, who took with him the plans of the intended new Benedictine Monastery at Fort Augustus, Inverness; the Rev. Dr. Smith, of Perth, and others. The address was read by Bishop Strain, stating that from far distant Scotland, the Ultima Thule, a faithful adherent of the Holy See until the great apostasy of the sixteenth century, they had come to present their homage to his Holiness on this festal occasion personal to himself, to which all the world was crowding, and expressing the conviction that numbers wisuld return to the Catholic faith, now beginning to bloom again in Scotland, where his Holiness had established a hierarchy, as he had in England. In replying, his Holiness expressed satisfaction at seeing his faithful children from Scotland and from the modern Athens, but he regretted the preponderance of Presbyterians in their country. Alluding to the revival of the Benedictine Order in Scotland, he said that the moment had not yet arrived, which he trusted would come during his own Pontificate, for the restoration of the hierarchy to the phases of religious faith. He spoke of the Doe;, Thomas Moors, who had written a book entitled "Travels of an Irish Gentleman in search of a Religion," and who came to the conclusion that the Catholic was the only true one. . _  After his holiness had imparted the Apostolic Benediction, Mr. Monteith, of Oarstairs, on behalf of the pilgrims, presented an offering of £2OOO, with a number of ecclesiastical vestments, chalices, and other articles of church furniture.  JACQUES FRANCOIS SON, & Frenchman, carrying on a grocery business at St. Saviour's, committed suicide by hanging himself in an outhouse. He had been in a low state for some time through drink ing.  EXTENSIVE Frna.—A fire of some magnitude has occurred at the extensive agricultural implement works of Mr. R. Boby, Bury St. Edmunds. The fire is supposed to have originated near the boiler house, and a large warehouse and the paint-shop were consumed. The loss is estimated at £9OOO.  THREE Lianas have been admitted to the register of the Irish College of Physicians. One of them, Dr. Louisa Atkins, has already been in practice in London, and the two others, Dr. Sophia dex Blake and Dr. Edith Pechey, were amongst the earliest Edinburgh students. All the three ladies had already taken degrees on the Continent. RIOTING OF A SERIOUS CHARACTER is reported to have taken place in the potato markets of the county of Mayo. The people, finding that the large purchases made by dealers for export to England enhanced the prices, assembled in large bands in the markets of Castlebar, Balls, Westport, Swinford, and Ballinrobe ; and wherever an attempt to make an extensive purchase was made, the potato sacks were seized by the people and ripped open, and their contents scattered broadcast. Watch is kept upon the railway stations to prevent the removal of the potatoes.