ENGLISH NEWS
A subscription is being raised for the relief of the sufferers by the Italian floods. The steamships America and Angelina arrived in Liverpool on November Bth. An attempt was made on November sth to celebra'e Guy Fawkes Day at Exeter. The affair turned into a monstration against the Liquor Licensing Acts. Several speakers dejnounced measures and met opposition from persons in the crowd. It degenerated into a riot. Cudgels and brickbats were freely used. Many rioters were injured. The police got the best of the mob, and dispersed it. Several arrests were made. Seventeen men are in the hospital from injuries received. An extensive carpet factory at Kiddertmnster has been destroyed by fire, and a large number of hands thrown out of employment. The Emperor of Germany has conferred on Mr Hepworth Dixon the decoration of Knight of the Crolden Cross.
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Press, Volume XX, Issue 2304, 19 December 1872, Page 2
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