News by the Mail.

Clutha Leader, Volume I, Issue 16, 22 October 1874, Page 3

News by the Mail.

,-■■. <::-,-ax\ Ai .uv'A *if?*y:>t iwyiA\Aiu&kvAl,\ ha-The .JSringeb and., J?j%nGesirp£ .-Jj^p*' I were, .present ; at: iGqq^w^Qd ; . j^^,||^ j ■aaa Smalls-pox,* : fwhich .I' was ; so fifef fil'rin - Greenock lastJ year,; *b ass again: broken :out;:.'; iH >A- '". .-.A'-u-.A'A yu *'.•>■/-•-*;

> ." : Intelligence . ■ has /been fß^eceiffitt • at Belfast' of i th 4 d6atK iafj Lord-A^mesley, which took plade at Gowes; ■< X: \a,'- .

.' .The- ExMHtibfi sington, Ldnddiij are', i|t"i's -aMd, to ber converted iht'p 'riWseum& f : ;'' ""■ -' l:) ''A ' ihe Marquis,' of Xohdoiider'ry'is be : ;the' -jMr' iKhight ' bf ' iStl'l^irim- 'in the place :of the l : ate ; . |lai^ffi : s 'of.'Ci^y fijdafT'de.y'A >' t;! ' "'"'"' '_".'*' ./'' " " ; j '„,.,- The,; s ^l)scripti,ons\ towarjcls,- : t Ji.e, pro-, .posed testimoniaX I( tdJ^js. BbuTesfie, Ji.ate M.P,. for- tbe- EiljbiamQQk -. Burghs, amount'torabout.LijpOOv, ;.-",.'.!*! • * * ' ;; Tjie boringiof the-.Ju.qneL at r Lintrja-; t\ien Loch,* %.wbieh the water will . be .conveyed to; Dimdee, r has . now*,, h-sgn' completed. ;,. The, tunnel i§ upwards of Jij-SOOft, in length,,, . .,.; ~., ; :■_. ,

. A Dublin: jury awarded a working jeweller L2UQ damages against Captain Roger Sndwy of. the the. *. -Army Sendee . Corps, ' fbr - ;estranging : his . wife (an' actress) from -him.'

Thomas M'jbohald was sentenced 'to death at Devon Assizes • for the murder of 'Bridget Welch,; his paramour, : at Stdnehouse,- on ■June' "29 last?. ■*.-•

The « Standard' states that the largest brown trout ever known; Weighing 201 b:, has J been forwarded- to London, from NeWbii't<y:by tHe Earl of'Graveb. A German''^vierhess hamed'B'uhcike,: residing' with afaihily in 1 Harley-stree't, London, has' died frc-m ;the effects 1 of medicine; takeri for -an 1 ' unlawful purpose. The i woman: who -administered it to ber has disappeared. It^is' intended at an early date toplace a statue of the late Lord Palmer*^ stbn ttpon a coibpanibn pedestal'to that "of. the Derby ] merhbrial, 'facihg'l, the ; Houses of Parliament'

- The Pnncebf ' Wales ; bas accepted an invitation to gts^y: at ; ; Dunster'' Castle, 1 North' Somerset, fbra few days after his visit to Plymouth, 'and to htint' with the Devon and Soriibr^set staghbunds. 'A batty of ladies 1 and gentlemen, to the numbfer of '$0, lbft Liverpool in the steamer : Rallus'; for -Iceland, ' w^hei-e they are proceeding on a pleasure tbur during the King's visit. A verdict of mahslaiighter was re- : turned by the coroner's jury at 'Sower by j Bridge on : Tuesday against Thdinas : Patriok and his wife' for causing the 1 ; death of their child, aged -four months..! by shameful neglect*

The . Spanish Steamer Minerva ex-| -ploded her boilers in Havannah harbpri on the 23rd of- J uly, and eight persons' were killed and ten* ; wounded. The 1 steamer was run ashore tp prevent her 1 from sinking. ; - The /Chaplaincy in. Ordinary to the: Queen, now vacant by the death; pf • the ! Rev. Prebendary' Brookfield, will, .it'is* stated, be conferred upon the .'Rev.: Francis Pigon, Vicar of Doncaster, who is already, an ; honorary chaplain to*, her I Majesty. ; :

The leading Bonapartists are gathered round, the Empress at Arpnenberg, where the fete -was commemorated by the celeoration .of the mass, in the private chapel attached -to ' the chdteau on Saturday, The ' Morning Post ,; diaws attention to the striking coinci*; dence that the home of the widowed Queen Ho.rte.nse and ber only son, .the* late. Emperor, should now-be occupied! by tbe widowed and exiled Express and the young Prince Imperial. '_.'* A woman named Betsy Letherton is ; now living. at Tringj who last birthday: reached tbe extraordinary age of 111 : years. During the ; harvest; last year; she cut several . sheafs of. wheat, and intends, if all is well,.: making, her appearance pn the ' harvest field this year upon the farm of , Mr. Mead, situated, between Tring -and Little; Tring. l^he venerable lady is confident that, she.can.beat some pf the younger hands yet.

The.. skew pf the -Highland and Agricultural Seciety at Inverness closed on 30th September. The total amount | drawn during the period the show was open to the public was' Ll,f2Q 17s ,6d, ! against LQ2O l : 9s*3d at the last show held at Irfyernbss iii-" 1*865, and L 3,140, 140 ISS 6d at^he'&tirling show last', year. .On tbe; .invitation of ';the T)tike of •Sirth'e'rlarid, a deputation' of directbi's. bf the Hi^hiaHd : arid : Agriciilturai Sabiety 1 , tb|ether ivfth Sparge- .dumber' of agri-; cultu^ist^";and ;! bthers 1 ifltere'sfed;' visited j his 'Gr J abfe , s 4i gfeat tectehiatibn works 1 i ii(bai , 'Lairgi'b'n lip'bh' Sfiin': 'Tike special iiiod&s of ; ploughing, '■ bla^tirig, and j clearing' the g^ouM orr a lai-ge tract of ! waste' land,.which-is. to be. •pbrtrcliied of? ; into ; arablS ; farnis s ' oh ! th£ •' cbitiffreiabn of : the Pper'ations,' we're inspected "with! great , interest" hf the ;; visitors,' who returned again fa 'lnverness' ih; * the [ evening by special train. ' ' ' , ; :; .. i ■ ... ,An . important press , case' was^decideii by tbe yice-Cbanceilbrv at' Liverp.pol on j Wedriesdayy.^ , of the Liverpool '•'Leader!,' had 'been summcrife& : bbfbrp : %'e 'JRe^istrar to answer nqtiesfibris- as to'thb'sdui'ces pf bis ihfbrtriatipri 1 for articles whioh ap--ipearediii the » Pleader ' with refdrerieb ;to ; tbe Givih Service U.ssodation; ' 'Mr. ; Vaugbarfirefosed^tp'i-disclps'e -*his! > i*d.fdrV mation, iakirig the responsibility 6T the articles lip'oil '■ h'miself, '> • and- after niany adjournments* -and -dongi a^guirleritsT on .both sides, ; tbe Vice^hancellor' decided that, he was notrbound* to answer if he ; ■questions;'-.."' *• •-*.!- I'-'.*':1 '-'.*': ; **•? -r-y,-. •-;

•,*Mne*Jir workhouse is to be erected at j ?S]6i||ltl"at a /.ebst ;pf Affiai W;M& to at .Speffieldfroirj Wfcff«&s ofWliite'W a^t^eceived six f^nthsso: AA T A." i \[VA' ! ' Al '-'\'Y t \ aged/, aleveii V y&arsj bas^beetf^ro^^ aloiig. with , 'Wi$ u \idf& 4a %a' in:iili i:: dain V . ::r at : - ; Tprgach4ti. . j: .,. lV " a- A' ''"'. { .' # ; One; oj "the -lions recently (escaped! 4 iii' ; Belgiura,-and before; He' Was cd^ciired, filled' fpur rjersbhs. ••, ', l '■' 'iJosi'aH ' js&ltifant, : .wbp ' . is T . cHarg'^ Vi^h^def^atidrng* 1 f a' ; builid'in t §;*i*Kcset-jr , W. NbrWifeb' pf 'IJli^O^ h&s; beei^arrea't^ "' ' ; I ; ,: "Thja qiie^tiqh'bf , the; lnter^arri'a^e of; '■$xif oceans' .aid natives. j fe :r Wucb dis'-| 'cursed .by' tbeVei'n^o'nlaT.'Fress ofliidi-d J "Vem^n . \ Head; '.Cratfre, is' fexpected to ! arrive ait Queeiis-; 'towri : br Livdrpbol daily.'' ; .'■"'' ' ' ", "' ; A 1 ;^ 1 <M '^ates;;of ..Tetrisle Barj Londpii^ oxe : btkiii-* ' takeii ' down,; "and' it is'thpught tbat the d^biblitiob^f| th'e.verferaMe structure i will follbw: !u \ The. , r .Bx-^m^ress I'Bugme , and ,. thej Princje -Imperial are at 4 present residing^ at . thb Cbat'eSiV 'd 1 ? Arenenber.g in' SwitzerlandV'' ; '' v; ". ;' ' : ' . ; ' ; ■ ■■■ -The: lP ressiAssbbiatiPn^Fepprt that a! w'oni'an haslbeen^bEutally murdered near, the Curragh of Kildare.* \Heit* husband,; a respectable farmery has-been arrested. •George. Barclay, -commercial travel-; lei*,3 7 fears oi' age, committed* suicide m -rßlackbum by cutting his, throat; I •with .a razor. A rewiy ears: ago Barclay^; I wife absconded with another man. ■ ; I

Twojyoung women are 1 in custody at ,-Hailsbam, -charged with; stealing ' : L*2-4-S! • belonging to their aunti;Mr*s. Ripley,; an old woman, whb*kept*the money' in an old stookirigon- the *top -shelf of a -CupboaM' in Her bedrootriV ; ; = i : Mr. Gladstoiie-s* family have ' arrived; at Penmaehmawr^ from.' i HawarderiCastle.. •Thfe' bright hbn. ' gentleman annually ntakes tbis.picturesesqe water- 1 iing place on the Welsh coast: his place' Of summer resort: i

-.;'. The Government have consented to! app r 6int . a > commission ta inquire into • the pollution; ef |.the : Qlyde,*.on the con-| dition ..-.that, Glasgow, • and the towns! interest'e*4 shall bear the. expense. ' ; , According to the '.Pays,': giame pro- j mises. ,tb* be ; abundant inthe .cpming,.. season in' -France. The! coveys of partridges, which were hatched ! early and* under , excel jerit, conditions,: are strong, and numereus. I

. The Chinese Government is about toi .establish a consulate in San' Francisco,; the six Chinese companies tbere having! agreed . to defray the, of the* consulate. It is 'believed' that. an. American, .will, be appointed, -With, a; .Chinaman as Vice-r.QonsuL, ' The warnings^ pf. tbe German Authorities .against 'emigration.... to';. South; America "appear to ,'be-r fully justified, j :Eighty ; emigrants. :liave ,just . .returned; from .Brazil to Berlin ..in a miserable! condition, having been forwarded from .Antwerp.at the expense of- the, German; Consul. At Hanover, several residents 'supplied them with provisipns arid clpthes. „•*.

A bicycle race from Bath tp Lendcm, distance 106 miles, was wen by Mr. Walker, pfthb Middlesex. Bicycle. Club, ; Walker started at 5.1,0 am., anil; •arrived, at Kensington at 3.15 p.m,;, * the greatest - speedj on record, for the. distance. . '. ' '

A -Vienna telegram states tbat. there was a. violent hailstorm on 'the, Moravian border, Several persons and many cattle were drowned. '■ 'Fifty houses >vere destroyed,. as well, as many, vineyards, : and. tbe .railways were much damaged.. „.,,. *■■..;- 'Mr. Jameson, , brpth'er pf an ex*May or ; of . Hull," died from the effec fes of -the; boiler explosion at' his^hemp, factory. A fireman was also killed ','. by ;thb accident. . .-

..-. Her Majesty the Oueen has been; pleased to appoint; thb /Marquis of; Lothian to; be. Keeper bi;.f&e n Priyy Sekl; of Scotland," and the ,E^rl bf to" the Lbr.d-lJ.ieu tenancy of tub Couhty. of Forfar. , . . . , :

A girl named Mary Keeriari, residing in Saltraarket, (xlasgow,, wa's : crushed to death in' the. Goosedubbs. While standing on the side, of tbe fbad, a?hbrse yoked to a lorry, ran off, arid thejgirl was crabbed ' so ' severely between , tbe side of the lorry | and a wall • that she dibd'witbin a, 'fpw minutes. : ;Colbtibrßichard Teh Broeck* a name well-;kiibwii ; in English as , well" as in American: " spirting birdies, has been >ri.bt!, ;: and^ "It is* .tepbrtedj ' mortally 'wbiirided^ at Gillmarfs.Statibn,' Louisville, b^ ! *Se'nerar Walter | -Whittaker, { d lawyer of tHaf 'cityL:' ' . . : .', . -t*.:: Prince Charles -Snd; * the Princess -Elizabeth.; bf . Roumania will Shortly -visit. the Isle -of orbits,.neighborhood • I tp ! ; sea^bathsj for a-mpnth. On their: -ceturn^tbeir 7 sigKsesses. will traverse.Switzerland.tP^.pay;,^ visit, to 'Weinbur-gh-J tbe j; cfe^teait .pf, the *reign r ingiPriiice- . andifbence. gp ;b.aqk direct- tb: Rbfcmania, ; \ -.- '***„;*,■, .;*,■ ,

..The: number ofPrnssian.; parishes ih which the- *Roman..C.atho!i.e priests have been suspended; is 1 steadily increasing, arid afcpreserit: the. hwy which * (Jhafoles tenv members' of tbe.coniriiuni.ty: tp ; co.n-r .verie a meeting- for .the: election! ;b£ their successors ihais been,; inoperative. *.* Uy -AA'. /' ;: Among, thei notices 1 which jiiow. stand tfcit the 1 •ordec^b<solinie.f Xtkei-Hotise t;6f Commons! cfor • fye, < - $tex.fc i-session: i&'.pne byi Mrs Vahs.-^new for-Jeave-jfb ihtro-i ducef a, .bill tb&iabolishitherilandlords? ri^kt i bhhy potheoriri: :Sco tlan^ as i fer < as iti'relate^') to^ila'nd.llet?! foci agjioultural or gr'azing4p.urpbsesiß ;;•; Ax/A z : -avA\.

' ■ *•' » *f '-*-' *•* * ■ ~ - William Hppwood, ajbutcher of Stock_pbr|^wfr^^^ "tb^ifcbbofrj^ 'Chapter 'k^h>^o.We\vU ib f P : nthi' ! *im-l prisonment for bigilhiy., "A. '.£/> •-•^' , i. ,l .*r : t 7**r-*Ti' I V jf^-V 7 t Jttriv, ;.'.';,' ' i ' , ..^^mer.^^d^^^tj^l-a! j&. fi.t.^fj .temov^ij,^insanity,^tiMe^*^*^is/,>yiie at] .Gullenbrpug^^^ , an. y oaken . > s topi., . t Tl'mely; - interference j ; sayed fhe^ .childref from/, a similar fate. : IDoberty^Ha? bee)i' ajc'rested./ . „ ;: •

j* v; His |?py4 highness ;Prince Leoppld,: jvho,. -tnet^iwitfe^-'ap-iident -soon after; •his arriv^;:^;os)})^£\fha^ -been ,e.o.n- ! •finpd tp hkibpßf eye|.sin;Q.e«- Althpughi .there is nap lpriger ,an'y;*,cause^ for.-alarili,! jlsome time mus,t 6lapi;e before, his, Roy al' i<Migbness can be tp health. :

■"■••'• A novel 'compahy'of /haymakers have •been *wor}riTig in a afield at Chard. ; >A ; man with only one ann^tbffdevthe rick, .another-with only < one ('leg; pitched the i hay; a; third,**who>was:' ■'•''daft-;'? did the; rakiigj:: and a! fourth. l wasK deaf and i dumb. ■ ...-.*•;

At Bri^tpJ,Ass^es^an, Irishman named ; Shaughnessy was fpund". s gui.lty -df v at-* tempting to' murder 'his" son by hanging' him to ; .the .lintel 6fhis doorway. . After*' quarrelling .'at ' a ' ptiblic I hbuSe,' fie left his wife there, arid on 'reaching home in. an excited stalte," h4; tied a rope round; the,neck of bis child, a boyjie'arly three' years ' : pld',/ana bung J-UJ-U up till he was .black in the,'face !^tfen. fescitbd,., [ His : . defence was., tbat 'be : was' trying to j Trighten his wife out , of her dissipated j habits. 'He was. recpmm6ncted ;to ! mercy, j and sentenced to~fpur Months'^imprison-; •ment. .* ' 'A.' "'" A' '•' ' " "••}!

. An, occasional: correspondent, .of the! •'Times,', writing , fropa Rom ( e pn the; •6th. inst,; draws a terrible, ,-pic.ture of the; lawless .state, of .Sicily. tber island,! •he says, " foi? aimatter.ofQSfl per head, j one can. rict, bneself and the world of i those objectiotiable to you, arid rely onj •the .connivance pf the authorities for the: Means ; pf escaping, punishment.'.' . ; ( 7 , ' ' The villa-pf the late Sir E^andseerj in., the St.. John's.; Wpod; Road hasj already. . been seld. The .auctioneers ; disposed of ,wh at is, . known as the ! furniture and.effects.* 'j£he latter include j several curiosities '.used mr tbe studies: of the great artist 1 , 1 such .as stuffed; stags, heads .pf > stags, > , hprses, eagles., i goats, lambs, aniskeletons, of animals-; i

A supplementary estimate was issued for L 4-404 for a 'grant to the; family of 'Dr. Livingstone^ &c. They will receive LSOOO to be- vested* in- trustees, ' the [ Dbctor's sisters '■ -having ■ a . life interest, j The Doctbr's followers,' Chumah, Susi, j and 1 58 others, will receive' -L904. The i Costof his funeral is.set down- at LSOQ. j' An old woman, acbusedas' a fortune- 1 teller, 1 has been, 'brought 1 .before: the! magistrates at' Reading: 'She was "in j the habit of practising oh the credulity, of servant girls, 1 and- was' detected by two. policemen's wives 'visitingf her,*, the . girls who'had be'eri duped 'being -afrjaid *', tp bear witness. ' "She wai'* sentenced tb;'i tliree months' hard labpr. • ' : \

An account has j list arrived, , says the French, ' J'purnal.Officiei,' of a frightful tragedy on. tbe* high seas. On the Bth June the Italian vessel Napoleon Cama- ; rero sailed from Macao with a . .crew pf .40 men,: and having on board^6§3 coolies for Ca.Uao,.,and $000 packets'' of fireworks. ..After a"lapse of two. 'days,'", the interpreter discbyered . a plot '.amongst the emigrants to, ' £eseA on' the sship. .The captain immediately ordered piieEalf of them to be conmied ' &v' tiie hold, but the next day tbose ''who 1 remained ,on deck armed themselves with knives, .belaying pins, .pieces of wood— in short, anything they could lay hands' on-— and attacked the ; crew,"who defended themselves yyitH muskets and revolvers, .This coolies then riiasse.d themselves on the, forecastle,. arid; set fire to' the vessel, hoping that' the. crew' would setto"woi*k ,at the pumps to 1 extingtiisb ! e 'flames. During that, tiuie. .they. : had alsb freed : tbeir .comrades./ 'arid murdered the few s'ailprs 7 tbey ,cpuld get iaold' of, .'The captain, seeing what tbey v were doirig, ordered , the boats. , ,to ; ' be . lbwei*ed, and left the ;sbip, with, tbe remainder' of the men. \ Some, sailors'; who' remained oh board with . .the doctor^ the : niagaziri c ,man, and the interpreter,' wfere /unable to 'preyent the. flames from* reacbin'|; ( tbe fireworks,, an d. th e ship;, Hew u p^ scattering the. fragments .ot" the ; . mutineers in e vliy dire^tiph/unde^b.e ' .fejff'! eyes '' '£} tKe i escaped ;creV.l, A" AA\AA., A A-',"]

; *HisAHobnessrJhe/P : ppe r rTif..we! can; believe the, -j-'epoTt-^bas presented * the i Golden jltose ibr this year tp . tbe ,Baro- \ •nessL^Vjgier, --formerly known- to : the ! world as Sophie Cruvelli. ,:T]his, T is a! •remarkable * iirribyatipn greater ; than ; the recent'; recognidpno£Li^rature,and at the Maiision House ; and!, while* : \ve congratulate th&scc^ \ lipoa^her ■.* good -fortune^ , we are . , afraid tfiatjiiere^ll..b^,' te^bie • heartburnings; ariiong.tbe.Queens, jMncessesj, and were, looking out ibhthe cherished 'oyr^rj Aj^iihehp/the mysticiblossbm pftme.tal f .be-stowedie-ice'pt-i .upob* espme reolpient . of lmp^jal;o*:< foy^l Jftbgd $\ atjid^ althpugb Madame was,. ;by .;her r*.m.Ost ardent adtnirers, * called a "Queen -5 pf Sehg, J, 'r,§tili|ber;\na!i^e;d*ses^pt;^ccuj;; in 1 any edition; ;ofitbevAlinanacb ..-4e r -|Jp,th;ti j JjfiilsoßiQueen Isabella* was therpsi^rej; Ja'ter m tbe}|)ni'p?e|S^^.-Eugen,ie.| : rftGe^ve^ tb!e-'.'? I ppfe'^itofeet f .[aisi^gg£§!of Q&r£ 'many als£ bM#-im,4 l!?aples.y,j^*Wb.a^ {jft§fs ' -M$S thiak o'fitkm \^PAkpmh^Hk^^)Mii. giftj^jjlpli^g;; tnfaUibfebi*i Msmem is^j^rfi j .' Telsg£apb,' ./-iuAAi^ i-j.f? vihsi! itAizzA/j-A: cA : y) ;:,,, „.*__,