LATER ENGLISH NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6394, 16 May 1882, Page 4

LATER ENGLISH NEWS.

Br the s.s. Penguin, we have English files up to March 26, trom which we make the following extracts :— MR. GLADSTONE ON THE QUEEN'S SAVINGS. In the course oE the debate on the Duke of Albany's annuity, Mr. Gladstone, referring to a suggestion made by some of the Radicals, that Her Majesty should provide for her children out of her savings, said there were no savings, and never had been, that would be adequate to provide one-tenth part of what was neoessary for tho Royal children. The savings of the Queen had never amounted to any inordinate β-ani, and had never been considered matters of Parliamentary investigation ; but he had some knowledge of them during his official life, and never had they aeemed to him to be more than might be expected to be necessary in many circumstances connected with the position and circumstances of the Queen. SALVATION' RIOTING. Rioting in connection with the Salvation Army continues in England. A case of this kind ia reported from Waston-super-Mare :—i rival procession was got up, and marched forth under a banner inscribed with the words "The Skeleton Army." Coming into the vicinity of the Salvationists, a free light ensued, in which the banners of the rival armies came to grief, and the band instruments were broken; The Salvationists finally took refuge in the barracks, many on both sides having received injuries. MURDER Itf IRELAND BY DECREE. The Dublin correspondent of the Manchester Guardian says the police there have made an important discovery, confirming the supposition that the murder of Peter Andrews was an execution decreed by a secret tribunal. In a safe receptacle, contrived in the aah-pit in the yard at the back of the bloodstained house, they found a six-chambered revolver, five chambers of which still remam loaded with bullets of the same size as that found in the head of the deceased. Iα the same place they also found hidden a rifle similar in pattern to those recently discovered in the Fenian depot in Brabazon-street, off the Cootube. In this receptacle, also, it i- ; j said, they found documents leaving no doubt on their minds as to the character of the murder. The newe of the discovery was at once communicated to Dr. Kaye, at the Castle, and also to Mr. Forster. It will be remembered that the deceased Peter Andrews resided at 46, Coombe, quite near the place where the Fenian magazine was discovered. For betraying hie associates by giving the information which led to that discovery, the man Bailey was recently assassinated in Dublin. Immediately after that assassination, the Lord Lieutenant offered a large reward for information, and a few days after that six men were' simultaneously arrested in their residences in and about Dublin upon warrants under the Protection Act. It ie supposed that the young man now assassinated, Andrews, was believed to have given the necessary information. There can be little doubt that the organisation is widespread, and that death is the penalty its rules decrees against "traitors." A MAN CHOPPED TO PIECES. A horrible accident is reported to have taken place at Wednesbury. A labourer, named Wm, Ashby, aged 50, was engaged at the Monway Iron Works. It wag necessary for him to tar machinery. In order to perform his duties easily, he went into a. prohibited place. The result was that ha was dragged into the machinery, and chopped into pieces. GOOD-BYE TO JUMBO. Jumbo, who has occupied a'prominent share of public attention for some time past, and is : new en route for America, left, the St. Kα.therine'a Docks amidst the valedictory exclamations of an immense throng. The dock nutho- • rities had made arrangements'for only those having business within the gates to be allowed ' admission, but these numbered many hundreds, and lined the quay some half-dozen deep along-, side which the barge lay. While waiting there numerous offerings were sent down for Jumbo, and he had a. fairly goed meal of some of those delicacies to which he has been accustomed to be regaled by his juvenile friends at the " Zoo." The lady who has been in such constant attendance upon Jumbo in th« Zoological Gardens, was down at St. Catherine's Dock*, and, before! he started, gave him nearly a couple of gallons' of ale, of which he ii very fond, and three! half-quartern 'Isaves. After this it is also somewhat sad to have to coufess that he partook of some whisky that was offered to him with n relish that showed he was no true disciple ol: the school that Sir Wilfrid Lawson leads. Not only did he drink the whisky, but, like Oliver Twiet, "asked for more," in as plain language as fin elephant is capable of doing. About 1 o'clock the signal was given by the dock-master to start, and the barge was at once towed into the lock, where the inner gates were closed on it, and the outer ones opened to allow the passage iato the river/ Lowering the water took some little time, during which the crowds that covered the ! swing bridge at the entrance and the surrounding places shouted messages of farewell and goodwill both to Jumbo and his keepers. Baas' and oranges were also occasionally thrown down, only the next instant to disappear down Jumbo's throat as they were handed to him. As soon as the gates were opened, the barge floated, amidst loud cheers, and was at once taken ia tow by the steam-tug Midge (Captain Watts),) and a start was made. The whistle of the tug to start was the signal for renewed cheers and waving of hats and handkerchiefs, that lasted as 'long as the barge was in sight. Going down towards Millwall, it was evident that what was taking place had become known, su every standpoint was occupied by throngs of people. Cries of " Bravo, Jumbo," and " Good-bye, Scott," were shouted not only from the shores, but from vessels lying in the Pool and higher up the rirer, and sundry tugs essayed to run alongside, til they were informed that their noise was likely to disturb the elephant. It if oreditable to the owners of these vessels to say that when so spoken to they at once steamed off. At some of the warehousej down the river every floor was crowded from roof to basement, and Mr. Davis, the American agent to Messrs. Burnum, Bailey, and Hutchinson, expressed himself surprised and pleased at the warmth of feeling shown. The tug that towed the barge carried the Union Jack, while the latter trailed behind it tho Stars and Stripes; and in several cases they were saluted by pasting vessels, the compliment, in accordance with naval etiquette, being immediately returned. COAL-MINING GREAT BRITAIN. The general summary of the reports of the Inspectors of Mines for tho year 1881 »hows that in that year the aggregate numbir of persons employed in and about the whole of the mines in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland amounted to 550,419 persons.- Of those, 495.4T7 were employed under tho Coal Mines Regulation Act, and 54,942 under tho Metalliferous Mines Regulation Act. The total number of fatal aceidenta was 929, and the total number of deaths occasioned thereby 1053, showing an increase, compared with the totals for 13S0, of 32 in the number of fatal accidents, and a decrease of 349 in the number of lives lo»t. The general summary also shows that, on an average, , during the year 1881 there was one' fatal accident amongst every 592 persons employed, and one death by accident amongst every 522 persons employed. The average for the eight years 1874 to 1381 is one fatal accident for every 599 persons, and one death by accident in every 454 persons empJoyed. The proportion of fatal accidents in 1881 to the number of persons employed is therefore exactly the same as the average of tho last eight years, and the death rate is somewhat less. It appears that 154,184,300 tons of coal, 1.89 C.907 tons of fire-clay, 11,858,766 tons of ironstone, and 1,019,958 tons of shale, &c, were produced in the mines classed under the Coal Mines Regulation Act, including some iron pyrites, fco., found in working these mines. SAD STORY OF DISTRESS AND DISHONESTY. At the Middlesex Sessions a sad case waa disposed of. Elizabeth Jesaop, a young married woman, was charged with stealing sir jaokets, valued at £5, the property of Mary Withers; her mistress, a mantlemaker. Sergeant Greet,' a. detective, who apprehended the prisoner, , , said he had made inquiries in the c»se ( and found that up to tais time the prisoee r

had borne- a good character as an honest, hard-working woman. Her husband was an idle fellow and a good carpenter, but would not work. "When he took the prisoner into cuetedy he found her in a naost doplorablo condition. There was, no furniture in the plaoe, except a small table and a few rage in a corner, which served as abed. Misa Withers was examined, and ia answer to the judge, said she engaged the prisoner to assist her. She waa employed from nine in the morning till eight at night. 3toe Judge : Hoif much did you pay her per week for that? Misa Withers : Four shillingi (sensation). The Judge : Did you give her her:food? Mias Withers : No; I only get one shilling each for the jackets myself when completed. ][ have to use two sewing machines, find my own iiottou and needles, and I can, by working hard, make two in a day. The Judge said it was a sad state of things. The prisoner, when called upon, said she had nothing to eat for throe days. The Judge, while commiserating with the prisoner, said it could (iiot bo allowed that distress could justify dishonesty, and sentenced the prisoner to bji weeks' imprisonment. FATAL EXPLOSION IN AMERICA. The boiler of a ferry boat lying at a dock in Philadelphia, exploded and caused a lamentable loss of life. A fragment wrecked a warehouse 200 feet away. The anchor lodged among the telegraph wires. Some flying live coals fired an adjoining railway depdt and a tug boat, both of which were consumed. Five men were killed, and their bodies thrown ia different directions, ono far across the water ; another was dashed against the walls of the warehouse, and another was blown over a four-storey house. The leist estimate of the damage is 50,000 dollars.