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FALL IN THE PRICE OF COAL.
The demand for house coal at Sheffield is extremely slack, and the agents of several of the collieries have reduced their prices to the extent of from 1s. 6d. to 2s 6d. per ton. The opinion entertained by many agents is that by Spring, fuel will be comparatively cheap.
KIDD v. TALLENTIRE and Others. - An act is now pending, and came on for hearing in London this week, (in which the above are the plaintiffs and defendants), having reference to the ownership of an estate near Renwick.
MR. HOUGH, of Carlisle, is the attorney for plaintiff, and MESSRS. BLEAYMIRE and SHEPHERD for the defendants.
The case has as yet not proceeded further than the examination and cross-examination of two of plaintiff's witnesses, and will not be again resumed for some time.
LEEDS LEATHER FAIR. - The attendance at this market on Wednesday was unusually large, but the business transacted was on a limited scale. There was a short supply of leather, which found buyers at late quotations. Shaved and dressing hides were a shade easier to buy, whilst for heavy sole leather, there was no change. Heavy foreign butts and bends are from 1/2 d. to 1 d. per lb. cheaper; but English butts are quiet, though there have been some sales for forward delivery.
Light common and shaved hides are in good demand, also heavy good common hides for harness.
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Ancient Plane-Tree
AN ANCIENT PLANE-TREE. - There is an old historical plane-tree standing in the Temple gardens. The Thames formerly flowed close to its roots, and it is now pointed out as marking the site of the old river wall, successive embankments having now shut out the river 50 or 60 yards further to the south. Apart from its interest as a landmark, both GOLDSMITH and JOHNSON are reputed to have spent many an hour in "sweet converse" beneath its shade; nor is this improbable, as it has evidently been a stately tree in its time.
When the river wall was removed further south, the ground around it was raised to a height of 15 feet, and probably, this hastened its death by depriving its roots of their due amount of aeration. It has been dead since 1835, and shows little of its former greatness. The branches are rotten and broken, and in a few years' time, if not better protected than it is, it will be among the things of the past. A neat label, giving a short account of its history, would be appreciated by visitors to the Temple-gardens, many of whom are, in all probability, quite unaware of its existence or of its historical interest. - The Garden.
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When the river wall was removed further south, the ground around it was raised to a height of 15 feet, and probably, this hastened its death by depriving its roots of their due amount of aeration. It has been dead since 1835, and shows little of its former greatness. The branches are rotten and broken, and in a few years' time, if not better protected than it is, it will be among the things of the past. A neat label, giving a short account of its history, would be appreciated by visitors to the Temple-gardens, many of whom are, in all probability, quite unaware of its existence or of its historical interest. - The Garden.
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Small News Items
THE WIFE OF PRIVATE CORELANE, 57th Regiment, stationed at Woolwich, has given birth to three children at the Female Hospital. She had previously had twins, all of whom are alive and well.
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MINING FATALITIES. - On Monday while the miners were busy working in No. 10 pit, Rosehill, Coalbridge, near Glasgow, belonging to MR. ROBERT ADIE and Sons, a sudden and unexpected fall occurred of about three tons of coal and rubbish, burying three of the men. When dug out, the men were discovered to be dead, and their bodies were frightfully mangled. The names of the unfortunate men are ... PETER DUFFY, aged 40; ALEXANDER MAYS, aged 49, and ROBERT MAYS, a son of the foregoing, a young man of 18 years of age.
Six or eight men were in a pit at the Crescent Colliery, Willenhall, South Staffordshire, on Saturday, propping the roof, when an immense quantity of mineral fell. Two men were got out comparatively unhurt; the others were crushed to death.
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ELECTION AT NEWCASTLE. - The official declaration of the poll in this election was made on Thursday afternoon, as follows: MR. COWEN (Liberal), 7356; MR. HAMMOND (Conservative), 6353; majority for MR. COWEN, 1003. There was considerable excitement during the day amongst the crowds of people who assembled in front of the Town Hall and at the central committee rooms, from nine o'clock in the morning, the hour at which the casting up of the votes began, until the declaration was made. Up to the last moment the result was certain, though as the day progressed it was generally believed among MR. COWEN's supporters that there would be a majority in their favour of at least 500. The announcement of the numbers was received with loud cheering for the successful candidate.
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TRAGEDY AT FARNHAM. - On Saturday, a man named STEPHEN DEADNAN and his wife were found in their house at Bath-cottages, near the Farnham railway station, both being fearfully wounded. MRS. DEADNAN was lying in an upper room of the cottage. Four or five wounds had been inflicted on her head and the upper part of her body, and in another room the husband was discovered with his throat cut in a frightful manner. Both were alive at the time, but the man died in the course of the day.
Although the injuries sustained by MRS. DEADNAN were of a most serious character, she was able to give some particulars of the occurrence. From her statement to the police, it appears that her husband quarrelled with her as they were dressing in the morning. He attacked her with a knife, and stabbed her several times, the weapon being broken in the struggle that took place between them. He then rushed downstairs and cut his own throat with another knife.
According to the neighbours, the deceased man and his wife had lived very unhappily together for a long time past, and it was stated that the former had recently frequently assaulted and threatened the poor woman, who is the mother of several children.
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IT IS STATED that the Turkish Government has ordered an ironclad corvette to be constructed in England at a cost of three millions of francs.
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A KANSAS PAPER, which finds it expedient to avoid personalities, says: "MRS. GUERNSEY, of Fort Scott, recently fired at some burglars, and next day one of the aldermen had his arm amputated."
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SCIENTIFIC. - Languid but Learned Swell: "No, fact is I never dance. Find physical exercise bad for brain. Going rather deep into natural history - aw -".
Ignorant Little Creature: "What do you mean ? Are you keeping rabbits ?" - Judy.
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THE ' Scotsman's' Londonn correspondent hears that one of our most popular dramatists is about to bring out a play which will present JOHN KNOX in a singularly novel character - that of exhibiting an intense feeling of love for MARY STUART, and at the same time struggling with the insane passion.
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FOR THE NEXT BUDGET. - "A tax of two-pence a day on all foreigners in France" is said to be under consideration. Does not this suggest to MR. GLADSTONE a splendid opportunity ? Let him only impose a tax on all foreigners in England, being organ-grinders or street-musicians of any description, and he will so endear himself to the whole country that we shall hear no more of Conservative reaction. - Punch.
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SMALL NEWS ITEM.
A BRISTOL CONTEMPORARY says a Taunton butcher the other day killed a heifer whose kidney weighed no less than 174 lbs.
This beats the famous Scotch gooseberry.
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MINING FATALITIES. - On Monday while the miners were busy working in No. 10 pit, Rosehill, Coalbridge, near Glasgow, belonging to MR. ROBERT ADIE and Sons, a sudden and unexpected fall occurred of about three tons of coal and rubbish, burying three of the men. When dug out, the men were discovered to be dead, and their bodies were frightfully mangled. The names of the unfortunate men are ... PETER DUFFY, aged 40; ALEXANDER MAYS, aged 49, and ROBERT MAYS, a son of the foregoing, a young man of 18 years of age.
Six or eight men were in a pit at the Crescent Colliery, Willenhall, South Staffordshire, on Saturday, propping the roof, when an immense quantity of mineral fell. Two men were got out comparatively unhurt; the others were crushed to death.
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ELECTION AT NEWCASTLE. - The official declaration of the poll in this election was made on Thursday afternoon, as follows: MR. COWEN (Liberal), 7356; MR. HAMMOND (Conservative), 6353; majority for MR. COWEN, 1003. There was considerable excitement during the day amongst the crowds of people who assembled in front of the Town Hall and at the central committee rooms, from nine o'clock in the morning, the hour at which the casting up of the votes began, until the declaration was made. Up to the last moment the result was certain, though as the day progressed it was generally believed among MR. COWEN's supporters that there would be a majority in their favour of at least 500. The announcement of the numbers was received with loud cheering for the successful candidate.
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TRAGEDY AT FARNHAM. - On Saturday, a man named STEPHEN DEADNAN and his wife were found in their house at Bath-cottages, near the Farnham railway station, both being fearfully wounded. MRS. DEADNAN was lying in an upper room of the cottage. Four or five wounds had been inflicted on her head and the upper part of her body, and in another room the husband was discovered with his throat cut in a frightful manner. Both were alive at the time, but the man died in the course of the day.
Although the injuries sustained by MRS. DEADNAN were of a most serious character, she was able to give some particulars of the occurrence. From her statement to the police, it appears that her husband quarrelled with her as they were dressing in the morning. He attacked her with a knife, and stabbed her several times, the weapon being broken in the struggle that took place between them. He then rushed downstairs and cut his own throat with another knife.
According to the neighbours, the deceased man and his wife had lived very unhappily together for a long time past, and it was stated that the former had recently frequently assaulted and threatened the poor woman, who is the mother of several children.
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IT IS STATED that the Turkish Government has ordered an ironclad corvette to be constructed in England at a cost of three millions of francs.
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A KANSAS PAPER, which finds it expedient to avoid personalities, says: "MRS. GUERNSEY, of Fort Scott, recently fired at some burglars, and next day one of the aldermen had his arm amputated."
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SCIENTIFIC. - Languid but Learned Swell: "No, fact is I never dance. Find physical exercise bad for brain. Going rather deep into natural history - aw -".
Ignorant Little Creature: "What do you mean ? Are you keeping rabbits ?" - Judy.
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THE ' Scotsman's' Londonn correspondent hears that one of our most popular dramatists is about to bring out a play which will present JOHN KNOX in a singularly novel character - that of exhibiting an intense feeling of love for MARY STUART, and at the same time struggling with the insane passion.
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FOR THE NEXT BUDGET. - "A tax of two-pence a day on all foreigners in France" is said to be under consideration. Does not this suggest to MR. GLADSTONE a splendid opportunity ? Let him only impose a tax on all foreigners in England, being organ-grinders or street-musicians of any description, and he will so endear himself to the whole country that we shall hear no more of Conservative reaction. - Punch.
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SMALL NEWS ITEM.
A BRISTOL CONTEMPORARY says a Taunton butcher the other day killed a heifer whose kidney weighed no less than 174 lbs.
This beats the famous Scotch gooseberry.
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Eamont Bridge
THE BRIDGE OVER THE EAMONT.
On Wednesday week, a portion of the committee appointed at the Westmorland Quarter Sessions to examine into the reputed dangerous state of the bridge crossing the river at Eamont Bridge, met to view the structure, accompanied by MR. BINTLEY, the county bridge surveyor.
The gentlemen present were the
REV. CANON SIMPSON, D.D.
CAPTAIN MARKHAM,
F. PARKER, Esq.
and
W. H. PARKIN, JUN., Esq., members of the Penrith Local Board of Health.
MR. WM. LYNN
MR. G. GOODBARN
MR. T. REDFERN
and
MR. J. PATTINSON.
A minute examination was made, and valuable hints and suggestions were given by MR. BINTLEY for the elucidation of the matter and the amendment of the evil, of which frequent complaint has been made, by widening the structure.
Whilst the gentlemen were prosecuting their investigation, a most conclusive illustration was given of the awkward and dangerous character of the bridge. A gig coming from the direction of Penrith, in which a lady and a gentleman were seated, was about to meet a brewer's dray proceeding in the opposite direction near the apex of the structure, and the latter had to draw aside into one of the recesses to allow the other conveyance to pass.
Although nothing of a definite nature was decided upon, an unanimous feeling seemed to prevail that steps must be taken, either by widening or some other means, to protect travellers from the great danger to which they are at present exposed.
On Wednesday week, a portion of the committee appointed at the Westmorland Quarter Sessions to examine into the reputed dangerous state of the bridge crossing the river at Eamont Bridge, met to view the structure, accompanied by MR. BINTLEY, the county bridge surveyor.
The gentlemen present were the
REV. CANON SIMPSON, D.D.
CAPTAIN MARKHAM,
F. PARKER, Esq.
and
W. H. PARKIN, JUN., Esq., members of the Penrith Local Board of Health.
MR. WM. LYNN
MR. G. GOODBARN
MR. T. REDFERN
and
MR. J. PATTINSON.
A minute examination was made, and valuable hints and suggestions were given by MR. BINTLEY for the elucidation of the matter and the amendment of the evil, of which frequent complaint has been made, by widening the structure.
Whilst the gentlemen were prosecuting their investigation, a most conclusive illustration was given of the awkward and dangerous character of the bridge. A gig coming from the direction of Penrith, in which a lady and a gentleman were seated, was about to meet a brewer's dray proceeding in the opposite direction near the apex of the structure, and the latter had to draw aside into one of the recesses to allow the other conveyance to pass.
Although nothing of a definite nature was decided upon, an unanimous feeling seemed to prevail that steps must be taken, either by widening or some other means, to protect travellers from the great danger to which they are at present exposed.
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Military Training Ground
A correspondent says - "Since 1872, the War Minister and his subordinates have been unceasing in their efforts to secure, for the purposes of a military tactical station, some 1,500 or 2,000 acres of the numerous large tracts of moorland in Yorkshire and on the eastern borders of Westmorland, at something like a reasonable price, but without avail.
Of the three and a half millions voted by parliament for carrying out the provisions of the Localisation Act, £300,00 was allowed by the Committee for the purchase of lands to form this tactical station; but in estimating the probable value of moorland, the Committee appear to have entirely overlooked one very important item, which is the annual rent derived from sportsmen.
Many of these barren moors, to all appearance valueless, will realize during the season from £10 to £14 per acre for their fluctuating supply of grouse to the gun, and as the demand for sport each year far exceeds the supply, the prospective value of the moors becomes proportionately high.
Unless, therefore, Government is prepared to give a fancy price, it is to be feared that the North will still remain without its Aldershot, and must fain be content with a limited training ground for its militia and volunteers.
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Of the three and a half millions voted by parliament for carrying out the provisions of the Localisation Act, £300,00 was allowed by the Committee for the purchase of lands to form this tactical station; but in estimating the probable value of moorland, the Committee appear to have entirely overlooked one very important item, which is the annual rent derived from sportsmen.
Many of these barren moors, to all appearance valueless, will realize during the season from £10 to £14 per acre for their fluctuating supply of grouse to the gun, and as the demand for sport each year far exceeds the supply, the prospective value of the moors becomes proportionately high.
Unless, therefore, Government is prepared to give a fancy price, it is to be feared that the North will still remain without its Aldershot, and must fain be content with a limited training ground for its militia and volunteers.
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