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... A meeting of this committee was held on Tues- day, under the presidency of the Prince of Wales. It was unauimously agreed, upon the suggestion of his Royal Highness^—(1) That a marble statue shall, with tho permission of-the Dean, be erected in Westminster Abbey. (2) That an ample sum having now been contributed, the subscriptions for this object shall be closed. (31 That any surplus from this ...
... NEWPORT POLICE INTKLLIG KNCE. COUNTY POLICE .—SATURDAY. [Magistrates; W. S. CARTWRIGHT, Esq. (ia tho chair), J T LL' GRATREX, and J FIKBANK, Esqrs.; and Lteut-Col. HEYWORTH.] rlAWKixo WITHOUT A LICENSE.—Wm- Lewis, on bail, was charged with hawking without a license at Malady-Fined ls and costs, or 7 days. STEALING A GOOSE.—Joseph Vickery was charged with stealing a goose the property of Edward ...
... In Tuesday's sitting of the Chamber of Depu- ties, the bill authorising the prolongation of existing treaties of commerce was adopted. In the course of the debate, M. Tirard, the Minister of Commerce, spoke warmly in favour of free trade, the effects of which, he said, had been to augment national prosperity. ...
... (Before His Honour JUDGE HERBERT.) MONDAY. THE SILICATE PAINT CASE. His Honour now delivered judgment in the case of Hagward v. Batchellor, an action heard at the last and the previous Courts, in which the plaintiff sought to recover X5 for the painting of defendant's house with silicate paint.—His Honour said he had gone through the prospectus of the makers of this paint, and, as he ...
... MONDAY.—Their lordships met at four o'clock. ROYAL COMMISSION. The Royal assent was given, by commission, to the Dispensary Houses (Ireland) Bill, the Salmon Fishery Law (Amendment) Bill, the Convents (Ireland) Act Repeal, the Public Health Act Amendment (Interments) Bill, the Sale of Food and Drugs Amendment Bill, the Confirmation of Marriage (Her Majesty's Ships) Bill, the Lan- caster Gas ...
... TERRIBLE PRIZE FIGHT NEAR OXFORD.—A terrible prize fight, in which >0 rounds were fought, and both combatants were so severely punished that their faces were quite unrecognisable, occurred at Culliam, on the 7th instant, between a. labourer named William Henry Kandall. who assumed the name of Daddy H ttuhd! and Charles Summerfield, who hails from London, and was styled The Little Londoner, ...
... Messrs. Schofield and Taylor, solicitors, Batley, to* Tuesday issued a circular on behalf of Messrs. T. C. Taylor and Co., dyers, etc., Birstall, York- shire, announcing suspension of payment by the latter firm, owing to failure of Logie and Nicoll, London. Liabilities are estimated at from £ 50,000 to £ 70,000. The assets consist largely of stock-in-trade. ...
... SOMETHING WRONG SOMEWHERE.— Negotiatior§ for Peace I said Mrs. Muddler, reading a contents bill outside a newsvendor's. Why, I thought they hanged him long ago. But there, he's that olever he a been and tricked them again J —Judy. ...
... At the Central Criminal Court., on Monday, the Recorder advised the grand jury to return a true bill against Hannah Dobbs for the murder of Miss Hacker in Euston square. Messrs. Macmillan and Co. have in preparation a new series of Classical Reading Books for the lower forms of schools, selected from the beat Greek and Latin authors. Miss Florence Hyde and Mr. Ives, members cf Mr. DOyley ...
... At a delegate meeting of the steam coal colliers at Merthyr on Monday, 32,000 men being represented out of 40,000 employed, it was resolved, by a large majority, to concede to the associated masters the ten per cent. reduction asked for, although an endeavour will be made to get the masters to take a less re- duction by taking ten per cent. from the wages of 1875. It was also resolved to ask ...
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... Mr. Tracey Turnerelli offers to return subscrip- tions to 112 towns that contributed towards the Beaconsfield wreath. Leeds only has accepted the offer. Mr. Turnerelli now intends exhibiting the wreath, and lecturing on it& history and-the Premier. ...