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Summary Of News For August
colnshire railway . Several persons were severely hurt by the accident ; and three sergeants belonging to the corpse of Royal Marines were drowned at Portsmouth ^ by the upsetting of a dingy in which they were taking a row . , On the 8 th , Mr . Antey , R . N ., fell from a cliff at Portland , and was killed by the fall .
On the 1 Oth , two young men were drowned at Brighton , by the upsetting of a boat . On the same day , at Ryde , a gunner lost his arm , and another man his thumb , by reason of the premature explosion of the gun which they were firing as the salute of the Royal Victoria Yacht Club to the Emperor of the French . On the 12 th , the body of a man supposed to have been murdered , was found at North Woolwich . On the same day , Lieut . Shafto of the Blues , was drowned in the Thames near Windsor , while bathing .
On the 16 th , there were two collisions at sea . In one , the Carl August , a Prussian vessel was run down by the steamer Scandinavia . In the other case the steamer Britannia ran down the French barque Berthe et lAonore . On the 17 th , a horrible crime was committed at Lincoln . A Mrs . Woolfet , the wife of a cork-cutter residing in that city , in a fit of madness , cut off the head of her own child . On the 18 th , there was a destructive fire in Lambeth-walk .
On the 19 th , a policeman named Geo . Guimer , was- stabbed b ^ r a virago in Short ' s-gardens , Long-acre , while endeavouring to bring back to the workhouse an escaped lunatic . On the 19 th , too , there was a fire at Lewishani , in which property to the value of £ 700 was destroyed . . "> On the 20 th , a man was killed in a pugilistic encounter in the fields at Kentish Town ... ' . ¦ "•
On the 26 th , there was a collision on the Brighton Railway in which several persons were injured . Amongst the passengers were the Duchess of Inverness and the Bishop of Oxford , both of whom escaped injury . MISCELLANEOUS . On the 25 th of July , John Lewis was executed at Cardiff , for the murder of his wife at Merthyr Tydvil , last winter . On the 26 th , there was an attack made by the people of Birmingham upon the conventicle of the Mormons .
On the 28 th , Prince Napoleon was entertained at a public dinner by the citizens of Cork . On the same day , Baron Rothschild was again elected member for the city of London ; Charles Finch was executed at Chelmsford , for the murder of his sweatheart ; John Blagg was executed at Chester , for the murder of a gamekeeper ; and there was held , at Bedford , a meeting of the Conservative Land Society , Bro . the Hon . Robt . Bourke in the chair , for the purpose of making known the object of the Society . j
On the 29 th , a meeting of the friends of Law Reform was held at Lord Brougham ' s private residence , to organize the coming conference at Birmingham , upon the Reformatory question- It will commence on the 12 th October , On the 3 rd of August , there was a grand fUe at Nuneham Park , near Oxford , for the benefit of the widows and orphans , of men formerly employed by the Great Western Company . r
On the 6 th , the Manchester Reformatory was opened in the presence of a large concourse of visitors , including the principal advocates for a reform of the system of secondary punishments . , On the 7 th , the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland inaugurated the laying of the Transatlantic cable , with great ceremony , at Valentia , on the coast of Kerry ; and in an eloquent speech enumerated-the advantages which he expected to result from the undertaking . On the 11 th , those expectations werq , for the present , disappointed , by the breaking of the cable .
On the 8 th , the Dowager Marchioness of Londonderry gave a splendid entertainment to the workmen employed in her collieries at Seaham . On the same day , the lunatics of the district asylum at Exeter enjoyed themselves at a picnic given
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Summary Of News For August
colnshire railway . Several persons were severely hurt by the accident ; and three sergeants belonging to the corpse of Royal Marines were drowned at Portsmouth ^ by the upsetting of a dingy in which they were taking a row . , On the 8 th , Mr . Antey , R . N ., fell from a cliff at Portland , and was killed by the fall .
On the 1 Oth , two young men were drowned at Brighton , by the upsetting of a boat . On the same day , at Ryde , a gunner lost his arm , and another man his thumb , by reason of the premature explosion of the gun which they were firing as the salute of the Royal Victoria Yacht Club to the Emperor of the French . On the 12 th , the body of a man supposed to have been murdered , was found at North Woolwich . On the same day , Lieut . Shafto of the Blues , was drowned in the Thames near Windsor , while bathing .
On the 16 th , there were two collisions at sea . In one , the Carl August , a Prussian vessel was run down by the steamer Scandinavia . In the other case the steamer Britannia ran down the French barque Berthe et lAonore . On the 17 th , a horrible crime was committed at Lincoln . A Mrs . Woolfet , the wife of a cork-cutter residing in that city , in a fit of madness , cut off the head of her own child . On the 18 th , there was a destructive fire in Lambeth-walk .
On the 19 th , a policeman named Geo . Guimer , was- stabbed b ^ r a virago in Short ' s-gardens , Long-acre , while endeavouring to bring back to the workhouse an escaped lunatic . On the 19 th , too , there was a fire at Lewishani , in which property to the value of £ 700 was destroyed . . "> On the 20 th , a man was killed in a pugilistic encounter in the fields at Kentish Town ... ' . ¦ "•
On the 26 th , there was a collision on the Brighton Railway in which several persons were injured . Amongst the passengers were the Duchess of Inverness and the Bishop of Oxford , both of whom escaped injury . MISCELLANEOUS . On the 25 th of July , John Lewis was executed at Cardiff , for the murder of his wife at Merthyr Tydvil , last winter . On the 26 th , there was an attack made by the people of Birmingham upon the conventicle of the Mormons .
On the 28 th , Prince Napoleon was entertained at a public dinner by the citizens of Cork . On the same day , Baron Rothschild was again elected member for the city of London ; Charles Finch was executed at Chelmsford , for the murder of his sweatheart ; John Blagg was executed at Chester , for the murder of a gamekeeper ; and there was held , at Bedford , a meeting of the Conservative Land Society , Bro . the Hon . Robt . Bourke in the chair , for the purpose of making known the object of the Society . j
On the 29 th , a meeting of the friends of Law Reform was held at Lord Brougham ' s private residence , to organize the coming conference at Birmingham , upon the Reformatory question- It will commence on the 12 th October , On the 3 rd of August , there was a grand fUe at Nuneham Park , near Oxford , for the benefit of the widows and orphans , of men formerly employed by the Great Western Company . r
On the 6 th , the Manchester Reformatory was opened in the presence of a large concourse of visitors , including the principal advocates for a reform of the system of secondary punishments . , On the 7 th , the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland inaugurated the laying of the Transatlantic cable , with great ceremony , at Valentia , on the coast of Kerry ; and in an eloquent speech enumerated-the advantages which he expected to result from the undertaking . On the 11 th , those expectations werq , for the present , disappointed , by the breaking of the cable .
On the 8 th , the Dowager Marchioness of Londonderry gave a splendid entertainment to the workmen employed in her collieries at Seaham . On the same day , the lunatics of the district asylum at Exeter enjoyed themselves at a picnic given