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eceinber 21, 1882.
THEATRE CONFLAGRATION.
A Glitterina Palace B-urned Down
a in London.
THE CEL.EBRATED ALHAMBRA DESTROYED.
• A London cablegram gives the ,following
additional partieulars of the great fire
there last (Wednesdaa) night,: Shortly
after 11 o'Olook, when tlae,perfornaatice had
defied to -night, a fire broke outin themell-
known Alhambra Theatre; which was com-
pletely destroyed. The Alhambra Theatre
one of the best known in London, and
possibly in the world, and is located in
Leicester &mere. Years ago .it was a
• tnausio, hall, conducted on eather loose.
'pelt:v.)416es and the license was refused.
The struotare • was remodelled and the
theatre became one oa the most capacious
in the Metropolis, affordingseating
acoOminodation for between six and
seven--thottsandapecople. alt -had fives
or six galleries; , with • plate-glassi,
embellishments , and plate -glass veneered
pillars. • The ' effect when the. building was
illurnieated, by its hiinareas of lights was
dazzling an the extreme.. 'The stage was
enormous in width and depth, and specially
constructedwith a view to the movements-
' at large corps de ballet, and adapted to the
produotiOn spectacular plays. , Of late,
years the theatre has been known as the
•homenf ,the ballet in. London, maintaining
. several of the leading ballet 'dancers in the
woild.The ballet ,girls-aand supernumer-,
aries. -attached to the 'theatre ,tirdinarily
»umber- about 300, wad, that number has
been Budaeely thrown Outad employment
by to -nights conflagration. The per.•
aormatice to -night was Johann .Strauss'
mew- opera, " The"Merry, War," ,in whiah
the welaknotin artistes, Miss Constance
Loieby, Mdllea Lory Stubel, Madame
. Amadi, Mr. Henry Walslieni, Mr. Allen
' Therese , and liens. Albert Lefevre, With
Toldlitiaa de ".Labatiatielea itiad MdlIMarin
• Valin as the principal .danseuses; appeared.
• They all 'escaped,' although -their Jose in
waxarobe is heavy.. The opera was
gorgeously mounted, it grand military ballet
with silver-olad amazons as the rival
• armies being special features. The fire was
firatnoticedin the salami where refresh-
• ments wereaseived. Shortly afterward the
whole front of the theatre was ablaze. The
flames spread with fearful' rapidity, and
the entire structure was seen destroyed.
The'diettibt atoned forsome ,distailoe was
illuminatedeandthe spectacle was one of'
appalling grandeur. The cease of the fire;
ze • . . • a
• A last(ntireday) night's London cable-
• gram eays : The premises of Foster, Parker
• alt Co., wholesale hosiers. on Wocd street, .
• extenling back to Philip lane, are on fire,
and tae coeflagrationthteatens to became
meet serious.- sSevetal houttece oh'.Phulip
lane have catight fire, andthe etreet being
very narrow, it is.diffictilt for . the fireMen.
to -approach-the- burning -building; 7-The-
flaines have extended on Philip lane south
• as far.as Addle street.. Two public huild-
• inge•aee now burning.. . .
.The fire is extending to the warehouse or
Peter. Ryland, dealer in flowers, straws
and millinery, one of the largest on Wood
• . street, and is now burning. Buildings a, 8
and 9, Philip ,lane, are also on fire. The
conflagration illuminates . the city: Only
ten engines are es- yet present. The
• building on the oorner of Philip' lane has
fallen. • . .
The -fire is one of ,the largest that has
• occurred ahere many.- years. The,
• buildings on ,the whole northern aide'
• of Addle street have been gutted.. Byland's
wareheuseiedeetetoyed. The,cmteide ,wall
of Foster, Parker 84.Coas..betaling has jtiet
' setting fire. to .the'hcieses on the
opposite sideaff Wood street. • The fire
• steadily againing headwaa.., It is stated
• that Foster, Parker& Co. and Peter italand
Are telly ,insured, but their lessee are
' inarnensea •• ' ' saaasa, '•
'Iseens.-Te.fire on theadalabBite side of
. • . .
• Weed streetie now extinguished, thealamesi
being confined to.the block of buildings
bounded by theLondon wall, Philip lane,
Addle and WoOdetreetsathe whale of which
. block is expected to bedeetroyeda '.Silber
•Fleming's' watehonee on.:Woad street is
gutted. The only part of the . block.. now
intact is that facing the.Londim all. The
buildings.fitaing on:Addle streets are still
• burningfiercely. ' '-
Owing to the serioneneas of -the 'fire,
Capt. Shaw has called out nearia, the whole
fire.dePartnaent. •
• - Peemoratt, Deo. 7. -The: Harvey Oxide,
• CreasOte Werke are ,on fire. • The "conflagree
Con is lemons°. , • • • ,
LoNisoia, Deo. - Tae .firelaet istglitaaae
••• the greatest in London since the celebrated.
Toolyetreet fire: 'The lose is eetiaaateci at•
upwaids, of 2,900,060.' .The' whole ,blOok
between London Wall -and Phillip. Lane,
•Addle street- and .W30 -street, except,
theiva.rehouses,on the corners • of London
• Wall; , were , destroyed. The • fire is now
subdued, butthe remainder, of the blOok ie,
still in danger. at is believed eight Ferasstsiii
are injured, some .aerionely. It a stated..
• that Fostor,,Parke0 Co., bad litoisk in silk
alonethatis ..estinaated as worth £600,090,'.
• Laten.-Thesalvitge-cerps saved a large.
• aria:Mut Of goods. Tbe walls Of the .ware-
hoeee,ssayetes butnedon.,.. Wood street arid
Phillipealane,aud„ fell Dato,. thergadway
with 'EL theta:Nike thunder, filling the streets
with binning debris. The engines are still
pouring.imnaense volunaes Of 'water On the
ruins. • The buret' area is over two acres.
A fireman, missingis believed, to be over,
• whelmed br dariewhen• the weal -feta The,
totalloss Is now estimated at three million
pomade... •
tataleasamr FEL EXPLOSION.
Men Reduced to Mincemeat and Blown
200 Yards Away -Eight Persons Kill.
ed and Three Seriously Injured.
A Shawneetotvn (III.) telegram says : At
the SEM millof J. Vincent 8t Son, at noon
to -day, eleven men employed about the
mill were sitting in the engine room eating
their luncheon when the boiler exploded
with great violence, completely wrecking
the mill, .and throwing iron plates 600
• yard& killing eight men and wounding the
other three. One was blown into the river,
and two hurled 260 yards away. Several
men were actually blown into mitmemeat,
and their friends eubsequently went about
with pails picking up fragmentee • The
naLOOS of the killed are Wna_Moragemery,
Charles Bloss, Henry Ettighes,-Chas. Baker,
• George Price, W. 11. Grove, James Me-
•' Loatighlin, Samuel Kennedy..
The'trial of Patrick* Higgine, Thos. nig-
• - -gins and Michael Flynn, charged with the
,natirder of the Ruddy& began at Dublin on
• Thursday, The court was crowded. It is
reported that it will depend upon the
results of the trial whether the naurderers
• Of Deteptive Cox will be tried by a jury or
by a cointnission (*judges. There was
• much surprise on Wednesday at the dis-
• agreement of the jury in the case of a
• prmoner Who Whf3 clearly guilty of arson.
METHODIST
The Name- to be etiveno to the
Infant.
M. E. BODT TO SPEAK FIRST.
A Toronto despatch says: Tim Methodist
Union Committee closed their deliberations
to-day(Wednesday). The report of the
Committee on Church Publishing Interests
was presented and adopted. It gave a list
of the assets of the various bodies and re-
dubed the anaounts.to allow for shrinkage.
It reconamended that,ate the assets of the
Book and Publishing House of the Metho.
dist Church of Canada were larger in pro.
portion to the number of ministers than
those of the threeother contracting bodies,
that each minister' of these bodies coming
into the union shall pay into the general
publiehing fund such a sena as will make
his interest equal to the per ca.pita interest
of the'three conferences. A provision was
-made for the payment by note of those
sums. The report Was 'adopted. The re-
port of :the Committee' on the Quarterly
and District' Conferences -was 'then con-
sidered. It suggested -the composition -at
these conferences with rules for the transac-
tion of business. It was adopted.
•
NAMING THE INE,1NT.
Rev. F. B. Stratton moved that the rieW
Church be called "The United Methodist
Church." • -• .
Rev. Dr. Satidersona-Is this not a little
premature?
• Rev. Dr. Sutherland -Wait till the olaild
is born. • • ;
Rev. Dr. Sanderson -Then the christen-
ing can come. • ,• •
Rev. W. Pascoe moved that the name be
" The Methodist Church." , •
• Rev. Dr. Detvart moved, "The Methodist
Church of Canada." • •
•Rev. Drs. Sanderson moved, "The .Wes-
leyan Illethodiet Church of Canada." -
• Rev. F. Chisholm moved, " The Wesleyan
Episcopal Church." •
Mr.. Joha Macdonald moved that the
_matter be relegatedte theaGeepaal Center-
" Rev. Dr. Sutherlana moved as a substi-
tute for all the motions before the com-
mittee, That it be called "The Wesleyan
21ethodist Episcopal Primitive BibleClaris-
titan Church."- (Laughter.) ,
Rev. Dr. Harper said f i.they called the
new Church United Methodist Church
people .would call them the U. M. Church;
whereas if they called itajtmply the Meth°.
dist they would be coming back more
closely to the days of , John Wesley, and
more in keeping with the hymn book,
Which stated it WM for "The people called
Methodists." The Hymn Book is the
Methodist Hymn Book, and as the de-
nomination eaten& over MOTO than the
whole of -Canada they ought to have more
than a seetionalamme.
The amendment of MaaJohn Macdonald
was put and Jost) and eventually the'name
suggested by REM. W. PaS000 Was 'adopted
for recommendation to the First General
• Conference of tae United Church. -
-The-alethodist -Episcopal General-- Con-
ference adjourned at Hamilton, subject to
the call of the BisbOp and the Secretary.
It has been decided to callat for a special
session, to consider -the basis of union, oh
January 9th, 1883, at Napanee. • The
General • Conference of • the Methodist
Episcopal Church will be the first body to
declare on the tope of union, as adopted
by the JointComnaittee.
• •
SENSATIONAL STORY.
Alleged Brutal Murder of IL Wife by a
. •
A last (Teesday) night's Ottawa despatoh
says: A rumor was current in the.city to:
day that a bloody tragedy had been enacted
pn -the 12th concession of Fitzroy. The
particulare of the case are as follows: This
afternoon • a farmer named T. E. Evans
came to th'e cityand reported that aneigh-
bor of his named Kerr was suspected of
having murdered wife several days ago.
He said nothing was known of the tragedy
until after the obsequies were over, when a
grandchild told a friend that Kerr had
quarrelled -with his wife, and .when' !the
offered resistance hekicked her several
times in the abdomen and then threw
her downstairs, • where she expired
almost instantaneously. After ha.ving com-
mitted themurderous act he coolly sat
down and partook of &hearty meal in full
view Of the lifeless body of the woman he
had -promised to love, honor and-- cherish.
He then came to, the city, where he met
friends who expressed regret at the sudden
death of his wife. He replied that she was
-not dead, and. subsequently, drove 'home
• and participated in the wake scene. A
•warrant was issued for his arrest and
entrusted to a Mr. Minna for execution,
there being no regularly appointed con-
stalsle for the county. Mr. Yonne, being ea
neighbor, did not wiela to incur the iIlwill
of the Kerr family, and up to the present
time no further action has been taken.
Kerr is Adapt large, but if is understood
that the County. Attorney will take steps
to have the case investigated.
• la Prisoner's Desire to be a Suicide.
A Welland despatch says: The prisoner
Lister is doing bis utnaost to defeat the ends
of juatice. On Friday he, for the second
time, broke a bottle in which • medicine
had been Bupplied and with apiece of the
glass out his throat. The person who its
up at night to watch Lister had lain down,
but the noise of the breaking �f the glass
aroused hire, and he atneach jumped up and
gemmed Lister's arms, but not until a gash
scome three inches 'long and about' thfee-
quarters of an inch deep had been cut in
his throat.- He bled pretty freely. Collo.
dion was at once applied to the wound and
his aim frustrated. The handle -of an iron
spoon had also been found, the end of
which Lister had endeavored to grind sharp
by rubbing it against therwill of his room,
doubtless with the intention of utilizing it
foithe purpose of taking his own life. He
also became possessed of a razor which had
been used for shaving the prisoners, and
which he had in his bed, but it was found
• before anything serious occurred.
Death -Dealing Blizzards.
A Grand Forks (Dalt.) telegram • says :
Terrible suffering front blizzards is reported.
near Adler and Mendelson Battlements, in
this county, where Russian refugees are
living. Many families have suffered
intensely. _
There are 75 bodies a the morgue in
New York waiting to be claimed.
A Munich inventor has brought forward
an improvettent in the construction of
piaeofortes, whichait is claimed,meets the
problem of equalizing the strength and fla-
mes /of the different; octaves, A series of
tunifig forks are freely suspended over the
three highest octaves) of the piano, each
fork having theexact pitch of the string
over which it is suspended. The vibrations
of the string are communicated to the fork,
which, in return, reacts on the string, and
thus a full and sustaanea tone is secured, in
atrong contraet to tbe usual short and dry
tone's of this instrument.
SAVE IgLOWIN
Allow a Gang of Burglars Robbed:a Rail.
• way-4Vatchessesi Locked in a Cloiet--
• A TOugh Task vrith Very' e Pifer
Results. • ^
A Detroit.telegram says: One of the nacat
daring safe robberies ever perpetrated in
Detroit Occurred at the Michigan Central
Stook Yards, one mile west of the -Grand
Trunk Railway Junction, on Sunday, the
burglars having all their work and worry
for the paltry sum of 050. Three naen
Were in the office about 2 a. m.,
when four naeaked men 'walked in at
the door and, preeenting revolvers to the
heads 'of the watchmen, demanded
obedience to their commands on pain of
instant death. They were made to sit
down dia the floor and remove their shoes,
after Which all three were hustled into a
closet and eeourely locked in. The
burglars then proceeded to the cashier's
office, where they began operations upon
•the safe. They had not been at week more
than tea minuteewhen the . foreman of all
• the watchmen between Third street and
the Stock Yards came along -on his nightly
rpund of inspection. He was whistling as
he approached the • building, se that
tune before before ' he arrived. • As '• he
entered the -door his hands were
seized by two of the intruders. Supposing
the men were drovers who mistook him for
a robber, he called out, " It's all right,
gentleman, I am one of the watchneen
here." He at once saw his error. After
relieving him of hie revolver the men
• looked him up in the closet with the other
watchmen. Work on the safe was resumed,
• aud in the course of an hour the imprisoned
men heard a dull exoloBion like the firing of
a cannon at a dietetic°. Soon after the
robbers left, .takine the watoarcien's
shoes, which • tbey • threw about in
all directions in the snow in order
to prevent their being immediately
followed. As soon as it was apparent
• that the burglars had left the building, the
men in the 'closet broke down the door, and
after finding their shoes started in pursuit
of the fugitives, who came towards the city.
The chase had finally to be given zip as
lie -palm and the men returned to the stock-
yards. The door of the safe was found to
have been blown about six' feet, a hole
having been drilled at the side of the
combination lock, into which the
powder had been • introduced and
exploded. • A careful '-examination
• made later in the day showed that 1$50 in
Canadian money had been taken,while
cheques for $1,600 and several envelopes
containing money to the amount of $70
had been overlooked. The money in
envelopes belonged to drivers, and bacabeen
paid in for disabled stock left at the yards
• for sale. It is probable that the burglars
supposed the • envelopes contained mere
business letters, and that -they threw them
aside as not worth taking.
DETECTIVES AND THIEVES.
Startling Revelations by Two ciente
meu-sitniesri. inLcngue with Thieves
• and' Sharing the PrOCCed8 of Rolts:
A Wasbington telegram eays: The Citi-
zens' 'Committee to -day had an interview
with O'Leary and Murphy, three-card
inmate men, now serving a term in the
district jail. They made startling 'revela-
tions, giving detailed accounts of the Bur:
dette bilk robbery, robberies in Upton ds
Woodhouse's Government Printing Office,
money thefts, and the Fitch -Fox • and
Brown • robbery. The names of the
• operatives in each . • instance were
given, the list including Well-known
northern professionals. The „inmate
men say detectivei of Washingtoelireach
,anatance received a, percentage oi the pro-
ceeds of robberies. The amount in every
case was given, and the narnes of the detec-
tive's most active in the business were fur-
nished. • They assert certain detectives -
whom they name planned and sent for the
opetatotstto,execute each robbery, the field
of operatione being chosen where the deteo
tivee could afford thieves reaeonable
immunity from capture. O'Leary said the
high percentage charged for protection by
Washington fdeteotives as. a matter of
complaint among all the members of his
professionwith whona he ever " stood 'in."
• The percentage usually (Margot', where•ar-
rangements -could be Made with officers,
was 10 per cent., • but here the detec-
tives demanded 20 per cent. • Murphy
said O'Leary gave &circumstantial aneount
of the Christia.ney diamond robbery at the
National -Hotel on the 16th of Septeriabera
1881, and alleged that the diamonds, which
were yalued.at-$15,000 to a20,000, were di's-,
posed of at a great sacrifice in New York,and
a heavy percentage was given to two
detectives who are named. The wife of
one of these men, O'Leary said, now wears
cheeses made from Bilk taken in the
Burdette silk robbery, and given the detec-
tive as his part of the plunder. They said
the entire detective force of the district
participated in the three card receste and
bunko lousiness, and received pro rata
dividends from assessments levied each
week upcin the combination'. ,
The Sick 'Man Very Mica. Y •
• A London despatch to the New York Sun
says: " The Sultan is the meet abjectly
IA retched of all monarchs. The evente of
the past few monthsathe defeat of his pro-
jects ha Egypt, the sword which England
holds suspended over his head, the intrigues
by which he is surrounded, the contempt
with which he fiuds atituself regarded in ,
every court in Europe, even in that of
RUSSia, where he futilely offered Constimti-
• nople for Russian garriSon if Russia would
interfere in Eaypitaahaaci • Weeketied-libi
intellect; There is insanity in his family
and he shows symptoms of it. He isa prey
• to the most fearful fits of _depression,
• becohaes frantic; , walks and shrieks at
itnaginary enenaies, makes and unmakes
Ministers in twenty-four hours, and alto-
gether presents a pitiable spectacle. His
dread of assassination haunts hina like a
• nightmare." .
The DendlY Diphtheria,
A Saturday's Belleville despatch says:
The diphtheria epidemic at Mr. Daniel
Grass', fifth concession Sidney, is of the
mot malignane and fatal character. Mrs.
Graes died ah Wednesday night, and the,
third child last night, making four roam-,
hers of the 'faintly who have died since
Sunday. Mr. Grass remains in a very
critical cOndition, and ,his, recovery is
doubtful. Of those who have been attend-
• ing Mr. 'Grass' fanaily Mrs. James
Kitcheown, sister of Mr. Gras& and two
sons of Mr. Allan T. ,Kitcheown, brothers
of Mrs. Grass, are also prostrated ; by the
disease. Mr. 'Henry Grass, of this city;
• father of Daniel Grass, has aleo been
attacked by the disease, but ina mild form.
• Sixty-five per cent. of the population of
New. Mexico can neither read nor write. ,•
• Zachary: Yes, there is quite a differ
tame between an entry clerk andel-annoy.,
Spain hits expressed herself as strongly'
opposed to the idea of the United . Statee
being allowed the exoldeive right of ieter-
iention in coenection /with the 'Panama
Canal.
VICE:RGAL TRIP.
Sensational Report as to a Supposed Fenian riot
and lethal]. kidnapping Scheme.
IS Tilt PRINCESS SICK
A San Francisco despatch SEIS The
Vice -regal party remain here a few days to'
rest, and then take the southern route
home. Colonel DeWinton says the move-
ments! of the party are undetermined. It
is thought the Princess' health will indoice
her to winter in some of the warmer/
climates of this continent. The Marquis
will shortlyreturn to Canada; to be present
• at the opening of Parliament. All engage-,
merits of the 'party are cancelled. The
Marquis was photographed to -day. , The
Princess remained at the hotel indisposed.
From Washington cornea • this , queer
report; The Marquis of Lorne, with the
Princess Louise, now in. San Francisco,
has appliedto the Secretary of War for a
military escort as far south as San Antonio,
Texas: They fear, it is said, that they
rnay become the viotime of a Fenian plot.
The Secretary of War hal-ordered ten men
-and-an-effieer-te-aocompanys-the-party.-
Another despatch Bays it is reported tint
'Lord Lorneas request for troops was made
because of information which His Excel-
lency is said to have received of a plot by
the Indians to kidnap himself and the
Princess and hold them until ransomed by
the British, Government. -
'A repeat from San Francisco this (l'ues-
day) forenoon says: • Lord Lornea3 Secre-
tary says that neither he nor the Marquis
are aware that an escort has been asked
for; though the military authorities may
have suggested the necessity of an escort
through Arizona.
' THE HOCKIES.
ProPosed Route ol the C. P. R. Through
She selltirks--Malor Rodurrs' Report
-Special Features and Difficulties of
, • the Under ter,ing.
• A Montreal telegram says: Major Rod-
gers, of_ .the__Canada Pacific, says_that he
has been surveying in the Rooky Moun-
tains and part of the Selkirks. -No-change
has been made in the locationrecoin:
mended last year. The . directness of the
,route, its shortness, and the fact that the
altitude of the pass is more than 1,090,,feet
lewer than any other from the liatianaSkis
to the Howse Pass are its recommendations.
On leaving the Rockies the route , follows
the valley of the Coluinbia for thirty Miles,
and then turrie southerly along the -Beaver
• for sixteen' miles,. thence westerly and
• southwesterly for six or seven miles to the
east branch of the Illecille-witet,. and fel:
lowing that river and the Eagle River to
Shuswap Lake The pass digeotered in the
• &Burks is not More than 4;500 feet above
theeea, 1,000 feet lower than the Reckies.
If crossed at this elevatioil no tunnelling
will be necessar-y, if .crosbed at an altitude
of 4,20.0 feet a 2a mile tunnel will be moos.
sary, Snow slides will , be avoided •,by
creating sheds that will 'enable tate snow
, to pass over and across:- the track at
atifferent-pointe. 'The cost "a -th-cf,wofk,
from the suninait to the Rockies to the east
• end of „the Shuswap .Lakes, -nearly- 190
miles, will be very heavy, exeept about 20
miles in the Rockies and. 20 in tee Selkirks.
It is the shortest route fterOBB the conti-
nent. The distance across thehead of the
• Columbia through theBelkirks is 658 miles,
• and through the gold range final the west.
" crossing of the Columbia to the east end of,
Shuswap Lake is about 45 miles. The road
through this place can becompletect in three
years „ ae eupplies' can be deliyered by
steemer all `alongthe Thompson Rivet and
-SIIIISWariaLakesaand-also-byboat'onathea
Western Columbia, which is navigable from
.Fort Colville, Washington Territory, to the
Pacific crossing: There are two parties
working east from -the surnmit to Fort Cal-
garry, and the location- fronathe summit to
Fort Calgarry will be completed early in
January. Captain Rodgers. said he never
was interviewed in- Winnipeg, and denies
the etory of a park three Bailee by two at
the summit of the Rockies. .
Significant .Liheral - Victory.
A London (Eng.) cablegram dated last (Friday)
night says: The Tory reaction cry to -day receive
a severe blow in the feast expected quarter..
Liverpool hasreturned a Liberal to Partianient
at a bye -election I ,Because th notoriously rot-
ten borough of eseisbury a few days since, by -e,
• smell majority, substituted a Tory who bad been
!•.nursing " the constituency since the last gen.,
eral elections for Mr. Grenfell (a Liberal)who
sought re-election on his appointment as parlia-
suentary Groom -in -Waiting -to -the Queen, the
whole Tory press, metropolitan and provincial,
'has • assumed the Cassandra :rote ot pro-
phesying the Government's early downfall.-
But.one Liverpool will be valued more by the
Government thane, dezen seats like .tialisbury.
At the general elections Viscount Santion (C.),
Edward Whiteley (C.), ard Lord 'Ramsay (L.),
were returnedbY acclamation -Liverpool, pefng
a three -cornered ,constituency and the latter the
Minority member. In August; -1880, Lord Rain -
say was elevated to the peerage as Lord Dal-
housie, and ,at the bye -election Lord Claud Ham-
ilton (C.) won the seat from Mr. Plimsoll (L.), by
1901,majority. The death , of Lord Harrowby
few weeks eince, and Lord Sandon's consequent
elevation to the Upper House, caused a.bye.elee-
Mon, which wa-, held to -day. Mr. Arthur B. For -
wood, the leader of the -Liverpool Conservatives,
was the unanimous choice of his party,
and regarded as , au exceptionally strong
candidate. At first the Libarale had difficulty
in obtaining a candidate, so hopeless
apparently was their task, but at a late day Mr.
Samuel Smith consented to run as the Govern-
ment candidate. The Tories, ridiculed the idea
of,opposition, and were almost insolent in their
taunts. The 'Government's popularity pulled
Mr. Smith thrmigh, and to-biffit the pou stood
Smith, 18,208; Foi wood, 17,879 ; Smith's (Liberal)
majority, 320. A minority of nearly two thousand
changed into a majority is eertsinly cause for the
LiUeral jubilation in the clubs to -night -Up to
the last moment the Tories were very cenficient,
believing' that Mr. Parnell had instructed tne
Irish electors to repeat the policy of 1880, and
stand aloof frOtn.the Liberal ca, dictate; but it is
fiovi learned thatribisaiiiili-effelliis wei e alliYwed
to vote as they pleased. • " ,
The A rehlaishop's 'Putteral.
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The funeral of.the late, Archbishop of Canter-
bury took place to -day (Friday) at Addiugton.
The ceremony was very Simple. The renlaius
re.enclosed in' a plain oak coffin, and' wore
,placed on a bier drawn -by. hand from the house
to Addington Church. Service was perfornied
by the Vicar'of Addington and Rev. Mr. DaVi(18011,
son-in-law of deceased. ' The Archbishop of York
pronounced the benediction. The--fueeral was
attended by a large assemblage, which proceeded
to the church. on foot, the path having twee
swept through six inches • of • snow. The
weather was ,fine. • The Queen ;was represented
by Lord ,Sydney, Lord Steward of Her Majesty's.
household, and , the Price of • Wales by
the Vicar of Sandringham. The Duke of Con-
• naught WiLEI present in person. great, number
of clergymen, aft-- nded, iecluoing all those
prominent -in -London, but they were, as re-
• quested, witheut their robes. The I3ishops of
iaih nd wens,- Bedford, Cal -Hale, Durham,
Exeter, Lichfield, Newcastle, Rochester, St.
Albans, Winchester and -Truro wore present.
The danghtera of the late Arelibishop Were
present at the graire.,-...A--wreath fro( Sir Moses
Montefloye restexemtbe coffin. The Xodeon,
forraists sent a deputationto' manifest -their
• Sympathy., Representatives 'were also present
from Oxford and Cambridge Universities, and
froin.the Corporation of the city of Loudon.
• Wreaths and naaidts Of sympathy wore 'received
by the bereaved family' from every eines, fries
the Crown Princess of Germany to the poor of
Lambeth. / •• , ,
• Over $20,000 has thus far been sub-
scribed at New York towards the erectioe
of a pedestal for the colossal statue of
Liberty. •
Shawnee College, ten miles soutlaof Bed-
ford, Ind., was burned. on Monday, with
the museum of Indian curiosities, valued
at 10,000.; The fire is suppoeed to be the
work of an incendiary.
ONTARIO LEGISLATURE
Si?.ECIL FROM THE THRONE.
Past Legislation Commended and New
Measures Foreshadowed,
The House was opened with the usual
formalities. The following is the text of
the Speech from the Throne deliveted by;
Lieut. Goiernor Robinson:
,
'4 -PERCH PROM TIIE THRONE.
,
Mr, Speaker and Gentlemen of tne Legislative
-AssenabiY:
With much pleasure I welceme you conee
more to the capital of tbe•Pievince, and to
vier important and responsible" duties as
Provincial representatives of the people.
AGRICULTURAL BROURESS.
I congratulate you on
which
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which during the 'present year the Province
has enjoyed, arisingin part from •the
abundant harvest With which atlas pleased
-Providence to blesethe labors oa, a thrifty
aand-aitaltistrieusapeoplee-aThe-progress-of---
agriculture-in the larevince'duaing the past
twelve years is extreniely gratifying:
Important services -have been rendered to
thie great industry by the week' of the
Agricultural ' College and , Experimental
Farm, by the investigations and 'repeats
of -the Agrioulteral Corarnission, and
bthe other 'measures 'which haee'
rota thee' to time been adopted for this
purpose bythe Legislature. On the peeeent
900aSiOn 1 desire to congratulate you
e,epeoially on the ainaportaut advantages,
winch already ' have a been. ,secured
,by the Bureau:: 'of industries OS-
-tablished in, • your . midst laet
session. The • statistical and 'ether in-
formation 'relating . to , the . agrieultinal
intereste Of the- province, collected, by the
bureau, strikingly exhibits the . Magnitude
• and importance of these material resources.
In the production of cereals, especially, it
is now ascertained that OntariCt beide a,
toren:lest place When compared with the
, . .
most favored regions of this continent. A,
system which, heeides its-othee objects,
provides -for annually publiliingoerefulla.
gathered, . stsaistice of the • ,farth, the
forest and the factOry, is Et -valuable agency.
for exhibiting. the growth and capabilities
of -the Province,- and- cannot fail toprove of
essential seal/ice in 'attracting immigration
and wealth fx °en, other -•. ,
•• 'NEW SETTLERS- IN .ONTAEIO.
notice' With pleasure that during the
present year there has been a maiked
inarease over last year in the nuinberaof
immigrants who have become...peemaneat
settlers incur Proyince.
TICE LUMBER TRADE. .
I havemuch gratification in stating that
the lumber trade, which. always constitutes
an important facter ,in the geueiaIwelfni
and prosperity of the PrOviime; las: alike
sae& source of provincial revenue and of
;profitable inausitry been in a, satisfactory
condition during; the year., The year's re-
cei pte afroin. timber: ancl-fraixaCroverilanasa
• sales will wp.:aohably 'eioCed a• of
di
, ;THE BOUNDARY DAEETE.
I tegret that tee.Federal autheritiee con -
Calle to dispute the title of, the Proyince.
. to its northerlaand westerly poitiens, not.
withstanding tae finerdavius 'award of the
arbitrators which was, made and published
more than four years ago. Some recent ,
. correspondence has taken place on the sub-
ject with the , Federal • Government and
will 'be' laid • before you. The reports of
the Provincial. offieers an: theaconditien of -
atheadisputed-a-tertitaaaceande-orrethealocal
occurrences of athe year will alao. be Fiala
united, for . your information. • :
, RIVERS AND, STREAMS ACT... , •
I commend to your 'earnestatteption the
questimief the territorial integtity of the
Province. You ate already aware that:the;
Act Which was deemed necesectry for Pro-
teeting: , the public airiteaeet rivers,
streams and . creeks has , again . been
disallowed by. the - Federal Govern..
Merit. The recient'decisicin of the Supreme
Cottet of ' Canada :as' -to., the present
estate .of the'.1eav tenders some legisla,tiOn
indispensable in the interest as well Of the
publio,as Of the lumber Meifand all 'others.
whoie business.reqUires that they should,
have .the use, of our ' rivers and Streams.
The finhjeot demands your renewed atten-
tion b'oth in Connection with the.disallow-
ance of the two Acts heretofore passed and
is -involving the legislative :.'autonoray-af
the provint*
•: • , CONSOLIDATION OF TBE STATUTES.
• . .. • .
The. 'revised Acte respecting rautacipal
institutions, and respecting jurors. and
juries;'having, from. ,time to time received'
important additions and improvements,
Bills consolidating the various. Acts on
these subjects will be .subMitted, for your
1
aPTHE SCHOOLS.
°1:8' for 'consolidating the public
.B131
and high school laws will probably be laid
before you. I ' rejoice to state that our
educational institutions ' eOntinne efficient
and progressive; .ancl, that the .scaolastio
advantages of the Province keep pace with
.,. • . •
its rapid matermadevelopment. ,
DimISLATIO/4 FOR PUBLIO .CORPORATIONS.
In pursuance of the policy of passing
general laws -wherever, practicable fon mitt-
tersawhich otherwise would have to be
provided for by private Acts, therewill'
be sulsaiitted, for your consideration
ea 'Bill f or the eonstruction- of street:
railways in • pities'. • and towns ; a
:_faciatate the • erection of
gas works by.niiininipaltieii'i,-and-a-Ifilfto
• provide public . parks where dashed by tbo.
ratepayers concerned and their nautiiaipal
repreSentatives.- Among the other
naeasures, ssdiich . are ' to , be eubnait-
ted for your coesideratian , are:
• Bill to 'supply defects in the • election
tears, a Dia relating tothe lawof insur-
ance, a,- Bill for , the inspection of steam-.
boilers, a Bili respecting private asylums
for the ineane and a , Bill for •simplifying
the peasitice of conveya,ncieg and. the law ot
property. :
THE NEW BOARD. OE ankart.
The reports of the several departments
of tae Public Service fo1. the year 1882
will be laid aefote.. you. Amongst
these will • be the • first annual
report of the .Provincial Board -OtHealth.
I congratulate you upon the advantages
'Which hat e 'already attended the areation
and appointment of this Board, and from,
its operations during the year I venture to
hope that the 'Board:. is, deptined to Prove
an efficieetanatrument in pratootieg the
•hceoaphllie: conitddetiaand' well being . of the
p
, THE mcniist REPORT.
The report of the, License Department
will show the operation of the !teens° `laws
during the year. I am' glad to Ohserve a
deteeminatietatin_the Paelpf...our people to
resist 'all -attempts tco telex the late for
restrictingthe traffie in intoxicating
. ,
EM13LIC ACCOUNTS. ,,E,
„ , , '
The publio accounts of -receipts and
expeaditutes in 1882 will be laid before
yeti. heastinaatee for 1883 will be pre-
.
sented for your approval, and will be Mind
to beframed witb every regard for °cottony
• consistentwith the effiolency of the Publics-
serviotlf.
I trust that the labors of this session may
be marked as those of past sessions have
been by wisdom, and prudence, and may
serve to further promote the prosperity and
happiness of our people.
A DRUNKEN IFILICADISMAN.
Revelling .I*Ifneee-dIngs at a Pulsar
All Denmark (Esaxyescutithie°11C. -
Copenhagen coa-
1
respondent1of the St. James' Gazette, re -
!erring to an event already briefly spoken
of in the TIMES' cablegraras,) was thrilled .
by a general feeling of horror when the
papers brought the details'Of the execution
of a criminal in a provincial place the pre:
view day -details whish painfully remind
one of the disgraceful manner in which
Sofia l'etroWskaya, was executed last year
at St. Petersburg. According to the Danishlaw,orinainals condemned to death • suffer ,
the last penalty of the law by decapitation
by means'. of an axe, the block
being placed • at some conspic- -
nous place az . near az possible
to the place where the murder was coni.
-nritted-.7--AT-man-con-dsnmed-to-d-sath--w5
'fp. be executed yesterday morning, and, as •
usual, a late'se crowd of people frona the
surroundingdistricts had assembled round -
the spot, only one constable being present
to keep order. When the usual formalities
were gone through the criminal laid -his,
head on the block; but the eye and the
hand of the executioner, who had been
drinking heavily 06 the previous day, were
uncertain, and thestroke fell over. both .
shoulders, the criminal uttering;a smoth-
ered cry of pain. The executioner
wrenched the axe out of the' wound, •
wielded it again, and struck the criminal
high up on the back of the head ;
again he Wrenched the axe out of the
wound, and succeeded at last in cutting the
head off. The crowd rushed to the bead.
lesstrunk, some to try to catch some d.rops
of blood, which the peasants think has some
• kind of magical effect to cure certain dis-
• eases; others to Satisfy theie morbid curio-
sity. jri- fact, a herrible and disgusting
• scenestook place, several menand wornena -
fainting. Every one,agrees-that guise a
disgraceful spectacle in,nst never more take
place in Dearnarlt, and the Miuister of a
Justice has already, with praiseworthy
speed, declared his intention to bring in a
shortBal providing for execution by means
of the guillotine and within the precincts,
Of a prisona
• JAIL;BREAKEligel FOILED.
A Conspiracy to Escape from the Mani.
toba Penitentiary -- Desperate ploi
Among the Convicts
A Winnipeg telegrani says : An attempt
Was made at 3 o'clock last Friday after-
noon by eleven convicts in the Provincial
Penitentiary to break. prison. A conspiracy
had lasen formed fee some days under the
leatlership of Ottryin, Who lately shot the
man IlloDonald in a hotel in this city. The
guard in charge was struck with a stick of .
wood and fell to -the floor ihseneible. His
___eaolverd_keysewere_thea_taltemaind,he
was gagged, and tied, whee • the eleven con-
• icts mitrohecl under the lead of Garvininto
lae main corridor. Here Warden Bedson
met the men, when Garvin at once opened
fire with a revolver'lizieg four ehots, but
none took effect. The warden at once
• grappled with the assailants, atid the shots
alarrcied the guards, who turned out armed,
with revolvers and carbines, when they
overpowered the convicts, shaeklei them,
and took them back tothe cells. The good
discipline of the institution prevented the ,
escape of the conspirators.
'I'he Jersey Idly Indisposed.
A Boston telegram says.: When the tirne-
had "arrived for the curtain to rise on the
third act of "The Unequal Match," at the
Globe Theatre, on Saturday afternoon, the
• manager appeared before the curtain and
begged the indulgence of theaudience for a
few minutes until Mrs. Langtry could re-
cover -from, an attack, of neryoue proatration,
with which it was stated she was suffering.
In ten minutes the •curtain rose and the -
play proceeded to the close: , On Saturday •
evening Mrs. Langtry played Rosalind, and
though exhibiting at times some .slight
physical weakness, carried the part through
the entire play. • After the performance she
was' to have attended the reception
tendered her by the Papyrus -Club, the, oc-
casion being "ladies' night," when a num-
ber of ladies prominent in tbe literary..
world would be present. Her health, how-
ever, prevented her attendance.
The faculty of the 'Kingston Medical -
School have declined to accede to the male
students' reqtoest for the exclusion , of
women, ad the malcontents are now
threatening to pursue their studies else,
where.
A man named James Lynob,: while
chopping wood between Westport and Bed-
ford Mills, was killed instantly by the fall-
,
ing °fax tree yesterday.
The shareholders of the Montreal East •
End Abattoir refused to confirm the lease
to Mr. Linghatn. The company 18 said to —
be earning at the rate of 618,500 per al:Marta
=4c1013)3M SIASING
(FROM BRAZIL.)
The Now Compound, its won-
derful aff.inity to the Digestive
Apparatus and the Liver, increas-,
ing the dissolving Jzzices,
ing almost instantly -the dreadful
results of.Dyspepsia., Indigestion,
and the TORPID LIVER, rnalrns
Zepe.SA-Un every /day neces4ty ii
9ve23» house.
It acts ger2tly and speedily ii
B.Wousness,' Costiveness, Head-
• ache, Sick Headache, Distress al,
for L'a,ting,Wind on the Stomach,
Heartbtzin, Pains, in the Side and-
.8ack, Want of Appetite, Want o)
Energy-, Loy/ Spirits; Poui Stom-
ach. It inligerates the Liver, car-
ries offall surplus-, bile, regulates
the BoWeLs and give,s tone to the/
• UT ale sYstem-,
Cut this out and &Ire it to your ,
Druggist and .ret al° cent Sample,
or a large bottle for 75 cents, and
vont natab or about it,“