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Peatei ae eha "chief 44104 On ,Saturday
esel., , ..
. ChiefjestieteCenlereu lit dead. He had
' 'been ilk for four weeks ' with a carbuncle
and blood -poisoning, and ler a fewhiays
with inftemenation of the bowels. He died
, , in Torentp on Saturday night, The renew-
' ing,•ie **etch of his, life ; Sir Matthew
Crooks Cameron: was e Ben of John MaIllPin
Cameron. Ile wee here, 'at Pundits, Ont.,
on ()etcher 2nd, 18e2. His father _ wits' a
, descendent of the Camerons of Fassifern,
Peotlarld• and emigrated from enyerness-
ehire. to Uppei Canada in 1819, pealing at
'Pandas, where he efigeged in bueinetts,
. subsequently discharging the • duties of
Deputy POstinaster under Thomas Allen'
• Steyner, then the Imperial Postmaster -
General foe Canada, at Harenten, and also
' Deputy Clerk Of, the Crown for the .Gore
e '..1.166, aged 79 years. Matthew Crooks
district. He diecl in Temente itt November,
telainertenet mother was Nancy Foy, a
e native of Northnneberland,sEpgiand. •The
'educatioii of the d,eCeiteed *wee obtained
Sept, at Hamilton . under. 'Mr. Meriden
,. and afterwItees the district eohool in.
Torontowhich he .attended for a short
• time, iti'le38ehe entered .Upper Canada
College, wherehe studied Until 1846, when,
in consequence of an ,aceident while out
sheeting, he had to retire. Two years later
enterediffeeeeof eleressreerCaraphell.
de Poulton, of.Teropto; as a studentett-law,
where he remained mien Hilary Terni,1849,
henehe-was-calledeteethe-Bee-of--the-Proe
'Vince of Oetario. Ile engaged in Toronto.
in the practice of his profession, first with
Mr: Boulton, his former master. This firm'
continued until the, law partnership of•
IdefiereeCityley .& Camino was fcirnied,
„.• . the feller member being Hon. Wm. Cayley,
an Englishharrister, and at one tinie In-
. •spectoe-General of the Province, afterwards
• Registear of the emei•ogate Court. In 1859
' Dr, ,e1c4itelitel entered: the firm, -which
' then beceene Cayley, Canierdri e4 Mee
, .Michael. ' Later, Mr: elayley retired and
' Mr, E. Fitzgerald 13ecaine ft .partherin the
• business, and his name was . added, to the
name and atyldof the' -firm, rerpaiping !so
for ' several' yoctee. ' On the retire-
••Inetit- of Mr. Fitzgerald, Me. Alfred
Hoskin became te partner, and remained
Nfelifichael& Hoskin until the senior mem."
bertselevatiorleto-thw-lerinch in November,.
• 1878.. 'Hewas elected a Queen's Ceninseeen
71.86e an-crefe-efect ar Demeter Ati 14-eveniber;
1878. He liest came inecepUblie notice as a,
echinsefin ihe famous ease Of Anderson, the
• leigitive,• gilaye; ,the • refieial to surrendee.f and, ,seeened to lee anused to work. On
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•Meeenrelagipale 0 epere_elitiet---a-eYeehnger
brother. -.Wee ughtersetere'hIreeParAeg,
the Widow of the late eon grebe Rev.W. 5.
Darling, bers A. Wright and young un-
married ditughter.
The late judge • was for thirty. years a
member of Trinity Church, and 'at, the
morning service of that church yesterday
Rev. A. Benson, the rector, referred to his
death. It would „he a 108, he said,
only to Toronto but to the country at Jere.
He referred to the late Judge's .pro-
fessional, public and private life_ invery.
high terries, eitying that even in the jueg
'rnent of his ePPeneeta he Was an incorrup-
tible 4
The, funeral Will ',take thee° to -morrow
afternoon from the residence of Dr.
Cetmeron, .273 Sh,erbeizene street, Toronto,
th James' Cemetery. ' The services
will be read e.t. the house by Rev. A. Sanson
and Canon Dumoulin. •
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' THE OLD OLD STORY
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jilted and 'Tired og Lire a Young TAmly
,Attempts Suicide at, the Falls. '
A last (Sunday) night's Niagara • Palls
despatch says: A handsome 'young women,
whoentys tun name is Austin Whitley,
spent last night at pOliceheti.equarters .for
having attempted commit suicide yes:
terday by jumping off Goat Island into the
cataract.: She was very reticent, and though
talking -entertainingly on otheresubjectse,
refuses to speak about herself. Frein what
(squid be ga,theree of her story, the is the
-daughter of-an-EnglIsh-clergYmaneelend
sought to end her life through disappoint-
ment in love. She said mice that she was
a widow and had two chqdren, and at
another time that she had one son 10'years
old, who was at school in England, whence
she came. The girl threw her pcieketbook;
containing a package of letters,. into the
rapids before she °mild he prevented. Chief
of Police. Barker obtained possession of
anotherlettee'whieh had been torn.
The envelope read, Miss 'Whitley, St.
Paul's Vicitrage, Hallowellegorth • Bolton,
England." The letter was, 'written in an
angular English hand •and began, "Dear
Led," the signature being, "Your Shaer,
A. Whitley.Besides other things, the
NOM. spcike of her coining marriage with
Dr. Shaw and said that although she Was
the black sheep of the family she might yet
be good. The woman has beep. in Mon-.
trealieToronto_andeSteeCitharinese-fellie
came here a week. ego to week in. a hotel,
but refused to associate with the other
servants. She had .a splendid wardrobe
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' '"e""' -'•-i'" •""edenEtrY heel libel:711119d *fetes ee`Vite'tly ets. eeedeee egeeenieeeetilit 4ffeeeil ' `bee eiteiteli. to
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': . a result of • this dem -hee-obtainee O. very Cheelee. Hanna; of . the Caeinee tend teed
' largepracticeenne travelled. from assize to hi -in eleatethe had determined to die in the
assize. patting Mean, immense aenount of. catered. e "You meet be Ceitzy,e he • re -
Week,
assize,
neitelY all • the time enduring plied. ." aba herp. me; but :, I mean to 'do
great personal agony, as the result...efean it;". said the gitt She told'othere the sitme
. Accident suffered eeree•yeete before, • This thing, and Mr; Harine ncitifie'd the police -
accident ;:eeee reed 'While he and. 'another men when he sit* her Beartforthecatareet.
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gentleman were shooting in the marsh near 'She told 'Chief 'Barker that she had no
Toronto. One Of theginis• went off prerinte desire in
live, • and intieneted that she had.
:••' tattler, shooting : Mr: Cameron in the thigh., been jiltedby a .enan to whom: ,itlie • .was
:The moiled took a lied tern and 'the injured engaged.. To -morrow she Will hotelier bite.
... leg:nad to be amputated. •' The, stump never fore Felice Justice Crowley. .'• .:
•, healed : properly, paidever since he was • •• .
THE emetweer •-enAlieki.,Aiee ° •
Particulars- of the lacsclie Froin the ;vessel
'• ' :•41..CourailiOnsAVoinan.'
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. A Chicago despatch says: the schooner
.Reainge, the crew Of whieh rescued the Rile-
yieorsof the :Chernelitiet • disaster, •arrived.
here last' evening. . Atthe time the Cham-
plain caught .fiect the . Racine • was lying
alongside a pier Aix Miles' from Charlevoix.
Captain. Hanson Woke up; saw thc'. burning
steamer and Beet 'Apart of his crew on a
'yawl to rescue the .perishing;. passengers.
siethete all afeerneoe, and •Wonlie not,ad- With the • remainder of ' his crew . ho. ran
jciurn till 4 .ore5 in ' the. inernine if n'eces- down the beach to an Oki fieleboatilannehed
.shry to get through evitlieet . ease, ' .He has it encletteited for •the Wreck: • 'The boat had
worn ont ' three Juries. in. A day. His legal. not been used for a•long tined '.and leaked.
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acquirements end great ;Unmet caused hint .
When:abent •hitif way .outtfo the Champlain
•• to be 'Milked lip to with ninfound respect by Capt. 'Hanson 'came aeioseeYotipg Wonettfi.
-. the Bat, the ineimbers of wbich'also.etitere wee, wasswinithing - ,
toteited. shore with a
' tained..rcipeei 1)M:soli:it affection for • him. child. •• This was Miss Mary Wakefield, :Of
' . His eminning up of n case wee a Mester, Charlevoix. . She . had •• punned Ovet.;
. .pieee of lueidite deel force,The nest pliblid beard ' from ihe - steamier with ' the
•'eoffice •hele• by . the late'. 'Sir' :Ideethew
6 -year-old Child • of • Cent.: • liehoe
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Cameron was 'cin it- • cokiineiretion With cleaned in her arms. . Grasping a broken
''• Ce'leelei • Coffin, aPPeint•ed . 14 1852.! t° lenclete, she •Olun.g. to -•it, • and: seizing the
inquire into theoepees .of accidents, Which,:,
clothingof thethild hi herteethehe bravely
• • hitdbeen ce freptent men ereneeenthe Great attack' out for the . shore, ' . Cant, Hansen
Western. Reilwgiy. In 18Ii9 he•Went into says she ' is , the pluOkiest .W.Ornaii. he ever
the' Tekonto ;Cite Colinail representing St. sawin. his,iife.•when . he stated „ to take
James "Ward, andeetliefice forward he her and' the child into his boat •she tele him
figured prominently in &bike life 'Tie to hark* eaeayte the ' ellen& as she .einild
•.1861, end agarree-e-few .yeneeTelateic at the take Care .of heieelf.•, • She ' Mulled . the
solicitation Of Many eitieens; he contested, .seeee ineeeeety,...ence when another of the
• the Mayoralty enieiteeeeFifelly. 'Li 1861 he shipwrecked passengers was taken froin'
•• ..tintiliked'the erenge'ef :national .polities, and :the boat in an almost tedzen condition she
took Off 'her flaneel•uhderekiet and wrapped
it around him. When Capt. reached
the wreck -the yaweathe Ream had picked
up fifteen persons. ellesave•d six more and:
^seventeen others fleeted ashore by the eid
of planks and mo.proorye.0:,.. .Ainong•the
bodies picked' Up by Cape. Hanson wee
that of Mrs. H. 0: Smith. In speaking of
Capt . Casey, Capt. said 'lie 'never
knew What-courage:fie itnereefeeeit • uetil
he witnessed the heroic' fortitude eiseilayed.
by thebreve coinnmeder of . the Champlain.
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almost, continually in pin from . this
, , accident .The physical suffering never pre-
' vented him from doing ettch a day's work
that few:men in the 'country would have
•-perforined in the same time. In his early
days, when he was 'a practising barrister;
be Would work 'through aim Assize Court,
and then travel all night across country,
. reacts thirty or ferte miles, take up the
.bugeness at another court and:after going
• ,through it traveleo the • next court; and so
on. At -the Assizes, as a judge, he would
go to the bench early ha the morning, wOuld
' sat for North Ontario ,the Canadian
Assembly from the general election of that
" year until the geneeel elect:idle in1863, when
,Inieette, defeated. -; But in .July, 1864; he
re,eleeeedfor the seine' seat, Which lie
tinned to hold nntil Confederation, when
Wes again' iiitericeessful,. At the general
Provincial elections in e867 he Was returned
to Ontario Perlitrinent for East • Toren;
...to; and ee-elected in 187e and 1875. 'He
Was a meniher of the Executive Council in
Ontario in the Sandfieldeldadecniald Ad-
reinieteation from eaely 20tle '1867, until
,. the reeienetien of the :Minietry, December
• 1.9the1871,. anit with tbeeexeeption of tho.
lest' five mentheof this period, when he was
Commissioner of Crown iandsehelieldethe
• offices of Provineeet Secretary and Registrar.'
He was also leltecie and a eery able one too,'
of the Opposition, froml the General. Elec-
tione in December, 1871, Mail appointed to
, the Judgeihipein the Queen's Bench, in
November, 1E178, whieb • po.sitioe . he held '
uetil hi3 rose to. the Chief Justiceship • of
t1ho Commen Pleas in -1884.- -Ile , aided in
forming the Liberal.COnservative Asset:ea-
' eenti..ecett Apt outrage lie uxariege.
, An Uxbridge desPaieli says : Speer -
day eight •last Mr. Thomae Armstrong,
milkman and feebler, of Uxbridge, ae.pre-
minent-Seettlect worker, had. his herd Of
niileh cows .poisoned' by iteoendiels who
placedParis green. Mixed With pelt in the
geld where they were eneleteed. lox ,ehe
night. Of the eine cows ,Were. nei-
soncd tevo ete' dead (veined at 11) -and
two or three otheitake not expected thieve.
The Town Council, At its Meeting on Wed -
day night, o'ffered a reward of $500 for the
Wed -
tion Toronto, became first..Presidene, appeeneneeeee eeehte.ginity Great and lield.thet Mike Mail his Oleyetion to. rj,lidiglIntimi is felt by all the citizens over
eteteeeeella wee also Vice -President • ., •the outrageette Mr, Armstrong is Much
' the LiheraLConeelevative Convention which ,esteeneed, for his upright character and
was assembled in Toronto in 1874. H° was earnest effOrtgl to alifOreeetlegeStett-Adt.
• member of , the and • St. hasbeen Member of the Town Council.
• Ahdreive; , Societies, Ile was ,createde a et.
elor twO years.
Atilight Beehelor on April Sth lest, at. thee new „.„
same linie Chief Judie:, Stuart, of ,Quebee, 11. Aew . • .. •
Y.,Q1.K y (welded that
received a 'similar beeot... On Deeeinber page recently
lst, 1851, he was married in Toronto to tehenteeleaile ()oven the outside Ills of
Miss Charlotte Ross, daughter of Williaiu
the .biiiidingns Well as the inside, at that
he mite It right to lige the fern:tee, foteltdvine
' Weld, who initeediately: prior to his eisieelineeoses, •• . • , •
' death resided it Iletailtole,---Ont-eberire
68r She was a Three. cluancleons ere -kept as pets by a
.Citinerori died .Tan. 14t i 18
wet& first classical fashionable .4widow of 1 hiladelphia. • They
master at.uppee cantos. Celiego, and sue are ootifieed in ie gilded cage when they arof e
.ilio.licrelta, pt,) moktahitdi, efts. Jr.)(not. playfully' rtiviing pp and doWn their
Stieteity, Toineto, and The. Scaddieg, of mistress' arme- .•
• 'Sir Matthew iceede three sons and EVery hotei-keeper in Ridgetdwii has
elireedeeghters: His sops, are:De. Teeing been fined $50 and costs for.violatio n Of the
11,0arldroPi Rem eteA, Calm:leen, of 1 Scott Act, ,except eee, who skipped.
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urtiimium
litajralfloent Spectacle at.Windsor (Witty-
' The Dresses, and !dowels.
London correspondent cable: The.
Queen'e dinner party was unprecedentedly
niagenheeet. It consisted of kings,.
queens, princes and princesses of the Eueo-
pean royal families who are guest's of HerMajesty. The Queen Of Hawaii, Prince
,Kotaatsu of Japan and all the. Indian Princes
were exeluded, as they are to be entertained
separately in a day or twp. Windsor.
The plate; which had been sent from Wind-
sor, was glee-ions'arid' at dessert the Queen
used. for the frettime the service presented
to her by the King of Saxony. •lite is of
'1 pate ptupe" with elowees, in the middle,
and is valued at £8,000, Gold and silver
vases -filled with 'exotics, and forty-two
enormous candelehrit, dontaining over seven
hundred catialdieelleetninitted the table.
The „Queen sat in the centre, and was
dressed in black satin, covered - with
Maltese lace. She wore her usual widow's
cap, with many diamonds 'on it, and
and riblem, of the Garter, with 'all
her other orders. Her hands were literally
laden with priceless rings: She had the
King of the Belgians on her right and the
King of Denmark on her left, and with
them chatted throughout the hitnqpet. The
Queen of the Belgians sae next to the King
of Denmark, having on her right the King
of-Greece.--Then-cameethe-Ceown- Princess
of Germany, who is Certainly the plainest
of the English royal family And who were
eitemervelloneenecklace---oh-'pearlseeicime-of
which were the size of a pigeon's egg. The
Prineess of Wales wore the Jo:Weis presented
to her by the city Of London her Marriage.
The rubies and diamonds Wont by the
Duchess of Edinburgh' are valued at a
quarter of a million sterling. The Crown
Princess of Portugal hacl on superb
emeralds. Behind each guest Was .a see -
vane in .scarlet livery with ppvedered•hair;
goldereepaulets and a court swore; whilst
many gentlemen -in -waiting in full court
attire were grouped around the - The
Band of the Corps of Royal Engineers per-
formed• a selection of music during the
dinner. When they played the ", Blue.
Dainitliferiveitife the Queen sent a, messen-
ger to the Crown Prince of Austria and
snaked graciously el: to ' him, evidently.
wishing him to understand that she
had selected this air in honor Of Austria.
_The „Indian princes haeathe, gopd _sense -to,
wear their national diesses, and these are
most artistio and enriched with priceless,
jewels. When...conduct, however, is some:
timetrather'extraordinaty.' For instance,
eaeetdfetleeenetetheeteieertafeeeledtiaeeeeete
ettetheleitelevehere eresidea, .foe ebeteeen
teneetirinely eabligefiekitesetenelantseteefineeh
all that is leftmxithe-table after each meal,
and tethe evident delight of His Highness,
the -poor felloyee are Tendered ill by over-
eating„ of pats. of . butter And ! such like
bilious article& . • '
" A BURGLAR'S 'ROMANCE.'
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An Escaped* Convict.Beforms,, But. ihe
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Pollee Interrupt Hill Honest Career.
A St. Louis, Rio., • despatch says.: 'Wm
Parker, lilies Renee, an alleged ex -convict,.
wanted in Quincy, • Me, on e „charge of
burglary, was- arrested here last evening;
and the capture brought to light a real
romance. • Parker, after escaping ' from
Tllinois two years'ago, went 7 to St. Louis
and began to earn an honest living: He
marriedand saved money. Two months
ago he bought a house and lot in Magazine
street And ,with his wife and child was do-
ing well When the police identified him
through the mail.. He says he would have
shot himself had he known ewhat • was
coming. ;. • ••
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Emery rotintaine ef.Ease 'Oxford, receiv-
ed. a kick from a:horse 0,11 Thursday after-
noon and !god yesterday morning from the
effects.
The number of cattle shipped from Mon-
treal since the opening of .ziavigatiOn up to
the. 25th June shows an increase of 1,907
overhead the 410Tht 3!BeePtrt Battalion 08: !lie et date.
stole .08•111P
are eight Indians from 'Rice eLake, and
Capt. finelgrove says they are desirable
men, being orderly, active and good !Mots.
One of them is the 13011 Of Chief Crew.
, By an accident on Notre 'Dame street,
kentreal, yesterday. afternoon,- Eedere
Lachance,. the 2 -year-old son' of Francie
Lachance, was struck by a street cat and
one of the child's arms severed.from his
On -Thursday evening a boy 7 yearaohl
was found helplessly drunk at. Kingston.
Ile fell into a deep excavation and ieflicted
a deep wound on his head, and is IlQw very
low; The liquor was given him by two
dissolute Women.;, •
A freight train ren off the track yester-
day on tile prima 'Junction; at Belleville,
Samuel Brown, , a' brakeman; rebeiving,
injuries which. will probably prove fatal.
The injured man is 26. 'years of age, and
lives in that city. • ,
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•Yesterday -morning 'Fallen Burma,
First, Deputy. Recline Blenheim,. was
assaulted at Drtniabo by a man named alc:
Niegarri,---whe •struck him • repeatedly,
beuieing him badly about the head. No
motive cap be ascribed for the cowardly
ace, . •
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Private Stillwell, of the 40th, has been
ealteneo the asylum, having become insane.
He was found yesterday morning in a awaken:
near Kingston caratein, which it igesupposed
he was night; Surgeon has made
a complaint to the 'effect that the media:lie
supplicd is insufficient and inferior.,
The recent charge against Robert Watson
for child nmeciek has hadthe effect of clear
ine all the gypsies out of the woods in the
rear of London South. 'Should they again
lad in in appeitrance the residents. Will
take steps to have them promptly excluded
from these• *Oodsai ;taieg'ed 'Ldnaozi-,
John Snape,
went to Cleveland; when he professed he fall
inelove-witheaebeiteding-house. cook and
engaged' to marry her. Taaing the •young
woman out for : a' walk,' he showed her a
cottage which he said he had rented and got
$45 from hie affianced to • help furnish it.
Sump, Segtithezenzelotgatir • • aim1nfr-•
413.rdiuriglursil4ntitrzihnitlatelgtIO
eeltoireteavearekibluolestathfighOTVErmle28$
and :carried away it sledge hammer,: chisel
and a.peir of pliers. • *With these thole they
entered: • Thos. Elliott's --toale office and
attempted to break into. the7eefe They
broke the combination knob off and depart.
the feels. Evidently they Were
frightened.' • ., • e. • • • '
.Tames Dogan, a C«.1). S, laborer, was ar-
rested In London charged with steeling An
open-faced silver watch. and „$12 in cash
from•ehe.fereman of the section gang, John
DOrnegtne The latter, was waliting,along
thetreek When begin, it is allegedeciane,
up' behind him and etttiok him watch hard:
eveapon„lthecking him insensible, and then
going through his pockets. The prisoner
was remanded till Monday next. : •
The German Crown Prince' has Visited
Dr. Mackenzie daily 'airing the week, .0,1
kondlIS, or Tieeeclaye.De. Mackeplie• will
remove another portion of the growth 'in.
the•Peinee'e throat. `
Mgr. Persico , have left
Rome for Ireland on the mission entrusted.
theelieen by the Pepe. They are -instructed
-A Police Court Episode. • •to Make personal obeeivationand prepare
' .A last (Friday)night's London deeieet4 a repete•onllie political hied
social condi-
says : The. routine of Police Court proceed- tion of the Theli people. • • •. • '
engs Was broken through today by a some. , Frank Tilehh O'Donrielle formerly mem-
what tilt between ••two leading local her.of Parhament 'fOr. Dungarvan and ex -
legal lights. One Simpson had.been cone, Niee-Peesident Of the Home Bide. Coil.-
mitted for ft-midden*. obtaining watch. federation, has brought suit against the
County Crown .Attorney Hutchinson pee, reonden 'Tiede her libel. The suit is hased.
posed that Court should :take charge of- upon an article commenting on theletter
the titaimieee, to which .Simpson's ,counsel„ ,recently Sent to the Times by O'Donnell- tp
Mr. D. H. Tennent, Objected. Thereupon correct statements made he!, that paper
Edmund Meredith, Who *as engaged on .regarding the Alleged connection �f Ter-
en4ther.pate, took it upein•hineself to adVise nellism with Teish. 'crimes. ' It expected
Mr..Tennent not to Beriender the watch. that " Pernellieni andeCrimee'issees will
Simpson atOnce handed the watch .to his be raised in the course Of. the trial..
counsel, Tennerit: who snininftrily disap- -Mr: Wm.- M. ••Miiiphie a'• Nationalist
peered.from court -room. Mie. Meredith 'Member of Parliament, while sailieg in his
then volienteered somefurther adeicðen yeeht..iii Bantry Bay • :with a party of
Mr. Hutchinson • objected; characterising friends, hoisted small green flag., .'The
Mr: MereclitWeentierference elisgeaCce• captain of 11.111S. Shannon, ,upon noticing
foionduet." Mr. Meredith he would. ehiseactien„ sent it parte of marines to the
,yacht with orders to haul down the flag and
carry, it off. These, instructions ' were
obeyed. It ; is expected' that, as ge protest.
against • this ciet' of ' the captain .of the
Shannoe„ the .'Bantry regatta, which has
been fiXed. for Monday, will be postponed
until the Shannon leaves the hay. • •
"take none of Mr. Hutchinson's imperti-
nence." Angry words followed, in whiche
Mielderedith expreesed the opinion! that
Mt. Hutchinson was ," A 'old scoun-
drel." • Mr. Illitchinson made a damaging
-reference to •Mr. Meredith's connection
with the case, or EstherArscott, the notori-
ous. Mr.. Meredith °Avenged and threa,telied
to bang Mr.Hatchinson on the nose. ,Mr.
Hutchinson seized Mr. Meredith's cane and
threatened to use it if AfteMeredith came any
clime. The. Chiefor Policeehere interfered
and prevented bloodshed. •The Court also
ordered a conseeble to interne* his ,13cely
betweenehe belligerents . and, Maintain the
epees quo,ante,bellum,. . .
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A • St: John's, Nfld., despatch says
Hein, •Arthur 'Blake; Governor of 'the
Bahamas, been appointed Governor of
Newfoundland. •In 1850 he Was ' appointed
Ifispeeter, Of .the Royal Irish doomahotolt
ili 1876. Stipendiary Megisteate, and in
188e. Governo.reef the Bahamas. He is
marriedto a daughter of the kite Retrial
Osborne, M. Pe whose, eldest daughter is
the DuCheas of St. Albans. Mr. Blake is 48
years of age; able and energetic. Sir
Ambrose Shea succeeds.. Mr. Bleke
Obveiniiii of the Bahamas •e,' salary of
£2,500. Sir G. WeDeseoteix leaves to -day
toute to Hong Kong, of which ho ' is 'ap:
pointed Govetrior. The fie;laiy is 48,060.
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'T Mayor meg has been fined
'seven different times for • ' violations •ce
The Marquis of Hartington, & speech
at Manchester evening, referred to
Home etuleicir Ireland as being for a time
at least deciiled against. He protested
against the minority in ,Parliament being
allowed ; to further , °prevent legislate:me
especially debouncipg that section of 'the
Minority direetly.assOcia,tecl with a foreign
coespiracy peening atthe establishment of
an Irish repnblib. Referring to Mr. Glad-
stone's offer for it conference; Lord 'Ittir-
tingtiin said •; that the tineebad not eteriieed
for 6, to-unionof the Liberal party. He
demanded a general 'basis •of figieemeet
before. undertaking •negotietions. • Any
Agrdettiente-hendtlede must ,beeepeti les 'the„
full knowledge of' tiae Conservatives, who
had been loyal to the Ueionistil and do-
sereed their eonfidetme in return. • .
At North Imitate, Ohio, a small villago
in Stark COUntyeyeetercley, afternoon Con-
rad Dell, a coal Minete aged 45 years,
killed his wife and etepeeni with a hathhot
in a quarrel resulting from conipeoreising
lettere found in possession of the woman.
The eeinains. of the unknown Min which
Were fenind in •Niagara River onWednee.
deer have been identified•hy WM. Kuch, or
Fort Erie, One., as those Of , his,son:in-law,
John Bucher. Ori Jenuarer 19th lest Bucher
ordinences he worked hard to' 'Ave,. 1"-m!EVIL tertd.Wrre Kuch„juti.0.went•to Buffalo ie a
and now threatens to resign' unless the areal boat., When they started t� Lade
Pollee,let hP On.thele to#140010.Y. a Willi:Ting snowstorm- came on, and they
!flannel Will:hem, an ToWa. girl, heard were Over Seen alive again. Bucher leaves
some of,the hoys•laughitig about her :feet ; a Wife. The body of leech has not yet been
'ahdheceute of that she went • home, 'took found; lie had feet- children.
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strycnnine ana, cuee. • . • : '4ihe 116,1f -holiday teaVement ip Kingston
• Twenty thousand rabbits were killed in extending to all- heeded and callings. It
Toluene cethiter, Chiffon -die dinipg.thepaet, probable that an afternoon a, week will be,
four neohttne, but the eninesis seem to be grantedemp oydbatu
, mg the summer.jpst akplentiful at Oyer. The trial of the:celebrated Ayer seiore
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was commenced in Montreal to -day hi/IOW
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,ppecial eesseeneof the. Exchequer pewee
The Wimbledon 'team left Quebec yes-
terday -foe Liverpool on the Parisian.
Lieut; -Col. OallnetWile lettere next Thigee
day tteaesenee the command of the team.
The Canadian Pecehe Railway has deter-
mined to had ,a branch line fibre, the,: .
'Atlentie, & Northivest main line at Bina
Bonnets - to Lachine, Dorval and Valois, ",•
resorts on Lake.' SteLeulle The, company
purees°to make a specialty of , summer •
resort service.. '
• Extradition proceedings against James
A. L. Wilson, the •defaulting Treasurer Of
the Chesapeake de Delaware Canal Com -
'pally, of Philaeelphiee were commenced ,
•before -Judge. McDougall nt Toronto yes-
terdity. A remand was granted for eight
days. '
• Mr, L W. Fetherstmee, organise. of ,
Queen's Avenue Methodist Chureh,Lpedoet
(late of. :Montreal), was married yesterday •
to Misiaehhettie, second .daughter of Me. '
John -Forsythe, of London. Among the •
mann, AA) xt.'„ orn,:yuLhiN,t1v. --7prn.14; •
yet : „ • .
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Wrestling. -1st .D.“ A Mn-
jj 0 Currie; erdej I) I\ rattle
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reereG, DAXICING. AND COSTUME.
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Robt Ireland, , .
bee _gee i , A ntmq, • ;,
tiosr* to tlie weeds ancl-esdaped.• Thepolice
state that Adeecription of the men answers
that of the Holligen &matting; in Cleveland, •
Ohio, lest February. The pollee are seoue-
ing the country for the gang. , • , •
• ...Considerable interest was eteitecl. • in
Woodstock on Wednesday night by the
arrest of two dry goods merchants, Messrs.
Still and McPhail, composing . the firth of •
Still & McPhail, on the ;Marge of haying
obtained goodsto the amount of $.3,090,
endehaving 'Concealed the proceeds and
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Made 'falseentries in their cash,hocik, for
the purpose of ' deceiving their creditors.
The nem iteeigned, a• few, days age to a
Toronto ' wholesale firm. They-lhad only .
been in Weddstook a shorttime. . '
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The Reelniehilde and Boeings will Wine .
'£4,000;000 preference shares of the Man-
ohester Canal Company "providing :Paella.; • ;
:meet peeeeetheeeill..entherezteig the
A.Reseitio.foieelos .arrived :
gin. It is supposed that the destination of
theeforce is Badakehane The Soltharane,
in spiee.of orders feonethe. Ameer of leole•
T-cii'to
oeiroceed.',• ee-reeee-ieeee.
-eeteititierietegiereetietWeetileeeteitfid
Czarina Will before long visit • Copenhagen; .•
,anclehie from thete.theCzar will then ,go
.to nieet the Emperor William and Perhapie
'eheEmpeecie Francis Joseph.
...The annuni meeting of he Irish Catholic' • •
'Archbishops, ai4Biehoptewas bete at May., '
,nooth College •yesterday. •:Atelibishop,
Walsh. presided. A• resolution ; was ,passed • • 4
agein‘deeouncing the Coercion bee ;
fora Parliament. • . .
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By the wrecking: Of a ' train : the •
Hawkesbury Railway in New South Welesee-,e-.
.yestereeseeseven persons were killed. and .,
forty. others lphitede The accident was
caused by the failure gef the beekee iio Work-
while.the train was going an incline.
The Counteetaarepos; the .heirese. who
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was carried Off Paris by het lover,
has:aerieed,`at Dover.TThe •Countess was •
accompanied :to DeverhY.111} Garboeuf,her
lover, And „three other 'gentlemen, Thee -•
Campos faraily agent and e French •deted-
five; armed With a. warrant, visited' the.
hotel.Wherethe Countess is : stepping. ac- ,
ecniipenied-leye-the ,Spanish, Consul. The •
Consul explained to.Mile. Campos how her • '
family felt over herebdtictione and that ehe
,warrant for her arrest was to eecever,, her
from her abduct rs and restore her to her .;
family. She-da..lared that she Wished to
Marry Gaebeciuf and ..that •'stie was not: a •
prisoner against her. will. Unen. this; de-
claration
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theEnglish police • • refused to •
.sanction her iteregit; as she Was of legal age
and was qualified to act for herself. •.• •
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- • The- Exchange " Beek, of Chicago, 1000
heavily by • the ()Wisp's° of the ...Fidelity
Bank, of Cincinnati.
Matthew Gurney, of .Heverstraw,,,N.
afteregenight of great agony, died yesterday
, morning Of hydrophobia; ' He was 00 yeArs
old, unmarried and wealthy.e ' .• '
• • An .:explosion of gee occurred' at No. 4-
elepe.of 'the' Susquehanna Coal Company,
at. • Wilkesbaire, Pa., • yesterday Morning,
Three miners weee killed and seVeral'ineet •
and boys tieeicinsly injured . • '
; Moses J. Speight, a boy 15 years old in •
edinpany-ewith four Otherinmates of the
Ilo'useeif Refuge on Itandall's
en Wednesday night attempted : to escape
from the :institution.. Williant Eager Cole, '
night watchrean• was eneieed to . young:" :
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Spsight's cell, where the toy had. concealed
baseball bat under his cot. This he drew
out sudaenly and struck the watchman .
over the head, fracturing his•skull The:
boy took the keys from the Prostrate man's
pocket, but wag nimble to. unlock the gate,
and the Other 'boys, becominglftenecle
refused to , ptirticipete. Speight was
ekreeted. Cole cliee yesterday morning}
• .11e *Wait. Geingeto be elate -fed. '
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Ginseng -Congratulate me, 'father, I'm
. going to be married. • • ••, ' • .
• Ginseng's father -Ah, but do you think
the lady'will he able to ineemert yciu in the
style to which you have been accuetomed?'
.Tun Earl Of • Winehelsea, whose'cleeth le .
reported by 'cittile,• succeeded to his title in
1858.. It was his epredecessor who fought •
the famous duel with the Duke of Welling-
ton in,1829. The duel Arose freed the part :
taken by Wellington in bringing in thd
Catholic Relief Bill. Winchelsea, who was .
oppesed to thee measure. wrote a letter "
imptdieg ti Wellington-difigtaceintif not
criMinal 'motives'. , Wellington dernended'
an apology -4- Winchelsea refused. The.
Duke challenged -the Earl. 'They met on
March .2rst, 1829, in. Battersea
Fields. --
W'ellington fired at his opponent„ Who then.
discharged his pestol in the air. Both pat= .
tie§ were highly praised on all sides for theft
honorable conduct.. • ;
'The sinking cavieele mike southeast Of
lloeffeport, Mo., is Oho of th6greatest
natural - cerioge les in Contra MI seen.
Tho Cave has three channels, extending each
b, rano under -ground, 'Where the two side
chambers brenbh out from the middle is ge,
peel of Waters, Said to he fethoralegue •
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