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Summary Oe News For August.
SUMMARY OE 2 TEWS FOR ' ATJGF 8 T .
All the world being out of town , the past month has been very barren of incident , and the newspapers have been chiefly filled with anticipatory notions of the coronation of the Czar of all the Russias , to which all who can afford the time and money have been hastening . Others , who cannot well do so , are filling the various watering-places and mountain homes of their own country , or making
short excursions to the Continent . Her Majesty and the Royal family , after cruizing about the Channel , and visiting various towns in the West of England , have gone for their summer sojourn amidst the beautiful scenery of the Highlands . The harvest , which is most plentiful , and of superior quality , is being well got in , notwithstanding that at one time a few wet days gave rise to some gloomy anticf * pations , which , however , were soon dispelled .
ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES . On the 1 st August , Hastur , late manager of the Lord Warden Hotel , at Dover , and Pavilion Hotel , Folkestone , Was convicted of stealing 1 , 6001 ., part of 50 , 0001 ., intrusted to the care of his employer , and sentenced to three years penal servitude . On the 5 th , two sisters , named Caroline a-nd Maria Back , were murdered at Dover by a soldier in the German Legion , named Redannes , who had been paying his addresses to the former , of whom he appears to have been jealous ., The murderer afterwards attempted to commit suicide .
Murdock , who murdered the Warden of Hastings Gaol , was executed at Lewes on the 5 th . On the 9 th , William Dove , for the murder of his wife at Leeds , by poisoning , met with the like fate , having first fully confessed the crime , Mary Brown was executed on the same day at Dorchester , for the murder of her husband . It would appear , from the poor woman ' s confession , that , being deeply aggravated by his brutality , her crime was rather that of manslaughter than murder .
On the 6 th , Mr . J . Whitmore Winslow ^ aged twenty-one , of Trinity College , Dublin , eldest son of the Rev . Dr . Octavius Winslow , of Leamington , and nephew of Dr . F . Winslow , lost his life whilst bathing in the sea at Dover . Messrs . Broad wood ' s celebrated Pianoforte Manufactory , in the Horseferryroad , was destroyed by fire on the 12 th . Nearly 400 men are thrown out of employment , and deprived of their tools by the accident .
Ten men were killed by an explosion in one of Lord Ward ' s collieries , at Dudley , on the 14 th , caused , it would appear , by the incaution of one man , who was warned that it would be dangerous to use an unprotected light . There was a terrific gale round the South Coast on the 20 th , and eight lives were lost in it at Brighton .
A fire took place at Liverpool on the 21 st , in winch a man named Fagan , with his wife and three children , and an old man named Wade , lost their lives . Another lire occurred on the 25 th , at Limeliouse , on the premises of Mr . Gilbert , a sailcloth manufacturer , which destroyed several houses the loss being estimated at some thousands of pounds .
JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES . On the 1 st the Royal British Bank Proprietors met , and declared a dividend at the rate of 4 per cent , per annum . The Railway Companies have been meeting throughout the month ; the North London taking the lead on the 5 th , when a dividend at the rate of 4 J- per cent , was declared . The dividend on the London and North Western was f > per cent . ; East Lancashire , 4 per cent . ; Great Western , 2 \ per cent . ; South Western , 5 . J per cent , ; South Wales , 3 . } per cent . ; South Devon , 7 s . per share ; North
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Summary Oe News For August.
SUMMARY OE 2 TEWS FOR ' ATJGF 8 T .
All the world being out of town , the past month has been very barren of incident , and the newspapers have been chiefly filled with anticipatory notions of the coronation of the Czar of all the Russias , to which all who can afford the time and money have been hastening . Others , who cannot well do so , are filling the various watering-places and mountain homes of their own country , or making
short excursions to the Continent . Her Majesty and the Royal family , after cruizing about the Channel , and visiting various towns in the West of England , have gone for their summer sojourn amidst the beautiful scenery of the Highlands . The harvest , which is most plentiful , and of superior quality , is being well got in , notwithstanding that at one time a few wet days gave rise to some gloomy anticf * pations , which , however , were soon dispelled .
ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES . On the 1 st August , Hastur , late manager of the Lord Warden Hotel , at Dover , and Pavilion Hotel , Folkestone , Was convicted of stealing 1 , 6001 ., part of 50 , 0001 ., intrusted to the care of his employer , and sentenced to three years penal servitude . On the 5 th , two sisters , named Caroline a-nd Maria Back , were murdered at Dover by a soldier in the German Legion , named Redannes , who had been paying his addresses to the former , of whom he appears to have been jealous ., The murderer afterwards attempted to commit suicide .
Murdock , who murdered the Warden of Hastings Gaol , was executed at Lewes on the 5 th . On the 9 th , William Dove , for the murder of his wife at Leeds , by poisoning , met with the like fate , having first fully confessed the crime , Mary Brown was executed on the same day at Dorchester , for the murder of her husband . It would appear , from the poor woman ' s confession , that , being deeply aggravated by his brutality , her crime was rather that of manslaughter than murder .
On the 6 th , Mr . J . Whitmore Winslow ^ aged twenty-one , of Trinity College , Dublin , eldest son of the Rev . Dr . Octavius Winslow , of Leamington , and nephew of Dr . F . Winslow , lost his life whilst bathing in the sea at Dover . Messrs . Broad wood ' s celebrated Pianoforte Manufactory , in the Horseferryroad , was destroyed by fire on the 12 th . Nearly 400 men are thrown out of employment , and deprived of their tools by the accident .
Ten men were killed by an explosion in one of Lord Ward ' s collieries , at Dudley , on the 14 th , caused , it would appear , by the incaution of one man , who was warned that it would be dangerous to use an unprotected light . There was a terrific gale round the South Coast on the 20 th , and eight lives were lost in it at Brighton .
A fire took place at Liverpool on the 21 st , in winch a man named Fagan , with his wife and three children , and an old man named Wade , lost their lives . Another lire occurred on the 25 th , at Limeliouse , on the premises of Mr . Gilbert , a sailcloth manufacturer , which destroyed several houses the loss being estimated at some thousands of pounds .
JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES . On the 1 st the Royal British Bank Proprietors met , and declared a dividend at the rate of 4 per cent , per annum . The Railway Companies have been meeting throughout the month ; the North London taking the lead on the 5 th , when a dividend at the rate of 4 J- per cent , was declared . The dividend on the London and North Western was f > per cent . ; East Lancashire , 4 per cent . ; Great Western , 2 \ per cent . ; South Western , 5 . J per cent , ; South Wales , 3 . } per cent . ; South Devon , 7 s . per share ; North