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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XII, Issue 2426, 6 August 1891, Page 2

HOME AND FOREIGN

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, THE REV. MR SPURGEON. Lonpon, August 4. The Rev. C. H. Spurgeon is gradually improving. THE FORESTERS. The High Court of the Ancient Order of Foresters opened to-day. The number of members was reported to be 700,000. and the assets of the. order £15,000,000. The funds in hand ara £4,000,000, and the actuarial solvency 17s 4d in the £. The delegates were accorded a splendid reception, at the Mansion House by the Lord Mayor of London, THE GORDON BOYS'HOME, In a letter to the « tjaity Telegraph' Lord Tennyson makes an appeal for. £40,000 in aid of the Gordon Boys' Home. THE LEEDS MURDER. Judge Qrantham sentenced JV^r-a Turner, toother of falter Turner, %he L.eeds murderer, to penal servitude for life on the grounds that she was accessory after the fact because she shielded her son after the murder. The terrible severity of the sentence caused a loud outcry, and the press were unanimous in a scathing condemnation of the Judge. The result is that the sentence has now been altered to twelve months' imprisonment. " Reynolds' Newspaper " contrasted the conduct of Mrs Turner with that of the Prince of Wales in shielding Sir W. GordonGumming. The matter was brought up in the House of Commons, but Mr Goscheri refused to Waste time in debating a motion on the subject. THE PRINCE OF NAPLES. London, Augusts. The Queen has created the Prince of Naples, whose visit is highly popular in'^England^ a Knight of \he -tfjciljjj noble Order ofi the Garter, FASHIONABLE MARRIAGE. The marriage of Viscount Cantelupe, eldest son of the Earl of Delawarr, to the Hon. Muriel A. Brassey, second daughter of Lord Brassey, was celebrated to-day. THE VICTORIAN MOUNTED RIFLES. A team of Victorian Mounted Riflemem have secured severatpri'zfs at 'the military tpurnanlent at Uxbrilge. '* 1 ■; ;k;f#;4$FAiRV '' ]V|r John ijllkjn' c|ecjaVgs t^at all e.ffqrts to cepair tye breach |n the ranks of |he Irish party l^ave failed. ' OBITUARY, ' The Earl of Dartmouth is dead • aged 68. ' THE INDIAN BUDGET. The Indian budget shows a surplus of 3,500,000 rupees. CHINA AND FOREIGNERS. %he British Consul afc l^oo C.how deiiies that 'trouble' is immiiient in" China, and in his despatch declares that the protection of' foreigners is inadequate, ' " ' > .. ii • T» ■-■■('( KIISSIA AND EIIANCE. The St. Petersburg C9n*espon(Jei|t qf

the "Daily Telegraph" denies the truth of the FrancCrßussian treaty. St. Petersburg, August 5. The French squadron baa left Cronstadt. RUSSIAN WAR PREPARATIONS St. Petersburg, August 4. Russia is continuing her warlike preparations, and two new cavalry regiments have !>een formed.