... r Our New York Letter. Who spends the most money of any man in Now York ? 1 put this question to a Wall-street acquaintance one morning. William K. Van, derbilt, I should say, was his answer, and I must confess that it did not surprise ms. Young William Vanderbilt, or Willie,:I as bo is familiarly called by those persons who do not know him, has a fortune of not far from 215,000,000, or ...

... ADVANCE IN STEEL RAIL PRICES Yes'erday sfoel rail makers reported extraor- dinary activity, and that orders are rapidly in- creasing at tbe works. Contracts are arriving from the Argf-atine Republic, India, Mexico, New Soutb Waies, and Victori>. Extensive inquiries are being made by some English lines, but the orders have not yet been placed. Prices are rising fast in consequence of the lare-e ...

... Earl Spencer, addressing a meeting at Stockton- on-Teex, declared his belief that the bye-elections that have recently taken place are a true index to the general feeling of the country. Having watched the policy of Mr Balfour, the people are declaring that they would have no more of it. Referring to the assertion that Mr Gladstone's bills were dead, he said that though in respect of the ...

... I hear through private sources of a new Cardiff Brewery enterprise This time it is not a question of converting an old concern into an all-absorbing limited liability com- pany. It is a new creation, in a new dis- trict, and at the fou ntain of what may be called new water, though the spring is as old as the hills from the bosom of which it flows. On Monday the first sod will be cut of the ...

... SPORTING ITEMS. Amphion is a certain starter for the Free Handi- cap at Newmarket. Before the race for the Harry Fowler Handicap Dnslane pave Linwood a full battle ot the best bcotch whisky. Goidseaker, H bernian, and Tyrant were yesterday strippea *e.tit a top-speed pallop of 3 mile and a half at, Pimperne. Lord Caltborpo and Captain Macheil have been bav,np, some gocd sport on the Farndale ...

... THE COMMISSION ON MINiNG ROYALTIES. The Gazette of Tuesday contains the nair.es of the commissioners appointed by her Majesty to inquire into the amounts paid as roy dries, dead reuts, and way-leaves oil coal, imustone, iron ore, shale, and the metals of mines subject to the Metalliferous Mines Act, 1872, and the terms and conditions under which those payments are made, and into the t ...

... A Novel Strike. lSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE ECHO. Between 400 and 500 men and boys employed at Pochin Collieries, belonging to the Tredegar Iron and Coal Company, Limited, have struck work. These pits are about two and-a-balf miles from Tredegar, and about five from Blackwood. The men are taken to and from their work by carriages running on the Norlh-We-ittiai Railway, for which thay have to pay ...

... From To-Day's London Letters. BEER. What is beer made.of ? So far as one can discover from the evi- deuce given before the Select Committee on Hops, it is made of everything ex- cept what we generally regarded as its natural ingredients. A great, deal of it seems to come from rice. Other substitutes are darkly hinted at. What is more, beer from malt and hops has become unpopular. It is to ...

... Speech by M)' Arthur WiXiams, M. P. nat. of was held ou night, in the Qieen's-hall, Btr- kenllead, under the auspices o: the Liberal Asso- citriun. Addresses were detiveted by Mr Arthur WiHmnMand Mr Brunner. M.P. MrArthur WHiiams, who was in 1880 t.hn .L'beral candidate for Bit-keriboad, a 00 the tithe He :hat. Iuritig the past ten years Wales had con:3 to t 'ic front of Liberal progress. ...

... On Sunday morning, Inspector Cox, of Roath, made a raid upon the house in Pearl- street, in the occupation of a man named Hoyle, and seized a 44-gallou cask. Prior to their entry the police had watched tho premises for some hours, during which time they saw a large number of men, women, and children coming from the house, apparently with liquor in their possession. When they entered they found ...

... A man BURIED ALIVE AT SWANSEA. The coroner, Mr Edward Strick, has received the notification of the death of John Howe, liv- ing at Llansamlet. Howe, who is 47 years of age, was engaged digging clay on the marsh near the Foxhole Spelter Works, Llansamlet, when some of the earth gave way, burying him. Some time afterwards he was recovered, but be was quite dead. Deceased's skull was fractured. ...

... RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT PETER- BOROUGH. A Mail Train Upset by a Milk Truck. A mail train, leaving Peterborough at eight o'clock this morning, ran into a milk truck when near Welford, The truck was smashed, the tunnel was knocked off the engine, and the mail trria left the line. The stoker was severely but tbe passengers escaped with nothing worse than a fright. A breakdown gang was speedily ...