... .30ILER EXPLOSION ENQUIRY IN i R BIRMINGHAM. at' Eoad ?? enquiry into the fatal accident ors -tab ccrred at toe6 works of Messrs. Wilkes. Sons, id, and Mappleheck (Limited), of Livsrpool Street, Bir- ter ruioglam, t ra:% and copper tube and wira manufac- of turers, was held Yesterday, at the Council House. The of Commissioners were Xr. Howard Smith, bairrister-at-law 'he (-Presiding', and Mr. ...

... ,e- REMARKABLE EVIDENCE. he In the Divorce Court, yesterday, the case of Cox t. b. Cot and Dyball (Queens Proctor intervening). was sit reamed. Mr. Har'dinCox, ptproprietor of severalI s l-loowin newspapers, had obtained a decree nisi, and , now the qen's Proctor intervened to prevent the decree hbsng made absolute, alleging collusion, the suppression )n 'oE material facts, and misconduct. ...

... At Nuneaton Petty Sessions, yesterday-before Sir Edward ?? ate, KC.B., Captain H. L. Townshend, Alderman -Ha~ddorn, and Counciflors Fielding, Johnson, and G. W. Taylor (magistrates)-Thomas Sutton, labourer . Joseph Albrighton, batter; Philip Mellors, batter * Frederick Mills, labourer; Joseph York, miner; Frederick Deeming, miner; Thomas Deeming., miner; George Baldwin. batter; Thomas Wilson, ...

... Mr. C. W. Iliffe (coroner) yesterday beld an inquesb, at the Dog Inn, Water Orton, on the body of Edith Annie Cross (2J), single woman, dauzhter of George Croas. builder, Grange Road, bmethwick, who was run over by an expreis train at Water Orion Station level crossing, on Saturday. Mr. Turner watched the enquiry on behalf of the Midland ?? Company. Inspector Bailey. ot the company's service, ...

... THE ARMENIAN ATROCIS. [Reuter's Telegrama.] nI COXSTAVTs oPiOLE, December 17.-The following is .s the Turkish official account of recent events in con- ir nection with the Armenian rising in the Zeitin dis- e tricb: The Zeibun insurgents have,up to the present, I x. pillaged and burned tle Massulman villages of Bechan, Gnkaseleret, Gbadji, Oequeatir, Kerin, d Demerel, Sairikenokurk, Tobankour ...

... RESULT OF THE EXPEEIFMT. The report was published, yesterday, by the Local Government and the Arbitration Commitbee, enclosing a statement from the Joint Committee of Management of the Chamber of Commerce as to the working of the Arbitration Court since its inauguration, and giving the results of a recent enq5iy held to ascertain vhat steps could be taken with a view to advancing the o sphere ...

... STAFFORDSBIRE AUTUMN ASSIZES. X EESTSVDAY.-Ecfore Mfr. U.-TrefC- Caer. AlLuts::c rFiFENCES .AT NVALSALL-Mary Jane Middle- brook (on lail was indicted for ha'in ' comumitted an illoeul opr ratcon Oc Edith Powell, at l eal), on June 2, and l3art-t Powell (in bail) was indicted for havinir aided and abetted M~liddle' rook in the coucrnission of the cricuc'. Mr. Levis ?? the wouian .:d:th Powell ...

... YzsyneRD8a. - Before Messrs. Colmere (Stip.), F. B IGodnwn, Yr. Williams, Bolding, and (iU-iver. Tus MEDICAL Am SomsrrY CAs&-Tbe case of the Birmingham Forward Medical Aid Society, in wh ich two ?? and .ctafford-were summoned for oi taimng money by false pretences, came on yesterday. - Detectise-sergkant Brown now said that the case had been fully enquired into. It appeared that two estaiu- ...

... - ?? - FORESTERS' HIc3:H COURT AT CAMBRLJDGE. The delegates assembled at Cambridge for their final sitting yesterday, the High Chief Ranger Bro. Little- child presiding, and wvere in uninterrupted session for I eleven hours-from half-past nine until half-past eight.; After hearty votes of thanks to the Mayor and A-fr. T. M. Franmis for their hospitality, the meeting pro- ceeded with the ...

... FATAL ACCIDENT TO A RkILIVWAY PORTER On Saturday rmorninz MNLr. J. Ansell (deputy coroner ,cr 6eutral W5ar-c'kshirej held an inqllest at the LdIn ,ont Arns, Gras ely Hill, relative to ths death of WIzan' l'ates tin). a porter in the employ of the London aid Norh -Wes',ern tailway Company, who lived at beven Strvet, Nechells.-ihe facts showed that the ecewsed h d only been employed by the ...

... i The Select Committee appointed by the House of Commons to enquire into the question of retired soldiers' and sailors' employment met again yesterday; General Sir George C'bes nev in the chair. - Captain the Hon. G. Arroi, Chief-constable of Staffordshire, was the first witnes-. In reply to the chairman, he said that with regard to the employment cf retired soldiers as constables the amount ...

... i IRMINGHABI POLICE COURT. YEs'saaoil--Bcfcre M~essrs. Ceferace (Slip.], W~cfte, cook, CaOocfery, and Harris. REIrNDED.-Joseph Payne (49), 9 Court, Coleman Street, was remaiidcd anti. Saturday. charged with having in his possession h ' e dead gsese supposed to have leen ?? that rnorning'-olice-conistable Vsanael Long arrested the prisoner in Henry S;treet. He w as carrying the geese in a bag ...