... TWO CHILDREN BURNT TO DEATH. A fire which took place in the house of Mr Thomas Jackson, baker, in Great Ancoats-street, shortly before midnight, on Monday, resulted in the death of two children and serious injury to two other persons. The family lived in a room above the shop, and consisted of Mr Jackson and his wife, two children, and a servant girl named Tunbridge. The girl went upstairs ...

... LOCAL CHARTERING TRANSACTIONS. -The following charters for have just been titled :—Outwards, co ...

... ROYAL COMMISSION A HE HOUSING THE POOR. ft>*>QiiRs'Ti'r!X^ ^ews undersiands that the Royal B e'p npvi0? on housing of the poor will occupy 0j Aew sittings by taking the evidence of H^'ernmn permanent ffijials of the Local t* chief ^0l,r^> among vhem Dr. Bnchanan, Medical officer. This department is in thp° •muc'1 vaJuble information bearing ^Uutry ait'san s ^we-Hings throughout ...

... LONDON GOVERNMENT BILL. At a meeting of the London Mumopal Reform League, on Saturday afternoon, Earl Dalhousie presiding, a letter was read from Mr Gladstone, acknowledging the receipt of the resolutions ^mating to tho London Government Bill, and saving he did not think any object would be gained by having assigned such prominence to the ■f&easure in. the Queen s, Speech. Her Majesty's ...

... LIVERPOOL TIN-PLATE MARKET. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] LIVERPOOL, Saturday.—There is not much change to report from here this week. Prices are practically un- changed in charcoal, tin, and terne plates, as well as in steels (coke finish). It is only in the latter that there has been any movement as regards an increase of busi- ness. A good many orders for these have been placed quite ...

... A strange case was investigated by a coroner's jury at Penycae, Denbighshire, on Saturday. About a fortnight since a youth named Hughes, aged 15, threw a small poker at Elizabeth Jone°, aged eight, who was teasing and laughing at him. The sharp end of the poker entered the child's head, partly penetrating the temporal bone, and she died last Tuesday. The jury found that death was due to the ...

... FOB Wedding and Keeper Rings, go to George Best, Watchmaker and Jeweller, 16, St. Mary-street and 24, Royal Arcade, Cardiff. 65699 ...

... OPERATIONS IN TONQUIN. REQUEST FOR MEDIATION. [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] PARIS. Saturday.—Mr Waddington is reported to have telegraphed from London to the French Government that the Marquess Tseng has re- quested Earl Granville's mediation between Franee and China. A Cabinet Council was held this morning, at which the position of aSairs in Tonquin was dis- cussed. General Millot is believed to have ...

... TO THE EDITOR. Sik,—Occupiers of houses round thenewIy laid out grounds for buildings at Cauton from the Taff river to the bottom of the common would be pleased to know if something could not be done to put a stop to the prowling about of donkeys, horses, &c., and devouring every flower and green herb in front gardens. We also think it very hard when we look out in the morning and find every ...

... MR CHAPMAN'S Photographs and Paintings aro the most artistic, aud gire gre iter satisfaction, at prices that suit the humblest pocket, than any in the Principality. The studio will be opened all Easter Holidays. 40701 EDWARDS' PRIVATE HOTEL, 19, Norfolk-street Strand, London. Manager, J. Andrew (la.te of seaV 66711 WEAR W ALLACE'S BOOTS. They are by far the best and cheapest in the long run. ...

... A RATEPAYER Hi twain, complains of the ashes col- lected in vessels being allowed to stand for days as a nuisance, because the carts do not call for them. Where are the sanitary authorities, if they allow this ? T. MORGAN, Dowlais Nothing serious was meant. APPRENTICE, Canton, if under 18 years of age is entitled to Christmas and Good Friday, or failing that, to Easter-Monday as holidays, with ...

... About eleven o'clock on Sunday evening those inhabitants of Whitchurch who had not retired to rest were startled by the yells of about a dozen young men who, it seems, had been indulging in a Bacchanalian spree in the neighbourhood of Tongwynlais. At first no notice waa taken of th« hubbub, because it was thought it was only what is generally expected when the youth of the period get half oeas ...