... The following appeared in our SECOND EDITION of last Saturday.] FATAl. ACCIDENT.—An inquest was held at the Town-hall this forenoon, before R. L. Reece, Esq., coroner, upon the body of Mary Quin, who acciden- tally w ou rnaay rorenoon, under the following circumstances. The child was left in charge of her grandmother,, who lives in Stanley- street, and, in company with two other children, made ...

... TAFF VALE RAILWAY. Traffic for the Week ending March H, 1859. £3J51 9 3 Corresponding Week last Year. £ 3 )36 15 7 QUEENSTOWN, March 12.-Put in, 11, the Williama Mary, from Cardiff and Milford for Tamgona (rail* way iron), through stress of weather. ...

... On Friday a soiree was given to Mr. Bright at Roch- dale. The audience comprised about eight hundred persons, and hundreds were refused admittance. Mr. Bright defended H1 SCON S1 STE Nct. This question of parliamentary reform, which some men speak lightly of, and which some writers write of as though it were of no moment, is of the very highest moment to you and to this country; it lies at the ...

... Eoitlon. REPEAL OF THE PAPER DUTY.-One hundred members of parliament have now identified themselves with the Newspaper and Periodical Press Association for obtaining the repeal of the paper duties. This amount of strength, organised without fuss or noise, and in the course of a few weeks, speaks well for the cause. Nothing succeeds like success, says the French proverb. Now, an agitation that ...

... LATEST NEWS. WINNING OF THE IRON ORE AT LLWYN SAER, NEAR LLANTRISSANT. PONTYPRIDD, Thursday, 8 p.m. The Iron ore was struck in the workings on this property this morning. The bed is of immense thickness. The landlord of the property is M. W. Harris, Esq., and the lessee is Mr. David Jones. LIVINGSTONE'S DISCOVERIES. Professor Sedgwick has received a letter from Dr. Livingstone, dated River ...

... THE MINISTRY AND THE PARLIAMENT. NEW W. Erie succeeds Sir A. Cockburn as Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. Lord Bury accepts the office of Comptroller of the House- hold. Mr John Hatchell, jun., who lost his seat for Wexford County in the contest with Mr. Solicitor- General George at the general election, has received the appointment of private secretary to the incoming Lord- Lieutenant. Mr. ...

... SHANGHAI, OCT. 21. No political news. Large sales of black tea. Green in limited request. Silk market well supplied. Tonnage plentiful. Ex- change on London at six months, 63. 8d. CANTON, OCT. 27. The new customs rules do not work well. Markets quiet. Teas flat. Freight to London £3. HONG KONG, OCT. 29. A destructive fire took place here on the 20th. Pro- perty of the value of 100,000 dollars ...

... SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 5. The Indus has arrived with the heavy portion of the East India and China nails, 54 passengers, a small quantity of specie, and 1,500 bales of silk. The principal part of tin Mediterranean fleet was at Gibraltar; there were also seven French ships of war and three Spanish ships of var. Private accounts represent the action between the Spaniards and Moors on the 25th ult. as ...

... Cciirt, &t, THIS ROYAL FAMILY have returned to Buckingham Palace. A CABINET COUNCIL was held on Tuesday. THE Limerick Chronicle announces, on what authority is not set forth, that the Queen's visit to Ireland is certain. Her Majesty will be at Killarney in August. THE PRINCESS FREDERICK WILLIAM.—Nothing could exceed the pleasure manifested by the Princess Frederick William at revisiting the ...

... REPORT ON THE ADDRESS.-The report on the Address having been brought up, in reply to Mr. Had- field, Lord STANLEY said that notwithstanding the present very serious state of the finances in India, the government were fully persuaded of the expediency of con- tinumgtheexpenditure upon public works in that country. —Mr. BRIGHT insisted on the necessity of reforming the Indian system of land ...

... PERSONAL, MILTON'S GENEALOGY.—Hyde Clarke, writing to the City Press, says:—In consequence of noticing in that valuable work, Professor Masson's Milton, that the name of the poet's grandfather was undetermined, I have been lately engaged in some inquiries, in which I have been assisted by the Chamberlain, Mr. B. Scott, the Town-clerk, Mr. F. Woodthorpe, and the Clerk of the Chamber, Mr. John ...

... THE MERTHYR LIBI, Y.—At a special meeting of the Committee, hel^ Tuesday evening, Mr. Wm. Jones was appoiy librarian, in the room of Mr. John Stocker, -ho has resigned that honourable post in conseSIloe of having to ledve Merthyr for London, mu to the regret of many of the members. THROWING THE HATC^—A. to.) good- a thing to be last was relatet0'us rnjs week. On one of the Merthyr gala di^ ...