... REPORTS OF THE INSPECTORS OF FAO- TORIES. The Reports of the Inspectors of Factories for the half-year ending the 31st October last have been issued. A large increase has taken place in the work of this department by the extension of the Factory Act to the various miscellaneous trades and manu- factures of the country. On the whole, the Factory Act of 1867 appears to have been well received. ...

... TENTH GLAMORGAN RIFLE VOLUNTEER CORPS.— Orders for week commencing 19th April, 1869 Mon- day, position and recruit drill at 7.30 Tuesday, recruit drill at 7.30 Wednesday, company drill at 7.30; Friday, recruit drill at 7.30. on duty for the week, Sergeant Simpson and Corporal Jacobs. ...

... LThe following appeared in our SECOND EDITION of last Saturday.] ...

... TERRIBLE TRAGEDY ON BOARD A STBAM- BOAT. On the afternoon of the 17th ult., three men went. on board the steamer Bell of Memphis, at Island No. 10 (says a St. Lous paper), and stated that they wished conveyance to Craig's Landing, some distance above. Two of them are brothers, named Darnell; the third is as yet unknown. All were armed with shot-guns and pistols; but as this is a common ...

... MURDER OF A MISSIONARY. — It is reported that another French missionary has been murdered in the interior of China. THE FORTUNE OF THE PRINCB IMPERIAL.—It has already been stated that the Prince Imperial is uni- versal legatee to the late Princess Baciocchi. Among other estates which his imperial highness has thus in- herited is the Villa Vicentina, an immense property of from 1,200 to 1,500 ...

... Jmjrqial larlmiwmi In the House of Lords, on Monday, a bill was laid upon the table by the Marquis of Clanricarde relating to the tenure of laud in Ireland, and the provisions of which are identical with those of the measure on the subject which he introduced last year. The Duke of Somerset having put a question to the Foreign Secre- tary with regard to the recent proceedings of English ...

... TENTH GLAMORGAN RIFLE VOLUNTEER Orders for week commencing 2,3th April: Monday, Tuesday, and Friday, recruit drill at 7.30; Wednesday, company drill and march out at 7.30, band to attend non-commissioned officers for the week, Sergeant Marks and Corporal T. W. Jot!.am. SIXTEENTH GLAMORGAN RIFLE VOLUNTEERS,— Monday and Tuesday, position and recruit drill outside the Drill Hall at 7.30 p.m.; ...

... CHILD LI. mER AT ITAMPSTEAD.—On the 10th inst. an inquest was held ca the body of a newly-burn male chiid at the Duke of Hamilto, ;w-end, Hamp- stead. Tho body of the infant was found in a garden attached to Devon Lodge, Alexandra-x-oad, and was enveloped in a new bed-gown, a sheet marked with tho letter K, the whole being wrapped up in a brown paper. The cause of death w is concussion of the ...

... AX—ICE FIRE.—An American paper informs its readers it has been ascertained that the cause of a fire in a Western brewery was that the ice heated in con- sequence of being packed too clamp.—Builder. ...

... An accident of a serious nature, fortunately un- attended by loss of life, but resulting in serious injuries to several persons, occurred at the Surrey Theatre on the 17th inst. The first piece played on the occasion was the drama of True to the Core. On the above evening the house, especially the gallery, was more crowded than usual. At the termination of this piece, shortly before 10 o'clock ...

... THE WIFE MURDER AT NORWICH.—The trial of Sheward for the loug-ago murder of his wife, at Nor- wich, was concluded on Tuesday nicht. His lordship, in summing up, laid much btre.-s on the importance of the official placard issued in 185L, offering a reward for in- formation as to the mutilated limbs of a body found scattered about in various parts of Norwich, which stated that they were the ...

... ILLNESS OF UR. DISRAELI.—The right hon. gentle- man the leader of the opposition has been suffering from an attack of gout, which has prevented him at- tending at the House of Commons. COUNSEL IX THE YICE-CJIANCELLOR'S COURT.—Tho judge and officers of the Vice-Chancellor's Court re- tired at one o'clock on tho 19th inst. as usual for a short time, but the Yice-Chancellor returning at the usual ...