... IF , OE 3 FATAL FALL OVER A WELSH PRECIPICE, I An inquest was hold at Festiniog, last week, on the body. s of Mr. William H. Wright, who was killed by fallingjnto ithe Cynfal Waterfalls on the previous Friday evening. T.he i Bev. L. Iarshall, of Brixton, Surrey, identified the body as . that of his brother-in-law, who was asurgeon of the metro- e politan police force. Mr. Laurence Daniel Kirby ...

... TE1 AUTump MANTEUVRES, Mr. Iardwell, accompanied by Sir Henry Storks and Mr. lyno, M.P., paid a Visit to the pouthera camp, near Blaud- ford, on Siturdsy. They went first to the head-quarters camp it France Fsrnm; where they were received by Sir J. Milcel, the general in command, and his staff. Alter id- 8pecting the arringinmebts of the control department at head- quarters, they went to the ...

... We reprint the following outspoken and energetic R article from John Bull:- es The unexpected burst of national sympathy with the X Heir Apparent in the hour of peril has swept into the political world like a mountain breeze into a close. unwholesome valley. The political world was in great need of such a purifier. When a Prime Minister of a British Sovereign can tell his constituents that the ...

... I -, laftst bldligma. [BY ELECTRIC TRLEGRAPH.] LoNLox, Tuesday. DEPARTURE OF THE EMPRESS OF GERMANY. The Empress of Germany and suite left Dover for Ostend thismorning. The Empress was accompanied by Prince Arthur from London, who escorted Her Majesty on board the special boat. STRIKE OF lINERS. TUESDAY. About'one thousand miners struck work at Seaton and Seabam Collieries yesterday, in ...

... THE POISONING OF A WORKHOUSE SUR- I GEON. - On Weduesday afternoon, the City Coroner (Mr. E. fer- ford) held nil adjourned inquest touching the death of Mr. Andrew Harris, hlta senior house surgeon at the Manchester Workhouse. Professor F. Crace Calvert said it was not known what -was the snmillest quantity of atropino which would cause death. One cast) was recorded in which two grains caused ...

... QUARTERLY RETURN OF BIRTHS AND: DEATHS-IN DERBY. (Specially compiled In the Registrar-General's Office for the Mercury.) The Registrar-General reports that there were 208,087 births registered in England and Wales in the three mouths ending 81st March last, a total which is slightly below the corresponding one for 1871, but which exceeds the average of three years by 1,395. Thae birth rate for ...

... HOW THE SYMPATHY IS GOT UP. The public have been favoured with a peep behind the scenes of the sympathetic meetings which have been got up in various towns favoured by Mr. Thomas Castro, or the claimant. The summons recently granted egainst Mr. Onslow, M.P., and Mr. Whalley, M.P., at the instance of Mr. Anidjab, a cigar merchant in the Strand, for the recovery of a docu- ment alleged to ...

... (ltzsiastiatl and gdttifrsn. The Record Says it is thought that the judgment in the Bennett case will not be pronounced on this sido of Whitsuntide. A CRISIS WITH TIM IRISH CHuRcH.-Tho General Synod of the Irish Church on Friday resolved to postpone the sub- ject of the revision of the Prayer-book until next year, and to reappoint the committee of revision. Lord Carrick and several leading ...

... | REPORT FROM DERBYSHIRE AND NORTH STAFFORD- SHIRE. June 27.-The Iron Trade in all parts of Derbyshire has undergone no change during the week. The demand for pig-iron has in no way abated, nor is it likely to do, seeing . that enquiries are so much on the increase in all districts . that the question appears to be-when will the top price be reached? So far as Derbyshire is concerned, the ...

... I - - - . IMR. GATHORNE HARDY ON THE HOUSE OF . I COMMONS. A new grammar school was opened at Maidstone on Tues- day, in the presence of a large assemblage from the town and neighbourhood, which included the Earl of Romney, Mr. Gathorne Hardy, M.P., Sire. Lubbock, M.P., the Bishop Suffragan of Dover, and Mr. Wykeham Martin, M.P. Mr. Hardy defended the House of Commons from the charge of ...

... THE COMPLIMENTARY DINNER TO GEORGE WHEELDON, ESQ., EX- MAYOR. nt The annul dinner given by the Corporation and towiisfolli; P( of Derby to the retiring Mayor, took place it, the Drill falal, gi tV last Wednesday evening, and the number of parsons desirous ci of testifying ito the general esteem and respect in which Allr. oIf Wheelilon is held by his fellow-townsmen was very great, mn as will ...

... TIIE SkETCHING TOUR OF MRS. MINA JURY. nie- Mrs. lINAe Jury, Who was apprehli'iled nearly aI fortrigligt VIII ago lieMcelesfiold pol icc on two chlarge of fI'lily, who ys- vtica 1ad from t lie lock iip onl Sundiay nigh t, and whoII wa~s rc capturyed at Leekc on Monday :id hr ,ughil t ck til Matcdee- fillil, wits brou1ght trip ait the M1acclostield Borough Police htCourit otit liedIsday ...