... DEATH OF 'J1RS DAWSON, OF BIRMINGHAM. It is -with regret we announce the death of Mrs pawson, widow ot Air George Dawson, of Bir- mingham. Since the death of her husband she edited the volume of praters and itwo volumes of eeimons which have bean recently published. ...

... THE WIFE OF PEACE, THE MURDERER. On Thursday morning Hannah Peace, the wife of the Banner Cross murderer, was brought up at the Sheffield police-court, charged with having in her possession a quantity of stolen property. In asking for another remand, the Chief-constable stated that the property found upon the prisoner was part of six burglaries committed at Black- heath by her husband. The ...

... Owing to the northerly gale which continue^ nearly 30 steamers have been obliged to takt shelter in Mount's Bav. Some of tnem report having experienced feartul weather at sea. The steamer Marquis of Lome, which put i. Mount's BAY for shelter, passed near the Llzanl on Thursday nioriiiit# A QUANTITY of wreckage. In the Penzance district the weather is very stormy, and on Thursday uight t.iere ...

... WRECKS AND CASUALTIES. The barque Napier, from Cardiff, with coal, for Ilong KOiJg, and which arrived at that port on the 12th inst, reports having encountered heavy gales in lat. 31 S, long. 31 W, during which she lost sails, deck-house stove in, rigging very much damaged, and ned portion of cargo. steamship Meera, of Glasgow, Steward master, bound from Glasgow to Bombay, carried away her ...

... DERI. SAD ACCIDENT.—John Levvi.4, collier, met with a sad accident at Cildoul Pit, on Thursday. When working, a lrirge stone and rubbish fell from the top on to his back, and nearly crushed him to death. Ho was carried out on a plank and attended by Drs Hughes and Evans, but little hopes are entertained of his recovery. ...

... SAD ON THE MERSEY. I.'nriisg a fog on the Mor.>cy, on Monday mora- 'I'ig, the steamer City of Baltimore, whilst leaving Morpeth Pock, on -the Birkonhaad side of the river, ran down r.nd sank the Inman launch Her- cules. One of the latfcer's crow was drownod, and • tonr workmen, were on board, arc mis-ii;g. ...

... The Mynyddislwyn School Board have received grave complaints from the managers of the Aber- carne school, who allege that thi three head teachers of the school have beea very uncourteous, rude, and disobedient to the managers, and especially to the treasurer, and the Board have appointed a committee to report on the subject. School managers have certain duties to perform- duties which require ...

... The ratepayers of Christchurch have been hold- ing meetings, at which the expenditure of the Maindee aud Christchurch School Board on the building of their schools has been condemned. The architect of one of the schools- Liswomey-to which exception was taken as having cost too much, has presented a report, in which he shows that the school cost Ell 12s per child, but that the total cost ...

... FATAL GAS EXPLOSION. On Ratllrtby a disastrous explosion of gas oc- curred at Coatbridge, near Glasgow, whereby one was killed, and another seriously injured, ami starsiderable damage done to property. Tlie ex- plosion occurred the Albion Wood Works, be- ngmg to ,J dm Hill, ¡VHl was the result of an JJCajie of gas, it Li believed, from the main pipe. Jo of the workmen, named Morrison and Wad ...

... APPEAL CASE. In the House of Lords on Tuesday, their lord- ships sat to hear the appeal of Pryce appellant, and the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal, res- pondents, It was an appeal from an order of the High Court of Appeal affirming the decision of the Exchequer Division, refusing to grant a new trial iu an action brought by the respondent com- pany against Tiieophiius Bevan (since deceased), ...

... A ROYALTY DISPUTE. In the High Court of Justice, Chancery Divi- sion, on Tuesday, Vice-Chancellor Bacon beard the case of the Llantwit, &c., CVlierv Company v. Brideli. The company sought by their action to detain a declaration that they were entitled to the profit royalty of the property sub-leased ta them by the defendant-, and for other relief. Mjt KlY, Q.C. (with whom was Mr Bags..aw, Q.C. ...

... ACCIDENT. — Morgan Charles and paniel Thomas were badly injured by a fall of slone at the Wyndham Colliery, on Tuesday morning. Fortunately a tram, which was standing close by, prevented them from receiving the whole weight of tho stone, or they must have been killed out- right. ...