... WOMEN SUFFRAGE IN AMERICA. The Select Committee of the Senate on Women's Suffrage has agreed by a majority of votes to recommend a constitutional amendment in favour of granting the franchise to females.' ...

... THE IRISH PRESS ON THE NEW COERCION BILL. The Freeman's Journal (the Land League ergai) dealing with the new Coercion Act, says: The new weapon of coercion fitly introduced by the Rome Secretary, is a tremendous instrument. It is perhaps the fiercest Coercion Aet evei proposed for Ireland. It is the Westmeath Act U and more and worse,extended to the whole country. Bat for the atrocities of ...

... NEWPORT HARBOUR COMMISSION' The annual-meeting of this body was fixed for Fri- day afternoon, and the following Commissioners at tended, Messrs. S. Homfray (chairman), H. Beynon, J. T. Beynon, S. Goas, T. Latch, J. Moses, J. Murphy D. Pryce, atid J. K Ward. THE ASSISTANT HARDQIJR, MASTER. The Clerk having read the minutes of the last meeting, Mr. J. E. Ward said he wished to point out, with ...

... THE MAHKET.—Prices were firm in every depart. ment at the weekly market, on Tuesday. There was a steadily-increasing demand for store cattle. POLICE INSPECTION.-The constabulary at Aber- gavenny, under the control of Mr Supt. Freeman, were inspected on Saturday last, by Capt. Elgee, who ex- pressed himself thoroughly pleased. We are informed that the Rev Isaac Watts, pastor of the Frogmore ...

... The Lord Chancellor took his seat on the woolsack at a quarter-past four o'clock. RAILWAY BRAKES. On the motion of Earl DELAWARR to go into Com- mittee on the Railway (Continuous Brakes) Bill, Lord COLVILLE of CULROSS moved the previous question. He maintained that legislation on snch a question ought to come from the Board of Trade, and not from a private member. He understood, however, that ...

... NEWPORT. NEW LOCAL COMPANY. — The formation is announced of the Monmouthshire Recreation Ground Company (Limited), with a capital of £1,200 in shares. This Company proposes to acquire lands at Llanvihangel-Pontymoile, county of Monmouth, for the purposes of recreation grounds. It was registered on .the 11th inst., with the following as first sub-. scribers :-Lord Tredegar, Tredegar Park, five ...

... THE REIGN OF TERROR IN BURMAH. The Daily News has received the following from Rangoon, under date April 20th:—A new reign of terror seems to have been inaugurated in Manda- lay, of which the execution of the Peutha Prince, the Kanee Atwinwoon, and the Akkaba Woon seems to have been the prelude. Among those who have been sent to join former victims are two half-sisters of Theebaw (daughters of ...

... LADIES' COLUMN. PARISIAN SPRING MANTLES.—For spring mantles, black is preferred because it is more convenient and generally more becoming, yet nothing pro- vents a woman from wearing a mantle of dakk coloured satin strewn with pompadour bouquets if she is so minded, and she may even go so far aa to order one in cloth of gold, provided the gold be of a sufficiently venerable hue. Bits of ...

... ATTEMPTED FRAUD AT CARDIFF. A case of alleged forgery and attempted fraud was investigated at the Cardiff Police-court, on Monday, the details of which are of a somewhat extraordinary character. It appears that a few days ago Mr E. F. Kennard, a well-known local auctioneer, was in Lon- don. During his absence, a person called at his estab- lishment in Crockherbtown and asked for one of his ...

... THE SUNDAY CLOSING OF PUBLIC HOUSES. On Wednesday evening a numerously-attended meeting was held in the Albert Hall, Newport, to advocate the necessity of closing public-houses on Sunday. Mr. W- A. Baker presided, and was sup- ported by the Revs. J. Douglas, R. Edgecombe, W. Gibson, T. M. Green, and W. Shillito; Mr. T. W. Russell, of Dublin, and Mr. H. J. Osborne, of Bristol (a deputation from ...

... SUPPOSED FENIAN THREAT. The following letter, bearing the GLWOW post-in md written on black-edged paper, has been received by a prominent gentleman in Aberdeen*. oecret Society of the Irish Nation, Glasgow, May I Ith. Mr. Sutherland,—It having come to our knowledge that you recently gave expression to a wish that the Irish nation were swept off the face of the earth, or words to that effect, ...

... LADIES' COLUMN. LONDON FASHIONS. (From Sylvia's Home Journal.) There has been, and still is, quite a furore for cloth jackets of all kinds, which are tailor made, and worn with even the handsomest dresses. All colours are worn, dark green, brown, and checks, and stripes innumerable; and the Btyle is gene- rally a moderately short coat, either double- breasted or plain, fitting perfectly, as ...