... THE LATE CHIEF SECRETARY. Lord Frederick Charles Cavendish, whose un-1 « timely deaihwe announce this morning, was the a second son of the Duke of Devonshire, by Lady 1 BtaEche, daughter of the sixth Earl of Carlisle. i His lordship was bo £ n in 1836, and wag, therefore in his 46th year. He was educated at Trinity > ] College, Cambridge, and early took part in; political life. In 1879, he ...

... THE ABERCARNE COLLIERY EXPLOSION. On Wednesday a meeting of the trustees of the Abercarne Colliery Explosion Fund was held at the Mansion-house, when there were present Mr Thomas Cordes, of Newport, in the chair, Mr Alderman Grundy, of Manchester, Colonel Lyne, and Mr John Moses, of Newport, with Mr Edwin Grove, the secretary to the trust. The accounts submitted by the auditors were duly ...

... AT EIN GOHEBWYR. Y 8M rhai o'n gohebwyr yn ddfnyddio mor wad, fel y mae braidd yn.annichenadwy dar- llen eu eyfansoddiadau goddefed y cyfryw i ni awgryma y priodokleb o ddefnyddio ink Goefcega, Xfatawa.—Y mae ambell linell anystwyth yn y darn hwn, o ddiffyg gofal am yr aocen a' ewtan. ttyddwch ofalus am hyn. Cydymdeimlad a Mr a Mrs August, &c. Wrth gwrs yr ydym ya rhwymeddweydtu-un waith, fod ...

... Dr. John Brown, author of R°j> and his Friends, died at Edinburgh on Thursday morn- intr. and ...

... We aeeded, but that it may be jused for flooring, lining to carts, for packing-cases. Some say it makes excellent water pipes for underground use. ^he bark is or may be used for tanning and dyeing. The nuts are used in some coun- tries as food for horses, pigs, and other animals. With the flour of wheat the ground nuts are said to add to the strength •of bookbinders' paste. In short, the uses ...

... BRISTOL POLICEMEN FOR HONG KONG. On Thursday, thirteen members of the Bristol police force, who had been selected by the colonial authority to go to Hong Kong, were paraded at the central station, Bristol. Mr E. W. Coathupe, the chief constable, said he was sorry to lose their services, and he hoped they would be a credit to Bristol. The men are each to be paid £ 18 down, receive £2 a week ...

... HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNESDAY. The Speaker took the chair at 12.20 o'clock. There was a very thin attendance, for most of the quorum which made the House at once re- turned to the committee rooms, from which they had been summoned for the purpose. DROPPED ORDERS. The second reading of the Vagrancy Bill, the Local Government (Boundaries) Bill, the Vice-Royalty (Ireland) Bill, and the Agri- ...

... TRIAL AND SENTENCE OF THE PRISONER. At the South Wales Assizes at Swansea, on Monday, before Mr Justice Chitty—John Shar- man, 24, seaman, was indicted for the wilful mur- der of Owen Tierney, at Cardiff, on the 23rd Feb. Mr Dalton and the Hon. B. Romilly pro- secuted whilst the prisoner was defended by Mr Howel Jeffreys. In opening the case, Mr Dalton said that upon the jury would devolve the ...

... THE CHARGES AGAINST A SWANSEA WOMAN. On Thursday, at Bristol police-court, Georgina Chapman, alias Gertrude Nevelle, a lady-like young woman, belonging to a respectable family at Swansea, was charged on remand with obtain- ing by false pretences, from Mr Francis Sturge, solicitor, a cheque for £30; with having attempted to defraud Mr Sturge of the sum of £3, and also with having, on the 18th ...

... ft MILFORD DOCKS BILL. A petition to introduce an additional provision in the above bill came before Mr Charles Frere, one of the Examiners of the House of Commons, at Westminster, on Tuesday, for the purpose of complying with the standing orders. The petition is from the Milford Docks Company, and sets forth the following particulars :—The petitioners are now promoting a bill in Parliament ...

... STRANGE DEATH.—Thomas Williams, aged 32, single man, living at Porth, has just died at the workhouse, under peculiar circumstances. It ap- pears that a little while since deceased got drunk, retiring home at night and then got meddling about the fireplace the upshot was that he upset ttteakettle, was entangled about the fire bars and'received such scaldings aud burns as at length proved fatal ...

... SUMMElTASSIZES. At a meeting of Judges at Westminster, on Friday afternoon, the following arrangements were made for the Summer Assizes :—Northern Circuit, Mr Justice North and the new judge to succeed Sir John Holker North Eastern, Mr Justice Cave and Mr Justice Mathew; Mid- land, Mr Justice Grove and Mr Justice Fry Western, Mr Justice Lindley and Mr Justice Lopes South Eastern, Baron Pollock ...