... 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 ...

... VOTES OF CONDOLENCE. RAILWAY RATES.—LORD EMLYN'S MOTION. THE COUNTY COURT ACCOMMODA- TION. At the monthly meeting oftbeAberdare Cham- ber of Trade, held on Tuesday evenmg, the presi- dent, Mr Evan Thomas, presided over a numer- ous assemblage of members. The following highly satisfactory lettor was read by the secretary (Mr David James), from the General Post-office, London:— Sir,—With re- ...

... WELSH CALVIN ISTIC METHO- DISTS & THE ASSASSINATION The following resolution has been passed at a meeting of tlie Calvimstia Methodists of western Glamorganshire:— This meeting of the presby- tery of the Calvinistic Methodists of western Glamorgan, assembled at Bryn, in the parish of Margam, begs to record its unmeasured abhor- rence of the cruel calamity which has befallen Lord F. Cavendish ...

... LOCAL BILL IN PARLIAMENT In the House of Lords, on Thursday, the Llangammarch and Neath and Brecon Junction Railway Bill was read a second time, and referred to a select committee, • — ...

... MR BRADLAUGH AND THE DEPUTY SERGEANT-AT-ARMS. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL (Sir Henry James) rose to ask that the House should take notice of the writ served on Mr Erskine, the deputy Sergeant-at-Arms, at the instance of Mr Bradlaugh, for assault. He said there was no doubt that the judges of the courts of law had no jurisdiction over the officers of the House in re- spects to acts done in the ...

... SUPERSTITION IN WALES. IT has ever been found that in countries most rich in legendary or folk lore, the people are the most superstitious. Wales, like every other country whose language dates back to prehistoric times, is excep- tionally rich in legendary lore, as SYKES has proved in his British Goblins. Stories of fairies, ghosts, dragons, and witches are still common in the country ...

... NI CHEL GRUDD GYSTUDD GALON. Ni chel grudd gystudd neu gu-y plon, I'r golwg claw'n eglnr; Arwaiu poen i'r wyneb par, A dwg iasau digysur. LLEDBODIAS, ...

... YSTRADMYNACH. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday morning a labourer named Henry Elackwell, about 45 years of age, while at work clearing earth of the rock in the Twyn Paving-stone Quarry, near Ystrad- mynach, received fatal injuries from a fall of earth coming upon him from the face of the quarry suddenly, while filling a wheelbarrow. He was speedily extricated by his fellow-workmen. taken to the ...

... LONDON, Tuesday Evening.—The Press Asso- ciation has authority for ■stating that Mr Trevelyan, Secretary to the Admiralty, has been appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland without a seat in the Cabinet. Messengers from Downing- street were passing to and fro between Mr Trevelyan's private residence and the Premier's House during the whole morning. At noon Mr Trevelyan sent his acceptance af the ...