... Disasters at Sea. The steamers Erasmus Wilson and Lord Alfred Paget collided off Lowestoft Ness yester- day. The former was seriously damaged in the bow, and had to be beached. The crew and passengers, numbering 26 in all, were taken off by the Samuel Plimsoll lifeboat. A Lloyd's telegram from Shanghai says:—A report received here states that a vessel, name unknown, is totally wrecked at ...

... TWO MEN DROWNED. I A cobble containing four men went out from Seaham Harbour this morning for some pre- liminary practice, prior to the regatta fixed for this afternoon, when a gust of wind caught the boat. She went over on her side, and at once filled and sank. Assistance was rendered by several pilot boats, which immediately rowed to the scene of the accident, but two of the men were drowned ...

... Bigamy by a Master Mariner. A NEW SPECIFIC FOR THE HORRORS. At. Newport. borough police-court, to-day, Thomas Alfred Slade, master mariner, of Apple- dore, Devon, was charged on remand with feloniously intermarrying with Elizabeth Phillips, at Newport, on the 13th of August, his wife being then alive.-Phillip Hutchings, master mariner, of Appledore, proved the marriage of the prisoner tj his ...

... TO-DAY'S POLICE. I CARDIFF. I STEALING PATENT FUEL. At the Cardiff Police Court, to-day—before Mr Valpy-Blanche Brown (14) was charged with stealing a quantity of patent fuel from a boat in the Glamorganshire Canal, at the East Wharf, value 4d, the property of the Patent Fuel Company, on the 8th inst.— P.C. Warrsn said that on Wednesday morning he was on duty ou the East Wharf, when he saw the ...

... Lord Rosebery having agreed to accept the freedom of the Royal Burghs of Linlithgow, the Town Council resolved to-day to fix Friday, the 24-th inst, as the most suitable date for the ceremony. ...

... A supplementary estimate for the Civil Service and Revenue Departments was issued to-day. Of the total sum j6788 is allowed for the expenses of the Parliamentary Secretary of the Treasury for eight months, these having hitherto been provided out of the Secret Service Fund; £3,930 is devoted to the expenses of the establishment of the Scotch Crofters' Commission; and £ 14,786 to repayment to ...

... OUR LONDOI~I CORRESPONDENCE. LONDmo, SATUmDAr NIGoT. Another week of the autmam session has passed, and so Earo the Army ad Navy Esti- mates. There has been none of that tre- mendous obstracton which at one time we were led to fear. But what has not been may yet be. Next week the Irishmen intend to have a little fun. I do not think tbat they in- tend very serious delay, but they do want to ...

... LOOAL NEWs LrvsaPOOTn IRTERNATIONAL ExOXm1TO.-There is nofallingoff in the number of visitors to the Liverpool International Exhibition, for on NWednesdaY, the admissions oegisted were 21,977, while those of yesterday probably exceeded that number. During the day the Land of the Coldstreama Guards, under the direction of Mr. C. Thomas, and the Burton Band, whose conductor is Ir. W. Twells, ...

... I - GAZ=4, NEWS. - (Frot last nights GuAreff ADJUDICATIONS IN BAN'KRUPTCY. John Jones, Emmonth-street, Birkenhead, butcher. William James Farrer, formerly Oklthurst Court, 0ab road, Harborne. Staffordshlre, now Avon Villas Gillott-road, Bdgbastbn, Warwick;bire, cominissjiar agent. David Harris Davies. Mundy-rilnec Cathars, and Clive street, Grangetolvn, Cardiff. grocer. Hear-v Elis Poole, ...

... r- THE YEAR'S CONVICTIONS, id FURTHER' TESTIMONY TO THE ir. FAILURE CF is THE SUNDAY CLOSING ACT. - ?? 5- BISINESS AT THE LICENSING 10 SESSIONS. la, ~~C41DIFF.a lit Thle annual licensing sessions for Cardiff were hield at the Town-hiall on Tuesday. There were r leon thre benoih, Dr, Paine, Mr. (1. PhMillpip, Mr. Uo!es 0 as5 Jones, Aldermen Cory and Jones, Councillorr rSenders, and Mr. L. ...

... WOLVEREAMPTON TOWN COUNOIL. A monthly meeting of this Coilneil was held yesterday; the Mayor (Councillor J. G-. Wright) presiding. The elec- tion of Mr. 0. T. selander as a member of tho Council, in the place of lIr. A. It. Britton, resigned, was announced. A resolution of the Art Gallery Committee wias approved, authorising the expendituro of £200. on the purchase of ivorks of art from the ...

... OIVIL LIST PEINSIONS. The following is a list of all pensions granted during the year ended June 20, 1886, and oharged upon the Civil List:-Mirs. Camilla Sherwin, £100.; in consideration ot the literary merits of her sister, the late Mrs. Jameson, and of her own straitened iorumstanCes, Mrs. Roiina Jane Ifeetwiek, £100. ; in recegnitian of the valuable services rendered by her husband, the ...