... SHOCKING CRUELTY BY A STEP- MOTHER. At Hanley, yesterday, Priscilla Poole, the wife of an oveninan residing at Stoke, was sentenced to six montlis' imprisonment for systematic cruelty to her step-daughter, a young woman aged twenty. It appeared that for some years com- plainant had been treated with much cruelty, and twelve months goo attempted to drown herself, but was rescued by a boatman. ...

... I ALLEGED MANSLAUGHTER AT TREDEGAR. At Tredegar police-court on Tuesday-before Dr. Coates and other magistrates-William Gard- ner, a young man, was charged with causing the death of George Brace at Tredegar on the 18th December. It will be remembered that the de- ceased was an organ blower, and much excitement was caused at the time of his death, it being asserted that be had been ill-treated ...

... At Newport Borough Police-court, to-day, William O'Connell and Charles Davies, hobblers, Pill, were charged witti committing a rape upon Mary Read, a marr:ed woman, on the Great Western Railway line uloar :Potter's'rade.- P.C. Taylor proved the ttpprehension of the two prisoners near the Royal George Intt on Saturday evening, the evening the offence wat alleged to have been committed.—Mr ...

... A Central News telegram from Vienna to-day says:-News from St. Petersburg states that during the speech of the Rector of the Univerity in that city on Friday one of the students, when the Rector referred to the recent attempt on the Czar's life as a disgrace to the University, shouted, That is an infamous lie. He was im- me liately put under arrest. Over Three Hundred Arrests. The St. ...

... LONDON LETTER. Specially Wired. By Our Own Correspondent. I We are at last within measurable distance toe of the greatest Parliamentary struggles of modern times. Thursday next is generally fixed as the day for the introduction of the new Coercion Bill. I have already been able to inform you that the Liberal leaders have resolved that they will take the initiative in opposing the proposals of ...

... THE OARDIFF CORPORATION AT CHURCH. Ou Sunday morning, at the invitation of the Mayor of Cardiff (Councillor Morgan Morgan), the members of the corporation met at the Town- hall for the purpose of accompanying his worship to Divine Service at St. John's parish church. The Mayor and Town Cloik worn their official robes, aud the other gentlemen present were Alderineu Taylor, McConnochio, Jacobs, ...

... CAPTURE OF BURGLARS AT TREDEGAR. At midnight on Friday Mr J. Braden, draperf Sirbowy, was slarrued by heaiiug seme lioigej of the back of his premises. Simultaneously tit. bouse dog commenced to bark loudly and for the door. Fearing that something was wroiitff Mr Braden, aft«r first arming himself with iron bar, went outside, followed by the doff, whfl immediately brought two men to bay. M' ...

... the Queen's Bench to-day, the action brought y Mdme Cornelie D'Anka against Lord Lonsdale to recover damages for an alleged breach of venant in connection with an engagement t IIlay in the Violet Cameron Oomedy Compa alil fconcluded. Farther evidence having be l ven for the defence the jury found a verdict for ^kintiff for £ 125, and his lordship gave judgr 0t that amount with costs, and ...

... LORD HADDINGTON. Lord Haddington, who met with a serious acci- dent while hunting with the Berwickshire hounds five weeks ago, was able to leave Langton House, near Duns, to-day, for Tyninghame House, East Lothian. ...

... A GERMAN STEAMER TOTALLY WRECKED. A cablegram from Lloyd's agent at Valparaiso states that the German steamer Hermia has been totally wrecked. All the passengers and crew saved. The steamer was bound from Hamburg for the west coast of South America. ...

... I AN INUNDATED COLLIERY. The serious occurrence at Exhail Colliery, tear Nuneaton, whereby three hundred miners have been thrown out of work, through an influx of water into the shaft, has now developed into a disaster of no ordinary character, the water hav- ing extended to the workings, and rapidly rising. The management are doing their utmost to over- come the difficulty, but it is feared ...

... This bill came before an unopposed committee of the House of Lords (tho Duke of Buckingham in the chair) on Tuesday a fteriiooii. The objects of the bill are to authorise the payment of certain shares, out of capital upon certain preference shares to extend the time for the completion of a small portion of the line authorised by the Barry Dock Act, 1885. from the 7th August, 1887, to the 1st ...