... I I . ?? TO THE EDITORS OF THE LIVERPOOL MERCURY. Gentlemen,-The wonderful letter indited by Mr. Clarke Asqinall has certainly aroused atten- tion front your readers, and, from tbe almost unanimous criticism heard upon the subject, the public verdict does not appear to be exactly coni- plimentary to the judgment of our loquacious coroner in thus exhibiting an over-zealous display of loyalty ...

... ABERDEEN, MONDAY, MAY 30, 1887. I7dston Colliery, near Hamilton, was the scene of a disastrous colliery explosion on SaturI - I - 1 -- L' :_ IAAA . (lay morning, by which it is apprehended hi 71 lives have been lost. The pit, which is in In the vicinity of the Blantyre Colliery, where, in p] 1877, no fewer than 233 lives -were lost, has al- in ways borne the reputation of being one of the G ...

... SPEECH AT BOSTON. [CENTRAL NEWS TELEGRAM. 1 NEW YORK, Monday Moruing.—Mr O'Brien arrived at Boston on Sunday morning, but was too tired and weak to address the large crowd which assembled to welcome him. He rested at his hotel during the day, and in the evening addressed an enthusiastic audience at the theatre. In the course of his speech Mr O'Brien We have kindled a blaze in Canada which will ...

... [REUTER'S TELEGRAM. I BRUSSELS, Mouday.-There was no disturbance last night in any of the districts where the strike exists. The miners on strike in the Charleroi Colliery district intend sending a deputation to the King to set forth thbir grievances to his Majesty. An early settlement of the dispute is not at all unlikely. ...

... A DERELICT ENGLISH STEAMER. SUPPOSED LOSS OF THE CREW. The skipper of a Boulogne fishing boat, just returned to port, states that when in tbe neigh- bourhood of the North Hinder ligbt vessel, off Ostend, be came across a derelict English three-masted steamer, flying signals of distress. Owing to the heavy sea no one was able to venture on board, and the vessel, which pinvedtt-be the Cochrane, ...

... At the Newport con!)typo)ice-court, on Satiir- day-before B. A. O. Jonati, mlA-¡ristrates-Ml' H. J. I)avies, the tUi\{istrates' cierk, %(idre-sisitig Mr Fted Gardner, solicitor, Mid he shoutd like him to exp) ...

... The children of this parish were, on Friday night, regaled with tea and cake in commemora- tion of the jubilee. The donors of the feast were Mr and Mrs 11. Travell, of Rumney Court. After tea each child was presented with a handsome card, on which was a portrait of her Majesty. ...

... At a meeting held on Wednesday evening itwas unanimously decided to celebrate the jubilee in the town by giving a dinner to the sick and aged poor, and a t reat of tea and cake to the children, numbering 3,000. Mr R. W. Kennard, Blaenavon House, was elected chairman Mr T. Worton, manager of the Blaenavon Works, treasurer and Rev. T. R. Leigh, curate, secretary. ...

... MUMBLES LIGHTHOUSE, Saturday.—Wind, ESE, light. Weather, thick rain. Sua smooth. Passed East —steamers Rosslyn, ot Cardiff Ensign, of Glasgow Neath Abbey, of Swansea Herschel.of North Shields Microphone, of Liverpool. Passed West-steamers Sea Fisher, of Barrow; Vigilant, of Liverpool; a Norwegian barque, in tow of tug Privateer a Norwegian barque and one brigantine. MUMBLES LIGHTHOUSE, Sunday ...

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... The New- Z?gy o? the Queen. TEN R?p? Qf tbe Depia?y. Naete? Q? the ?int? ? igiusu?1 I intee?t ? ? ?- I tiasomeexuiitez ~ egaving off- the new coinge e onl which not 2lyohle QEmr'5su-i 'eos a ve et st ~the 'eyes.' he cia figured arethe obvere an reese of the tubleeredall and of the newr doble for, the eesse of the new hahferowaI the~ol ne sillig,: the ne Esi- peae,; ad thie new :doub sovereign. ...

... OUR LONDON LErurTE . .- __sta [BY M.P.-SPEOIAL.Y TELEGRAPHED.] oj l Bel I COMING CALAMITY IN IRELAND. Be rel INTERVIEW WITH MR CARNEGIE. Lo LoNnoND , Sunday. res My previous communications will have l o prepared your readers for the painful and Cjr desperat;e scenes that were enacted in) Ireland onl Friday last. Mr Dillon told irme Co immediately before he left for Ireland that ho the ...