... A SHIELDS STEAMER SUNK- BX I OLtLISION. . NAiRROW ESCAPE OFp THE C4PTAIN AND CREW. I The Pacifc 'Steam' Navigation Comtany's ?? Mail 'steamer John Elder has ?? men, being the crew of the Exglisls steamer Syeaman, which wa5 sunk by collision with the steamer 1ivonkseaton in the harbour of Lisbon. The crew b'ad a narrow escape, and at one timae it was thought*h' w Captain Williamson had been ...

... Mr Bethell's Marriage with a Kaffir Girl. THE MARRIAGE DECLARED INVALID. As briefly reported in last nights Echo, Mr Justice Stirling delivered judgment yesterday on the question of the validity of the marriage of the late Mr Christopher Bethel], of the Cape Mounted Police, with Teepoo, a member of the Baralong tribe, in South Africa. If the validity of the marriage were established, the child ...

... MR STANLEY'S FINAL REPORT. I It is expected (says to-day's Daily News) that the final report of Mr Lyulph Stanley on the Cardiff Trustees Savings Bank, together with the evidence—which includes various important dociiiiients-will be laid on the table of the House either this (Thursday) evening or to- morrow evening. ...

... CARDIFF BANKRUPTCY COURT. To-Day's Examinations. I At the Cardiff Bankruptcy Court to-day— before Mr Regititrar Langiey — the following examinations in bankruptcy were conducted In re THOMAS SEELEY, furniture dealer, Cardiff. —The debtor was examined by the official receiver as to transactions with a mys- terious person named Langdon. — Mr Stephens applied for an adjournment of the examination ...

... I THE COPPER SYNDICATE. 1 I A Definite Understanding Come to. Our ParIs correspondent informs us that the copper syndicate has succeeded in coming to a definite understanding with the Spanish com- panies. This arrangement is based on the price of jB60 for Chili bars, £64 for refined ingots, and JB65 to 267 for best selected. The association guarantees these as minimum prices, and divides with ...

... Gossip of the Day. From To-day's London Letters. Lord Dunraven and the Houde of Lords. Lord Dnnravtii has forestalled Lord Rosebery in a mther unfair and unusual way (to quote the London correspondent of the Manchester Guardian) as to reform in the House of Lords. I stated three months ago that Lord Rpsebery wished to make his resolution as colourless as possible, so as to secure acceptance by ...

... This morning the Nottingham borough magis- trates committed for trial William Booth, a fitter, in custody on his own confession, charged with murdering his six-year-old daughter by cutting her throat with a razor, on the 7th inst. The child's mother died in September last. Prisoner married again five weeks later, but a separation soon took place. Prisoner drank heavily, but was in work when ...

... Postponement of Leicester Races, We have received intimation from the clerk of the course at Leicester that, in consebuence of the heavy fall of snow, it will be impossible to commence rac ng at Leicester to-morrow (Thursday) but in the event of rain setting in—of which at the despatch of this mes sage there was every likelihood—the meeting, with the consent, of the stewards, may be brought ...

... PARJLIAMENT, LAST NIGHT. 110USE OF LORD,& The Lord Chancellor toolt his seat on the Woolsack at I a quarter-past four o'clock. IIUSH RETURNS. In answer to Earl Spencer, Lord CADe(nAN said that the Government would h: ] prepared to lay on the table the returns with respect to Ireland whir l were asked for en Uonday last with some exceptions, tO wlbich the most impTrtant was a return Oi the ...

... LIKE most people, I have often visited the Isle of Wight in the summer, when Ryde and Cowes are crowded with gay craft, but the idea occurred to me that we might go all over it in the closing days of last December. 1 feel that one must travel about even in the depths of winter, and where could one hope to travel more favourably than in our island garden ? The last tourists had all gone away. ...

... TO-NN HOLDINGS. ii, iy - 0 *j TO ?? SOrD -S OF THa LVThOOt KXRO1WY. fi .s. (entlemen,-The intricacies of our land system si ed have involved us in a series of vexatious complica- I 3r tions, and one of the moast difficult problems before tl usy us is how to rectify the evils which have been be created by the present method of granting leases O0 i for various terms of years, one of the ...

... l MADAME MARIE ROZEV AT THE I .| ROYAL INFIRIARY. i Y Yesterday afternoon, Madame Marie Roze a visited the patients at the Royal ITfirnary, s As=hton-street, and, after distributing a great k number of cut flowers amongst the occupants of s the various wards and toys amonust the children, . she entertained them in No. 4 Ward by singing 1 several songs. Although no strangers were , admitted. ...