... THE CHESHIUE COLLIEUT ,. ,. ,EXPLOSION. .. ?? ePrilOG 0a' BA nnr FUnD. r i inquest was spesed on Saturday morning j at the Navigation Hotel, Hyde, Cheshire, on the bodies of 23 men who were killed on Friday by an f explosion in the Hyde Collieries, belonging to Messrs Sidobotham. - Some of the bodies are dreadfully charred; i ethers are without scratch, looking as if asleep, ] having ...

... MR ESSLEMONT, M.P., AND HI8 CONSTITUENTS. Mr Esslemont, MP. for East Aberdeenshire, It addressed a meeting of his constituents at New r y Machar On Saturday evening. He said the worm orde would turn at last, and Scotland during thesw treo years of ueglect had been working up a strong Ven :cottish nationalist opinion by which they were ata going forward. 'Tihe consthluemcies in Scotland resu ...

... MARITIiE0 LOSSES AND OASUALTIE& ft followrrag is C lis' of n sn21tie s rsprrtee at Lloydgb on Losn-boak betweeL mridnr tit Wednesibl, January!6, t's trd nsidnioht Wednesady, January 23, 1889, (3) denoting steamers 3arne of VesseL Tons. Flag. | Voyae and Cargo. Crasulty. Savre Livso I ?? -_ ?? ?? ?? Lost. Airlie ?? 1560 British. 1876 Borneo, Frernantle. Fire. S Firuna . . 137 Danish. 1863 ...

... i SPEECH BY KIWG HUMBReT. (nle3's TLKRAZL) ' Rome, January 28. The Italian Parliament w7ks opened to-day by . IEiog Humbert. In his Speech from the Throne His Majesty thanked both Houses for their lahbura during the pact session, and after observing that it . would be unnecessary to maintain this activity, ' ;oroceeded to enumerate the bills to be brought for- t ward by the Government, which ...

... ag TOsborne, Tuesday. y| The Queen dreve out yesterdasyaftermoon, ac- d companied by the Empress Frederick and Princess Victoria of Prussia, and oer Majesty went out us this morning with the Empress and Prince and g, Priacms Henry of Battenberg. he The other members of the Royal Farily walked e in the grounds. al To-day being the birthday of is ?? High- se ness Prince Albert Victor of Wales, ...

... THlE MARQUIS OF RIPON AT DALRY. n IUnder the aruepices of the North Ayrabire Con- d tral Liberal Association, a meeting was held last e night in Dalry Pablic Hall, at which the Marquis 0 of Ripen and other gentlemen spoke. 'T'he d hall, a building capable of holding about a 700 people, was comfortably filled, a number ef 1 ladies beiegina the gallery. Mr R W. Knox, of it Moorpark, occupied the ...

... FOLK-LORE OF NEV-YEAR'S LDAY. Reflections of a mingled type were doubtless | indulged in by most people when they awoke P ,this morning, literally as well as metaphorically, C to the knowledge that they had Oces more t stepped into a new year. As the hour of mid- 'c night struck nainy may have echoed Tennyson'lm sentiment when he sang, Ring out wild bells to d the wild sky; the year is dying, ...

... RIVIERA. GOSSIP. - fProM OUX SPZCeiL CoRtrSPONDBNMT.) Nice, January 21,iS8iX The fashionable Riviera season is now in full ainig. We are generally believed to be in the height of it when the Nice Races are in pro. i gress, and the international pigeon shooting contests are decided at IMonte Carlo. These events bring many people down south, though: I not of the class that we count highly ...

... : MR GOSCOEN ON POLITICAL i Il AFFAIRS. .1 V~~- ,j A. great Unionist demonstration was held- last o nmighit in the Town Hall, Stratford, East London, oh r for the purpose of hearing an address from the o Chancellor of the lixoekequer. There was an exceedingly large attendance. Mr T. C. Baring, , MP, presided, and there were als] nte it oform Sir' H. J. Selivin-Ibbettson, M.P. ; Colonel I k ...

... Y A correspondent ?? deciding to seek to 1, the co-operation of the Eoglish and Welsh 18 miners ia the attempt to carry out a policy of di d working only five days a-week the Ayrshire fa i miners' delegates recognised that the rates of wages and number of hours worked weekly in th 4 one mining district exercise a direct effect on fri the condition of the miners in competing dis- tricts. The ...

... CANDIDATURE OF SIR JOHN PENDER. r I LORD CHARLES BERESFORD ON THE NAW, t On Satcrday, at 12.15 P.M., a. meeting of electors of Govan was hold in Fairfield Shipbuilding Yard in furtherance of the candidature of Sir John Pender. The meeting was beld in the large shed, and was very largely attended by workmen, On t an extemporisod platform were Lord Charles Beres- r ford, Sir John Prnder, Colonel ...

... WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23,1889. On the reassembling of the Parsell Commnis. | lion yesterday, Sir Charles Russell announced I that he did riot intend to proceed further in f reference to the Sheffleld Daily Telcgraph, the proprietor haviun stated that the contents bill fo alled in question was published without his PI authority or approval. The President expressed sc biis satisfaction at this ...