... ALARlMINTG EXPLOSION AT PEN YGR A IG. . l SZ'i IS E DAD.LY INJURlED. ti ii -- Li About cloven o'clock on Thursdiy morning the ¶ .neiglibowbioodse o enrgrelig .ni Hcwd Amos wevc It tita-own iato considerable aitation by tile tidirngs t >. eiht an explosion hid taken place in No a S Pit, in the house coal sceam. The pit is about b 150 vaids deep, and between 150 and 200 amen s * and boys are ...

... Tho Right Rev. William Boyd Carpenter, D.D, Lord Bishop of Ripon, completed his forty-eighth year yester- day. George Myett, the famous Yorkshire cricketer, has had a tepting offer to remain at the Cape as coach to one of the leading dubs there. Miss Rhoda Brooghton, whose flying visits to London are eagerly looked for in literary and social circles, is staying with a friend in Grosvenor ...

... THE NATIONAL LEAGUE, The fortnightly meeting of the National LeapseI held yesterday afternoon, in Dublin.-1Mr. qnjn announced that 462. had been receivedsiure hela D meeting, and that £:256. had beengranted toe ?? tenants.-Mr. PierceMahony. M.P, who ressided there could be no doubt that Lord Salitury's . I speech, and his reference to the forged letters, had ha a considerable effect in ...

... 4A C)r C-.Wf. THE SEASON.-While some districts of England have had a rainfall of four inches in a fortnight, the total fall in London for the same period was less than one inch. Whilst large areas in Somer- setshire, Leicestershire, and Warwickshire have been under water, East Anglian farmers were proceeding blithely with the sowing of barley in that light, dry, friable soil which the beer ...

... A POLICEMAN'S LOVE-MAAKING. o At Liverpool the other daya young girlof prepossess. r ing appearance, named Nellie Dunlop, applied fcr an lo order against William Coid (police constable 480), in , the police force, for the maintenance of an illegiti. d nsate child, Mr Quilliam appeared for the complain- n ant, and Mr Neale for the defence. Complainant, w it appeared, wae a domestic servantj and ...

... MELANaCOLY OCCURRENCE, IN THE ACITY i '4 _ Id . .rk A MAN SHOT DEAD. ar On Saturday evening a very melancholy occur- Le renee. attended with lost of life, took plaee s, in the city. The particulars of the aad l; affair are a follow :-Between seven and eight f. ?? a respectable young mat nam2ed Martin d Jores, aged 23, coachmaker, residing at Great * Western Villas, Phiboborough, met his cousin ...

... MB JAMES MACLEAN, the member for Oldham, addressed his Sunday Closing question to the HOME SECRETARY yesterday, and met with more success than probably most persons would have expected. It seems that the Government had taken notice of Mr Justice GRANTHAM'S remarks, and that they had consequently begun to consider in their minds whether they ought not to take some step to ascertain the exact ...

... ALLEGED INTIMIDATION OF WOkK. MEN. Considerable interest was manifested in pro- ceedings at Swansea police-court on Thursday, consequent on the hearing of summonses brought against some of the Morriston tin-plate workmen, on strike, charging them with intimidation, while others were summoned for the recovery of damages for breach of contract, &c. Defendants in the intimidation case were ...

... ANNUAL MEETING. The annual meeting of the Mid-Glamorgan Liberal Association wai held at Aberavon on Fri- day. Dr Davies,Mac-steg,presided aud there was a cood attendance of delegates from Skewen, Briton Ferry, Aberavon, Tondu, Ogmorrf Valley, Glyn- corrwg, and Maesteg districts. Dr Davies was again unanimously re-elected president. Mr Llewellyn Howell, tin-plate manufacturer, Port Talbot, was ...

... Mr Parnell has intimated to the organising committee of the banquet in his honour that Thursday, the lith of April, will be a convenient day. Mr Gladstone has, the Press Association say, consented to preside. ...

... ANTICIPATIONS. The flat racing season commences to-morrow at Lincoln, and it is pleasant after the dull period we have passed through to anticipate good sport on the Carholme. The chief event, the Lincoln- shire Handicap, will not be decided till Wednes- day, and in the meantime there may be plecty of chops and changes in the price list. When I give my final selection, however, I think it will ...

... MINERS PERMANENT PROVI- DENT SOCIETY. ANNUAL MEETING. The eighth annual meeting of the above society was held at the Angel Hotel, Cardiff, on Tuesday afternoon. Mr J. T. D. Llewelyn presided, and there were present:—Messrs E. Jones, L. Tylor, D. Evans, T. Gray, T. James, D. P. Davie. (Yuyslwyd), G. W. Wilkinson, J. Williams, W, L. Herbert, T. Davies, B. Williams (Havod), W. Thomas, Thomas ...