... nd )rr OBRLEN AND SHONI ENGINEER to MEET AT LAST. an he NINETEEN ROUNDS FOUGHT, lin of The long t alied c-f fight between Shoni Engineej ;in and J. O'Bren came off on Wednesday mtorrtig at Marsbfied, near Cardiff. Thin mnitc was !o ltave lits aken place at Brecon the prev.-rus day, but tie :ei- po.ice got sceat of the affair. The I fiasco however, proved an exclient red ite,.ring, [fifor ...

... WALES. FRE2?iASONRY IN 8OUTH AN &NUAL FSTIVAL AT CA2LrIFF. is' oh The annual meeting of the Grand Provincial re6O 3S Royal Arch Chapter of Freema~sons for the Eastern lfl s& Division of South W~ales was beld at the M!asonic- Fe he ball, Cardiff, on Thursday afternoon^. There wasqu he a good attenwdance, BrO. Mi. Tennan t, Grand a ll- Saperintendent, presided, and there were also pre- r ?? ...

... I MR CARNEGIE AND ABERDEEN, PUBLIC LIBRARY. In GIFT OF £1000. ; be At a meeting of the Public LibrarypNew Building ag Fund -Sub.Committee, held yesterday afternoon, the fir following letter fromA Mr Andrew Carnegie to the id Lord Provost was submitted to New York, April 12, 1889. Of To the Lord Provost of Aberdeen, ad My Dear Sir,-I have your favour of the 18th &l March, telling me about the ...

... ABERDEEN CHORAL UNION, The annual meeting of the Aberdeen Charal Union 1 was held last night in the Round Room of the Msicioi Ihil Buildinggs. There was a good attendance. Mr Pi J. Mlurray Garden, advocate, tile president, occupied Be ihe chair. b mr A. M. Byres, the secretary, having read the a Mninute3 of last meetingv, submitted the report of the hi cwnoinittee as follows:- The session ...

... CONVULSIONS.— Mr. Coroner Close held an adjourned inquest at the Town Hall, on Monday afternoon, respect- ing the death of Sophia Green, aged one year and seven months, daughter of Daniel Green, an ironworker at Messrs. Eastwood and Swingler's, aad who resides in Alexandra-street. Tbe deceased died suddenly on Friday. Dr. R. Laurie attributed death to convulsions, and the jnry returned a ...

... HOUSE OF COMMONS, MONDAY. Tbe House reassembled after the Easter recess. There was a small attendance of members, and very few question! were asked. _ The Attobnby General, replying to Mr. a. Fo-vlcr, said negotiations were now goingon forcarrj- ing into effect the 25th to 45th sections of the County Court Act passed last year. Mr. Ritchie, replying to Mr. Picton. was not in a po-ntion to ...

... CHARGES OP POCKET PICKING AT UTTOXETER. At the Uttoxeter Police-court, on Wednesday, William Kennion, of Nottingham, bookmaker, was brought up on remand charged with having stolen from tbe person of Mr. Adderley, of Barlastone, a purse, containing 10/., at the Uttoxeter Meynell Hnnt Steeplechase*, on the 11th instant. As the prosecutor did not appear the prisoner was discharged.— Charles ...

... I I -- ?? M. ^ FROM OUR GOOR9SPONDENTS. EXPLOSION IN A COLLIERY. THREE MEN KILLED AND EIGHT INJURED. BanarN, WgDsu ^ys AFTESRN'OoN.-A terrible explosion Of fire-damp took place yesterday in the Reckliughausefl Colliery, near Dortmund. Three men were killed outright, and at least eight were seriously injured. ARRESTS IN ST. PETERSBURG. VIENNA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.-Later ile. spatches received ...

... THE ChIN EXPEDITION-BURIITAH. Tan following extracts from the private letter of an officer employed in the Chin Expeditionary -Force will be rend with interest. The letter is dated. camp, Tollaing, Chin Hills, March 9th:- The force, or atleast the portion of it not now on the war-path, occupies a village of the above name, about 5,000 feet above sea level, built on the side of what at home ...

... 0- roN.- I ?? ?? UTH'k.DUBLIN.:IVN I . - ? I I I I ?, I Yeaterda.T the weekly moeeting of guardians wras held in the workhouse, James's street,' W. Robert Sextson, J.P., T.C, in the chair. The guardians present were- Captain Richard Bowd. John S1Call. Robert Seithn, T C, J P; Colonel H T'affe Farrefl, DL; Joseph Evans, James Dunne, Colonel A Vesey Davoren, J p; V ff It F Gudley, J P; Janies J ...

... I WAITING FOR THE BRIDE- GROOM. HE CUTS HIS THROAT. A MYSTERIOUS LETT-ER THE MARRiAGE CEREMONY POST- PONED, _ - n Yesterday morning a mnn named Thomas Martin, a native of Dumfries, was to have been married in St. Andrew's Church4 Westl ard-row, but about the time appointed for the ceremony he was discovered lying in his bedroom in a pool of blood, his throat being severely gashed by a rakor ...

... GRATIFYING.—Master Alfred Evans, aged 12, son of the late Rev T. Penry Evans, Pontardulais, was elected last Tuesday on the foundation of the Congregational School for the Education of Sons of Ministers, Caterham, Surrey, at the head of the poll. The appeal senr. to subscribers on the boy's behalf secured him 1.355 votes. Mr Alfred vi66 {I-iAmpteau) and Mrs Houty iiiobard were instrumental in ...