... I A £ 20 Fine. The Wolverhampton stipendiary to-day fined a Widow named Clarke £20 and costs for selling milk adulterated with 16 per cent. of water. This was her third conviction. ...

... Mr Arthur O'Brien. Jones, surgeon to tha metropolitan police (Epsom division), has been found dead in his bed with a phial of prussic acid by his side. Ic is reported that he left a written statement explaining bis reasons for committing suicide. Mr Jones was 76 years of age. ...

... I~OUUrONDON CORRPONDENcE4 Members.allied in the House of Commons t this afternoon in hgh spiits at the prospct-of d a debate on the inrease In the ?? duties. n, Most of them went home again before eight is . o'cock, sadder but not wiser men. The debate t] would have taxed the itelligence of the is united Chancery bar. Mr. Goschen, Sir 'si r- Richard Webster, Mr. Gladstone, Sir Horacer k a ...

... 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 ?? ...

... 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 ...

... DISTRICT_ NE WS. _ ?? [ BUDLEIGH SALTERTON An outwtaiiarnent was given at the R oyai Public Rooms, Bud eigh Salterton, last evaning, under the bo1 ?? of the Musical Seciety, branobh of the Ig ?? entitled Living Adeertisetakent5. er CREDITON - ka PoLIC a INsParrco.-An inspection was made to- to dav of the Creditoes Division of the County Police Forto, ro in a field lent tby Mr. Benjamin ...

... Death of the Chief Con- stable of Cardiff. It is with deep regret we have to announce the death of Mr Walter Hemingway, chief constable of Cardiff, who passed away quietly at his residence adjoining the Central Police Station at seven minutes past eleven this morning. The deceased gentleman's health bad for a long time been such as to involve his being confined to the ( house. For some reason ...

... THE KING OF THE NETHERLANDS. I | KKUTKlt'3 TKLKGRAM. | THE IlAGUK, Thursday.—At a plenary sitting to-day of both Houses of the States General it was unanimously re.rolved that the Kng bo invited to resume the government of the country, Three cheers for the Iving followed the adoption of the resolution. ...

... WRITING to Mr F. G. R. Smith, Mountain Ash, Lord Aberdare writes saying that be congratulates Mr Smith (who is secretary of Mabon's Mountain Ash Committee) and the Rbondda Labour Liberal Association on having selected a representative who does honour to the colliers of South Wales. ...

... she fit-caing P, ooto, of VITH WHXIM 1i INORiPOfl&TD 'Tas ?? talr- -MMTRa FLYING Posr. ans FRIDAY, MAY 3UD, 1889. flbie THE Radicals ' demonstrated at Tavistook r yesterday. They did not sing a song of I 'e triumph, but chanted a solemn requiem over f btt pburied hopes and expectations. The little 1 gb, energy the Separatists of the Division ever had y was completely knocked out of them In ...

... lLIXST'OWE AND WALTON LOCAL I I S BOARD.. The monthly meeting of this Beard was held at the offices of the Board on Wednesday, the gentlemen pre- sent including-Mr. H. G. QuiltlP(cbairman), Mr. C. A. Creasey, Mr. S. Downing, Mr. J. Bloomfield, Mr. Cordy, Mr. Hobbs, Mr. S. R. Durrant, Mr. F. 0. Birch, and Mr. Thos. Ward. At the last meeting of the Board Mr. Bloomfield complained of having been ...

... THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT - i -BILLS. ney MID-LATiARK LIBERAL ASSOCIATION ea ,vo- _ ILLS COMMI'TLEE REPORT.. eli em- ye to The Bills Committee of the Mid- Lanark Liberal co f Aisogation, consistinge of representatives from the c eight parishes. of the division, has met and issued ce ain a report oe the four bills of the Government. The to non general objections est forth in the report may be th on ...