... ISPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE ECHO.] I Lord Randolph Churchill arrived ;it Machyn- lleth to-day, and was received by Ear Lisburae, Lord Harry Vane Tern, pest, Lord Oririatiwatte, Sir Stanley Leighton, I%I.P., and Sir- lohn Puleaten, M.P. Lord Randolph Churchill, who wafe warmiy cheered, drove off to Plas Machynlleth, where he will be the guest of tho Dowager Marchioness of Londonderry. To-morrow ...

... The Demand for an Advance in t í Wages. A meeting of the mechanics, enginemen, and smiths employed by the Ebbw Vale Iron and Steel Works was held at the Heol y Mewn on Monday. Upwards of 600 notices of termination of contract were given out to be signed by the men, and these will be presented to the manager, Mr C. B. Holland, on Thursday. Should the demand for a ten per cent. advance be ...

... Trades Union Congress.! TO-DAY'S SITTING.. I The Trades Union Congress resumed to-day, -?en a vote of sympathy with the lid,)w of the late Mr Firth was unanimously Passeu. The debate on the question of the desirability of increasing the number of factory and workshop inspectors was resumed, and ultimately a resolution was passed affirming the Principle, and advising the employment of ornen as ...

... He had a faint remembrance of home, this little irali, although ue could have scarcely put it into woras, so diiaiy did It come to bim. Like the faint sunshine in the summer Woods, thoughts of a sweet-faced mother scoie across hUI lunely life, and through the silent night watciies came a voice tenderiy caliing, Willie, Bon. come U0:na. Stolen from his widowed mother by a band of gipsies ia a ...

... On Saturday afternoon two men were black- berrying on the Wren's Nest Hill, which lies between Dudley aud Coseley, and is a well-known habitat of Silurian fossils, when they were sur. prised by hearing the weak and pitiful cries of a child in distress. Altera long search they found a heap of dirt and stones, partly hidden by brambles. As the cries seemed to proceed from this heap, a few stones ...

... ROBBERY FROM A NEWPORT HOTEL. At the Newport borough police-court to-day- before Messrs W. Graham and H. A. Huzzey, magistrates-Charles H. Harris, a labourer, resid- ng at Liswerry, was charged with stealing a bundle containing a coat, a vest, and a child's suit, the property of Richard Brooks. The prosecutor left the bundle in the taproom of the Old Green Hotel on Saturday evening whilst be ...

... THE CARDIFF HORSE SHOW. I The Cardiff Horse Show, which opens in Sophia Gtrdens Field on Wednesday, prom ses to be the finest exhibition of its kind that has yet faken place in the principality, Indeed, it will be :io mean rival to the great gatherings which take place in London and elsewhere. Needless to say, Mr W. H. Lewis, the secretary of the show, has for the past fortnight devoted his ...

... The Case of Burying a Child Alive. BLACK COUNTRY IMMORALITY. Yesterday afternoon, at Sedgley police-court, Ellen Naylor, 26, Jew's-lane, Upper Gorn:d, Sedgley, was charged with having abandoned her child on the Wren'.s Nest with intent to cause its death. The baby, three weeks old, was brought into court by a workhouse official. Ann Naylor, widow, tho mother of the prisoner, said her daughter ...

... Yesterday, at Sr.. Bartholomew's Hospital, | London, Alc Larighain, coroner, held an enquiry cucerniug the death of Joseph Albert Clark, j aged eight.-Tiie mother of the boy said that on the 8th of June her sou was in the street picking up cabbage leaves for a rabbit, when a dog attacked him aud bit him in the leg. The boy did not seem much in- jured at the time. Next day the Jog began to ...

... The Queen and the Welsh Harvest. J (SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE ECHO.' ] Large numbers cf Irish agriculturists arrived in North Wales to-day to assist the Welsh farmers in harvest operations, which are now being pushed forward. Farmers, throughout Danbighshi.e and Merionethshire left the harvest unusally late to permit her Majesty the Queen to have the best possible impression of the principality. ...

... e THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION N ,OF MINING ENGiNEERS. us ANNi XUT. MEETING AT MANCHRESTE.RE ANrNU AL MEETIING AT MANCHESTER. PIRESIDENTILs ADDRESS. The annual general meeting of the National ti Association of lining Engineers was held on ti Friday at the Queen's Botel, Manchester. Mr. S. d Alsop (Pinxton Collieries, Derb-shire), the presi- I dent, occupied the chair, d The PRESIDENST, in his ...

... x THE LONDON :STRIKES.'. .~ ~~~ . r ~ ~ 7- SITUATION UNCHANGED.- Yesterday showed no fresh development- of the deck laboureri& strike.. Iii London there are Wt1l *roughly spueaking,f abouti tsoG,o-oen out,:who seem detrrninedto prevent any going .in: The deputation ryfro- the Dock Company-appointed 'to confer with dethe representatives of the press stated yesterday on morning that they ...