... I Sir Henry Fowler on the Situation. Last night Sir Henry Fowler presided over the Midland Counties house dinner held at the National Liberal Club, among the guests being Earl Carrington, Sir W. B. Foster, M.P., Sir W. H. Wills, M.P., Mr F. A. Charming, M.P., Mr Pirie, M.P., Mr R. Y. Price, M.P., Sir Robert Head, Sir Clarence Smith, Sir T. Wemyss Reid, and Mr Donald Murray. The following are ...

... Among the applicants for relief to the S, Alban's Guardians yesterday was the widvjw ox a Crimean vsteran who recently died in indigent circumstances. The woman acted as nurse throughout the Crimean campaign,and her father was for 25 years in the English coastguard service. The board granted relief the chairman ana ssveral members expressing the opinion that it was scandalous for the country ...

... Fire in Hungary. 200 HOUSES DESTROYED. Fourteen Persons Burned to Death. VIENNA, Friday.—A despatch to the Nene Freit Press states that a great fire has broken out at Nagylodrog, in Hungary. Two hundred houses have been destroyed, and 14 persons burned to Neics. ...

... SOUTH WALES COAL TRADE. THE ENGINII:Ili)EN'S ASSOr-'IATION. It will be recollected that the negotiations be- tween the Monmouthshire and South Wales Coal- owners' Association and the South Wales Col- lieries Enginemen's Association for the adop- tion of the agieement proposed by the former fell through, the engine- men rejecting the proposed agreement, more particularly on account of Clause 2, ...

... Seven Years' Courtship. THE SAD FATE OF 11 DELICIA. I A MORAL FOR ENGAGED COUPLES. I At the London Sheriff's Court yesterday (be- fore Mr Under Sheriff Burchell and a, jury) Miss Marian Field, a. packing-case manufacturer's forewoman, aged 24 years, sued the defendant, Mr Harry Joseph Earl, of the King's Head Hotel, Hedworth, Warwickshire, to recover damages for breach of promise of marriage. ...

... SCENE AT BLACKPOOL PIER. The extraordinary scene at Blackpool on Thursday had a sequel in the Police Court yes terdfly, when Miss Livingstone, styliahly attired, and Nurse Todd were charged with attempting to commit suicide. The Chief Constable said Miss Livingstore and Nurse Todd belonged to Birkenhead. They had been staying at Lytham, and the previous day they wont on the Central Pier at ...

... SHORN OF HER LOCKS. Active search hs.s been made by the Croydon police, but as yet without success, for the mis- creant who cut olf the hair of the daughter of a well-known local solicitor. Miss Mabel Dees, the victim of the outrage, the third of a kind which has happened recently—has given to a Daily Mail representative the following details of the occurrence I was returning from a music ...

... t WEDDEDJUVENILES IL-L-MATED At Aberavon on Monday William James Smith, collier (21), of Abergwynfa, was summoned by his wife, Maria. (18). for being guilty of persis- tent cruelty towards her. Mr Edward Powell, Neath, appeared for the complainant, and Mr Moses Thomas, Aberavon, for the defendant. The parties were married at the respective ages of 16 and 18, and there were two children. Since ...

... DEATH OF MR KEMEYS-TYNTE. Tlie death took pJaoo at 1 tbis morn- ing, after an illness of a month, of Mr Harwell Milborne Kemoys-Tynte. oi Hals'ell FiLrk. near Bridgwater, Ceia LVLabiy. The deceased gell- tleman, who diad at his Somersetshire residence was and deputy-lion tenant for Somerset, auil sou of the late Col. CharJen Sc;ney>Tynte. married Roaabelie Clare, eldest daughter of Theobald ...

... Latest Bulletin. New York, Friday Morning.—The report this morning is that Mr Rudyard Kipling is holding his owu. The physicians declared late last night that his left lung was perfectly sound, only his right long being affected. They are hopefal of his recovery.-Central Nem. ...

... LE'IIITY IN THE DOCK. Candidates for the Cat. Henry John Woods (22;, John Wood (22), and George Ransom (19), labourers, pleaded guilty at the North London Sessions yesterdo.y to break- ing and entering the shop of Louis Wolff in Tottenham Court-road. Mr Greeo field prose- cuted. When a constable made his way to the roof ho discovered the three men hidden behind an adjacent chimney-stack. ...

... OVERFLOWING OF THE SEVERN, I A Gloucester correspondent, wiring this morn- ing, says that owing to the heavy storms the river Severn has for the second time within a few days overflowed its banks, and floods threaten to again become general. During Wednesday night the river at Gloucester rose 2ft. 6in., and is now 20it. deep, and still rising. Some of the roads near the river are flooded and ...