... No Heavy Blows to Be Allowed, New York, Wednesday.—Mr Davery, chief of police, states that the first bea.vy blow in the Fitzsimmons-Jeffries contest will be the signal for the police to stop the fight.-Heater. ...

... OBJECTORS TO VACCINATION. I Prosecutions- at Newport. The Uskside borough magistrates at their sitting to-day dealt with a second batch of cases under the Vaccmation Act, and in five out of six cases orders were made for the vaccination of the children. In all five instances the parents objected to having the operation performed, but through ignorance and misunderstanding of the Aot they had ...

... THE TRANSVAAL. Bloemfontein, Monday.— The conference re- assembled this moaning.—Reuter. THE UITLANDERS' PETITION. In the House of Commons, on Monday, Mr Bryn Roberts asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he was aware that Mr D. P, Faurc, in a letter appearing in the South African Neiis of May 8th, stated that Is was pwd for every signature to the Johannesburg petition, and ...

... I Death of a Count's Children. Vienna, Tuesday.—A mysterious affair is reported from Buda Pesth. The two charming young children of Count and Countess Hadik, who are members of very ancient families, died some weeks ago. There were suspicious symptoms of poisoning through the medium of sweetmeats, and every effort was made to trace the poisoned delicacies, but in vain. All hope seemed ...

... SALE OF A MERMAID. I Mr J. C. Stevens sold at his rooms in King- street, Covent Garden, yesterday, a very fine mermaid. Nothing could be much uglier-not even a common seal, which The mermaid closely resembles. Thia particular example1 s about 7ft. higb. It comes from the Persian Gcdf, and has been most cleverly preserved. But mer- maids are apparently not yet sufficiently known to be fully ...

... GOLF. I I Open Championship. I FIRST DAY'S PLAY. I The Sandwich course was in splendid order this morning when the open championship was commenced. The earlier couples did not have large galleries, but some very fine golf was seen. Peter Ramford, of Chevin, went out in 35. Mr F. G. Tait (Black Watch) and Mr Horace Hut- chinson (North Devon) had a good gallery. The former did the first five ...

... STRANGE FATAL ACCIDENT. Charles Edwards (55!, haulier, of Woolaston, diefi on Sunday as the result of a trap accident on the 2nd instant. He had taken a load of cider to Chepstow on Friday, and was returning home with his son Thomas and a neighbour named T. Jordan. After Jordan had alighted from the cart he held the horse's head for the deceased to get down. Deceased tripped over a rail at the ...

... Exciting Scene at a Fire. I A fire, which at one time threatened to have fatal results, broke out about 5 o'clock yesterday morning at No. 74, Newman-street, Oxford street, a large private house of three floors. The fire originated on the third floor, and spread with great rapidity. Before the arrival of the fire- escape a sceue of intense excitement was wit- nessed. A young woman named Annie ...

... France's Great Scandal. I WILL DREYFUS BE RELEASED P I Views of the Court of Cassation. DECISION EXPECTED TO-DAY. Telegram From the Convict. WHO FORGEDTHE BORDEREAU? I ESTERHAZY ADMITS 41S GUILT. Paris, Friday.-The judgment of the Court of Cassation in the Dreyfus case will not be pro- nounced before to-morrow at the earliest. The interval wili be taken up by the Court in de- liberating on its ...

... MILFORD DOCKS FOR NAVY PURPOSES. Yesterday morning the steam pinuace belong- ing to Pembroke Dockyard conveyed the dock- yard superintendent (Captain Burgess VVratson) and the civil engineer (Mr C. H. Couison) to Milford, where they inspected the docks generally, and the dry dock in particular, for the purpose of seeing whether in case of emergency the latter could a.ccommodate battleships ...

... A MINISTER'S POSTPONED WEDDING. Yesterday at Malpas (Cheshire) Congregational Chapel the Rev. J. Ogmore Morgans, minister of that place of worship, and Miss Amy Eliza. Huxley, daughter of a Malpas contractor, ap- peared at the altar for the second time. and were duly married by special licence. The wedding was to have taken place on Wednesday, but .he bridegroom when in church with the bride ...

... An Awkward Alternative. I Yesterdav at the Liverpool Bankruptcy Conrt the case of G. J. Beer was heard before the Regis- trar. The bankrupt itated that when he com- menced business as a whisky blender in the city he knew nothing about whisky blending.—The Official Receiver Probably you knew nothing about whisky ?-The bankrupt admitted that was so.—The Official Receiver Were you not advised ...