... A NORFOLK MANSION IN FLAMES. A Norwich correspondent telegraphs :-Kiin- berley Hall, Norfolk, the seot of the Earl of Kimheriey, suffered considerably by an outbreak of fire to-day. The flil,mes were first observed in the servants' wing about 7 o'clock this morning, and the fire is supposed to have originated in a beam in the kitchen which ran uear the flue. The fire brigade were summoned, and ...

... I Gossip and Incidents. (SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE ECHO.) Hurst Park. Sat-Lirday.-The heat at Hurst Park this afternoon beat the record. It was deadly, and scarcely a breath of air stirred the listless foliage or the placid waters of the Thames Valley. from the character of the attendance it was obvious that people who generally prefer racing to any other game are just now bent on other ...

... r YANKEE YARNS. Beyond Compromise. Is there no way of compromising your differ- ences ? asked the lawyer of his suburban client, bent on inaugurating a suit for divorce. None at all. Go ahead. Put it on ground of extreme cruelty. I told her to order me the best spring medicine she could find. She ordered a buck-saw, a cord of hardwood, and an axe. All hope of an amicable adjustment is past. ...

... TO-DAY'S WEATHER 4.30P.M. TO-DAY'S FORECAST FOR ENQLJ-ND. S.W., AND iiOUTH W A CMS. Issued at 8 o'clock last night. South-westerly to south-easterly winds, freshening fair at first; some rain later possibly thunder. Wai-nings,-The south cone is up in 0, 6 and 9. ...

... ILL-TREATMENT OF A CHILD AT FERNDALE. I Shocking State of the House. I The Mother in Delirium Tremens. This afternoon at the Pentre Police Court (before Messrs D. W. Davies, W. Morgan, and Dr. Parry) Mary Withers, about 25 years of age, wife of Frederick Withers, residing at 106, Duffryn-street, Ferndale, was charged with ill- treating her child, three months old. P.C. Ryan stated that a 5 p.m ...

... ADDITION TO THE NAVY. I The first of the keel plates of the new armoured cruiser Essex will be built together temporarily on trestles in cue of the roadways adjoining No. 5 building slip, in which the ship is to be ulti- mately laid down. The dimensions of the new cruiser will beLength 440ft. extreme breadth, 66ft.; displacement, 9,800 tons. She will be fitted with twin-screw triple expansion ...

... SEAMEN'S GRIEVANCES. Latest Movement for Redress, FUTURE POLICY. With reference to the movement of the National Sailors, Firemen, and Fishermen's Onion of Great Britain and Ireland for an in- crease in wages, better victualling, more equit- able agreements, and a general improvement in the conditions of employment, notably in the matter of sleeping and living accommodation on board ship, the ...

... I Here and There. An expedition is being formed in Northern Nigeria to map out the frontier. The Mayor of Rome hai presented to the Government a project for holding an Inter- national Exhibition in that city. The President and Council of the Royal Academy statu that the next Winter Exhibition will consist exclusively of works by Van Dyck. The Bishop of Durham has accepted the Rev. Robert H. ...

... TO-I)AY'S PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNESDAY. The Speaker took the chair at 10 o'clock. At that time there were about 50 Ministerialists present, and about a dozen members of the Oppo. sition. Nine questions were on the paper, but before they were asked Visr mt Valentia, in his uniform as Comptroller., the Household aappeared at the Bar and annou sd that he had message from her Majesty. J ...

... TO-DAY'S WEATHER 4.30P.M. TO-DAY'S FORECAST FOR RNGIAND. S.W., AIV, YJUTB Issued at S o'clock last night. Easterly or north-easterly winds, light; tine; warm. General.- There Me at present no signs of any material change in the weather. ...

... DIED IN A TURKISH BATH. The Rev. Joseph Walker, pastor of Provident Chapel, Northampton, was this morning found dead in a Turkish bath at Northampton. It ap- pears that deceased visited the baths yesterday, a.nd was not seen afterwards by his friends. Search and inquiries had been made, but it was not until this morning that he was found. The deceased was between bO and 60 years of age, and ...

... WOMEN PUBLICANS. I At Bristol Browster Sessions yesttrday the Chairman said he had uotice.1 for many ye,%rs:ttiDt licensed hoases held by women were geneially conducted to the satisifaction of the magistrates. He might say that fewer women than men were brought before the Court for transgressing the laws. It might be that women had a keener sense of their moral duties, and he hoped they would ...