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... Somerset House was on Monday afternoon the scene of an outbreak of fire, and in the neighbourhood of the Strand and Fleet Street the greatest excitement prevailed for nearly an hour. Shortly after half-past two some of the attendants in the new wing at the Charing Cross side of the building noticed smoke issuing in dense volumes from the basement. An alarm was instantly raised, and within a ...

... IN A FLOODED MINE. THRILLING EXPERIENCE OF A MINER. The men employed at GJanmerrwg Colliery, near Llanelly, had a narrow escape from being drowned on Saturday morning, when as a result of one of the colliers tapping an old working a volume of water rushed into the pit. David Thomas, who dealt the unfortunate blow, at once gave alarm, and all the men within hear- ing immediately escaped. Thomas ...

... FULL WEIGHT WITHOUT THE PACKAGE.—Horni man's Pure Tea guaranteed full weight without the package. It appears that many Packet Tea Houses have made a practice of weighing paper with tea, and in defence, plead it is the custom of the trade. Horniman & Co. emphatically deny that such custom is universal. Sold by — At Rhyl Messrs Bendall & Son, Queen St.; Jones, WellingtonRoad; J. C. Wood, Abbey ...

... A NEW ROMAN PROPAGANDA. Cardinal Vaughan on Sunday opened a Roman Catholic Church at Ealing, erected by the Benedictine monks. Speaking of the dawn of the new, century, his Eminence stated that the Catholic Church in England had decided to inaugurate a national propaganda of that re- ligion, and this would be done by means of lectures, sermons, religious services, and by the distribution of ...

... It was about a week before Christmas whor Colonel Smith was wandering homewarc upon the main thoroughfare of the city his adoption. The colonel was as full of thf spirit of the merry season as was the very air itself. He thought of the presents he was about to make and of those which he ex- pected to receive as he cast his eyes about him and saw the shop windows full of the latest novelties in ...

... ABEKGELE POLICE COURT. PROPOSED DIVERSION OF FOOTPATHS. The monthly petty sessions for Abergele and dis- trict were held on Saturday, beforeMr W. T. Mason (presiding), Dr. Wolstenholme, and Mr Joseph Jones. On the application of Mr J. Pierce Lewis, of Rhyl, the license of the fair View Inn. Llandulas, was transferred temporarily from William Roberta to Benjamin Roberts. Mr E. A. Crabbe applied ...

... I'LADY DOWNSHIRE'S RESIDENCE BURNED DOWN. The residence of the Dowager-Marchioness fDownshire, Nizelle, near Tonbridge, has been estroyed by fire. Shortly after ten o'clock on Sunday night one of the maids on entering Lady Downghire's bed-room noticed a smell of burning and dense volumes of smoke and reported the matter to the housekeeper. In a few tjnutes it was found necessary to alarm the ...

... THE DUKE'S WINE.- The old Duke of Hamil- ton on one occasion was dissatisfied with his wine-merchant, so he wrote off to Bordeaux. Samewhafc ostentatiously, he signed, as a rule, all his three great titles-those of the dukedom of Chatelherault in France, Brandon in Suffolk, and Hamilton in Scotland. Accordingly the wine-trader received a letter ordering so many cases of claret, the wine to be ...

... THE STORY-TELLER'S COLUMN.. AN UNSKILLED LABOURER. Feller-citizens, said a political agitator addressing a body of electors, I am a hard-fisted son of toil. I am a bricklayer by trade, and not a bit ashamed of it. No, sirs, I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth, or cradled in the lap of luxury. I'm a self-made man, gentlemen. You'd better have let out the job remarked a voice in ...

... Five of the crew of the sailing-ship Duntrune, of Barry, which is believed to have foundered with sixteen hands, arrived in Liverpool on Monday evening by the Pacific mail steamer Oropesa. The Duntrune left Barry with coal in October for the west coast of South America, with twenty-six hands, and the captain's wife and child. The vessel met a series of terrible gales. Her masts were carried ...

... Football fixtures for Christmas week —o— The following matches will all take place ou the Belle Vue Grounds, Rhyl, daring the Christmas holidays:- Saturday, Dec. 23rd: Rhyl v. Llandudno (Com- bination). Monday (Christmas Day) Rhyl v. Crewe Athletic. Tuesday (Boxing Day): Rhyl v. Wirral Rail- way. Saturday, December 30th: Rhyl v. Flint. Such an attractive programme of matches ought to draw ...