... MARRIAGE OF MR W. H. GLADSTONE, M.P. The marriage of Mr W. H. Gladstone, M.P., the eldest son of the ex-Premier, to the Hon. Gertrude Stuart, took place on Thursday morning at the parish church of St. George, Hanover-square, Lon- don. Amongst the earliest arrivals were the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., and Mrs Gladstone, Earl Granville, Sir R. Phillimore, and the brides maids, who awaited ...

... RAILWAY ACCIDENT. A passenger train, on Thursday evening, from Ilfm- combe to Bath, ran off the line near Cole Station, on the Somerset and Dorset Railway. The engine and two carriages were overturned in an adjoining field, but no one was injured. ...

... THE HYTHE MILITARY SCANDAL. LONDON, Friday. Major General Parke, to-day, announced the decision of the Commander-in-Chief with regard to the fight between two officers at Hythe. MrVetch is to be removed from the army, and Mr Rickett is to be reprimanded. ...

... COAL. The arbitrators in connection with the Warwickshire miners Wiges dispute met on Monday at. Nuneaton, Sergeant Wheeler, being present as umpire. The facts of the tase were fully /gone into on both sides. During the discussion, the learned Sergeant referred to the deplorable nature of strikes, and suggested the propriety of some attempt being made to obtain legislative enactments which ...

... y a thorough knowledge of the natural iaws which govern the operations oi digestion and -i :r- ..ion, i ...

... THE REPRESENTATION OF SOUTH WEST LANCASHIRE. Colonel J. Ireland Blackburn, Conservative was yesterday nominated for South West Lanca- shire, and there being no opposition, he Was declared duly elected. ...

... LIVERPOOL AUTUMN MEETING. FRIDAY. The Whitefield Nursery Handicap—Jubilant, 1 The Nun, 2; Countess of Mornington, 3. Nine ran. The Toxteth Handicap—Woodcote, 1 Trottie, 2 Florimeg. 3. Nine ran. The Great Lancashire Handicap— Peto, 1; Dalham, 2 Daydream, 3. Fifteen ran. The Jolliffe Two-year-old Stakes—Blue Bull, 1 Miss Harriet, 2; Dolus, 3. Four ran. The Craven Steeplechase—Daybreak. 1; ...

... MONEY MARKET. London, Thursday. The Directors of the Bank of Enclnnd, to-day, re- duced the minimum rate of discount from 4 per cent., at which it was fixed on the 21st of lust month, to 3 per cent. T „ n LONDON, Friday. Discount demand very quiet, three months bills bemg taken at 2 to 2i per cent. ...

... WARWICK NOVEMBER MEETING. FKlDAY (YESTEKDAY). [BY TELEGRAPHJ. The Maidpn Hunter's Hurdle Race-Shallow 1 j Double or Quits, 2; St. Oswald, 3. Eight ran. The Selling Hurdle -Race—Keepsake, 1 Neptune 2; Lady Pearl, 3. Ten ran. The Handicap Plate—Woodlark, 1 Angelina., 2; Duchess of Maifi, 3. Six ran. The Leamington Grand Annual Handicap—Con- gress, 1; Regal, 2 Revenge, 3. Seven ran, Ihe Vv inding ...

... THE SWAITHE COLLIERY EXPLOSION. BAP.NPLEY, Friday. Energetic steps are being taken to restore the ventilation of the pit. A number of practical miners descended the shaft this morning. Very few more bodies have been recovered from the Swaithe Main pit, but it is feared that the loss of life will be found to exceed the number at first stated. From the returns it has been ascertained that about ...

... WHITEHAVEN ELECTION. The election passed off quietly at Whitehaven on Thursday. The poll was declared at the town hall at eight o'clock. Beutinck (Conscrva.tive). 1303 Thomson 313 Mr Thomson was brought forward by the fol- lowers of Sir Wilfrid Lawson. ...

... THE PRINCE OF WALES. DIAMOND HARBOUR, Dec. 22. The Serapis and Osborne weighed an. her at six o'clock this morning and proceeded up the Hooghly. They anchored again at eleven.. The tide was the lowest neap and the pilot could not go on. They weighed anchor at three o'clock in the afternoon, and reached Diamond Harbour at 5 30. Tc,cy had only six inches under the bottom in passing tL-j bank. ...