The Pontypridd District Herald and Rhondda Valley, Llantrisant, Caerphilly, and Mountain Ash News. — 1892-12-10 (Pontypridd, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

WRECK IN THE MERSEY.  LARGE VESSEL LOST NEAR  A heavy gale prevailed in the Mersey on Monday night and Tuesday morning, with a tremendous sea. Early in the morning a large barque evidently Danish or Norwegian, was observed a/shore at the mouth of the por . with distress siguals flying. Shortly afterwards her main and misen masts went overboard, aril the vessel disappeared. The Liverpool cad Formby lifeboats went oat. The Liverpool lifeboat returned at noon and reported that no trace of the vessel cauld be found. It is believed that the barque was inward bound and struck on the Burbo Bank when beating about waiting for a pilot. This dangerous spot lase t can the scene of many wrecks. No doubt now remains that the entire crew of 12 or 15 bands has been lost.  An inquest was held at Hythe, on the body of sailor, washed ashore at that place on Saturday. The body ha I on a life-belt marked "Alfred Sole, Burnhain, sex." A verdict of found drowned was drowned was returned. A quantity of wreckage has been recovered at Sandgate, including • binnacle and several hatchways, which are in possession of the coastguard. From inquiries Instituted, it is believed a vessel has foundered, called the Gem of the Ocean, Captain Ward Pomill, Ipswich. It is supposed to have gone down between Folkestone and Dungeness during the beery weaklier el Friday night lest.  EPITOME OF NEWS A telegram from Tangiers announces that the French mission to the Court of Morocco, under Count d'Aubigny, left Fes on Saturday. Whilst watching a football match at Burnley, a young man became greatly excited, lost consciousness, and died almost immediately. A fire occurred at Mile end, London, on Saturday night, resulting in Vie death of a child, Mary Rebecca Tann, aged six. Another child is in a dangerous condition. A soldier of the Ismailoorsky Regiment of the Guard at St. Petersburg is awaiting punishrneat for having boxed his colonel's ears when that offioer had occasion to reprimand him. The people of Grayson, Kentucky, object to a railroad tax there. An armed mob recently prevented a sale of land seised by a collector, and oompelled the collector to resign.  The work of the Labour Commissioners is drawing to a close. They have held 162 meeting., sectionally and as s whole, and have examined 106 witnesses.  A woman named Harris, lady's maid to the Dowager Lady Sidmouth, living in Bath, has met with a rather mysterious death. Stie was found unconscious in Hedgemead-park, and died soot after.  The Russian Press is unanimous in its vigorous opposition to the desires expressed by tke Roumanian and Bulgarian Governments, that their fleets should be allowed to enter the Black Sea.  The naval force of the United States has just been increased by two cruisers. The main armament of one of these vessels—the largest in America —oonsists of four Sin. breechloading guns and 10 bin. rapid-firing guns. The grand jurymen at Taunton, Massaehusetta, returned • true bill against a girl named Lisle ohargod wttn murdering her father and stepmother, at Fall River, in order to possess herself of their money. The Canadian population now resident in the United States numbers 984,000 persons—an increase in 10 years of 37 per cent. The census figures show that ne-fifth of the population of Canada have found homes in the United States. Lieutenant McCrea, with a small force, have had an engagement with a body of 100 Chins who attacked the village of ludaingale, eight miles north of Kalemko. After some sharp fighting the enemy were dispersed.  By an explosion whioh occurred at the Valley Gas Works of the Bradford Corporation on Saturday one man was kilkd and four others injured, three of them seriously. Damage was caused te the extent of about £lO,