The Herald of Wales. — 1888-11-10 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

GENERAL NEWS.  News hew reielleied alma on aatardity that the sunspor of ths Caucasian Railway, upos which the Czar's train was recently wreaked, est blown his brains out.  The "Daily Telegraph" states that the Ernpreaa Victoria of ahnnany will arrivo in this country on the 17th inst., on • visit to the Queen.  The Vienna Sportim aurae predicts aa annandly mild winter, basing its prophecy on I enndry obeervatimui tonehing the autumn flights of swallow' and othor migstory birds. rhe Cabinet Council met at 2.30 oa Monday afternoon at the Foreign Office. I.ord Salisbury presided, and most of the other, Ministers were present.  The report of the Tess Conservancy Oates that during recent operation, three hundred trees of the ancient forest and many hundreds of huge holders have been removed from al. river bed. • heavy snowstorm has oeourred in the oan. to of Valais, in Bwitserland. The telJgraph lines are broken in the Zermatt Vallty and on the Simplon route. . . . . . .  ecooiding to. despatch from Calcutta fresh raids on the part of the China are reported from the K.'ay district to have taken plaoe. Eighteen villagers are said to have been killed and sixty earried off prisoners. The kLuiche,ter Chember of Commerce hay, on Monday, passed a resolution urging the extension to Indian textile mills of the pro. visions of British factory We to prevent overworking women and children. It appears that difficulties have again arisen in Berlin in connection with Sir Morel Kackenzie's book which has, by order of the pnbile proeecutor, been confiscated in Goerllty and Lieiruity. The Admiralty Court haa *warded the owners of the Glasgow steamer Castle Eden £l,OOO for ii.j oriel sustained by their vessel on the alipway of the Windsor tilipways, Dry Docks, and Engineering Company (Limited), of Cardiff. The manager and editor of the French journal La CO wge have been eentinced to ton months' imprizonment each and a flue of 1001. for having published two caricatures insulting to the army.  A Central News Baoharest telegram on Saturday says that Prince Demeter Cui,t has oommitted suicide at Baguio'.. A Central News telegram from Berlin, on daturday says : —Tie Cologne Gazette confirms the report that the German Ambaasador at the Vatican will be re-nailed.  I dense fog overhung London on Saturday morning, the darkness being intense. For .ome hours the atmosphere was oomparatively clear near the earth.  A large craft, without crew or cargo, has tome ashore at West Bay, near Bridport. :she appeared to have been in collision. Her name woe "The Secret," and 8119 was ref:wady sighted in the Channel. The Chancel !Squadron is under orders to refit and rendezvous at Portland on Deoember lOth for the annual winter ermine extending I over Christinae. The ships are expected at the , home poets next week. Madras has been visited by a severe cyclone. A. train numbering 19 carriages was impelsed. stmmship Bhundars, carrying 627 coolies, wee disabled, the fires having been put out by the water shipped. Five coolies were kill •ti and 14 Berman}, injured. It is hoped that wowed rain will result from the storm. .  Nelson's tligship Viotory loft Portsmouth dockyard, on Monday, after undergoing repairs, which will probably keep her in a good condition for mother century. She is moored between the flagship Duke of Wellington and the !it. Vincent training ship. Solutes will be henceforth fired from the Victory and courts martial held on board.  There ia one woman journalist, and only one, reporting the proccedings of the Panaell Commiasma at the Law Omuta. She is, however, a somewhat famous exception, for they say that she is none other than Melanie Venturi, , the well-known friend of Maxemi. She holds the seat allotted to an Irish newapaper and lons correspondence for some continental journals. . .  . - A despatch from Washington states that the company working the patents of J. W. Grayson, formerly of the United States Navy, has sold to the French Government the patent for guns to fire dynamite shells with gunpowder, for £lOO,