The Herald of Wales and Monmouthshire Recorder. — 1884-03-01 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

SIR CHARLES SLA DEN.  Sir Omelet Sladen, member of the Legislative Couaei of Victoria, whose death is announced, waa born in 1816, was educated at Shrewsbury an Cambridge, and emigrated to Port PlAllip in February, 1100. He practised as an attorney at Geelong until 1854, when he retired from business. His political career commenced a few months later, when bit. Charles Hotham, the Governor, offered him the pod of acting Coloniel Treasu rex The folloiving year, when the first Ministry under responsible government was formed, Mr. Sladen became Colonial Treasurer, retaining that position from the 28th of November, 1855, until the 11th of March, 1857, when tbs. first O'Shanasey Ministry succeeded to office. Being defeated for Geelong at the next general election, Mr. Sladen did not re-enter Parliament until 1864, when he was elected a member of the Legislative Council or Upper House for the Western Province. He was the trusted leader of the Chamber throughout the constitutional struggle which resulted from the Legislative Assembly tacking a Customs Duties Bill to the Appropriation Act in 1865. On the resignation of the M'Culloch Ministry in 1868, Mr. Sladen undertook to form a Ministry. From the first it was confronted with an overwhelming majority in the popular Chamber, and, after holding office for two months and five days, he resigned. Mr. Sladen never again accepted office, though he continued to lead the Upper House until he resigned his seat in December, 1882, on account or ill health. In 1870 Mr. Shylen was  nominated a C.M.G., and was advanced to K.C.M.G. in 1875.  It is stated that the German Government have made repeated overtures for the purchase of the Dent collection of prints. In the ordinary course of eventa this famous collection was to have been sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby in the ensuing season. Although insured for only £3,000. the prints are expected to fetch in the saleroom £lO,OOO, there being several prints in the collection worth £BOO or £9OO each. A mail-cart and horse were found on Monday morning lying in the road about a mile from Sevenoakio The cart was shattered, and the horse was very much injured. Neither letters nor bags were found in the vehicle. It is conjectured that it belonged to the Tunbridge poet-office. The horse had evidently been running at a raiiid pace for some time. Nothing ha; yet been heard of the driver.  A Parliamentary paper issued on Monday gives the number of liven lost by drowning or other accident in British merchant ships registered in the United Kingdom in the several years from 1871 to 1882 inclusive. In the 12 years the total loss of life was 39,722, of which 35,660 were crew, and 3,062 paavensrers. The largest numbers were in 1873 and 1874, this being mainly due to the crest number of passengers drowned in those years, 1,167 in the former,and 572 is the latter. woman earned Elizabeth dooper attempted boirommit suicide on Monday night, by jumping Into a canal at Cardiff.  Erse's Comm.--Lemarsurtm. t...ostrovernre.— "By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws watch govern the • operations of digestion and nutrition, ancliby a careful application of the fine properties of well-selected Cocoa, Mr Epps has provided our breakfast tabled' with • delicately devoured beverage which may save us many heavy doctors' bills. It is b 7 the judicious use of such article* of diet that a constitution may be gradually built up until strong enough to resist every tendency to disease. fiundreds of subtle maladies are Boating around us ready to attack wherever there is • weak point. We may wimp many a fatal she by keeping Guns! wee well fortified with pure blood and a properly nourished frame." —" Civil Service Ussette."—Made simply with boiling water or milk. :told only Packets labelled..." Jeans RPM it Co., Hommopathic Chemists, London."—Ale, makers:. of Fipples atiocoMte Essence.  SWANBZIA P Pottinuter T, following are the deepatob of mails from  VT uitICL. . a. OACtillt, , et the delivecy and  k-ilw--az)aes.-- -: