The Herald of Wales and Monmouthshire Recorder. — 1885-03-28 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

OOO.  Profeasor James Stuart, M.P., has consented to be one of the candidates for the new borough of Shoreditch, and has selected the Hoxton Division. • •  —• • The Pekin correspondent of the Times telegraps that the rumour to the effect that a rebellion had broken out in Kashgar are confirmed. The Ysough Vernon is alarmed lest this event should re-open the Kuldga question. Mr. Gladstone, with respect to the Sundae Closing Bill, says that so long as the Redistri.bution Bill is in the House it will be impossible to make an exception to the rule that gives that Rill precedence. A thridemonal meeting held at Bury St. Edmund's refused to countenance the English Church Union, or to recommend the formation of rural branches of the Church of England Purity Society. The adjourned conference of the South West Yorkthire miners was opened at Rotherham on Monday. The proceedums are private, but neg Aiations with the master, will probably be opened on the basis of five per cent reduction. In the Grosvenor Bank case, on Tuesday, Mr. Gill applied for permission to withdraw from the prosecution of Mr. Caleb Titcombe, the late manager, and to discharge the reoognisances The recorder granted the required permission. Baron F. de Rothchild' gave a breakfast in Southwark on Tuesday morning to three hundred unemployed dock labourers. Princess Louise and Mrs. Gladstone were present. Sir Stafford ' Noithcote and Lord Roseberry wrote urging ' emigration for the unemployed. Mrs. Gladstone promised a similar breakfast. A Central News telegram from Madrid on Monday, says that the disaffection in the army a mtheing much uneasiness at Badajoz. Colonel Borneja has been arrested for conspiracy, and at Pamplona three soldiers have been found guilty on the same charge. The Cambridge crew rowed over the course on Monday, from Mortlake to Putney. Brown took his place in the boat azain. The row was indifferently done, the time was bad and the swing irregular. The time for the whole course was twenty minutes and thirty-five seconds The Oxford men did smart bursts in good style. A. telegram trom Vienna dated March 19th, in Friday'. Tinos, states that in connection with the disastrous colliery explosions at Kerwin and Saarbructea, Herr Rudolph Jell, the wellknown geologist, who has made a special stud/ of volcanic eruptions, publishes a caution to mine OVeaacca a.  • Information was received in Derry of the drowning, on Sunday night, of William McCorriatin, keeper of one of the lighthouses in Lough Foyle. Public attention was aroused by the absence of any light in the tower dwing the night, and a visit to the lighthouse on Monday showed that the unfortunate keeper had been drowned. His body has not yet been recovered. The Oxonians set out to row over the course on Tuesday morning on the ebb, starting from the boat house at Mortlake. The trial, however, abruptly terminated through the breaking lof the rudder and the crew paddled home. The Cambridge crew did some smart bursts against a scratch crew, the university crew showing to some advantage in the spins. The Langham Hotel, at Chicago, was burnt down on Saturday night A woman jumped from a fourth-story window and was killed. Eight fireman and policeman were buried under the falling walls, and several were fatally injured. The Prince and Princess of Wales will not visit the Wynnstay Mansion on their way to Ireland as reported, but their Royal Highneeses are expected to break their jouraey through Wake at Bangor to present colours to the Militia. They will also receive an address at Holyhead before embarking on the royal yacht Osborne. On Saturday the Gist annual meeting of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution was held at Willis's Rooms, under the presidency of the Duke of Northumberland, who was supported by a large number of noblemen and gentlemen, officers of the institution, and by a full meeting of subscribers and friends. Among the speakers was Sir Stafford Northcote. From Durban on Thursday we are informed that Mr. Jarishen has been elected presideint of Voltskrands. Mr. Joubert has been re-elected commandant-general. A Transvaal railway scheme from Kimberly to Pretoria has beea . mooted. De ls Rey, who is wanted for the murder of Honey, is on a farm four hours from rretoria.  ----, A Central News telegram from Ottawa on I Monday night says :—ln the Canadian Parliament Sir John McDonaold announced that 450 half-breeds, undor Louis Riel, had revolted at Pio:mess Cut, New Lake, Seugog. The rebels had seized the place, captured and imprisoned the officials there, and cut toe telegraph wires leading out of the town. Reinforcements are being Bent up to quell the revolt. At a meeting of the Dublin Municipal Council on Monday, the Lord Mayor, replying to a question, announced that having regard to the resolution adopted at the last meeting of the Corporation, when it was decided that no address should be presented to the Prince of Wales, he had determined not to attend the ceremony of laying the foundation-stone of the new Science and Art MaititlEll by his Royal Highness. On Monday afternoon a middle-aged gentleman went into Benson's Restaurant, Birmingham, and had some refreshment Whilst he was eating he was observed to choke, and assistance was rendered. He, however, died in a very short time, and it was faund that a piece of meat had stuck in his throat. The body was taken to the mortuary, Moor-street, where it was identified as that of Mr. Greatrex, hairdresser, of Burlington Passage. At MarseilleP, on Saturday evening last, at 9 o'clock, two shots were heard in the Alice de Meillan, and the ball of a revolver at the same time broke a mirror in a confectioner's &lop. Several per,ons rushed into the shop, where they found a young man and a young woman, severely wounded, and the ground covered with blood. The sufferers were at once removed to the hoapital. They were so seriously injured that no questions were put to them until Monday morning. The replica of the young woman were incoherent, and t here is little hope of her recovery. The young man said that his name was Henry Frye, and that he had recently resided at 5, Loudon-street, Ashford. in England; that the name of his companion was Sarah Little; and that they had left England together, because their respective families refused to consent to their marriage. They had arrived here without the means of subsistence, and resolved tocommit suicide. The girl had not the necessary courage and he had therefore fired at her, and afterwards attempted to take his own life.