Mr. Chamberlain, owing bereavement, did not attend to-day’s meeting of the Imperial Tariff Committee. In his absence Mr. Jeoe Ceilings pieaided, and others present wera Lord Morpeth. Mr. Z. Nottlefold, Mr. C. A. Tinoe, and Mr. >V, Jenkim. A resolution of condolence with Mr. Cham

Tbo adjourned inquest tho young woman, Annie Elizabeth Earl, who was found dead at Coombe her throat cut December 30th, has been fixed for to-morrow week Binley. It was intended bold the enquiry Thursday, but this morning it was reported by the hospital aftboriiios Coventry that

Tho liner Umbria and French liner La Gascoyne were docked yesterday at Now York, both veeoels being two days overdue. The captains report that last Thursday they encountered terrific storm with tremendous seas. One great wave swept right over the Umbria’s decks, badly injuring t

It wm net until noon that the undertaker arrived, and it while proceeding with his cheerleM office that he was startled to perceive a movement of the eyo, twitch/* describes it as. A moment later there was a second, and still more unmistakable twitching of the and eyelid. Amazed

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Three century Hungarian Jesuit martyrs w«w beathkd SL Peter's. Rome, yesterday morning. The Papal Court attended the afternoon serrioe, when Fioa X. was presented with the reiica of beatified martyrs and a huge bouquet of artificial flowers seven feet diameter by the Jesuit dete

Metropolis Thratrb.— Womanhood seems completely dominate Metropole melodrama. Ur. Walter Melville himself has given as Ths Worst Woman in London,” “Her Second Time Earth/’ “A Girl’s Crass Roads ”; The Ugliest Woman on Earth was the title the piece produced Christmas, and this we

Jocrph Bennett, the teacher of bdinrdi, died Okie njonruAg, bis immediate death beief caaecd etnoke of which he had os Day. tor mocy yeas hoe sot enjoyed the beat of health. Bennett wws bora the tows Mtiha?, Kent, la 1813, nad played hie firat match when yearn age. Daring the tw

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Yesterday afternoon, meeting of manufacturers of Birmingham and Walsall in the trades ’ikely be affected the introduction of the aato-o&r was held in the rooms the Walsall Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Croabeo (Meaßrs.Crasbee and Sons. Birmingham) presided, and there was a good atten