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THE ORDER OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM.…

THE DIOCESE OF LLANDAFF. -

RETIREMENT OF PROFESSOR 7'.1…

SUICIDE OF A TRADESMAN AT…

TEE LIVERPOOL WATER DILL.

JMPCBTANT FRIENDLYI SOCIETY…

PARLIAMENT TO BE OPENED BY…

THE EARL OF JERSEY AND HIS…

MR. GWYNNE-HOLFORD, M.P.,…

THE LATE WEMT OF ENGLAND BANK.

STBANDING- OF A-VESSEL AT…

BREACH OF RULES "AT THE DUNRAYEN…

THE FRAUDS UN YOrlKSHIBE MANUFACTURERS.

DESTRUCTIVE ACCtDENT ON A…

CONFESSION OF THE BURTON CRESOElT…

SINGULAR OCCURHENCE AT A THEATRE.…

DEATH OF MRS. DAVID RCSSER,…

THE EXECUTION OF A FRENCH…

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THE EXECUTION OF A FRENCH MURDERER. On AfoBd&y morning Prevoot, the poUoem<m who murdered the womM Blondin <md the jewellery dealer, Lenoble, MidttfterwMda ont their bodies up, and threw the pieces into the aewera, waa guillotined at the Place de la Eoqnette, Paria, at daybreak. It having become known on Sunday night that his appeal tor mercy had been rejected by the President of the Republic, a large crowd began to assemble aa early aa nine o'clock round the place of execution. A strong force of infantry and oavalty guarded the square and kept the people at a. dMttUioe. The crowd, in spite of the bitter cold and piercing north-east wind, grew more numercoa towards midnight, and by the hoar of execution all the thoroughfares leading to the spot were crammed with people. The executioner arrived at four o'clock, ,and.. aided by hia aa- sistante, erected the guillotine about twenty pMoa from the central door of the prison. The guillo. tiEe once in order, the headsman and his entered the prison, to arrange what :a called the toilette of the culprit previous to h'8 death. Tno Abbé Crozes, the chaplain of the <?a.o\ was the Srst to ecter the prisoner's col!. Pravost started up, gc.zed wilcly at tbo reverend g.'Btlemt.n, aid then hMisd hig head ic his _remblmg aad groaning. II Al!\k! ..aid the cl)aphdu, "t,h.;m, 1" !.o hope Bow but in the mercy of Curi Tif) c 'n èŒmed B)an theu left bed, but h<) wn to3 n:uch overcome te hiwsdf. Tht !Vda done by the executioner and hia Se was then left alone with the Abbe Crozaa to prepare his soul. He embraced tha ohs.p!ain several times amd wept bitterly. fake courage, courage," e:ud the reverend gent!eman. Yea, yce," replied Prevcet, I will take course 2.'jc' try to n:apt my fate. I ask pardon of the PoHce AdminiatratioD, to which I belonged aavan yesra." The condemnad man, after the cruciSx three or four times, marched out to tha guillotine with a nrm step, and in an insts.nt he was on the fatal bascule. The apring waa touched, a dnil thud waa heard, and the next aooond hia bed fell into the basket. After the execution the body and head of the murderer were taken to the School of Medicine, and having been sown to- gether electrical experiments were made on them, and in the opinion of all the doctors present death maat have been instantaneous.-Daily Telsgraph.

THE RECENT DISPUTE WITH TURKEY.…

SUICIDE TO AVOID ARREST. -

OPPOSITION TO THE TRANSFER…

A PRIEST'S MISTAKE. --

APPEAL FROM A WELSH ARBITRATOR.

DEATH OF M. JULES FAYRE.

THE REPORTED CONCENTRATION…

THE COFFEE TAVERN MOVEMENT…

A STRUGGLE ON A RAILWAY ENGINE.

SALE OF BURGLARS' CONFISCATED…

THE OF IRONWORKS AT MERTRYR…

SWANSEA ADJOURNED LICENSING…

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