At Knowle Horse Show there wfcre 22 classes, aud over 200 entri-as. Triton, owned Dy Mr. Brookes, of Bromsgrove, came down when jumping, and rolled ov>er the rider, who seemed to be soriously hurt, but he quickly Iv the Shire class Mr. H. Lee's Thelma, a mare which had a success

The campanile of St. Mark's Cathedral, Venice, 98 metres high, fell down on Monday morning on to the Piazza. It collapsed where it stood, and is now a heap of ruins. The Cathedral and the Doge's Palace have suffered, buJ only a corner of the Royal Palace was damaged. It is belie

KITCHENER'S CHARACTERISTIC SPEECH Lord Kitchener and staff were awaited at Hartley Institute by a large assemblage, including the member.? of the corporate body and Mayors of the neighbouring municipalities. The reception accorded particularly to Lord Kitchener, General Sir John

TUB (Sfrronkle, FRIDAY. JULY 18, IH2. I Changes are being made in the Education Bill as it passes through Committee of the House of Commons, and these have in some cases been improvements upon the original proposals, but they do not touch the essence of the measure. ' What happe

Tuesday was a fdiay of dreadful or joyful omen, being no less than St. Swithin's Day. On July 15, 971, that is, 108 years after his death, the remains of Swithin (who, as a matter of fact, lias never been canonized) were removed from their resting place in the churchyard of the

An elderly gentleman, describing himself as a journalist, sought the advice of Mr Marsham at Bow-street on Wednesday. He said l that on Tuesday, just as the King was leaving Buckingham Palace, ne attempted ib take a photograph of his Majesty's carriage for publication ia one of

1 FOXLYDIATE MURDER. £ i MIDDLETON PAYS THE PENALTY. \ Samuel Middleton (45), was executed at Worcester * Prison, at eight o'clock on Tuesday morning, for the ! * murder of his wife at Foxlydiate, near Redditch, on , May 10. | 1 Shortly before a quarter to eight a little knot i

The 19th annual fete and sports in connection with Court Pride of Shrawiey was held at that parish on Monday, in beautiful weather. The celebrations commenced in the morning, when the members assembled at the New Inn, Shrawley, and, headed by the Worcester Artillery Band, marche

Two debtors cam© before Mr. Registrar Talbot sitting ail the Kidderminster Bankruptcy Court on Monday. In each case the Official Receiver (Mr. E. Percy Johnson) examined the debtors, who were represented' by Mr. Spencer Thursfield. STOURPORT DEALER'S FAILURE. Edmund Pearce Cook,

Monday next that arrangements might be made for sending them to a training ship. Mr. Webb expostulated with the parents of the boys for their neglect in not keeping them under proper control. This, he said, was the second son which Marshall had had in the same position, one havi