... We were pleased the other day with the poetical and re- trospective turn given to the present war by a distinguished English author. This is not the first time, said our friend, that the English will have fought on the banks of the Danube. Illustrious youihø that left their bative shore To march where Britons neve* m6.rched before. The great Duke of Marlborough carried our arms to the banks ...

... t (From the Gardener's Chronicle.) THB FLOWER GARDEN AND SHHL'BBERIES, continued col4 northerly winds render the °f bedding stock unusually difficult this 8ar 'r0m '8 st* (^al,Serou8 to risk even the hardier j, Under the protection of glass. AII-that can faP ...

... THE geographical accidents of Gallipoli would lead one to think the army placed there, is intended for occupation and defence. It would be within such a distance of Con- stantin)ple that, if the capital were in the slightest danger, the troops could be sent there in a few days, ar- tillery, baggage, and all, while it effectually commands the Dardanelles and Sea of Marmora, and makes it a mare ...

... The mail steamer Atlantic arrived at Liverpool, on Friday, with advices from New York to the 16th, and 700,000 dollars on freight. No intelligence had been re- ceived of the City of Glasgow steamer, though she had been out 46 days. The New York Tribune states that the news from Havanna is very important, and of a belligerent character. The Captain-General's organ contained an abusive article ...

... DEFEAT OF THE RUSSIANS. The Times, in a third edition of Wednesday, published the following most important despatch from their correspon- dent at Vienna VIENNA, WEDNESDAY MORNING. The following report circulates in Bucharest :-Omer Pacha advanced with 70,000 men towards the Dobrudscha, on the 18th or 19th of April, and a battle took place with Luders' corps, between Silistria and Rassova. ...

... NEWPORT TOWN HALL.—MONDAY. Present: The Mayor and James Rennie, Esq. AN OLD OFFENDER. Ellen Evans, a notorious drunkard, though a married woman, advancing in years, was charged with being drunk and incapable, and with throwing stones at the door of John Ponsford, marine store-dealer. She pleaded guilty to being drunk on Friday but denied the soft impeach- ment of injuring Mr. Ponsford's door ...

... ODESSA, APRIL 24. Odessa was bombarded on the 22nd—no damage what- ever was done. On the 22nd and 23rd, all was quiet. We are assured they were preparing to re-commence hostilities to-morrow. To this, we believe, we may add that the British fleet left Odessa in consequence of the Russian squadron having come out from Sebastopol, with the apparent intention of placing the combined squadrons ...

... FATAL ACCIDENT .—On Thursday, the 27th ult., Wm .Curtis and David Jones were accidentally killed at the above place. The former .came to his untimely end hy being jerked off the new limestone engine, and falling under the wheels of the carriages, which passed over his body. The latter was killed at the Pantyffcurest pit, by a heavy fall which came down upon him. Eaoh of the unfortunate men ...

... On Wednesday last, at a quarter past two o'clock, Mr Tubbs, surgeon, of Upwell, Cambridgeshire, in the pre- sence of above a dozen gentlemen, at the Mesmeric Infir- mary, No. 36, Weymouth-street, Portland-place, cut away the right breast of a married woman, of Upwell, named Flowerday. He first threw her into the state of sleep- waking, by holding her hands in his, and staring at her eyes, as ...

... NOT BAD.—An Irishman, who was early one morning busy in sweeping a shop of a cheesemonger, was inter- rupted by a voicc from an inner room, saying, Well, what are you doing—are you sweeping out the shop ? No, replied Pat, H I am sweeping out the dirt, and leaving the shop. FAIR, YET FOUL.—A bachelor friend has left a board- ing house, in which were a number of very plain-featured women, on ...

... THE LATE CAPTAIN FOOTE. The following is a copy of a letter addressed by Sloggett, the surviving officer of the unfortunate calamity which resulted in the death of the late Captain John Footfy of the Conflict, to W. Hodson, Esq. Her Majesty's Ship Conflict, Memcl, April 19. My Dear Sir,-Although I feel myself scarcely equal to the sad task of writing to you, I cannot allow the poSt to leave ...

... PONTYPOOL HARMONIC SOCIETY. -We understand that a large gathering of the members of this society,* and the friends of harmony, will take place at their quarterly re-union on Thursday evening next, at the Clarence Hotel assembly room. THE GAS WORKS. There is an intention, it is stated, to remove the gas works from the centre of the town, to a more appropriate site at the Trosnant end of the ...