... CHITCHAT AND ORITICISM. St. Peter's Tower, Moay 30th, 1871. What a oommotion the recent order of the Streets' 1tom- mittee of the Local Board, with reference to the brass plates, appears to have caused I It reminds one of the fable of, the frogs who, dissatisfied with their Log of a King petitioned Jupiter for a more active ruler, and received in exchange a longe-legged, stalkirig, stork, with ...

... LATESrT I'NTl'lJI'Jl11(3IN(j, By ELECTRIbIC TELEGRtAP t The Echo publishes a cable dc-patch to-41o ;ruair account of the official synopeie .1 the triy a i the High Joint Commision. Tlie Briti-h rnrelct frankly expresses regret at the Al bamrnxL ?? rjo . 1h question as to Prince Edwvare'> [IAt anrl th0 at j boundary is to be referred to the ErI a rr ,f ?? .n-, hfb Tribune praises the frank find ...

... A speciatgeneral mieeting of the proprietors of this company was held on Thursday aterloo-station, Capt. Mangles i the ch air. The Solicitor of the company explained the new bi . Its provisions included powera to include an agreement for transf erring ?? and CornwallRailway Company'liieasfar as Okehampton to that con mpany. It now contained, and would confirm, the aeement whch hoad since been ...

... ' SIDMOUTH.-The 2nd Devon Volunteer Artillery was last week inspected by Adjutant Keating. The Adjutant gave the men great credit for their excellent gunnery. After firing forty .two rounds the men (headed by I their fife and drum band) were marched back to the Eeplanade and dismissedbutnotbeforebeingpresented with something wherewith to refresh themselves. The muster: Seegeaut-Major Mitchell ...

... The monthly meeting of this body was held at the Guildhall on Wednesday, the Right Worshipful the Mayor presiding. The conference withi Mr.,Friend wa3. adjourvnedtfrom tue litto the 9th of May, in consequeisce of the inconvenience, of titel former day. The communication referred from the Town. Council to the Lo0cal Board with reference to the erectiou of a new Exe-beidge was referred to the ...

... CIVIL WAR IN FRACE. THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. b PARIS BLOCKADED. tl i st!.nrILE;, Wednesday.-The Paris Commune has to-- 2' 4,^ i,,uea a decree authorizing persons to sond goods in at oct of the eiv, excepting flour, arms, and munitions V a ., s tea ther decreeo the carrying of letters for the a a-- * ln eta end abroand is permitted without prepayment. at F ?? tared but feeblv yesterday. It is ...

... St. PTer's Tower, May 16th, 1871. The interesting festivity of last Wednesday ovening, about which your Radical contemporaries were so jubilant, appears to have been merely a pretext for a convivial meet- ing, with a view to revive the drooping spirits of the party, which are naturally at a low ebb just now, when the Liber4 tactics of the present Government are almost universally decried. ...

... LATESTr INTIELliAGlF;\C- BY ELECTRIC TELLEGItRpll LONDON Il * LivpitpriMAIKlT, Teosll firm. Wheat a shanle dearer. er, George Townsend, a cabinet-nlaki r, thr,, i, a train near Bath to-day and was lkiilold. In ?? to a deputation fria ill,, t ?? Alliance to-day Mr. Bruce deeli nd t: ?? Permiesive Bill. ; lToiONTo, Monday.-Tho *l;UR(R of th'. Wn Treaty (effecting tho Canadian tmttt ri cautious ...

... THE SRjW-A-QP QUR9TTOV.. A special meeting of the Local Board wae held at the Gulidhall Wo on WedneedaY to consider the question of the dieposal of the sewage of the city and to receive a report from the Surveyor on A, Mr. Friend's scheme. The Mayor presided. Previous to this miu meeting the Board eat in Committee, and after a long discussion co the following resolution was come to:- Reolved, ...

... | -The Bath and West of England Society and Southern 151i Counties' Association is now holding its annual exhibition eel at Guildford, about thirty miles from London. The show ml yard is formed in Shalford Park-a delightful situation, N( within half-a-mile of the town, The length of the yard is TH half-a-mile, and its breadth a quarter of a mile. The live th, stock have nearly 1,500 feet of ...

... THE ENDOWED ISCHOOLS' ENQUIRY. Parlimentwas dopte -Te huble Ietiitio ofth inayor, Se tione for the benefit of their poorer fellow citizens end thoso who dit Should come ?? thm Tat those endowments havu bcen pro- ductive of much benefit to the citizens, and arc, for ehe mostpart, at this day, cffecting much goad,> especiolly in the elementary education of the children of the poorer citizens ; ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS.' THURSDAY.-Lord KIYiFshry produced and obtained a lirat reading for his Bill for the 'protection of: life and property in certain parts of Ireland.-Lord SALISBURY brought up the report of the Select Committeq on University Tests;- The County Property Bill was read a third time and ?? Bank- ruptcy, squalification'Bill, the Local Government Supflemental Bill, the Oyster and ...