... OPENING OF THE NEW HOSPITAL AT kUGHLEY. lugeley was yesterday en ?? inhabitants laid aside their usual Quaker-like demeanour, and turned out nobly to represent the town upon a very Interesting ocoa- sion. The moving cause thereunto was the opening of the new Hospital and Dispensary, an institution which has already been referred to in the Post. The bazaar at Bella- mour Hall proved a most ...

... | IA1O5PTAI NT DIScUSSIoN, The bimonthly meeting of this Board was h.ll on Monday at the workhouse, AnLby-road, the Deputy. governor (Councillor Symous) presiding, in the abisence iof Aldermau Fountaiii (the governor). The business uf the meeting having been announced, MIr Ellis ob. served that they had for a long time had the consider. ation of certain anomalies which wore said to exist ...

... F [From the Daily Telegraph.] On Friday afternoon, about half past two o'clock, a seri~en of terribleexplosions took placein Messrs. Prentioe's gumer tton factory at Stowmarket, entailing a lamentable lose, both of life and property. The first of these explo. oions occurred,' it appears, in a mfgazine which gontained twelve tons of. gunycotton, and the effect it produced was terrifio. Most of ...

... [Reztere 2Tepresas, pes Pres Asociatios] FRANCE PROPOSED PROLONGATION OF M. THIERS' POWERS. SCENE IN THE ASSEMBLY. VMRSAILIAS, Auo. 12 (Noon). The prolougafton of Mt. Thiers'powers was yesterday discussed in Cabinet Council, and will probably be brought forward in the National Assembly at the commencement of the sitting. The Chief of the Executive power will probably open the debate by ...

... REPORT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. The directors report that the traffic carried upon the railway for the half-year ending 30th June, 1871, as com. pared with the corresponing half-year of 1870, shows a, large increase, ?? coaching, £39,374. From merchandise, £81893. From minerals, £21,469. From cattle, £3,624. Total increase £146,360. The balance available for dividend is £742,908. Os. 4d., of ...

... THE WEATIER. TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, EIGHT O'OLOCH A.M. . TMser iPLACE. |B. I.IW W. |FE| D. W. B.|S. Ohrlatienid 30 13 58|5 E.S.E. 2 6 sBwf. oh _ 2 d0krdeenfes'30 22 66 Sf.S.E. 4 Z Z. bf 2 Oxo(O'sud) 30 21 607 7N.N.W. 2 2 W.S.W. b 2 8'mb'rgbjd 299 2919 B S.8,E, 43 | 9 o. 2 Tharso . PQ 65|62 6.B.W. 2 2 H. c 2 Wick Or65 S. 3 5.E. c 3 Nairn . .. - ---20e oen06F 64 B. 14B S.B.W. o 0 .4 ...

... LATEST INTELLLGEN CE (REUTER'S l'EGLZAII5S.) THE PROSECUTION OF THE PARIS NLSURE1N TS. T1 PAJ u i, Au us 7.-Tho indictmient against tlhe illsurgents, puiblished to-day, gives anl hlistori- t eal synopsis of the doings of the International Tl preparatory to the inurllrection. The official deoe- Y ment next rccouuts the revolt of the 15th of Alarch, a-.d the crimes resulting thorefrollm. Charges ...

... LONfDON. e .-(FROm OUR OWN CORRE5POWDfNT.) t TaunvsDny EvrNm G,. One of the most significant features of the week not commented On by the papers is the visit of the Grand Duke Constantine of Russia to the Emperor Napoleon at Chisel. h burst. The Grand Duke is brother of the present Emperor and calling to recollection the friendly sympathy which was e known to exist between the latter and the ...

... SWANSFEA AND GLAkfORGCAN HORTI. CULTURAL AND FLORAL SOCIETY. | f The fifthl exhibition of flowers, fruit, and vegetables, in connevtion vwith this society, was held on Thursday, on the Swansea cricket-field, at Bryn-y-mor. The weather was obi e delightfully fine, and a large number of visitors weref n present. The attractiveness of the show in itself was Co j, enhanced by the engagement of the ...

... IMPORTA2NT SCHOOL BOAfRD MEETING I-liT PONT'YPOOL. Yestcrday. an influentinl meeting, convened by circular, was held at the Town-hall, P1ontypool, to considler the re- port of tie 1nspector of Schools a1S to tlhe '1eficency of Echool accommodation in the parish of Trevutbin. Mlr. C. J. Pmulcee, J.P., presided. The 13ev. J. C. LLEWELLTN, vicar of Trevetbin, read the report of the Inspector, Mr. ...

... 1WAINEA HORTIOULTURAL AND FLORAL SOCIETY. The following is ai cenipleto list of the prizes awarded at hi the fifth annual exhibition, in connection with this society, Y, 0 on Thursday:- tb Id CLASS .-rrPArNTS ANnD YLOWBPRS (Opeu). Y Stove Plants, best 12: Ist prize, £2, Charles Bath. dI Flowering Stove Plants, best 3 (in bloom): 1et, £1, W. H. tl Brown. Geranium, best 12, varigated, zonal, ...

... ETHIS Conference is not so promising as it might have been. The divisions, of which there were indications I last week, are likely to spread. Considering the way Sin whiclh the farmer representatives were chosen, we )scarcely expected that it would have got so far so )smoothly as it had done, viz., till the resolution in I Ifavour of secret returns introduced a new principle, a 3on which the ...