... NE BULGARIA, THE FETE OF ST. CYRILLUS AND d ST. METHODIUS t IFROM OUR SPECIAI, CORRESPONDENT.) c IiHILIPPOIOLIS, MAY 22. To-day is a general holiday here, in comnreruora- s tion of the snints whose names are mentioned above, I and who, a thousand years ago, are said to have I done great deeds for their country-Bulgiaria. I fear that within the last fewv hours I have fallen off greatly in the ...

... TO CORREOPO1FUjR ' I IJCK.RD WOODLANDb -Your letter is temperately ,worded, anti fulfils most of our requirements from cor- ,respondents; but it treats upon a subject which we .would rather not paas under discussion in our columns, ,and is, therefore, declined with thanks. ...

... THE REJECTED OF THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL, Al U,.% V JU A VXt.M., Captain Mayne Reid, the novelist, writes to the Daily Telcgrcaph from Frogmore.bouse, Ross :-As it chances, I possess a rare and very remarkable variety of sheep- viz., jet black in colour, with snow-white faces and tails; the latter long and full-fleeced, as the brush of a fox. Of small size and perfect symmetryin shape, these ...

... MMANClE.STERR UNITY OF PDDIFELL,,,OWS. THE AM.C. AT EXETER. The Annual Moveable Committee of the Manucibt3r'. Unity of Oddfellows, consisting of some 426 delegates, representing dyer 200 of the districts of the' Oder, including one in America and mauother in New Zealand, assembled at Exeter yesterday, for the 'transactiona of the business of the Unity. The Grand. Master of the Order, Mr. J. ...

... TEE MEETING OF THE PLENIPOTEN- TIARIES. Apart from the immense political importance of the gathering which will take place on Thursday at Berlin, there cannot but attach (says the Daily Telegraph) a singular interest to the encounter face to face of snoh prominent agents in contemporaneous history. It was improbable, if not almost impossible, that under any other combination of events Lord ...

... 0ln--. P-nrnnn ?? he ed Towr Couzrcm PaocnEniasM, - rhe usual ty monthly meeting of the 'owa Council was held in ag use Court-louse ?? bteele pro- t- siding. A numbel of appeals in connection with er the Curporation water rates were disposed of, and orn the moton of 1Mr Graham, it was remitted to le tne Water Comrnittee to make it obligatory on all Iproprietrs to have the Corporation water pus ...

... WEATHER CHART, 3 Jo nh cbame rep..efts the westemn ?? of Eee=e e fm ci Ns toj X tbe co of P.A.&4 ad emb Goe e Briain =d the BDitfih Isles. It alao includes the North Sea. 0 the German Ocean0 the Bay of BVcay, the Mdeeiterracanm. s te Atlanti, witthe Eng!-As ChbaneT Bristol Cbzne4, zetd q Irish Sew, hi ?? ?? XIPLA2(ATON Or THE CApr.T. Ite e hbart tha darned line b ro. obae or Inea of equal ...

... Five Men Killed.—Several Injured. On the 7th inst. a fearful explosion took place at Silverdale, in a pit almost adjoining the colliery, and in the same seam in which the explosion recently occurred at Apedale, the property of Messrs. Stanier and Co., by which over 20 men were killed. By the explosion on the 7th instant, which occurred through an accumulation of gas, five men were killed, and ...

... THE Newport Town Council have lately been charged with an unwillingness to look the Free Library ques- tion in the face, and with a desire to postpone, if not silte die, at all events to some more convenient season, all thought of carrying out the extension scheme lately brought under their notice. Nothing is easier than to level accusations, and to some, nothing is more agreeable than to ...

... THE EASTERN QUESTION. The following particulars of current events have been transmitted during the week by Correspondents of London daily papers, through Reuter's agency, &c. — THE BERLIN CONGRESS. ARRIVAL OF THE EARL OF BEACONSFIELD. BERLIN, TUESDAY NIGHT. The Earl of Beaconsfield arrived a little before eight this evening. He was met at the station by the whole personnel of the British ...

... Plymouth Theatre Royal was burnt down bv a fire, which broke out shortly before midnight. It is doubtful whether the adjoining Assembly- rooms and Royal Hotel will be saved. ...

... ON WHIT-MONDAY the children attending tlh4i Nonconformist Sunday Schools, after having; marched through the streets, headed by their choirs, were regaled with ten. Entertainments were held in the evening. A cricket match was played on Chapel Farm, between the Aberoars and Maesycwmmer Clubs, the local team proving the victors by ten wickets. ...