... ;a 4 ~ ~ ~ ~ I mf~9.EQN TIrE EASTERN Q2UESTION.-Turl-ey's delay in carrying out the Treaty of Berlin Is arousing universal discontent, and the English, French, and German representatives at Constanti- nople have been obliged formally to remind the Porte of the necessity of immediately fulfilling her engagements. This delay acts most unfavourably upon Austria, for the Bosnian insurrection is ...

... RECENT POETR Y AND VERSE THERE is a rather unusual amount of value to be found in Among the Flowers, and other Poems, by Francis W. Bourdillon (Marcus Ward and Co.). The author is invariably musical in his utterances, and has evidently a correct ear, whilst there is a genuine air of spontaneity about his poems which makes them really worthy of the name. Perhaps the most ambitious piece in ...

... RITUtALISM AND ROMAIN CATHOLICISM. (By AN OOCcAS1Or.U: COucntePONDENT.) Abbe Marthn, in the Coestesporary .leviciv, askts the question, Whv'tt hinders the Ritualists from becom- ing Roman Catholics and from his poilit of view settles the matter, ?? doubt, to his satisfaction. We will accept aa a fact the statemerit that the bookls of devotioa used by the 1{itualiets, and othler things umsd ...

... I The new Wesleyan Chapel in Queen's-road, the foundation stone of which was laid in November, 1876, was opened yesterday for religious worship. The building, which faces the Beverley-road, is in the Italian style of architecture, and has been constructed at a'cost of £G,500. It has a spacious gallery, and is intended to seat about 1,200 persons. There are nine class-rooms attached to the ...

... A tA- - .. . - vat.I2 D aL\. an Up J.M. Uiv ,1 upS N Al. A dull November evening; the hour five; the locality a manufacturing quarter in the great metro. polis, on which the rain is faling steadily, in which the gas is burning dimly, and the drains are reeking warmly, as the factory bells clang, and their doors emit into the open air scores of slatternly women anU girls and slovenly begrimed ...

... Local Intelfigence. I As'sociations, Liberal or Conservative, should have their io cilars, posters, and cards printed at the office Of the lIeU Packet.-Adrt. PETITIONS TO PARLIAMBNT.-In the House of * om- mons on Alonday, Mr. P. A. 'rTaylor presented petitions front Great Grimeby and other places against any increased grant of money to the Duke of Connaught. THE ltOYbAL ACADEMY OF Music.-Mr. ...

... IOUR LONDON CORRESPONDENCE *s. I Lxa)v,, Tin'nsiiA, EVE:x:NI;. ?? The winid is still in the last, and it is blow- t ijng a big gale. It is true that the Turks ha' e tis signedtietl treatyof Bcrhin,tliatfortlietwvenitiethl in timie they assert that they aire on the pjinit ot es giving in thohr ad]hesioin to tile stilullations re which Count Andrassey has laid befor1 thiem for le acctptaii'e, ...

... 1 lATESJ' J hSD i TslI>ETa~HIC BNEWS. T~HE COURT,&c 'NOffidcil Cort(Vi) Osouvsuc, Amt. 22. c ?? ,nd princess Barr drove Outi yeterdasy ~'®batended b~y the Dowager- H VbO walked with the princess this L 3ler bli-'i ti .'utVit5oria aond M itnt of Wales Prne,- .1his mruing. . a ~isied t. pSxnaflO'is,3JE. a~rrwed at c Qelt' avy and had the honour of an a van Yardt, RoyalEnie.ud.d-am siatnhad the ...

... THE FIRE IN BIRILNGIIAM. DISTRESSING SCENE. The Birsuiyhlan Podt gives the following par- ticulars of the distressing fire which occurred irn that town on Monday ?? 20 mioutes to e:even o'clock, as some of the tisitors to the Museum Concert Hall were leaving they observed smoke issuing from betweex the shutters of the shop of Mr. J. letulson, confectioner, on the opposite side tf the way, aind ...

... To realise the extent to which the elec- tion at Newcastle-under-Lyme indicates a change in the attitude of public opinion towards the Government, it is necessary to have some acquaintance both with the cir- cumstances of the recent contest and the previous parliamentary history of the borough. That the memories of our Tory -friends should conveniently fail them in these particulars is not ...

... WATER CO MITFTE. Monday next being al beak holiday, the fort- ngtymeeting, of too water committee, which wouhld. inorinar course bare been, held on, that day, was held yes_.terday at the AIIittimPa Ofices, Da~le-street. 11r. Wilson preoilled: andi rho other members present were Aldermen Eigly'. Bennett, ?? an-d Jack, and Councillors Forceet, 1irwer, and Garuett. TnHE WATER SUPPLY. - The ...

... THE DOCK BOARD'S A-NNUAL EXCURSION. - Ieasaut jeminiscences attach to the tinv- Iomoured and long-established ran out to se.' atnnally taken by the members of the Moersay Decks and Harbour Board, and this yearly recur- ring event, which took place on Saturday. again possecsed in a verylarge degree the elements Ot pleasure which have been enjoyed for so many .seasons by those privileged with ...