... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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, ...

... )NV.4J)6 EDIION lý* fiNYA ,it (J.17 , 10AME .A- L T2EL'S ui 'fL,;RA'S. HI- IhET21AN ]'ANK ftATE. ii .. , ?? I ?? ?? rem'la .i~iqt t.i i, ?? his t1l6 ild it i ?? of dii'oo', to *%N (A,. ot ?? of tadvanles to 3 T 1 TkE INDTAN WAR. V,. ?? A c ?? 'J.}io hos-tile * -. P;-, ht'tV' i,'c,,pittril the L nl'ni of -,dhy t.'wiirai H-toward. F , . ; lEVER EPIDER iU iN AMEHiICA. ..,ri ?? A(I.tii 20TI l eel ...

... At the Eurydice court martial, on Wednesday, Cap- tain Keith Hudson gave evidence as to the suddeness j of the squall whLii struck the t arydice, aud the pe- culiar atmospheric appearances which accompanied it. The harbour master at Portsmouth was also examined, The harbour master at Portsmouth was also examined, and he said that from observations made on board the wreck he found the captain ...

... ALLEGED FRAUDS BY A COLLIERY MANAGER. At the Birmingham Police Court, on Saturday, Jas. Hutchinson Balmain, 29, ex-colliery manager, Moseley, was charged with stealing Z1075 belong- ing to the Wimblebury and Cannock Colliery Company, Hednesford and Birmingham. Mr. Underbill appeared for the prosecutioa, and in ap- plying for a remand stated that evidence would be given showing that prisoner ...

... f MONMOUTHSHIRE AND SOUTH | WALES BUILDING SOCIETY. The ninth annu S.1 meeting in connection with this society was held on Monday evening, at the court- ROOM, Town-had, Newport. Mr. H. J. Parnall in the chair. Tners was a fair representative attendance of j shareholders. Mr. Harse, the secretary, read the notice convening the meeting, and also the minutes, which were confirmed. The ninth ...

... BURRY PORT. WORKING ME! CLUB.—At a committee meet- ing of the Burry Port Working Men's Club, held on Tuesday, it was resolved that the club be transferred from the present premises at the Swansea Bank to General Malcolm » coffee-rooms, upon the condition which the General haskincdy laid down, that is to sayThat in the face of the present depression of trade, and rather than the club should be ...

... TWO LIVES LOST. Two gentlemen, named Mr W. Churchill and S. F. Duckworth, both of London, were drowned on Thursday, whilst bathing at Dumpton Stairs, near Ramsgate. ...

... LLANDILO-TALYBONT. SCHOOL BOARD.-—A special meeting of the above board was held on Tuesday last fit 2 r. llJ. chairman, vice-chairman, and Mr VV. i. Levan.. The board, accompanied by the c.ei K and architect, inspected the school buildings, and a resolution was passed that the con- tractor be asked to finish the work at once accord- ing t) specifications, and that no further payment be made ...

... REVIVIFICATION OF THE NEW- PORT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. Although not actually dead, yet the Newport Chamber of Commerce had well-nigh become an effete body. In a rising and progressive port like Newport, a chamber of commerce is felt to be a necessity, if the status of its commercial aid maritime interests are to be fully upheld. For some time past the Newport Chamber has lacked vitality, so much ...

... THE TnEcTY OF BERLIN. semi-official Correspondence, to-day, announced «iat the copies of the Treaty of Berlin will j>e exchanged at the Foreign Office to-daj% y the plenipotentiaries of the signatory powers. Iv.o.E, Wednesday.—-There is no founda- tion for the statement recently made by a j^ondon morning paper, that Italy and France would assume the initiative of media- »on, tl>TsQC'U'e the ...