... HEALTH RESORTS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN. No. 6. GENOA. We are not sure whether the above beading is quite accurate as applied to Genoa, but as it is situate on the shore of the Mediterranean, and is, moreover, one of the principal ports of Italy, a slight description of this remarkable city will not be out of place, We left Nice on the 4th of March, after a sojourn of three months, and arrived at ...

... ALLEGED OUTRAGE AT MON- MOUTH. The Central News hag sent out the follow- ing telegram On Tuesday r.ight a bullet was fired through a window of the house cf Mr J&roea J.P., of Monmouth, a leading Liberal. No out was injured. ...

... I [FROM THE STANDARD. JULDAK (through Candahar) Wednesday.—Th# advance continues without interruption from the enemy, although shuts are occasionally fired at uI by fanatics iu the hills. A shot came into camp to-day, and mortally oun ltd one of the native camp followers. The troops are in high spirits at their advance, after months of inaction, and hope to have a chance of ifghting. The ...

... TERRIBLE SNOW STORM IN RUSSIA. SERIOUS LOSS OF LIFE. The Orenburg Listok says that for up ards of a month Orenburg has been severed from the rest of Hussia by snowstorms of a severity hitherto unknown, l^or three weeks railway communica- tion has baeu stopped between JSaratoff and Olen- burg owing to the immense drifts that have accumulated on the line, aud although thousands of soldiers and ...

... PoLti1 C)-rT, -At this court on ftionday, Williams, a dissolute character, was sent to hard labonr for 14 days, for stealing a purse containing 9s. 61., from Samuel Eva-A& labo-.wer, of Rhym» ncy, in a house of ill-fame at Ynysgau.—TV# boys, named Bott, were ci.arged with stealing* meerschaum pipe, a gold ring, and a pouch, from tne pocket of an overcoat left hanging in the porch of St. ...

... > I ACTION FRACASTT USE. 41th OASE DISMISSED. a,°yi **„?-? Petty-ge8sions. ou Friday—before ^'»en r°J'^U (chairman) ard Messrs E. as X in, un Lisfcer. jun.—Mr John Oliver fi« M ^ePer- was cnarged with maliciously LNhfJ'i with intent 10 tlo hina t ,ar,n by kicking him in the groin r^r^°f the 23rd ult. Mr A. J. David, H J PPeared for the defence. Prosecutor, aid On the 23rd ult. I was »ot t? ...

... CALL TO THITBAR. Among the names of other gentlemen recently called to the bar by the Middle Temple, we fiud that of Mr John Lloyd, of Huntington Court, Hereford, J.P. for the county of Brecon. ...

... COLEFORD. 2ND 12TH GLOUCESTERSHIRE annual supper was servel on Saturday night, at the Angel Hotel, on which occ&sion Lieut.-Col« Sir James Campbell presided, supported by Lieut. Vaughan Vaughan and other gentlemen. Earlier in the day the men had their nelfr helmets fitted. and arrangements were made for the new Uui- forms. ...

... MEETING OF THE MASTER BUILD. ASSOCIATION. The fe rs that men entertained a few days ago, that the suggested alteiations in the code of rules under which all the employes in connection with the building trade at present a;e governed might terminate ic a strike, are likely to be removed. Although all alte.-ations in rules should be made, as far as the masons are concerned, on the 1st of May, it ...

... A NEtVPORT AlA TnIMONIAL CASE. On Thursday, in the Divorce Division of the High Court of Justice, on hureday, the local suit of Jones v. Jones was heard, before the Rieht Hon. the President, Sir James Hannan. This was the petition of the wife for a dissolution of her marriage, on the ground of respondent's adultery and desertion. The case was undefended. Rebecca Jones, the petitioner, was ...

... MACHEN. SCHOOL BOARD. A meeting of ratepayers was held on Tuesday to endeavour to avoid a contest at the forthcoming election of the first School Board. The following were named tor nomina- tion Rev, J. O, o. Darfay, Messrs P. Woodruff, P. T. Woodruff, Thomas Evans, Evan Jones, Aaron Johnson, and the Rev. W. Richards. Mr Philip T. Wwdruff occupied the chair. The board will consist of seven ...

... MERTHYR. THE rector of Merihyr has been re-elected pre- sidenc of the Merthyr and Cefn Children's Hospital. THE High Constable presided at a meeting of the Merthvr and Dowlais Coffee-Tavern Com- pany on Tuesday evening, when the deputation appointed to visit the Cardiff taverns reported the result, and steps were taken to have large pre- mises in Victoria-street immediately fitted up for ...