... ACTION ON A CONTRACT- In the Exchequer Division of the High Court of Jus- tice, on Friday and Saturday, Baron Cieasby had before him again at the Guildhall, London, the case of De Bergue v the Kojslare Harbour Commissioners, which was partly heard a few days ago, when the hearing was adjourned for the production of a do, and which lia, already been described as an action brought by two ladies, ...

... CARDIGAN. BURIAL BOARD. — A meeting of this board was held on Tuesday last, Mr Thomas Da,vies in the chair. The Clerk reported that he had replied to the queries sent to him from the Home Office, and that he had also forwarded the necessary maps. The Home Secretary had replied on the l::th instant, sayiug that as there was no Order in Council prohibiting the opening of the proposed cemetery in ...

... SEIZING A SPIRIT. Some Eochestor newspaper men. says the Ut'a^iit have beeu examining spirit manitei taiicns in One of them has entirely tonvinced liiua-eli of: th ijf position of the spirits, and in doing so kICk a lively row in the c'ueio. ilir. and Mrs. Id11 the operators, the being the medium. vitation, representatives of the city -apers the seance, and acted as a committee of eX £ l tion ...

... [SPECIAL TELEGRAM.] CM. J i? )ery been comniitted at txie Oie\e- -r1 » country seat at Battle Abbey, near Eastbourne. to the value of several thousand pouiids was extracted from tlie Duchess's dressing-room. On lhurs- evening between 10 and 11 o'clock, theEhousemaid, occasion to go to the room, found the door locked, wi n°.0110 C01i-dd be heard inside, and fancying something -s \vrong, she ...

... ■yTe (British lut'h-ai Jon; tun) un tier stand that the Hoiai Socretluy has referred to Justice Lusb, the judge who tried Treadaw&y, the sab sequent representations which have been made us to hig alleged condition of epileptic ver- tigo with temporary iEE&nity, and that the furthet opinion of the President of the College of Phyeieians will pe tfcjsfn us to lye physical and mental condition. ...

... AT CONSTANTINOPLE, says the Vienna correspondent of the Daily Neivs, a petition to the Sultan is circulating among the Softas, begging his Majesty to appoint a de- putation to proceed to Italy to ask Midbat Pasha to return to power. SE, All OPPICIAL advices from Belgrade published here, adds the same correspondent, state that only one hundred Servian war prisoners have returned home, and it is ...

... CHARGE OF DEFRAUDING A FRIENDLY SOCIETY AT ABERKENFIG. At the Bridgend petty sessions, on Saturday, Thomas Williams. late secretary to the Rock of Ages friendly society, Aberkenng, was charged with embezzling moneys of the club. Mr T. Stockwood, jun., appeared for the prosecution. It appeared that Williams had drawn a cheque on the treasurer to pay certain dues to the district lodge, and had ...

... BITS FilQM BOOKS. [ THE DARGLE:-There are many larger glens than the Y)-at-gle in Ireland, for it is little more than a mile in length but there are none lovelier. Hills thickly covered with oak and other forest trees, interspersed with holly, laurel, and fern, rise IIi either side of the ravine, sometimes to the height of 300 feet. Through this the river winders tortu- onsly, as it brawls and ...

... The Scotsman states that a meeting has been held in Glasgow to consider the desirability of establishing an annual assemblage in -fthat city of tke poets who are resident in the West of Scotland, and it is proposed that the first meeting shall be held on December 26th. The ultimate object 18 to form a society which shall embrace the lvllule of Scotland. T\e promotions of Captains the Hon. ...

... THE HERMIT AMATEUR DRAMATIC CLUB AT THE CARDIFF THEATRE. The last of the series of the amateur dramatic perform- ances given during the current week, by members of the above-named club, in aid of the funds of local charitable institutions, took place last evening, at the Cardiff theatre, before a fashionable and somewhat large audience. The members of the club are not strangers to the admirers ...

... GRAND BILLIARD MATCH.—The opening of the new billiard room, at the Narrow Gauge Hotel, was cele- brated on Wednesday evening by a grand match between Cook, the champion player, and Stanley, the latter re- ceiving 250 points at starting. The principal feature of the play was the 176 break made by Stanley from 57 spot strokes, followed by 27 and 14 spot strokes, Stanley finally winning by 419 ...

... A jIISSINCt VESSEL. Fears are entertained for the safety of the Dutch schooner Alegonda, Capi. Suiit, belonging to Veendam, which left Cardiff on tue lltli of last September, with a cargo of coal for Me-siua, ami has not since been heard of. The owners are of opinion that she must have been run down by a steamer. ...