... PARIS, WEDNESDAY. — 1 he Moniteur contains decrees appointing M. Troptong to be President, and Marshal Couot Baraguay d' Hi liers, General Count Regnault de Saint-Jean-d'An gely, and Marsh id PelUsier Duke de Mulakhoffto be Vice-Piesidents of the Senate lor the year 1859. General Mscmahon leaves Paris to-night to resume the cornniaiiii of the army in Algeria in consequence of the agitaiion ...

... The Times, Paris correspondent, referring to the war articles in the Pr»sse, which paper is known to be under the influence of Prince N apuleon, alld which ill one uti- cle asks, Does not England know the position of Austria—menaced in Italy, menaced in Hungary, who only want arms, odious to the Poles, to the Roumans, to the Croats who have saved her, and wham she has de- ceived. The utmost ...

... The following telegram has been received:- MADRID, JAN. 9.—The Government has presented to the Congress draughts of bills for the reorganization of the system of keeping the provincial and municpd accounts. The activity of the smuggler in the Pyrenees causes great uneasiness. ...

... Prince Napoleon left Paris at eight o'clock on Thursday evening for Turin, where he will remain eight days; returning as soon as the ceremony of bethrothal has taken place with the Sardinian Ptincess. ...

... NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Forty-sixth GENERAL HALF-YEARLY MEETING of the PROPRIETORS of this Company will be held at the WHITB LION HOTEL, Broad-street, Bristol, on TUESDAY, February 22nd, 1859. The Chair will be taken at One, P.M., precisely. JAMES STUART, Chairman. Notice is also hereby given, that the Books kept for the Registration of Transfers will be Closed from Tuesday, the 8th ...

... 8IR,ly attenlion hu bpen palled to a lending article of the 2.,111 inst., in the Cardiff Times, in which the writer has contrasted ill parallel columns my opinion, aud th-it of the CARDIFF and MERTHYR GUARDIAN, as to the general accuiacy of the reports of the proceedings at the Boald of Guardianll, furnished by Mr. Wilett. In the -hoit speech from which the p»ra^rh|>h in question is ex- ...

... FBLONY.—A few days ago some person went into the shop of Mr. Giles, butcher, during his absence, and stole £ 100 from his till. The thief has not been apprehended. CHRISTMAS MARKBT.—There was a very good show of all kinds of meat and poultry at our market, on Friday last, but things went off but slowly. SACRILEGE.—One night last week some person or per- sons broke into St. Elvan's Church, in ...

... DEATH OF LORD CLYDE'S FATHER.—The venerable parent of our Indian commander-in-chief died at Granton on the 22nd instant, at a very advanced age. and was interred yesterday in Warriston Cemeteiy, The funeral was strictly private. Srotsman. ...

... CORN-KXCHANGE. MONDAY. Most of the country markets held on Saturday were but moderately supplied with wheltr, nevertlieleis all kinds moved off slowly, and previous rates were barely supported. Barley, oats, and beans were in steady request, at full price?. In other produce very little was doing. The supply of wheat received fre ...

... CARDIFF TOWN COUNCIL. A meeting of the Town Council was held on Tuesday morn- ing last, at the Town Hall, for the purpose of completing the mortgage of the Market Tolls, &c. There were present-the Mayor o(C. C. Williams, Esq.), Alderman David Lewis, and Councillors C. E. Bernard, J. Thomas, James Pride, R. Wil. liams, Langley, W. Alexander, J. Bird, W. Nell, and R Cory. It was resolved, on the ...

... The situation of the Iron Trade remains favourable, and since our last the arrival of several fresh orders has given in- creased confidence to the ironmasters. Slackness is now felt only in particular neighbourhoods, and even in these but par- tially, while briskness, generally speaking, characterises the principal works. From America the demand is becoming much more animated, but it is from ...

... IRON— Bars, Welsh, in London ..ton 7 5 0- 0 0 0 Ditto,toarrive. 7 0 0- 0 0 7 10 0— 0 0 0 Bars, Staffordshire, In London 8 0 0— 9 10 0 Nail Rods ditto 8 0 0- 9 0 0 Hoops ditto 9 0 0-915 0 Sheets (single) 9 10 0-1010 0 Pig, No. 1, in Wales 3 18 0— 4 15 0 Refined metal,ditto 4 10 0- 5 5 0 Bars common, ditto 6 15 0- 7 0 0 Ditto, railway, ditto 6 15 0— 7 0 0 Ditto, Swedish, in London 12 10 0-15 0 ...