... At a meeting of the Ebbw Vale Company (Li- mited), on Tuesday, for the purpose of considering the questions of reducing the nominal amount of the shares and the issuing of preference shares, the pro- prietors appointed (with the cordial approval of the directors) a committee, consisting of four lead- ing shareholders—Messrs. E. R. Langworthy, F. Phillips, R. Longsdon, and M. M. Curtis—to ...

... (-BY TELE GRIP II.) LOXDOX, January 12th, The discount demand at the bank is very light, and in the Stock Exchange short loans have been offered from 11 to 2 per cent. There were no gold operations at the Bank yester- day. The small sums lately on the market have been taken for transmission to Paris, and further amounts that may arrive are likely also to be sent thither. It appears that ...

... The address in the House of Commons in answer to the Queen's Speech will be moved by Lord Holmes- dale, member for West Kent, and seconded by Mr. Groves, the member for Liverpool. SCIENCE AND THE TOILET.—While physiology has its indueuce upon the farmer, who seeks to develop the greatest value and beauty in the stock upon his land whilst chemis- try supplies the manufacturer with gorgeous dyes ...

... JnMligem's. The Earl of Eldon has giveu £200 toward the funds of the Salisbury Diocesan Board of Education. The harp has been introduced in association with the organ in the service at St. Andrew's Church, Wells-street, London. The handsome new lectern, the present of J. Dent, Esq., to Gloucester Cathedral, has been placed in that building, and was used for the first time on last Wednesday ...

... POPULAR READINGS.—On Friday evening the tenth of the series of these readings was sriven in the Assembly- room. There was a good attendance, and a better pro- gramme than the one preceding. Mr J. drivers was chairman. GWYLNOS.—On Tuesday evening the usual Welsh read- ings were given in the Tredegar Arms long room. These readings still meet with enthusiastic support. Mr C. Jen- kins presided. ...

... H&Jking gave a lecture on ilumbug. it was curt, humorous, anecdotal, and contained hints on many cus- toms, as to their ridiculousness when viewd in their true light, such as could not fail to interest and amuse. The doctor, anxious to get away from home, putting a smirk on his features at the arrival of a garulous old lady, the solicitor growing gradually politer as the hopes of a good ...

... WHAT a glorious romantic past was that of Spain What a degenerate present she now exhibits and what a despicable future seems in store for her The condition and prospects of that ill-fated country are a more interesting study at this moment than those of any other -.„ European nation. We know the rapidity and utter destructiveness of recent military move- ments. We know how the great powers ...

... The West Somerset (Crewkc-rne) Steeple Chases are fixed for Wednesday and Thursday, April 10 and 11. M iss Koaina Fray, the Lilly's maid whwse mis-ion here on earth appears to he to worry the Earl of Zetland, was bold enough to try a fall oil Saturday last with the Ln-d Chief Justice of England in his own court, and, strafe to sa. his lordship does not appear to have got the best of the tussle ...

... On Tuesday morning the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Llandaff conducted a very interesting cere- mony at the little township of Ystradprfodwg, when be re-opened the parish church, which has lately been considerably altered and beautified. The church is pleasantly situated in the Rhondda Yalley, a short distance from the Ystrad railway station, on the Taff Vale line, and was originally ...

... T • PENARTH. THE TIDAL HARBOUR. ARRIVALS. Jan, 16 St. Vincent, Parker, Bristol, light; Frances Hyets, Bristol, ditto Flower of the Severn, Clutterbuck, Bfis to!, ditto; Atlas, Edge, Bristol, ditto; Swift, s-s, Lutham Bristol, ditto. 17—Union, Beard, Bristol, ditto; Elizabeth Lockey, ditto; Independent, Brink worth, Bristol, ditto Maria Richards, Bideford, ditto William, Longley, Bristol, ditto ...

... THE POTATO AND ITS PAKASITKS.—It is stated in La Patrie that the microscope reveals to us the existence of a small black spot of the diameter of a pin's head in the potato In this small space can be detected some 200 ferocious animals of a coleoptic form, which bite and tear each other with con- tinued fury. It is easy to comprehend the potato disease when such an intestine warfare is raging. ...

... The following letter in reference to the communica- tion of the Marquis of Bute, which we gave in our last, has appeared in the limes Sir,—In the Times of January 14 and 15 there ap- peared two letters on the Mosque of Hebron, one from Wenclosing an account of Lord Bute's visit, tbø other from the distinguished antiquarian, Mr. Fergua- son. Each did me the honour to allude, by way of ...