... LATEST NEW S.1 [REUTER's TxLEGRAMS.J FRANCE. PARIS, JANUARY 1. In the audience given to him by the Emperor Napo- leon, yesterday, Count von der Goltz, the newly accredited representative of the North German Con- federation, spoke as follows:- Called upon by the Federal Cinstitution to repre- sent the Confederation in its international relations. the King of Prussia eagerly desires to ...

... 1 . WRtm REGisTErrR FOR 1866. l r A ?? recently issued by the Board of Trade re~ards 1,860 wrecks and casualties as having oc- curred in 1866 on and near the coasts of the United Kingdom. The number reported in 1865 was 1,656. The number for 1866 was not only above the corrected average of the last ten years, but also above the average of the preced. ing five years. This was partly ...

... I The usual monthly meeting of the connoll was held yesterday under the presidency of the Mayor (Edward Whitley, Esq,) ROYAL VISITORS TO LIVERPOOL. On the assembling of the council, The MArdl said-I may perhaps be permitted to wish to all the members of the oonoil a very happy and prosperous new year. (gear, hear,) At the same time, I have nu announcement to make which I am sure will be ...

... y Pi'RAE RHWNG ',RHEN FFAlRMWR,| ,d EA SION BWL. A bIWiN bIWh. . SE i~ M w. 0spect& Yl Y 'A pethe rhyfedd a digri' yn icym'rd lle ?? b yn y byd yma, ddydd a nes-ynghwsg ac yn mae bo efiro yn- amal. Dro 'nol, mni gymrodd rhwun ene, I yn i ben i ddanwon i mi swp a'r peth digril land i n . hwnw-Pwns, be ydach chi 'n i:alw fo ymhc r Wel,: mi eis i ydrach trosto fo, rw gida'r nos tir a . n . ...

... LONDON CORRESPcNDENCE. [FROM OUlt OWMX tORUESPONDR-ST.] LO-DON, wNEW YAse' DAY. THIE old year has expired quietly in the metropolis, notwithstanding the excited state of the public =inad ou the subject of Fenianism. The successor of 1I57 was usbered in ti'is ?? with a keen North-lE ast winl, and a temperature some seven or eight degrees below freezing-point. Judging from the number of houses ...

... GARIBALDI AND HIS BIRUINU(H11, FRIENDS. * General Garibaldi, writing from Caprera on the 24th December, to the treasarer of the Birmingham fund for aiding the Italitn Volunteers, says :- I request you tothank for me the Protestants of Bir. minghain for so nobly supporting the cause of my country, nttemgreat meeting held in your enliohtencd town on the oth November last. I read ino your ...

... The Tin.e' correspondent, writing from Paris on the 2d inst., ?? is undeniable that a coolness has arisen between Russia and France. In recog- nition of the honourable manner in which Russia aL has acted towards her since the Crimean war, France desired to meet her legitimate views in respect of the East. Hence the collective not October last; which France did not hesits' of ?? whatever ...

... The usual weekly meeting of this Board wns held at the Workhouse on Saturday, E. W. Pavid, Esq., in the chair. There were also present the Rev. T. H. Jones (vice-chairman). the Rev. C. Lewis, and H. J. Thomas; Alderman Pride; Dr. Taylor; Messrs. R. Cory, J. Cory, C. French, P. Bird, W. Ainsley, T. Williams, S. Marks, &c. The Master of the Workhouse reported that. during the week 58 paupers had ...

... TO THE EDITOR OF THE UARDIAN. SIR,-In your account of the Ch^tmas decotions at St. John's Church, in your last eek's imprsion, you remark that a want of cOlllMeness at uni- formity of design marred the genal effect al pro- duced a result very inferior to thaof last ye. I do not wish to combat thlaccuracy)f this criticism, but, in justice to thetdies whltook so much pains in adorning our pash ...

... DUTIES ON PORTUGUESE WINEs.-The Chancellor of the Exchequer states through his secretary 'hat Her 1 Majesty's Government have, after full deliberation and inquiry, felt it their duty to decline the proposals for reducing the duties on Portuguese wines imported into ( Great Britain which have been submitted by the Portu- guese Government as a basis for the negotiation of a commercial treaty ...

... The directors of the National Provincial Bank oi England have ordered a bonus of 10 per cent to be presented to the officers and clerks of the company upon their salaries for the year 1867. It is rumoured that Her Majesty proposes to show her sense of the valuable assistance she hasreceived in her literary labours from Mr. Theodore Martin by con- ferring upon him the honour of knighthood. ...

... CHRISTMAS WEEK. EBENEZER (WELSH WESLEYAN) CHAPEL.—-Ser- vise was held on the 25th, at six a.m., when the Rev. J. Herbert preached from Isaiah 9, verses 6 and 7, a very appropriate discourse. At ten o'clock the Sunday School children were examined in several parts of Scripture, which ordeal they y ?.ssed through to the satisfaction of all present. M two o'clock Bryn Seion Sunday Scholars were ...