... 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 ...

... STATE OF PROVINCIAL WORKEHOUSES. I OFFICIAL REPORTS, WOLVERHAMPTON, DUDLEY, AND WORCESTIFR1 The following are the reports of Dr. Edward Smith, Medical Inspector of the Poor Law Board, on the above. named Workhouses, They are extracted from the official publication just issued by the Poor Liw Board WOLVERHAMPTON. Mr. Doyle and I visited this workhouse on the 15;h February. 1867. It Is a, large ...

... B1RMJ1GHAM BOARD OF GUARDIANS. The usual fortnightly meeting of this body was held at the Parish Offloes, Paxadise Street yesterday aftersoon; lir. George Baker, ohairman, presiding. Fc~mcE.ca-Mr. Tosnrn TAYL~OR, in moving the adop.. a, tice of the Finance Committee's report, in which the payment of a number of accounts was recommended, said y, the finances were in a rather mere satisfactory ...

... SIR ROBERT PEEL AND THE FAZELEY I I CLUB AND READING BOOM,. e On Thursday night, a special general meeting of the z. members of the Fazeley Club, called by the secretary and L, treasurer, was held at the Plough and Harrow Inn, for I the purpose of deciding the method by which the said ,s booea and moneys are to be disposed of, and also taking a action as to the carrying on, or otherwise, of ...

... The usual quarterly meetings of the ironmasters of this district commenced at Wolverhampton, yesterday. It se happens that this year it falls at the earllest date possible D that circumstance, combined with the utter stagnation in other respects prevailing, made the assembly yesterday one of the most meagre ever witnessed. After the experiences of it, the Wolverhampton meeting may as well be ...

... 1LEADI1G 8TERPLEUC&SES. YESTERDAY, Thore was a PerCeptible improVOment in the attendance to-day, and the programme was more lengtby than it was on Tuesday. Still, the proceedings were far from lively, and the return showv that the sport was not of a particularly exelitlg doscription. The Course wasnot quite such good going, though the sky wasbrlghtor and the weather more gleasant in the early ...

... Ur. Felix Baseett, Asasstant Lecturer aud Acooutant In the Worcester. Liobfield, amd Hereford Training Col. lege, Saltley, has been elected an Associate of the ' Istl. tute If Aotuamles of Great Britain and Ireland. He has alh) passed the Matriculation Examination recently held, in vwhioc, out of fourteen candidates, only three reached the requisite standard. BIRMING HAM WonTirxs.-On Tuesday ...

... ANNUAL MEETING YESTERDAY. The annual meeting of the Firet Warwickehire RifleVolanteor Corps was held at Bingley Hall last night, Lieutenant Colonel IRatodlif presiding. The minutes of last meeting having besn read and concirmed, the financial statement was submitted. The rsceiptw.wero: Honorary mombera'subsoriptions, £606. i.5; com. panies' subscriptions, £227. Oa. od.; Goverainent grant, oa ...

... imigham Rae WASP MONDAYS JANUARY 6, 1868 NEWS OF THE DAY. The Daily News comments upon the remedy which was recommended by a correspondent of the Times for the disaffection of Ireland, namely, martial law, and the imitation by Lord AEtnconN of the feats of Governor EYR1E. The Daily New6 remarks that the circumstances which might be supposed to call for the application of this panacea do not ...

... FiTsisoham 244i4 loot, 0I SATU!RDAY, JANUARY 4, 1868. NEWS OF THE DAY. It is stated that an offer has been made by a dis- tinguished Anglicsureuniornisttoconveyto the Eastern Patriarchs the Lambeth encyclical and the Archbishop of CANTERBURY'S letter. It is proposed to send them by a special envoy, with appointed retinue. The sub- ject is said to be under consideration of the authorities of ...

... TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT IN THE UNITED STATES, The following, from the Philadelphia letter of the Times, dated December 16, gives a gloomy account of the state of employment In America:- The Christmas holidays are coming, but the festal season will scarcely be a merry one In America. There is too much misfortune in business and too many unem- ployed workmen everywhere with us, not to give a tinge ...

... The overflowing houses during the last week have Induced the managers to extend the stay of this remark. able company a few days longer, as the curiosity and interest in these extraordinary acrobats have extended and Increased. A troupe of twenty parsons, whose own country has been jealously closed against all Europeans till a few years ego-whose inhabitants have never been allowed to leave ...