... LATESr!t NEWS L~~~ AlTRSr. _ . R1V1R'1' TELEORAMS1] FRANCH. Th6 lU * : .PARIS, DsORMIlElt 31. t Meu eur- of thin mnQrnoig publIshes a doereo fixin at 292 number of. dejguties to be elected during th electoral peiod from 1867 to 1872. The department of th Sehile asilinsnberstoeleocJ The depairtdents of Audi COer, Flnl6terre, GHroade, Herault, Isere, Jura, Orno, au eaee Orie~ta~es wil have each ...

... COBRPSPONDENCE. NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS, S. F., Oldbury.-G, Dixon, Eeq,, DlP., Broad Street, 'A Regular hubsorihor, Tlpton.-Ti g goods left by the , deeased may be sold to payhl3.debts, The person who bas possession of the goods Is llsble, . WBaIaaL.-Neithcr the London nor, any other police authorities have the least right to open any lettews whatever duziug their passage through the ...

... TH1E'MIDLA)T: RAILWAY,' MIEETIRG OV THE LEEDS SIIAREHOLDERS, 1. [~~~FF0e the Lcceds EvcrsihjgExprec.]s~ A meeting ef the MIdland p'roprietors residing ln Lodds and the nsighbourhoobd was belel at the Qkeun'e Hotel, Leeds, yeeterday, for the purpose of considering what stops shonlll be taken to prdteet the Interests df -the th ceipsry et the general meeting of the compahy on the ad I5th of ...

... I i i i,. ,, I A Jrvns]LE Bgiio wAi-At the GaildhOll, on Monday, , a youth, naaed Heniy Howard, but who, in the first In. 1 stance deavouied to pnceal his Identity under the alhs t of Wiliam Johes was oiearged with burglarlounly enter. e ieg the heuae'of WlllIim Ward, Iron roller, Shirt Street, with Intent to steal, It seemed that at aboati halfEpast o twelve o'oloe' On 'Satdrd4y morning the ...

... BIRMCGHAM A1ND MIDLAND INSTITUTE' I The Council of the Institute must again be congratulated upon the Issue of a programme of lectures which will bear favourable comparison with that issued by any slmlli' pro. vlneialinstitutlon. The pregramne wibohhasbeen placed in our hands aenounce the leoture arrangements to tho end of the Session, Instead of, as in former years, those for the winter term ...

... I - WV at* I FT obas ;Vile lot WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1868. NEWS OF THE DAY. TIm principal Fenian news this morning relates to the arrest of eight men at Merthyr Tydvil-Laid to be a head centre, two captains, and five members of the Fenian brotherhood. They were brought before the local Magistrates yesterday, and remanded. The Agricultural Gang Act comres into operation to- day. It ...

... The week opened with a very wet day and a vary bolster. ous night, Monday morning was thick and foggy after slight frost; wind S.S.W.; barometer 3010 inches. Tueaday was finer but soft wurather humid for the time of the year. Our advices fxom Porthumberland state: The weather continued fine and frosty up to Saturday morning, when rain set In. Sunday and yesterday were again fair, and slghtly ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 5 The usual fortnlghtly meeting was held yesterday after. moor, Mr. George Baker presiding. OUTKRELIIF,-TMr. Guise, relieving officer of I the diL. trict, including Livery Street, ConutisutIon Hill, &c., was called before the Board to explain why the amount of out. relief in his district had not undergone the same diminu. tion as in other parts of the town, He said his district 'was a very ...

... MIR. JUSTICE MELLOR AND LORD INGESTRL T'he following letter appears In the .Licester Chkronicle - Sir,-On my return to town from the winter con mission I read in your paper of Saturday that Lora Ingestre had, in a letter published in the Gassrdian, ex- pressed 'his regret' (regret, for what? for haviut made the charge? no ! but) 'that he had said at thu hustings that the letter to Goodman was ...

... CoRSPONDENCE, AN ANTI-RITUALISTIC LAY ASSOCIATION. b Mit Enrron, of the DAxLv PosT. F Jr,-These are times which do not allow of Indecision or compromise In relation to the urgent and growing necessity of united and vigorous offorte to arrest tho pro- gress of Bomantaing tendenoleb now So prevalent in our national establishment, The course I would suggoeb is that a lay association be formed for ...