... THE CHINESE EMBASSY AT ST. PETERSBURG. Sr. PJSTBRSBUKG, Tuesday.—The Chinese Sukbasay have arrived here. It consists of six persons. ...

... CARDINAITHOWARD. ROME, Sunday.—Cardinal Howard has been added to the Commission for the ad- ministration of Peter's Pence. The nomina- tion causes much discontent in the Vatican but, in the opinion of those best able to judge, this choice is highly judicious. ...

... A person holding a high official position objected to pay 2a 6d an hour to a Cambridge graduate for the tuition of his sona; whereupon the tutor sharply retorted, Do you expect, air, to get a 'co.ch' for a less sum per hour than you pay a cab r ...

... THE » ] CASTLES AND ABBEYS OF SOUTH WALES AND MONMOUTH. BY J. ROLAND PHILLIPS, (Barrister-at-La w of the South JVcdes Circuit, and Author of MEMOIRS OF THR CIVIL WARS IN WALES AND THE MARCHES.) [ALL UIGHTS KE^EBVED.] No. VI. -MARGAM ABBEY. Of the Abbey of Margam, or, to speak more correctly, Margan, which even in the time of Giraldus Cambrensis (A.D. 1188) was declared noble, and which was ...

... ST0PPAti E~0F A COLLIE It Y AT PENGAM. The whole of the underground plant at the Gwladis Collieny, which of late has been worked by Messrs Beddoe, is being pulled up, for the pur- pose of stopping the colliery altogether, the coal being almost exhausted. This, one of tho oldest pits in the district, has been working for upwards of 50 years. The seam was the Myuyddislwyn vein of house coal. ...

... [FROM OUR OW* CORRESPONDENTS, KECTET.'S IAS^CT, PRK-J3 ASSOCIATION, AND CENTRAL THE PLOT TO KILL PRINCE MILAN. THE ARREST OF A SERVIAN PIUSCE ORDERED. BELGRADE, Tuesday. — Warrants have been issued for the apprehension of Prince Peter Karageorgeviteh, his son Alexander Kara- georgevitch, and six other persons, all of whom have been declared by a court martial sitting at Semcndria. to be ...

... PROTECTION OF THE IRON TRADE IN GERMANY. BERLIN, Sunday Night.—The excitement over Prince Bismarck's Protectionist letter to the Federal Council is increasing almost hourly, and everything foreshadows an ex- tremely heated discrssion when the Reichstag again meets. Politicians and other-people are choosing sides rapidly all over the coun- try, but the supporters of the Chancellor in his new ...

... TSFeOAL PORTS OF THE BRISTOL CHANNEL. pnOGRE:3S AND CAPACITY OF THE PORT OF CARDIFF. NO. G.-POSITION AS A PORT. 1Ir Buckle, in his History of Civilization, lays that the modern man does not want natural ^■rhoury. Formerly, trade followed the course of Ivera and the estuaries thereof but now, the en- gineer makes docks and artificial harboura to suit the exigencies of the case. This assertion ...

... Cintcs f AND SOEtl WALES WEEKLY NEWS. UYfjANUARY 4th, 1S7 ...

... BETWIXT AND BBTWEBN,—Friendly Potman (to Cabby): Well, Hertery, are you going out With that kickin' 'oss to-day ? Cubby No, Robert, it's four-wheeler's turn this time; a kiokin' 'os: ...

... THE CASE OF MONCASI. INTERVIEW OF HIS FAMILY WITH KING ALFONSO. MADRID, Tuesday.—The counsel of Mon- casi, together with his wife and child, will have an audience of King Alfonso to-day. They have presented to the Minister of Justice a petition, bearing the signatures of two bishops and 7,000 other persons. Senores Sagasta and Castellar have inter- ceded with Senor Canovas Del Castilla on ...

... INCIDENTS IN THE KYBER PASS. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE KURRUM VALLEY. WEAKNESS OF THE GARRISON AT CANDAHAR, The following has been sent by the Indian Office for publication :— From the Viceroy, 1st January, 1870. Road between Shergai and Ali Musjid temporarily stopped by a party of about 30 Kuki Khels, yesterday. One camp follower killed. Troops ordered out, but road cleared by Jesailchies before ...