... FOUR DAYS ON A CAPSTZED VESSEL. Tim Pncifio Steam Navlgation Company's royal v maU steamer Sorats arrived in the Mernsy on ( Thursday from South America, and landed the } otptain and four of the crew of the brig Emnorald, It appears that the Emerald left Shields for Anocna with a cargo of coal on the 23th of November Inet, t under command of CApt-dn P. inool, For the first i few dams ...

... IRON RAILWAY BRlIDGES. 5 ?? the Ljaiy Acts.) The disastrous end of the sh'ort-lived Tay Bridge h as t apparently given rise to a, largce amount 0f niiioufl'i1, aiapprehension in this and Other countries. btruleteros I which have- been crossed Without he'sitation (luring9 :l - winds and weather for several years past maynew be ?? f to be, for the fir-st time., under saspiesou. Ue-c~li- ...

... THEIS RISH LAND AGITATION., 111 PAUILL Ill NE'W T'OR.i A New York telegram of Saturday's date says :-Messrs Parnell and Dillon, wrho arrived here yesterday, received to-day at Parlor's H~otel,i delegations from Bovston, and from the AssociationL of the Mten of Meatb. Numnerous private visits I wrere also paid in the course of the day to the two- Irish gentlemenl. M~r Parnell will visit ...

... At Cardiff on Saturday the Coal Masters' representatives on the Sliding-scale Commit- tee met a deputation of workmen, but no definite arrangement was come to. At the Cyfarthfa Ironworks an improve- ment is shortly to be made in the erection of a new puddling furnace for the purpose of making pig iron. The bodies of the men belonging to the German barques Ida and Ernst—wrecked on Breaksea and ...

... STFFAGANS. CHOIR SupFER.—OnFrida.y evening the mcrn- bers'ftheSt Fauam Church cho:? and a. few friends were entertained at the rectory. A capital s.)t')-er was served, after which ga'nes were enjoyed ...

... BOARD Ot GcARUlAKS.—Mr G. T, dark pre- sided at the weekly meeting of the board, held on Saturday. The Aberdare Training School corn. mittee reported that they had accepted the tenner of the Forchneol Colliery any for thf supply of coal at 8a per ton, en condition that a. three months' supply wao guaranteed. The committee were {informed by the medical officer that the children were improving ...

... THE LORD MAYOR AND CORPORA- i TION AT THE CATHEDRAL.. , ._ - I The Right Ron, the Ltrd Mayor (Edmund Dwyer; Gray, XIP.) and the Lady Mayoress, accom- panied by the High Sheriff and the Catholic Alder- men and Councillors of the Corporation, at. teaided High Mass in state yesterday at the Marl. borough-street pro-Cathedral. The occasion was made remarkable not only by the grandeur of tle sacred ...

... through the stimulus given the Koyal visit tho November last, the number of students will exceed that of any previous term. We are informed that the members of Civil Service classes iu connection with this college were very successful in tho List competitive examinations for lower grade clerkships; and we observe that, in addition to that for Excise, classes are now opened for out-door Customs ...

... (C7 Giice. Aill kilteasr misst be accompanid be the nams (and adiresses of tlie vir1rs, v',t ?? for pvbticatliont, bat fur tie ?? una raf the Editrn. We coiedsro l /7civUe In) return rejected comrmusnications. TO CORRESPONDENTS, BRln(:0A'rrm. --At the general election in 1808 Mr. Tite and Dr. l)al eveeple (both Liberals) wore returnedl for l'ath. In S178 Mr. Tite died, and Lord Chelsea (Tory) ...

... EXTIAUORDINARY FREAK AT S AHAM HARBOUR. The ruinerous people who were astir in Seahamr fi Harbour on New Year's 13ve listening for the P Tynemouth gtn denotiug the lest moment of the I old year, had their attention drawnu to something ti which at the time seemed to them of more a importance than the passing away of the year. A elan wats seen running in the direction of the docks in an almost ...

... A Russian expedition against jfterv has been decided upon, to take phce in the course of next spring. General Kauffman will command the expedition, wiich will be accompanied by the Amir of lukhara and the Khan of Khiva. Itis reported that the Nihili.c conspiracy has been discovered in the rants of the Rus- sian army. Austria intends to insist energetically upon an immediate solution of the ...

... CRITICAL STATE OF THE NEGOTIATIONS. The Timed Constantinople correspondent, tele- graphing on December 31, says it is almost certain that the Greek Government will not appeal to the Powers for mediation. The plenipotentiaries are waiting orders to break off the negotiations. ...