... L ?? I. . - - - ?? .. d if MONDAY MORNING', OCTOBER 24. , It is all but impossible to say anything new with re- spect to the position of matters between Russia and Turkey at this timc. No new feature has preseutedi itself since our last. There have been no meetings of t diplomnatists, no letters of explanation, no crossing of the Danube, no cannonading, no sacrifice of huiman life. All we. ...

... NEWS FOR LONDONE1!S. l ' The New Gaaette of Pussia publishes the ?? letter from London, dated the 8th-a good illustration of the old .dage You must go ?? oad to hear news:- f The cquipment of the legion of the refugee auxiliaries of f Turkey is being continued here wvith the greatest activity, and more theal 300 workmen are, it is said, occupied in the prepara- iions, The uniform of the ...

... TIHE BARONY BOARD. IAn adjourned meeting of the Commliittee of Management of 3the Barony Parochial Board wits held onl Wedneoday afternoon, Iin. gi eceous Institution Rooms - Archibald AltLellan, EqChairman of the Board, in the Choir. Mr Mlemoi, tite Insnector, having read the minutes, whjich wcro approved, T 'he CHIAMIMAN stated that hie had received two notes-one from the Duke of Argyll, ...

... Liverpool, Satttrday Evening. The Biritisit and North American Royal M1 ail steamil-ship, t Africa, Captuin llarrisou, sailed front the Mersey shortly be- fore noon to-day, carrying out the uisiIl:I weekly mails, aand a failr number of passengers. She *vill be followed by the A merica, for Boston, onl tlias day week. 'rThe next incoming steamer is the America, whicit will sail from Boston on ...

... Fire and Loss of Life. -We are sorry to lhve to record a melancholy event which took place on Wed- nesday, the 19th instant, by which a respected indivi- dual has lost his life, anda considerable destruction of property has likewise occurred. Mr. M'Murtrie, tenant of Waukmill, on the estate of Sorn Castle, a man of eighty-seven years of age, proceeded, about noon of that day, against the ...

... T}IE ATTACK ON THE M'IVOR GOLD ESCORT. e l The following is the story of the great gold robbery, as re- l ported by the felbourner MNorninig Hlerald ot' July 20:- bMr. Warner, one of the escort superintendents, started with his troop, consisting of a sergeant and three mounted mnen, tiom the ?? diggings. They had in their charge a cart containing 2223 ounces of gold, and about £700 in uolley, ...

... IGHC'1LAND EMIGRATION. ITIiiLAND EMIGRATION. A party of Ilighlanders, numbering friom 80 to 90 indivi- dualls, froin the country of' Lochiel,'arrived hero on Tuesday deigt of last week, en their way to Australia, and were for- warded by Messrs. Bethitme & Macdonald of this city, by the Commodore Steamier onl the following Thursday to thle Emi- gration Depot, at B3irkliehead, whero one of the ...

... SIR JAMES COLQUHOUN AND THE EMPEROR ST'EAMIER. _ To the Edlitor of the Herald. Sir,-} observe in your paper of thc 24th instant a letter from Mr. Boog, Sir James Coiquhloun's fifctor, to the effect that the paragrap~h whichl appeared in the .Mlawil of the 17t1 instant, as to hat piassed whenI this case came before Lord Rtobertson, was incorrect, and that his lordship ' deelined hearing ...

... MEETING AT CAMIBU6NETIIAN OF T~lll COLLIEIIS OF TIME CIIAPI'EL COLTIERY. (Proml thle Miliii.) to A most importanmt ard,( agreeable meeting wae beld on Moll- lit day ngt iii the Churchli Canimhiisuethanu, to celebrate the 1 jiutereSting. eveit Of' thle opetiiog of' a school erected by Mr.bi Bail! ic Cochrane, the proprietor, and Mllr. William A itkin, the 1 tenlant of these incerealsing works, ...

... EN GLAND. Windso,, Oct. 24.-Thie Queen held a Court and Privy Counicil at 3 o'clock this afternoon at the Castle. The Privy Council was attended by his Royal High- ness Prince Albert, Earl Granville, Lord ]'resident the Eall of Abordicen, First Lord of the Treasury Lord John Russell ; tile Earl of Clarendon, Secretary of State for l'orcigin Affails ; the Duke of Newcastle, Secretarv of State ...

... EN' G I. A N D. prinpce Patlicetrit ?? Paskiewitchl is nip- to inrt(ed to take tilie comiilan d of lhe armry in tile Pri ne lalit i( fliiow undler' tlt' e dords of Prit cc (Gurts- cltakoff. lisl treiisc-etrl 'Fihe Prince wvas boni in 1782. It was in i'lol davhtj that Paskie w itclh fir~st acquired anly military distinct ion, and onl the Htorutilig of Braitow, II 1809, lhe 'was nearly killed. ...

... FORTHI AND CLYDE NAVIGATION. The Ordhilry half-yearly general meeting of the proprietors of thls company was hield onl Wednesday in thle Goo-ge Hotel, George Square-James Dennistoun, Esq. of Dennistolin, (IC ~uty-goverllor, ill the Chair. smlr. REMMAtl, the Secretary, having read the advertise- men t calling ?? meeting The CUAIMinAN said, the next lmnsinees was to ]lay before the proprietors ...