... OLD GREYFRIARS' CHURCH, 13EDINBURGH. On Monday ninbt a meeting of the congregation of Old -Greyriwrso owe held in the church) for the purpose of considering the circumstances in.which they were placed by the Town Council having resolved, at a meeting on Monday last, to present Dr Gloag to the church and parish, There vans a large attendance. On the motion of Mr John Burnet, advocate, Mr George ...

... 9 Phi the Saturday Review.) Tuic constirtuinon of the Rouse of Lords, ?? originiating in the relations of society, has with the lapse of time become moro or less anoinalous ; but, with all its defects, the House of Lords is the best second Chamber in existence. In America, indeed, the conflict- ing claims of the States and of the Union pro- vided an independent basis for the Senate; and, by a ...

... SERIOUS KNIFE ASSAULT AT GREENOOK._ We regret to state that another of those dastardly criee, whiehh4ve becomo too prevalent inGreenock, v4,aperpetfated in 'Shaw -Street about midnight of Moxiday. The life, of the' viotim in this case is now lteyond all hope.of 'recovry. The alleged assailant igffopeign seamanflnamed John Massey or Majizia fativeof Athenos; Greece, and the party stabbed iW ...

... EXCITING o-ApTr!OV 0 UEGLAP IN DBV NSfI~EEM A couple ofproofl&' burglars, who have been doingg the ?? ciruit, hawve just faflen into the hands of 0oPo°Ice. One of them-Geo. Rlaynard -known by the name of Long George,is a ticket ol-leave mm, having been sentenced at the Exeter Sessions in October, 1863, to four yehW peal aervi Sume, Liberated, he rethrned to hi3 old quarters in Devoneir6, ...

... LATEST N EWS.I RiguALD Ospiroie ffriday Momvsin BY SPECIAL, TV-(BE AND O1Wr1'TARY ~TELBORAPH.' OPENING: OF ;THE NEW PARLIAMEIT HOUSE:OF LORDS-THURBDAY. The Eighth'Parliament dirihg the reign eof her present Majesty was formally opened tol-dai, at two 'o'clock, by Royal Commission. 'The atfendance of Peere was very limited. There 'were only a few ladies present either in the body of the House ...

... SHOOTIiG AT YOUNG LADIES. The Brentford Magistrates were occupied for a considerable time on SatWrday in investigating a singular case, in which Mr Philip Lugard, a retired surgeon, residing at Defiance Cottage, Hounslow, was charged with firing a gun at Miss EUen Gassner, a young lady living at No. S HaydenVillas, Houns- low (next door to the accused's house), with intent to do her ptievous ...

... TRHE SPANISH REVOLUTIONS The Toloraaph has received the following special despatch - Madrid, Jot. 5.-General Pezuel. (Count de ,Chests), the Captain-General of Madrid,4 has not escaped to France; he is at Vittoria. The second edition of the Tioe8 has the following telegram, dated Madrid, Oct. 4 (4.30 P.M.) :-The work of organization proceeds steadily, a Provisional Government being installed ...

... One of -the very greatest wants of Italy is 'educa- tion.'- Years of diviision,- and of subjection to mill. tary and priestly despotisms, have brobght the mass of the population into a state of lamentable igno- ranc, th ils f which lre to bbseenin souperstition, lool'jaloey,'inolence', and wantof apinessfor the dificut wrk f elfgo~riineit.' Now that Italy. hatbecmeuniedand inidependent, a ...

... ARIRIVAL OFC EiT'B DAAVIS tI LIVEPO.OL . - r(erom our ownu Oorearoadentl A considerable amount of interes t w&U created in Liverpool yesterday (Tuesday)- by the arrival of Jeffi Davis, ?? of the '1onfederate States .. ' *eric 'l The fadt. of bis being a passenger or, qfbrd th otreal QoCfa Steamahip Corpalny'i; at.imer Auatrirn, Captgin Wylie, was known to a few of those who. ?? miost actively ...

... a EDINBUROGH COUNTY Mn-TIBG.e-The half-yearly meetingof the CommisBiouersof 9upplyof ?? of Edinburgh was held ?? Dunds of Arniston, convener of the county presiding. A communications was read from the ommissioners of -SuP dy of Aberdeen Calling attention to the ano. ' ous and unsatisfactory manner in which Procn. ?? of Sheriff Courts in Scotland were remu- nerated for their services, and ...

... -, Williamr Fechan, drawer, about W y residing at Rumbliug Dykee, parish cf injured while at work in Messrs Merry ham's Wellington Pit. 1'eshan, it a proceeding to the bottom of the shaf w hutch, when his head came vislentli with some gearing by which he Woe sensible. When taken home Irelh~'1 by l)re Steel, Wishaw, aud Forrett, and though he was severely aeourtd, marks were seen on his bead. ...

... lll?? I* z I ',Cliff FRIDAY MOR=UNG, NOV, 6.I lot BriGon had a grand 4eld-day in Ediit- burgh yosterday, and appears to -have proved : uflly equal to the occasioii. '.JIn tho' c6rso., of the day the Hon. Gentleman was presented .vith a , complimentary..''ddress6 from: th Chamber of -9omniiiebcO, whioh he ao6,d- ledged in, appropriate terms, and in thoe ven- ing ho was presented; wit, ...