... GLASGOW AND SOuTa-WSTERT AILWVAY. ; A.eciaA general meeting of the prosriters of Pi ( the kwtow ?? I~lllay senpany :e was held yesterday in the offices of the euxepany, . Bridge Street-Sir James Lamneden presiding- for the purpose of considering3 a bill now being. promoted in PariamDent conferring furthier powvers f ,on the Ceopany, for the costru'thons of wvorks. .acquisition of uds, and the ...

... FRIDAY MORNING, FE:BFu.,Y 1. :,i \From the official despatches published to-day It appears that the Russian Government pro- fesses to be in as complete a state of ignorance i as that of Turkey in reference to the armistice negotiations. Prince Gortschakoff has assured the British Ambassador at St Petersburg that e since the 26th ult. neither the Emperor rior the ( Government have received any ...

... THE PAPAL CONCLAVE-VIL - . I - I At the end of the nine days' funeral services l the Pope's remains are consigned to their tem- I porary resting-place, in a plain marble sarco- hagus, over a door near the choir of St Peter's. l Were they remain until the death of the next Pope, where they are taken down and deposited in the crypt of the church, andtheit place taken 1 5p by tlhe bodyof the Pope ...

... ran PASSAG R UP THE DARDAN-ELLE. -- -_ ris, o:i ieor urinciv o Island, near Constanti- ?? oil i ~lbnalry 1G,, ra officer in the Mediter- ranean squadron describes t.e incidents of the So passage of the DardLanelies. The suddenness and Y` corec - tiue orders to l-ave Btsika Iav created an inteus: coulnor:cj!. On arriving oft Qhariak at 8 D1 f.M. on tl'e iab inst., the Admilral was informed Kl ...

... [ILLRE STRE-n.-D . FIRE In MILLER STexrr.-Dainage to the ;1 extent of P2M was caused by a fire which * occurred yesterday morning in a three-storey tene- e ment being erected by Mr Barclay, builder, in e Miller Street, Paisley. Shortly before nine o'clock n one of the joiners at work on the building Set fire It to some shavings on the heartbstone to boil a glue y pot, and in his absence for ...

... * PAgIS=~. , A NsznasL Cisa -A somewha±-.-a-s~ng ;$ mwitcal 0as was debated .. dhai!l -a'` lk Sheriff Cowan, at Paisley, yestezii' .~wf St noonl. It treesa out oaf a olilnsion 0~ am 1r 7oag between thle Unity, of Chseh, o, p fise Cart and the downward bounn No ?? 2. Panicy. Bath veisels suertn-4ed ?? damnage, 'b-t the two cantale each ?? llt lie. to bilty. Thes owisors ei K ie tsetn Lheref ...

... KILM}ARN UCK. 2SA E OF A BosNi 3.M-The original _ms. of e Burns' Epistle to a Yoaol Friend ' vas exposed 7to sale, by public roup, in tile Corn Exchange Hall on Saturday. ThevieaLuable relic, wich belonged tto the trast estate of t'je late Dr Julustorne, Irviue, was exposed at the upset p rice of £15 , b ut t tis was reduced to £10, aud Mr James MU ?? the w el - t DkovsBurns publisher, ...

... Osborne, February 2. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, attended by Lady Churchill and the DowagerI Marohioness of Ely, and Her Majesty walked this morning with Lady Churchill. Princess Beatrice walked out, attended by- Madlle. Noreli. Prince Leopold walked, attended by the Hon. A. Yorke., February 3. The Queen, Princess Beatrice, and Prince i Leopold and the Royal housebold attended, ...

... TEE UNITED STATES. New York, February 13. The leading iron and steel manufacturers throughout the country have-held a meeting at Philadelphia. at whica resolutions-were passed pledging those present to do all in their power to prevent the proposed tariff bill from becoming law. Newv York, February 12b. It is stated that as a grave contitutional questiion may be involved in the case of Kjr ...

... FILhNE66 RAILWAY. a The following is the report of the directors to be ?? tv ?? 7th 1afly-early general meeting of the cWlipanO, to be held a INo. 14 Great Geor-e Street, 'esu rinster, oa Weduesday the 27th insf:V d -Duuirg the hail-year there has been soine iLU- plrovensent in toe 6anueal 1aific, and the directors e ara euabled to reowotnend tioe paymient of a divi. dend at the rate or S per ...

... I E O- I l On the invitation of the Lord Provost and Ms Collins, about 1600 of the Christian workers of the ity assembled last evening at a conversazione in the Newv HallZ The floral decorations which had been prepared for the Calico ball on the previous night were retained for the conversanoze. and the entrance halls accordingly wore quite a gay and festive aspect. On reaching the hall, the ...

... ,K9w111;fsb T(fMK. ARDJTOR. TR1E LUNUXPILO-S'LD, Reivinside, 234 Februaxq, 1872R. .9ns,- A Member of the samairi tan Society's i 2ettvr in to-day's lferaire I heartily indorse. NoI doubt mi_'ny of the unemployed could get. work if; a: ccniv guidled or instructed bowv to find it. I v'ouid 'h he larity Organisaation Soceylp 1 w;iiinl theu unemloyd should beL aske-d to ri r ltave their address. ...