... 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, ...

... 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 ...

... I RTaryF from extreme anxiety as to the course RELIEF from extreme anxiety as to the coursec flon of affairs in the East has come' just ill time to ie md give ground for hoping that Parliament may at itl, be able to address itself, with the deliberation th and judgment that the matter deserves, to the legislative provision against avoidable importa- N w tion of cattle disease that has for some ...

... . = . WA -- =P=I . ITHE ., WAR . ITT.! ma ST TmTn A T fDT.QTQ, arrer - - I-. 4 ~ _. - - a:.4 THE POLITICAL CRISIS Fyti most heGRAVE COMPLICATION~S. Sir d-y. with ohly RUSSIAN OCCUPATION OF ople, ban CONSTANTINOPLE. Tl [lave negot and ~art i -that ST PETaERBoURG slsonda y,820 p~m. ( le or The following telegram lyas Rent yesterday by Prince nal Gof hbaoff, Chancellor of thle Empire, to the ...

... 'I'l IE 1'Ab kIERS' COLUMN. VALE OF ALFORDI TURINIP' C0OWING 2-SSJ RiEPORT' tsr' .r upoi nIit ciroel oi' 1877. TI Ti'he gentlteowr aplpointed 3k. judges fot 1i477-.Mes'.rf ,K15 IalilliiIdh TuIl.1-nessle ; t' 'UInnich, U4il 1115i! IdIh A ifonk; a nd We 110r,1, ill tof Foclls, or lnll00iiie-ihSve reporlrvd as follows,:- ny As in 1876, the, ,n huh' turnipil crop Oil 510Oi iIItu IIfarins wais ...

... \VY.A1~H.FA' (OhI Xt, IPEB!RUAnY 12. ,- The . rnnn- the r;aru corotri- of R1ape. fronm a ar-,,a to . h co*;ti of Poru.l1 aoul ewobr -3; Great a | a ain ha at Brtiah Iste. Is aloailuies 'te North 3eat. _ a. 5h a.,evmna Jeraar. tile Bay oe B sca7' thtM :Mleiiemanel.l ate At a' ise ',alat t hol h !h CGuit i. tCb7 c4 auI |1. Sea. XLl.DNATION VLI T-L U lARL' |lu se sbore tart rhe ?? l me ire ...

... AN ESCAPE FROM PYRGODS t The following interesting account of ris escape from the massacre at Bargas or Py rgos wasgiven to: the Lady at Pera, whose diary the Cologne CGzefe publishes, bv a Greek named Thedonias This man was overseer at some mills in the neigh- I bonrhood of Tschilik, which he remained to pro- 3 tect (after most of the other ?? had leiSJ in s company with 30 kwrsdsdess (held ...

... | ASSEMBLY OF TEE CON'CLAVE. , (Reuter's Telegmrms.) hc Rome, February 7,7 P.Ar. fo Pope Pius IX. is dead. His Holiness was in p xctremis at 3 P.R., and an announcement was made i} tle of his dissolution; but he only expired at 57 be minutes aster four this afternoon. The Conclave Ia will assemble immidiately. co Rome, Thursday, February 7. re The condition of the Pope changed seriously b for ...

... PETERIHEAD. 1BREAC£H Ov LIxEanbo OERTJ iuced, Aarztry) BREACH ov Licxearo 0ErRTIFICATE.-At onday the Police Court yesterday-Baillie Smith on the even- bench--James Murray, baker and spirit dealer, wens nbere brought up charged with having, on Thursday, the 31st rs can ult., sold one or more gills of whisky or other excisable -- le bill liquors, which whisky or liquor wes oneumed oil his ...

... JOHN KNOX CHUROF, 3OUNTROOLY. I 'I, du-f at ,J a s . w PRESENTATION TO MlR BELL. Last night a congregational social meeting was held in connection with the Established John Knox Chvirob, mounthooly. The meeting is the first of the kind that has taken placo since the comnmencement of tbe pasto. rate of the Rev. Herbert Bell; and it naity safely be said to have proved the mnost sucocssful ...

... DEATH OF MR STEWART OF BRIN. On Monday forenoon there died at his residenee in Inverness Charles Stewart, senior partner of the firm of Stewart, Rule, & Burns, solicitors, Inverness. For the last half-century Mr Stewart has occupied a prominent position in Inverness-shire,and theintimationof his sud- den death will be heard with regret by many people throughout the county. The deceased. was ...

... AGRIC ULT UR E. re HIGHLAND AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. to Theomonithly meoting of the directors of this society Ir Iwas bold on Wednesdlay afternoou in E dinburghi. ]IMPLEIIEN1 UtGULATIONS. ~.Agreeab~ly to previous arrangement, a deeputationi ij from the Scottish Agricultural Enrgineers Association 3r; waited on the directors to lay before thc Board the grievances which implonrent exhibitors ...