... MMR GLADSTONE ON THE FRIENDS5 - AND FOES OF RLISSIAt Mr Gladstone writes in the January number of t' the Nimsteentls Century on Friends and Foes ofl Russia. Remarking at the outset that it is a E common and a profitable trick of party to assume t the mask of nationality, and that this filching and appropriating of the national credit has been f specially noticeable during the recent ...

... ) GENERAL FOREIGN TNEW I I _ _ II I TURKEY. . ?? THE TREATY OF PEACE WITH RUSSIA. Constanltillople, December 28. Id This being the Turkish New-Year's Day, the Z Snltan, iw aezordance :ith Eurropean usage, re- a ! ?? the congratulations of the Ministers and a public funictionaries. lis Majesty, in reply to a i congratulatory speech addressed to him by KeAre din Pasha, the Grand Vizier, said he ...

... QUEP:NSLA-D. ot 03f Omo OWN' Cut PorzESrOrNDMnFT.) | t Queensland, October 3, 1878. Si rd Us my letter of September I attempted to show 0 Am h ivvelcoine v.as 3 heavy rainfall wxhen creeks S ff-and wiater holes were becoming nearly dry, and- as when summer, with its scorching Suns, was - adi approaching. To be sure, wye look for the usual I c tropicil rains abbut the close and the beginning I ...

... ?? .tD .AILC.o A rL A_ ?? I F(O)lAl,., A, N.t ?? ?? flt.A'AtCi 4.ND &tL:It.VAL Af OLA,(.OW. I t1e.c9Z.Lstat u.a I,.; DL' .l. . ?? . . . . . ?? J . 2 , .1 5 r a t. J a . I L;Oe c_ aiL ?? L Jan. S3 i ?? ;Lc j. .Url3oca, ISOU.,;i ?? io.uALJ. VttD2r.. ?? Jan. . n[. ?? ; La - P , M . s ?? - ?? ?? it ?? rJ ~.o4 C.2 ..:Xhh 6 0.7 ] tarWC. UvLS;r , 3;27 L ~r LL Wea3 - Do., la el~~ by Ii rrL. J I I ?? : ...

... ' BzANorurcr CounT.-Robert Crawford Cul- bert, dfesher, 3 Borne Place, Mount I Florida, near Glasgow, was examined in bank- ruptcy, before Sheriff Cowan, yesterdayafternoon, o Sederunt-1Mr T. E. Robertson, for MIr Robert Gourlay, C.A., Glansow, trustee; and Mr Wm. Beckett (of Messri Brownlie, Watson & Beckett, 5 wraters, Glasgow), agent in the aequestratios. 3 Bankrupt deponed that he wasJ 32 ...

... THE COSURT. Osborne, December 23. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Beatrice, drove out yesterday afternoon. Their Royal Higbnssses the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Con- naught, and Prince Leopold were preseut at divine service at Wbippingham Church yesterday after- noon. The Queen, the Prince of Waies, and Princess Beatrice walked out this morning. The Marquis of Hertford has left Osborne. ...

... LETTERS TO TEE EDITOR. 'ad TEE FREE BREAKFAST.ofeh W~ester Craigs, 23d December, 1878. iraueis or, SmR-Ianthe pr-esent season of distress it must be for tbE ?? gratifying to all to know that this valuable irnstirn- of thi og tidn is being-c~onducted wvith great efficiency andthe .economy, sad is fobi g not a little to stretch out a three anghlighn ote ors ftepo in our city, the wI Ha viteni ...

... - TH1E BANK DISASTER. MEETING OF CAJLEDONTA&N ? SHAREHOLDERS. it A preliminary meeting of the shareholders of the Caledonlian Bank -was held yesterday in the ~Caledonian Hotel, Inverness. Most of the idirectors, were present, and there was a large number or shareholders also in attendance. On Ithei motion of Mr Henry 2rnnrD, corn merchant, Irnvernocss Mr Win. Morrison, shipownmer, was ...

... ECCLgSIASTICAL. ESTABLIS1YFD rP.iESEYTERY OF P GLAtSUOV - ] tor of the Established Presbytery sv sea h2l d yesttrday-the Rev. MrLeiper v, ?? yrat cOFitEaCIAL DISCLOSUtRES. XF - r , o' Solsg-irth (elder), gave notice of 'pxoAJD-h -; Yhat in view of the re- . -; re'nailinq, the state of mnorality v . liO'.- SQMtiors of society, the w e ?? c -um-lv recoinend and enjin on all n ' 5 rnottioiers in ...

... FRANXCE AND BRITISH MINERAL OILS. Some correspondence relating to the duties on British mineral oils imported into France has been issued from the Foreign Offce. Professor Abel, who was sent to Paris to negotiate on behalf of our t Government, reports on the 18th October that he I has achieved the following results:- ` 1. A satisfactory settlement has been obtained of the terms under which, ...

... rffE AFGHAN WAR. | FIGHU\G IN THE PEWAR PASS. EVAC'UAzTION- OF JELLALABAD 0F0FCIA4 DESPA TCOIL he foov owing has been sent to us from the India )Xice for publication From VICESOY, 3d December, 173S. No distwrbances reported from Khyber Pass v-day. Authentic intelligence received that ieiiai&D3 is evacuated. No troops nearer than Sevwart at Keila. ,Poberts encamped, 1s December, two riles ...

... MONNDAY MORNING, DECEBER 16. We regret to announce the death of Princess Afice, which took place at Hesse-Darmstadt on Saturday morning. The telegrams received on Friday night in reference to the condition of 11er Royal Highness left but little room for hopes and the worst fears are realised by the mad intelligence which we publish to- day. The Princess was born on the 25th April, 1843, and ...