... , LA'CTICINT ?? R. D UMYMBARTONSHIRE. I. ?? W. BUR.N3 AT WATERSIDE. Last niglit .Sr Burns addressed a'crowded meet- ing in ?? at Witerside. 'Ex-Proiost ,Wrighlt occupedl the chair. Mri Burnis briefly re- viewved spe oE the leading incidents in the bome aud foreign policy of the Go;vernment, hii strictures Ibeing' frequently iuterrupted * by applause. The idejiresi'd s atavf' agriculture sihd ...

... FoxE AnD CJ.ACX2NANS MINERS. 35' 3 MACONALD,D aLP., AT nut~lM~ I A mass meeting of the mniners of Fife and Clack- !mannan was held yesterday in the Mulsic Hail, Dnnfermllne. M~r John Burt, president of the association, occupied the chair, and there was a 1very large attendance. IThe CM~Rwfal stated that the meeting had been .called for the purpose of considering what steps lshould be taken to ...

... ?EKERAL FQR1?I? NEWS - (Raurax's Tzaxonans.) -? I MR PARNELL, M.P., IN AMERICA. New York, January ?? Mr Parnell, MY., held a reception at Gil- more's Garden yesterday, which was attended by 8000 persons, including Sir Thurlow Weed and many prominent Irish Americans who were on the platform. A large portion of the speech which Mr Parnell delivered was devoted to answering a communication from ...

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... GENERtALJ FORIG~N N.EWSS ] EZUTER's TZLEGRAMS.) I THE RELATIONS BETWEuN ENGLAND AND TURKEY. Constantinople, December 31. Sir Henry Layard having received no reply to the note presente 1 by him to the Porte in reference to the measures taken by the Turkish Government against 3d. Wilier and Ahmed Tewilk, the Mussel- man priest, yesterday sdspeuded official relations with the Porte. The British ...

... THE GROSVEN-OR GALLERY. | (FOK OUR OWVN cossoSUCDIZ7T.) | ~London, Wednesday N~ight. t ~sCoutrs LINDSANY 15 as usual punctual to his promlise of opening his winter exhibition with the New Year, and the task he has set himself to accomplish this year has been performned with no less success than punctuality. Leaving the past to take care of itself, or thinking, perhaps, he has dons sufficient ...

... TaREF STORM-AND FLOODS. 5HZ PIflSG CASVALTXS. LI In Glasgow and the suburbs the strong wind1 .of the earlier portion of the week gave place on Saturday to almost unseasonably mild wreather. Yesterday, however, a change took place and during the most of the day a disagreeable, drizzling rain fell, varied occasionally by pretty heavy showers. The Newo YorkW Herad sends warning that atmospheric ...

... - The report of Mr 3J, M. j Ludlow, the Chief Registrar of Friendly Societies, for the year anding I the- 31st of Decomber, 1878, has just Eee issued. The report says ?? total number of societies or branches for the first -t tther registate6d 'or' certified, which a~mountq to.785, S as against 671 in 1877,hn 6.37 in 1876. Imi edin- conversions'of friendlv societies into brauches and ; ...

... ELEr.CTI~oN NE^WtS. RElPRESEi3NT ATION or'1 UI ?? SFIRE. Mi U. J. 'iV. BUseS'S CA~iDWAIU IMr John WiLliam Bains of K~ilmabewr andl Cumbernauld, the Liberal caodaida~to for the re-.j presentation of the county of Dumba~rton, ad- dressed on Tluesday two mneetings of .he electors in, the ?? western portion of the county, andL had a most flattering reception at both. Thbe first meeting was with ...

... .. R'SFINANCIAL FAILUES IN ?? YAR'SSCO'TLAND. }It will be a very long time ere the commercial history of the year 1879 is effaced from the memory *it is to be hoped wve will never pass through a similarly disastrous twelve maouths. The record of financial failures in Scotland is Tindeed a black list-a list altogether un-i paralleled in the commercial annals of the| country. Although the ...

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... WLE F3O: THE! DVCHESS OF MAiRLBOROUGH. Yesterday, the Lord Mayor of London received the follo~wing letter from Hier Grace the Duchess of Marlborough on the subject of the distress in Ireland:- Vliceresal Lodge, January 3. >'My L~ord,-I have been requested by the Executive Committee to thank you for your letter of the 30th nit., and its cheque enclosed for £3000- and kin d promise of further ...