... COPY. * London, April 26, 1845. REV. SIR-I have the honour to acknowledge he receipt of your letter, accompanied by a copy of resolutions passed at a meeting of English Presbyterians, held in the Scotch Church, at North Shields, on the 23d inst. In reply I may be permitted to observe, that the constituent body, at the time of my election, approved of the principles that I was known to ...

... II 0 I ' I (2 U L T U I R E. Ig With the advancing- seas' plants of r- wil lit ov be maki og rapid progress. GC i. t ' Lh mi ust ?? be p aid il rgu Iiti Ig aL t; ; - )3 brancics. The various liii ils of ci inbils i l il cular, will require to be kept in allitiit iLEi! dinalion. It is it question whelther rrtiliM ouis fanltasticall tic vices are thfe nost ippjo~; w for displhy or convenieclee. ...

... PUBLIC MEETING.-UNIVERSITY TESTS. On Wednesday evening, a public meeting 'was held, in the Hall of the Royal Hotel, for the purpose of petitioning the legislature agains teimposition of re .gious tests on Use admission of profes- sors to the chairs in Scotch Unitirsities. A number of gentlemen occupied the platform, and thebody of the bsail was filled by a highly respectable and attentive ...

... SCOTMLAN. I L 'EETTO 5'PEL.-HE.-We understand that this onnt wit Mr F Macenzi. Itis wsid~th~ sicre regret we announce the death of this embient man i w etoolz place at Draimforkllouse, near Helenisbprigh, on Thuriday'evenisiig. 'He was a man whose mental cultivation and intellectual sta3res were of no ordinary kind, and which emin~iitly fitted him fog. the aca- demical chair whcb lhe occupied, ...

... IJEIBY JMlji',( V1EANIT ACT. VThe A nnual Gpetera) Meeting~ oftthe Cnnommissionlers tinder thle Derby Imnprovelenti Act, MItS holdII Onl Saturday Ittit, at r thle 6Guildhall, W. RAo's'o A' ill ?? Emil. il tile Chair.n Ti to Sttefeisott of, AIccoaunts for the ltaot y'Oat' ils lail betie he teei o. Or il oftler still find it ;is ai advertise- snouit inl thet first palgle of this ptapern. fbi ...

... -r. - hIna-alamesit. - Ilk L E OFL1ORDlS,-'MoxNxv., Arisu. 21. o, The Bishiop of LONDION ?? petitions n front the Clergy of tile Aroxlidetiaconry o I Essex and ( i Variouis other parties, a gainli at lit fur1thle' gr'atit to P) the College of, Ma fitigainst the Uniiono ( the Sees of, St. A)sapih and Biangor, and against Ul The Bishop of StV. D)xvsr,'s presentedi severatl petitions against thle ...

... w jiQHT HON. SIR ROBERT IPEEL. St. Jarlath's, Tuam, April 27, 1845. i have not been unconcerned spectators of the i porliseflentary contest, having but few precedents in I h, flrcen,,5 with which it was fought, and in the length ie bich it was protracted. The bigotted masses that hi. 10 mad in compact array have been broken in intes econflict with each other; and from their collision has ,Joed ...

... a. MONDAY, APRIL 28., (Oral't ?? Celisolidated Fund).-- Reaiutiuan reported : 'That a $Ulm, tncs exa~ecling £0,000, be lssurd out of the Cunslidoialed 1 t~otd of tint United Kitngdens of Oreat Britain and Ireiand, to det- fray tie enpense oif purchasing sneh laol,, and of purchasing and (rectlng su tin~ tildingq, as isay be required for the Coiege of MXItt i-ooth atid uit repairing, fitting ...

... PHlILHA RMONIC SOCIEaTY. The third concert took place on Monday night last, and Went off in a highly satisfactory manner. When the per- formancew was about to comnmensce, Mr. LucAs camC for- ford, and stated that a letter led just been received from Sir IftENRY BIsiloP, apologising for his being uallble to attend in consequence of indisposition, and that his (Mr. LUCAS'S) colleagues in the ...

... MP.ERIAL PARLjAEA T. . - . 4 ?? I HOUSE OF LORDS-MONDAY, APRIL 28. p !-Their lordahips met at five: o'clock . ?? ^ - f MAYNOOTH ,3 a?,, ?? - Lord HBROUGHAM' presented a petition from. a Pres.- byteuian-icongregationat Loamore, which the noble lord it X said Tbm'pleined bf the horrors of Popery, but, nevertheless r in favotrof the grant.. The Bishops of;Down, Connor, and Dromore, pre- si sented ...

... OPPOSITION TO THE MAYOOTH GRANt_- I SCENE IN EXETER HALL. A e (From the Southern Reporter.) The agitation in England against Maynooth has but par- tially subsided. The House of Commons Is freed from the is beleaguering emissaries who were sent to watch and warn ,f obstinate representatives of the peril they were in if they e resolved on voting for the grant. The division showed that ir ...

... -la n {1nI-A.- A - A ?? 1Hcr Majesty held a leiec on Wednesday afternoon n at St. James's Palace. Numerous presentations took placce Thc following noblenmcn and gentlemen had t the honour of' prcsenting addresses and petitions to t' her Majesty t Tbe Earl of Powis-From the clergy and laity cf b T Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, entreating s her Majesty to consider that the immediatc ...