... (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LONDON, TuURSDAY JVENING. HEB MAJESiY'S BIRTI-DAY.-The asual reviews in honour of this even;, toos place this morning. The weather was wet. The Globe says the Batik of England returns, to be published to-morrow, are reporad to be very favcurable. The receipts up to the present Care love reached £200,o0,000 sterling. PROVISIONAL BANKE OF ENGLAND.-At a meethig to day, a ...

... .lROOiANCE AND CRIME3S OF T'E1 BlADEN I SI . i CESSION. I N. . U~ I Anril 0, The D'ailql News, after noticing thledeath of Chariec Leo 11 pold Frederick, Gralud Dukokof Bainden, `aye- T,1hi dcraleo willijani C of thils sovereign, howevier, raises a keotimotntqs May l4, 1 , tioen with respec tth ucoion, Thu grand duk Jai.-fltt Ylevies several sofas; the eldest of these is au idiot and to Ja ...

... REIIE CHURCH GENERtAL ASSEMBLY. >1 The tenth General Assembly of the Free Church commcnced a its sittings on Thursday, in. tlhe Tanficld Hall, Canonmills. The is Rev. Dr Dulff, the AModerator during the last year, delivered an 1. eloquent discourse on Psalms ii. 7- I have set my king on my ,d holy hill of Zion. . 1 a The rall-of members having been made up in the usual riven- nor, *-*. 1'~2 ...

... .0 1 .-- . - The usunal monthly meeting ofthis Board was held on SAtur. vicillit day-Baillie Willinmson in the Chair. that h PRESENT:-Messrs Mnclaren, Ross, Linnsden,Walker cried D s Oray, Urquhart, Campbell, Leslie, Buyers and igm Middleton. ' 1 , The c t Inflrm1oary Oheirster,-The minites of the Infirmary Charter -Te Cl Committec stated that Baillie Williamson had reported to them ,with I n ...

... arkets. GRAIN, &c. MARK LANE—May 24. The weather has been cold the last day or two, with the wind easterly; but the reports from all parte of the kingdom respect- ing the aspect of the growing crops are favourable. There was a very small show of wheat this morning land-c arriage samples from the neighbouring counties, and were scarce- ly any offers from and Cambridgeshire. The de- mand was ...

... ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ANTI-STATE CHURCH ASSOCIATION, Yesterday evening the annual meeting of this body was held in the Queen Street Hall, The proceedings seemed to excite little interest, as the meeting was very thinly attended. Bailie Fyfe, who occupied the chair, was supported by the Rev. Mr Renton of Kelso, Bailie Boyd, Rev, Wm. Reid, James Peddie, The Rev. Esq., W.S., Councillors Tod, Dick ...

... SR . --A : SIR JOHN' TIwN:KLIN. .I3 *r X~A Jaff.r Sarll Sli JOtIN ItAS4ShIN.A 1 1 The following extract from a letter dated Hong Kong, March 28, is not without interest to the public:- There have been here iao less than 37 whalers from the Arctic seas. It may interest you to know, that they almost all believe that Sir John Franklin is safe, and that he has got through the ice barrier into ...

... THE IMPOSTOR STATESMAN Pretender to the Civio Representation. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, the man who entered into a treaty of alliance with the rebel O'CONNELL, to secure a political position, has put forth an address craving the suffrages of the citizens of London, and the Jew, it seems, endorses the document. The Israelite well knows his man. He knows that the ?? is cunning of fence, a ...

... LAYING TME FOUNDATION STONE OF TIHE MAGDALEN SCH'OO. YEsTnEfAr morning, the ceremony of laying tile first stone of the newv school-house in connexiou vith tile Magdalen Asylum, in Donegall Pass, took place in the presence of a number of the clergy of the town, the scho(lar1s at ?? in attendance L11)O1l the schools, and a large concourse of the friends of tho institution, con- sistitig of both ...

... SEATMAN'S FRIEND SOCIETY. Tire adjourned annual nmeeting of the Seaman's Friend Society took place in tile ChII-apel, Pilot Street, oni Wednesday, ain, was numerously anti respectably at- tended. T'le following clergymen and gentlemen wore present:-Rev. Dr. Morgan, Rev- William Johnston, Rev. David Hamilton, Rev. Robert Knox, Rev. George Bellis, Rev. J. Mateer, Rev. J. Mlaltin, biout. Calder, ...

... i - p. - ?? ?? A0 tutieoutiam ?? on Saturday,-at thei L0ponoTatir the. 'mg Al 4E ; R~~M. Mines, M,Xi~.'Conol .iWColebroblis;m Chq., W1ie S.am S n-Eiqj,¶ Ji' th 'we, i~ ~n Moqe,-Bsq.5 lgr, Aldetrogis Sol c Phi ?? Rie .Farme r, Esq, Drigte was-tabirs ye4o 'the qehbrmatiieud ?? le'*om which .fel r'a ind 'l f' trea.ment, had. 'fullp) Swered *itOer) expveltation i li~s upporers. he number 6f boys ...

... AUSTRIA. The Czar Nicholas and the Empress of Russia arrived at Warsaw on Sunday evening last. The Empress was to meet her royal brother on the Prus- sian frontier, and accompany him to Potsdam, while the Czar would proceed to Prague, the residence of the ?? Ferdinand, where the Emperor Francis Joseph would meet him. The New Prussian Gazette states that Marshal Kempen, the Governor of Vienna ...