... HOUSE OF COMMONS.-WErDNESDAY. PL~I -n YSinrOi lntn 18r1Y 0'n.n nIUoJZ IJ1 UUIlNO.-YsaIlNxlJAY. The SPEAKERs took the chair at twelve o'clock. Sir R. INGLIS presented several petitions from various laces in Scotland against the abolition of tests in the Scottish Jniversities. Mr. BOUVERIE presented several petitions from places in scotland against the Public Houses (Scotland) Bill. COUNTY ...

... HOUSE OF COMMONS.-TUESDAY, A'RIL 12. The Speaker took the chair at four o'clock. Mr. CARD WELL further postponed until Thursday next his resolutions relating to railway and canal bills containing powers of amalgamation. The Forth and Clyde Junction Railway Bill was read a second time. Petitions were presented by Sir G. MONTGONs.RY (2), from the Presbytery of Kirlecaldy, one against the ...

... LOOSE MIETIORANDA ON GLASGOW SUBJECTS. d -s mf NO. XIII. By SicEscX. REM INIS CBNCES. - In my lent commuinication to yeni I mecntioined that, eighty years ago, nor place of residence woo in thc Catidleriggsi, 01111- site the Bacoar, and that our immediate neighbotir upon die north wais then D~r. Baird further ,that our property woos bouinded onl tile west by the~ long garden of Mr. Baird of ...

... The Rev. Dr. Auld, who has faithfullly discharged - the duties of Clerk to the Synod of Glasgow and Ayr w for the long period of 30 years, has intimated his in- it tention to resign that office at next meeting. This is In now a favourable opportunity to revive the proposal a of having the Synod split up and erected into two dis- tinct Synods. It is most inconvenient for the mem- bers at the ...

... S C OTLAND. r The Duke and Duchess of Ilamilton and youthful 0 family intend to remain at their hotel in the French capital until the first week inl the ensuing month, when e their Graces return to St. James's Place for the season. The Duchess Dowager continues in rather improved health, in Portman Square. The youngest child of the Duke of Argyll, the Lord Privy Seal, was christened by the Rev ...

... . A Cabinet Council was held on Monday afternoon at the Foreign Oflice, l)owning Street. The Ministers present were-the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord John Russell, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, the Mar- quis of Lansdowne, Viscount Palmerston, the Earl of Clarendon, the Duke of Newcastle, the Chancellor of the E heqllouer, Sir James Graham, Sir Charles Wood, the Right llon. Sidney Hlerbert, and ...

... (From Southey's Life and Correspondence.) MTy Cintra memorandums must be made; and more than once have I delayed the task of dlescribing this place from a feeling of its difficulty. There is no scenery in England vwhich can help me to give you an idea of this. The town is small, like all countrv towns of Portugal, containing the Plaza: or square, and a numiaber of narrow crooked streets that ...

... M ISCELL AN BOUS. luther's Childhoo(.-TIie habits and manners of I that time were generally harsh and rude, and so Was c his education. Luther relates thlat his mother once 0 scourged him till the blood came, on ?? of one a mi.serable nut; that his father liad punished him so t; severely that it was withi great difficulty he could get 1 over the child's terror and alienationl. At school lie 1, ...

... FRAN'CE. . (From the Standard!'Correspondence.) 3 I x Paris, Tuesday Evening. The following has been received from Madrid by express, Idated thef8th '-rh Toe President of, the Council this day com- municated to the Chamber of Dleputies a royal decree suspend- ing the sittings of the Cortes for the session. This measure Inas been caused bythe stormy character of the debates in the last sitting ...

... On Alonday afternoon, as the brig Sir Robert Campbell was proceeding in tow of a steamer, ?? when off the Battery,. near Greenock, the second mate, Philip Benson, while in the act of unfurling lhe 'sails, missed hisi hold. and fell overboard; and ?? drownled. Every effort was made to save h1im, but without avail. Io was a very respectable yofu'g man, 20 yearsaof age, and belonged to Greenock. ...

... During the last two or three (lays, the site of the new public park at Relvingrove, hns beei visited by almost cll the Kem- bers of Council, as wvell as by a large icuinber of tbe jilnabi- tants. It is not to be do(libted that the park would be couch improved scere the portions referred to in Mr-. Ocr's letter kept clear of buildings; but the question comes to be in tile irst plice, is the ...

... F THE DUKE OF SUTHERLAND. 1 (From the Aberdeen Journal.) 2 The following are additional particulars, in continuation of the account given in our last:- At the date of our ]ast publication, fiur of the bodies had not been recovered-namely, those of Peter Ligertwood, the second mate ; John Fife, chief engineer ; James McIntosh, and Alex. Christie, seamen. That of Mr. McIntosh was got on I ...