... THE LORD-ADVOCATE'S EDUOATION BILL. TIsE adjourned debate on Mr Cumming Bruce's amend- ment took place on Friday; and although the amendment for the division of the bill into two-one for rural dis- tricts and the other for towns -was defeated, it was by so small a majority as to make the success of the mea- sure somewhat precarious. The majority on the second reading was swelled by the English ...

... THE PAYMENT OF WITNESSES, &c.- gi FoR some time past there has been a growing dissatisfaction rc among those persons who have had the misfortune to be called il as witnesses to the High Court and Circuit Court of Justi- l ciasry, on account of the manner in which their expenses have . been paid. It is unquestionably expedieit, for the ends of b justice, that the members of the social body ...

... .sC OTILRU .. EdO of iliDICATO e BiLLS. I sr4Orng to the TaI 4Y~scveiI Ih epttr of dJIO Se1Vctc(iou I~± ed:Pobi pad'yetitioca$; ;justdpnblislaed, Thr had beexpre- g.etaed to tile Houge of Commons, up to the 18th-inst.:- inst the Lord-Advocates8 Bill 409 petitions, with' 29,113 4,itares; in its favour, 44 petitions, with 1958 signatures; Rud for alteration of the Bill, 868 petitions, with 19 ...

... I PARLIAMENT has, at length, enjoyed the privilege, so wl . long withheld, of discussing the proceedings of the Con- PO ferences. To some little purpose, we think, although tio not so much as might have been expected. The ministry d have, gained by the discussions, no doubt.; for Mr wl Disraeli's motion-which preface*-ith-a-eensus-eon tb the Government for ambiguity and indecision, a resolu- a ...

... COPENHAGEN, May 1I.-Admiral Dundas left Faro Sound on the 8th inst. in the Duke of Wellington, and, with twenty- four sail, proceeded for Elfinaben. The Ajax and Blenheim re- main at Faro Sound. The Driver, Captain Gardiner, arrived at Dautzie on the 11th. Eight Russian merchnntmen have been captured off Dunamunde. The lmperiease and Tartar have been damaged by a collision, and sent home for ...

... ARlMY AND NAVY. |GRANWD MSILITARY RFVEiEw.-We have Mucll gratification in announcing that her Majesty will, on the 18th inist., present, on the parale at the Horse Guards, the Crimean Medal to the officers, non-commissioned officers, and three mcn of each reg-i- nent serving in the East, who have recently retarned to this country wounded or iuvalided. AVAILABLE OreICERS IN TIIE ABaoy.-A return ...

... Toni Society's first show, for the season, was held in Laing's I Saloon, Peterhead, on Friday, May 11. Notwithstanding the backwardness of the seasou, and the ungenial character of the day, the frttits, flowers, and other vegetables were excellent in quality, apd far from being so deficient in quantity as might have been expected. The apples and pears wonld lear compa- rison with those grown ...

... A.R. . - - -I-,. I - - - I. W. TH:--&;. ;,--l 0 t t P 3 I P 0 v v 5 a a t a t I a d I t of th am -n 'I an Rii THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. BmeoRs SEBAST'OPOL, APRIL 29. . yesterday I heard of the serious illness of Cnpthili Christie,' %ged by the unfounded charges brought against him with i0- gard to the Ilesolute and the Prince, in.taither of which cases Ad he power to do otherwise than he did. ...

... THE BATILE OF INKERMAN. THE Times of Wednesday publishes a Russian account of the battle of Inkerman, drawn up, it is reported, from official sources. It is inaccurate to some extent in its accounts of our movements. It states that the Russian forces actually engaged amounted only to 29,700 men. The loss of the battle is attri- buted in a great degree to an error of General Soimonoof The words ...

... Wua Office, April 24 : ScolosFusilier 0unrt'ls--Lieut'enant ond.Captain and Brevet-Major the Hon. William Frederick Scarlett to be Captain and Lieutenant Colo. nel, by purchase, vice Stracey, who retires; Captain R. H. Whyte, from the Mbth Font, to he Lieutenant and Captain; by purchase, vice the Hon. W. F. Scairlett. 7th Foot-Lieutenant .J. R. Cooperto be Captainh;withoutpurbbase, vice Hon. C ...

... BzpOnt SHBASTOPOL, May' 12. My Lord,-I do myself the 10nour ship that General de la Marie hoou to: acquaint your Lord- rmoa, with a portion of the Sardi- nian Contingent, arrived off Balaelava.on the night of the 5th inst., and he came up to he1d-quarters the followiuz morning. unaorhe tefloig The veryunfavorblestate of the weather si4c the 9th bag prevented any material p~art of the force ...

... . tne The annual sittings of the Synod of thI& United Presbyterian throi Church commenced on Monday in Edinburgh After sermobn by Ti thle retiring Moderator, Dr Johnston, Limekfilnig, the Synod pro- Maji ceeded to the election of a new Moderator. Dr Joseph Brown andI proposed Dr M'Michacll, Gillespie Church, Dunfermaline; Dr roors Jeffrey, Denny, proposed the Rev. Francis Muir, Leith, but Moln ...