... Ordination.-The Rev. Henry W17allis Smith was, on Thursday the 10th instant, ordained to the pastoral charge of the church and parish of Durrisdeer, by the Presbytery of Penpont. The solemn service was con- ducted in a most able and impressive manner by the I 'Rev. W. B. Dimbar of Glencairn, and at the close of the service Mr. Smith received a very cordial welcome from the members of his new ...

... OFFICIAL DESPATCIIES. - - As .1A t Tho London Gazette 6bntains the following despatch from D Lord Raglan:- e Before Sebastopol, April 17. t My Lord,-The fire of both the French and English ' armies has been continued upon Sebastopol since I a1 addressed, your Lordship on the 14th inst., and, though u superior to that of the enemy, it has not produced e that permanent effedt which might have ...

... SC O TL AND. - filitary M3ovements.-On Tuesday, the Earl of Y Cardigan inspected the 1st Dragoon Guards, now 9 stationed at Piershill Barracks, and under orders for d the Crimea. A large draft of the Scots Greys, also e about to proceed to the East, were inspected at the n same time.-Scotsman. ; Dep7arture of the 80td Regiment.-The 80th Regi- ment at Fort-George, which has been augmented to ...

... (From the Times.) 4 Thei electric telegraph, which now connects the seat of Government with the seat of war, has intro- duced a new element into the conduct of military operations, and,like all other human inventions, its uses are not unaccompanied by inconveniences. We cer- tainly should regard it as an inconvenience and all evil of a very serious order if this extreme facility of ...

... Lord Dundonald's Plans.-It is said-and we be- lieve is correctly said-by well-informed persons, that the scientific comlmission appointed to -consider the feasibility of Lord Dundonild's plan for destroying the arsenals and fortresses of the Russians, have re- ported in favour of the project, subject to certain con- ditions, which wilt have to be decided by military en- gineers.-Atheezum. In ...

... THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF THE EMP[ROR OF THE FRENCH. The following account of the incident is given by the Times' correspondent':- . . The Emperor sccompanied by two of his household, Col. Ney and Ccl. Yalabreque, in plain clothes, left the Palace of the Tuileries about five o'clock to take his usual ride in the Champs Elysees, and join the Empress, who had preceded him, and was at that ...

... IMPORTANT POSTAL I31PROYEMiENTS. We learn that a very beneficial change commenced yesterday, in our local post office arrangements. The boundary of the postal delivery of Glasgow has now been extended,1so as to in- clude Springbank, KCelviohaugh, and the blocks of houses lately erected on the Paisley Road. In this way four deliveries are now made daily throughout the whole extent of this newly ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS-FRIDJAY, MAY 11. [Continued from Supplement.] The LORD CHANCELLOR having taken his seat on the wool- sack, The Great North of Scotland Railway Bill was read a third time and passed. In reply to Lord ST. LEONATRDS, The LORD CHANCELLOR said, with regard to the Testa- mentary Jurisdiction Bill, Government had considered it most eonvenient to introduce the bill into the House of ...

... THE SIEGE OF BEBASTOPOL. Paris, Saturday, May 26, 7.30 A.Mr. The Afonitcur publishes two despatches from General Pelis- c Bier, dated the 23d and 24th irstant. In the first the General t a thus expresses himself:- e The enemy have formed between the Central Bastion and i the Bea a large place d'arries, where they propose assem-a bling considerable forces to make important sorties against us. ...

... OGENERAL AHUMBLY. Thile 6eneral Assembly of the Cht'ifl of Scotland Met yes. terday. L6Md Belliaven, her Majesty's Ford High Commis. sioner, probesse4 from Holyrood, escorted ly a troop, of the 1st Dragoons and- a portion of the 82d Regimntit, to St. Giles, Church. As it Ssa the day appointed for tle cektl''etion of the sanniversary of her Majestty birth, business war almost en- tirely ...

... jr _ __ ni New Members Parliamaent.-On Friday night Sir ?? Shaw Stewart took his seat in the House of Commons for the County of Renfrew; and Sir James at Ferguson also took his sent for the County of Ayr. re Thwe Scottish Temperance League.-The annual ser- a- mons (twenty in number) in connection with this 0. association were delivered in various places of worship 8I yesterday. At the soiree ...

... ' FOR~EQGN INTELLIGBNfCiE.0 THlE SI1EGE OF'SEISASTOIOL. War Departmetit, May 1-1, 12.50. AS.M Lord Pnnimure presents Isis ?? thle Editor ofthte (io Tithes, anti las great pleasure ius transmitting the encklosed ~b intciliigenide, which hits th~is day reaehed him:- S 1The emymade a sortie last. night (Uriday) on thle la advanced wok of the left attack. They moved forward in II two oolumns,~but ...