... The Establishcd Prc-byteryt met ?? Balfour, moderator. CtLtRISTIAaNITY IN 5NDID. Dr M'FAnxiegave notic of an overture to the General Assembly, to the effect that it take into con- sideration the preselnt imperfect and corrupt state of education in India, as it acted detrimentally against religion and the interests of civilisation. It also re- commended that every measure might be taken for the ...

... FREE PRESBYTERY OF EDTNBURGH. YesLerday this rev, court held its monthly meeting 01 ] 7-Mr Ferguson, moderator. tha INTERCOURSE WITH SISTER C11ISCEME3. jus D, CANDLISH moved the following overture to next to Genera! Assemnbly:- Whereas the late General bo~ As~ernP,~!y anpointed a committee to consider on what gi1v footino1' the intercourse and correspondence between tea thiz Church and the ...

... EXTRAORDINARY hOAX, In the beginning of last week, says the BDit-ming- has .Journal, a missive written in English was received by the respected Prefect of the Seine. The Prefect had the document translated, somewvhat to the fol- lowing effect:- T- - H- Tavern, Birming- ham, 13th February, I S58.-Sir-We feel it our duty to inform you that Orsini, Pieri, and a Pole, were assembled together in a ...

... STSMMARY. - In the House of Lords last night the Earl of Elleniborough inquired of the Government whetier any instructions had been sent out to India to arrest the too frequent infliction of capital punish- ment upon the captured insurgents. Earl Gran- ville, in reply said that the practice of punishing all with death indiscriminately was improper, and the Government had in contemplation a ...

... TLME; OF TRAINS LEAVING EDINBURGJ FOR UNDERMENTIONED PLACES. FEBRUAIRY 188. **1 The abbreviations within patentllesi-(CaL,), (S. C.), (E. and G.)r IN. B ?? (E. P. and D.) -asl nify Caledonian, v mnttiaj Central, Edinburgh and Glaisoiw, North Britishl, and Edinlsirgh, Perth, and Dundee Railways respectivly, and intbmate that the trains stalt tron; the termiai at these railways in Edinburgh at ...

... S Ce. THE CUSTOMS v. THE INLAND REVENUE. TO TrE EDITOR OF THED CALXDONIAN MERCURY. Sim-Having seen the letters byyour correspondents 1Marcus and Normal, &c., on the subject of the comparative remuneration of the various classes in the Landing Department of the Customs at Leith, will you be so kind as permit me, through the medium of your valuable columns, to call public attention tothe ...

... GSEIlRAL POST-OREWN4 EDINllBUJRGH. | Etoxes Close. i ?? - Del'very ( ?? I Peceiv'g L . ° inli. 1. P. Office. llouses. Leith. a }oltlt MAILS. _I-- ,- I- Alberd'n, Dundee, Perthl). S 5k. 10 OP lo Or I 6 40A Stirling, Alloa, &c. .,a 7 20P 7 OP 7 op 6 30P BRrwick and E. of England, 1 30r 11 O 1 6 4O0A Besnick, Dunbar, lsd.-) l a dinEgton, &c., E. of E~ng-- ...

... The Town Council met yesterday-the Lord Pro- Tost in the chair. TEE PROPOSED IM5PROVEM(ENT OF W.LRRISTOtN'S CLOSE. Treasurer RussELr reported that he and Mr Brown Douglas had been unable to collect- the L.500 re- quired to be raised by public subscription to defray the expenses of the improvements proposed to be made at the head of Warriston's Close. The utmost they could do was to raise about ...

... amptrial -4- t- ELECTRIC TELEGRAPhI.] HOUSE OF LORDS-FRIDAY. The House met to-day at five o'clock. The House presented rather a singular appearance, from the change of places occasioned by the members and sup- porters of the late Ministry taking their seats on the Opposition side of the House. The seat formerly oc- cupied by the Earl of Derby was this evening filled by Earl Granville. Next to ...

... ST CJTHBERT!S PAROCHIAL BOARD. I- I .. . - 'Yesterday, the half-yearly meeting of this Boai was held in the West Church-Bailie Johnston in the chair. The following report was laid before the meeting:- The number of out-door poor on the roll at 151th May 1857 was 1523; and at 14th November 3857. 1479; being a decrease of 44 on the last Six mOftlk. The number of poor chargeable at 20th ...

... From an able article on House Accommodation, by Robert Rawlinson, civil engineer, which appears in the last number of the Journal of the Society of Arts, we take the following:- The cottage, bothie, or hut in Scotland is a bar- barous shelter. Many of those in the highlands and islands are mere hovels, rough in the 'materiel used, and rude in the form of construction. The side walls and gables ...

... FOREIGN OFFICE DESPATCH. SERIOUS ENGAGEMENTS. DEFEAT OF THE ENEMY. Capture of Guns and Ammunition. The following telegram was received at the Fo- reign Office on the 14th February, 8.30 ?? ALEXANDRIA, 10th February 1858.-The Pekin arrived on the 8th inst. She brings Bombay dates to 23d nlt. The force under. Sir James Oatram at Alumbagh, 4000 strong, was attacked by the enemy on 22d December, ...