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... The usual monthly meeting of this Presbytery took place ?? Balfour, moderator. IVISSIONARY TO CANADA. Dr FOWLER reported that:the Colonial Committee had- appointed Mr Douglas as missionary to labour in the presbytery of Gdiengarry, Canada-West, and re- quested the appointment of au early day for his ordi- nation. It was resolved that it should take piace on Wednesday, the 12th proximo, in St ...

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... BY ELECTRIC _TLEGRAPH :.I u)p trialt arli tixtllt. el - -it HOUSE OF LORDS-TunuSDAY. Their Lordships met at five o'clock. A. TEE KING OF OUDE. i; The Earl of ALBEMARLE presented a petition, go signed by 12,0e0 inhabitants of Manchester and Sal- mi ford, in favour of the restoration of the Xing of Oude, an and gave notice that, on the 12th of May, he would co move the following resolution ?? ...

... MERCURY OFFICE, THfUnsDA., ELEVEN O'CLOOM. TURKEY. CO2STANTLNOPLE, April 21.-A heavy storm of ,,ow has fallen, and severe storms have caused many disasters in the Black Sea. The Lloyd's steamer Ferdinando has been wrecked at Varna. COMIMIENTS OF THIE LONDON PAPERS. The Times again draws attention to the unparal- leled position of the Government in the House of Commons. The same paper has a ...

... BANKRUETCY EXAMINATION. (Before Sheriff Hlallard.) Ch IS Tl{P sEQu6strao=W or GEORGB FORtES& Ti The examination of George Forbes, wine ma-r I chant, Howe Street, tfook place yesterday. 'The sederunt included Mr- 1. Marshall, aecountant,.trustbe, Dr and Mr Ord, W.S-, agent in the sequestration. WI The bankrupt leponed'x commenced businessas Te n wine 'nerchantr in Edihrbsurgh in 1844, when I ...

... '142tll~l 9lltti~lllttl~l. |b HOUSE OF COMMONS-WEDNESDAY. AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS. I Mr CAIR) moved the second reading of the Agri- or cultural Statistics Bill. From returns and statistics b be contended that the Bill would be of great advtan- 0 tags to the producer and consumer, and would prevent the great fluctuations in prices which bad occurred r of late years. The Bill contained no ...

... Iflottigil ?Iltdligfllm GERMANY AND THE BALTIC. (rnONx olst OwN CORR}SPONIDreT.) IIAMiittRGU, April 24, 1858.-In some shape or other the question between Denmark and the Duchies will constantly obtrude itself on public no- tice, and however small the interest may be *which it can create elsewhere, it is one which throughout Germany, or at all events the northern portion of it, never ceases ...

... t ri l £ . FREE CHURCH ASSEMBLY HALL. TO THE EDITOR OF TUE CALEDONIAN tlhECURY. Sir,-Your paper of to-day affords ample scope for correspondence; in fact, there are at least three sub- jects calling for approval or disapproval. In the hope that some of your numerous subscribers will take up the conduct of Priest Donahoe, and also the dis- cussion on the odious Annuity-tax, I now merely ask to ...

... N MERCURY OFFICE, FRIDAY, ELEVEN O'CLOCK. SARDINIA. TuRIN, 29th April.-The law of M. de Foresta was this day passed. FRANCE. PARIS, Thursday.-The Envoys met to-day to receive the report of the Commission on the Turkish and Russian frontiers in Asia. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. The Bosphorus steamer arrived at Plymouth on Thursday evening; she left the Cape on the 22d March. Governor Grey has determined ...

... Bombay letters and papers have arrived in London. The telegraph supplies us with the first itistalment of the communication of the Times' special correspondent. The summary, though brief, has a melancholyinterest in the casualties it records and the information it communicates as to the state of the hospital at Lucknow. The letter brings down events only to the 17th March, five days earlier ...

... fortegn 'a tdU ce. FRANCE. From the numbers of the poll, it appears that about three-fifths of the inscribed electors in Paris actually took part in the elections. This is less than was expected, as, in two of the districts at least, the struggle was extremely close. The result now stands thus, that one Government and one Opposition can- didate have been definitively elected. On Monday, the ...