... The Synod resumed at six ?? Peddie, moderator. CASE OF MR nOOD, DUNDEE. Mr George Hool, a member of the Temple Lane congregation, Dundee, made a serious charge against Mr Thomas Morris, a fellow member of that church, in October last. The session required Mr Hood to lodge his charge in writing, but be failed to do so. lie gave it as a reason why he had not obeyed the request of the session ...

... its~DD NAVIGATION B L . -- I. LYDi)E N-AVnIGATION B1ILL. - of -- ~~(From our own Correspondenit.) 'fioceee~itteree'tcdi~s-ten. tis London, Tuesday. Ir- ll~commtte resmedits-ittlgs hismorning ait 12 o'clock-.: S90 IIr. -ELLaASIS .said, before less learned ?? Andrewvs,I ?? tihe case of Greenoek, lie wished to say that the i - Clyde'Trieetecs were wvilling to reser-e all the rights of the GresdK- ...

... - THE IMONSTER NUGGET AT THE CRY-STAL ?? . ' ' ?? I PALACE. .. . The object which (From the Times.) I SC L Tie~ob~eetw 'hchon Saturday excited the most general and d sustained hiterest was the Blanch Barkly nugget-that mon- bt F |dstrous Cef virgin ore about the size and value of which In so many: tales have reached this country. It is displayed in 1 1; the centre transept in front of the ...

... ?? AR?Mng aval 40 - ?? & - ?? W\Vr-OFICE, PALL-MALL, April 30. Ist Dragoon Guards-Captain George Paynter to be Major, by purchases vice Thomson, aho retires Lieutenant Evelyn Harpur Crewe to be Captain, by purchase. vice Paynter; Cornet C. R. K. Hubback, to be Lieu'enant by purchase. 4th Dragoon Guards-Cornet E. 1). B. Cunning- . ame, to be Lieut., without purchase, vice Baum- garten, ...

... The committee met on Thursday, after an adjourn- ument from Mlon'day-4Mr Clive in the chair. The cross-cxatmination of Mr Johnston, mining engineer, was resumed. I-e was not prepared to say that coal could not be worked profitably at Byre. The indications of an extensive coal formation in the district were much greater than those to be found at Canonbie. Mr Taylor, mineral agent for the Duke ...

... During the past winter several evening meetings of a friendly and social character have been held in the Royal College of Surgeons. Lectures on Periodicity in Disease, 1 The Hospitals in the Crimea, and The Connection between Intemperance and the Restraints of Law, have already both delighted and instructed audiences consisting of many of the most intelligent of the inhabitants of ...

... COUNTY OF EDINEURGH. Ci si TheQuarter Scstii>~ su ; iih the County Buildings egrec yesterday-the Duke of Bduccieuch, and subsequently remu Richard Trotter, E'f.q. of Mortonll, pracsO. 0 REDUCTION OF LICENSES. golld A petition wvas prcsented fromi the inhabitants of Boar Dalkeith, setting forth the desirability of a reduction Sir I -if public-houses or other places for the sele of drink Ande ...

... COUNTY OF LINLITHIGOW. The annual general meeting ot the Commissioners I of Supply or the County of Linlitli-ow was held in the Coulty Booms, Linlithgow, ?? or Shairp of Houston, convener, presiding. Tile report of the Police Committee was read by Mr J. A. Dawson. It stated that the police force for the county, under the General Police Act of last session, had been established as follows-I ...

... I HIAWVICI AND CARLISLE RAILWAY BILLS. The Committee met on Monday at ?? G. Clive in the chair. Mr Blyth stated that if the cost of the Langholm line were estimated according to the prices adopted by the engineers of the Liddesdale scheme, it would amount to L.256,000 instead of L.355,000, showing a reduction of L.l00,000. Mr Tone, the engineer, was called and cross- examined. He said that he ...

... FOREIGN [NrELLIGENCE. - FRANCE. lot PAmes, Thursday Evening-The JDnitentr publishes the fo!- IT lovin~ The Plenipotenltiaries of Austria. rine Groat Bri- K tan russia, Russia, Sardinia, andi Turkey, met ons Wednl~esdaty iDs conforeuco at the hotel of the Iditlister of Forosin Aflrs to take cognisanee of the final act signed at CenstanltiolO~l °onf tho 5th Dcember last wvith D view to sanction ...

... W. zinipcdal varlialitfitt. HOUSE OF LORDS-TUESDAY.I in ECCLBSIASTICAL COMMISSION BILL. E The Earl of DERBY, in moving the second read- ki ing of the Ecclesiastical Commission Bill, said the sL object of the Bill was to carry out the recommenda- su lions of Select Committees, appointed by the House of Lords in 1851, and by the Honse of Commons in se 1856, in reference to the transfer of the ...

... THE AWAR IN INDIA. The papers brought by the Bombay mail have ar- rived. Their dates are from the 24th of March to the 9th of April inclusive. The following are the most important items of intelligence:- TEE DISPOSITION OF TllE BRITISHr ARMY. The army has been re-distributed, with a view lo future operations in the field. For the garrison of Lucktiow are designated the 23d, 38tb, 53d, 90tb, ...