... 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 ...

... ThE SCOTTISH EPISCOPAL CHURCH AND DOCTRINAL ERROR. TO THE EDITOR OF THE CALEDONIAN MERCURY. SIB,-I noticed in the Mercury of a recent date that at Aberdeen a presentment (as it is called) has been made against the Rev. Mr Cheyne, a presbyter of the diocese, charging that reverend person with teaching erroneous doctrines on the subject of the Eucharist in a volume of published sermons. I should ...

... Aklrelln zilttdlipflCte. F1lA SCE. The first meeting of the Conferences took place on Saturday at the Hotel of Foreign Affairs. The proceedings were confined to the observation of pre- lirinarv torms and little more, The Plenipotentia- ries *ill probably meet to-morrow. It is said a Rissian naval force, coming from the Baltic, will appear shortly in the British Channel. The squadron is ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... TIME OF TRAINS LEAV-IG EDIqDURGH FOR UWNDEItLYNTIOWED PLACES. MLAY 1858. * The abbreviations rithiin parenthesis-(CaL), (S. C.), (E. an, G.), (N. B.), (E. P. and 1).)-signify Caledonian, Scsttish Central, Edinburgh and Glasgow, North Britisb, and Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee Rtailways respectively and intimate that the trains start from the termisi Ef these railways in Edinburgh at the hours ...

... smiga ?4 littillplia. ?? FRANCE. All Paris is ringing with the story of the duce, or rather the massacre of Vesinay. On the Boulevards the subject is so loudly and so generally discussed in the eaf's, that from the Passage Jouffroy to the Chausede d'Antin, the ear of the passer-by is struck with tbewords, Figaro, ' assassination, infamy, military insolence, &c. The Parisian journals ...

... MERCUBY OFFICE, THnEEr O'CLO0E. LONDON CORN MARKET. Good supply of English wheat. Trade slow, and in some cases rather lower rates taken. Supply of foreign larger, business small, but scarcely any change in value. Flour quiet, and prices about the same. Business in barley small, and common rather cheaper. Oats more plentiful, trade slow, and terms easier. Beans and pease in good demand, and ...

... jzmt N~-wLAsSOCcAcriox ?? THlE PROMOTION OF Tarit SisflAx SctErrtc.-A numrber of gentlemen interested that tl ;E ?? conference mret the secretary to the tyii -jbe azsooietiouk (Ur Hlastings',, at the IR yal Institu- in genef ioLiverpool, on Wednesday, whflen, after some ex- crops a -~nztions from that, g-itleman, a committee was Turn fo~rzzed io make the niecessiary arrangements for the tiots ...

... 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, ...

... TIME OF TRAINS LEAVING EDINBURGH FOp UNDERMENTIONED PLACES. MlAY 18,58. *,e The abbreviations within parenthesis-CCal.), (S. C.). CE-. ana GI.), (NT. B.), (E. P. and D.)-dignify Caledonian, Se.-thi-,- Central, Edinburgh and Glasgow, North British,4 ants Edinbargh, Perth, and Dundee Railways respectively, and intimate that the trains start from the terminil o these railways in Edinburgh at the ...

... Etc 9, WI 4trbttf- Tsnl EAS-_T TI-,mA Cit-xe. Stcavice'-Ar C. T. P. Muajo Metcaife, secoond clerk in the Military Secretary's De- 4th partment, hlome ]2stabli~imhilft. has been permitted apo to retire froif thle scryice ;and conlseqjueft thereupon, _ .1 Air J. Thorn will succeed to the vacancY- of second b5th Iclerk, Mir G. E. Coechranle to the third, Oticd Mr- John half-I Davison to the ...