... How LORD SHAFTESBURY EMPLOYED HIMSELF LAST SuNDAY. -The Record denies the soft imhpeachment of Sabbath-breaking which has been cast upon the evan- gelical-Earl. We much fear that in the excitement of this political crisis many of the leading politicians were found occupying the last Lord's Day in consulta- tions as to the course of action to be adopted on the morrow. Amongst others we were ...

... . Tkere are 100,000 families in this city, more or less; and - of this number probably 90,000 are compelled to live upon less-than $1000 a year. This fact may possibly ?? to thlir lot some of the excellent persons who have written comn plainingly upon the hardships of being forced to eke out: ex- istenme upon $1500 or $2000 a-year. We are all too, much in the habi of looking to those above us ...

... (The following appeared in or trdte -dition of Mondia,7/:) BN - Q U T. TO T -DU. OF . AL ?? BANQUET TO THIE DUKE OF M~ALAKHOFF. (From the Times,) Another of these cordial reunioans which mark- the real sin- cerity with whbich the Anglo-French Alliance is preserved in this country in all its truth and spirit took place on Thurs- day evening, and the officers of the two services who are members ...

... d BEQUESTS BY THE LATE MR. WHYTE, BOOKSELLER. a -We understand that the late Mr. William Whyte, cl bookseller, has left some valuable bequests to the a Free Church. He leaves a sum of £7000 to found a a church at the Cowgate-head, £5000 of which is to be ft devoted to the building of the church, and £2000 for Ii an endowment for the minister's stipend. He has also fi bequeathed about £1500 to ...

... I THE PUBLIC SERVICES OF GENERAL OUThAms (Continued from Private Memoranda written In 1853.) NO. V. SERVICES AS POLITICAL AGENT FOR THE WHOLE OF SlED AN : . T~~IE 1LOOC~iIRTAN.-184142. ?? Mr. Ross Bell died in August, 1841. Hisdeathhadbeenfoi somile'time expected;and, as his offibe wasn a qtate of great confusion, and our relations with Khejat pres sed for-in- mediate settlement, Major Outram ...

... FROl. OUuIR PARIS CORMESPONDENT. I ?? 16th may. The Monielcr- of yesterday publisheaarcsum6 of the finan- fal position of the Governmniit, in order, it says, to dissi- sate fears and contradict rumours. AceQrding to the figures i iven, the excess of receipts over expenditure for 1859 will .be p3,750,000, of which £SOO,ooo is to go to- the sinking fund, £1,160,000 for exfalaordinary works, and ...

... FREE PRESD X-TE~tY OF GLASCGOMi. I ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ .. ..}r nnoo 1A]e1 LF1[A{ P I I-IA- g Gl ?? X_.. _,iM I ?? ?? tAX\ ta mtX The odilal y mon thly m s.ti..g f the Free ?? of Glasgow di lrals hleld onl Wecdnesday--Dr. tiendeoison l odcraolui-tz. Orz. Sinyth ;o was electet! Moderaitor for the elisilizig hallf-year, aml took the C7f chtir aetorilingly. Drv. li- alibasll relel-eod tou ?? ioni ...

... HOUSE OF COMMONS-WEDNESDAY, MAY 5. A~. A i. .A.ag 1A..h 6- ~ t ~A l Thle SPEKE tock the chair abt twlv detach. MARRIAGE LAW AMENDMENT hILL. kjrd. BURY moved the second reading of this bill, but without Ig hying any remarks upon it. Mr. flERESFORD HOPE moved, as an olsiendinent, that the e bill be iiead a second time this day six months, He contended I that there #is no feeling in the country ...

... STATUES OF (GREAT MEN IN ,LONDON, a | ~(From tle Timesn) We are singularly unfortunate in our statues of great men. Who that sees the monuments of this kind which deform the -metropolis could doubt for a moment that we should be in. a far better position if the notion of erecting any statue to a departed worthy had been tabooed altogether by the British nation? It would be difficult indeed to ...

... WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 12. 1 By telegraph we have intelligence from Tndia viz., from Calcutta', tothe 9th of April, and Hong Kong to eythe 30th of Maich. There is rnot much new by l iey this despatch, but what is, is' of: the usual satisfactory r Ur-. Ole nature. On the .8th of April a strong force had ier marched towards Bareilly, arid soon, in; all ptobab'i-'[ O ;to lity, we shall learn ...

... SOUTH CAROLINA. (By Charles Alackay, in the filustrated London News.) Charleston, March, 1858. Clharleston, the greatest city of South Carolina, but not its ca7pital, is pleasantly situated between the Rivers Ashley and Cooper, at their junction wvith the sea. These names were given to tie twvo strearns by an early English Governor of South Carolina, who sought in this manner to perpetuate his ...

... ?? I ji _ A. r A _ 7 . _ . it - - , ?? tube Editor of the Glawyoi Beraed. Glasgow, 15th May 1858. ti SIR,-A Dumbarton Citizen, inhis answer in Friday's Herald to my letter in that of the Monday preceding, as- , sumes that my statement as to the limited extent of the ex-f emption from dues here on Dumbarton vessels prior to the 11 Act of 1825 was not from time immemorial, as I stated, a ...