... GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE ESTABLISHED I C~~~H URCH. I THuRSDAY, MAY 27.--EVENING SEDERUNT. b THlE PARTON CASE. ?? The Assembly; on resuming, tok pth apalofM Young against judgments of the Synod and Free bytery, find- I ing him guilty of certain couitts in the libel. I C Mr. WATSON opened the case for the appellant. He fully it admitted the gravity of the charges as affecting the character I + of ...

... HIOUSE OF COMMONS-FRIDAY, MAY 28. -.The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. The Weterford and 'Killkenny Railway (Capital) Bill was read a third thne and passed. The Ayr and Dablmellington Railway Bill was ordered to ~et be reed a third time. aid Colonel FORESTER brought up her Malesty'el ;0- an address praying that a commission ?? toe eat consider the best means of manning the navy, aiid ...

... ?? . . - - (From the Greenock Advertiser of Friday.) OFICIALT, TRIAL orl TIE S.S. BnrimN.-This magnificent vessel, of 2500 tons and 700 horses power, went at noon on Tuesday to test ler speed on the measured ijistance between Cloch and Cumhrae, and back, which she accomplished in the short time of 2 hours and 4 minutes-down with the tide in her favour in 58 minutes, and up against the tide in ...

... CLYDE TIRUST PROCEEDINGS. -_ S o -PaA1 - A, I - _ _ on Friday, a special meeting of the Clyde Trust was held -the Lord Provost in the chair-for the purpose of taking into consideration the bill now pending in the House of Commons. Thle sub-committee appointed to report in regard to the proposed changes ill the constitution of the Trust gave in tile following report- I Report bY the Sieb ...

... SERIOUS ACOIDENT.-On. Friday, agrindstonein the premises of Thomas Duff, spindlemaker, Meuse Lane, Duke Street, broke into pieces while rapidly revolving, and a part of it struck Alexander Eadie, a workman there, on the forehead with such violence as to cause a fracture of the skull, through which the brain pro- truded. He was removed to the Infirmary, where but little hopes are entertained of ...

... MONDAY MORNING, MAY 31. i I i I By the Royal mail steamer Europa, which arrived TV at Liverpool yesterday, we have initelligence from Boston to the 19th instant. By this arrival we learn that considerable excitement prevailed at Washington on account of the searching of American vessels by British naval officers. A rumour was prevalent to the effect that the President had demanded explana- ...

... I GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE FREE CHURTCH. FRIDAY, MAY 28. The Assembly resumed its sittings to-day-Dr. Beith, Moderator. TRE TELNESS CASF. IIt wa-arranged that this case, in which the Rev. L. M'Donald, minister of the congregation of Melness and Er- ribull, appeals against the judgment of the Presbytery of ?? with regard to him, should come on for hearing on ! Monday evening.E ENDOWMENT OP NEW, ...

... he THE BRITISH ARMY. 1 (From the Times' Special Correspondence.) Jn * Camp, Lucknow, April 5. a The thermometer at 108 degs. in the shade, and inside the .ts tent at noon three days ago, was a warning. of unmistake- I able cogency that summer was coming. Since that time se the heat has not been quite so great, but the hot winds, p which set in about 10 o'clock daily and last until sunset, ...

... .s&D ?? I. .IX .JflVY Jfl'7 t~xBanfl. ing The Lord Zrovostfs committee on this imiportelt and be- E a nevolent shemle held their concluding meeting in the Coun- t cii Chambers. on Friday last-the Lord Provost presiding. i rly Mr. DAvaD SMITH read the following report, wgiach waI 'ell adopted:- ,es I4The Lord IProvost's Committee for the Relief iof Dis- tressed Needlewomen, at the conclusion ...

... | . ,SATURDAY, MAY 29.. le- 'The Assembly met at eleven o'clock-Dr. Leishman, Mo- ks derator. THE WATTEN CASE. The committee appointed by the Assembly to confer with parties in the case of the Rev. Mr. Davidson of Watten (the particulars of which we have already noticed) reported that, having considered the whole case, and conferred with parties on both sides, they were satisfied (1.) that ...

... En_~ - X . 7 7 A. ?? o.I To the Editor of the Galsgoic Herald. or SIR,-The Lord Advocate's Bill, now in Parliament, con- lt tains niny points which all parties seem to agree in approv- ing. The foundation of new chairs and assistantships, en- or dowed out of the Consolidated Fund, the equalisation of the ly degree Ftandard througholout Scotland, the introduction of the i graduates to a share ...

... MEAN AGGRESSION. 'hle public is aware that -an agreement has been entered into between the directors of the Clydesdale and of -the Ediin- burgh and Glasgow Banks, by which the business of the latter shali be transferred to the Clydesdale. The agree- ment, we have reason .to -believe, is one which 'will -be found fair in itself to both parties, and mutually beneficial. The exact terms have net ...