... (Froea the New York Hered& j It is very much the fashion with us to preach homilies upon the awful- condition of the down-trodden millions of lEurope,. We point vwith a sigh to the preponderance of the .military poer in France, and thank Providence that our .bourgeoise cannot be snubbed by our standing army, au4 that our journalists are not compelled to fight a whole regi- rent in satisfaction ...

... FREE CHURCH PRE3BYTERY OF ABElDEEN. This rev, body mrtyesterday-MrBannatyuii Moderator. Findi FREE NORTHi bHDRoll. heliet Ad4eputation from the session of tiles Free North Churclt, of tb consisting of Mr- Alex. Marries and Mr Jame§ Henderson, find appeared to present to the Presbytery a nunierouesly signed -papei memol.riall from the commnunicants of the church, praying of Be the session to ...

... SCOTTISHE PISCOPAL SYNOD. r CASE OF THE REV. MR CHEYNE. leant sips TEE Synod of Bishops of the Scottish Episcopal Church the i met in George Street HaU, Edinburgh, on Thursday, in pur- Alloi suance of the resolution adopted at their previous meeting, same , in reference to the case of the Rev. Mr Cheyne of Aberdeen, who, on an appeal from a sentence of the Bishop of Aber- In a deco, was ...

... (From thi Glasgow 3 orojag Journal.)l.) THE Establislcd Prcsbytcry of Glasgow again declined on Frase Wednesday to enlter on the anti-patronage discussion, to ase which it hns been invited by a ninber of well-meaning-but These not very wiscly guided or judicious laymen. The facility of TLese runninq into difficulty is sometimes very tempting, and Long! there is a class of persons so strangely ...

... are tb FRANiCE. Oui It is anicounicei in thoe Motedur'that, on tIls occasion of to Os0tob annilversary of the 2d of Decurnbor. the Emperor hasr remitted near the penalty imposed on Count do Monteclembert. Whett value is on tb sot by M. do Mlontalombort on tho Itact of graco announceti bya Nvih hi afecedficotiousneSR may bo seen from t following eeh ithr juthi rceiffetd by his Eminenco tho ...

... restin ENGLAND. en Her Majesty and the Prince Consort will leave Windsor Pose f Cestle on the U3h inst. for Osborne. The stay of the COsiit which tisi not expected to exceed a fortnight. Tnd~l THE PRINCE OF WALES.-It has beeii arranged (says the Ti .3fedical Times) that the Prince of. Wales is to pass the win- ter in Rome. Ho wilt be accoippaniod by Dr T. K. Chain-_ Water j'hors, Physician to ...

... qus jXsSIDE, 4th Doceirbor--It is needless to occupy space ofI K 0 s accousat of the state and var-iations of the Olt or, in this particular locality, during the atunia l ane( To' do0 so Would scarcely be to impart any useful 0, plienli to parties Wrho are, and very little even to thlose, sid. a~ot actiuainted with agricultural affairs. Suffice fail Iythat the weather has onl the whole been ...

... ROYL IFR- --A--- DRA meeting of the Managers was held On Monday-th D. Lord Provost-presiding-when the following list of fcY tee 3f additional Managers was submitted by thce Monthly Con. .y mittee, in termcs of the regulations, and approved of by the T. meeting, viz.:-e mn Rev. Mr Smith, Greyfriars (Minister of Established Churd) President of the Shipmaster Society. Mar Theos. Hogarth (from St ...

... SCOTIAND. Ii- SCOTCH RAILWAY BILLS, &o., or THE NEXT SsEsIOlf'7.- the £11I 58, Thel following, is A list Of the Scotch railway aid other PrVignlg resi1 fr vatel bills fur which thle plans have been lodged at the Boa rnt b o of Trade, in accordance with thle standing ordrsof erlia- thre is es moint: -Borderl[Union-NoittliBritish; Caledoclian (breouhfii Wnents m sic to WilsolAtflwII mineral ...

... THE EMPEROR AND MA. DE MONTALEMBERT. Mosr people think that the French Emperor might pro have learned, from late experience, the inconvenient he rashness-not to say the culpable folly-of those of sch his advisers who seem bent on hurrying him into acts Mi which the opinion of Europe condemns, and which his on own better sense leads him to undo-but only when it aul is too late. He is gradually ...

... at] Alesdeep, Dec,6. 55 S tic Tue usual monthly meeting of the Council was held this ccT day-the Lord Provost Presiding. Cc 'RESN'T :-Ecaillies M'H1ardy, Oewald, and Fraser; wl thle Dean of Guild ; Dr Chiristie ; Messrs Wil- PC' lianis, Shepherd, Cruiekshsnk, Williamson, Our- uSl don, N~icol, Hesicerson, G. Jaumieson, and J. St` frc Jamiesoic. tic EAST ClURCitl VACANCY. qt A communication ...

... COLIN CA)TFTZ'ELE,. ]RD CLYDE.- 'ir (fAr Observser) have '6een~fdvoured with the Zlowioixg- 75 a retbing to the parenbage of Sir Colin Catupedl (now wee. turd Cl yde)- by alady whti Sa lative of the island tosvehiels lows - 2 Sir OC6ins 'parents belongedj andr they may be resied'upom A as entirely accurate. Hisgrandfittiier and grandituether;by the Ihe mateniul side, resided' inrllay, on the ...