... LONDON. APRiL 20. CoNFiE.rrATMcSX ABROAD.-We are requestbed to state that tile Bishop of Londrv has made arraijge- E meats for confirmations on thle ontinent this year. I Bishop' Spencer is now on a cernfirwation tour iI' France, Belgium, &c., and -will visit thefollolying places :-Brusseils, Ghent, Blgen, Antwerp, l3ounl, Cologne, Cobleeatz, Wisbaden, Frankfort-sarl-laine, Heidelberg-possihly ...

... . . ?? ?? .. - . .. of We select the following from the AMadras Spectator of -et March 1, in reference to the Rev. Stewart Wright having ng enteredluponlhis important duties ii Aadras. Mir. Wrigit, '00 it will be remembered, was the respected minister of St. et- (4eorge's-in-the-Fields in Glasgow:- re, The Rev. Stewart Wright, whose arrival was notified in h; the Gazeue of Friday evening, ...

... r (From the Tinies.) To vote for Lord John Russell's resolution in order to n defeat the Ministerial Bill, to vote for it in order to carry ol the bill, to vote against the resolution ii order to carry the r bill and to vote against the resolution in order to defeat the bill, are the premutationg and colmbinations of which the w subject is arithmetically susceptible, and pll have been ex-f ...

... ELECTION TNTELLIGENCE. ItOMTSIATION DAYS.1 ik Falkirk Bu~h ?? May 3. rige. Stirling ]Burgbs ?? Friday, April 29. Stirlingshiri:. ?? 4. is COUNTY OF BuTH. -W~e hiave been informed that 'Mr. LyLamont, yr. of Knockdhu, is to contest the county~of Bute lewith the Lord Advocate. Can this be the gentkiman who tti during the heat of the terrible money panic in Nov., 1857- an tthe very timebhe was ...

... PERILOUS VTSI' TO : VOLCANO IN TE 7 , SAN1\])WICH ISLN1-)s. I 1o.0. l- 1 r S .i J ,o NI)O1. Having rcachel the southern extremity we obtained our a first view of the lake, the light of wtihichi had attractced our attention the previous night. It wvas sevcral hund ,cd vardg in circumference, and in the iywt sunkien part of ?? caul- (dron. The lava wvas Lventy feet beloW its banli, a liquidI c ...

... UNITED SPESBYTERIAN PRESBYTERY. - q\7 M YI;t ?? ,notn Of. a. . f;. . f +h, . . ?? it.. . . ?? __ Z. 1_I The musi minthly meeting of this rev. Court was held Jysterday-Dr. Eadie, moderator. s A. eonversat in took place, on the reading of the milnute (if the Presbyters meetingr for thI induction of Mr. Young to Montrose Street Church, irt-regadil to the namies of elders hi beigjincluded in the ...

... I L X AT E S, T S E AW $ . L ~ dHEILALD OF;1{CE, 1fCreIk 7iz;y 11lorning y. Lt, BY ELECTRIC AND) MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. er _ IHOUSE. OF LOPDS-Tv1enSDAY. The Lonu tSsAXCcELrMR took lhi seat on the woolsaok at i ive o'clock. it: The Supermnnuation Bill, Public Offices Extension Bill, a- Municipal Elections Bill, and Combination oi WVorkmnen re Bill wer=? !ead a secondl time. The Suvings Banks ...

... 3MNIATARY AND NAVAL INTELLIGENCn. Nearly the whole of tihe officers of the Royal Engineers th L now attheadiquarters, Chatham, assembled on te ic'p.Ctisillg ground of the Royal Engineers on Wednesday afternoon for ab] the purpose 4f witnessing a-trial of Captain N orten's ?? by firee shells aend the other destructive missiles invented by him in order that a report of the inventions may be ...

... ENGLAND. GLoucESTER.--The announcnient that there Would be a dissolution of Parliament arrived here on Monday after- noon, by telegraph, and caused considerable :excitement among both political'parties. - Mr. Charles James Monk, .Chancellor'of the Diocess of Gloucester and Bristol, and son of the late Bishop Monk, attended a meeting of the Glou- cester Reform.Club last week, and has just ...

... The death of this excellent nobleman has cast a deep gloom a. over all classes in thesouth of Ireland, where he was besfknown h as an indulgent resident landlord and a model country gentle- p man. The following additional particulars of the sad acci. t] t] dent by which he'lost his life are furnished by-the Clonmej t] 07ukonicle : . The Marquis's foxhounds.were to. meet at Castlemorris, - in ...

... FROM OVUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. 1 . . A London, Thiursday. Thle intelligence that the Austrian nrmy has crossed the Ticino in three divisions, and is believed to be in full march upon Turin, fell upon the metropolis last night and this morning with most disheartening effect. The public mnind had been prepared for the event by the intelligence that France had refused the last offer of mediation ...

... FLECTIONT INTELLIGENCE. C*L0CKMMSISX AND KiOms7i-SIR AnDIIEVw Oani.-We 'rderstand that our townpsman, Sir Andrew Orr, is liyly to become a candidate for the representation of the united ouInte'S of Clakmuannan and Kinro-s. It appears that a large portion of the electors (a consii1derable majority, it is ,eliievedi,) are disinclined tb accept Mr. Adam, of Blairadam, s their representative; and ...