... FREE -JHURCH-THURSDAY, MAY 26. ?? I a ?? ?? [Continuedfroan our last.] . .vEN IG SEDERUNT. The Assembly resumed at seveu o'clock. - ROME MISSIONS AND CHXIi7aH EXTENSION. T The Rev. Dr. ROXBURGI, -convener of the Home Miosion, Comnnittee, gave in the annutilre)ortona Monie Missions and Church Extension. It. stated that durinl the past. year eleven mission stations had been estabished inx. ...

... THE SEAT OPF' WAR. (Prino tile T7nes,) In the ...

... To the Editor of the Timne,. Sin,-For some time last so much attention has been directed to the large anioutits expended in building and maintaining the ships of the navy, t.hat it may not be consi- dered uninteresting to bring forward souie of the advautanes of substituting iron for wood in the construction of ships for ?? purposes. 1. Ships, built of iron are stronger, more durable, and less ...

... XZ112,b 1% in;16 ' MAXEY. (From the Times.) This is a power always in operation, always beyond human conjecture, yet infallibly true to a jisitice of its own. The worst that can be said of any anticipation is that it will pro- bably fall short of the fact. Could one but foresee what will be the result of the political manoeuvres already played out with such unexpected consequences this year ! ...

... NAPLES: ITS PEOPLE AND THIEIR HABITS. s L asrvcO: .JLO iivr s, UA.u ii1,LjS1 11ABlT5. Imagine, then, kind reader, such a city, with its houses emupty, and the whole population living out in its streets. I No human being, either piccaniny or ad-It, abides underthe 1 roof longer than he can help; and such is the climate, that for seven months in the year the people can1 even sleep out~- of doors ...

... INDI A. (Fromt the Timkes' Correspondence.) C e- ?? April 926. t ti Ll, The capture of Tentia& Topee, announced in my last let- fl ,cd ter, only preceded his trial and execution by a few days. II As I foresaw, lie was brought to a drum-head court-mnertial tl B3- at Sepree on the 15th of April, and sentenced to death. f r- Ho was hanged on the 18th. Mann Siagh has had all the 1 af credit of-the ...

... t TruESDAY EVENI.S .SEDEUST.. TRICENTENARY CELEBTIRATION OF THE REFORILATrON. The Synod proceeded to hear and consider the report of thc committee on the tricentenary celebration of the Refomna- tion in Scotland. An overture in connection with this subject was read from th1e Prcsbyter'y of Canrlisle, in favonr oF the adoption o f meanfl for the promo tion of- Christian unioi mong all evan ...

... THE FRENCH EMPIRE-DELAY IS DANGEROUS I Ol'en . Ia .\nnwlR> *sl~~s I (From the Manchester Guardian.) The opera singers who were te, perform nbefore the French Emperor next inonth il- the theatre at MNilan inust have i begun to fear that it will be necessary to provide themselves with another engagement. For it is ?? elear that, unless there be a sudden chauge in the whole character and conduct ...

... RIFLEMEN FORMV' WVem -s. arch - I I.1 (From thte Daily 2\ews') We shall hope to hewr - Sexd deal about Volunteer CorPh Ued Rifle:Clubs during the next few weeks and months. That efficient Volunteer Rifle Corps should betorganisfd and trained with all the haste compatible witi good speed is a national dqlty UWpose importance we were ring lag before the discovery of that ?? Double Treaty-whose ...

... THE STADE DUES ON THE EtkE,- (From the Times.) . 1Some months ago We caled gttent ionto thvey aclnus and illegal levy of the Stade Dues by Hanover and Mecklenburg in the case of vessels passing up and doiwn the Elbe. The I character of this impost is most oppressive, and every com- ; munity concerned in the navigation of the Elbe has protested and: reprotested, but in vain: The Sound Dues ...

... c Tinx FASUIONABILE SEASON IN LONDON.--The usual 8 festivities of fashiomable life have been materially in- fluenced and delayed by the recent dissohition of Par- 1 liament. Her Majesty has, however, initiated a' noble example by the announcement of an unprecedented s number of courtly 'entertaitnieiits;'atd We ard'grati- 1 fied to leartl that the ineilbers of the aristocracy'have given ...

... FRANCE. (From the Times' Correspondence.) Paris, Wednesday, May 11, 6 p.m. Private accounts from Turin, of the 9th, inform us that great excitement, and some a p prehension prevailed in that city at the near approach of the Austrians, but that the mind of the public became tranq~il when it was ascertained that their advanced troops'had bteh severely bandled by the Piedmonltese. ~ ~ - It is ...