... JOINT.STOOK BANKS. f{r-m ru-f1 f flvnlnn ?? 1 (From Friday Evening's (0azette.) CoNVNTION BRTWEEN B1lt MAJESTY AMn THE EMsPHRo OF THE MIENCH, BELATIVE TO JOINT-STOOK COMPAN188. Signed at Paris, April 30, 1862. (Ratlfioations Exohanged *at Paris, May 15, 1862.] Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great 33ritalu and 1reland, and his Majesty the Emperor of the French, having judged it ...

... QL&3NOW AEMTATNERa' UNIO(. E - The eigsbti asnraul meetingof the members ol the GOj r Abatanerae U waas hold last ?? ha ti e n il l1t S Baloon-Mr. Nail K'Neill, Prealdeut of tbs Ucilo% h tb t chair. The Rev. J. B. Robertson opened the meeucg ?? CuIinrrAN n'marked, with it view of sho wingi sr measure the amount of work which devolved upoaltb 4i5 rectors of the seocety, that the tot, 1 nmberl ...

... -OFTHE GBEiAL ASiEgBLY -_-_qrTHRFCHURCH OF SCOrLAND. , ?? . ' . . . . .. - , - .. . . - . . ?? _ . ?? I WJJ2 'LarJ, ULJVbL VJ IUUAL0LEJ.,%. tesdajit~ b t A'eki Assenmbly of the Church of Saotr land was opened In presence of Lord Belhaven, KLT,, her Majestj'e ILord High doinmleasioner. ; Es LEVEE. . i Bie Grisoa the Lord HighCommissioner held a levee in the Picture Gallery of Hlolyrood, at: ...

... i FROM OUR PARIS CORRE3PONDENX. Paris, FridAy. Eeweraelrcnata ha hve given rise to the belief that the .1imbhalGovernmelitptired of Its disagreeable agd Inoon1gen' T cus attitude In' Rome; has at last resolved to adopt 'a deter-.T minea polloy, sand to Battle in some way the Nexed question o cl~tair. It has been for someti1me 'evident that Lavalette ?? 'and dcyokkt doremiptetely opposril ...

... L-ATESTI -w-N -~ ~ ~ ?? m1.J. .B L A U ft klb Oilol- - - My~tv HOUSE OP I10gO3.-T D&V~'t-` The Loan 'CxiAzffnOr~~'took hfs: rasa on ?? At fiv o'clock. ?? Thetnrnaer' Of 'Stocks 11ean)Bilwa0eMa 2sod *The Ixoleequer' Bonds(1 million) Binwa ?? aw0thi Their Lordahips adjourned at 5.15 M~E. HOUSR QF COMMONS-,Fnpr ~The Sr'Bman took the chair at four o'clock.. THE A1=1ntA5,WAD,': ., 4 Mr. SL ANEY ...

... FB] HRflAS.BY FRxDAY- MAY 23,. . BVENIIN0 SEDERUNT. The Assembly met at seven In the 'evening -ev. Dr. Guthrie, Moderator. ' -NUMBER Or COLL'AOxg; Dr. BoGG gave notice that, on the appointment of the committee anent collections, he would move that the corn. mittee should be instructed not to propse more than esi colleotione for the schemes ot'the Church during the present fiuanolal year. (Hear ...

... MIITARY IBtEHvE FUND. -Oa Tuesday was Issued an account of the Military Reserve Fund for the year, P from the 1st of April, 1861, to the 31st of March, 1862.' d In the items of expenditure it appears that £112,231, ,y 10s. have been paid in purchasing the commissions of t 61 officers upon half-pay who desired to sel, thereby saving'27898, 49. 2d. a year upon the half-pay vote.2 A sum of £44 ...

... p. I I AFTE RNOO N EDIT Lboa I . .. ?? ?? ?? .. i .v . ,,.l Lbb~~hf FOIEIGN NT LGNR The Ti~ne8' ctisespondent 'writes~ s tht. e 'Mbiser o Not.Foreign Affairs isgrported i~laesi~~ ~nwnothing inrV of the French es~vy'5 visit' 19 kcicnu hl hatuts, igiven nio InatractiopsB to Mercier about A misqip to Rich-. motds wnd, hut,, aaar~ ,o~in he was gone tkeire W;-z - givig this IMMUR Thouoqs. i el ...

... | AFTERNOON- EDITION. p -HEnRALD OFFICE, fat'6dnY;$ P-4 nY BYE0LTROC TRLEEtS0APBf- AM E R I 0 A. (From the Tmsnee; The following most Important despatch wa rstved 1r London by the Bremen steamer, which arrived at Solthtamp- ton on Thursday. No such Intolligence reached ul tr our own comoepondente, but it may have been received by tele- graph in New York so close upon the departure of the ...

... t l W Differeince in t rflng or falinig :o e'i FP5between to-day andyeaterday. Maximum .t >.8 > n Iemeralture 3f yeaterday. aLx, TempP. I yeetorday in SUDn a rays. X Loweet Ten3 c ?? 4^ perature during night,~ Temperature at. J.past 10 To-Day. °, v, vW ' Wet Bulb., : L tJ Dew Point. ?? Hain Gaug~e inI 24 Loure, 5 inchoesdiamneter. Vs - 4 A t-t ?? Sunabine. C Amount. ?? -, i| Velocity. ...

... L A T E S.T NE .S. .1. A_ Ai - MN Af r 212 O WG r'1ZRGA A PR . LATER FROM AMERIGA. ARRIVAL OF THE AIA. e ?? Quew, Funday N lgt. .The Royal Mall steamehip Asia has arive. shte ?? 157 pas eensand 157,28 dollar fo Englnd; landed all mas exceptthose foLiveapool, and procd eat once The% .Peria arried out on the 23d 'Aprl- f , ~~~New,Yiozrk1 ?? 22'lEvening). Beauregard's deepatob, whloh was ...

... THiE MARIAGSB OF TRE PRUTC&SS. A9 as, -We ba- S lieve that the marriage of the Princess Alice to Prince el Louis of Heese has been postponed from the 9th of a June to the 20th of the samne mnonth, probab]y with the hope that the King of the Belgians may be suffi- 9 ciently recovered -to be present at the ceremony.- E C(urt Journal. 2I Tiat iRiNcE OF WArms iw CONSTANTINOPLE.-A Cl correspondent, ...