... NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE PRO- MOTION OF SOCIAL SCIENCE. The sixth annual congress of this association, with which, on the present occasion, is combined the Congres International de Bienfaisance, commenced its proceedings on Thursday, the 5th inst. by a special service at West- minster Abbey, which was largely attended, an excellent sermon being preached before the association by the Dean ...

... CANoNIZATION OF TRE JAPANESE MARTYRS. I (Fromn the Times C0onwespoadett f.) EOSIE, JUNE 8.-The glorious 5sun of Italy was rising over this city of the dead when I drove down to I St Peter' this morning. Cupola after cupola caught its early beams, and the Castle of St. Angelo glittered as if made of burnished gold. Pedestrians and equipages weve even then hurrying down to St. Petet's,'.and many ...

... I DISTRESS 1i9' THI'*R lt I PUPLIC MEETlTI& IN TUAN.. (muoat Olt couoliobnlti.) TUACI, Thn UriwIAk -A public meeting was ?? to-day in the Town Hall for lhe purpoee(ae statedlid tha requisi- tion) of devising means to initigate thcl pressure of the direful destitution now prevailing In the town and parish of Tuim, and for the rC ?? of the Fuel into a Food Relief Committee. The ...

... The result of the inquiries on the wines of France, Switzerland, Germany, and Italy insti- tuted by the Customs, for the purpose of ascer- taining their respective strengths, with a view to the duty question, as regulated by the alcoholic test, has just been published. The report on French wines is from Mr ?? A. Ogilvie, and he acknowledges that the scale of duties previous to the late ...

... CAILEDONIAN MERCURY. SECOND EDITION. MERCURY OFFICE, FRIDA, Eleven o'clock AMERICA. The Tibsss sigvsts that Canada should arm, not for our sakes, but for her own. The Morn'i'tg Stor'6 correspondent in M'Clel- lan's camp, writin, irom Whitehouse, Virginia, on ?? 17, ?? took the division a day to move five muiles, owints to the frightful condition of the roads. The troops were knocked up, and ...

... ofiltri'll - MCI guitt. From statistical returns which have just been issued(, it appears that there has been a decrease amounting to 106,156 tons, from the various ports in England, as regards the export of coal, though from ?? ports there was an increase I of 6771 tons. TiiE MORMON EMwGRATION.-A correspondent gives the following as a correct report of Mormon emigration from the ports under ...

... FREE CI IURCH. NINTH D-kY-SATURDAY. The Assemiuly resume1lcd this morning at elevel ?? Gnthrie, modlerator. The minutes having been read, Dr JAsnLE.S BUCHIANTAN Called the attention of the Assembly to the following passage in the re- corl :- The Assembly rcferring to the portion of the minuote of the forenoon seduilriu yesterday, which relates to the assigenment of reasons fol his dissent by ...

... TRE PRINCE OF WALES. (FuONl TIL' DAILY NEXVW.) Constantinople letters and journals to May 28 have reached us. The following is a summary of the principal incidents connected with the Prince of Wales's proceedings, from the 23(1 ult. to the day of his departure en the 27th :-In the morn- ing of the 24th the Sultan paid his Royal Highness one of the most graceful of the many compliments received ...

... BY LECTRLIC TELEGRAPH. | ''0lutpe~~~ a lia llituelit. witl unp HOUSE OF LORDS-FRIDAY. con Yesterday being the anniversary of her him Majesty's accession, their Lordships did not leno meet. Gov thai HOUSE OF COMMONS-FRIDAY. I The House met at twelve o'clock. atta POOR-L.AW (IIELAND) RELIEF BILL, the The House went into committee on the Poor- bad law Belief (Ireland) No. 2 Bill resuming the mill ...

... ?? THE ROOK AND THE CATERPILLAiT TN i LUSS GLEN. i A few weeks since, says the Glaqs4ow Herald, a colony of caterpillars made an nuwelcorne lodg- ment in the beautiful oak copse in Lips Glen, the property of Sir James C(olquheun. As the leafy foodr was abundant, the insect multiplied beyond all comprehension, each succeeding brood being apparently more ravenous and more destructive than that ...

... AMERI1A. (BY S1'EcIAL EXPRESS '1M4 NLIVRPOOL.) LivecPooIi Friday.-.~.Thc 1nmral Compaqfesa Mail steamship Kangaroo, from New York on the 7th, arrived here this morning. TtlE FIG11T AT IlIHC1ioND. The Nene York Times of the 7th hais the follow. ing despatch:- M'CLELLAN! HEAD QlUARTiBUS, June O.- The deserters who came in this morning state that General John Johnson was seriously, if not ...

... yettm to? fig ebitor. THE NEW HOTEL IN PRINCES STREET. Sia,--We request you will correct a mistake you have male in your notice of the new hotel, Princes Street, in your paper of to-day, in which you state our lease expires next year ; and as, in all the circum- stances of the case, an erroneous impression may thereby be made on the public mind, we beg to inform you that our Ilase does not ...