... (;LA-GS W UEP. PIRESoYTERY. -. of thizi rev~ere! t rtXT' montaly invetilng of this reverend !i hld ?? J. C. Stewart, STUDEThTrgcE'G . ;.-e ox gave in the follo aing report - -!3rt0i'ie' roapoted by the Presvt. o igi achng &. have to report tl~t they I,~ee aeul and at length *Ae severail .jwthaitted. tsi in to ?? m of their A r wents ereto lookI at the niaters brought b b foyth rrltyteryuyfrm ...

... X ZEGISTRAX-GLNERAL'S RETUIIN\S. During the month of December, 1866, there were registered in the eight principal towns of Scotland the births of 3173 children, of -whom 1588 were males and 15S5 -females. Of these 283S3 were legitimate and 340 illegitimate; being in the proportion of one illegitimate in every 9 3 births, or 10.7 per cent. Me- gitimate.. In Greenock. 2-7 per cent. of the births ...

... A.11FIRICA'N 1TEnl. - ?? . .. ?? 1. I A UYITED) STATLS a ITEOIF CIN ['Nfol-O' !i Comimniiler P. inmson if thle steameor ?? from Cenna, IBrr~.z-l, rh-i~ riot- ol ?_N(A-011n~ -e it- Ports to thle Navy ini astsrst-',t that en tre noon1 of thle 30thl is hm ai sof h ?? Grands, cm,n hundredl mi'ee eaot ef ;knraulh- s, frle- hack of a large fish Nvas seens Litest a cable~s1- l from the ship and ...

... 1, ATLRSIRE 2IG16 T OF' WAY CASI. To the Editor of the GCaloly Huerald. Slil,-M Iy objectin writing this letter is to acquaint those .who may consider themselves interested in the matter of asl encroachment upon a privilege which has been hitherto enjoyed by the inhabitants of Maybole, in Ayrshire, so that, if they feel so dis- posed, they may lend what assistance they can to the praisewvorthy ...

... GEINTIAl -,NEVWS. Mr Mansel's appointment as Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Oxford is gazetted. Victor Emmanuel presented a handsome saddle horse to Baron Ricasoli on New-Year's Day. M1r Sopford Brooke, the biographer of Robertson, of Brighton, has been appointed one of her Majesty's honolray ehaplaing. Francis Featherston, a chief clerk in the Liverpool detective office, absconded on ...

... (Ra-5 Arrallk THURSDAY MQRNIG, JAN. 10. ISE heavy list of shipping disasters wihich we have had to record this week is to-day still further increased. It is placed beyond doubt ?? the fine vessel the Tayunouth Castle, which left Greenock on Saturday for Singa- pore, has been totally lost at Tor Cor Point, on the north-east coast of Ireland, and there Beenms every reason to believe that the ...

... ITHE UNION QUESTION AMONGST I UNITED PRESBYTERDI. CHURCHES. (asrm the Mancheater .sM:Mer ) A meeting of the Lancashire Presbytery was held onTnesday, at the Derby Road PresbyterianChurch, BootIc-the Rev. J. Thompson, 3hA., of Birken- head, Moderator. The Rev. A. B. Grosart resumed the union discus- sion. He contended that the United Presbyteriai Church could only contemplate union on the ...

... MEETING OF 11TITERSy ]X-LE L YOTI{YIVIWE.!. -L A Imeeting of mir.ne.- ?? noga th, in the Brandon Hotel, Moth ?? ,r e cohn, one of the deputis. pir. IReports were given in fro . reports were to the' effectt t: . ; tion had yet T>-eu 'ise-n ; a of the pits there wa0 a iV hand, in others little. auI ii - Mr M'DONALI)_ secretar' t land, referred to his vis . a deputation who waited : ., tary in ...

... MOP.E DISASTERS A ND LOSS OF JlFE ON, THE ENGLISH COASTS. (Froim the Manwsbsr Guaxdfanj3 Liverpool, Wednesday E veniig Several additional disasters to sheipp'ing have been reported to-day. The Mary Galt w as lost near Drogheda; the Helen, of St. John, N-B, foundered off 'anda the James Hughes w, as wrecked off ar- diff; the Undine stranded rear Wexford; and the Capella sank oft Dundalk. The ...

... DEFPUTATION TO THE .'rIRD-ADVOCATE- )ON liOAJ) REEOPIUJ. At ?? *f the Chamber of Agricuilture, con- Sirtilb oaf P9. Mticlaganq P , ILP. ; ]ninca 'i;Laren, Ecq., ?? '1'hOnias Mylne, Esq., vice- ])esitlent., with Mlessrs George ope, Geone LDavid- sobn, Andrewv Mitche~ll, John P~ornean.Provost Pagana, Csharles StevsensoP, and David C'urror, the secretary, hadl nn in~terview wsith the Lol-Alvocate ...

... THE LOSS OF THE TAYMOUTH CASTLE. REPOST BY THE MASTER OF THE LOYDONDERRY STEANEE BOSE, Captain Finnick, of the Glasgow and London- derry steamer Rose, reports that in consequence of the severity of the gale on Saturday last he was unable to leave Londonderry for Morecambe. On Sunday, however, the weather moderated, and he proceeded. While passing through the Sound of the Bathlin, large ...

... By ?? z-zELe.4 AMERICA, ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF BOSTON. J (V~ia Queenstown.)1 New York, Dec. 29. It is reported that the Radicals in a recent caucus have resolved to attempt the enforcement of the Constitutional amendment, if it be ratified by three-i fourths of the States now represented in Congress. President Johnson has expressed his belief that I the Supreme Court will sustain the Southern ...