... FRANCE. P0 InI Saturday's sitting of thle Legislative body, the President an- u ounnedt that ho had communicated the demaned for interpella- th tions on the Lnxembourg question toM. Rokuleer, who had replied th by the following deopateh I as 'Theo Government experiences a keen slesire to explain to the tre public bodies and to thle country all the fscts relative to the n Grand Ducty of ...

... \ ) GREAT NOR&T'H OF SCOTLAND RItLWAY BILL. Tnis bill came before tho referec, Mr Doidson (Chairnman of nWays and Means), Mr HIassard, and Mr Rlickards, on Thurs- day. T'ho bill proposed to alter and enlarge the capital and borrowing powers of the Company, to aothorise tIhIo :1t;;l. gainlationi of thel Baltitrshiri- leailway wvi ii the Crcat orhtl of Scotland Railway, and thle ;abatonmient of ...

... FRANCE. Tule Prince of Wales ait-ivcd ait Patris onl SaturdAlly rig Time departuore of tile K1illg and (bit'i (If the 1ilelgIT1ii Io Pai lets boen puot on' till Tuiesday or Weitliestla et i ~n Italy will lie iln Paris by tite, bqgin~littg if dosle. It issadta Killg Williaml of Prulssi~ka it thle Elope tsr Ot Russia will oant ill,(- Modi to IParis till ntext itiontl, Wlhen their Maetiswlltavl, ...

... HOUSE OF COMMONS-Wednesday, May 1, it f RAILWAY GUARDS AND PASSENGERS' COOI5MUNICATION BILL. e Mr W. Rt. SHERIDAN moved the second reading of the Railway a 1 Guards and Passengers' Communication Bill. He explained that b its object was to compel the railway companies to adopt tbj'9 0 same means of communication between passengers and guards ai existed between the guardsi and the drivers. Mr ...

... FORIEIGN MISCELLANY. Ttil' PO1' AND T)ll JEw BOY MOstTARA-ThO Pope's visit 0 to the convent of St Agnes without thoe Walls on the fete day n brollugit him in colitoet with Eduardo Moltara, whose surrepti- t -tioll. conversion fi-om Judaitism Once made such a noise. The led haid goie to the convont with the canons regular St John de r I Latcrnn, wvitic ehone lie is being educated, and was ...

... BY ELECTRIC TELEiGRA.PH. ;COIMMFRCIAL..-Tlhe TilmiGS city article satys-Tlhe pleace nlews, togethcr with the rise of between 2 antd3 Per cent, in Firech i 4routes, produCedt in tile Stock Eixchange less effect than might have been aticiptod, anml such extent of buoyancy, is W;vs ap- parent at the comtoeilnellent of busies,, uvua, subsequently, to sonic extent, lost. A general umprossion ...

... THE statement mndtl by Lord Stauley in the House of Comm111olls, on Mouday evening, made the hope of peace a little brighter. He intimated that there was reason to believe that Prussia and France would agree to submit the Luxemburg question to a Conferene- of I the pow~ers who signed the treaty of 1859. His Lord- ship, therefore, had Ievery reason to hope, and even believe, that this question, ...

... P A R L I AM RE N T. HOUSE OF LORlDS-Tusday~i, May'_S. Ex;' 'rho National Debt 13il1 mu the latoeos Corpus Suspension I~ (Irolaisi) Act, Cotienlanee (,1o0,2) Bdill waitS read at third timeL, wofrt (Ieand i As , Cn O e InI Commilittee onl thle Increase of thle Episcopate Bill,M Eatrl Gitly Propoised ii clause a uthl1,ii:i g thle appointment of I luil an assistaint labelq) to alid anly IBishop ...

... TIF, UNLITLD ]'RI, 3YI'I P1f.4A SE'XOD. . TimR Synod met yesterday week-Mr linlaysn, Mslro'Ot. M N r Macgill suibnitted the report onl tile A 4 cd awr' I !i`a Ministers' Fund, showing that the number ,f en :,tisier5 receipt of annuities froeii the fund is 28 'in, cubr II, initted to the list of annllit.,nits tolic May, 1 il;0, %osiI and the number who had died silnce that dat: was i, Th ° ...

... Tile late Ur Henderson ofTPark lias left £64,750 to vari- TH enis religious and charitable instituationts. Fe The Earl of f-lsddint~gon has been'appointed Her Maesty's Cot Cotnjilissietmt to thle General Assembly of thle Church Of Scotlandl for thle Present yeur. of PRESBYT1E~ty or EDnNBURIGE-THE ALLEGED INNSOVA- i T50-,I3 TN OLD QI5EY~T`iARis.-The alleg~ed innovations in 10 i Old Grcyfriars ...

... SCOTL AND. The Edinburgh Town Council have agreed to inivite thLIC British Association for thle Advancement of Science to hold its netting for 1868 in Edinburgh. tdre it is reported that the Earl of Haddington is to be Lord Cal Highl Cemnituioioner of btse approaching GeneaAsmby OLD GEEYFEIA5S, EOINBUttGIO.-The case of the Rev. paet Dr Lee wee brought bly ,appeal before thle Synod of LothianI ...

... ]'fl1S( NS IN SC'tCTLAN D. T TiI. ToCnty -'igittli 11i°leit oll 1'10isoIs ;° SCiti!, jii' t lii ;'t Ilishtedlcollt:dll.' a Qilj )sl ,lilt) i.f tlh .'i.l P~ i>wl-l t. 'a:t Perthl ; :;old, ill til,. OInIISQ Ur t11e afl,, t, kf..r ;k:( tl~ll I 1 'to tile Comnph~ ti-Xm .f tilt: witur~ ~lll tile 1 I g siy1 tii'it tlie Boot iN itiiaitic Dep:itlilciit has fow' iieciz fol tw)1 yoa's ill occitiIONict ...