... (bia'slm* ?? Tan Unionl question occupied the whole of the morning and evening sittings in the Free Assembly yesterday, and the debate was ad- journed at midnight till to-day. Three dif- ferent resolutions were proposed-one by Dr Rainy, in the absence of Dr Candlish, declar- ijug that as regards the first head of the programme-the Civil Magistrate-there ap- peared to be no bar to the union ...

... | POYAL NOKTErP I TA.> ?? ?? § I. , Tile opening cruise of th ' ; C CLub was commenced ceterisy ?? 'i ?? ?? T ) w. , . he desired-a clear atr., together With a nodent. tevailidng. A leadi zfen. . ii ci mgswas thedebutof thei .l a Otniara, lO5tuns, rece: tly . ing yard of sI e. ,ite St ' & 1. 4. Tenneiit, G'a ?? tIne vesael called fortg!;., , ration, and during t uimL id . ; prumiu.,e of a ...

... GLASGOON SAJAIlt xiC. I A public meeting of i-h w~ishers to this inAtitltiin% a i ceive the fifth periodical what steps should be ta'ken tr ?? for the improvement of the ?? - Andrew Galbraith presided ; a- sent were-MrWm.Eueis,'z 2 1 Small, Mr F. Duncan, rP _ Mr E. P. Lamond. &c. The SECETrTAr (r Hr L::. of the committee, vlicit 6tao ber of boarders in the ho' - - I' -- months had been a'31, ...

... THE OPENINEG OF THE RE-REFORNIED PARIWAMENT. I FIRST YEAR OF THE SOCIAL REPUBLIC. ( BEALES, L.A., DICIATOR. (From the Owl.) Tovards twelve o'clock the members began to assemble in considerable numbers, and among the earlier arrivals we were glad to observe Mr Ernest Jones, Mr Mantle, Mr Bradlaugh, Mr William ( Sykes, Mr Priggins, &c., all in good health and spirits. It transpired that, as wve ...

... BY SPECIAL WIRE ANTD ORDINARY I TELEGrAPH. HOUSE OF COMMONS-TaHRSDAY. The SPrASE took the chair at four o'clock. Lord R, Leveson Gower took the oaths and his seat for the county of Sutherland. NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY (CARLISLE DEVIATION) BILL, AND GREAT NORTH oRi- SCOTLAND RAILWAY BILL. On considerapion of the report on the Northi British Railway (Carsce.XP Deviation) Bill, MrHALFIPELD moved tt ...

... .E}NIAL_ EW IS.. The Hei aid has reason to believe that Mr Jefferson Davis may be expected to arrive mi this country in June. ABANDOHNMEKNT OF THE CONQUEaaOPR.-A re- port reached Liverpool on Tuesday of the abandonment of the Conqueror, off Ceylon, on. the 10th January. The vessel was bound to Chittagong with a cargo of salt. She belonged,. lwe understand, to Mir Gauntlett, of London, the ...

... IR ROEBUCK, M.P., ON THE HOUSE OF I [ COMMONS. At the banquet given by the Lord Mayor of Lon- don to her Majesty's Judges, on Tuesday evening, Mr Roebuck responded to the toast of The House of Commons, with which his name had been con. nected by the Lord Mayor. Ho felt, he said, how inadeqate he was to speak for that great body of which he was a member. A mighty theme, he said, required a ...

... S - ?? ,- ,T!N.NE~:ANDt M!4EoAM'!~,X 2- A; TUIl i . 1' eief P ?? 'U It-L Cl, .1 ~ ~ .11 11 yriiu r .2 .i 'Illilna , C4luttliol', M~~i~t ii I vie t~ii an ti feait, ,ovadinnler tht. A f.rcth t'it - crl I pit'u' ll te t ,. tt p'lio r ' in 'itt doli'cc -fo I. nu lip [i 1 .takin * t~i . cI' n U~ had ltli~h '2 ande the. v, o1 rd i. ?? ,na I i O~tt'at' \\tr h ar 1t It'l', 'c a'icit'4t'', ''dt oft ...

... su-?Aa* Arult T#E Repoit of the Committee on the Law of. Patronage was brought up in the Establishedc .Assembly yesterday, and by a very narrow majority the question was shelved. The Re- port suggested for the consideration of the Church three different plans for modifying the present law; and in a vigorous speech, pointing out the urgent necessity of the movement, Dr Pinie moved the re ...

... FREE CHURCH ASSEMBLY-Y I (Continuedfrom petzeernf pea.) EVENISNG SEDERuNT. The Assembly met again in the exenhig. Dr GIBSON resumed his addres indefeta: judgment of the Presbytery. There wouli r.-V- said, have been a trial either for unsotno do - immoral conduct if the disclaimer of the raV U. I casehadbeentalcen into con~ideration. l:1re:nH: stood to common sense that if memoeex- tical courts ...

... GREENOCK- TEE Mooas.-We learn that, in consequence of the late extreme cold weather for the season of the year, numbers of grouse have died on the moors in this district. FnIE ART AssocIaiON.-We understand that it has been proposed to endeavour to establish a Fine Art Association in town, the affairs of the society to be conducted by a chairman, secretary, treasurer, and a committee of twelve ...

... GREAT NORTH OF SCOTLAND R LwAryA.-An ex. traordinary general meeting of the shareholders of the Great North of Scotland Railway was held in the Royal Hotel, Aberdeen, ?? John Duncan, chairman of the directors, presiding-for the purpose of considering the bill just passed through the Committee of the House of Commons to alter and enlarge the share capital of the com- pany by the creation of pre ...