... NORTIHUMBERLAND PRESBYTERY OF THE ENGLISH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. The ordinary quarterly meeting of the Northumberland Presbytery of the English Presbyterian Church wits held on TuIsday, in St. George's Church, Morpeth. The Rev. Sanmuel Catheart, of Harbottle, whose year of ofice as oiderator had expired, preached a sermon, after which the Presbytery wvas constituted, and adjourned to the large ...

... On Saturday the interesting ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the new buildings to constitute the future Alexandra Orphanage for Infants, which is under the immediate patronage of H.lt. H. the Prin- cess of Wales, was performed by her Grace, the Duchess of Sutherland, as ?? tens for the Pian- cess, on the site at Hornsey Rise, in the presence of a crowded and fashionable assembly. ...

... Shortly after two o'clock on Monday afternoon a collision took place on the Border Union Railway at Stobs Station, three miles south of Hawick, between a pilot engine and a mineral train, resulting in, it is feared, fatal injuries to the driver of the latter and serious injuries to the fireman. It appears that the pilot engine was shunting some trucks fiom a goods train standing on the up line ...

... ECOLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE. CLERICAL VACANCIES.-The sole chalrge of the parish of Cockfield, in the diocese of Durham, has become vacant;* it is worthi00aycarandthe rectory house, and isthe gift of the Rev. H. C. Lipscomb. The mastership of the Lower English School at St. Blees College, Cumberland, has become v~acant* it is in the gift of the Rev. G. H[. Hislop, M.A.. XVLSiEYAN CHAPREL-. ...

... g MB TREHEnNE, M.P. for Coventry, died on Wednesday night of epilepsy. LATI'ST MONETARY Nsws.-Bank rate un- altered. After official hours, consols unchang- ed at 95 to t. LEGAL NEws.-Vice-Chancellor Stuart has dissolved the ex-party injunction obtained by the Duke of Hamilton to restrain William Robson.;from suing the Duke on two bills of exchange for 134000, of which 8000 was for the ...

... NLEWCASTLE. JULY 12. The death of the Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, wnder such tragical circunistauces, has made a deep impression amlongst the popu]a- tiun and in all the courts of Europe. It is confidentlybelieved, that some retaliatory step is likolyto botakeu either by France alone, or in conjunction with one or more of the leading powers, against the executioner of the late Austrian ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY. their lordohipsl met at five o'clock. Ashort coeversation ensued between the Duke of ck~isshan. Lord l~yttelton, end the Earl of Carnar. Oon the troos in Now Zealand, end ended in the que~nstion being pestlsOiied. q ~~THE REVISED CODE. The Earl of Colt: called attention to the hardships ,atailod on all srrill pairishes by making the employ. eet of certificatedl ...

... I The tragic fate of Maximilian has created a painful sensation all over Europe. The courts of Wance, Austria, and England, have gone into mourning The Emperor Maximilian was born on the 6'th July, 1832, and had not, therefore. attained his 35th year. He was brother of the Emperor Francis Joseph and second son of the Archduke Francis Charles, known as the Archduke Ferdinand. He was for some ...

... On Tuesday evening a soiree was held in the New. castle Assembly Rooms, in honour of Mr William Lloyd Garrison, the celebrated American abolitionist, who is slow on a visit to this country. The room in which the meeting took place was decorated with flags, consisting principally of the Stars and Stripes and the Union Jack. A quadrille band, under the leadership of Mr T. Watson, occupied the ...

... NEWCASTLE TOWN COUNOIL. IA special meeting of the Council was held on Wed- nesday, at the Town ]Hall, for the purpose of decid- ing upon a ground plan for the new street leading from Newgate Street to Neville Street, and for the purpose of taking such steps as would, in the opinion of the Council, facilitate the preparation of plans and elevations, the sale of the ground, and the pl of I the ...

... _ _ _ 1 !_ a _ . _ [Reported for the Courant. ] The prospects of agriculturists in the north- easter!) district of Tynedale ward are highly fivonrable almost every kind of producep ro- ujies to exceed that of late years. Since the l egther set in vegetation has been veay good Owing to the abundance of mois- vigorou ned witth the genial warm weather f tie few past weeks, the progress of every ...

... A correspondent of the Times describes the cere- mony of the canonisation of 25 martyrs at Rome, on the 29th ult. He says :-The fetes began on the night of the 28th, which was the vigil of St. Peter. There is a multitude here of every race under the sun. Of bishops there are five hundred. Ecclesias- tics of all ranks are said to amount to twenty-five thousand, of whom fifteen thousand are ...