... STATE OF CUBA-THE, INSURRECTION. The following are eattracts from a Havana corre- spondent's letter, addremed to a merchant in Glas- gow, dated 8th April, 18090:- As everything hirges upon the state of the robel- lion, I rlhall endeavour to give you a. sketch of hoW ( matters stand now, As I have told you already, we have no absolutely reliable source of inforoation, the rebel and Sp:nish ...

... (;rFHNWCS tilir,cil-~b- G c WaVter jo ea1 leilph that the Greenocl Wte 1pler third timeu ini the Onses of Commtons gwtnigbt n) P-Ml or LINUT, CrHIueLD1ERSt, R.N.- Stift eothbio officerdied very ,uiddenly on deerted )-ht e. t Ptince. Lieut. Uhilders wasn room kle l- c 1 ` b 'of e leglar Boring th) acrenoon lhe etand weeo hoard 1U c.NUe Black left his oc'c' a on tb tterq , business. Sheleter ...

... At the Guildford Potty Sessions on Saturday, Mr Alfred Abbott, farmer, and Arthur Downing, de. ecribed as a shepherd, of North Wyke Farm, Wor. plesdon, were charged with ?? ill-treating and torturing a number of animals, by withholding from them a sufficient quantity of food. Mr Colam, secretary of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, prosecuted, and Mr R. E. Geach, ...

... ?? meeting of this Pleebytery was held yesterday-the Rev. Or IV. icltitb, MJoderator, The Law Committee re- portt d that, after dule consideration of Mr Hughes' Sutday Trading Bill, they bad agreed to recouamead to the I'resl,ytery not to take aiy stepi in regard to the ineasture. Dr Nisbet expressed his regret at this decision, and moved that the Presbytery petition against the bill, which ...

... THE EX.KING OF HANOVER. Aprotest against the sequestration of his dominions has been addreossed by the ex hing of Hanover to the Sovereign Princes of Europe, in the course of which be says:- I believed I was justified in hoping that hia M Wajesty theliig of Prussia, impartiallyappreciating the facta such as really existed, and yielding to a sentiment of justice which is never totally extia- ...

... To the Edigor of the Glasgow ilerat4 175 Hill Street, Garnethill, 27th April, 1869, SBs,-Having just returned from the River Plate, where I have been engaged in farming for several years, I beg to give you some of the results of my experience, that intending emigrants may form an opinion of the prospects these countries hold out to them. I am aware that many Englishmen have re- turned both ...

... TI'li ABOt, ( jPUI , T.; . vttZiht, a u~is --o thi I n I.-At v~iht, a pal~lih _t- m ( Ojo.le PdkS~Aih(s Wi10, .i- , .iil'i., PALu thk0-,,, ?? 's bilt ft. Y,, ,nio SCItilLd. ;r C, E. l r 'I ! ?? ( ?? ?? ; toi~l l~cit!r diaft ut ibe bti, ai! ..1104, 1 icectd %% ish r ln .it, Glitt Ihow they wclez ryepic It.; iw the h1il= 1 iiti.i, ( , t;e i ,: th ~ll tlsry tinl fullyt~t 0,v011, ?? .ot il ((huh ...

... DEZEE CIIHRCH SYNOD OF LOTHIAN AND TW WiEE)DDALE. The balf-yearly meeting of the Free Church Synod of Lothian and Tweeddiald was held yesterday in Edinburgh. The sermon was preached by the retit ing cluderator-the R ev, R. Macdonald, of Vorth Leith. The Rev. A. Mioudy Stuart was then electtd Mode. rator for the ensuing six months, nad took the chbir. 1O the motion of Dr Begg, seconded by Sir ...

... GENEfRAL COUNCIL OF GLASGOW UNIVERASITY. The twentikth meeting of the General Council of the University of Glasgow was held yesterday in the Common flall of the College. The Very Ryv. Principal Barclay ocoupied the chair, and was scp- ported on thd platform by the various Professorsr There was an unusually onenorous attendance. Principal Barclay having opened the meeting with prayer, Dr ...

... 1 - * it faoured ?? bv ?? he Just favoured tlhe * I-r6 tt h ith auother example of .; il ?? behaviour which : ?? gen5t unvII eCI lly respecte 7°' ad e ae happY to be able to 0t; bo met oith dae apprecia- 1d° s platr t1j a statue of the Iek~5pa epO feale figures, : b tv.° veej t hof the loyal ?? 3 the ?? eu orning that sorue dy~~ct1~ 0 te dvinity that aree etioall Colours b rd paiD ~JeIO wih ...

... r'.OAD R:EFORMI. To I',e radiletr of the Gloaggs l ?cvlfd. r the right of a short reply to your eof e ?? 1ousin 5y letter of the 27th on iai' Cij, lf.; Iay soy that I deeply regret that At the dh be n itilloenred in the past writings QU bo0 l I by wly committee and their agents, If ostU i~ tl say, the sentiments you have in od that, ao 5e reied on Road Reform may f5De3 by 1' fron tbe ...

... uIS 1UCTION TO O14EYI7flS' U.P. CHURL H. Yebtlydcly Afternoon tice Unitcd lvreiilytery of 031ougow inducted to itoe ivieorato of (Greyfriars' (lhuith (raant by the appoliatment cif the Rev. Dr Culaicr- d to fbi,, Ediniburgh chair of Moral Philu Frpilly), thel Dev. JanceR Buchanan, late of the WVest U, P, Ctcimrh, Liuliftng'iv. There wos a numeraou0 nft ctedtrre of the Iinc iherv if P'recbytery ...