... LONDON CORRWONDENOZ. W- - pATjlt0VAWRLL -TEEt Br>1X N NEWrS tlP$nO A(ID nea4t1; 0D ABDATI DESZORA' London, Tuesday. ion exiata that, if pressed on the the Duke of Richmond may give the minestqrs under his Patronage rtomale as well as to male communicants. l t Is am certain, that in the original draft OE he bill females were included. For what they were struck out of the clause I ?? eXplain, ...

... 1pEEBIAL PABLIAMENT. .6 - -- goUSE OF COMMONS-N'fi IDAY0 may 6, A The SPE5AER took the chair at 10 rinutes past Lo ci8clock- NOTICE OF MOTION. t Sir E. WILMOT gave notice that in Committee on the Licesing Bill he should move an amendment, S lunt hours of closing in rural districts . ider 0 acertain amount of population, at 10 O'clock from 1 B bichaeluoa l to Ladyday, and at 11 oclock from B ...

... ELECTIONW E WS. WIrosTO Bcarss.-)h Augustus Smith, tbe' LibaJ candidate, ill mke his tint public apear. ace before the contituency in the uneeulF Straner, on Monday evening. e will also addre-l the electors in Wigtown, Whitborn, and New Galloway on the three following evenings. Mr MfarkiJ. Stewaft hau completed far the present hi.canvasf the eectors of tar.nr. 'e left i thfternoowfr ?? at& ...

... Tfi.LNDE SCQTLAiD. ,LtXJls lA.nu.tD ?? ?? - 71E5 NUMER. OP OwNERS, A*EAGE, AND ANNUAV VALUE. Tliefollowingtables, takenfromareceent Parlia: mentarq bWue.book, gives the number of owners of land, the quiantity ofI liad,. andd'tfe annual value In all the counties and'principal burghs of Scotland. It will be observed that in coubties the annual value of the land ranges- from Is Id per acre to £3 ...

... THE.EESTABLISHED ASSEMBLY AMD I E I - I PATRONAGE BILL (FROM OUR SPYNCIAS' CORSIOPONDmLT.) ' ' Edinburgh, Tuesday. A 'stranger visiting the Assembly Hall to-day would have needed nd specuil-knowlk1de of the business to have become aware that something extraordinary was in prospect. The approaches to the building were crowded withticket-holders, who showed much more ansiety to obtainseats ...

... LAVNCH,-2S LAUNCHES IIT CH. - ni s was auceyetrdy from th hpuligyrd of Messrs Barclay, Curle & Co., at hiteinhb. Her dimenisions are as follow a-Length, 240E.; breadth of bea-m, 2ft Via depth of -hold, S6ft. -Sh is 1800 tons burdei, and is registeredh;D the highest class in Lloyd's. A large mber o specttor witnessed the launch, includiW Messrs John Hendry, lAlex.- Ferguson, John- Low, ...

... TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEUDINLGS. i, q r ;1~1 1,~, Z: I . Ib gsi POLICE DEPARTMENT. T1 Town Moadczp, Map 18. noti14 The TonCounoil (Police. Depsrtmerit) met to-day-_ ;,,A Lord Provost Leslie presiding. P~thsENT--Bailies Urquheart, Esslermont, Dotald, Rogss Smaith, 'andiGeabaim ;'the Dean of Guild:; Tredasurer Chbopli';, Me'ais ' Abel; Findlay, hMaodoriald, Goirlon' 1.HoT 'White, J6bnst'on,'Mitchell ...

... THE ABOLITION OF PATRONAGE BiLL. THE Duke of Richmond's bill tio alter':and amend the laws relatiiw to the appointment of ministers to parihe in Scotland,' is as follows :- !-. . Whvreats an Act was passed'in thle tesith yeaar of thle of reign of Her Majesty Queen Anne, cap. 12, entituled An I gen Act to restore to the patrons their ancient rights of pre. 'hat senting ministers to thle ...

... OPEN LEVEL OIROSSINGS ON- THE HANGLNGSHAW ROAD. .E TO THE cou OF sisor. A meeting of the Statute Labour Trustees of t parish of Govan, adjourned from the 20thiner,*L, w held yesterdayin the Relgous Institution Rooms- Mr.pnryLsmondpreailing. Attheformermeeting aipstition was presented paying the Trustees to aconsider and resolve as to preventing locomotive steam engines from crossing mad ...

... * THE GLASGOW SOCIETY OF FIELD NATURALISIS . The third meeting of the summer sesion was held on Tuesday evening at 187 George Street-.-Mr P. Cameron, jun., vIce-president, in the chair. Mr T. King was elected a resident .member. Mr B. _ M'Kay gave an account of an acursion to Csm- aE buslang and the south bnk of ?? a the 2d Zc of May. In this excuron in addition to tle-more ...

... LAaEST~NEWS. ILA~l' E.S TT I'- N WS. Bear K (,S~oiaZ-ei~gralo~y i~ . weel .. .. at a LONDN, uesay~ venxng.: So far iwpolitics are concerned, 'it isseid- thrit if the pro- Br posals of the Gdvcimui~nt~ in consnection with ~tli abolition ceas! of purchase in the army are carried into ~effeiot, an increase rind' Ift the' expenditure isill bie thd, result; ' Of- course,- this is So ipremaui~re; ...

... : ON Monday night the annual meeting of the Aberdeen Temperance Society was held in the Ball-Rooni, Music Flail ? Buildings.. Mr Cook' prd'tidedhCb'dciiied the chair, and there was a lar'e attendince of meubers ,and other tein- r perance friends, After' a substantial service of tea, Mr . took read the -28th annual report- of the Society. After detailing the meetings. &o.,-held: during the ...