... LK - e (PROM OU' OWN CORRESrOND r.) e New York, May 12,1I74. a LITERARY ...

... Wl;ND AND WEATHER REPORT-Mi7 2, Station. Weather. dilburbtaue Direct. Force. fhum ?? | - Calm ?? Overcast ?? Dead calm. Stomno~way.. Nairn ?? WV Light-air ..Cod. Vt.smooth. ?? S Light breeze. Overca t Smooth. Leilth ?? E Light breeze, Overcast - ?? NE Light ?? ?? I Vy, smooth, Mcville ?? - Calm ?? II ?? - Shed N).SSE Light breeze. Clay .. Slight. Donseadee. } N Gentle breeze MULy. . ...

... ATURDAY MORNIN~G, MA 23. . ~ . : ! . -: , . - TI the Ho-asp of Lords, yesterday, an abstract resolution was subuiugad by Lord ?? . . .. .. - . . - Hampton, proposing that the Comfittee of Council on Education should-be superseded by a Minister of* Public Instruction.. He argued that the Education Department was ;constituted in aif anomalous and inconsistent manner, seeing that, in addition ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... - 'Tnz.-Yesterday, at the Pilice.Court-; Bailie Mason on' the bench-a woman,, named Mrs Ha~rvey, 'fish- hawker, wvas sentepced to' be. imprisone~d forlO days forsteaing an umbrella froma a drapet shp. in Mloss Street obi Sas-i2 day night hat.: bi * .aam EsRZ OYAL-M~r Price's. aoonedy corxn. pany have entered on a short ason at ti place of amuiement. Th} comedy.4aiam entitled Garrick has ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... KILMARNOCL SUR1;FF CasisA CouaTr.-At this, Court c M danrhy AnT! Somers or Campbell, %tfe of )avid, C~ampbell, laboairer, lIurlford, raisI charged with the theft of a shawl and a petti- a coat from a hounse in Portland Row, there, on t .o Ib Inst., aggravated by previous condo- I :ioe She pleaded not guilty, but was con- c .noted, and ;entenced to 30 days' imprisonment. t Lhss32soODY AND ...

... Y'liii ?? Iski ITO- OF lST LAxl1SISl1ll Annr;-?Z _ 1 The annul inspectie0ll of ti. Brigarle of the 1st Lmnatkii:rv A~rtillery Volunteers took lace on D VGCU on Saturday afternoon by Colonel pelten i t A ?? of auxiliary artillery in e was under the command ?? -CloelC-onnimandant James Reid wh , s' ;;t-iby Major A. C. Scott, Major dtovo' ?? ant[ Adjutant Win. Taylor. lUd~t\; 'Wl~est W~atson ...

... DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCEL I ~ wr s r ENGLAND, 'T Her Majesty on Sunday~ completed her 55th year, having 4j] been born on the 29th Mlay, 1819. Ti Prince Arthur's titles iare to. be Duke of Sussex, Earl of nverness, and Earl of Connaughti. r Pricess Louis of Hesse (PrincessAlice), was delivered of 'dautxghter oin Sunday forenoon.I It is etated at Oxford thatotheir Royal H~ighneis04'the *Duke and ...