Presbytery Edinburgh.—The Rev Drs Paul. Stevenson, Grant, Muir, and Macfarlane, aud the Messrs Frantr and M'Letchie—ministers. Messrs Henry Moffat, Logan White, and John White —elders. Presbytery of Glasgow.—Drs Barr, Boyd, Paton, Smith, and Hill—ministers. Adam Pa'erson, Esq.,

IMPERIAL PA1RLIAMENT. I HOUSE OF CONMOTNS. WED ESDAY, APRIL 6, ta: The house met at 12 o,'clock. f PRIVATEm BUSINESS. f Tttt~D ReLD Gs -Safford Extension and Improvement PO Bill (9n amendm~ent to bc proposed); Whittle Dean Watr fth -worts Bill (au amendmenrt to be proposed). tgh

PRESENTATION OF THE FREEDOM OF THE CITY OF EDINBURGH TO THE EARL OF CARLISLE. In accordance with a resolution come to at a special meet- ing of the Town Council, held on Saturday afternoon, to present the freedom of the city to the E^rl of Carlisle, the Council met yesterday, f u

On Monday last, the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the County of Nottingham, were held before Col. Rolleston. On the bench were also the Revs. G. F. Hol- combe, and T. C. Cane, and F. Hart, R. Milward, H. Sberbro ?? J. Sherwin, and L. Hall, Esqs. GRAND JURY. Mr. Charl

Lady Franklin's vessel, the Isabel screw steamer, for Beh. ring s Strait, left Woolwich early on Thursday morning. Last week, an innkeeper of Colluinpton, Devonshire, enter- tained some of his customers with a quantity of brandy, rum, and gin mixed. They drank so freely of this

T1 OrEHAifeTOtc, Apiil2.-Wheat, I Is to 13B per-Jbag; Batley, Ird, Sse 9d to 3 IOd; Oats, 2s 4d to 2s 8d per bnshe£.-? Beef, 5 to tis- od; Mutton; Gd; Pork, dd to. did;' Bacon, ddto did- 'Mel, NIr 4id to 5id per lb. Fowls,'2s td to 2s 9d per ot lb. B5 rwi. ea"r 1l1to l1d perlb.

At a recent meeting (March 21) of the Dublin Statistical Society, Sir Robert Kane, V.P., in the chair, a paper was read, entitled " Statistics of Pooe Relief in England and Wales for the year 1851," compiled from the Fourth Annual Report of the Poor-law Board, by Edward Cheshire

VUN IERSITY INTELLIGENCE. - - . OXFORD, APRIL'6. In n-congregation holden tlis morning; balg tile first day of Easter Term, the following degrees a,cre conferreddiz. MSASTER OF ATS. Augustus Pemberton Saluos.bry, Exeter College. Montague Earle ?? Charles Henry Nutt, Charles Humph

SPOR TING. LATEST CITY BETTING. METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 7 to 4 agnt Contentmnt tt) 12 to 1 agst Deerbound (take 7 to I - Ireltnd's Eye (t) and offered) 9 to 1 -:Snowdon Dunhill Ii to .1 - 1tichmond(offlrdJ (ollered) 100 to 7 - Terpslchoro 11 to 1 - Gadabout (take 20 to 1 - Peggy (

Barnstaple that he intends offerimi some DECIDED BARGAINS in DRAPERY during the following week, previous to his MONTHLY VISIT to the MARKET:?. GOOD BLACK SILKS, 12i<3. PER YARD.—RICH DITTO, from ISM. PER YARD. WATERED DUCAPES FOR DRESSES AND MANTLES. A FEW LENGTHS of CHECKED, ST