Church for their consideration; also, to reecive any new communications on the sub. ject entrusted to them, and to consider whether these deserve to be admitted into the new collection. Upon motion, the thanks of the Assembly were given from the Chair to Dr Brunton and Dr Boog, for their great diligence.

Monday, May 30.-The Committee appointed on the reference from Kirkcaldy reported; and various papers were read, from which it appeared, that the teacher and proprietors of a school within the bounds of the Presbytery of Kirkcaldy, had declined the superintendance of that Presbytery, on the ground that it was a school unconnected with the Established Church, and therefore not under its controul. From a document, however, also read, it appeared that the perFons connected with the dissenting school bad subsequently intimated their readiness to admit that visitation which the law authorised; and the Assembly approved of the report of the Committee, recommending to the Presbytery of Kirkcaldy not to neglect any of those duties respecting schools, which were enjoined by the civil and ecclesiastical laws of the land; but to do so with that spirit of conciliation and liberality which might convince dissenters from the Established Church, that nothing under its sanction would be permitted, which tended to trench on a complete religious toleration.

Dr Hill, when the petition for the Rev. James Bryce (appointed to the Presbyterian Chaplaincy in India) was taken into consideration, stated, from documents in his hand, that the Hon. Directors of the East India Company had resolved to appoint a Chaplain of the Church of Scotland, at each of the three Presidencies; that Mr Bryce, who was well known to that House and to the public, by an excellent essay on the civilization of British India, had been appointed to one of those situations, and was desirous of preserving, under the authority of the Venerable Assembly, that connection which he had with the Established Church of Scotland. The Rev. Doctor submitted to the Assembly the scroll of a resolution which the Committee, to whom the matter had been referred, suggested for the adoption of the Assembly; and the same was unanimously adopted. It contained a declaration, that the three churches endowed in India were to be acknowledged as branches of the Church of Scotland-authorized the institution of kirk-sessions by the respective pastors-directed the three Ministers and their elders to consult together, when requisite, relative to their spiritual concerns, and allowed them to send one Mimister and one elder to the General Assem

The reference from the Synod of Angus and Mearns, in case of Mr Davie, Minister of Inchture, was taken under consideration, by which the Synod had referred to the determination of the Assembly, the appeals taken by Mr Davie, against certain interlocutory judgments of the Presbytery of Dundee, in his case. Mr Davie appeared for himself, and Francis Jeffrey, Esq. advocate, as his Counsel: Mr Thomson, a member of the Presbytery of Dundee, for said Presbytery, and Robert Jamieson, Esq. advocate, Counsel for the libellers of Mr Davie. It was then moved, that the Assembly sustain the appeal brought before them by the reference of the Synod of Angus and Mearns, and remit to the Presbytery of Dundee, to take a proof of the objections stated by Mr Davie, which may lead to his exculpation, and to report to next General Assembly.

It was also moved, that the Assembly dismiss the appeals which have been brought before the House by the reference from the Synod, but approve of the conduct of the members of Presbytery objected to in declining the functions of judges in this case, and find that they are precluded, by their own declination, from deliberating and voting in the farther procedure. Remit the case to the Presbytery, in order to their now pronouncing judgment upon the evidence, and, in the event of the defender bringing any further preliminary points under the notice of the Presbytery, to proceed to final judgment, notwithstanding any appeal by Mr Davie against the judgment of the Presbytery on such preliminary points.

It was agreed that the state of the vote should be, first motion or second motion, when there appeared for the first 20,-for the second 45-And therefore the Assembly dismissed the appeals, in terms of the second motion.

The moderator, after addressing the Members in the usual manner, dissolved the Assembly, and announced another to meet on Thursday the 18th of May 1815.

His Grace the Commissioner then made an elegant speech from the throne, and dissolved the Assembly in name of his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, on behalf of his Majesty.

On the 2d of May, the Magistrates and Council of Edinburgh voted an address to the Prince Regent on the present happy situation of public affairs, and they likewise agreed to address his Royal Highness Mon

sieur the Count d'Artois, who resided in Edinburgh for some years, on his restoration to his rights and his native country.

A contract has been made for finishing Lord Nelson's monument, and it is stipulated to be completed by the 15th September

next.

On the 14th of May, the gold medal given by the Honourable Company of Golfers, was played for on Leith links, and gained by Walter Cook, Esq.

The University of St Andrew's have conferred the degree of Doctor of Divinity on the Rev. Mr Laurence Adamson, one of the members of Cupar-Fife; the Rev. Mr George Buist, one of the ministers of St Andrews; and the Rev. Mr John Fleming, minister of Flisk.

The University and Marischal College of Aberdeen have conferred the degree of D.D. on the Rev. George Forbes, minister of Strathden; and the Rev. Alexander Smith, minister of the Chanel of Garioch.

The Lord Chief Baron has presented Mr Robert Smith, preacher of the goɛpel, to be assistant and successor to the Rev. Mr Johnr Glune, minister of Borthwick.

Mr John Grierson has been presented to the church of Dunning, in the room of the late Rev. Charles Hardy.

William Hamilton Nisbet, Esq. of Dirleton and Belhaven, has presented the Rev. Robert Balfour Graham to the church and parish of Stenton, vacant by the translation of the Rev. Henry Gray to Edinburgh.

The managers of the New Chapel of Ease, Canongate, have elected the Rev. William Dun to be their pastor, in room of the Rev. Robert Keay, now one of the ministers of Perth.

Mr Duncan Grant, preacher of the gos pel, Fortrose Academy, in consequence of an unanimous call from the managers, elders, and congregation of the Gælic Chapel, Aberdeen, to be their minister, has been lately ordained by the Reverend the Presbytery of Chanonry for said office.

On the 17th of May, Mr John Elder was appointed a Depute Clerk of Session, in room of the late Mr Walter Lockhart.

The first meeting of the Pitt Club of Scotland was held at Edinburgh on Saturday the 28th of May, being the anniversary of Mr Pitt's birth, and was very numerously attended. From the report of the Committee, appointed at the meeting held on 12th ult. it appeared that the constituent members of the Club amounted to 574 noblemen and gentlemen. At this meeting, the following members were appointed the Office-bearers of the Club for the following year :— President. The Duke of Buccleuch and

Queensberry.

Vice-Presidents.Duke of Atholl, Marquis of Queensberry, Earl of Moray, Earl of Glasgow, Lord Gray, Lord Chief Baron, Mr Solicitor-General, Rear-Admiral Wm. Johnstone Hope, M. P.

Councillors.-Lord Napier, Hon. George Abercromby, M.P., Hon. Mr Baron Clerk, Sir John Hay of Hayston, Bart., Sir Patrick Murray of Ochtertyre, Bart., Sir Alex. Muir Mackenzie of Delvin, Bart. General Campbell of Monzie, Alex. Boswell, Esq. of Auchinleck, James Denniston, Esq. of Col grain, Lieut.-Col. James Campbell, Walter Scott, Esq. of Abbotsford, John Hay For bes, Esq. advocate, Wm. Ramsay, Esq. banker, Thos. Williamson, Esq. mercat in Leith, John Wauchope, Esq. W. S., Wiliam Trotter, Esq.

Gilbert Innes, Esq. of Stow, Treasurer.
Alex. Monypenny, Esq. W. S. Secretary,

APPOINTMENTS.

(From the London Gazette.) Whitehall May 3.--The Prince Regent has been pleased to grant the dignity of Duke and Marquis of the united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto Field Marshall Arthur Marquis of Wellington, K, G. and the heirs male of his body lawfully be gotten by the names, stiles, and titles of Marquis of Douro and Duke of Wellington, in the county of Somerset.

The Prince Regent has also been pleased, to grant the dignity of a Baron of the united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland un the following military officers, and the heirs male of their bodies lawfully begotten, viz.

Lieutenant-General the Hon. Sir John Hope, K. B. by the name, stile, and title of Baron Niddry, of Niddry, in the county Linlithgow.

Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Graham, K. B. by the name, stile, and title of Baron Lynedoch, of Balgowan, in the county of Perth.

Lieutenant-General Sir Stapleton Cotton Bart. K. B. by the name, stile, and title of Baron Cumbermere, in the county palatine of Chester.

Lieutenant-General Sir Rowland Hill K. B. by the name, stile, and title of Ba ron Hill, of Almaraz and of Hawkstone, the county of Salop.

Lieutenant-General Sir William Car Beresford, K. B. by the name, stile, id title of Baron Beresford, of Albuera, and Dungannon in the county of Waterford.

Carlton House, May 6. This day the Right Hon. Warren Hastings was sworn a me ber of his Majesty's Most Honourable Priv Council.

Whitehall, May 6.-The Prince Regent

has been pleased to grant unto the Right Honourable William Shaw Cathcart, Viscount Catheart, K. T. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, &c. his Majesty's licence that he may wear the insignia of the Imperial Russian Order of St Andrew, and the Cross of the Imperial Military Order of St George of the Fourth Class, which his Imperial Majesty has been pleased to confer upon his Lordship, as a testimony of the high sense that sovereign entertains of his services, and of the devotion and zeal displayed by his Lordship in the field on several occasions during the late campaign on the continent:

Carlton-House, May 7.-The prince Regent this day conferred the honour of Knighthood on Archibald Campbell, Esq. Lieutenant Colonel in the army, Brigadier General in the Portuguese service, and Honorary Knight Commander of the Royal Portuguese Military order of the Tower and Sword.

Admiralty-Office, May 7.-His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has been pleased to appoint the Right Hon. John Earl of St Vincent, K. B. Admiral of the Red, to be General of his Majesty's royal marine forces, in the room of the Right Honourable Alexander Viscount Bridport, K. B. deceased:

And also to appoint Sir Richard Onslow, Bart. Admiral of the Red, to be LieutenantGeneral of the said royal marine forces, in the room of the Earl of St Vincent promoted.

Whitehall, May 7.-The Prince Regent has been pleased to grant the dignity of a Baronet of Great Britain and Ireland unte Sir John Beresford, Knight, Captain in the Royal Navy, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten.

Queen's-Palace, May 7.-Her Majesty the Queen has been pleased to appoint John Vaughan, Esq. Serjeant at Law, to be her Majesty's Solicitor-General.

Carlton-House, May 11.--This day the Prince Regent conferred the honour of Knighthood on Richard Richards, Esq. one of the Barons of Exchequer ;-Samuel Shepherd, Esq. Solicitor-General ;-William Adams, Esq. Occulist Extraordinary to the Prince Regent ;-Henry Bridges, Esq.and William Gell, Esq.

Whitehall, May 14.-The Prince Regent has been pleased to grant the dignity of a Viscount of Great Britain and Ireland unto the Right Hon. George Lord Keith, K. B. Admiral of the Red, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, stile, and title of Viscount Keith, K. B.

The Prince Regent has also been pleased to grant the dignity of a Baron of Great

Britain and Ireland unto Sir Edward Pellew, Bart. Vice-Admiral of the Red, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, stile, and title, of Baron Exmouth, of Canonteign, in the county of Devon.

The Prince Regent has been pleased to grant to the Hon. William Cornwallis, Ad, miral of the Red, the office of Vice-Admiral of Great Britain and Ireland, and Lieutenant of the Admiralty thereof, and also of Lieutenant of the navies and seas of the said kingdom, in the room of the Right Hon. Alexander Viscount Bridport, deceased --And has also been pleased to grant to William Young, Esq. Admiral of the White, the office of Rear Admiral of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the Admiralty thereof, and also of Rear-Admiral of the navics and seas of the said kingdom, in the room of Admiral the Hon. William Cornwallis.

Whitehall, May 23.—The Prince Regent has been pleased to grant to Rear Admiral Fremantle, his Majesty's royal licence to wear the insignia of a Commander of the Imperial Military Order of Maria Theresa, conferred on him by the Emperor of Austria; and permission to the following Officers to wear the insignia of a Knight of the same Order, also conferred on them by the Emperor of Austria:-Charles Rowley, Esq. late Captain of his Majesty's ship Eagle; William Hoste, Esq. late Captain of his Majesty's ship Bacchante; and Fairfax Moresby, Esq. Commander of his Majesty's sloop Weazel.