SCOTLAND.
At the ordinary monthly meeting of the Presbytery of Edinburgh, 'on Wednesday week, two lists of representatives for the Presbytery in the General Assembly were proposed; one containing the names of Dr. Chalmers, Mr. Cunningham, and Mr. Candlish; the other substi- tuting other names in the place of those. The former list was carried, Its 40 to 27. Several Town-Councils have successfully opposed the Nonintru- .sionists, in the election of representatives for the General Assembly. Edinburgh and Glasgow have both returned representatives who .are apposed to the policy of the late majority of that body ; and the Town-Council of Arbroath has resolved to send no representative at all
The Perthshire Advertiser reports a new case of heresy in the United Secession Presbytery of Perth. Mr. Walker, pastor of the congregation at Comrie, is charged with having preached the doctrine of a universal atonement ; that is, that Christ, by his death on the cross, suffered for the sins of all men, and not for a chosen or limited number. The subject was brought before the Presbytery one day lately without notice, and Mr. Walker was called upon for an explanation, He gave it ; but at a subsequent meeting, on the 3151 March, lie claimed a public
examination, and time to prepare himself. He also presented a memo- rial from his congregation, declaring the intention of the subscribers to stand by him at all events. He was, however, again examined on that day, at considerable length ; and the examination had not terminated at the time the newspaper-reporter wrote.
On the evening of Friday last, a party of gentlemen, amounting to nearly sixty, entertained Messrs. Kenneth Mathieson and Alexander Perry in the Argyll Hotel. Glasgow, previous to their departure from the Clyde for New Zealand. Mr. Lumsden filled the chair, and Bailie Mitchell officiated as croupier. There was something more in this meeting than is often meant and intended by the courtesies of friendship being ex- tended to those who depart for a foreign country, in so far as the establishment of these young men in this infant colony may yet lead to very important results to the trade of Glasgow. Mr. Perry is son of Dr. Perry of this city, and goes out as consignee of merchandise to a large amount, under the auspices of some of the first Glasgow mer- chants; and it is confidently hoped that the emigrant may be the means of opening up a connexion which will tell benefically on the increasing manufactures and commerce of his native city. Mr. Mathieson is well known as a very successful shipbuilder in Port Glasgow ; and his object in proceeding to New Zealand is to form a shipbuilding esta- blishment there, where wood is cheap and good, for the use of the trade of the neighbouring colonies.
We regret to mention that a quondam writer in Arbroath, who com- menced business some years since as a merchant and importer of green cloth, absconded last week, leaving debts and liabilities, as estimated by some, to the amount of upwards of 100,0001. Few of our manufacturers but have sustained heavy losses, and many in the neighbouring towns of Forfar, Kirriemuir, and Dundee, have also suffered, by this nefarious transaction. Montrose Review.
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