25 MARCH 1854, Page 9

A meeting of the Commission of the General Assembly of

the Church of Scotland, called by the Moderator, was held in Edinburgh on Wednes- day, to consider the Education Bill of the Lord Advocate. A string of ten resolutions was proposed by Dr. Muir, expressing surprise and regret at the attempt made by the bill to destroy the machinery of the parochial system, and taking objections to the bill in limine. These were met by seven resolutions proposed by Dr. Hill, equally condemnatory of the bill as a whole, but expressing approval of some portions, such as the increase of salary to the schoolmasters. On a division, Dr. Muir's resolutions were carried, by 47 votes to 37.