5 MARCH 1836, Page 9

SCOTLAND.

Mr. Speirs having resigned the representation of Paisley, Mr. Archibald Hastie, of West Street, Finsbury, a highly-respected mer- chant, and a determined supporter of Lord Melbourne, is a candidate to succeed him. Mr. Aytoun of Edinburgh is also a candidate.

Among the many ecclesiastical questions which are likely to occupy the attention of the next Assembly, one of vast importance, in all its bearings, is that of the proposed union of the Synod of Ulster with the Church of Scotland.—Scottish Guardian.

We have just learned, on the very best authority, that Ministers in- tend to propose in Parliament a grant of 20,000/. in aid of the General Assembly's Highland Schools.—Caledonian Mercury.