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sethe Church of Scotlewd, secuinpasied with an earnest moil
roopeetfut repent, that the Reverend Geottenece would take
ousel oweatenees us night appear to the. blot celesta...l fur
prewnoting, is their respective Puri►hra, the object of theme
Rinoluttotte, sod of the recounosesdatioo of the Neutral

Assembly.
Copies Of the Meselotions of the General Netting, and of
the Conistittee were also, agreeably to appointment, trans-
mitted to the Conernandisg Officers of Local Militia, Yee-
Minim and Volunteer Cory; with a request that they would
give their eoustruissee to the General Sobseriptioe is aid
Oaf the National alesiworst. •

. Although every pionsiMe, sod indeed the most obliging fa-
-1 ditties were givee I. the departmeet of the Pest-office,
whose very patriotic and respectable Secretary, Mr. Kerr,
freaked, I. the'enuese of the amuse, no fewer than 1,200
dispatches ; althongitessery possible facility we., in the hand-
somest meeeer, residomsl is the Adjaitant-General's depart-
meet, by foraishieg hem of the Teemanry, Local Militia sad
Volunteer Corps; and elthmigh the Agree Fee the Chore's of
Seetlatid fetaishod meet promptly lbs reemismirodation of
the Gees-nil Assambly ; yet owing to the unavoidable delay
attendaat ea so meek detail, it was, as the Coanuittee might
easily conceive, fat adveased I. the awn me before Ns vari-
es, doremeets, sad the ',graved plan of the inlaid's] Ma-
mmal, mid be pet is circulation ; sad if any of them
should not have toothed the places of their &stigmatise •he
hoped such an imessmenco wield he ascribed to scram;
sad net to any intentional oversight.
There hes therefore hems scarcely time for any Enteral
movement, or to receive returns from the clergy. or from
the Commanden of the Yeonsaary and Volunteer Corp; he
We, however to mention emstritsetioes from the perishes of
Polwarilo and Currie, averaging at the rate of lel. per
perish, which he hoped would be the average amount of
shares sad desetioes over Seethed. He had alto to ar.
keowleige minute from the Elgin sod Movaystare het.
talionaompieheisatiag the Elgin, Fears, *eyetooth, and
Foehabrr esseopiloteo• whose oMeers have paid their sob.
scriptions into the bele& of the hank of the British Limes
Campo, as Elite.
The gallant 71st miasma Imsee also, be was informed,
subscribed a day's pay.
He bad she eatisfaetiese of reporting a list of aildiliossal
subscriptions, respectable hash I. number sod value ob-
tained since lass sisitetios of the Causalities is the end of
July; and there would he fouled 'mammies the sebeeribers or-
veral Ladies of distinetion. [lime the Secretary reed some
of the leading names is the subseviptioosa
All Slit hanks in Ediaborgb, with their ansetry brooches,
he staled, had obligingly agreed to act as cashiero, an* to
open as account fee the National MOO SEWN ; sad Sir Wil-
liam Forbes and Company have also agreed, la the lame&
softest wanner, to act es general treasurers- The C 0...
miller, the subscribers, sod the romatry, he said, were most
aeicome to his humble and gratuities' enviers as Secretary,
to which lie had, from the coinencooevae.M, resolved strictly
N conSwe his duties.

He was Eked to repast, that white the substriptims at
horse is daily incremdeg, end must jamas*, theodseerip-
limo abroad, is lb. Fiat sod West Indies, mad in the Bri-
tish mettlenseats in every quarter of the globe, is al this MO.
11.4111, he bad every mom to believe, tag medar
the meet favourable auspices. l• of this fact be
hewed 1•11111 e to read an snide in The Edinburgh Star,
with which she Editor obligiagly famished kits last sight,
espotainisse extracts Irons n. Repel Amok. Gemette,
which obey that oar counterplot is the Nesters
Hetsi-
sphets have takes up the sulpet, agreeably to the
meionsmendations of the ;towers' meeting held at Elio-
burgh and Liman is spring lost, and every arrentat fa.
veered the presumption that the subscription from Jamaica,
sad oar other West Indio Colonies. obese Governors were alas
wellies to, world be most liberal; sod It is well know,
that the Marquis of Haulage in India, and the Earl sf
Dalhossie in America, will give every posaible impulse to
she aseasere.
There was not yet, however, volitive( time to cersdire
reports from those reunite parts, the dispatches having only
hems sent eel after the Loudeu aseetirg in the sled of May
IMe.
illieuswetisded by ospressiog a hope, that the foussolation
Mose MIMI lfsllowel Illtmosnewt wooM be laid es some early
slisilessem either of the hook of Trafalgar or Waterloo,
sod lbetilleot ens new every probehilley of &mimed *Luis-
is( beef...llM us 0111,01 es, or primp before, Eagiaost ;
Avid emeelembil 111-olsorrviag, that weeks of such eminent
peddle MUNI sad veuessesit, are woqueetioisably she hest
woos of aiding theisdustriousel.owsof the coneustosity ;
and white they awe tributes justly doe I. the illualrions dead
sod pliant living, trod at the mem time to improve the
beet alkalises of Ike people, modem the most precious sad
valuable bevies/to that can be mode is peeterity.
In reference to the plan end At it was observed, that is
traasmittlog Mr. Elliot's very elopes& end classical design
formed tre the Pantheon at Rome. the fulkosing mite was
subjoined to the resolutions: " The Consider are desir-
ous it sboold he understood that mahout( bas yet been deter-
seised, either in regard to the Mos of the beildi.g, or its
situation, both of which will be matter fee Niers sod do.
liberate consideration ; but the geueval impression' seems
to be, that the design to he ultionSely adopted should either
be formed on or be an exact model el em. of the moo ap-
proved streetures of setiquily."
Is retemsere also to the realisation sad invealil.n of the
subseriptiesa, the Committee. after some deliberatiose,
were e(epispien. that it would be proper to defer that wee-
seer for the present.

Tie Committee thew came in the &Hosier Raselsrinee
The Committee laving heard the report of the premed•
lags dot hare takes place since their lam meeting as She
ltd July, 11119, expressed their eassilast hope, that the
Misisters of the Church of &Wasik sibs were sow is pas.
session of the Reenliitimie sit the Gametal Meeting of the
NoWesses sad Giestlemes held et Edinborgh os the fish
luf February last, and of :he seAssegarsit Itseslatione at the
Committee, together • ith the rrreamaseudatior of she Ge-
neve! Ameeshig, would, when a aeseariabie opportunity
presented imelt, take such measures as might appear to
them heat calaslated to pnnuote the object of there Kew.
loftiest, sad of the recuaimmedatios of the Omega Ate-
big; sad the Committee ahm exprered their mrsolidessi lisps