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J. • - . 1111111101110.111116411 foot, qmartered in Dublin, are
/daily expittakitetnittioark for Liverpool, It k said they tire
ttt he qnartered in VOA, Leeds, and Sudiirralreld. •
• The head mutate. division of the td Royal Veteran Bann-
litimreisder the conssmisit of Major anis tiger, disembarked at
Cove no the 6th instant, and immediately marched fur 31 id.
dictate, on a fonts to Ferssoy, there to wait orders from the
C.orimander of the Forma. fine regiment is destined
to have its beedittaelers at Waterford, and to take up the
cantonments of tie 3501..
The 15th regiment of foot, front Stirling, ham replaced the
ttOth is FAlissborgh Coolie. The latter forint has nivirchril
fur Heroic*.
On Thorsday morning detachments of the /at Battalion of
the 3d Guards marched from rorl.moutb for otveral of the
oil-puets, to take the duty perfirrnied by the 24 Teleran'.
A Battalion of Vests:sus is expected from Ireland, tat the
I room of the 2d Battalion.

The remainder of (he id Rossi Veterans- embarked nn
Thursday ul Puitinnunth, to join *n first division in
Ireland.

SCOTL4NI).

REUNION OF THE SECESSION CHURCH.

This happy event was eniwniumated on Friday, the s.h
instant, in Br isto-alreet Meeting-house, the spot in
seventy•three ye-an before, the separation took place. •1.
The two Synods met in the morning of that day
the General Associate Synod, in their Synod house,
Nicholson-forte', and th-- Associate Synod, in the
lieveresid Mr. Lothian's Meeting-house, Portsburzli ; said
after having finished the boxinese that had been vunnatted
to than severally, adjourned, cOnstituted, to Bristo.street,
at half-past twelve o'clock, walkoig in regular order le
the place of meeting: first, the sniuisters, then the elders,
probationers fur the ministry, and students of divinity. Af.
ler the two *lauds were seated in a part of the Merinag.houpe
which bad been railed in for their reception, and to alter-
Rate pews, 114) that they were completely iutermii. Icd, the
two Moderators in front of the pulpit, and the two clerks
at a little distance on the tight and left, the Senior Mode.
rotor gave out a psalm :set'. 17-42;, in which the Synods
and whole attending multitude jonnd. The Si ii Mode-
ratio (The KIEV. Dr. Jamiesoo, of Edinburgh, belonging to
the General Asaociate Synod) then rose, and called ass the
Clerk of the Synod, whor» he represented, to read their last
misfile. After Ow Clerk bail door so, the Junior l'llodera.
tur (the Rev. Mr. Balmer, of Berwick, belonging to the As-
aoriale Synod), in like eianner called oil the fleck of the
Synod whom he represented to read their last nonlife. The
minutes read by the Clerks in soccesaion were orinly in the
same wordy, and to the following effect :
" The General Associate Synod, bovine accepted the basis
of Union and having by the good hand of God Ilona them
now finished all their own business, and all in•eparairoy ar.
rangements, this Synod, with fervent gratitude to Coil for
having led them thus far, and in bumble dependence on
Ilia grace to bless the solemn and intiresting step obit!,
they are now about to lake, and to enable them to improve
Ilse privileges and discharge the dukes vitae!, are short to
devolve upon them is runsequence of it—du resolve, and
hereby record their resolution, forthwith to repair ii. the
appointed place, that they may unite wills their breihrin of
the other Synod, in he knows by the name of The United
Associole Synod of the Meet-swum Church, composed of the
Associate (commonly called Burgher) Synod, and of the
General Associate (commonly called Anti-Burgher) nod;
that they racy henceforth walk with them in the fear of God
and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, striving together for
the faith of the Gospel, fur the purity of divine ordinances,
and for the enlargement of the Church of Christ."

'I he articles which form the basis of union were then real,
the whole members of both Syerodssiassilinc. After Hai. was
dour, the senior Moderator stood op and raid, 1 'tech, e
in the name of the General Associate Sy 1, whom I repre-
sent, that the Crucial Associate Synod is hetictforth one
with the Associate Synod;" and tbejunior Modes atm. in like
manner lose and said, 14 1 declare in die name of she Asso-
ciate Synod, whom 1 represent. that the Associate Synod
is henceforth one with the General Associate Synod."
The two Moderators immediately gave one another the right
hand of fellowship, in which they were followed by all the
ministers and elders belonging to both Synods.
The Unites! Associate Syuud now called t senior mi-
nister present in the house to take the Cbsie'r rd oliciata
a. moderator. Accordingly the Rev. Divid.Greht, of Lases.
Kelly, look the Chair, gave not • psalm (psalm exxxiii.),
suit constituted the Court his prityer. He was succeeded by
the 11ev. Dr. Pringle, of Perth, and fhe Rey. Dr. Hall, of
Edinhurch, the two next in seniority of Ilse ministers pre-
ach I. The former led the devotions of the assembly by slogs
ing psalm xc. 13-17, and by prayer; and the latter by
rending the 17th chapter ofisrbo, singing Psalm lxxii. 17-IS/,
sot, by prayer. After the devotional exercises were lissisht d
Ivy singing Psalm tvlvii. 1-5, the roll of the Coiled Asso-
ciate Synod was called by the former clerks, and business
adjuiersied sill Tuesday at eleven o'clock.
The multitude who Willifned Ibis event, vaesnoralde in the
history of the Secession, was immense; but point iliat•nding
the pressure of the crowd eager to be admitted, the whole
was conducted wilt, the greatest unite. For this the Synod
frl themselves deeply indehted to the Magistrates of Ports.
burgh; who not only honoured them with their present e
during the solemnities of the day, hut in the hsushannert
manner ordered a strung party of constables to alteutl, whose
conduct, tinder she wise direction of their Moderator, toge-
ther with the good dispusitiou of the public, secured com-
pletely that decorum which became the iuterestiug transac-
tio..s of the occasion.

Upwards of 300 gentlemen connected with the Secession,
and several of the Magistrates, dined together iu Oman's
new rooms, Waterloo place, after the public services were
finished, and spent the evening with the greatest cordiality.
The company broke np about eight o'cisick.—(Minburgia
Star )

On the nigkt of Monday week the family at
Freston.-mount, tke seat of William Mayne, Esq.
were alarmed by a loud barking; they armed them-
selves, and sallied fords, guided by a faithful dog,
to a barn or nut-house, where to their astonishment
ober found concealed seven fellows, completely
armed, who, trusting to their superior nitinbcre the
searching party being only three), instantly rushrd
out and attacked them, and would have over-
powered them, hot Su a young geoid. min who
happened to he on a vrsit at the sou-r, who hearing
the noise, rushed out, armed with a sword, and
from his dexterity in the use of the weapon, 'suc-
ceeded in severely wounding two of them, which so
terrified their companions, that they instantly fled,
but sere pursued to the house of a suspicious cha-
racter, named Patrick Hatt, where they were all
effectually seemed, and were safely lodged iu Mo-
stagliats gaol.—(Aescry Paper.)