The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland met on
the 18th; and the intolerant party elected their candidate, Dr. Gardiner, to the Moderator's chair, by the overwhelming majority of 262 to 59 over his competitor, the Liberal Dr. Lee.
The Aberdeen Herald has taken some pains to enlighten the public on the subject of the distress in the Scottish Islands, of which we hear so much. It would seem that starvation exists, if at sill, in the midst of plenty. Frans Kirkwall, one of the ports to which the charitable people of Aberdeen have been sending oatmeal, seed-bear, and pota- toes, extensive shipments of provisions, bear, and oats have been made. A vessel despatched from Aberdeen with seed and provisions, waited three or four days at Kirkwall before the people would condescend to get out her cargo! In other respects, the statements in the Aberdeen Herald confirm the view that we took of this matter when the cull upon Southern sympathies and purses was first made. Charity has not begun at home.
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