The prospect of Union in Scotland 9 improved. It was dim mer by the failure of the Church of Scotland to cut itself quite free of teinds—this is, broadly speaking, tithes—but_ it has become apparent recently that this failure has not affected the loyalty of the leading United Free Churchmen. It is probable that the great mass of members of that Church, who have forgotten or never acquired what may be called Disruption prepossessions, do not attach any import ance whatever to the Union comes the el of the United Church will not be rationed out of fou-duties. Also the change in the colour of the predominant politics is held to make the passage of the Enabling Bill mains a rather confused sort of op-Position, but close observers tell us that it will not amount to causing what Mr. James Brown, the ex: High Commissioner, calls trouble in "arbament, and we may now take it that at the worst, when the pinch joomes in the U. F. Assembly, its final issue will be a not very {formidable secession, Moscow, Jan. 17—At a banquet honour of the French Ambassador, MIN. Malyshe, the President of the Niint-Novgorod, Fair, requested they French commercial people. mould \take part, in, th 1B28.
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