SCOTLAND.

EXTENT, &c.--280 miles long, and of a variable breadth, from 50 to 150 miles. It is divided into 33 Counties, 877 Parishes, and has 2,093,456 Inhabitants.

ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.-The Church of Scotland is Presbyterian, and its government is vested in Kirk-Sessions, Presbyteries, Provincial Synods, and a General Assembly. The Kirk Session is constituted by the ministers and elders of each parish, Presbyteries of ministers and elders of several parishes, the Provincial Synods of adjacent Presbyteries, and the General Assembly of a Deputation from the Synods. There are 78 Presbyteries, and 15 Provincial Synods. The General Assembly, whose decisions are final, meets in May, having His Majesty's Lord High Commissioner to preside, a Moderator, Procurator, and Clerks.

ENDOWED PUBLIC CHARITIES.--From land, £44,750. 19s. 9d. From dividends, £8,326. 4s. 2d. Total, £53,077. 3s. 11d.

SCHOOLS.-Parochial education extensively prevails, but in some district schools are still much needed. Sabbath Schools, 1,575; scholars 78,409. In the Isles and Highlands of Scoiland, there are 85 schools, attended by about 8,000 children.

DENOMINATIONS, &c.--There are several bodies of Presbyterian Dissenters; the Reformed Presbyterian Synod, which ineludes 9 Presbyteries; the United Associate Synod of the Session Church, 18 Presbyteries. The Associate Synod, 3 Presbyteries. Original Burgher Associate Synod, 4 Presbyteries. The Constitutional Presbytery, or Original Antiburghers. The Relief Synod, 7 Presbyteries. The Scotch Episcopal Communion includes 6 Bishops, 74 Inferior Clergy, 100 Congregations, 60,000 Members. Wesleyan Methodists have 9 circuits. Roman Catholics, no return. Quakers, 5. Unitarian congregations, 5. Baptists, no return Independents, 84.

COLLEGIATE INSTITUTIONS, &c.---Scotland has four Universities,---St. Andrews, Glasgow, Aberdeen, and Edinburgh, which are open to all, irrespective of religious opinion. The several bodies of seceders have only Professors of theology for their students, as they obtain their literary education in the Universities. The Congregational body have an academical institution of this kind at Glasgow, under the tuition of the Rev. R. Wardlaw, D. D., and Rev. G. Ewing, M. A., whose pupils also attend the University.

ASSOCIATIONS.---The Congregational Union of Scotland associates all the Independent Ministers and Churches in the kingdom, for the purposes of fraternal intercourse and Home Missionary labour.

CHURCHES OF THE CONGREGATIONAL UNION, SCOTLAND.

(Those marked * preach occasionally or statedly in the Gaelic language, besides some others who have no fixed station.)

BRITISH ISLES.

We regret that we have not obtained returns of the state of religion in those interesting Islands which lie around our native shores, and belong to the British Empire, or any authorized list of our own Churches there. The following particulars will be accepted as a contribution toward their ecclesiastical statistics.

THE ISLANDS OF GUERNSEY--ALDERNEY-AND SARK,

Contain a population of 22,640. They are considered in the Diocese of Winchester. Episcopal Churches and Chapels, 15. Wesleyan Methodists have 1 Circuit and 4 Preachers. Buptists, 5. Independents, 3.

CONTRIBUTIONS—Bible Society, £331. Os Od. Church Missionary, 54,918. leyan Missionary, £242. 13s. 7d. London, £63. 9s. Od. Baptists, £29. 83. 6d.

THE ISLAND OF JERSEY.

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Episcopal Churches and

Population, 32,420. In the Diocese of Winchester. Chapels, 15. Wesleyan Methodists, 3 Circuits, 5 Preachers. Baptists, 2. Independents, 3. Contributions to Bible Society, £213. 4s. Od. Church Missionary, £174. 188. 2d. Wesleyan, £173. 10s. 11d. London, £57. 11s. Od Baptist Missionary, £18. 88. 3d.

Chisswell. F. W. Meadows. Independent Church formed, 1827.

SHETLAND ISLANDS.

In these remote Islands of the Northern Sea, where winter reigns with so many terrors, the Wesleyan Methodists have 3 Circuits, and 6 Preachers.

EXTENT, &C.---The greatest length of this island is 235 miles, and its greatest breadth 182 miles. The inhabitants amount to Seven Millions of souls.

ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION, &c.---The Church of Ireland has 4 Archbishops, and 18 Bishops, 1,200 Incumbents, and 600 Curates. There is not one million of professed adherents to the National Establishment.

The HIBERNIAN BIBLE SOCIETY has 153 Auxiliary Institutions.

SCHOOLS.--Scriptural Education is rapidly advancing in Ireland. The Sunday School Society has under its care 2,283 Schools, 16,837 Gratuitous Teachers, and