THE General Assemblies of the Church of Scotland and the Free Church began their proceedings at Edinburgh on Tuesday, the 21st day of May. The Moderator of the Church of Scotland General Assembly was the Rev. Marshall B. Lang, D.D., Whittingehame, and that of the Free Church General Assembly the Rev. Alexander Ross, B.D., Dumbarton. The Assembly of the United Free Church met in Glasgow and began its proceedings on 4th June, under the Moderatorsip of the Rev. James Sneddon, Wishaw.