CONSECRATION OF A CATHEDDRA IN EDINIBURGH.- On Thursday forenoon the Uathedral of St. Mary, which has been erected at the wesb end of Edinburgh from a design of the late Sir Cilbert Scott, in connexion with the Episcopal Church of Scotland, vas cunsecrated in the presence of aboult 200 clergy from differentparts of the country and a large number of laity. The cathedral is a cruciform edifice, with a tower and spire rising to about 300ft. over the transept. The bases of the two lower towers have been built at the western corners, with a view to their subsequently being finished. As the cathedral stands it has cost about £120,U00, and for meeting the expense funds were provided by the late 31isses WYalker, of Drunisheugh. The consecration service commenced on Thursday morning at half-past 10 o'clock, wvhen the petition for consecration wvas presented to the Bishop of the diocese. The choristers, consisting of the cathedral choir, supplemented by the members of the cathedral choirs of York, Durham, Ripon, and St. Asaph, walked in procession up the centre of the nave and arranged themselves in line on either side. The clergy, while the 68th Psalm was being chanted, passed between tbe line of choristers in the following orderRepresentatives from the English, Irish, WVelsh, and Scotch Churches, the clergy in the diocese of Edinbur h the cauons of Perth, Inverness, the Cathedral of the Isfes, Worcester, Durham, York, Bristol, and Down- the provosts and dea.ns of theCathedral of theIsles,Perth,Gfasgowv,DoVn, Dromore, Brechin, Durham, Al oray, and Honolulu; tho law officials of the diocese of Edinburgh, the canons of the Cathedral of St. Mary, the Dean of Edinburgh, the Rev. Dr. Nevin, of the Episcopal Church of America, the Rev. Randall Davidson, chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Canon of York, the Bishop of Madagascar, the Bishops of Argyll, Brecbin, Glasgow, Aberdeen, St. Andrew's, Down, Oxford, 1'eterborough, Bangor, Durham, and Mloray, with their chaplains, the Bishop of Edinburgh bringing up the rear. lhe service was special to the occasion, and included an authem by Boyce and Handel's I Hallelujah Chorus," which were finely rendered by the choir. During the singing of a hymn, the Bishop, with the eatherdal clergy and prebendaries, walked in procession round the interior of the building. The sentence of consecration was then read by the registrar and signed by the Bishop of Edinburgh on the altar. The pro-communion service was read by the Bishop, the epistle by the Bishop of 3iadagascar, and the gospel by the Bishop of Moray. The sermon was then preached by the Bishop of Peterborough, and the 0oly Comnunion xwas administered to the Bishop, clergy, and laity, In the afternoon another service was held, at which the Bishop of St. Andrew's preached; and in the evening the clergy were entertained at dinner in the Waterloo-room. The Marquis of Lothian presided. In the course of the proceedings, the Bishop of Peterborough said that they in the south felt that they might have much to...