... REPRESENTATION OF VDINBURPGH. I'Ve have been informed that measures are now i,1 pro- gress for bringing forward a petition froms tle ir-habitant ioutebholtders of Edinburgh, to the House of Comnlvons, uailijr' upon Parliamlent to take into their consideration the state of the representation of this city, in so far as _garlA the maniner of returning the Meteiber. We have Tesit requested to ...

... I b-A-- nag- , 1- ' London, Dec. 30. tcI We have been informed, by a merchant largely engaged I- in foreign impoitations, that since the late reduction of to duties there have been imports from France and Spain to t In the amount of near L.3,000,000 in addition to what was s Ie previously the regular supply from those countries, viz.- C e, wool, L.1,600,000, wine, L.650,0O0, furniture, L.l0 ...

... REMARKABLE OCCURRENCES.-112S. Ill ?? I 1. Billsagast Counsellor O'Conncl, for havin o--ere r seditioushn langage at r meetingz o8f the CathoeAssociaio, 01 ignored by a Cit and Jury,in the Comnrrissinn Connrt. Dublin. zir Mr Canning comm meatn~tes to the Foreign Alinister ?? he intention of tbe Bvii~sh Government to recognize wi-ho4: an delay the independence o- Aexico, Coloibia, and ?? tat ...

... - -- _ - __ _, . _ . _r . I ?? X The following extract of a private letter from Ca- It diz gives the details of a violent hurricane which had fe taken place off that port:- at 'Cadiz, Dec. 9. (2 On the morning of the 7th inst. the Bay of Cadiz ex- IN hibited a scene of the greatest disaster which has occurred here since 1810. On the 4th and 5th the weather was n cloudy, with occasional falls ...

... , The following is an extract of a.letter written by a I i passenger in the Enterprise steam vessel, on her way t to India, and dated Cape-Town, Oct. 14: y We have at last reached the Cape in safety, and ( i though we have made a long voyage, the practicability f I of thejthing is established, and I hope the experience I i that has been gained-will in future obviate the many a d ...

... VONKLDERATIOXMS StTIIMTTED TO THE UOuTSFHOLD- VB9 OTF r.DTNlIYTW;H, a .O THE STATF. OF THEIR MEPfESENTATION IN PAntxA3fENXT. A reqtlsitioll has bectu presented to the Chief Magistrate 41d Eha 'I Iy, ?? hisl to Cal I a meeting of the household. ti order to conl der the proliriety of petitioning the Misuse of C Outti:,tnsr an1 est ~insin of the right of voting bot th Mensber who is to rleetit ...

... 7,1l.TlTARY ACADEMY-MONSIEUR SURXNNV. TO TUE EDIiTORt 0F THE CALEDONIAN MERCURY. Silc-I was induced, last Friday, to go and heat Monsieur Surennie's first Lecture onthle Con-sartive Philologyof the French end Eiiglish Languages. I was much gratified. to Roy see tile Assembly RoIoim2 George Street, comnplretely filled Ban With a hihly respctablo adience-ad wshat to use was Pe- Con culiarly ...

... 8, tirull FRIDAY-DrecswxER 30. tut30 Oil ?? WINDSOR, DEC. 29.-The extreme coldness of the Cap- weather since Monday last has prevented his Majesty |swO from enjoying his usual drives in -his pony iphaeto| agia about the Great Park. Public business still cot)tines |ha a- to occupy the greater portion of his time during ,the if ad forepart of the day, antd the evenings are mostly devo-| ted to ...

... | EAST LOTHIAN, at From the beginning to the middle of the month, the wea- ther was exceedingly wet. On the evening of the Uth tri there were several loud peals of thunder, accompanied by y vivid flashes of lightning. Frorp the l4th till the 26th the weather was mild and dry. A slight frost commenced on the 26th, which still continues, and the ground is thinly co- vered with snow. In the ...

... TIHE PLAGUE. 7AILIS ACAlSZt1Y Or SC1EN;CF.S.r Pesporl of it!. Dalpuytren on the Praposition of t civ Costai, 'Lassis, und Laesse,'re. a N.J Driptytrenl rose for the pnirpose of reading his edg, third report on the question of y-eilow flever[. sc it will be recollected that AL Costa, after having dosl rombated the systemn of conltgion. mud( the sanitary form MS.,asures whiech resiilt from it, ...

... - ; A- 1h AIR7A ,(From tlhe Quotidienne of Wednesrkhy.) PRIVATE CORzEamowDxnNcv., o e Frankfurt, Dce. 22. Couriers are~ Ionstanty. passing through this city ; and, . according to the country from which they arrive, we arc en- abled tO draw conclusibus as to the influence which the death of the Emperor Alexsider has produced on each Ca- ' inet. People affect tn think that this event has causcd ...

... ?? - . . u LaxsjUjv D'EVCE. London, Jan. 2. We have received the Calcutta Government Gazette of the 11th August, from which we give the following ex- tracts Calcutta, August 11. The several arrivals from Rangoon since our last seem to have brought no official news. No dispatches have been received from Sir Archibald Campbell. Private letters from Prome of the 12th of July mention all being ...