... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... , 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 ...

... 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 ...

... | 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 ...

... ON FIrE AIILflEWE IN 'I WHEAT. - ?? ?? .1 SPA 4 . > ;,h ,, i,, )I ratfani paper on-tse cdisras! reof'4et ~h fleRev. (EXIIz:~f-ega ill.' o ...