... Jf t (ADVERTISEMENT.) 1 TRE EDItOR OF THE CALEDOMAIT MERCURY. Sip-In giving your account of the proceedings in the Police Sheriff Court on Tuesday last, both you and the editor of the Scotaioan omitted to state, Ist, that on the day when James Bishop executed the order for coal for which he was fined, I had left the ofie about eight o'clock in the morning, and did not return from the country ...

... ?? ~ S. 'rHALBE1RG . ,toanno ce, that his FAREWVELL sizcNElT wsil take p VENN, TUYLESlDAY 1Y3vlG JanuaOry 23, AT THE ASSEMBLY ROOMS, GrEoRGE STREET. On wlhicl occasion fie will perform several of ris most fthoriri'o CoUltositions, and a INVrw iUS. Fantasia, on A WFEBER'S OPERA OF OBERON, (First time of perfurmance in public.) ?? S. TIAtBERG will have the rssistance of the most eninent Vocal ...

... EW, NoE 136. J 3yr 1'b pouiiishied 07t Suturday lhe 4th. CONTENTS. I. Comte'S Coarse ot Positive Philosophy. 1 3 rocks Fraditions of the Rhine. 9r ~ D~r ?? Life of Admiral Lord Howe. lh al Re sltt-n's Novels. 4 , , st's Lectures on European Civilizationr, 5 i\j~n e* 0Works, of Art, and Artists in Engl.ad. r,. mr Ward oi tile Revolution 168S., . Lori, Cl hatbams Correspondence-His character as ...

... 5 AT_ - LIVE FISH! AT THE WEST END. O HN ANDERSON, 109, GEORGE STREET, has again received a large supply of fine TURBOT (most of which rsas alive on arrival), also a few verv Rich SALNION and SOLES. Turhot, 9s. to 18s. Salmon, 2s. Gd. to 3s. 6d. per lb.; Whiteham Soles, 2e. to 5s. 6d. per pair. Orders fronm the country (per poet) punrtuaily attend. ed to, SCOTTIShT ACADEMY OF PA INTTNd, / ...

... BORDER GAMES. 111l TW1rELFTH ANNUAL MEETING Ff the ST RONAN GYMNASTIC CLUB is thb held at INNERLEITHEN, on THURSDAy he ,01ai day of AtrGUST, when Medals and other va- h,:rlel SPiZO s vill be given for Quoiit Playing, Running ,le~tlrgfr Leapilg. Putting the Ball, anti Throwing the ;eloanert andenl Friday, the day following. the Bow- enef the farder are to compete for the Msaronmont mren atnl ...

... ?? M AIR S. THALBERG1, (1S'TE To Ez ENmPEIon, Os AUSTRIA,) EGS to acquaint the Nobility and Gentry B of Edinburgh, that he will give a GRAND CONCERT oN iWEDNESDAY EVENING, Jan. 10. Inthe ADELPHI THEATRE, On which occasion he will perform, 1-A FANTASIA on the National Airs, God sare tie Queen. and Rule Britaanni, as performed by himn at Beckingham Palace. by command of her most Gracious ...

... ITALIANV OPERAS /; / (AT T5n E / T1BEV7RE ROYAL, EDINBURGH. poSITIVELY THE LAST NIGHT BUT THREE. lt i respectfully intiemated, that these Performances ibe co0tiousd beyond Saturday, May 19, which ,,pR pasiucelybe the last Performance. - FR MIITCH{ELL ?? informs the il V1BOL5Tv, GEN~reY and th1e PIr.Lie, that the FIFTR REPRESENTATION w-rill tak e place j'js present Ecening, MIONDAY, MiAY 14, ...

... (ADVLRTISEMIENT.) TOr IllS CHACE tZITE DUttE OFS BUCCLEUC5I ANTY) QU iELNSBFRRY. a 7, Saunders Street. Stoekbridlge, it 17th March 1838. 1M.v Loan) DvRmI have been indured to trespass on your Grace's time and attention as Chairman of the last Meeting of the Commnittee on Designs for the Menu- trent to the AMemory, of Sir Walter Scott, by a letter a written by AMr Robert Conclh, brnalelier, one ...

... DIORAMflA. LOTI-1AN ROAD. N 0 O1 0 PEN , A virw OF THE VILLAGE OF UNTERSEEN, IN SWITZERLAND. THE Scenery of this View surpasses every- V thing hitherto atternvited by pictorial art. The illusion is perfect. The stillness and repose of a Sab. bath lay in siummer. ciararteristiec of a retired village in the m;idist of the Alps, pnwerfrilly affect the spectator, alile a srnse of loneliness is ...

... PUBL1C DINNER. J HE SOCIETY for time ENCOURAGE- T M ENT of time USEFUL ARTS in SCOT- LAND have re~olvcd to Conmmnemoerate its Institution bv a PUBLIC DINNER in the £IOPETOUN RdoBe Is, (,arrv's), Queen Street, Edinburgh, on WEDNESDAY tmwe 21it of Felbrmarmy cart., at Sir o'clocl. Sir JOHN GRAHiAM DALYELL, Kt. F.A S. President of the Society, in the Chair. Dr D. B. REID, F.RS.E., and MUNGO ...

... FIFE AND MID LOTHIAN FERRY 14i3 AASSOCIATION. 11F, Supporters of the above ASSOCIA_ T T [ON are aware, that its operations were stopped . C..seqllence of the confident ?? entertained ltat Government ?? erect a Low Water Pier on the F'f elbore. But as this expectation bas proved abortive, the projectors of the Association have resolved to pro. eedt rith the formnation of the C omparny. c A ...

... intimate, tat he swill lie ira Edinburgh on the 4th May, Xsi njl/irnmediatelv give a GRAND CONCERT in tie AasEM~t R~ools, GEORGE STnEET. The particu- lril he ?? announced. 3P-ITr BOCHSA, during his stay (which owing to ;e~nvrrmerts in London, mist be very short), will a~e LESSONS ,on the HARP. Those Ladies wish- to avail themselves of his instructions, by leaving iheir address at Mr Pardie's ...