... i? 1? i - In military circles it is stated the 4^h dtagcon guatds are to be added to the 16th lancers, and 7th dragoon guards to the 17th lascers. The 2d or queen's move from Dublin to Newry, the first week of April. BaRAcos.-Tho new barracks now being erected at Sheffield, and capable of accommodating 37 officers arid 910 msren, will not be ready for nccupatinn until the year 1852. KILKFN.ra ...

... aiateonian ?? EDINBUREGH THURSDAY, JUNT 20. It is our painful duty to record one of those desolating catastrophes in the wreck of the Orion steamer, on her passage from Liverpool to Glasgow, which, in the destruc- tion of human life, we believe has had no parallel in this end of the island since the loss of the Comet in 1825. We refer our readers to the latest particulars of this ap- l palling ...

... fforeign fiterihgucnr. FRANCE. The Co6s2itetieonnel publishes the following report of a con- versation on Tuesday evening between the President of the Republic and M. DUpin, the President of tihe National As- sermbly, who, with several members of the Bureau, had waited on the President of the Republic, to offer the compliments of the season: M. Dupin-Monsieur le President, I bring you the ...

... MHEETING OF TEE FIRST WARD. A second meeting of the electors of the First M;/unicipal so District, 'convened in consequence of the numerous candi- dates for theWard, was held on Thursday night in the Council an. Chamber. Mir J. HI. Stoct was called to the chair.t Before the bosiness wans psoceeded wvith, Mr W~ylie asked eel Mr Sinclair, the cleik, wvhethler he had a letter from Council- ph I ...

... TOWN-COUN?L PROCEEDINGS. The Council met on; Tnesdav,-the Lord Provost in the chair. AmE ANNorner IAx. A letter was read from Mr R. WV. Grey, the secretary l of Lord John Russell, acknowledging the receipt of the Town- Council's memrorial respectintg the Annuity-tax, anid intimuat- ing that it wouold receive his Lordship's best attention. A letter to the same effect weas received from MIr ...

... |The follow ing is froms a letter which appeared in the Aforrning Herald of Monday; it wvill at once be seen it refers to the re- cent conversion of Lord Feulding to the Church of Romne. TO TH1E RtGttT REV. BE GILatS, ROMfANz CATHTOLIC BSHfOP | ~IN EDINBUR~GH. Th RGET REV. Sm2.-Rscent events, some of which have ob- tained but zoo painful notoriety, compel mhe to address you through the public ...

... ;si_ hgtrtct *d FRANCE. I The Moafgiteur announces that the President of the Republic, I th on the report of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, to give a Is proof of the satisfaction of the Government at the manner in n which VT. Gros acquitted himself of the mediation confided to re him with respect to the differences between Great Britain and :e Greece, has raised him to the rank of commander ...

... THE CENSUS FOR 1S51. 1'romn the summanaries of the 40,000 enumerators employed in taking the census a series of tables leave beenl comipih-d, and presented to both houses of Parliamelit, showinlg the popula- tion and houses in the divisions, registration counties, and districts oif England anid Weales, in thei coulities. cities, and burghs of ScotLand, and iul the Islands in thoe IBritish Seas ...

... In our last wae stated that a summons had been issued to command the attendance of the Cardinal to give evidence be- fore the Committee of the House of Commons. now inquiring into the law of mortinnin. The following from the Lon- doe Record shows that the wily Cardinal is not forthcom- t ing:- ' Our readers wvill be surprised to Icarn that Cardinal Wise- man has left England and betaken ...

... Losvox, Evenine. HOUSE OF LORDS. Fer. 6. THE CAPE. The Earl of MALMESBURY inquired at the noble Lord at the head of the Colonial Department whether he could take any means in this country to prevent gunpowder being ex- perted to the Cape for the purpose of being sold to our ene- mies in that colony? Earl GREY said he was aware that before the war broke out very great quantities of gunpowder ...

... arkets. GRAIN, &c. MARK LANE—May 24. The weather has been cold the last day or two, with the wind easterly; but the reports from all parte of the kingdom respect- ing the aspect of the growing crops are favourable. There was a very small show of wheat this morning land-c arriage samples from the neighbouring counties, and were scarce- ly any offers from and Cambridgeshire. The de- mand was ...

... ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ANTI-STATE CHURCH ASSOCIATION, Yesterday evening the annual meeting of this body was held in the Queen Street Hall, The proceedings seemed to excite little interest, as the meeting was very thinly attended. Bailie Fyfe, who occupied the chair, was supported by the Rev. Mr Renton of Kelso, Bailie Boyd, Rev, Wm. Reid, James Peddie, The Rev. Esq., W.S., Councillors Tod, Dick ...