... EDINBURGH, MONDAY, APRIL 2. A SECOND EDITION cf the MERCURY is pablished every Monday containing Reports of the London Cora and Cattle Markets of that day, the state of the Funds, and all other intelligence received by Telegrapb. The Second Edition can be forwarded, in most instances, to any part of the Country by the Mails of that Evening. — CITY REPRESENTATION. The important annouucement ...

... GLAGscOIV IIOUSr OF RIEFUol.. The following discussion, in reference to the abhve instite- tion, took place at the roceting of the' Town Council onl Wed- nesday last- Mr. PLAYIFAIn, in accordance with his notice at last meet- ilg,, brought befoire the (C'ouncil the subject of' the ?? of iiefiige. H-ie ?? Aust be admitted, however painful the thought, that there exists a fearful amount of ...

... The folo'o he' t he following (says tbe Times), is an extract ofa letter from a gentlenan, an enyc-witness, tileigh not hijiisnif engla.ed ill the n el diggins ot Australia, datted Buninigyonlg, October 29, 1n 1851 :- As I hatve julst retllrnled fioul tile Biltlanat I diggiios,' said r s be the richest ill the yorM, it Imay illterest you to liear SOIIIC taccounit of theiii. The Nyhole of ...

... (From thle Tic' ?? A Paris, Friday, 5 ?? ftfa The Monitear dit Loiret gives the followitig account of thle onl arrival of the P'residont of the Reopublic at Orleans by The President arrived at Orleans at 7 o'clock last evening, in YAs the, journey of the P'rcsiient was exclusively for the inter. on. co Lt andi ininjt veiclt of a1 country hitherto ii~glected, it was Or wished to avo(idf1 fthe ...

... (heraw Poaihclors' Ball.-On Friday night, at ball onl a scale I ofgreat magnificence wvas given by thle Bachelors of' the. West- eald inl the, Merelitnts' Hle], Ilutetchson Street. About 300 of the elife of the city and neighbourhood attended by, invitation, 1' andI danicing commncedcl aibott lialt-peist i1110 untder the inspirit- 1 iog sf caus oflltc. MAlclkenzies fin-fianied Edinburgh band. ...

... PARTIAMENTARY PAPERTS. Bleer and Spjir'it .ShIojs.-A Parliamentary paper-moved for by Mr. Hlume, and Isasied nil TIuesday-shows thoe number of iescrons licensed for tile sale of Bleer and Spirits in each excise collection of England and Scotland, in each year from 1831 to T81 h'le followinig figares show the aggregate inumbers iii each year for each Country:- - year, Scotland. En-land. 1831 ?? ...

... '1t1 Ill, ?? ARC(HIl IE 1IT'TRAI, ASS(C('IA'TION. . .. . . . .. .. .1 I. II, the IoCII Itfilli), ?? thi', Asoaciation, tile, ?? and ex- ?? :1l ?? ?? Sc(arcely hadl the AssClatilll bill 1 (i1tl~tltlted, wellcitrlilcteillisi ?? this11 pos' b.C wer 1vir ?? iftli I- by thle esteele'd a rchitect 1r. Nilsonl, ?? SnCIt 'I'lhe d roelig-s tor fthe sub~ject prpo.,;d by Mr I. Ni--'lThe bh-1 hloboa fir ...

... EA1,LY M ANISCHIPT E1MENDATIONS ; (IF SIIAKESI:IAIREIS TEXTr. m jt. i o r e d ti n I I I ti' i'I C t' ,r t t i e i a e I -1 f J a n a . I a a ?? v , r i a- t t o gisit I 1 e 1 Io. t , m t iu - f t ci iii hme, i sto , bI i i ie viii l I o ath e tio s a t h th e rl u a l f lii111 -1 iitic- 1 s'i15 , il iilut r uli y t ii b o s fi ci. uti i t a lt d ot t y 1o ?? ' I t a fu r li t iil t' I. d ii ...

... I (CONTINUED FROM OUa LAsT.) Mediwsdery, April 14. Tnl Synod was engaged daring the early part of the forensoou in yrivite business. Ftnd at this moment of ordained pastors wit hlotet aniy other pro- visiote for their' stipend than the voluntary iberality of thee people; and the best way to get an endowment for any chapel was to leave first a full equipment of parochial machinery, evhich ...

... Prance. The news of the sudden death of Prince Schwvarzenberg, the AesinC Prime Minister, was known at the Paris Bourse on TactdaY before two o'clock; bat it produced no effect. It was bow0ver, thought by somle diplomatic men, that it would have at,,,Ieney to check, in some degree, the good understanding between the Austrian and French Governments which existed, at the risk ef being en had ...

... SAVINGS B.AKS. a- A Parliamentary paper, moved for by Mr Brotherton, show- PrON er ing the number of Savings Banks in the UnitedKingdom, and aich' ey giving various details on the subject; was issued- on :Tutesday. oom it From the retnrn, which is for the year ending 20th November, A p, 1800, we. extract the following:-The number, of accounts re- -: os maining open at 20th November, 1850, was. ...

... fr- tu,. TI.-, N (From tho Times!' Correspondenrce.) Pi ¢ ?? Friday, 5) rr , The Empire is still the order of the day-still tile topic most r, disrerssrd ; and whether the patience of' those wbo urge it onl will hold out to the 10th, or a shorter diate be prrferrred, it is . certain that few have douits of its approacingig rca lizatrrll. 31 Yet I have resolos to colitililre ill my belietf ...