... -. .1 -1- rl ma^ T1o the Editor of the Times. ha Sir,-Another trial is about to be made to press upon the 8t Govcrnment tshe imaportance of an open guano trmde with Peru. lie T1he accompanying memcnorial emanating from the Commercial try Association of Liverpool, is lbeing extensively circulated, and C receiving tile signatures of' tie vari otte associated commercial dlu and aigricu ltural ...

... orrSING ,DINNER TO- MR. SANAND, -NEW INN, - . . . . Y . .. _ I The most of people who have had occasion to visit Inverury tbe lest six months are, we -dare say, agreeably aware of tb mfact, that Mr John Aniandof the-Banks of Don-Coach his become the landlord ofthe-New Inn, of what Dr Thomsoni ;rtij honest pride; calis that very aneiont burgh. ' To cele- brate this event, and to testify ...

... The following “ Popular Explanation of the Statute requir- ing a Stamp-duty of One Penny on Receipts and Orders for Money, and of some provisions of former acts bearing “ there- upon,” has been issued by authority of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue :-— The public are requested to take notice, that distinct stamps are prepared, having thereon respectively the word “ Postage,” “ Receipt,” “ ...

... THE 8TATB OF JAMAICA. e Sm HENnY BAXntEE, the itew Governor of 3amaioa, 'D has laid his views ',and - in'tructions regarding the la'd o mentable condition of .the island before the Aembly- a in his opening speech. For the better portion of year a e. this colony has been h pratioally deprived of a legisla 0 h ture-the revenue laws have been sue pende-t8 b .l f and paroobial institutioDS ...

... LONDUN GAZETTE. ADMIRALTY, Nov. 17. The following promotions, consequent on the death, on the this day taken 16th instant, of Rear-Admiral of the Red John Pasco, have - -Admiral of the White Sir Wat- kin Owen Pell, Knt. to be Rear-Admiral of the Red; Rear- Admiral of the Blue Sir James Stirling, Knt., to be Rear-Ad- miral of the White; Captain Perey Grace, to be Rear-Ad- miral on the Reserved ...

... FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 25. By the United States minail steamer, Arctic, whicli arrived at Liverpool on Wednesday, there is news from New York to the 12th inst. We give a brief extract in another column. Exchange on1 London was quoted at 108 to 109i. Thle same mail brings intel- ligence from Jamaica to the 3d inst. The crowded and cnthusiastic meeting of the friends of the Education Scheme of ...

... T II E AN C I ENT COWLOAN. To the Editor of the Glasgozo lMeraid. M Glasgow,. November, 1853. so Suci,-I believe I may be pardoned in saying that no one has so enjoyed thle Loose Mucmoranda on Glasgow Subjects.by Scuex miore than I have done; for I may truly soy with your vencrable corrcspontlent, that I too am somewvhat tainted th with a ?? mainia on the subject of thatlocality-some of ...

... The Mexcvry is published on Mondays and Thursdays. Price y annum, £2, 4s credit; £2 paid in advance. Half-year and Quarter in proportion. EDINBURGH, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24. — A SECOND EDITION of the MERCURY is published every Mon- day Afternoon, containing Reports of the London Corn and Cattle Markets of that day, the state of the Funds and all other intelligence received by Telegraph. The ...

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... Ghe Haby APPOINTMENTS. Woolwich, Nov. 23. Second Master Charles F. Taprail (1849), from the Atholl storeship, on the west coast of Africa station, to the St George, 120, guardship of ordinary, at Devonport. Midshipman T. W. G. D. Damer to the Frolic, 16, at Portsmouth. Clerk Thomas W. W. Spear (1842), to the Horatio screw steam guardship. Woolwich, Nov. 24. paddlewheel steam Mate.—Irvine A. ...

... MELANClIULY AND FATAL ACCIDENT AT STAIR . D G E. (Froee the Ayr Observer.) Another of those tatal accidents resulting from tile careless haldniling of tire-arms occurred on We~dnesdaly last, at Stair Bridge. The unfortunate mnan, in the present instance, is Mr. Itobert Mlorrison, of Triboch Mainis, Stair, and the iperson who is said to have caused his death is a quarryinan, named WIilliam ...

... (F~rol tile S 'etitPIetersburg, Nov. 5. The political events, or tile last week liave been of at very excitieg nature, and have formed it sor~t of crescendo movemesnt. For the ]last fortnight everybody here has bemi looking for the long talked-of imperial manifesto. On Saturday ]last it was saul to be, iln typei, and its appearance was conifidently predicted on Sundaly ; hut sunday, camet iid ...