... ARMY AND NbAVY. For several years past (says the Woolwich correspondent of the - ~, Morsingq Chzroricl), have attempts been made to abolish the Yea kilts from the Highland regiments, but the honours earned by Qu those who wear the kilt and bonnet will, there can be no doubt, set the question at rest, and instead of abolishing the prestige of the kilted regiments, a great desire is expressed ...

... COUNTY OF ED124fBURGEL A general meeting of the Commissioners of SUpply &C., for the county of Edinbulrgh was held in the County ell on TuesdayMr Trotter of Martonali, tie convener, Pee aiding. PATMOnOC POW:.' After a short discussion ats to the best mode of forwarding the subscription to this fund ?? cruntrY it was agreed, oa the suggestion of Sir Geo- Clerk, that circulars should be sent to ...

... THE TOWN-COUNCrL AND PATRIOTIC FUND. I I In I lncoufortfity with the example of the Corporations of London, Liverpool, and other large towns of the empire, ?? determined upon considering the propriety of giving, in its representative capacity, a sub- scription to the Patriotic Fund. With the feelirn which dictates sach a proposition, we most cordially concur. It is exceedingly cheering, in the ...

... T 11 E BA T T J. E O F B A L A K L A A'A. OFFICIAL ])lI-SlATCIIES. (Frm Spp~tO~tto thle I (;olotz0oat te EIxitraordlnary of Thursdayv (Frol, UP11el~c~ th ?? of November.) War Deptartmoent, November 17, 1854, I2 1 o'clock Aftern1ooD. Ills Grace the Duke of Neweostl iltsh this (lay- receivoti thtree despatchies laid iltelootiros, of' which tile following tire copies, atitrhsedsi to ]ito ?? by ...

... (From the Lomidon Gazette Extinordinary.) War Department, 11.55 A.M., Noy. I1, 1854. E - His Grace the Duke of Newcastle hasthis deay received t a despatch, of which the following is a copy, addressed to his S Grace by General the Lord ltaglan, G.C13. D (This despatcim was lost in its passage through France, arids was received at the above hoor by his Grace, to whom it was f transmitted by his ...

... THIE IU UNJ)S. Two ?? English funds tire rallier Steadier in appear- once, noid Conosls sin loot quoted at 93 to 93k for the Accotunt, rndo for Money thcy ltasv 110011 dealt fin aloutit. lowver. The inarket, however, it; more sensitive thin has beon experienced for sonic time, owving to speciilstive solos noid the unenoy feeling Preovuiliug1 in moot quarter.i regarding the rnmouirs of 00l ...

... (FRom the Londoe Jorn- C of Sag u1d? Evening.) EGE OF EBS-- T -P-Ov The following are amiong the latest telegraphic despatclies re- ceired Buchacrest, Nov. 1. Tli Ta English Consul at Varna, writing On the 28th Oct., ait ten o'clock at night, announces the arrival there of the tini- alaya, from B~alaklava, bringing the intelligence thwat a chn- siderablo force attacked aiid tooik the three ...

... EN GL A N D. 1?cgistld ingq Fares in ?? LNewv York Journal of Commerce says :-There may now be seen in the omnibuses of' Messrs. G. ?? HoIman &: Co., running from Grand Street Ferry to the Cry.stal Palace, a simple machine resembling a clock, with which the driver has connection by means of a strap. The process is Onl this wiEe. When the passenger enters the stage, he immediately pays his fare ...

... MINISTERS ON THE w.sm Lord Aberdeen, Lord Hardinge, attd Count Waalewski, the French Ambassador. made speeches at the Lord tlayot's ban- quet on Thursday evening. Lord Hxnn)yxc rose in reply to the toast of the army:. He blelieved that in the annals ot history ?? was no record of greater difficulties having ?? encountered by any armty than those which were suarmonlited by tile allied troops in ...

... LONDiON GAZETTE. FOREIGN OFFICE, Nor. 9. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Waltcr H. M1Jedharst, Esq., to be Eer Majesty's Consul at Foo- t chow-foo. c FOREIGN OFFICE, Nov. 21. t The Queen has been pleased to approve of Don Juan de llazarredo, as Consul at Gibraltar for the Queen of Spain. DOWMNIG STREET, Nov. 18. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Robert Mooney, Esq.. to be ...

... ST, NICHOLAS PAROCHIAL BOARD. Satur&ay, Nov. 4. It The usual monthly meeting of the Board was held this day- Mr Ross, presiding. PEssENT-Messrs Campbell, Reid, Crombie, Bothwell, a Buyers, Leslie, Berry, Bose, Macaldowie, Sherar, 1- Ironside, Melville, Lumsden, and Gray. IeSESSION MORTIFICATIONS. sr An Interlocutor, by George Moir, Esq., Advocate, arbiter in L- the case of the mortifications ...

... WEEKLY COMPENDIUX. * Iir HenryStuart, Ml.P. for Bedford, died suddenly on Thurs- day morniniig. There is, therefore, a vacancy iu the represen. tatioji. iy 'The Reverend Hugh Pollard Willougli 3 who fired a pistol n at Mr Giffard, a barrister, in the Central Criminal Court, was p- found Not guilty, on the ground of insanity .' r Willough. is by insisted'ohndefending himself. 'He isto le kept ...