... 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 ...

... (BY OUR USUAL EXPRhESS.i LOnDON, WEDXZSDAY MORNCKG. I THE TVAR. THE OPERW&IQNS 1N THE CRIMEA. | _Ip to the 14th nothing new had occarred before Sebasteo- pol. The boinbardment continued. The Russian loss was estirmiated at 150 daily. M1. de lotzebce had gone to Ger- manaY; it is supposedou a political 11ission.fl P.cR;s. Tuesdav Evcning.-A desputch from Marseilles of the 2OthaenolunceS that ...

... LATE.ST NEWS., [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH- Lo.nDoxr. THE WAR. THE CRD{EA. The Ck ronicle's raris correspondent writes an Friday- 'It is decided to send 50,000 men to the Danubian pro- vinces. The measure is, it is said, approved by the English Government, and adopted after a consultation by Lord Palmerston with the Emperor Napoleon. It is also stated to have met the approbatiou of the Austrian ...

... I&,I f ic nt , EDINBURGH, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1854. A SUPPLEMIENT is 'ntilishled with the MERCURY ercrr - Mtndar and Thursday Aft-enteon, containing the Latest News e | received by Telegraph. The Reports of the London Corn and Cattle M irkets, with the state of the Funds, is gienl in the , Siipplement with Monday's publication, and can t e forarded, d in inert instances, to any part of ths ...

... ] i tl ' f I, l tj L cf -u do ?? ?? .. ., . .,ti I k-a v . rDINBURl-,GH, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 155.T A S15PPLES:IENT is 1ablisird3 with the MERCURY ?? hnd 'I urstay Aftennonl. Containing, the Latct Newsf I eceh-cJ b. Tekgraph. The Reforts of 3he Lndoen Corn and Catt1e Markets, Eiu the stte of the Fuxnds, is given in the Suppilement writh MIoinld':r pbsEbOfl, and can be forwarded in most ...

... *tHE]Z ATTACK BY TILC fLEETS. OFFICI~iA DFSPAT CItCES. (Fret-4 Me Loacdua CautIc £1x so-rdaaryt) Admiralty November 5, 1854. SMek doybewing depeivdaes fromn ?? Du ndas hare Shia d been received at the Admiralt5- Britanlia, of tile Iatscha, - *t October 13, 1854. Sm,-! I beg~utll cqu~aintrthe Lords Comnmissioners ,Cfthe Admiralty that the allied armuies are employed in erect- inge atteris to ...

... MODERN CIENTRALISATIO. Shakspeare says:- le is well paid that is well satisfied, and the world at large is gencrally disposed to measure injury by contentment Where there is no grumbling there can be no wrong ; and it is argued still further, that where no discon- tent has pievailed none should be permitted to arise, It is, however, forgotten that right and wrong are entirely matters of ...

... LATEST NEWS, (BY ELECTRIO TELEGRAPH.) U AMERICA. t Liverpool, Sunday Evening. i The Europa, from Boston, brings upwards of 250,000 I dollars in specie, and 103 passengers She sailed on the 2.5th nilt. p The Herald states that the basis of a treaty between s the United States and Santa Anna has been lail. a Yellow fever wvas gradually disappearing from the south. r The ships J. R. Gilchrist, J. ...

... THE WArA. ,BGh'BA-RDmENT OF SEBA STOPO1L We bave received the following despatch by telegraph, a Marseilles, dated Con.saacinople, October 20- BI'IL-ATK,, October 1--We opened fire this lOrfitn: with 71 British and 46 French guS against u0 E;usaTan. At 8.40 a French Magazine exploded- At 10.45 the tire was i renewed. At 12.45 the French ships engaged thc sea firts, wvitbhe Algtmentnonb the ...

... THE CZAfl A?NrD HIS, DAUGETZF_ A LOVE STORY. A few years since there weas in the city of St Petersburg a young girl. so beautiful and lovely that the greatest Prince of Europe, had he met her, even in the Peasant's hut, might Well hare turned his back upon Priucesses to offer her his hand and crown. But fir from having seen the light ox a peatsant's hat, she was born in the shadow of the ...

... GENERAL CANROBERTS SIEGE JOURNAL. Oct. 22, 1 3th ?? the day we continue enlarg- ing the firs: parallel and the breach trenches both behind and in front, and also the communications with our parks of ar- tillery. On the left of our line of attack, we have been several times obliged to set up again the gabionade which has been levelled bv the balls of.the enemy and to re-con- strict the top ...