... ?? The %EnRCUitY is published on Mondays and Thursdays. Price v annum, £2, 4s credit; £2 paid in advance. Half-yearand Quarter in proportion. ,6/ + I 11'Itra rp'. - ?? ?? - - EDINBURTIGH, THURSDAY, IMAY 17, 1855. A SUPPLEMENT is otublslsed with the MEIlCURY every Alonday andl Tiursl y Afternoon, containing the Latest News received by Telegraph. The Reports of the London Corn and Cattle ...

... (BY OUR USUAL EXPRESS.) LONDON, WVEDNESDA y MORNINIG. THE CRIMEA. I The Times correspondent at Constantinople telegraphs on I the 12th inst. as follows:- 6000 Sardinlans have gone to 7 Sebastopol. Excessively heavy flring takes place every night f between tih French and the Russiansb. The British are wiithin 50 vards of the Russian sentries. They are constructing neivt batteries. The Sultan ...

... thillall ff, ?? n EDINBURGH, MONDAY, JANUARY 1, 1855. nA SUPPLEM11ENT is Published with the MERCURY erry 7 Monday awd Thursday Afternoon, containing the Latest News a received by Telegraph. The Reports of the London Corn and a f CattleMarkets, with the state of the Funds, is gives in the t )f Supplement with Monday's pablication, and can be forvarded, a in most instances, to any part of the ...

... From one of the 93d Highlanders to his Wife. Camp, Crimea, 12th Dec. 1854. My Dear Jean,-1 take another opportunity of sending you a few lines, to let you know that I am still very well, notwith- standing our many hardships and difficulties. We have not had any battles since my last, but no one knows the moment; there are 30,000 Russians lying within two miles of us, as we can see daily, and ...

... Q ilil;a4 s1;i .z a~ l rt c .r I. EDLNBURGII, FlIDAY'. AUGUST 1.9, 1833. SlCOND and TIllI D Dl:l)Tl iONXS e Published containing nill the LautWA Nesof himpulltanc : Fon days, if not weeks, there had been a hill ini our warlike operations. That has now been dis- turbed. The Telegraphic intelligence yesterday aunouticed that thl Russians, on Thursday morn- ing, had, at daylight, as onl the day ...

... The Council met ?? Lord Provost presiding. THE SCOTCh 1DUCATIO BILL. Mr Sinclair, (clerk), having laid a copy of this bill as amended, on the table, Professor Dicxc remarked that the measure had been so tyansinogrified in its passage through corn- mittee, that they would not know it again, were they now to read it. Instead of being a benefit to the 3 country, it would only set the people by ...

... IT I-I -M '7\V -A- 1Rj. DESPATCH FROM GENERAL SIMPSON. b, (From the Supplonzent to the London Gazette of Friday.) tl WAR DErPr.TMEST. July 23. O. Lord Panimuce has this day received a despatch and, its inclosures, of -which the following are copies, addressed to his Lordship by Lieutenant-General Simpson, Commanding Her Mnjesty's Forces in the I East:- p Before Sebastopol, July 10. v My Lord, ...

... 6 it I c ? o III i it II RI c r t 11 r 11. EDINBURGH, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3,1855. SECOND and TilRED EDITIONS m1e Published containing. ; all the Latest News efimnotn1 e. ISTELLIGENCE of chang(,es in the Crimea is of the most meagre description, if not entirely Wil. The grand assault, as wc anticipated, has not, anL, in all probability, will not collie off. Batteries here and there are reported ...

... -Mr Heywood has received the sanction of tl:e Hlom~e of Commons to bring in the Bill to amend the Law;as to Marriage with a deceased wife's sister or niece, which now lies before us. We shall remark briefly upon it, in- asmuch as it is not in tbe meantime proposed to extend its provisions to Scotland, a wise precaution, perhaps, on the part of the promoters, as that would have considerably ...

... IG LA S G O W. T6E OTHEXI SIDE OR TIIE RIVER.-O- TneSdav, As one ofboar Olasgollv' mcrihants was pssing aiong Clyde Buildigs on' the 'south'side of the river, lei was tnadceul'p'to by a native 'df the Emenrald Isle, cvi' Icantlv'newly arrired at the 'Broxtielalvtw who slilce him inl tho rnost nttural way possible, to direct'him to thl oth iide of' the rikver'. The party addresse at once ...

... GENERAL ORtDER. HORSE GIJAID5, July 4, 1855.-The General Com- ?? has received Her Majesty's inost gracious commands to express to the army the deep regret with which Hecr Majesty has to deplore the loss of a most devoted and able officer, by the death of F~ield-M~arshal Lord Raglan, the Commander of the Forces in the Crimea. H1er Majesty has been pleased to command that her sentiments shall be ...

... 'Igrit 11.1t it n I ? lit t flige II cf. THim CROPS IN FIFESHIRE. (IFrittenfor the Caledonian Mercury.) INe have had rain every day, less or more, since the 15th of July, hut, notwitlhstanding this, mlany of the pastures which had become very bare daring the dry weather, have scarcely improved. The potatoes, however, have derived much benefit from the rain, and we never recollect of their ...