... M1R COBDEN ON THE WAR. On Wednesday Mr Cobden addressed his constituents at Leeds on the war. The meeting was one of the largest as- semblages ever held in the borough. Alderman Corbett, Chairmau of Mr Cobden's Committee at last election, who presided. put in a disclaimer against, being supposed to parti- cipate inl Mr Cobden's known sentimeuts. Mr COBDEN, w1ho 1 vas received wvith slight ...

... LORD RAGLAN-. TO TSUE EDITOR OF THE CALDONIAN MXEROR'T. Sla,-A most unjust set is now being made upon Lord Raglan bh thc 3-thss. Lord Raglan is blamcd, either directly -or by impleioralo, for nll the sufferings to which our army in the wast is exposed-sufferings which, I am afraid, are too rcn] to be den-ied or even softened down. But it is Cosv to show :that these sufferings ought not to be ...

... THE; RIGHTS OP SCOTLAIND. ( socil )iec ccl e 13lancW.) ! Wlhv is it that we do not love Australia, but hbecaute hic r i histors has' no ]Wlast. becasc there is no legenll, as inc Scotlan(d. 1 connertcd with cey ry m.ountain and every glen-because lucre Ir is notiling here to ?? those ernotiolt. which, thoenlh tbev miav le ordin cilr 'perhaps huished amid thc tcimuit of b ccsi-, neCS an11 the ...

... LONDON GAZETT1E. BOARD OF T1'ADE, WHITEHALL, January i;. The Right IHonour able the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through die Secretarv of State for Foreign AfFairs, a copy of a despatch from Her MTajesty's Consul at Valparaiso, inlosing tivo Chi- lian Commercial Decrees, of which the subjoined aro transla- t tions. (Copy.) Extract from El ...

... ,i rit af t£ lb) m.3I . OUR WEST INDIAN COLONIES. MrEtORLU o '(10 0 )VIItN'1ENT rFRCM SCOTLA ND, (Fromn the Mornlsi Herahl.) Since we last addrcssed our readers on thc subject of our Wcst India Colonies we have reccived a (locu- mcnt, which will be found elsewhere. and to which %ve desire to direct atteniolt. It is the memorial of certain ?? India proprietors resident in Scotland, addressed to ...

... ?? 0 t r ? 5 p ? II ? ? lit ?, - kL? ?? BLACNEORD HILL. TO THlE EDITOR OF TDlE CALEDONIAN IEIZCURYT. Edinburgh, 19th Sept. 1855. Sli,-The v icw from, the summit of Blackford Hill has been made celebmrated by Sir Walter Scott, and it is a pity that there should be any obstruction to free accss to the hill by the public at large. It would be no great matter for a few of the wealthy inhabitants ...

... -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 ...

... LONI)ON GAZiETTE. ST JAMIES'S PALACE, Fob. 28. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Ldivin Truman, Esq., to be Dentibt to 11er 31ajesty s tie chuold, iii the room of Charles BCew, Esq., deceased. CROWN OFFICE, April 11. ME)IMBIERS RETUENItI) TO SERVE IN THlE PR1ESENT PARLI.IAMItNT. liilmarnock District of Burghs-Edward Pleydell Boa- verie, Esq., Vice-President of the Committcc of Council for ...

... EMBARKcATIONS or TRoors.-An order has been received in Limerick for a further draft from the de- pot battalion in that garrison to be in readiness for embarkation at the briefest notice, fully anmed and equipped, for the seat of war. The detachment will consist of 300 men with 12 officers, and the four de- pots which compose the battalion will contribute in the fullowing order:-9th. Licuts. ...

... 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 ...

... -4- FrTAt OccUnRctNm.-Yesterday morning a chim- uc;yesweeper, named Wm. Ray, while employed on a honse-top in Richmond Street, missed his footing, and fell to the ground with such violence that he was killed instantaneously. FATAL ACCIDENT.-On Tuesday morning its John Wilson, a farm servant, was in the act of loading a cart with hay in a field near Dalkeith, he lost his ba- lance while doing ...