... ?? 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 ...

... MR. ROEBUrCK'S COMlMITTEED. o EX4DMINATION OF THE IDFAUL OF ABERIDEBN. . The Earl of Aberdeen was tbe only witness exa.- ,fmined yesterday, aud with the noble ealrl's exsamination iC fis Senerally undersltood that the investigation of tthe comn-. mittee dosers. The noble Earl, after describing the emineut po0sition he held as Prime Minister, ia reply to a questiorn froms th& Chairman, wasa ...

... TO THE IIDIT6R OP THE DAILY VEV'3. Snt,-Early in the 19th century, a regiment of Cavalry-said to huve been stationed in Ireland for more than a hundred years, anod that in remote parts and in small detachments, still-bunting, &e., &o.-was sent to Ipswicb to be drilled. It was inspected by General G., who put into general orders a most savage and brutal denunciation of this unfortunate cofps, ...

... j AT4JAL AND MILITARY. ADMIRALTY, MAY 18.-APPOI:NTMENTs._-ASist- nt.Surgeons F. Creighton (1550), to the Hawke, 60, screw steam ship, at Sheerness; and R. Evans (1S61), to the Cornwallis, 00, screw steam ship, atDevonport. second Master C. K. HEa well, to the St. George, 120, at Spitbead. Actingd Aseistant.SurgeonS J. Noble, to the Majestic, 80, screw steam ship, at 400 horss-power, at ...

... CONTINUATI ON- OF DIARY FROM. THE CRIMEA. CAMP BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, MYr I. The following was issued late last night:- - GElxrzAL ArTER ORDER. April SO. The Comnmander of the Forces has the highest satisfaction in publishing to the army the copy of a despatch which he has received from the Minister at War, conveying her Majesty's gracions approbation of the conduct of the troops engaged in ...

... AG[RICULTURS.i REVIEW OF THE BRITISH AN) FOREIGN CORhN TADEDURiNlGT'HBE PAST WEEl. 8e (From the Mark' Lne Express.) A more genial temperituro iii part, and.some acceptable showeri,' together with better arrivals, chccked the uplyard tendency of last s week, and produlced a little rocation in ?? of consnmers. As' Y might have been expected, tho hetter prices haive brought out more d frores' ...

... Present-The Vicar, in the chair; Messrs. Homfray, H. J. Davis, William Graham, J. Brown, Moore, Dowling, Davies, Morrison, Woollett, and Rennie. The Clerk was ordered to pay the amount of policy of insurance on the cemetery chapels, for £ 500 each. A letter from the architects, Messrs. Johnson and Purdue, enclosing a plan for the gardener's lodge, near the Basselleg road, the expense of which ...

... PONTYPOOL. WESLEYAN MISSIONARY MEETING.—This interesting meeting was held in the new Chapel, on Thursday, tho 10th instant. It was presided over by W. W. Phillips, Esq., who, although belonging to another denomination of Christians, has for severaL years kindly consented to occupy the chair. The report having been read, the meeting waa ...

... SIR WMI. CLAY'S CHUIRCH-RATE ABOLITION BILL. THE second reading of this bill has passed the al House of Commons, in a full House, by a majority of is 28, the Ayes being 217, and the Noes 189. As, in addition to those who voted, there were 29 pairs, and in three members were accidentally shut out on the m division, who would have voted for the Bill, it follows P that 249 members have declared ...

... ENGLAND AND IRELAND IMPROVED COMMUNICATION1BILL COMMITTeBE. The committee appointed by the House of Commons to hear evidence on this bill assembled yesterday, at one o'clock; present-Mr. Lowry Corry (chairman), Mr. North, Sir Staf- ford Northeote, Mr. B. Sheridan, and Mr. Floyer. Sir. Hope Scott, Mr. James, and Mr. Merewetber appeared in support of the bill. Tho parties petitioning against it ...

... (From the Morning Chronicle.) The cause of administrative reform is, apparently, not to be exempted from the vicissitudes ordinarily incidental to all great political questions, which are finally carried with the acclamations of the people. We remember no policy that has been ultimately incorporated with our political system, which ever underwent so many changes of fortune as the question of ...