... 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 ...

... Miss O'NEILL.-During a debate in the House of Lords one, eveninlg lrest1 wek'. no littlc sensation was 'cauyed by the entry into the House ot Sir Augustus Clifiord, bearing on li htr'n'rm 'the cclebratcd Miss O'Neill, nowv Landy Wrixton Bechcr. ExTaeA0RIsoss4Tt V'Dnrfe.-On Saturday morning a child1, eleven months old1 ,rcsiding with her parents in Crki, was found dead tinrder the f'ollowing ...

... gflt?oltlall LR EDINBURGH, THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1855. SECOND and THIRD EDITIONS are Publislied containing all the Latest News of importance. WE have had numerous communications from parties interested in the movement relative to LORD 1)uNDONALD'S PLANS, about which we made some observations a few days ago. ec have much pleasure in stating that the preliminary arrangements are pretty nearly ...

... 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, ...

... B DI NBU R G H. ?? NxwBi OareY,-Sydney Dobell, the author of the ?? and Balder, is engaged in writing a aeries of lyrical poems, to he entitled Sorrowa of the Wanr; and Alexander Smith is said to be nearly rcady with a new poem, or rather poems, which will increase the reputation he has already, one. EDnaanosGa AND GLAiSGOWV R.AILWAY.-WC have just heard of snother ease of carelessness on ...

... TE? W?&R1. (l'yke followiing appeared in oiv. Second aanl Thibd a .Jf- Lditians of yes2 r~da,a,) ?? - ?? ?? CR~IMEA. Prinee Gortsciikoff iviote on the 4th 'that i' It al)- pcaie f~nt'lhlcs Ware preparing for a fresh bombard GSenitsCl~ki has been bombarded, hut with littl garao. Sebastsopol letters of the 28d June, via Marseilles, 'sy, forty gluns had been placed in- battery to oppose -the ...

... (The following appeared in our Second and Third Editions of yesterday.) The Times Paris correspondent mentions, that among the various tumours current, is one that a bold and desperate attempt will be made by 100 vessels of every kind, with 40,000 men, to force the passage of the port of Sebastopol, to land in the midst of tle place, while the simultaneous attack on land will be made. TILE ...

... IS p ir it ?f ttyt 1?1 r t 5 s . THE EDUCATIONAL GRANTS -NECESSITY FO1R 1A CHILNGE OF SYSTEM. (Times.) The labours of the Eduention Conmmittce of Privy Council. assisted by an annual grahit, wblici anmoilts to near L.400,000 for Engluad, and L.200,000 for Ireland, lead to very unexpected, and, ini, somc re- FpCt5, disappointing results. As for Ireland, it was Said a little time since that wo ...

... 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 ...

... TI?W WALE??. (Th~e followsing appeared in our Second Edition of yesterday.) ''THE CRIMEA. INo later Crimnean news. The Vienn~a paper Fresildea flaet states that from the' Crimea Gortschakoff has sent for 24,000 men, and that he has' reinforced Liprandi's corps with another division.' The Timaes announces the death of their corres- pondent, Mr Stowe, in the Crimea. He succeeded Mr Macdonald' in ...

... -4-- l~eitelt ENGLAND. HTER MAJESTY V.ill not delive-r the Crimiean medals to the invalids at Chintham. ' ITIIE HONr. CRAVEN BERKELEY, M:P., for Chelten- hama, has died at Frankfort in Germany. 'E GREAT MEETING AT CARtLISLE.-TISO iloyal A gri- cultural Society of Eaglani are to hold their next great annuall nneeti~nt at Carlisle. The proccedings commence on Thursday, 19th July, and terminate ...

... J)tobillchl - - -- SCOICI PUiRCHiASME I ELAND.-The estate Of Turin, ner.r Rlollymount, in Mayo, has been pur- chased through Mr Thomas Miller, estates agent, Dublin and Edinburgh, for L.16,500, by Mr George Rutherford, from Roxburghsbire. TlE RIGcT HIONOURIZBLE SIDNEY HMRBERT and Mrs Hlerbert left Iaverness on Saturday, per mail coach for Perth, on their return south from Suther- landshire. ...