... 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 ...

... , I :,9 slj l~ o r ENGILAND).' TnE NEnw PRESIDENT OF THE BO'ARD OE WoRIES. -Mr Robert Lowe has been offered, and accepted, the office of President o0fthe Board of Works.-Press. NEW POSTAGE STAtPS.-General Post-Offi66, July. -On the 31st inst., and thenceforth, postage stamps, price 4d each, will be issued, and will le procurable at any ?? 1ill, Sccretary. SERJEANT JOHNi CONNOLLY, of the ...

... McsuEmuc AssoOmTioN.-A lecture, under the ansoices of this Association, was delivered, last night, by MIr J. W. Jackson, the subject being the history of Mlesmerism, which he traced from the earliest period anong the Hindoos and Egyptians up to the present time, showing that the Grecian oracles and mediawal witchcraft were connected with this science under its primeval guize as a superstition. ...

... V)gInt lill-idlignm ICI & - - ENGLAND. TIE MINISTERIIAL WIXITBBAIT DiNSNR. - This annual entertainment is appointed to take place on Saturday next at Greenwich, at which a party of about forty members of the House of Commons will muster. TuE WELLINGTON COLLEGE.-Since the war the claims upon this institution have increased to so large an extent, that it has been determined to en- large the ...

... , D I NIBt3U I G H., SUDDEN rDEATIu-Yesterday. :forenboion, a nman ?? GJands .saddenly dropped down in I~ittle Lochend Close, and instantly expired. ExradsuoN oFlti' ?? Saturday night about ten' o'clock, an accident of a seriobs character occurred in a hpuse. in Farquharso.si P'age, West Pt'eston Street. It appears that the late occupanlts had removed the gaselier of the dining-ioom, 'and that ...

... T 3 ZE WVA E?. THE CRIMEA. An Odessa letter in the Haemurg Borsenhulle states that the want of surgeons and dressers is very sen- sibly felt in the Crimea, although cvery available member of the profession has been forwarded thither from Odessa. According to official reports 500 men severely wounded arrived in Simferopol on the 15th inst., but could not be accommodated. The sick and womided at ...

... G L A S G 0il( WN. THE WORKING OF FORBES: MACKENZIE'S * . ACT. i l . ' The following discussion took place on Thursday last, at a meeting of the Town-CouniOh:' Dr M'INTYRm introduced the motion of which be had given notice, that a committee be appointed to consider the working of ForbesaMackehsie's Act. He did not conceive it was necessary t6:snake aay excuse for bringing this.motion before ...

... ru=H] W-A-IRI. THE ATTACK ON GENITCII. Prince Labanoff Iostovsky wvrites from Genitchi that on the 27th ult. nine stealers came in Fight of that place, and next day ascrew steamer and a g9n- boat approached and opened fire on a convoy of salt waggons, several of which were burnt. From the 28th of June to the 2d of July he siys the squadron kept up a constant bombardment of Genitehi, and the ...

... '~ Ad 3 AEM. DESPATCIIES FROM GENERAL SIMPSON. The G'a etle contains despatches from General Simpspn,.,dpted 17th, with inclosures from Lieut.- Colonel.- Iubell of the 9th, and Colonel Shirley of 88th Foot. Also. weekly medical report. Siege operations were s' eadily progressing. On the night of the 16th the Russilis made a sortie on the right of the works in fions of the Manielon The ...

... 6 al t ? 0 it 1.1t II I'll t r t It r II. EDINBURGHf, MONDAY, JULY no, 1855. SECOND and THIRiD EDITIONS are P'ublished containing aill the Latest News of impoltance. THE beautiful Panther, as Mrs Norton calls herself, is growing antique, and, as a necessary sequence with old women of her class, she is also waxing spiteful, uncharitable, and scandalous. Gamekeepers and naturalists affirm that ...

... 5vidt #f flit V, mg. IIOWV TO MIAKEI THE GOVERNMENT Sl1R1ONG. (Spectator.) If an historical student were asked what charaC- teristic of modern English politics struck him most vividly, there can scarcely be any doubt that he ,would answer nupon reflection, that the veakness of the Government was thc most marked difference be- tween our own times and all other periods of history. IIe m ight ...

... 5'6ECOND EDITION. MERCURY OFFICE, MONDAY, ELEVEN dCLoog. D1;SPATCH FROM GENERAL PELISSIER. The Paris ifonitotr of Sunday contains the follow- ing despatch from General Pelissier:- i CRIltSIA, July 27th, 11 A.ML-The Phlegethon lhas arrived at Kamieseb, bringing an exchange of prisoners from Odessa. The exchange of prisoners of war still continues. The French officers and men speak highly of ...