... aZ ith 1111 g abR (From the London Gazette of Fiiday.) WAR OFFICE; Nov. 9. ad Regiment of Dragoon Guards-Lieutenant J. W . J. Gifford,,from the 12th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, without purchase. 7th Dragoon Guards-Captain C. W. Thotupson to be Major, by purchase, vice Walker, promoted, by purchase,: to an UAattached Lieutenant.Colonelcy- Lieutenant J. W. Wetherall to be Captainby pur- ...

... EDTINBURGH. ESTABLISTI5ID PtESBYTERY-A meeting of this reverend body was held yesterday, to proceed with thee translation of the Rcv. David Brown, from St Bernards, Edinburgh, to the parish of Scoonie, and to hear any objections which the congregation of St Bernards might make to the said translation. No one having appearcd, the Presbytery agreed to proceed with the translation in due form. ...

... I ?? q r i t II I t ?? r 4, I I ? ? ?. II t t I I i g ? II c, t, - NAPLES AND THE GRAN TRADE. Now that the time is approaching when the per- mission to export biscuit and maccaroni fiom Naples is about to cease, it will not be uninteresting to examine into the grounds of the prohibition on send- ing out grain from the Two Sicilies. The question is of the greater importance, inasmuch as it has ...

... , ., t 1? I I)- 1) I (, ? i 'I I-!, ? ] f, , , , . ? ? , 1 Q 1? 1? i ? I I 1, . I . 'k. - I FRA N CE. ARIIIVAL OF TIHE IHERiOES OF TIIE A'ALAKNOFF. IMIIASEILLES, Oct. 30.-The steamer Simois, with the mails from Cbnstantinople of the 22d inst., ar- rived to-day some hours behind thie, having been compelled to take shelter last night in thc roads of I-ycres from tbe inclemency of' tho ...

... V, rotilahl ziddligolu. A FoRTUNATD PURCHAsE.-In the year 1838, Mr James Malcolm of 01rig, Caithness, bought half an acre of ground in the town of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, for the sam of L.40, and sold the same in 1852 for L.12,000; and, in another purchase of a similar amount, he realised much more. This almost incredible rise in the value of land is entirely owing to the discovery of ...

... al~t~llia lt R I t 7j It IyI EDINBURGH, SATURDAY, IIOV. 10, 1855. SECOND and THIRD EDITIONS are Published containing all the Latest News of iipoltance. COMING events cast their shadows before, says the author of The Pleasures of Hope, in a line so often quoted as to have lost half its force from mere triteness, These shadows seem at present somewhat ominously thicken- ing around that man ...

... ELECTION OF CITY MAGISTRATES, A meeting of Toown Council was held yesterday-- the Iloti. the Lord Provost in the chair. Councillor Sibbald, Mr James, Convener, and Mr Wemvss took the oaths. The CLERKe having intimated that the Council should now proceed to elect two Bailics, in the room of Bnilies Morrison and Clark, Bailie KAY nominated Councillor Hill as a proper person to supply the vacancy ...

... foreign '?fntdligtllm C?l - FRANCE. ROYALTY LrANING TO FATALISM. Some years ago, when. the then Prince Louis was affialced to his cousin Mathilde, the betrothed pair wcere both at Arenenbers, the ?? ?? villa, near the Lake of Constance, where was also the narrator of the tale. They had both of them fixeu upon a certain young oak tree in the park With great affection, and made it an object of ...

... EDIN B URLGH. I1, _ 0 d EVESING CONCEItT.-I0PETOtlN ROOMS.-We have no faith in prodigies. It is indeed rarely that nature ;prodates herself, and puts upon young shoulders the h bead of a riper age. Occasionally, however, this, as all other maxims, is subject to exceptions, and, in the case of Master Charles Ilosi, the boy-violini-t, who perl'ormcd at this concert, we mitst acknowledge a sUS- ...

... Ii T t £ I I £ t it 0 . TRANs1on'TFD ?? LIFIS.-A man that marries happily A LITERLI. FACT.-A keeper being wanted for the WVest ?? burying-ground, a rusty black coat wrote to the boaid of commissioners, offering himnself for the situation of 'sexton, or I parson' to look after tbo cetnetery. BUBBLE .AND SQULeAtC.-TalCOe a sVInCepan. htalf fili of cloan spring water; put it on the fire, and let ...

... TE:J WVTA2E. ?? OUR ARMY IN THE CRIMEA. (Times Special Correspondent.) SIR WILLIAM CODRINGTOX. CATcr ?? SER.xSTOPOL, Nov. 13.-The event of the week has, of course, been the change of Com- nanders-in-Chief. The retirement of General Simpson was by no means unexpected, but it was not known who would be his successor, and very few indeed ventured to hope Sir W. Cod- rington vould be selected for ...

... A 00 0. III c '( II f f I .1 i g c IT t t . 8 ENGLAND. -4 LORD PALMERSTON FOn THIE CITY OF LONDON.- A correspondent of the Dailil News states that a movement is ol foot amongst a large number of in- fluential citizens for making arrangements to return Lord Palmerston for the City of London at the next general election. It is not intended to ask the noble Lord to become a candidate, to which ...