... I 'Y A r ? I 11 ill ;, ?? t t.1 1 i q t II c t . FRANCE. THlE RIIMOURED ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION Or THE EMPEROrl. Although I have not yet been able, while sifting an infinity of stories on the subject, to ascertain the pre. cise circnrmstanccs of the unluckiy accident which I reported in my despatch of this morning, I believe there is no doubt that it was but an accident, and that there is no ...

... SIECOND EDIT10N( MERICURY OFFWCP TuEsDAYr, ELEVEN o'Criocz. ARRIVAL OF GENERlAL SIMPSON IN LONDON. Ceneral Sir James Simpson, late Consmander-in. Chief of her Majesty's Forces in the (Crimea, arrived in London yesterday. The gallant General travelled ria the South-Eastern Railway, and on his arrival at the London terminus he was most enthusiastically re- ceived. Sir.James as soon as possible ...

... CIIITNA.-AlISSION TO AMOY. A public meeting was heldl yestcrdan nftcrnoon, in Quccn Street Hall, to hcar certaiti statements reard- ing tile progrcss of a mission recently established at Amov, for thc propagation of the Gospel. POnotMRT PAUL, Esq., vho was called to the chair, bricfly stated the object of thle mnecting, nnd then called on Donald MJathesoti, Esq., the Secretalry of thle mission ...

... ELECTRIC TELEGRAP1L DESPATCO FROM GENERAL SIMPSY-1 A Supplement to the London Gazette contasI. A. despatch from General Simpson, with enclosures -t;r-s Brigadier-General Spencer and Brigadier-Gerxc+-,!>, Lord George Paget:- General Simpson dates his despatch-Sebaeio.!, Oct. 27th, and says-I havc to report the arrivil tsi the 25th instant of a detachment of prisoneca to Ps;.- number of 132 from ...

... .(The folbowilg apjwetoed in our Scond Edition of yesterduey.) TIIE CRNIMEA. It is stated that Admirals Pclion and Stewart hare been up the Bug, and ascertained that the river is navigable for large ships. Letters from Sebastopol of 23d, and from Kinbulri -of 20th, have arrived. Tilc Aiges gives some interest- ing details of the operations at Kinburn, but no new facts. The Colomba has ...

... Eams futelihtctt. ENGLAND. BIRTii-DAY oF THlE PleNciess-ROYAL.-The 15th anniversary of the birth of the Princess-Royal was celebrated at Windsor on Wednesdpy with the ?? tomary bonours. Early in the morning the bells of the Chapel Royal, of St George, and St John's Church sent forth their merry peals, which were continued at intervals throughout the day. The usual congratulatory visits were ...

... Thc Winter Session of the Eclectic Socicty-an Association in connection, as most of our readers may be aware, with the Philosophical Institution, thc ob- ject of which is to enable the members to improve each other, by the delivcry of essays and debates, commenced on Wednesday, November 7th, the open- ing address being delivered by Mr J. L. Mitchell, K.L., President of the Society. Mr ...

... I 1-1 rgb i lit i it I 'N II W Iv( ? it u DIsTREssSING Occaunrcsccn.-A fine little girl, aged about three years, and who appears to be vely respectably connected, wvas thc other evening stolen from the station of the Glasgow and Sonith-Westcrn Railway, while her guardians were on the eev of start-- ing with hor for Greenock. SCOTrIIsI ACItICI:LTIRA STATISTICs,-According to an arrangement come ...

... 'i 0 t t I q ?? '41 II I t t I I A, t II i t. - ?i? FRANCE. ACQUi1rrAL OF A MUrDsR~E:R. A trial for murder lis caused rather a sensation in Paris. An Italian of the name of Pizzala, aged sixty- two, who had for more than twenty years been in the service of M. Mignet, the historian, as valet, all at onec shot his wife dead some months back, and has been iniprisoned ever since. Two days ago lie ...

... AG RIMLTURAL STATSTICtS.-In our issue of yesbt- day, we omitted to state that the commuaication which we gave from the circular of Messrs Story, Macandrew, and Co. svas an extract from a btter lof an expeiienced and wveliinformcd friend of theiTs, who has devoted much attention to agricultural staitisfics, showing, as it nppeasstto them, the fallacy of Otbe pre- mises on which Mr Oaird's ...

... pis I [la it Tus. PaOEM 1O:1 A POLITICAL rtIttIEMt. Cobden is a Muscovite. Ditto set downi Mr Bright, I)itto Gladstone, ditto Graham, Lord John Russell much the same. TreE PRETENDEI1I To TlIIE Ccoztev.-A lady's bonnet. SYMuPTOMsATic.-When the heart is out of tune, the tongue seldom goes right. BEAUTY AND GOODNIE.S should always go together. They don't thoagh. QuttY ?--When a lady writes a ...

... U110olliall IjUrturit.I EDINBURGH, WEDNESDAY, NOV. 14, 1855. SECOXD and THIRD EDITIO:S arc Publishled containilg all the Latest .News of Illportance, CALL it ADaIXISTPATIVr IhJrO111l, or What we may, it seems scarcely possible that any man of ordinary capability of reflection can doubt that somile additional checkc upon the conduct of the executive department of Govcrnmcut is now most urgently ...