... I-Irobilidat . nIttlflenct. _ .- PRESENTATION TO SIR COLIN CAMtPBtEU.-As an instance of the unprecedentetl cantiusinsir wiich per- vades all classes of thc community in regald to thc presentation of a sword to Sir Colin Campbel, evwc may mention that a gentleman belonging to the rost- Office opcned a subscription list on Saturday cveniog, and in less than two hours every officer in the estn- ...

... 6- ?? . THE TIHOMSONIAN COLLECTION. TO THE5 EDITOR OF TIlE CALEDONIAN BIERCU RT. SIR,-I am hn mineralogist, and therefore have perused with no small astonishment the statements made by some of your correspondents, in recent num- bers, in regard to this collection. But more-I am a citizen of Edinburgh, and as such feel no slight in- dignation at the extraordinary manner in which our ...

... ?? 7,77- ili(IRD EDITIONO MERCURY OFFICE, THREr O'CLOCIL LONDON CORN MARKET-FRIDAY. Price for English wheat same as last Monday, with few buyers. Foreign held firmly; millers cautious. Flour not lower, but slow sale. Prime barley wanted, but little doing in common. A moderate trade in oats, but best sorts not lower. Rape and linseed a little cheaper. Arrivals :-British wheat. 3290; barley, ...

... 1J r u ili rit I l 1 tg l lyc II C.srTURE O1 A SHlARnc.-One of these monstcrs ?? calotght oi Macdali oat Wednesday last, the 21st cur- rent, by Mr A. Lyall and crew. The mnimal had seized the hook, and, feeling itsclf caught, had struggled to get free, but in doing so, it was the more and more entangled, and it dashed itself el the bot- tom till it died. Thle species is that known as the ...

... ESTABLISHSED Clluonc Consmmssiom.-A mecting of Commission of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland was called for yesterday, but for want of a quorum no business was transacted. Tim COUNTY MILITIA.--YestCld(1ay forCenoon0, two companies of the Edinburgh County Militia, com- manded by Lieutenant-Coloncl M'Donald of Powder Hall, arrived here from Dalkoith, and took up their quarters in ...

... EDI N 13 UR GH. DESTITUTE SICIC SOCIETY.-The aunal general 11ectil]goftl is Society was held last night in the Society's Hall, High Street-Bailie Brown Douglas in the chair. Mar M'Calloch, the Sab-Treasurer, read an abstract of the state of the funds, from which it appeared that the income for the past year, including legacies, anounted to L.1379, 1s 8d; while the expenditure for the same ...

... a!t~t oiti an v culrt1~. - - - - -- - ~ ~ EI)INBURGH, FRIDAY, NOV. 23, 1855. SECOND and TIHIRD EDITIONS are Published containing all the Latest News of importance. IT is said that the terms of a militar-y convention have been arranged between Sweden and the Allies, whereby the Swedes will supply a Con- tingelnt for tihe conjulict furtherance of the objects of the war ?? the return of spring. ...

... 5 p J r i t 0 f -f ti ? 11 t t 5 5 . P'ROSCrIIPTION OI' T'IlE PROSCIlIBED. (A1tlas.) I Expulsion of p1litiral refugees is thick as hail ill Jerscv. 'I'hiriv-six more of tbem-il-. Victor If ego at thei; hend-have been expelled Nwithout process and Iudnllnont. It is said, Sucli is the !aNv in Jersey. I don't know. From the little ?? I may have of the philosophy of' la]s, I would supposc that ...

... 1,11 -? r t I q II N? II t t I I i g c 11 t t . Q? - FRANCE. TIHE EMPEROR S SPEECI. The impression produced by the Emperor's specch in reply to thc address of Prince Napoleon, is very favourable. The acclaniations, the repeated and cn- thusiastic applause from more than 30,000 people, which interrupted his delivery of it yesterday, frora both French and Englisli, was an unmistakeable proof how ...

... OPFAING OF TILE UNMITFlSITY. Yesterday aftcenoon the University was formally opened for the ?? session by P'rincipal Lee. The studeuts mnstered in great force, and nt two o'clock, the hour of meeting, the Clhemistri Class-roomD wns crowded in every part. Shortly after that hour the Senatus Academicus entered the hall, hearded by thc Principal, and were received wi tl much appl]ause. 'IThe new ...

... The introductory address to the annual course of ti lecturcs, was delivered last night by Sir John M'Ncill, i- G.C.IR, to a very large aned faslriotitbhle audience. it We observed on the platform, besides Sir John, Lord o Ncaves, Lord Ardilillaii. Profcssors l'illans nnd Move, tl Duiteann MU'Laren, E;q., Dr Iitchic, Councillor Writ. u Smith, Esq., Vice-Prcsidcnt ForresLcr, Francis Rlis- P sell ...

... EDiNnuRnir.-Below we publish the result of the Municipal Elections for the city, which took place yesterday. This year they were somewhat devoid of interest, there being a contest in only two of the wards. In the First Ward Messrs Grieve and Ander. son maintnined the lead throughout, although Mir Lindsay frequently came close on the heels of the lItter, and it will be observed that, at the ...