... 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 ...

... TLEE:EE WA B~. THE CRIMEA. The Globe's Paris correspondent writes, that it is stated in ouarters where information has often proved correct, that although winter will stop field operations in the Crimea, it is intended to bombard the northern side with mortars, so as to enable the fleet to enter the harbour. FRANCE. The Times Paris correspondent writes on Wednes- day evening:- The rumours ...

... 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 ...

... 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- ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... ?THIRO HITIONG MERCURY OFFICE V TimEn O'CLOCK. \ EDLNBURGII S11EEP MND CATTLE WARKET, November 28. Tliere was a large supply of sheep this morning-the number, 5812, being 1214 more. ales dull, and prices down generally ls a-head for the best sorts-the inferior kinds at fully that reduc- tion, and a great many unsold. Top price of the best aged imotion 7d per lb.; current, 641t; middling and ...