... 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 ...

... tV Her Majesty held a Privy Council at Windsor on 81 Wednesday afternoon.-Globe. n The Duke of Argyll will be the new Postmaster- ti General. He will, for the present, also hold his office d of Lord Privy Seal; but this arrangement is only temporary, his Grace ultimately resigning the latter n office. We doubt not that the Post Office department it will greatly benefit by the energy and ...

... ENDLANDof ____ thi PUTv-k Couxscit.-Tho Qneeni held a Court and Priv th Council,, at two o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, nt Windsor Castle. At the Council, the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere ct was sworn in as Secretary of the State (Colonial Department), fro rreceived the seals of office from thle Queen, and kissed hands on his appointment. Sir Hamilton Seymour, G.C.B3., was swrnth of the Privy ...

... 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 ...

... WAR OFFIcE, NoraMsna 23. 2d Reginnent of Dragoons-T. Gonne, Geot., to be Cornet, by pur- cbase, vice Dunbar, promoted. 3d Light Dragoons-Licut. J. P. North, from the 6th Dragoons, to be Lieutenant and Adjutant, vice Kauntze, promoted; Lieot. W. D. N. Lowe, from the 17th Light Dragoons, to be Lieuteoant, vice ?? IV. King, who exchaogos; Liout. It. Lomax, from the 5th Lancashire Militia, to be ...

... GLASGOW CRIMEAN DEMONSTRATION-THE RESTORATION OF POLAND. (Tiefollowiing appewared in our Late Edition of Afonday :) (From the Glotbe.) The soihde in the Glasgow City HBall, on Thursday l eveningi-to celebrate the victories in the Crimea,, Was not without considerable importance. We have already had the Crimea dinner, which scarcely omitted any class in Wlasgow. It was correctly described on ...

... e CONCLUDING MEETING OP THE OLABGOW LOCAL GENERAL COMMITTEE. Yesterday afternoon the concluding meeting of the Local General Committee of the British Association was held in the * donncil Hall-the Lord Provost in the chair. ' The LORD P1OVOsT ?? meeting has been called to- w day for the purpose of hearing the Report from our Secretaries-, e and a Statement of the Accounts will also be laid on ...

... I 7 SCANDALOUS TREATMENT OF LASCARS. I To the rditor of the North British Daily Afiail. Sir,-I have observed the long article in your publication of yesterday, bearing the above title, extracted from a London journal, wherein I am, as owner of the Janet Alitchell, grossly attacked and libelled by Mr. Yardley, who, by his conduct, seems to dishonour the beneh of the Thames Police Court. I ...

... 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 ...