... Vvile 'Tguttiligmt. ENGLAND. H.ELIGOLAND.-The communication between this very tight litle island, and the German or any other ports has been of late extremely limited. There is a boat, from a variety of circumstances it can only leave the island at certain times. When the wind is from the north, the authorities will not let it go away, lest a continuation of the wind should prevent it re- ...

... A proposed Bill to extend the municipal boundaries of the city of Edinburgh; to transfer the powers of the Commissioners of Police to the Magistrates and Council; and for other purposes relating to the muni- cipality of the same city.* Whereas an Act was passed in the second and third year of the reign of his Majesty King William the Fourth (public general) chapter sixty-five, To amend the ...

... EDI NBURGH. ln, NEv YEAR'S DAY.-This morning, the first of the a New Year was ushered in with all the honourns. en No sooner had the midnight hour struck, than tie a many who thronged the streets made the usual de. monstrations of merriment. So far as we have learned the limits of due decorum were not o'er- nstepped, although the police had to maintain a strict ar supervision over our more ...

... The eighth examination of the pupils attending the United Industrial School, in South Gray's Close, f took place yesterday, in the presence of a large num- c her of spectators. The proceedings commenced by a simultaneotis examination of both Protestant and RZomaln Catholic children, as to their religious know- y ledigo-the Protestant children being examined by b Slr Iergason along with Dr ...

... IELECTRIC TELEGRAPHS THE EAST. r The Invalide Russe says ?? On the 16th Decem- d ber, Sotnias of Cossacks on the Black Sea defeated t near Kertch a strong squadron of the Anglo-Turkish. I Cavalry of General Vivian. a The Commander (an English officer), and 47 men c of the squadron were made prisoners. Elsewhere, all f well in the Crimea. e The Times Paris correspondent writes :- When t the ...

... 5gri~ti fff tte VMSre -- ?? SCOTIISH AGRICOJLTURAL STATISTICS. (Tinmes.) The time is at hand when it will be deemed as ruinous in a country to be without accurate estimates of its harvests as it would be extravagant in the indi- vidual farmer not to know the amount of his crops, and it is not very creditable to us that, with all the fuss which is annually made about prize pigs and ...

... Foreign tg~cr. FRANCE. IIPENDJEG CRISIS. PARIS, December 27.-It would be inexact to sup- pose that the complications of the alimentary crisis in this country are in any degree lessened; they are still formidable, and the distress, both in Paris and the provinces, far exceeds anything that I ever re- member. It is evident that, in this respect, the entire compression of the public voice is a ...

... T= T. WA . w ?? &- IT HTHE BRITISH EXPEDITION. (Times Special Correspondent.) THE LAND TUtANSPORT CORPS. CA.t1P BEFORE SanASrOrOL, Dec. 11.-With refer- ence to the ensuing year, the question of transport absorbs our principal consideration just now, and no doubt General Windham, whose views on this all- important subject are understood to be large and novel, will, in conjunction with Colonel ...

... -ri Tles DOG NVISANCE.-Now, I don't like dogs; I always expect them to go mad. A lady asked me once for a motto for her dog Spot. I proposed, Out, d-d Spot ; but she did not thinkl it sentimental enough. You remember the story of the- French lady, who whea her pat lap-dog bit a piece out of her footman's leg, remarked, Ab, poor little beast; I hope it won't make him sick. A LAWYER AND ...

... a a .I Aw b 0 it i it 11 #1 c r t it r p. ?? EDINBURGH, TUESDAY, JAN. 1, 1856. SECOND and THlIRD EDITIONS are Published containing ' 2e all the Latest Newsof importance. EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIVEu belongs to h History. But its demise is too recent,-its career d too tumultuous,-its events tooportentolis,-for us at least to attempt its epitaph. The Emperor of ,f all the Russias has been ...

... ELECThl C TfELEGRAPI. T.E -E '1 T R,. ThQ Gazrtte contains the following despatch fromn General Codrington, enclosing the weekly medical resort:_ Sebastopol, December 17. In forwarding to your Lordship the weekly re- Port from Dr Hall, the principal medical officer, to 1he l0th inst., it is gratifying to me to be able to re- atrl; that the general state of the health of the anny ctltitieus ...

... TX E WS 13. OUR ARMY IN THE CRIMEA. (Front the Conrespounlet of the Morning Ch/ronicle.) TIUE WEATIHIE. CAMP, SEBASTOPOL, December 15.-Long expected, and not badly prepared for, winter has come at last, announcing his advent by elemental flourishes worthy of so stern a potentate. On Tuesday night, after a short spell of dry weather, the floodgates of heaven were again opened, and such a ...